Giants at Rueb en congress and modern England notes
A report from Reuben details a nine foot two inch French man and his English bride at a congress of giants. The piece surveys English beauty on main roads near London, famed villas, and Florence painter Egisto Sarri. It also covers electricity tests on British warships, Turkey divorce ease, co education in England, and White House open fires under Roosevelt era.
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Reuben
London
England
White House
Autograph Wagner Letters Found in Jam Pot Covers
A German journalist discovered Wagner autograph letters used as jam pot covers at the home of two maiden sisters of a musician once close to the composer of Parsifal. The sisters proudly displayed jam cupboards, and the journalist noticed writing on the covers that he recognized as Wagner’s.
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Wagner
Gift to Paris museum features vast toy army display
The Musee de l Armee in Paris acquires a remarkable set of 19 000 miniature soldiers in five cases. The two inch figures depict every branch with exact uniforms and arms, marching past Napoleon beside a village scene filled with cheering crowds. An Alsatian craftsman spent a lifetime creating this picturesque, historically vivid display. Also noted is debate over Sir Walter Besant's modest £30 000 to £35 000 bequest while Sir Walter Scott's yearly income averaged about £50 000, with Mickens and Thackeray and Bulwer Lytton cited for large fortunes.
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Musee de Armee
Paris
Napoleon
Walter Besant
Sir Walter Scott
Scott
Mickens
Thackeray
Bulwer Lytton
Button house becomes latest architectural fad in France
A French musical celebrity is constructing a house entirely made of buttons. Walls ceilings doors and externals are covered with buttons from ancient to modern. Earlier Greek era pieces are noted as particularly curious with many countries supplying rare specimens.
Post Office Tests Box Visit Recording Device
The Post Office Department authorized a Washington invention to log exact times mailmen visit collection boxes during daily rounds. A register at the post office would show when a box is visited, addressing letters left in boxes until the next round. If practical, the device will be used in all large U S cities.
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Postofice Department
Washington
Postoffice
United States
Remarkable 140-year-old German clock on exhibit
A Smithsonian exhibit features a 140 year old German clock made of hardwood. It ticks for about fifteen years before the American republic and keeps perfect time within a second per day. Each component is hand polished and riveted in brass. The mechanism shows minimal wear and is meticulously assembled.
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Smithsonian Institution
Great American Republic
Two Senate and House Actions After Sewell Death
Congress reopened on the sixth with Senate paying tribute to the late Senator Sewell of New Jersey. Bills were introduced on pensions, civil government for the Philippines, universal language, and mutual currency measures, while nominations for treasury and postmaster general moved forward with confirmations later.
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Congress
Senate
Sewell
New Jersey
Stern
Jenkins
Wis
Washington
McKinley
Philippines
Secretary Long appoints Kearney successor at navy yard
A sweeping list of events follows including State and federal politics, crime, disasters, and census data from 1900. Notable items mention John A. Kearney replacing E. S. Maclay in New York, Gov Nash urging tax reform for corporations, a $35,000 lapse in a Taunton bank, gas asphyxiation deaths in Lima Ohio, bond-issue validity action in Bucyrus, and a West Union Iowa homicide-suicide.
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Long
John A. Kearney
Cohoes
N. Y
E. S. Maclay
New York Navy Yard
Ohio
Columbus
Gov. Nash
Harry H. Townsend
Bristol County National Bank
Taunton
Mass
John Sullivan
Lima
Bucyrus
Mayor Low
New York
Homer M. Neff
West Union
Miss Rose Falls
Emmet Sullivan
Admiral Sehley
White House
Sampson-Sehley
Congress
United States
Sampson
Tuley
Chicago
Pullman and
Wag-ner
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Lenz
Pittsburg
Armenia
Henry Clements
Knox
Ind
Edward Davis
Natrona County
Wyo
Casper
Roosevelt to Review Schley Court Findings
A digest of late 1900s dispatches notes President Roosevelt agreeing to review the Schley court of inquiry findings. Other items include Logansport fire, immigration totals, Knickerbocker Ice tax case, Rhode Island governor inauguration, and various national events.
United States Session Notes and Global News Summary
The report covers a busy array of items. Bids in the House proposed a 25 dollar annual pension for ex presidents and a pneumatic tube mail system for large cities. A widow’s ranking privilege for the late President McKinley was enacted. A census bureau bill was recommitted. Pension figures show 189,842,230 dollars. News from London cites early Miss Stone liberation. Boer War aims stated in Johannesburg. Smallpox found in New Jersey state prison with 1,200 inmates. Tragic drownings of Edward Cheney’s family. a quarrel led to his suicide. Wealth data lists Terr Krupp as Germany’s wealthiest. Panama Canal sale rumors to France for 40 million dollars. Secretary Gage to hold treasury post to Feb 1. Minnesota to hold extra session around Feb 18 for tax commission. Admiral Schley’s visit to Gordon provokes citywide enthusiasm. Buelich Trust in Cleveland with 1.5 million deposits facing paying creditors in full. Revolutions topple President Aceval. Hector Carvallo installed. Seven days of exchange data show 2.916 trillion in U S clearing houses, up from last week and year.
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United States
McKinley
Census Committee
London
Miss Stone
Lord Milner
Johannesburg
New Jersey
Edward Cheney
Galesburg
Martin O'Hara
Mary
Quecola
Terr Krupp
Germany
Washington
Panama Canal
France
Gage
Treasury
Admiral Schley
Gen. Gordon
Buelich
Minor News Items From Various Regions
A collection of brief notes from early history mentions a one million dollar weekly U.S. Army cost, a $15,000 haul on a Hawaiian steamer, and a New York syndicate seeking 180000 acres of Nova Scotia timber land. Andrew Carnegie receives a clear title to Skibo castle, while U.S. manufacturers plan silver markets abroad. The Malian government declines St. Louis exposition invite, Reginald Vanderbilt inherits 7500000, and U.S. spirits consumption trails other big nations. Frohman plans a permanent French theater in New York with AL Coquelin, and Cassel funds a crusade against consumption in England. Iron ore finds threaten British industry, militia-power talks occur with War Department, Gov. Van Sant fights the Northern Pacific merger, and Italian protests over lynching indemnities continue. A McKeesport man inherits 5009 from a former tramp, and St Louis inventor JE Green claims origin of Santos-Dumont airship drawings were stolen years ago.
