Important News Notes of a Week Summary
A compact digest of diverse items: death of Denver banker David H. Moffat in New York. Senator William J. Stone recovering in Kansas City. Mrs Grover Cleveland and son Richard abroad. Henry Flagler nearly blind. General Culver’s death in Illinois. Bryan family engagement news. Chinese student Chung Yu Wen honored. Carrie Nation ill in Leavenworth. engineer John B. McDonald dies in New York. postal savings bank outlook. measles and mumps at Fort Sam Houston. Booker T. Washington assault case in New York. cigarette paper sale in Utah. rail and labor wage disputes across the country. Irish immigration figures. multiple fires, strikes, and legal actions. and a broad stream of national events from politics to industry.
Wolgast Clinches Technical Knockout Over Alemsia in Nine Rounds
In Vernon arena Los Angeles California Wolgast faced George Alemsia and secured a technical knockout after nine rounds as referee stopped the bout when Alemsia showed clear signs of defeat. Stamford Smith’s rumored fate was denied as Papuan reports were unfounded. Smith and his expedition reached Thursday Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad, Wolgast
George Alemsia
Vernon Arena
Los Angeles
Val
Wntch
Vemsie
Fiton
Stamford Smith
Papua
Smith
Thursday Island
Illinois Happenings Briefs From Across Towns
A compilation of short items reports deaths from heart failure and a runaway accident in Peoria, early freezes threaten crops in Alto Pass, a fire damages businesses in Kewanee, and Champaign eyes a major plant project. Other notes include a Chester manslaughter conviction, a 37 mile drainage project award in Hamilton county, Zion City legal action over a wife’s death, factory and building fires, reform school discipline denials, theft suppression in Joliet, a Murphysboro eight hour system celebration plan, robberies in Geneva, a jail cell money discovery, a shooting in Harrisburg, and a fatal machinery accident in Galesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Emil Frein
Somonauk
Kansas
Peoria
Nicholas Kamin
Alto Pass
Illinois
Kewanee
Lay & Layman
Coulson & Potter
O. A. Lathrop
Champaign—Champaign
Harvey Roots
Chester
MacLeansboro
North Fork
Hamilton County
Broughton
Coleman & Sons
Paragould
Ark
Zion City
Willfred Graham
Chicago
Graham
Sterling
Theer
Ezra Mathew
Aurora
Thye
Ohpella L. Amigh
State Reform School For Girls
Geneva
Joliet
Bridewell
Walter Steinmiller
Duquoin
Murphysboro
Frank Price
Kane County
Price
George German
Harrisburg
David Gaddis
Jefferson Pierson
Pierson
Gaddis
Purington
John Ledbetter
B. F. Lowe
Cure for Eye Disease Promised by Cuticura Pills and Soap
Mrs. Julia Csepicska recounts a sister's severe eye ailment from red, burning, and watering eyes. After doctors and home remedies failed, she used Cuticura Pills for purification, Cuticura Soap for baths, and Cuticura Ointment. Within six weeks eyes healed and vision returned. Address: 2005 Utah St. St. Louis Mo. Aug. 25 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottea
Julia Csepicska
Utah St
St. Louis
Doubting His Word In The Cat Incident
A humor vignette set in a dorm room where two Irishmen share beds. Patrick questions Mike about putting out the cat while Mike insists he did, swearing on his honor. The dispute escalates until Patrick demands action himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Patrick
Eccentric Toasts At Kidderminster Dinner
Pitt toasted Kidderminster carpet makers saying may the trade be trampled by the world. An audacious double meaning toast about canals coal pits minerals and manufactures was attributed to Smeaton Erskine and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt
Kidderminster
Smeaton
Erskine
Great Britain
Ireland
Cornhill Magazine
Grape-Nuts Rejuvenates 70-Year-Old Widow of Editor
A 70 year old Ohio widow, wife of a famed newspaper editor and political figure, credits Grape-Nuts for renewed health and vigor after a severe stomach injury. She recalls years of limited diets before trying Grape-Nuts three years ago, praising its healing effect and expressing gratitude with her testimony. The ad copy also promotes The Road to Wellville and the Postum Company slogan There's a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Railroading and Dancing Do Not Mix for Leake
In a Popular Magazine piece Stuart C. Leake, a Richmond Virginia railroad supervisor hailed as a top southern dancer, is referenced when a branch went awry. The president questions Leake’s whereabouts and a reply about leading a “german” prompts the president to call it a dirty Irish trick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart C. Leake
Richmond
Leake
Mireger
Popular
Fragments of Proverbial Quips and Patent Remedies
A collection of misc quotes and advertisements from a vintage page. It includes lines about credit fears with Pipps and true friends, a misattributed proverb about suffering, and old ad copy for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Garfield Tea. It ends with a note on cleanliness and a truncated quotation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
David H. Moffat
Denver
New York City
Mr. Moffat
Colorado
United States
William J. Stone
Rhubrough Stone
Kansas City
Grover Cleveland
Europe
Richard
Switzerland
Francis Cleveland
Henry M. Flagler
Standard Oil
Wall Street
James $. Culver
Illinois National Guard
Springfield
General Culver
Fifth Infantry
William J. Bryan
Grace Dexter Bryan
Richard Lewis Whargreaves
Lincoln
Neb
Columbia University
Sigma Xi Society
Chung Yu Wen
Carrie Nation
Kansas Temperance Worker
Leavenworth
Kan
John B. McDonald
Post Office Department
Postal Savings Banks
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Fort Oglethorpe
Booker T. Washington
Washington
Flower Hospital
Utah
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Nevada
Arthur R. Seyferlich
Seyferlich
Bert Fisher
Monarch Refrigerating Company
East Michigan Street
Ilinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
Carolina White
Metropolitan Opera House
Philadelphia
Lee
Wells-Fargo Express
Adams Express Company
Minnesota Billiard Table Company
Milwaukee
John Gallaus
Gallaus
Honeybrook
Pennington
N. J
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N. Y
National Tanners’ Association of the
Albert C. Frost
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad
Alaska Central Railroad
Alaska
Lake Erie
Silver Spray of
Erie
The
Booth Fisheries Company
Cleveland Harbor
Carnegie Trust Company
Grand Jury
Andrew Carnegie
Teather River
Niles Canyons
Western Pacific Railroad
Hans
Yaas
Pipps
Theophrastus
Tohn Wesley
Spenger Bros
Peoria, Ili
Carter
Trench’s Remedies, Ltd
St. James Chambers
Toronto
Canada
Trench
Southern Pacific
Particuara
O. M. Wooster Co
Homer Laughlin
California
Henrietta
Clay County
North
R. W. Watkins
Gettle
Buskatchewan
Raymore
OTPP
Enans & Lawleudgrh
Sasha Hewan
Yeauoe-I
Teme
U. Sb
Alonta Ca
Golden Valley
Manana
Whitmer
Glendive
Mont
Aliiew
Adamson
240
Summer Street
Malden, Mass
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