Investigation finds Mercy hospital clean and kind
Davenport reports the insanity commission at St. John's hospital, Mercy’s insane ward, found no patient complaints and described conditions as clean neat and sanitary. In other items, a broker secured a temporary injunction stopping sale of two diamond rings pledged for 1200 dollars. A German Congregational Ministers association meeting closed with services and papers. An attempted holdup on Charles Brutus failed after he shouted for help. The article ends with a discussion on modern diplomacy urging closer cooperation and shared world prosperity.
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Commissioners of Insanity
St. John’s Hospital
Insane Department of Mercy
F. Cattler
Avoca
Herman Seil
Fargo
William Loos
Charles Brutus
East Fifteenth Street
Fourteenth Street
Brady and
Perry Streets
Mr. Brutus
Brady
Baby Fleet's Long Trip to San Francisco
Captain Albert Mertz U S N is tasked to lead a 14 000 mile voyage with three lightships and three tenders to San Francisco from Tompkinsville New York starting by October 1 The plan includes civil crews 160 men and new emergency signaling methods to coordinate the fleet which will be one nautical mile long and face strategic challenges in storms and drift uncertainties
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Mertz
Albert Mertz
U. S.N
San Francisco
United States
Tompkinsville
N. Y
New York Herald
Navy
Merchant Service
Coston
Moline Women Hurt In Street Car Crash
Two Moline women Mrs John Lindwall and Mrs Gust M Ford were injury victims when a street car was struck by a runaway car on a Clinton hill. Both were bruised, treated by a physician, and later returned home.
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Moline
John Lindwall
Gust M. Ford
Clinton
Eastern Star
Robb
The New Diplomacy Dr Hill's View on Modern Diplomacy
Dr David Jayne Hill new American ambassador to Germany contributes to a German review outlining a shift in diplomatic thinking. He contrasts the old doctrine of absolute sovereignty with a modern view that stresses cooperation and mutual trade benefits among nations.
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Hill
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Ambalor
Witty lapsus linguae joke recounted by Quarles at dinner
A New York Press tale recalls Congressman Quarles narrating a banker dinner anecdote. Guests include a Broadway merchant worth about 3,000,000 who loves wordplay. A subsequent dinner ends with a roast beef mishap and the host quipping it is merely a lapsus linguae.
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Congressman Quarles
New York Giants of Finance
New York Press
Snagging Salmon In Alaska
A reader recounts Alaska's Chileat River fishing method known as snagging where Indians fish by night using a barbless steel hook on a long pole. The pole is manipulated to hook the salmon when the strike is felt, then hauled ashore.
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Alaska
Eye Strain and Optically Impaired Vision
Eye strain is the effort needed to maintain sharp vision, often without awareness, linked to nervous exhaustion and related conditions. Many suffer headaches nervousness and insomnia from eye strain. Dr Myers offers examinations to diagnose and address the trouble at Myers Optical Co 212 Safety Building Rock Island IL.
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Myers Optical CO
Safety
Rock Island, IL
Store Is Robbed at Carbon Cliff Shop O Brien
Andrew O Briens store at Carbon Cliff was entered between 11 p m Friday and 7 a m Saturday. Burghers stole a small amount of tobacco and cigars while the safe and money drawer were not tampered with. Harry Woon worth er, employee, found the theft on Saturday morning when opening the shop for Jess. The article notes the owner declined selling the sick man to a peddler and mentions health decline prior to the incident.
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Andrew O'Brien
Carbon Cliff
Harry Woonworth
Jess
The Last Supper Masterpiece Portrait Tale Told
A Brooklyn Eagle retells the Leonardo da Vinci Last Supper tale with a twist as Pietro Bandinelli, a choir boy, serves as the hidden model for Jesus and Judas after a long search. The story ends with the surprising line that Bandinelli had once posed as Christ.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Milan
Italy
Jesus
Pietro Bandinelli
Judas
Pietro Bandinel
Pietro
Reine
Christ
Brooklyn Eagle
Traveling Man Relates Save on Train to Le Grande
Sam A. Garber describes aiding a sick woman aboard an eastbound O R N train from Pendleton to Le Grande Oregon. He used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy doubled doses with whisky and water, assisted by passengers, and the patient recovered before arrival. For sale by all druggists.
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Pendleton
LeGrande
Ore
Sam A. Garber
Chamberlain
le Grande
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