Great Catholic Celebration Opens New York Centennial
Eminent prelates from Ireland and the United States gather in New York for the centennial of the New York diocese. Cardinal Logue and Cardinal Gibbons lead a week of mass, services, and a grand laity meeting at Carnegie Hall, closing with a 40,000-strong Catholic parade.
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New York
America
Pius VII
Cardinal Logue
Armagh
Ireland
Diocess
St. Patrick
Cardinal Gibbons
St. Paul
Archishop Ryan
Philadelphia
Quigley
Chicago
Keane
Dubuque
Mesamer
Milwaukee
Riordan
San Francisco
Diomede Falconia
Baltimore
Diomede Falconio
John J. Glennon
St. Louis
Carnegie Hall
Luke Concanen
John Connolly
John Dubois
John Hughes
Hughes
Carolling McCloskey
Corrifan
Ines
Farley
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New Jersey
New York City
D D D Prescription Cures Eczema Patient
Chicago claim describes D D D Prescription and D D D Soap curing a three year eczema case. A Mrs B K Hep at 1660 West Madison Street records relief from itching and sleepless nights after starting treatment on December 9 1907. The letter endorses the salve and soap with assurances of rapid skin improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
BK. Hep
West
Madison Street
Pendleton Drug Co
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Liver Health
A promotion notes that stagnation of the liver and bowels causes trouble such as headache and biliousness and that Dr King’s New Life Pills purify without grinding or griping. Sold for 26 cents at Tallman & Cos drug store.
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Dr. King
Tallman & Cos Drug Store
Brooklyn Horse Show Opens This Evening in Brooklyn Spring Society Event
New York April Brooklyn’s sixteenth annual Brooklyn Riding and Driving club horse show opens this evening. It draws national entries and features 39 classes across harness saddle pony and jumper divisions with substantial prizes and a slate of judges from New York and Connecticut keeping strong local competition.
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New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club
Brooklyn Dames
Dameela
Manhattan
J. W. Ogden
Robert A. Fairbairn
Westfield
M. J
L. E. Waring
Richard Newton, Jr
William A. Hazard
Louia
Stoddard
New Haven
Conn
International Billiards Championship Opens In New York
Five players form the field for the International amateur billiard championship at 16.2 balkline in the Liederkranz hall New York under the National Association of Amateur Billiard Players. Lucien De Rolle and Calvin Demarest head a strong field with J F Poggenburg and E W Gardner also entered. The likely final pits De Rolle against Demarest for the world title, with larger French balls and 400 point games and the anchor shot barred as neutrally set by the Amateur Federation of France.
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New York
Liederkranz Club
National Association of Amateur Billiard Players
Lucien de Rolle
France
Calvin Demarest
C F. Conklin
Chicago
Chicago A. A
J. F. Poggenburg
E. W. Gardner
Passaic
N. J
de Rolle
Calvin Demareat
Amercan
Amateur Federation of
America
Easier to tell people how good they should be
A reflection on how exhortation outpaces demonstration, arguing people respond better to example than instruction. It notes the challenge of modeling virtue versus preaching it, suggesting actions speak louder than words in shaping behavior.
A Square Deal for Indians in Riverside Conference
An Interstate Conference of heads of Indian tribes educators and philanthropists opened in Riverside California on April 28 to pursue a square deal for western Indians. Leaders including Dr David Starr Jordan of Stanford aim to expose Interior Department failure and curb land loss and exploitation by whites. A California Fruit Growers convention also began, running four days.
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Riverside
Cal
Far West
Interior Department
Lang
David Starr Johnson
Stanford University
California Fruit Growers’ Association
Hermiston Homesteads Near City Face Entry Limits
Hermiston homesteads offer 20 acre farm units within a mile of the city though government land is closed except via relinquishments by earlier entrants. Pruitt & Oliver advertise filing on relinquished parcels. The ad also promotes Bees Laxative Cough Syrup with a child friendly formula. Bold by A. C. Keeppen & Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermiston
Pruitt & Oliver
A. C. Keeppen & Bros
Seattle Girl Wins Ghirardelli Limerick Contest
Miss Genevieve Johnstone of Seattle won the Ghirardelli Cocoa limerick contest with the winning line completing a verse about a Yale student and ale. She received the full prize of $93 after judges reviewed thousands of responses from the West, signaling growing interest in limerick advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Johnstone
Seattle
Ghirardelli
D. Ghirardelli Company
San Francisco
Yale
West
Howell Street
Parliament Reopens After Easter Break in London
Parliament resumes sessions in London after an Easter recess that ran from April 14 to April 28. Members returned to discuss ongoing legislative business and agenda items following the holiday adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Republican Nominee for District Attorney Election Date
Present incumbent Republican nominee for district attorney seeks election on June 1, 1988.
County Commissioner Election Platform
A countywide election is set for June 1 1908. The candidate pledges permanent improvements as the central platform.
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Bronx
Richmond
Dutchess, Orange
Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Weatchester
Bahama Islands
Pierce
John Pyre
Tax Ecuroric Medical Review
Helenias
Fyfe
Finley Ellingwood
Bennett Medical College
John M. Scudder
Cincinnati
Golden Sea
R. Bartholow
Jefferson Medical College
Pendleton Cloak and Suit
Movement TO
Heads of Indian Tribes
Hermiston Homesteads
Rayo
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Folger
Olgeri
J. A. Folger & Co
E. C. Mohler
German Optical Co
Pendleton, Ore
Suit
John Schmidt Bldg
J. Hudeman
Ralph Folsom
G. W. Phelps
T. D. Taylor
Horace Walker
Republican
John Q. Peebler
C. P. Strain
J. P. Sullivan
Prop
Cedar Brook
Old Joe Gideon
East Court Street
the Brewery Depot
Main
Paul Hemmelgarn
Gol
Fergy’s
Marvel CO
New
Yor
East Oregonian
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