Navy to Add Atlantic Fleet to 28 Battleships
Washington reports no plan for a second fleet or a Pacific division. The Navy will expand the Atlantic fleet from 18 to 28 battleships to project strength and test port capacity, with ships returning from the Pacific after missions. Tom Ochiltree’s Moon adds a Texas moon joke to a New York anecdote.
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Pacific
Atlantic
Washington
Mavn Department
Roosevelt
Metcalf
General Board
Evans
Navy Department
Hiobe
Department
Atlantic Seaboard
Santa Fe Flyer Derailed Near Topeka
The Colorado Santa Fe railway passenger train derailed at Wakarusa 12 miles west of Topeka at 1 30 Thursday morning. Three Pullman cars and one tourist sleeper left the tracks. Passengers escaped major injuries though Conductor McNeil suffered a severe leg wrench and another conductor was badly hurt. A defective rail caused the accident. Governor Hoch was a passenger and sustained minor injuries.
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Topeka
Kan
Colorado Flyer
Santa Fe Railroad
Wakarusa
McNeil
Hoch
Formal Order Issued On Two Cent Kansas Fare
The state board of railroad commissioners ordered a two cent fare for passengers over 12 and a one cent per mile rate for ages six to twelve, to take effect within 30 days on all Kansas roads. The rule applies only while the Nebraska fare litigation lasts and becomes void when that dispute is settled.
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Topeka
Kan
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Kansas
Nebraska
Venezuelan Delegate Gil Fortuel Ordered to Leave The Hague
The Venezuelan minister to Germany and head of the delegation to the peace conference, Senor Jose Gil Fortuel, has been ordered by cable to withdraw from the conference and return to Berlin. He suspects transmission delay and will await fuller mail advices.
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Hague
The
Senor Jose Gil Fortuel
Germany
Berlin
Burn the Hospital Proposal in San Francisco Plague Crisis
The board of health urged the board of supervisors to burn the city and county hospital which has housed plague cases. The Marine Hospital Service taking control of the plague effort is seen as a sign disease progress will stop quickly.
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San Francisco
Board of Health
Board of Supervisors
Marine Hospital Service
Receipts From Public Land Rise in Fiscal Year
The General Land Office reports total cash receipts from public land disposal for the year ended June 30 amount to 8,484,938 dollars, an increase of 1,899,414 dollars over the previous year.
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Washington
General Land Office
Fire cripples Sedalia water system and destroys property
Sedalia Missouri suffered a water outage Friday afternoon due to a break at the pumping station. A fire then broke out causing about $10,000 in property damage.
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Sedalia
Retired Navy Commander Winslow Allderdice Dies at 53
Commander Winslow Allderdice, U S Navy retired, died suddenly at his New London home on Wednesday. He was 53 years old.
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New London
Conn
Winslow
Allderdice
United States Navy
Absent minded professor boasts umbrella to wife
A comic dialogue shows the professor parading his umbrella to Alma after declaring the jokes about absent mindedness are foolish. He claims he has not forgotten it, while his wife points out she did not bring hers.
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Alma
Professor
New Zealand Sets Aside Vast Land Endowment for Public Aims
New Zealand allocates 9,000,000 acres for endowment to fund education and old age pensions. The government reduces duties on essentials while increasing tariffs on other goods to shield industries.
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New Zealand
Pro fan language test ends with job offer
A Chicago office boy seeking work is asked about profane language and replies if necessary. The ad then promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease with claims it eases painful feet and fits new shoes, plus a sample offer and a series of quotes about philanthropy and conscience from Thorold, Parton, and others.
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Chicago
Allen’s
A. &. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
The Earl of Surrey and the Beefsteak Club
A humorous anecdote recalls the Earl of Surrey later Duke of Norfolk famed for gluttony and drinking. Servants cleaned him during frequent fits of drunkenness. He disliked clean linen, and a club companion joked about trying a clean shirt for his rheumatism.
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Earl of Surrey
Duke of Norfolk
Dudley North
Case of eczema in south shows Cuticura cure
Mrs. I. M. Robert of Hydropolis Louisiana suffered eczema on hands and eye for three years. After failing with a doctor she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and fully recovered. She reports repeating relief when stopping, endorses the entire Cuticura regimen, and praises its local impact. Dated January 5 and September 1, 1906.
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I. M. Robert
Hydropolis
Wedding customs across cities and attire noted in society chatter
Discussion compares marriage traditions from New York Boston Milwaukee with rice beans and beer. A housekeeper mentions Red Cross gift items and a brief aside on clothing and moral phrases from Tennyson.
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New York
Boston
Milwaukee
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Sam Ward
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Parton
Ena
Tennyson
Simmons
el, Reno, Okla
C. F. Simmons
San Antonio
Atascosa County
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Musgrove, Brown
Turkey Creek
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Oklahoma
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Bears
Fac Sumile Signature of
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Mefian Or
Tis Ces
Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W. J
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Thornton & Minor
Oak Sr
Cardus
Cardui
M. A. Akers
Basham
Ladies Advisory T., Theine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
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