Freshmen Anticipated As Columbia College Opens
Milton September 4 enrollment for Columbia College is expected to reach at least thirty freshmen when classes start September 12. Financial secretary H. Bhangle reports unprecedented inquiries for rooms and board as the new president Dr. James Crutchfield arrives September 7. Crutchfield, formerly of Phoenix, Arizona, brings a record of Eastern and Western educator prominence and helped draft the new state constitution of Arimena.
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Milton
Columbia College
H. 3. Bhangle
James Crutchfield
Phoenix
Arizona
Billiton
Crutchfield
Loth
Arimena
Millionaire milliner files voluntary bankruptcy in New York
Herman P Tappe a fashionable milliner of Fifth Avenue is charged with voluntary bankruptcy over a $5000 cost deficit. The petition filed in federal court names prominent society and theater figures as creditors. Attorney Willan Buchter represents Tappe who says he did not wish to burden patrons with the small debts, claiming a $187,000 loss in his millinery business.
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Tappe
New York
Hecome
Herman P Tappe
Fifth Avenue
Millinera
Federal District Court
Willan Paul Buchter
Wall Sireet
Elite society and the stage: a tainted ascent of Mr Tappe
Mr Tappe, son of a Sidney college professor, pursued priesthood at St Xavier College Cincinnati then shifted to fashion. Apprenticed in Chicago, he moved to Paris as buyer for a New York millinery firm and stayed nine years. In 1907, at age 10, he married Ada Jaffrey McVicker, a society figure twenty five years his senior. they now live apart.
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Tappe
Sidney
Ohio
Catholic College of St. Xavier
Cincinnati
Chicago
Paris
New York
Ada Jaffrey McVicker
Old Plainsmen Discredit Indian and Buffalo Tales
Sixty aged delegates at Independence Missouri decry sensational western yarns about plainsmen hunting buffalo and fighting Indians. They dismiss reports of white buffaloes as fanciful, noting tales conflict with reality. The meeting, part of the Old Plainsmen association, averages 79 years old and aims to honor era figures with a statue.
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Kansay City
Western
Prairies
Sxty
Independent
Old Plainsmen’s Association
W. C C. Hickman
The
Incarlation
Innstanay
James A. Bowlin
Remedy Adverts for St Chamberlains Diarrhoea Cure
An advertisement touts St Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as prompt and effective. It claims the product is dependable and pleasant to take and available from all dealers.
Pearson Syndicate Transfers Mexico Holdings in $25 Million Deal
Sir Weetman Pearson arranged a formal transfer of all Pearson syndicate oil holdings to a Texas company in a massive exchange valued at 25 million dollars in gold, with El Paso, Texas noted in the report.
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Pearson Syndicate
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Laurd Cowdry
Sir Weetman Pearson
Texas Company
Vast English deal linked to late John W Gates
A reported transaction closed in England before Gates' illness involves about 25 million dollars in gold and includes hundreds of thousands of acres of land a Minithan refinery a large oil well at Potrero de La Nea plus numerous smaller wells and 200 miles of pipeline. A testimonial praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy by Mrs M I Basford of Poolesville Md as effective with sales by all dealers.
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John W. Gates
England
Gates
Minithan
Bath
Potrero de Lane
Chamberlain
Mra M
Basford
Poolesville
Trouble and the Washington Star Exchange Jibes
A brief, stylized exchange quoted from the Washington Star captures a clash over trouble and talk. The dialogue reflects a streetwise banter tone with regional slang and sharp retort amidst a fleeting moment of verbal sparring.
Caretful Cure Claim for Indigestion Pills
A nostalgic ad touts Cascarets as a quick fix for sour stomach and indigestion. It claims the laxative tablet cleanses the stomach and liver, relieves belching and gas, removes fermenting food, and carries away waste to prevent future trouble. One 10 cent box supposedly lasts months for all ages.
Immortality and Poetry in a Sunday Address
Rev F L Modes argues immortality rests with poetry and poets. He cites ancient thinkers and poets from Greece Egypt Rome and Hebrew tradition to claim the poet tells the whole truth and moves belief, memory, and hope. The sermon links immortality to poetry as a universal, life shaping force.
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FL J. Modes
Rome
Bingland
Tyaingson
Gol
Simea
Ecclesiastes
Mose
Jub
da Vill
Tanah
Jeremialy
Amy Pal
Jett Wat
Tts
Dhalved
Chamberlain's Ointment for Sprains Quick Recovery Claim
An advertisement states that sprains typically disable a man for three to four weeks but can heal in two to four days with liberal use of Chamberlain's Ointment and following bottle directions. Sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Travel into central Oregon Revives Fall Real Estate Market
The Bend Bulletin notes fall travel into central Oregon has begun and real estate agents report lively inquiries with sales rising as visitors arrive and activity picks up in the region.
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Bend Bulletin
Oregon
USA Guckleberry Season At End
Special correspondence from Chiak Oregon describes the end of the Guckleberry season. Harvesters gathered many gallons of berries and enjoyed a long fruiting period with a social plonie in Farson meadow. Attendees included Adium, J Shur, Vevint, Mr and Mrs Reeves, Mrs Clark, and many others.
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USA
Chiak
Ore
Berrice
Farsen Meadow
Witel
Adium
J Shur
Mer
NM. Dusen
Sire
Kenneson
Mrs. Carter
Lolk Lawrence
Vista
Alta Kirk
Clee Cannell
Samese health remedy promises strong guarantee
A sensational advertisement touts Samese as a life changing tonic. It claims immediate blood restoration, system toning, better digestion, and plump rosy health. The firm Koeppen & Bros offer a personal guarantee to refund the purchase if results are not seen, with testimonials of noses and catarrh improvement and a no spray throat spray sold by mail from 8 Warren Street, New York.
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Pondeton
Koeppen & Bros
Ube
My Bros
Warren Street
New York
Fire attempt to engrave on rings reported May 1757
A May 1757 report notes an attempted engraving on rings and describes the fire incident linked to the act. Details are fragmentary but indicate a mishap during a metalworking or craft process. No additional names or locations are clearly readable.
Plano dealer or home merchant for piano tone
The ad urges choosing a known home merchant over an unknown Plano agent. It promotes W. Miller’s Matchlosa Models and the Mel low-toned Music Makers from Sheboygan Wisconsin as top-notch instruments. The copy invites readers to visit the local store to see and hear the piano.
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Plano
W. Miller
Sheboygan
Wiscornsin
Times
3. W. Miller
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Peoples Warehouse
Moilliner
Washington Star
California
Syrup CO
Senna
California Fig Syrup CO
Tania
Uji Alle Itoes Ince Cat
TG Strup CP
Olympia
Pioneer Bottling Works
Malin
Jesse
Pendleton
City
Mark Moorhouse
E. Court Street
A. Schneiter, Prop
Pendleton, Ore
Main Street
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