Sioux Indian Waif Found After Battle of Wounded Knee
Nineteen years ago a Sioux infant named Zinta Lannui was found in her mother’s arms amid the Wounded Knee massacre. Adopted by Gen. L. W. Colby, she grew up in Beatrice and Washington society, later moving to Portland with her foster mother. She has now married Albert Chalivat and will live in the Hudson Bay region.
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Omaha
Neb
Wounded Knee
South Dakota
Nebraska Line
Pine Ridge
L. W. Colby
Beatrice, Neb
Beatrice
Margareta Elizabeth Colby
Washington, D C
Gen. Colby
Portland
Ore
Albert Chalivat
Willl
Hudson Bay Country
Chalivat
Rich Jews Plan Big Colony
Details of a proposed Mesopotamian Jewish colony have been released in New York. International Jewish organizations unite for the plan, claiming over 100 million in funds and a country ready to support a large population.
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Jacob H. Schiff
Israel Zangwill
London
Jewish Territorial Organization
Zangwill
Andrew Wingate
Meyer Spielman
Mesopotamia
Palestine
New York
White Population Scanty in Northern Australia
The report notes a sparse white population in northern Australia with about one person per 700 square miles. It highlights the vast sparsity and contrasts with more populated regions.
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Northern
Australia
Sleepless Wonder Albert Herpin Seeks Chinaware Fame
Trenton's sleepless wonder Albert E. Herpin claims a new enamel kiln process can reproduce portraits on chinware at similar cost to paper prints. Needing no sleep for 15 years, he says wakefulness fuels his fortune and inventions while doctors call his condition a rare malady.
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Trenton
Albert E. Herpin
Herpin
City
Fair Sex
Frog Survives Years Sealed in Tree Hollow
Ashland Virginia resident R H Gregory recounts a frog surviving years sealed in a tree hollow. He cemented the opening after placing the animal inside and only recently discovered the frog alive when the tree broke.
Pinchot as Favorite to Succeed Angell at Michigan
On the Michigan campus Gifford Pinchot chief forester of the United States is favored as the likely successor to Dr James B Angell as university president. Faculty praise his broad gauged backbone diplomacy and readiness to implement and maintain needed measures.
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Michigan University
Ann Arbor
Mich
James B. Angell
Gifford Pinchot
United States
Mr. Pinchot
Dr Angel
Piochot
Michigan
Angell
Pinchot
Tennis Cracker Cooley Nominated for New Mexico Court
Alfred W. Cooley known as Tennis Crack and a regular in the Roosevelt tennis circle has been nominated by President Taft to be associate Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. A former civil service commissioner and assistant attorney general, Cooley is tall and athletic but health issues forced his resignation last year and a climate change was advised by his physician.
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Calvert
Pittsburg
Michael
Michael Sinco
Clinton Mines
Mike
Clinton
Cooley
Supreme Court of New Mexico
Washington
Alfred W. Cooley
Roosevelt
Taft
Supreme Court of
New Mexico
Bonaparte
Robert Bacon
Honor for Luther Burbank Birthday Observed as Bird and Arbor Day
The California club in San Francisco secures Luther Bur bank birthday as Bird and Arbor Day for the state. The day is not a holiday but public schools are directed to observe it with lessons on birds and trees to foster conservation and study of their economic value.
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Luther Burbank
California Club
San Francisco
Untamed Pride Ends Behind Bars Cage Reflections
The speaker laments the unexpected end of freedom as a lion confesses a life spent behind bars. The voice conveys disbelief and regret over a once mighty creature’s confinement and altered fate.
Women Enlisted in Nationwide Tuberculosis Crusade
One million women across cities towns villages and rural areas join a campaign against tuberculosis. The effort operates under the General Federation of Women's Clubs with chapters in every state and associated clubs in Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the canal zone. The drive aims to spread prevention and cure messages to every American home and is conducted through legislatures congress churches clubs and public events.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention
Congress
Washington
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Porto Rico
Canal Zone
Coffee substitute Postum praised in frontier letter
An old Baird Texas resident credits Postum with restoring health after coffee caused dyspepsia and pain. He reports bowel regularity within two weeks and full recovery, noting his son also improved. The letter promotes Postum as a coffee alternative and hints at broader testimonies.
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Baird
Texas
Postum
Wellville
Pkys
Last Word Comes From The Last Woman
A playful exchange quoted from the Chicago Daily News features Mr Stubb wondering if the last man on earth will have the last word. Mrs Stuff counters with humor asserting the last woman will deliver it.
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Mr. Stubb
John
Mrs Stuff
Chicago Daily News
Blissful Tour Topic Sparks Swiss Honeymoon Talk
The Chicago News notes Swiss honeymoon tours as ideal destinations with mentions of a twelve mile tunnel illustrating infrastructure appeal. The brief highlights romance and travel in Switzerland as a travel feature.
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Pearl
Switzerland
Ruby
Chicago News
Haircut Tale From Back-Water Town
Representative Burton recalls a sleepy town like Squash where a visitor sought a haircut. The barber, barely awake, promises a quick cut and calls upstairs to his wife to dispatch the editor with scissors as soon as he finishes editing the paper.
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Burton
Sun
New Tenor Joke Sparks Library Banter
A quip from Judge's Library features a joke about a tenor's long held note. The exchange compares a half minute with over a year, underscoring lighthearted contrast in a humor column.
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Judge’s Library
Special Round Trip Homeseekers Rates to New Mexico Texas
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month during the year the Colorado and Southern Railway will sell round trip Homeseekers tickets to numerous points in New Mexico and Texas at one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Final limit twenty five days with liberal stop over privileges. For rates and details contact the local Colorado & Southern agent or T. E. Fisher, General Passenger Agent in Denver Colorado.
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Colorado & Southern Railway
New Mexico
Texas
Colorado & Southern
T. E. Fisher
Denver
Colorado
Grand Army Encampment to Meet in Salt Lake City in August
The 1909 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic is set for Salt Lake City from August 9 to 14. A red white and blue promotional folder from the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad highlights Utah and the Rocky Mountain region and features a new series of speaking likenesses of past Commanders in Chief from B F Stephenson to Henry Nevins.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Utah
Rocky Mountain
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Grand Army
B. F. Stephenson
Henry Nevins
John A
Loran
Ambrose I Burnside
John F Wartranft
Russell
Alger
John C. Black
James Tanner
Pie Price Rise In Chicago Impacts Local Markets
Pie prices have increased in Chicago affecting local bakeries and shoppers. The higher cost is not expected to ease soon, influencing weekend sales and menu pricing across nearby districts.
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Washington, D.C
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Weston
Allen
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le Roy
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New Orleans
Jim
Yassum
Marian
Hoss
Milwaukee Journal
Chicago
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Bon
Venter
Mammoth
Corléth and
Blake
Western” Superior
Western Newspaper Union
Colon
Fireworks
Fie
the Wes
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Dens
Pablo
Matt E Ders
Pickett Sporting Goods
PostoMice
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Minatra
Colorado Honey Producers
Market Street
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Ogden Ace
Cole
UL Ey
15Th St
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15Th and
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