Shortest Soldier Wins Army Call With Roosevelt Help
Charles L. Digan of Keats Kansas faced a two inch shortfall for the Army height rule yet gained acceptance in 1908 after writing to President Roosevelt. He enlisted in Kansas City and left with recruits for Jefferson Barracks near St Louis. He weighs 19 pounds and stands five feet four inches, dreaming of cavalry service in the Philippines.
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Charles L. Digan
Keats, Kun
Kansas City
Joferson Barracks
St. Louis
Unite States Army
Roosevelt
Neon
Anxilyany
Topeka
Joosu
Eller
War Department
Dagan
Philippines
Jefferson Barracks
One Man's Experience in Western Canada
An Illinois man recounts emigrating to Western Canada in 1907 facing hard times but finding prosperity. He details land purchases near Red Deer Alberta, partial crops, fence building, and a two story building, plus weather and grain yields. He contrasts life in Harvey Illinois with his new homestead, noting improved circumstances, a local school, and gratitude for the move.
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Western Canada
Canada
Chicago
Dominion of Canada
Hearts
Alberta
Red Deer
Dakota
Harvey
Mt. Vernon
Canadian Northwest
Evarts
Illinois
B. Dmberley
The Bachelor's Script of Ironies and Tales
A collection of wry lines on life, gender, politics, and love. It winks at the idea that politics is masculine yet notes the first boss was a woman, and it muses on compromise and everyday balance with pithy quips about sleep work and explanations.
Revealed Arrest Threatens Parisian Trio In Terror Years
In a feverish Paris under the Terror, Rose and her brother Louis face danger as Danville confronts a hidden arrest order. Lamaque orders the seizure of Louis Tridaine, while Danville suspects a spy linked to his household amid tense scenes and a looming night operation.
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Paris
Fuhat
Rose
Ao Lemagne
Louis
Danville
Tradaine
Charles
Rudaine
Dan= Ville
Lomaque
Citzen
Louis Tridaine
Man Rescues Struck Man On Broadway Car Tracks
Frank Hyatt a London booking agent with £3000 income, visiting New York, leapt under a stopped Broadway car to aid a man trapped beneath. His intervention drew laughter from onlookers as the car operator demanded why the rescue blocked traffic and the ambulance was called.
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Surprian
Oan
Frank Hyatt
London
Mr. Hyatt
Broadway
Basa for the Goose Teams Signs Poet as Pitcher
A western baseball team signs a poet as pitcher in a bid to balance relations with magazines that sign pitchers as poets. The move, reported by the New York Press, hints at cross industry ties and unusual talent in sports.
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Basa
The
New York Press
Spite Church to Go: Miniature Building Delays Saloon Plan
In Kings County on Lenox Road the Park Side church, aimed at blocking Henry Hesterberg’s planned saloon, built a tiny 15 by 30 foot structure to place the saloon within 200 feet. The Supreme Court deemed it a church in form but not spirit, labeling it a spite church. The saloon opened, and the little church lingered as an annex to Park Side Presbyterian while residents lament its inutility and await removal.
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Brooklyn
Lenox Road
Flatish Avenue
Park Side Church
Henry Hesterbers
Kings County
Park Side
Parkside
Hesterberg
Supreme Court
Gaynor
A Market Wedding at Leeds Market
A market wedding saw a potato merchant marry the daughter of another market entrepreneur in Leeds. The couple hosted a free breakfast for over a hundred the poor from the bridegroom’s stall, which cradled a centerpiece of a saw and two turnips surrounded by vegetables, with sandwiches buns and tea. They planned a honeymoon journey to Morecambe after the ceremony.
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Leeds
Morecambe
London Daily Malt
Peruna and Manalin End Catarrh Claims From New York Woman
Mrs Aline DePasse of New York narrates years of catarrh affecting head throat and digestive system and credits Peruna and Manalin with full cure after twelve bottles. She says family chills improved and urges friends to use the remedies. A second letter from Mildred in Appleton Wisconsin endorses Peruna for stomach catarrh after months of suffering.
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Aline Depasse
Alice DePasse
New York
Pertina
Manalin
Peruna
Mildred Grappleton
Wis
Tate
Perina
Weimar St
Proper Treatment of Burns Avoid Flour or Oil Use
A London Hospital view warns against using flour or oil on burns noting deaths arise mainly from septicaemia. The best immediate action is a hot boracic acid compress before medical help arrives, to prevent sepsis. Flour and Carron oil may soothe but lack antiseptic value and can promote bacterial growth.
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London Hospital
Fragmented humor and ad snippets in a noisy column
A jumble of wry quotes and mock ad lines wanders through humorous asides about fortunes, headaches, and social pretenses. Brandies, tonics, and gossip mix with wry observations on vanity, politics, and anticipation.
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Vila
Gollins
Plac
Magloire
Lessig
Somaque
Sorder
Mb Ike
Mat
Lamaque
Poplin
Elsroe
Sriitian
Fiotarena
Wales
Wesmenerty
India
Vinzniet
Mia
Jaret
Levan
Carneilie
Praiaea
Corneille
Teunaine
Hlis
Trudaine
Cornelite
Tyne
Mary Teel
Trndaine
Bake
Jim
Mrs. DE Passe
Man-a-lin
Aetesnae
Krause
Norman Lichty
Mars
Winslow
Dodds
Cate
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