Roosevelt to leave Sagamore Hill for White House
President Roosevelt plans to depart Sagamore Hill on September 22 with his family to take up residence in the White House for the coming winter and spring. Harry J Handy wins the 10 mile Marathon swim in St. Louis. Judge Taft leaves Middle Bass Island to begin campaign work in Cincinnati. Governor Davidson rescues two men from a capsized canoe on Lake Mendota. Charles W Anderson arrested in Kansas City on gambling house charges. Roy Young 15 pleads guilty to burglary arson and riot in Springfield race war. sentenced to Pontiac reformatory. Mrs. Marshall Field Jr. marries Maldwin Drummond in Westminster registry office.
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Springfield
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Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
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Westminster Registry Office
Drummond
Edgar Atheling Drummond
Wild Unrest Flares at Cooper Union Meeting
Unemployed workers rally at Cooper Union with red flags and incendiary speeches. Police clashed with demonstrators as Alexander Berkman and a young woman were arrested amid the chaos.
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Paris Fletcher
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Minn
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Henry Hyatt
Carroll Hall
Danville
N. H
Glasgow
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Abd-el-Aziz
Murai Hafid
E. Glawi
Taylor-Palmer
Boston
Navy finds success in want ads for recruiting
The navy plans to shift more recruitment funds into want ads while the war department expands Yellowstone National Park garrison to double strength. A park security gap follows a road agent hold up of seven tourist coaches carrying 120 passengers.
Hibbing Menace: Fire Threatens Hibbing and Grand Marais
Hibbing, Duluth reports an advancing forest fire endangering Mesaba range towns. Duluth sends engine and hose by train. Grand Marais fortifies town outskirts with 40 volunteers as 14 weeks of drought fuel the blaze. residents evacuate or stay to defend homes amid mounting peril.
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al J. Smith
Hennepin County
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Minneapolis
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Dr Rustin Planned Death in Omaha Case
Coroner's inquest into the death of Dr. Frederick H. Rustin reveals that he discussed self destruction to secure life insurance for his family. Abbie Rice testified he urged her to kill him and then herself planned for August 28 but wavered. Davis testified about drug use but denied involvement in Rustin's death.
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Omaha
Neb
Frederick H. Rustin
Abbie Rice
Charles E. Davis
Rustin
Davis
Austin
Fire razes Belmont hotel in Denver killing four
A three story Belmont hotel building at 1723 Stout Street burned Tuesday morning. Four men died and about a score were injured, several seriously, as guests leaped from windows to escape smoky halls. Fire officials suspect incendiary origins.
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Belmont Hotel
Stout Street
Well Known Alaskan Railroad Official Dies in Nome Accident
Dr. Cabell Whitehead head of the Seward Peninsula railroad in Alaska perished in Nome when the car he rode in overturned. He fell into a shallow pool and drowned after the accident.
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Wash
Cabell Whitehead
Seward Peninsula Railroad
Alaska
Nome
First Portrait of Opie's Early Talent Revealed
The tale from Youth's Companion recounts John Opie's boyhood portrait of his father at age ten or twelve. He drew his glare during a Sunday interruption, endured a harsh thrashing, yet completed the work and earned his mother's scolding. His father later praised the bold method and talent.
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Holkham
Opie
New painless slaughter tool tested in Scottish line
In the Dunfermline slaughter house a new instrument of about a foot long has been introduced. The rifled barrel and bell shaped muzzle are angled to fit a bullock’s head. After securing the animal and tapping with a mallet, the cartridge is inserted and death is instantaneous if correctly positioned, otherwise slightly longer but without pain.
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Dunfermline
Scotland
Electric Scrubbing Brush Completes Floor Cleaning Tasks
Popular Mechanics describes the palmetto scrubbing brush as a versatile electric device that scrubs waxes polishes and cleans floors including corners. It offers adjustable parts steel wire brush carborundum stones fleece polishing pad and ready cut carborundum paper with power cost of about one cent per hour from any room light fixture.
Orange Rind as a Malaria Cure Editorial Note
The Tampa Times editorial discusses a new orange variety and the medicinal rind for malaria like old Florida orange leaf tea. It notes rind and lemon-sprout tea as tonics and anti periodics and urges steps to provide such remedies to the public.
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Tampa Times
Florida
Palm Beach News
Real Joy of Leisure essay reflection by Henry Van Dyke
A concise aphorism by Henry Van Dyke contrasts leisure with overwork. It asserts true leisure comes to those who love work but avoid enslavement to constant labor, framing balance as a virtue rather than retreat.
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Henry van Dyke
Work of Necessity Snapped Snake Bites Dicky on Sunday
A terse exchange shows Dicky admitting he killed a snake on Sunday to defend himself. The line “Why, Dicky, did you kill a snake on Sunday?” replies with “Yes'm. It was tryin' to bite me on Sunday.”
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Dicky
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted by Cheney and Co
An early 20th century advert promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims authenticity from a deceased physician, lists ingredients as tonics and blood purifiers, and notes Toledo Ohio as the manufacturer with Druggists selling for 75 cents. Testimonials are offered upon request.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Propa
Toledo
The Limit. Meanest Man and Bonnet Incident
A Yonkers Statesman cartoon caption describes a harsh husband who tried to force his wife to wear the bonnet his horse wore last summer. The quip frames him as the meanest man the speaker has known.
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Yonkers Statesman
Three Cures of Eczema via Cuticura Remedies
A narrator recounts three eczema cures attributed to Cuticura Ointment and Remedies. A brother recovers after summers of outbreaks between the shoulders and back, and a Indiana mother reports her daughter’s child healed completely. Mrs Sarah BE. Lusk of Coldwater Michigan cites dates in 1907.
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Indiana
Sarah BE. Lusk
Coldwater
Mich
No Automobiles There There Are No Automobiles on the Golden Streets
The Whitsett Courier reports a town anecdote about a new contraption that caused chaos when its rider toppled a mule onto the town hall. The mule then kicked the town clock, damaged the roof, and toppled the mayor as council began. The animal then wandered off.
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Heaven
the Whitsett Courier
Mother and Child Nourished on Grape-Nuts Letter
A Virginia mother shares how Grape-Nuts food rebuilt her strength after childbirth and helped her nurse her four month old baby. She reports recovery, ability to work, and no further health issues, attributing the improvement to the cereal. The ad notes the product is made from whole wheat and barley and calls the readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pgs
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