Water From Jordan Flows Into New York Gutters
Three thousand gallons of water from the River Jordan were emptied into a Greenwich Street gutter near North Moore Street as crowds watched. Col. Cliff Nadand of Kentucky and the International River Jordan Company faced a bust, with remaining casks stored at 387 Greenwich Street and bottled crosses unused.
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New York
Jordan
North Moore Street
Cliff Nadand
Kentucky
Sir
Mayo & Campbell
Greenwich Street
William H. Taylor
Europe
International River Jordan Company
Gov.Beckham
Congress
Covington
Abdul Hamid
Root
Constantinople
Leishman
Sublime Porte
Jerusalem
Judea
Jericho
St. John
Ali Riza
Jaffa
Mule’s Bray Fools Marines At Bremerton Yard
An army mule turned Navy yard mischief maker in Bremerton Washington causing Marine buglers to improvise new trills after the animal mimicked reveille two hours early. The mule, recently transferred to Guam bound supplies, now stays in a distant corner to avoid further disruptions.
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Bremerton, Wash
Navy
Marine Corps
Guam
United States
Reveille
Marine Barracks
Dogs in Race to Alaska Yukon Exposition
Grand Forks residents W G Buchan and William Brown start a dog powered race toward the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition using dog teams and small four wheeled buggies. Brown aims for 45 miles daily on clear roads with longer mountain delays. Brown previously averaged 60 miles daily on trips from Minneapolis to Grand Forks and Winnipeg. Buchanan trained here all winter and both plan to promote Grand Forks along the route. In Tarrytown Rockefeller builds a rainbow lake feature in a hilltop mansion fountain intended to cast rainbow hues daily for viewing.
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Grand Forks
N. D
W. G. Buchanan
William Brown
Buchanan
Brown
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Long Taxi Ride Sets Record From London to New York
Charles Klein, New York playwright, ordered a taxi from the Strand to Edinburgh and beyond to Ireland, making a record over 1,000 miles in five days before the driver heads back to London. The tale follows byline of adventurous women turning to guides and cowboys, with Cornelia Crosby in Maine noted for fishing and hunting prowess in the Rangeley region.
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London
Charles Klein
New York
Strand
Mr. Klein
Scotland
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Londonderry
Ireland
Klein
Queen's Hotel
Queenstown
Cornelia T. Crosby
Phillips
Maine
Rangeley
Jennie Treese
Ju G
Barlow
Ethel
Dead’ River
Brown
Camp Moosehorns
Schoodie Lake
Women Become Guides in Northern Maine Woods
Bangor Maine reports that women are rapidly gaining equal rights as guides in the northern Maine woods with men.
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Equal Rights
Maine
Bangor
Great Woods
Don't Poison Baby. The dangers of narcotics in children's remedies
Forty years ago mothers used paregoric and laudanum to get babies to sleep. Narcotics can kill or ruin health, with a few drops too many causing death. Druggists must not sell narcotics to children without labeling as poison. Castoria does not contain narcotics if it bears the Chas. H. Fletcher signature.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
J. W. Dinsdale
Chicago
Ill
Alexander B. Mintie
Cleveland
Ohio
J. A. Alexander
Omaha
Web
J A. McClellan
Buffalo
J. W. Allen
St. Louis
C. H. Glidden
St. Paul
Minn
H. D. Benner
Philadelphia
J. A. Boarmen
Kansas City
J. J. Mackey
Brooklyn
Whiskers at Risk as Baby Tries Patience
Mr White laments losing his whiskers to baby’s tugging while Mrs White argues the whiskers soothe the child. The exchange reveals a humorous domestic dispute over infant care and parental compromise.
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Mr. White
Baby
Mrs. White
Shakespeare recital miscue and modern ad blurbs mix in Liverpool Post
In a Sunday church report a Birk enhead secretary recited a Shakespearean scene but clarified that participants would not be in character. The page also carries a collage of vintage ads for Allen's Foot-Ease, Marine Eye Remedy, Pettit's Eye Salve and moral maxims, reflecting period commercial and didactic content.
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Liverpool Post
Birkenhead
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King
King Gustaf
Sweden
Stockholm
Col. Nadaud
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Courtry
Alaska Fair
Rainbow Lake
Wash
Crab Creek
Ifall
Lake Ffall
Allen
I. S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Pettit
Howard Bros
N.Y
N. Y
Denver
Charterhouse
Squaris
Rue de la Paix
Greg Muir
Qsee
Libby
Garrant Jolly
Ucts
FF Thompson
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