President at West Point marks 100th anniversary ceremony
President Roosevelt attended the West Point Military Academy centennial celebration as chief guest. Col Mills gave the welcome, Roosevelt presented diplomas to graduates, with General Horace Porter delivering the oration. A banquet followed in Grant Hall for 500 guests.
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Roosevelt
West Point
West Point Miliary Academy
President Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Memorial Hall
Mills
Horace Porter
France
Grant Hall
Murdered His Mother in Mountain Home Tragedy
Detalla reached Roanoke Virginia on June 12 about a Franklin county tragedy that ended Tuesday night in the death of Mrs Drusilla Moore an aged widow. It is alleged her son John Moore a moonshiner murdered her after accusing her of trying to break up his marriage. He reportedly struck her in the face with a glass dish and beat her with a chair fracturing her skull and breaking her back.
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Roanoke
Detalla
Franklin County
Drusilla Moore
John Moore
Man burned, Mary Daker dies, Wilmington case unfolds
Mary Daker, colored, lies dying at Delaware Hospital from burns suffered at 704 Lord Street. Walter Jones, also colored, is in custody charged with setting her ablaze after a quarrel. Daker identified Jones at her bedside and gave a deposition detailing the deliberate attack.
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Vel
Mary Daker
Delaware Hospital
Burns
Lord Street
Walter Jones
Mary
Jones
Not a Love Knot and a Chinese Proverb in City Life
A fragmented tale opens with a woman in a streetcar knotting her shoe laces during a crowded ride, causing delays and a quarrel with a irate man as passengers watch. A separate note from Leslie's Weekly recounts a Chinese proverb about sorrow birds and nests, then a Rome report states Ambassador Meyer plans to return to Italy after summer, and a Brooklyn Life joke ends with a chaperone gag about theatergoing.
The Combination Word That Opened Commodore Vanderbilt’s Ante
A fragmentary tale recounts Commodore Vanderbilt known for poor spelling and secrecy about a safe word. A bookkeeper seeks the key word, learns the dog is needed, and the message spirals into confusion as the Commodore curses the messenger and hints at a flawed scheme.
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Vanderbilt
Vanderblt
Wenith
Tie
Doves Howe
de Vanderbilt
Gimmeler
Commodore
Degr Cor
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Advertised Cure
A testimonial from M Patton of Clotho Transylvania Co NC claims Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures hacking cough bronchitis and lung disease after years of catarrh. He cites prior doctors and recommends the medicine along with Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden
North Carolina
M. Patton
Clotho, Transylvania Co
Dr. Sage
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WM. S. Miller & CO
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James E. Walker & CO
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B. Rosenour & Sons
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