Military Parade in New York Draws World Wide Applause
Twenty five thousand troops from multiple nations paraded before crowds of two million as part of the Hudson Fulton celebration. German sailors received the day’s most emphatic cheers as Americans, British, Dutch, Italian, Argentine ships, and others passed in review with naval militia, police, and national guardsmen maintaining order.
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New York
West Point
Hudson-Fulton
Court of Honor
Blue Jackets
National Guard
Naval Militia
United States
Police
New York City
War Departments
Sir Edward Seymour
Netherlands
Coast Artillery
United States Marine Band
Atlantic Fleet
Marine Corps
Motor Car and Freight Collision Near Phoria
A motor car collided with a Chicago and North Western freight train at a grade crossing near Phoria Ill. One man died in Buda Ill and two men were seriously injured. The car carried three occupants who refused to identify themselves. The freight train was slowing to take water when the crash occurred and the car was demolished.
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Phoria
Ill
Buda
Chicago & North Western
September Wheat Jump Defies Past Corners at Chicago Board
The September wheat option rose fourteen cents on the Chicago Board of Trade in a move dubbed a clean cut to a long-standing corner. The piece reflects on past exploits by traders like Old Hutch Cudahy and the open secret Patten deal that preceded final delivery day.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Great Crops in Western Canada
Canadian correspondence notes growing interest in Western Canada crops among Americans now settled in the three provinces. It asserts 1909 holds promise of wealth through crops like wheat, oats, and barley, while contrasting pioneer hardship with modern railway, telegraph, and schools.
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Canada
United States
Noise hazard spurs call for sleigh bell autos in city
A Chicago reader asks that cars be required to wear sleigh bells to warn pedestrians, citing frequent honking as alarming. The piece notes Salvation Army fields gospel in 31 languages and describes Lake Nyassa natives collecting a local crustacean, Itungu, for edible use when blown ashore in numbers. Crinoline and straw weaving are described as fashion trends.
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Cuicago
the Tribune
Salvation Army
Lake Nyassa
Wabivinal Constipation Remedy Ad Card
Wabivinal Constipation claims to overcome constipation through personal effort and a natural oxative remedy. Syrup of figs Elva of Sennaywtuch is advertised to regulate daily habits and reduce need for external help. Manufactured by The California Syrup Co. sold by druggists for 50f per bottle.
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California Syrup CO
Vast Canadian West harvests hailed as record grain yield
Estimates place spring wheat at 30 bushels per acre while oats exceed 50 bushels and barley shows abundant yields. Readers are told of settlers who moved from Dakota and other states to free grant land and prospered, with widespread praise from Canadian and American observers. The article notes diverse landscapes from level prairies to rolling timbered areas and predicts a future covered by grain across hundreds of thousands of square miles.
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Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Nebraska
Lethbridge
Alberta
Calgary
Canada
Great Plains
Moose Jaw
Melfort
Pipestone
Manitoba
Western Canada agricultural boom boosts crops and towns
The report highlights rising land values from 40 to 60 dollars per acre in Alberta, rapid land clearance, and new settlers using steam plows. Railroads expand reach, towns grow into cities, and prosperity spreads with telephones and schools. Wheat tops a harvest led by 30,000 workers, with flax and other grains contributing to an estimated crop value around 160 million dollars, up from 118 million dollars in 1908.
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Calgary
Alberta
Thut
Canada
Woman’s Curiosity Sparks Aerial Inquiry
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item portrays a romantic exchange where a man pleads to fly together while the woman asks what make of airplane he owns setting a light, period tone for a brief social vignette.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
And Modern Science Still Triumphs
A quip from the Philadelphia Public Ledger contrasts belief in surgical wards against aging with a grim note that the patient dies under an operation. The exchange highlights skepticism about medical remedies for aging and the risks of early procedures.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Unfamiliar Facts on Electric Transit and Signals
European capitals linked by telephone to share information. Ohio State University to offer a wireless course next year. New York subway cars feature illuminated signs showing the next stop. Sidney Australia plans a subway under the harbor costing three million dollars for electric cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State University
New York
Sidney
New South Wales
Fear of Ghosts and Germs Highlighted in Health Advice
The piece contrasts fear of ghosts with germ fear and urges strengthening the body to resist infection. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcoholic, known composition remedy that cleanses the system and improves digestion and blood quality to prevent germ spread.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Piedmont Region Notes and Trade Promises
Short overview of the Piedmont Cheat lands with remarks on cheap labor and a pleasant climate. Mentions cotton grains fruits and vegetables thriving, plus a quick note on New South Trust Co. in Greenwood South Carolina and trends in population estimates for England and Wales.
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Piedmont
New South Trust Co
Greenwood
South Carolina
Free at last to every sister from womans ailments cure
A self help offer promises a free ten day home treatment for leucorrhea ulcers and menstrual troubles with full instructions. The letter targets women to mail name and address for the free program and a Woman’s Own Medical Adviser book.
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Matt
Mall
M. Summers
Notre Dame
Ind
Eye salve advertised for quick relief from diseases of the eye
An advertisement promotes Pettit’s Eye Salvh as a quick relief for all diseases of the eye. It notes Howard Bros. of Buffalo New York as the distributors and lists druggists who stock the product.
