Ballon Race Begins For Gordon Bennett Cup Title
Nine balloons race for the James Gordon Bennett Cup with teams from America Germany France and England. In St Louis the start saw American crews flying high while others pursued varying depths amid a light five mile breeze and moonlit skies. Predictions placed the final landing from Minnesota or the Dakotas to the east of Lake Michigan.
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St. Louis
Middle West
America
Germany
France
England
Minnesota
Dakotas
Lake Michigan
President Roosevelt Visits Vicksburg in Campaign Swing
President Theodore Roosevelt spent a fortnight in the enanebrakes and looked bronzed and vigorous as he made a flying visit to Vicksburg Mississippi. At courthouse square a massive crowd gathered to hear the speech making. Roosevelt was introduced by Congressman John Sharp Williams who lauded the presidents from Washington to Roosevelt for intelligence courage and character and praised the southern Bourbon Democrat for American pride and pleasure in saying the last is not least.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Rooseveltt
Courthouse Square
Roosevelt
John Sharp Williams
Washington
Teast
Indictments Returned Against Phelps Dodge Group
Federal grand jury indictments name Phelps Dodge & Co New York owners of the El Paso Southwestern railway and smelters in Arizona and coal sands in New Mexico. Charges accuse conspiracy to defraud the United States over coal land entries in San Juan County New Mexico.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Federal Grand Jury
Phelps, Dodge & Co
New York
el Paso & Southwestern Railway
Arizona
New Mexico
Charles 8. Spiess
Prof. Douglass
Territorial
David M. White
United States
San Juan County
Ewofexico
Wulfman Arrested in Bank Affair Probe
Samuel Wulfman head of Hartwell coal mines in Pike County Ind was arrested in Jasper Indiana after examination into the defunct Peoples State Bank at Huntingburg Ind. He overdrew his account by 40000 and was released on bond. Wulfman serves as a trustee for the Southern Indiana Maine hospital at Tavansville.
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Jasper
Ind
Peoples State Bank
Huntingburg
Samuel Wulfman
Hartwell
Pike County
J.ig
Wulfman
Southern Indiana Maine Hospital
Tavansville
Inexpensive Kidney Bladder Mixture Promoted as Remedy
An asserted home made blend from a New York daily claims to relieve kidney and bladder trouble before Bright's disease. The recipe mixes Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilia with dosages and usage guidance. It promises to cleanse uric acid and waste, relieve back pain, frequent urination, and rheumatic symptoms, urging readers to try and save the prescription.
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New York
Bright
Something New in Tablecloths
A woman enters a store seeking new tablecloths. after rejecting several options, a discarded design is offered. The center is described as being in the middle with a border running around the edge, and she eagerly buys it.
Royal Doctor Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria
The only royal doctor in Europe, Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria, has completed his five thousandth cataract operation with his wife as assistant. He treats the poor free, charging only those who can afford it, and previously restored vision to the Kaiser after an eight year old incident at sea.
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Europe
Carl Theodore
Bavaria
Kaiser
Hohenzollern
North Sea
The Sinful Human Heart
A clergyman uses a watch to illustrate regulating the sinful heart in a Sunday school class. A boy responds by suggesting selling the faulty watch to a friend, highlighting a simple moral pivot.
Old Soakers: Coffee Cured Huntsville Woman
A Huntsville Alabama woman recounts 40 years of coffee use causing chronic stomach trouble. After trying tea and milk with poor results she switched to Postum and reports dramatic health improvements including better sleep and appetite. She credits coffee cessation and Postum as the remedy. There's a Reason. Read The Road Weillville in pkgs.
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Huntsville
Ala
Weillville
Baltimore Beauty Wash Observed By Visiting Chicago Woman
A Chicago visitor notes Baltimore socialites forego powder and rouge, using a home made wash from Rose water Bay Rum and Epotone. The remedy allegedly yields a soft velvety complexion at low cost and lasts for months.
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A. D
Cure by Cuticura Remedies Reverses Eight Years of Skin Sore
Fritz Hirschlaff of New York reports eight years of rough skin healed in seven days by Cuticura Remedies after costly failed attempts. The testimonial notes his return to work and mentions dates March 29 and April 6, 1906. The text also references Joan Brown Juror and Williams Abrams Martin, survivor of the John Brown trial, now living in Virginia at seventy five.
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Fritz Hirschlaff
Columbus Ave
New York
N. WY
Joan Brown
Williams Abrams Martin
John Brown
Virginia
Unusual Opportunity for Township Representative
A notice promising a monthly retainer of 100 dollars to act as a township representative. Instructions urge writing to H W Cole at 1149 15th St Washington DC. The ad hints at ease of earning versus settling debts, offering a straightforward path for bright men and women.
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H.W. Cole
15Th St
Washington, D. C
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Pacific Coast Borax Co
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Tonowanda
N.Y
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Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adelaide Nichols
West 22Nd Street
New York City
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Lydia EB
Western
Canada
Sasikatchewan
Alberma Hovne
Manitoba
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Quincy Ridg
H. W. H. Rogers
Traction Terminal Ride
Indianapolis
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Milwaukee
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Paxtun CO
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