Elk on the Cottage porch Ends in a Montana Ranger Tale
A snowbound elk near Mammoth and the Cottage Hotel in Yellowstone confronts Geyser Bob and a detachment of soldiers. Joe De Bar and others chase, trap, and finally aid the beast before a mercy shot ends the siege as the coroner’s jury weighs the teeth.
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Yellowstone National Park
Mammoth
Robert Edgar
Cottage Hotel
Uncle Sam
Joseph de Ear
Joe
Providence
Huntley Child
G. Roger Pryor
de Bar
Old John
John
Pryor
Campbell
Fort Yellowstone
The
Independent
Knights of the Road
Montana
Night worker clings to bridge rails as train speeds by
Miss Annie Roche, lone operator of a Norfolk and Western telegraph station at Casey's near Lynchburg Virginia, barely escaped when the Atlanta express rounding a curve struck her foot on a long bridge over Fishing Creek. She crawled to the end of the ties and hung over the sleepers as the 60 mile per hour train passed. Her gold watch and pocket book fell into the creek and were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Roche
Norfolk and Western
Casey’s
Lynchburg
Fishing Creek
Atlanta Express
Monster wildcat menaces engineer at Richards colliery
William Ford, an unarmed engineer, was chased a quarter mile by a monster wildcat at the No. 4 slope air compressor on Mount Carmel’s Richards colliery. He escaped into the engine house as the animal, paused outside for four hours, then fled at daylight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ford
Richards
Mount Carmel
Ford
Steeplejack Aldmeyer Makes Hazardous Vatican Tower Ascent
Dense crowds watched Aldmeyer climb the 300 foot Spire of St. Peter's Church to remove a tag from the tapering spire. He inched along the lightning conductor, waved to the crowd at the top, hauled in the flag, and descended to cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldmeyer
St. Peter's Church
Berlin
London
Fox Saves a Man Life in Snowbound Chase
A man traveling from Chaux-du-Milieu to La Brevine in Neuchatel Switzerland, stranded in deep snow, was saved by a fox that tore into a provisions bag strapped to his back. He awoke to the fox’s tugging and would have frozen without the animal’s interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaux-du-Milieu
la Brevine
Neuchatel
Switzerland
London Express
Mending Men’s Gloves and Iron Heat Tip
Household tips advise coppering repair on men’s gloves with silk to minimize visible repairs. An iron heating trick suggests using a clean white brick as a stand to keep the iron hot for longer.
COMBING BLANKETS TO WASH CROCHETED ARTICLES AND CLEANING TIPS
Practical home care tips cover combing blankets to restore fleece, washing crocheted items in warm soapy water, squeezing not rubbing, and safe drying methods. Ammonia cleaning advice for car seats, enameled furniture, carpets, rugs, silver, and linoleum. plus insect bite relief and laundry uses.
Vegetable Cookery Principles by Mrs Rorer Lecture
Mrs Rorer explains vegetables cook in boiling water with salted water for green varieties and unsalted water for roots. She classifies vegetables into four types by nitrogen and starch, notes rice requires rapid boil, and warns starchy vegetables must be removed as soon as done to prevent heaviness and unpalatability.
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Rorer
Culinary Recipes From A Historic Household Menu
A collection of simple dessert and savory dishes including Lily Cake Maple Fudge Cracker Peanut Pudding and Tripe and Oysters with basic steps and measurements. Also Lemon Biscuit provides eggs sugar lard milk leavening and lemon oil directions for baking and serving suggestions.
Gorky In Berlin To Direct Sun Play Then Visits America
A newspaper correspondent notes Maxim Gorky in Berlin supervising The Children of the Sun and plans to visit America. He recalls meeting Gorky in St Petersburg and quotes his views on Russian soldiers pay and a wartime execution over a shirt, illustrating satire and hardship.
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Rick
Maxim Gorky
Berlin
Children of the Sun
America
Gorky
St. Petersburg
Ivan
How to Have Sweet Peas All Summer
When sweet peas begin to fade, cut the flowers to prevent seed formation. The plants will then divert energy to producing more blooms, extending flowering throughout the season. If seeds form, fewer flowers appear later in summer. This advice from Eben H. Rexford in Making the Country Home, Outing Magazine, June.
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Eben EH. Rexford
Outing Magazine
Women Cite Non Support as Husband’s Worst Sin in Marriage
About 125 women at the Society of Political Study in New York City declare non support is a man's gravest fault against the marriage contract, making it a wife’s leading cause for divorce despite claims of emancipation.
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Society of Political Study
New York City
West Virginian Finds Kidney Cure After 20 Years
W. L. Jackson of Parkersburg Virginia says bad weather worsened his kidney troubles. After twenty years of pain and nightly urination he used Deavy's Kidney Pills and recovered, five decades later still active. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Jackson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Hall's Catarrh Cure promises to cure
An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh as a constitutional disease taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. It offers 100 reward for any failure and urges sending for testimonials from F. J. Cuenex & Co. of Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation. A separate line notes a homily about a girl choosing a homelier bridesmaid.
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Hall
F.J. Cuenex & Co
Toledo
Mull
McRae
Paint Ad Claims LSM Paints Last 15 Years
L&M offers full gallon free with purchase and touts zinc hardening and ironlike wear for L and M paints. It claims 4 gallons plus 3 gallons oil cover a moderate house and cites an 15 percent commission for locals selling to property owners. Longman and Martinez, New York, advertise.
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L&m
L&ms
LSM
C.S. Andrews
Danbury
Longman & Martinez, Paint Makers
New York
Youth and Age. A Bohemian June reflection
A Bohemian June note contrasts youthful optimism with mature insight. The young man proclaims no word for fail in youth’s bright lexicon, while the old man counters that education changes the vocabulary as one ages.
Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Anitary Lotion
Advertisement claims Woolford's anitary lotion cures itch in thirty minutes and is sold by druggists with prompt mail order service from Dr Detchen Crawfordsville Indiana. Priced at one dollar.
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Woolford
Anitary
Detchen
Crawfordsville
Ind
Teething Remedies Promote Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial
Advertises Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial as a teething remedy for infants suffering heat related distress. Claims to cure stomach bone disease diarrhoea and related ailments. Offered by druggists at 25 and 50 cents.
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Biggers
Political figure questions spark inquiry into campaigns
Cornelius N. Bliss treasurer of the Republican National Committee appeared before the special grand jury probing life insurance in New York and was likely asked about campaign contributions. Andrew Carnegie is to be summoned to a Boston court to discuss his ties with Mrs. Cassie Chadwick.
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Cornelius N. Bliss
Republican National Committee
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Boston
Cassie Chadwick
Cuticura Remedies Claim Healed Baby Skin Disease
A Boston Texas mother credits Cuticura cap and ointment with curing her one week old baby's skin disease. She reports watery blood under a thin skin burst when washed, and says after three applications the humor faded and health returned within a week.
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San Antonio
H. Aaron
Boston
Texas
Vacation Time and Ransack to Find New Foundation
A Bohemian June note describes summer hotel plans and a search to fit a foundation for a large hill build. It sketches a coastal and hillside setting where developers seek a solid base for a major project.
Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer advertised cure claim
An advertisement touts Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer for nervous diseases including fits and St Vitus dance with a $2 trial bottle and free treatise by Dr H R Kurtz at 981 Arch St Philadelphia Pa Also promoted is Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums and wind colic at 25 cents a bottle emphasizing memory and relief claims
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St. Vitus
Kline
H. RB. Kurtz
Arch St
Phila
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