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Pettit’s
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Interchange of Students Planned by Major Universities
Announcement states that universities in the United States Canada and Great Britain plan an exchange to broaden scholarship. Plaster portraits trend as affordable counterfeit presentment in London with miniature busts or bas reliefs at $2.50. Leaf and twig diseases tapering India’s coffee output.
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United States
Canada
Great Britain
London
India
Women and men seek relief from backache with Doan's pills
Mrs. M Working of Rochester Indiana recommends Doan's Kidney Pills for backache frequent kidney trouble and swollen ankles. She says three boxes cured her and notes the product costs 50 cents a box sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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M Working
Fulton Ave
Rochester
Ind
Doan
Striking Omaha Street Workers Parade in Festival Dispute
About 400 uniformed strikers marched downtown to counter claims many have returned to work. The streetcar company refused Ak-Sar-Ben governors’ arbitration bid, pledging night service and permanent hires to cover festival crowds as temp drivers are replaced.
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Ak-Sar-Ben
Street Car Company
Pat
Omaha
Knights of -Ak-Sar-Ben
Wattles
Car Company
Street Railway Company
G. W. Wattles
Nash
Nebraska News Highlights From Beatrice Area
A Rock Island official says motor service on the Rock Island line will start east and west from Beatrice before spring. A Burlington train struck a farm wagon near O Neill killing the driver Wm McDermott and two horses. John McEntaffer fell from a smokestack injurying his head ribs and leg. Mrs Ellen Phillips and Mrs J W Akers injured in buggy upset by an automobile. Dismantling of Leavitt sugar factory underway for relocation to Scotts Bluff. Rev Dr Bithell assigned to Fremont church for another year. Andrew Myers of Staplehurst dies from spine injury after baseball game. Mrs J L Magill dies in Fremont. her husband and three children survive. Mrs A Bauman Jr attends family reunion in Logan Iowa for her mother Mrs Chauncy Norris, age 94. sister Miss Elizabeth Thompson age 91 to attend. Anton Broz and Miss Josephene Veverka wed at Beatrice. W A Bucher of Union Township wins grand sweepstakes buggy for top ten ears of corn at North Bend show. Eighteen divorce cases set for Hastings district court. 108 cases on docket. Sheriff Rogster arrests William Dillon at Kilgore for embezzlement of bank funds. Dillon had been married three days. Beatrice commercial club to lead trade boost excursion across Lincoln Manhattan branch with 200 business leaders and Beatrice Military Band. Leo Lung of Grand Island fined 50 dollars for opium room keeping after a rake led to arrest.
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John McEntaffer
Orate
City
Ellen Phillips
J. W. Akers
Fremont
C. G. James
Leavitt
Scotts Bluff County
Thomas Bithell
Conference of Methodist Ministers
Neleigh
Bithell
Andrew Myers
Staplehurast
Lutheran College
Fred Myers
Staplehurst
L. Magill
Dr. Magill
Gilead
A. Bauman, Jr
Sheriff Bauman
Logan
Chauncy Norris
Albin
N. Y
Norris
Elizabeth Thompson
Anton Broz
Josephene Veverka
Crab Orecha
Beatrice
County Court
Spafford
W. A. Bucher
Union Teawnship
North Bend
Dodge
Saunders
Colfax
Hastings
Rogster
William Dillon
Kilgore
Nebr
High Wind Hinders Wright and Curtiss Flight Tests
A strong gusty wind at Governor's Island kept Wilbur Wright and Glenn Curtiss from test flights in their aeroplanes. The pair stayed until night, while crowds watched as photographers captured the aircraft from multiple angles.
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Wright & Curtiss
New York
Wilbur Wright
Glenn H. Curtiss
Governor’s Island
Wright
Curtiss
Wales Floods Drown One as Aberavon Town Submerged
Heavy rains caused the River Avon to overflow, flooding Aberavon and surrounding areas. An estimated 8,000 residents faced two to six feet of water with extensive property damage and at least one confirmed drowning.
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London
Wales
Avon
Aberavon
Saloon Hold-Up Leaves One Dead In Chicago
A masked highwayman robbed a saloon at York Road and Lycoming Street in Chicago leaving James Quinn dead from a abdominal gunshot after he hesitated to surrender valuables. Two customers were wounded and hospitalized.
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Chicago
York Road
Lycoming St
James Quinn
Beatrice Couple Wed by Courty Judge H. E. Spafford
John William Earnst of Beatrice and Mrs. Mabel R. Blackledge of Lincoln wed at Beatrice with Judge H. E. Spafford presiding. Also note Alma youth Webster, 18, accidentally shot himself near Huntley while hunting. gun misfired as he cocked it with his heel, bullet lodged near his heart but he is expected to recover.
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John William Earnst
Beatrice
Mabel R. Blackledge
Lincoln
H. E. Spafford
F Tfe. Webster
Alma
Huntley
Burdick Restaurant Owner Dies of Heart Trouble
Chas E Burdick who for nearly two years ran the only restaurant at Trumbull died from heart trouble. A separate accident report notes an eight year old girl Pangater of Ernest Kennett near TacA was struck by a motor car while with her father on Merin Street. the car passed over her but she survived with a broken jaw and was treated at a local hospital. condition described as not dangerous.
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Chas. E. Burdick
Trumbull
Merin Street
Pangater
Ernest Kennett
Near T'tca
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