Messina Fire Swept Loss Probable Great
Early reports describe Messina swept by fire with efforts by soldiers sailors and firemen to control the blaze. A strong wind hampered containment and much valuable property may have burned. Nearby Smyrna Phoea and Chil suffered earthquake damage with eight deaths reported at Phoea. European shocks continued across the Ionian islands and Granada region with Panics but no serious damage.
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Messina
Smyrna
Turkey
Phocaea
Chil
Louisiana
Virginia
Athens
Ionian Islands
Greece
Santa Maura
Granada
Spain
Zafarraya
Root's Last Week in Cabinet At State Department
Secretary Root prepares to resign as he nears a New York Senate oath and plans rest at Hot Springs Arkansas. He aims to return for the inauguration and interim steps name Robert Bacon as secretary with John C. O’Laughlin succeeding as assistant secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Root
New York
State Department
John C. O'Laughlin
Woman fatally shot at Sturgis millinery. man arrested
Ella Roberts, 19, was shot and killed in Mrs. Bertha White's millinery shop in Sturgis South Dakota where she worked as a clerk. Oscar Jacobs, a newcomer from North Dakota, was alone in the store and is in custody. He claims Miss Roberts took the revolver and shot herself as he prepared to leave for North Dakota.
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Sturgis
S. D
Ella Roberts
Bertha White
Oscar Jacobs
North Dakota
Jacobs
Miss Roberts
Militia Deterrence Fends Off Wilmington Lynch Mob
In Clinton North Carolina the local military company was activated by Governor Kitchin to guard the jail against a mob threatening vengeance on William Werd a Black man who allegedly attempted to assault Mrs W J McLeod wife of a Mortonville citizen The incident prompted security measures and a restrained investigation Also Guthrie Oklahoma passes a resolution urging Congress to place a Sequoyah bust in Washingtons Statuary Hall highlighting the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet Oklahoma earns two slots in the hall.
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Wilmington
N. C
Clinton
Kitchin
William Werd
W. J. McLeod
Mortonville
Sequoyah
Guthrie
Okla
Congress
Statuary Hall
Washington
State Senate
Oklahooga
James W Clay Reports Kidney Cure After Civil War Injury
James W. Clay of Baltimore says kidney pain and sedimenting secretions persisted since the Civil War. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills, buying three boxes for a complete cure, with no return in five years. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Fos ter Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Clay
W. Fayette St
Baltimore
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
No Temptation Comment Sparks Holidays
A brief quip about Miss Oldbird contrasts elderberries with mistletoe in a holiday context, implying a playful social exchange rather than a formal event. No further details are provided.
Mix For Rheumatism and Auctioneer Mischief
A remedy claim promotes a whiskey based rheumatism cure with Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla. Separately a quip recounts auctioneer O A Kelley mark logging with initials causing a humorous misreading about oak logs at a sale reported by the Springfield Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Kelley
A. K
Begorra
Springfield Republican
Yale Graduate Becomes Key Passport Holder In Frontier Test
A Yale graduate and a favored envoy navigates frontier border checks with a be-ribboned parchment. The officer initially balks at the Latin, then recognizes the sacred document proving royal household status and grants passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Jerushy John
Houury
Scott
Postum Aids Iowa Family Health In Coffee Alternative
A letter from a Iowa reader says Postum relieved stomach problems and blotchy complexion after coffee caused headaches and indigestion. She notes her mother-in-law and grandmother also benefited, traveling and improving health after switching to Postum. The Postum Company credits the testimonial to The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Western Canada 1908 Wheat Crop Sets Records
A Montreal summary notes 1908 wheat output in Western Canada not less than 100 million, possibly 110 million bushels, with high quality and prices. Rail traffic and trade rise. 1909 prospects favorable. Cardston Alberta letter reports excellent yields: winter wheat 53, spring wheat 48 bushels per acre, oats 97 bushels. Outlook for growth with Grand Trunk Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Grand Trunk Pacifica
Cardston
Alberta
Western Canada
Ils
Paradise
North America
Notable Advice and Patent Remedies in a Fragment
A quirky dialogue on marriage equality opens this fragmentful piece. It markets Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo and offers a $100 guarantee. Also promoted are PAZO Ointment for piles and Allen's Foot Ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J. Cheney & CO
Folly and Folly Lessons in Hair Care and Health Ads
The fragment includes cheeky banter about kissing a dog and foolish love, then shifts to ads for hair knowledge books by Prof. Goujon mentioning a mail offer with ten cents and the address Du Mosier & Cie. It promotes Garfield Tea as a laxative and claims a one day cold cure with a signature by WH Grove, ending with a cheeky line about detectives.
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Prof
Frederic Goujon
du Mosier & Cie
Lexington Ave
Newark
W.grove
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Itanian Islands
Robert Bacon
Sturgis, S. D
North Carolina
Wage
Miss Oldbird
West
Lewis
Peoria
Ill
Dodds
Ittler Pills
SOLA
Treasury
Colorado
THE
Guaranty Realty Association
184
12Th Street
Boulder
Washington Dt
Co-Operative Stock and Fruit Growers Association
Metropolitan
Minneapolis, Minn
Watson
Coleman
Washington, D.C
Sloan
Sweeney
Price
Joe
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
California Group Co
W.l.douglas
R. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Spark St
Brockioc
Mase
Cc &Carr
Riverside
California
J. A. King
Clarke Sales Company
Park Avenue
New York City
Sam
Sure Hold CO
Westbrook
Thompson
Buro
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