Peary Narrowly Reaches Pole Milestone Navy Rank Recommended
The National House committee on naval affairs favors retiring Capt. Robert E. Peary with the rank of rear admiral after a claim he reached within 1.6 miles of the North Pole. A 25,000 crowd in San Francisco witnessed aviator Parmalee set an endurance record of 3 hours 39 minutes aboard a Wright biplane. Paul Morton died suddenly in New York from apoplexy at the Hotel Seymour. Eugene Ely completed a flight from land to a warship in San Francisco bay and back. Henry Cabot Lodge was re elected to the Senate by a narrow six vote margin. Premier Katsura and three Japanese ministers resigned over anarchist plot deaths. Champ Clark named Democratic candidate for Speaker. party caucus gives Ways and Means control.
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Robert E. Peary
North Pole
National House Committee On Naval Affairs
Captain Peary
San Francisco
Phillip O. Parmalee
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Navy
Seymour
New York City
Eugene Ely
San Francisco Bay
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
United States
Senate
Katsura
Champ Clark
Missouri
House Representatives
Ways and Means
Allied naval landing aids Cuban defense amid Honduran unrest
About thirty American bluejackets from the cruiser Tacoma and twenty English seamen from the Brilliant landed at Cuba Honduras to erect barricades for protection of American and British subjects amid Bonilla revolutionist threats. Additional notes cover Rockefeller commission worm disease findings and U S Haiti Santo Domingo mediation efforts.
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Tacoma
Brilliant
Cuba
Honduras
Rockefeller Commission
Haiti
Santo Domingo
United States
Panama Canal
Aft
Pennsylvania Society
New York City
Congress
New Mexico
Utah
H. ©. Owen
Washington
Brigham Young
Various Civic and Political Moves Across States
A compilation of early 20th century items shows Governor Norris imposing a dog quarantine in Montana, California tradesmen buying an industrial farm for organizing a spring strike in Los Angeles, amid navy reprimands for Commander Sims aboard the Minnesota. Also noted are the arts commission finding esthetic grounds to approve a DC reform school near Mount Vernon, and military camp planning involving several states by the War Department. Further items cover a Kenosha death after carbolic acid, a juror bribery acquittal in Chicago, rate cuts by Canadian and American express offices, Carnegie’s renewed endowment to the Institute of Research in Washington, and New Orleans favored as Panama Expo site. Other notes include Haiti-Dominican tensions, a ship saved near Cape Blanco, Yale memorial gifts, Michigan asylum naming debates, Port Sal seizure in Honduras, a Springfield graft probe, Massachusetts school savings banks, Taft and New York officials dining together, Miles Poindexter elected senator, and panic-saving at a Binghamton home fire. Also included are New Jersey and New York agricultural education remarks and political moves in Washington.
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Edwin L. Norris
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Los Angeles
California Building Trades Council
Secretary of the Navy
Sims
Minnesota
Guantanamo
R. S. Smith
St. James
Kenosha
Wis
Charles E. Erbstein
Chicago
Lee O’neil Browne
William Lorimer
United States Senate
American Express
New York
United States
Canada
Andrew Carnegie
New York City
Carnegie Institute of Research of
Carnegie
New Orleans
Exposition Committee
House
Adiel W. Wade
Haiti
Santo Domilugo
Grand Gosier
Saltrou
Cape Blanco
Cal
Nan Smith
Wright Memorial
Yale University
Henry R. Winthrop
Edward N. Gibbs
Michigan
Port Sal
Honduras
Manuel Bonilla
Ceiba
Sangamon
Jll
Springfield
Massachusetts
Chapin
Taft
Dix
Gaynor
Susquehanna Valley
Binghamton
N. Y
James E. Martine
New Jersey
Plainfield
N. J
John A. Dix
New York State Agricultural Society
New York State
State News In Brief Highlights From Across Illinois
Various Illinois reports note W H Joesting to speak at Washington's Birthday banquet in Moline. Champaign grand jury summons for Yeats and Weeks. Sterling arrests for liquor license violation. Mendota fire kills Roy Richards and injures others. Sterling man found dying in ice house. Danville mine and railroad shop workers receive up to 300000 dollars. Chicago auto crash injures several, including an eight year old. Peoria cat and dog charity offers 25 cents per stray. Springfield tax commission reforms include abolishing the state board of equalization and creating a state tax commission. Moline woman dies after carbolic acid suicide. daughter injured. Wyandot drowning deaths in Hennepin canal. Ridgway wheat prospects praised after moisture. Anna records first smallpox death. Geneva escapes at state home. five girls missing. Peoria elderly recluse Mary Loveland found with cash and bank deposits.
