Mind Lost Man Is Clear. Pitkin Recalls Son’s Life
Mrs. Pitkin recites her son Earl Pitkin's life from St. Joseph Missouri to Kansas and St. Louis then Chicago where he graduated high school. A brain operation left him paralyzed but the world to remember him as the long lost man identified in the Pitkin residence after years of mental illness and amnesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Curie
Pitkin
Park
Des
Xperiemers Ag
Rob
Eieworth
Reno
Nev
Elsworth
Iles
St. Louis
Swit & Co
Minnesota
Watseka
Minn
Militant suffragists clash at Buckingham Palace gates
London dispatch notes Mrs Pankhurst carried from the gates of Buckingham Palace by a police officer after a protest. Militant acts surge, with property damage and threats to life. Scattered reports say crowds threaten reprisals. policing tightens around a house overlooking the palace gardens. Sylvia Pankhurst vows to occupy the House of Commons steps June 10 until Asquith meets a deputation. Prince Henry’s safety prompts police watch at Eton.
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London
England
Mrs. Pankhurst
Gueckingham Palace
Royal Gardens
Sylvia Pankhurst
House of Commons
Asquith
Long Lost Brother Believed Found By Family In Arkansas
Miss Helen Iles and George Pitkin confirm belief that a man, once unable to talk in a house block, is their long lost brother after months at Oak Forest Infirmary while evidence was gathered. A penny provident fund is created by Little Rock Public Schools.
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Oak Forest
Helen Iles
George Pitkin
School Board of
Little Rock, Ark
Fighting to Get Out of Congress in Missouri
In St Louis on June 6 Representative Richard Bartholdt of the 10th Missouri district campaigns against his own reelection. Once he announced he would not seek reelection, but friends proceed with nominating him, while Bartholdt seeks to avoid an unwanted candidacy after 22 years and 11 terms in Congress.
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St. Louis
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Bartholdt
Mr. Bartholdt
Congress
G. E. Phelps
Waack
Second
Brady Street
Roddewig
Phelps
Stree
Davenport
Morton Sues Reporter Over Rope Incident at Morton Farm
Chicago reporter Webb J. Miller sues for 50000 damages after Morton, via his son and workers, bound the journalist with rope at the Morton farm in Lake Forest. Morton boasted of tar and feathers for reporters who bother him as Mrs. Morton dismisses most press inquiries. Minnesota adopts official state brand for butter under strict rules.
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Chicago
Mark Morton
Webb J. Miller
Chicago Evening American
Miller
Justice Herrick
Wheaton
Helen
Morton Farm
Sheriff's Office
Morton
Lake Forest
Mrs. Morton
Virginia
Minnesota
Itched and Burned Terribly Prompts Skin Cure Claim
A Detroit area reader recounts a severe facial skin infection starting as a pimple that itched and burned. After using a failing salve, he tried Cuticura Soap and Ointment, followed the product directions for twenty six days, and claims full recovery. The ad promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a free sample offer.
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Union St
Aurora
Cuticura
Dept. T. Boston
Day in Davenport Manufactures Firm Formed Under Steffen Name
A Davenport manufacturing concern, the August E. Steffen Co., formed with $100,000 capital to wholesale and retail wearing apparel and dry goods, will operate from Second and Harrison streets with a Clinton branch from the Federation Overall Co. plant, and aims for future branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August E. Steffen
For Sale or Exchange of Merchandise Stocks and Land
For sale or exchange for improved or general merchandise stocks several large land parcels in North and South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri including 400 acres in Hughes County ND improved for small farm and 2,560 acres in Morton County ND. Also 220 and 460 acres in Wells ND, 200 acres near St. Paul MN, 240 acres near Mason City IA, 359 acres Worth IA, 160 acres near Charles City IA, plus merchandise stocks for good lands or improved farms. Also $1,200 merchandise for automobile and Chicago flat buildings for merchandise on farms, $6,000 St. Louis residence for small farm of 40 or 80 acres, several automobiles wanted. Pier iod & E change. Lock box 315 Rock Island IL.
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Hughes County
N. D
Iowa
Missouri
Morton County
Wells County
St. Paul
Minn
Wapello County
Mason City
Worth County
Charles City
Minneapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
Rock Island, i
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Wyetericus
Mr. Pitkin
King George's Palace
Buckingham Palace
Hostetter
Chicagoan
Owl
Linwood Quarries Company
Recorder’s Office
J. W. Crowley
John F. Schroeder
Carroll Bros
Ambrose Clayton
Des Moines
Clayton
City
Plumbers’ Association
Park Commissioners
Vander Veer Park
Salvation Army
Army Hall
East Third Street
Rock Island Crossing
Fifth
Marquette
Maria Meehans
Elizabeth Wulf
Mary Ehr
Margret Roche
Emma Loan
W. L. Loan
Pauline A. Winterlin
Charles
F. Winterlin
Verne R
Severn C
Melvin E
Halligen Candy Company
Elmer Smith
Louis Playman
West Seventh Street
Davenport Granitord
Fillmore Street
Sixth
Taney Street
City Engineer and Board of Public Works
Playman
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