Blackfeet Honor Chicago Police Chief as Chief Many Stars
John McWeeney, Chicago police chief, is adopted by the Blackfeet Indians at Glacier National Park in a sacred ceremony. The event occurs in the tribe’s medicine tepee with five northern governors and distinguished private citizens witnessing. The title Chief Many Stars is conferred as part of the rite.
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Chicago
John McWeeney
Sacred Medicine Tepee
Glacier National Park
McWeeney
Randolph Street
Many Stars Named Chief by Glacier Indians in City Hall
At City Hall the Indians presented a ceremonial greeting to officials. Chiefs Big Top and Lazy Boy presided as a translator relayed Chief White Calf’s praise of police insignia and gold embroidery, and he bestowed the name Many Stars or Big Peace Chief.
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City Hall
Big Top
Lazy Boy
White Calf
Glacier National Park
Sun Valve Beacons Light Coastlines With Sun Powered Gas
Harper's Weekly explains how the lighthouse board adopted acetylene with sun valves to self light and extinguish offshore buoys and beacons. A copper coated lampblack rod responds to heat from sunlight, regulating gas flow to a pilot flame for precise timing across extreme climates.
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United States
Lighthouse Board
Heaven
Two Seas
Gulf
Great Lakes
Pacific
Alaska
Harper's Weekly
Cigar Ad Sparks Debate in Washington Star Style
An odd exchange quotes a frivolous observer about women smoking cigars, while Mr Meekton challenges the notion. An advertisement touts Chamber jisin's Cough Remedy as thoroughly tested during influenza epidemics and claims no pneumonia cases when taken timely, sold by all druggists.
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Mr. Meekton
Washington Star
Property transfers in Moline and Rock Island listings
A long list of property transfers across Moline East Moline and Rock Island outlines numerous deeds. Transfers include lot and block transfers in Ryder Read's addition Moline and others for sums from 1 to 6 000 dollars.
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John D. Johnson
Charles L. Nterson
Moline Water Power Company
Moline
John A. Swanson
M. LeRoy Mur- Trey
Ryder & Read
M. LeRoy Murray
Charles E. White
Frederick C., Kuttler
F. B. Downing
W. H. Downing
Silvis
William H. Downing
Janen & Sharp
Charles H. Pope
Horace H. Long
East Moline
Ann Junghans
William I. Tuaze
Radden
William I. Taze
Charles 1. Pope
Jacob V. Claar
Claus Henry Peters
George B. Meofutt
Mosenfelder
Highland Park Addition
Rock Island
Minnie W. Richards
Devore N.simonson
Old Town of
Devore Simonson
George G. Richards
Shick
Martin
Frank H. Lovey
Francis Marion Walker
C. O. Arenshhield
Pleasant View
Maria Meyer
F. Potter Smith
Black Hawk
Andrew Shallberg
Johan_nal
Sophia Shallberg
Shallberg
Lillian E. Parsons
Charles F. Marks
Lundah
Nineteenth Street
Gust Ed
Nelson H. Greene
C. G. Thulin
G. Thulin
McCabe
Fairmount
R. C. Shallberg
Clinton
Woolfolk
Oak Hill Park
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American Public Utilities Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Merchants Public Utilities Co
Ind
Peoples Light & Heat Co
Elkhert Gas & Fuel Co
Elkhart
Valparaiso Ligo
Valparaiso
Utah Gas & Coke Co
Salt Lake City
Utah
Boise Gas Light & Coke Co
Boise
Idaho
Winona Gas Light & Coke Co
Winona
Minn
Minnesota-Wisconsin Power Corporation
LaCrosse Gas & Electric Co
Wis
Albion Gas Light Co
Albion, Mich
Holland City Gas Co
Holland, Mich
Jackson Light & Traction Co
Jackson, Miss
American Public Utilities Co
Board of Directors
Columbus
Cleveland
Louisville
Detroit
New York
Boston
Grand Rapids
Providence
St. Paul
Messrs. Kelsey, Brewer & Co
Michigan
Pam & Hurd
Ill
John Burnham & Company
la Salle and
Monroe Streets
Nassau St
State St. Boston
Uncle Sam
Bohemia
Schlitz
Phone West
Carse & Ohlweiler Co
Eleventh St
Milwaukee
St. Petersburg
Chicago Tribune
Coleridge
Haege Tailoring CO
Rameer’s
Janet Mckenzie Hill
Cees
Boston Cook School
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