Roosevelt May Travel Andes by Auto in South America
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt may switch from rail to auto for the Andes crossing late next month. He plans to travel from Buenos Aires to Mendoza by rail, then drive to Santiago de Chile and Valparaiso with five days in each city. The route crosses the Uspallapa Pass, 1270 feet above sea level, near Mount Aconcagua, amid storms and roadside stone refuges.
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Buenos Aires
Theodore Roosevelt
Andes
Mendoza
Santiago de Chile
Valparaiso
Uspallapa Pass
Mount Aconcagua
Burleson Publishes New Stamp Book For Post Offices
Postmaster General Burleson announces a new government book titled 24:10-20 to be sold for 73 cents. The volume includes 24 two cent stamps and 24 one cent stamps, with engravings, and follows a prior popular government issue of twelve two cent stamps. Instructions are being sent to postmasters nationwide about the release.
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Washington, D. C
Burleson
Cascarets Promise Quick Digestion Cleanse and Relief
An advertiser describes Cascarets as a quick stomach cleanse that sweetens digestion, removes sour undigested foods and foul gases, and carries off excess bile and constipated waste.
Charles Gates dies in Cody after hunting trip
Charles Gates son of the late John W. Gates died in his private car in Cody Wyoming from apoplexy after a West hunting trip. He had recently spent lavishly on fur coats gifts for chauffeur and guide and expected to spend seventy thousand more after a Chicago Board of Trade turn.
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Cody, Wyo
Charles G. Gates
John W. Gates
Billings
Mont
Mr. Gates
Chicago Board of Trade
Cody
Gates death leaves Texas Company poised to continue
Houston, Oct. 29. At the general offices of the Texas Company no statement is given on the sudden death of Charles C. Gates. By John W. Gates will his son and wife gain control. Despite speculation, Port Arthur projects and large civic plans for the city are expected to proceed as before.
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Houston
Tex
The
Texas Company
Charles C. Gates
John W. Gates
Young Gates
Port Arthur
John Gates
Charles Gates
Gates
Charles G. Gates Remembered in San Antonio
Charles G. Gates was well known in San Antonio and his death is mourned by a large circle of friends. His career spanned from a harum scarum boy to a man of large affairs with responsibilities of managing one of the country’s largest fortunes. He had faith in San Antonio as a.
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Charles G. Gates
San Antonio
Plant Juice Praised By San Antonio Resident
A. M. White of 1822 North Flores Street, San Antonio, declares Plant Juice provides direct and quick relief for malaria, constipation, stomach and bowel troubles, and urges sufferers to try it. The ad notes benefits for stomach, kidney, liver and blood issues, listing symptoms and promising relief and cure, with Fischer's Drug Store selling the product.
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A. M. White
North Flores Street
San Antonio
Fischer's Drug Store
Death of San Antonio magnate John W Gates shocks city
The passing of John W Gates devastates partners including H J Benson who discovered the death by telegram from Mrs Gates. Gates, known as Charley, funded large investments in Harlandale addition and bath house projects and was famed for generosity. A memorable tag day episode shows his charitable instinct as he bought many tags and supported the solicitor.
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H. J. Benson
Gates
Harlandale Addition
Bath House
Benson
John W. Gates
Charley
San Antonio
Body of Charles G. Gates Brought to Chicago for Funeral
The body of Charles G. Gates, son of the late John W. Gates, is en route to Chicago on a special train after dying suddenly in Cody Wyoming. From Chicago he will go to New York for the funeral. A telegram from T. E. Lewis says Gates suffered hemorrhage of the bowels six weeks earlier and may have anticipated he would not return alive from a hunting trip.
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Charles G. Gates
John W. Gates
Cody
Wyo
Chicago
New York
James A. Patton
T. E. Lewis
Minneapolis
Gates
Our Place
Death of Charles G. Gates After Wyoming Hunting Trip
Charles G. Gates died in Cody Wyoming after a hunting trip. He had lived in Minneapolis about 18 months and married Florence Hopwood two years earlier. He started building a mansion valued over 1 million dollars, not yet finished, and left for Wyoming in August to hunt. Mrs Gates accompanies his mother in New York.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Charles G. Gates
Cody
Wyo
Florence Hopwood
Frank P. Hopwood
Uniontown Bride Weds in Local Ceremony
Uniontown Pa October 29 day in Cody Wyoming was married here September 27 1911 to Miss Florence Hopwood daughter of Frank P Hopwood of Minneapolis. The ceremony took place at the home of her uncle Attorney R F Hopwood with Rev J P Lagrone of Port Arthur Texas officiating.
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Uniontown
Charles G. Gates
Cody
Wyo
Florence Hopwood
Frank P. Hopwood
Minneapolis
R. F. Hopwood
J. P. Lagrone
Port Arthur
Tex
First Wife Secured Divorce in 1911
Charles G. Gates formerly resided in Chicago and was first married to Mary W. Martin of St. Louis, who secured a divorce in 1911.
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Chicago
Charles G. Gates
Mary W. Martin
St. Louis
Women to seek votes at White House on November 16
Women from New Jersey and President Wilsons home state will travel to Washington to meet the president and press for a constitutional amendment granting universal suffrage. Suffragettes plan to work with senators and congressmen, with national suffrage leaders arranging White House reception.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
New Jersey
National Suffrage Headquarters
Muret Sentenced for Counterfeiting Gear in Atlanta
Ernest A. Muret, a bogus dentist, was sentenced to seven years and six months in Atlanta for possessing a complete outfit to counterfeit $20 bills. Convicted yesterday, Muret was a companion of Rev. Hans Schmidt, who killed Anna Aumuller.
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Muret
New York
Ernest A. Muret
Atlanta
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Educators call for reform in U S schooling aims
Washington, Oct. 29. A panel led by James H. Baker says two years of life are wasted under current curricula due to fad courses. The bureau report argues education should focus on a few essentials taught well. Elementary years should be six before high school, with graduation at 20 or earlier for work or further study.
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Washington, D. C
James H. Baker
University of Colorado
United States Bureau of Education
Bureau
Missionaries Hold Conference In Topeka
At the forty fourth session of the general executive committee of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Topeka 100 missionaries attended along with 200 delegates. The budget for the coming year was set at 900000 dollars with 50 returning from foreign lands and 50 who will sail next month.
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Topeka
Kan
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Memorial Planned for Jane McAfee Descendants in Kentucky
Mrs. Champ Clark wife of the speaker of the House issued an invitation to all descendants of Jane McAfee heroine of the American Revolution to unite in erecting a monument to their colonial ancestors in Harrodsburg Kentucky Mrs Clark is a descendant of the McAfees and honorary chairman of the Jane McAfee chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Kentucky
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Teroine
Washington, D. C
Champ Clark
Jane McAfee
Harrodsburg
Clark
McAfees
The
Daughters of the American Revolution of
Kentucky
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