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Moline
H. Joesting
Retail Merchants’ Association
Champaign
John Yeats
Weeks
Sterling
Frank Myers
United States
Mendota
Roy Richards
Sterling —C. Boks
Peoria
Patrick Malone
Peoria Fire Department
Danville
Chicago
George Mathison
Windsor Avenue
Mathison
Sheridan Road
Irving Park
Irving Park Boulevard
A. L. Roguesh
William Donovan
Donovan
Springfield
Deneen
General Assembly
Special Tax Commission
State Board of Equalization
State Tax Commission
Special Commission
Civic Federation of Chicago
John Newman
Helen
Jesse Bradley
John Sprocher
Wyanet
Hennepin Canal
Rosa Miller
Geneva
Morse
Mary Loveland
Bloomington
Peoria State Hospital
Farmers’ National Bank of
Doan's Kidney Pills Touted In Nebraska Ad
An old advertisement warns of kidney neglect and lists dropsy diabetes and Bright's disease as dangers. It credits W. P. Miller of Pender Nebraska with overcoming kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills, claiming they saved his ability to work. Doan's sold for 60 cents per bar by Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo NY and available through dealers.
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Nature
Bright
Dean
W. P. Miller
Pender
Nebr
Doan
Meal time dispute between patient and doctor
A humorous exchange shows a patient arguing with a physician over drinking with meals. The doctor sternly warns against the habit, while the patient defends his need to eat at any time. The dialogue captures a light, practical clash of opinion on daily routine and health.
Croker Links High Living Costs to Town Dwellers
Richard Croker in New York last month notes costs rise are borne by city residents, not farmers. He cites a boy in a flat asking what Paradise was like, with a mother replying that it echoes their crowded schoolhouse life.
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Richard Croker
New York
Mr. Croker
Paradise
Art in the Nude Studio Visit Prompts Quip
A photographer and his assistant show nude samples to potential sitters when a tall rugged man from the countryside enters. He asks what the pictures are worth and is told they cost three dollars a dozen. He studies a photo of a baby in a wash basin and asks what it would do with clothes on.
A Girl Rejects Request Amid Family Tension
In a candid exchange, a man named George pleads as a girl resists his advances and cites disapproval from her mother and sisters. She insists she does care but will not accept his proposal, arguing the social constraints and family opinion. The dialogue highlights class and pressure within a courting conflict.
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George
Prejudice and Grape-Nuts Letters Challenge Beliefs
Readers are urged to question bias and trust personal testimonials about Grape-Nuts. A correspondent recounts years of digestive issues and relief after trying the product, claiming restored appetite, weight, and comfort. The promotion invites ongoing reader letters and mentions The Road to Wellville and “There’s a Reason.”
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Wellville
Jalgia era remedies boast bold claims and satire
A fragment from a vintage ad page mocks sensational cures and patent medicines. It ridicules the idea of mystical healing while promoting crude quack products like Hamlins Wizard Oil and Dr. Pierce's Pellets as quick fixes. The tone skewers suffrage politics and social norms of the era.
Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Medicine Ad
An old advertisement touts a laxative product promising to cure a cold in a day. It features a grovian signature on each box and claims a refund if it fails. minor garbled text mentions a crude lamp and a didactic moral note about people who think they are right.
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W. Grove
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B. B. Fisher
Roanoke
America
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West 20Th Street
SAMH
Leipzig
London
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Mercantile
Iowa
Wisconsin
Joseph Ultmann
H.ard St
St. Paul
Minn
Hubenbgecker
Aurora
Nebraska
J. M. Townes
Little Rock
Arkansas
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Middie West
Aml
Bernes
Linois
Derrbeen Street
Clinois
Pensacola
Florida
Pensacola Realty Company
Fla
P. C
F. M. Campbell
Ashland
Falth
Palatka
Putnam County
St. Johns
Southland Rhalty
Riebold Building
Dayton
Ohio
J. B. Craig
Bitter Root
Ten
Minneapolis
Ten Acres
Independence
C.w.kerr Co
Indrua
Mins
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Julius L. Woodward
Board of Trade
Virginia Farms
Chaffin & Co., Inc
Richmond, Va
Raymond Buncoett
Mountain View
W. A. Ingalis
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