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United States Army
New York
Nova Scotia
Andrew Carnegie
Skibo Castle
Reginald €. Vanderbilt
United States
Charles Frohman
AL Coquelin
Ernest Cassel
King Edward
England
National Guard
Gov
van Sant
Minnesota
Northwest
Prinetti
Italian Senate
George Adams
McKeesport
Colorado
JE. Green
St. Louis
M. Santos-Dumont
Paris
France
Beardshear Daughter Weds Mining Engineer in Ames
Iowa state news reports Hazel Beardshear daughter of Prof W M Beardshear married L M Chambers a mining engineer with his consent and knowledge. Prof Beardshear denied elopement claims and praised the groom while noting the marriage surprised friends and that Chambers is a recent Iowa State College graduate.
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Chicago
Hazel Beardshear
W. M. Beardshear
Ames
L. M. Chambers
Beardshear
Chambers
Iowa State College
Judge S M Weaver Joins State Supreme Court
Judge S M Weaver of Town Falls has been appointed to the state supreme court after 13 years as district judge. He fills the vacancy left by Judge Josiah Given of Des Moines.
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S. M. Weaver
Town Falls
State Supreme Court
Josiah Given
Des Moines
Iowa Military Staff Appointments Announced by Gov Cummins
Gov Cummins reveals state military department appointments with Melvin H. Byers named Adjutant General Glenwood John C Loper as Quartermaster General Des Moines John R Prime Inspector General Des Moines Hugh B Hedge Commissary General Des Moines Wilton W McCarthy Surgeon General Des Moines Charles G Saunders Judge Advocate General Council Bluffs W J H Morse Chief of Engineers Des Moines Edward G Pratt Chief Signal Officer Fairfield Joseph Beeson Oskaloosa. Judge Shiras rules homestead exempt in Rafferty bankruptcy case in Dubuque. A West Union murder shocks town as Homer M Neff kills former fiancee Rose Falls and wounds rival then commits suicide. Iowa farmers form tropical fruit colony on Isle of Pines with 23 families from Spirit Lake Fairfield. Lars Axelsen murder mystery in Audubon County persists. Anton Leitner dies in Dubuque from dynamite accident. Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul to expand Dubuque shops, adding 100 jobs. Coon Rapids National Bank authorized with $25,000 capital. Ottumwa National Bank tenancy extended to Jan 3 1929. Penn College Oskaloosa chemical lab explosion damages $1000. Chariton farmer John A Johnson ends life by hanging. Stephen Bellithorpe dies at 93 in Burlington. Langkin tenant barn fire at Montgomery farm destroys livestock grain and equipment.
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Erect Cummins
Melvin H. Byers
Glenwood
John C. Loper
Des Moines
John R. Prime
Hugh B. Hedge
Wilton W. McCarthy
Des Moaines
Charles G. Saunders
Council Bluffs
W. J. H. Morse
Algona
Edward G. Pratt
Charles S. Crall
Fairfield
Joseph Beeson
Oskaloosa
Lars Axelsen
Audubon County
Anton Leitner
Dubuque
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Comptroller
Coon Rapids National Bank of
Coon Rapids
Burlington
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi River
Montgomery
Larrabee
Langkin
Peruna touted as nationwide catarrh cure in Senate notices
A Senate chamber excerpt extols Peruna as the national remedy for catarrh, claiming it cures systemically and eradicates the condition. Letters from prominent men and women are pledged in a Columbus, Ohio booklet promotion, urging readers to obtain Restoratives.
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Hartman
Hart-man Ganitarium
Peruna
Iif
Columbus
Real Pleasure and Father Clash Over Kiss Scene
A confrontation quotes a father accusing a man of kissing his daughter with the man replying that it is not business but pleasure. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia Press
Puck
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Health Ad
An advertising pitch promises relief from ailments from headaches to cancer by restoring bowel health. It touts Cascarets as a natural cure with easy movements, costing 10 cents to start, and warns to beware of imitations of the genuine metal box tablets stamped C. C.
Cholly Stays In Turkish Bath For London Fog Memory
A witty Chicago Daily News line questions why Cholly lingers in a Turkish bath as the steam evokes a London fog for him. The remark highlights cultural humor and urban mood through a simple, vivid image.
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Cholly
London
Chicago Daily News
Queen and Crescent South Service Route Highlight
The line showcases through service from Cincinnati and the North to New Orleans, Birmingham, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Charleston, and St. Augustine. A transport corridor linking major cities spans the route, emphasizing seamless rail connections.
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Queen & Crescent South
Excellent
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Birmingham
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Charleston
St. Augustine
Miss Frocks and the Audubonnet Birdless Hat
In a Norfolk era tone Mrs Curss and Mrs Cawker discuss a hat phrase about an Audubonnet. A judge comments on curing coughs with Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar. The page blends quips and ads reflecting early 20th century life and commerce.
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Hale
Pike
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Schley Court of Inquiry
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Ottawa
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Monndpeck
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Detroit
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Mira Wis
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Fifth Street
Maines
B.‘T', Holmes
Indianapolis
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Salzer
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Freewood
Amt
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Cararana
GEO
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G. A. Ry
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Revit
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Old
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