Pelican flag to be returned to Louisiana makers' descendants
The famed battle scarred Pelican flag that carried through the War of 1812 and the Civil War by Louisiana troops and was captured by Illinois cavalry at Black River Bridge in 1863 will be returned to the descendants of its makers. The flag was presented to Louisiana troops by New Orleans women when Gen. Jackson fortified the city against the British. The article notes a folkloric remark about women’s height increasing two inches in the last generation.
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Chicago
Louisiana
Illinois
Black River Bridge
New Orleans
Jackson
New York
Mirrors removed from Spokane elevators to cut accidents
Spokane officials order turning away mirrors in elevators after noting they distract riders. The Old National Bank building led the move removing a glass panel that previously housed the mirror as part of a safety effort.
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Spokane
National Bank
Jammers
Panic at Ridpath Hotel Amid Dream Fire Alarm
In Spokane on June 25 guests at the Ridpath hotel were roused when J H McLeod, a guest, dreamt of fire and shouted fire, triggering the alarm. He fled in nightclothes, then climbed to the roof from the fourth floor while still asleep, found later by firemen.
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Spokane
Ridpath
J. H. McLeod
McLeod
Don Santiago Triana Seeks Latin American Trade Reforms
Colombia’s former minister, nicknamed the J. P. Morgan of South America, tours the United States with the Pan American financial commission. He argues for shifts in credit and banking to deepen US Latin American trade, praises Bryan’s diplomacy, and notes closer North South American ties amid war.
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England
France
Italy
Germany
United States
Don Santiago Perez Triana
Colombia
Great Britain
J. P. Morgan
South America
Senor Triana
Pan Amerean Financial Commission
Uncle Sam
Sam
Latin America
North
Bryan
Would Wed Woman Who Has a Past
Spokane June 25 A business man from a neighboring state asks Police Judge Witt to find him a wife eager to lead an upright life and promises to forget her past. He seeks a woman with a respectable future despite history.
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Spokane
Witt
British Empire Trust Co reports heavy loss over jitney competition
London June 25 At the annual meeting the British Empire Trust Co and the British Columbian Electric Railway Ltd reported a heavy loss for the year attributed to jitney competition.
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London
British Empire Trust Co
British Columbian Electric Railway, Ltd
Don’t Wash Hair With Soap Says Old Text
A vintage home care note warns against using soap for hair washing. It favors plain refined coconut oil as a mild alternative that cleanses, rinses easily, and leaves hair bright and manageable, while removing dust and dandruff.
Market Report a mix of prices for farm products
The report lists prices paid to producers for cattle hogs poultry veal and pork with varied figures for broilers ducks hens and spring chicks. It also shows selling prices to retailers for butter eggs and cheese including regional dairy products and crop items like alfalfa barley timothy and straw.
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Amnion
Vvcccceerin
Kennedy and Tourist Sailings From Colman Dock Schedule
The notice lists S. H. B. Kennedy and Tourist leaving Colman Dock at 6 30, 8 00, 10 30 a m, 1 80, 2 00, 6 30 p m with daily visitor welcome fare 50 cents round trip for adults and 25 cents for children 5 to 12.
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S. H. B. Kennedy
Colman Dock
Wife Snores and Divorce Follows in Kansas Case
Kas. June 25. Three days out of port Charles N. Sentney discovered his bride snored and the honeymoon became a torment. The wealthy wholesale grocer said in Naples he tried to buy a chin brace but the snoring could not be stopped. They cut the trip short and returned to America. They separated and Mrs. Sentney filed suit for alimony and divorce.
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Hutchinson, Kas
Port
Charles N. Sentney
Sentney
Naples
America
Margaret Cunningham Celebrates 100th Arrest in 8 Years
In Englewood Chicago Mrs Margaret Cunningham aged 60 marked a centenary in a police station cell after her 100th drunkenness arrest in eight years.
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Chicago
Margaret Cunningham
Englewood
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Market Report
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Ty S
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Vashon Clarke
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Belect Ranch
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Timothy
Warley
Cate
Ton
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KODAK
J. Mendenhall
Swift'e
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Albert Hansen
Madison
Dreamland
Ohio
University ST. Corner Secons Ane
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