Dowry Scheme Aims to Pair Chorus Girls With Poor Husbands
Chicago scene reports Miss Nena Blake promoting a Dowry Fund Protective association. Members donate ten percent of salary to share among the first five chorus girls who marry financially modest men, while the fate of remaining members is left unsettled.
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Chicago
Society For the Promotion
Nena Blake
Miss Blake
Montana
Dowry Fund Protective Association
Blake
Peary Sells North Pole Story for 50000
Commander Robert E. Peary signs with Hampton's Magazine for a 42000 word serial on his dash to the North Pole. The eight month run pays more than a dollar per word, exceeding Theodore Roosevelt's African hunt rate.
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United Press
New York
Hampton's Magazine
Robert E. Peary
bin Dash
North Pole
Scribner's
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft Speaks During South Carolina Campaign Stop
President Taft traveled toward Columbia and Augusta with a morning stop in Orangeburg where he spoke from the platform for over ten minutes before continuing.
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United Press
Charleston
U S. C
Taft
Columbia
Augusta
Orangeburg
Rumor of Roosevelt Death Triggers Japan Excitement
Tokyo crowds swarmed the foreign office and American embassy as newspapers in Japan flashed extras. Rumors that ex president Theodore Roosevelt had been killed in Africa caused nationwide uproar until a firm denial arrived.
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United Prec
Tokio
Roosevelt
Prince Leo
Foreign Office
Street car collision injures teen on University line
Carl Darner aged 15 was severely shaken when Ravenna Park car 665 crashed into Eastlake car 372 on the University car line last night. Neither coach was materially damaged.
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Carl Darner
Ravenna Park
Eastlake
University
German cholera deaths climb to 35 by early November
Berlin authorities report 35 cholera deaths in Germany from July 19 to November 3. The figure reflects the spread of the plague with officials tracing the outbreak across multiple regions.
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Berlin
Germany
Drunken Derelict Pleads for Lockup at City Jail
A beard‑d man with red eyes walked into San Francisco police headquarters and asked to be jailed until sober. He identified himself as Howard Anderson from Minneapolis and claimed to be a friend of former Gov. Albert F. Mead. He warned of likely delirium tremens and urged a separate cell.
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Police
San Francisco
L. J. Stuart
Vietor
Capt. Stuart
Stuart
Howard Anderson
Albert FE. Mead
Minneapolis
Anderson
Capt
First Imperial Valley Cotton Shipments Reach Oakland
The first carload of cotton from the Imperial Valley is en route to Oakland. The shipment, grown on J. R. Loftus’s ranch, is destined for the California Cotton Mill in Oakland.
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EL Centro
Cal
Imperial Valley
En Roue
Oakland
California
J. R. Loftus
Cone
California Cotton Mille
No Cough? Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Ad Promises Quick Aid
An old advertisement urges keeping Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in the house to treat coughs and colds. It asserts the product has been sold for seventy years and positions it as a ready physician's medicine for when symptoms appear.
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Ayer
Wayside Thanksgiving Service Returns to Moore Theatre
This year the annual Wayside Emergency Hospital Thanksgiving service moves to the Moore theatre on Thanksgiving morning. Soloists include Lute Dimond Henry T. Hanlin and Max Donner with Beatrice McClure reading and Rev. W A Major delivering the address. Public invitation extended.
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Wayside
Moore Theatre
Seattle
Weat
Lute Dimond
Henry T. Hanlin
Max Donner
Symphony Orchestra
Beatrice McClure
W. A. Major
Hethany Presbyterian Church
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