Woman Raised Apart From Men Marries for First Time
Adah Pratt of Washington after 29 years in a women led sect joins B Franklin Hoover of Philadelphia. The story recalls a Texas founded Woman's Commonwealth and a creed that called marriage a sin. The couple wed after a swift courtship and a Chicago to Philadelphia journey.
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Miss Pratt
Philadelphia
Adah Pratt
Irving Street
Washington
B. Franklin Hoover
Texas
Hoover
Martha McWhirter
Pol Waco
Belton
Woman's Commonwealth
Pratt
Commonwealth
Montgomery County
Maryland
Mr. Hoover
Chicago
J. B. G. Pidge
Fourth Baptist Church
the Commonwealth
Men to Board Monitor Fired At by Big Guns
Norfolk Virginia reports that sailors will crew the monitor Florida during a forthcoming twelve inch gun test in about two to three weeks. A high observation tower will be built on the stern for observers. A twelve inch gun from the turret will be fired via a stub. An armor plate and bullet head are installed to protect the vessel if struck.
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Monitor
Norfolk
Bars Sissy Christians From Y M C A Job
General Superintendent C B Weaver in Los Angeles fires all Christians on the Y M C A building project claiming church members underperform and replaces them with non professing workers to boost output. He asserts Christians are a "sissy lot" and demand the soft end.
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Los Angeles
C. B. Weaver
Weaver
Lancashire Spinners abandon plan to buy U.S. cotton lands
The Lancashire cotton spinners dropped the scheme to purchase cotton growing estates in the Mississippi Delta citing legal obstacles to aliens owning real estate. The Cotton Spinners' Association had previously formed a committee to pursue setting up a company to control a U S cotton plantation, a result of a British delegation visit.
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Manchester
Lancashire Cotton Spinners
Mississippi Delta
Cotton Spinners’ Association
United States
Plans of Obscure Young Architect to Be Realized
London plans county hall on the Thames at Westminster will cost about £7,000,000 and take seven years to build. Architect Ralph Knott, previously an obscure assistant, is 29 and will receive about $200,000 in fees.
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London
London County Council
Thames
Westminster
Ralph Knott
Arid Zone Life Revealed by Desert Plant and Animal Adaptations
A 1902 museum exhibit recounts how desert species endure drought. The guarequi plant stores water in a swollen base, then dies back and reawakens with each rainy season, having survived six years on reserves. Mice also endure long dry spells by subsisting on seeds without drinking water.
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Sonora
Government railways ownership debate quoted by Star
A Washington Star excerpt shows a farmer named Corn tes sel criticizing government ownership of railways. He questions the idea and hints the government has its own burdens to manage.
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Corn Tessel
Washington Star
AnmoTT's East Indian Corn Pain Ad
Advertisement for AnmoTT's East Indian Corn Pain promising quick and permanent relief from corns bunions and toe sores without cutting burning or flesh damage. Offers mail order 25 cents from Tennport Co Savannah Ga. Includes a maxim about happiness.
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Anmott
Tnenport Co
Savannah
Baby’s Itching Healed by Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. Willian Geeding of Attica Indiana testifies that her son suffered months of itching sores until Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment were used. After three applications the sores began to heal and left no scars. The remedies are praised as the best she has tried and recommended to others.
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Cuthura
Willian Geeding
Washington St
Attica
Ind
Maude E. Forgie
Leesburg, Va
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Honest man tires of game and shifts to politics
Antidote for skin diseases promises cure for eczema tetter ringworm erysipelas and all itching skin ailments. Claims instant relief and permanent cures in severe cases. Available 50 cents at stores or by mail from J. T. Suwurrminz Dept. A Savannah Ga. Quote about fools and questions ends the ad.
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Sraeee
J. T. Suwurrminz
Dept. A
Ba- Vyennah
New Derelict Destroyer Seneca to Patrol Coast
An article notes the derelict destroyer Seneca will patrol coastal waters to reduce ship losses and aid vessels in distress. It may deploy to locations reported by ships, wireless messages, or port entries, with additional support roles such as provisioning crews.
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Seneca
Boston Transcript
Hemp Plant Grows in Texas Gulf Coast Study Shows
The United States Agriculture Department confirms the abaco hemp plant can be cultivated along the southwest Gulf coast in Texas. Experiments over the past year convince horticulturists this crop could join Texas staples. Previously thought to thrive only in the Philippine Islands Manila dominates hemp rope trade. The plant resembles a banana with broad leaves and was discovered by accident in San Antonio.
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Texas
United States Agricultural Department
Gulf Coast
Philippine Islands
Africa
India
South America
Manila
San Antonio
San Antonio Express
Dr H R Kline Nerve Restorer Offer
Advert shows Dr H R Kline offering a free treatise and $2 trial bottle of Great Nerve Restorer for nervous disorders including St Vitus dance. Claims cures and urges readers to send to 981 Arch St Philadelphia Pa. Ends with a quip about a miser.
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St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Phila
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