Roosevelt in Europe A Distinguished American of Time
Former President Theodore Roosevelt tours Europe delivering lectures in Paris Berlin and Oxford. He receives royal welcomes in Rome Paris Berlin and Vienna while meeting kings and emperors and winning broad public admiration. He attends King Edward VII’s funeral in London and returns to New York aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria.
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Paris
Berlin
Oxford
King Edward
Africa
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Europe
Christiania
Roosevelt
Italy
Vatican
Holy Father
Fairbanks
Rome
Eternal City
Edward
Kaiser
Mr. Roosevelt
William
Kermit
Queen i
Venice
Riviera
Vienna
Buda
United States
England
George
Mary
Queen Mother
London
Guild Hall
University of Cambridge
Mrs. Roosevelt
Miss Ethel
New York
Detroit Leads Nation in Frog Leg Consumption and Trade
Detroit and nearby areas consumed about twelve and a half tons of frog legs in the past year. The article notes supply from professional hunters in Michigan and southern states, frog ranches, and local restaurants, with St. Louis second nationally at 140000 pounds. It discusses frog biology, market dynamics, and quirky attitudes toward frog meat.
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Detroit
Mich
Epicurus
City Hall
Croul
St. Louis
Michigan
Lulu
Lower Peninsulas
Amethyst Glass Aids Eyes of Workers in Philadelphia
Reports claim amethyst tinted window glass, from Walnut Street panes aged over 75 years, can relieve and cure eye strain and temporary blindness from bright artificial light. Dr L Webster Fox and other Philadelphia ophthalmologists report success with printers, typists, students, and lab workers, with samples requested worldwide.
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Philadelphia
Walnut Street
Globe
Ame
Thyst
L. Webster Fox
Medico-Chirurgical College
War on Rats in Yokohama
Yokohama authorities started a kitten incentive to curb rats, paying 50 sen per kitten kept, boosting cat numbers from 7,000 to 13,000 and cutting daily rat catches by about 300 from a peak of 1,200. The program aims to advance sanitation through feline preventive work.
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Yokohama
Sturgeon Caught By Captain Ames In Willamette
Captain Ames of the steamer Eva using a line caught a 42 pound sturgeon in the Willamette River near the Stark street slip. The fish fought fiercely as the captain towed it ashore and finally lay still after a dramatic flurry near a boathouse.
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Portland
Ore
Ames
Eva
Willamette
Stark Street
Minister Preaches To Tiny Salem Congregation
The Rev Dr P J Baker of Waynesboro Reformed church arrived on time at Salem Reformed church but found no worshipers. He returned to the pulpit and delivered a regular sermon to a three person audience. In London doctors debate Dr Doyen's claimed elixir of life and universal antitoxin with skepticism from Dr Williams Saleoby.
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Hagerstown
P. J. Baker
Waynesboro
Salem
London
Doctor Doyen
Paris
Williams Saleoby
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Elwood Indiana resident Mrs Sadie Mullen credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her three months of illness and inability to walk after receiving six bottles. The ad promotes the product as a standard remedy for female ills and offers confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Elwood
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sadie Mullen
Edwood
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Geography joke and quote on loyalty in prose
Jimmy Jiggs defines geography as what you wear inside your trousers before a whipping. The passage closes with Kelman urging readers to be worthier of friends and show better loyalty.
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Jimmy
Sunday Magazine
Los Angeles Times
Kelman
Pettit's Eye Salve Ad Claims Harmless Quick Action
An old advertisement promotes Pettit's Eye Salve as a safe quick remedy for eye ailments priced at 25 cents. The note credits druggists or Howard Bros. in Buffalo, N.Y. for distribution. The verso quips about gateway makers never reaching the heavenly road.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
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