Air Navigation Firm in St Louis Plans 100 Passenger Airship
The Universal Aerial Navigation Company of St Louis announces a gyro plane airship that could carry 100 passengers at 100 mph, powered by four 12 foot propellers and two engines. Inventor J W Oman says it can launch from land or water and will operate as a regular passenger service, with aluminum and mica construction and ten patents granted.
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St. Louis
Universal Aerial Navigation Company
Jules Verne
J. W. Oman
San Antonio
Tex
St. Louisan
Oman
F. A. Seifert
St. Wisan
Con
Wedding in Belgrade Cathedral Denied Over Veil Issue
The parish priest refused to marry Peter Golubo vitch and Mara Hetnar in Belgrade cathedral because the bride wore a hat instead of the veil. With shops closed no veil could be procured, a substitute was improvised from a lace curtain.
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Servia
Nish
Peter Golubovitch
Mara Hetnar
Belgrade
One Good Dose Cures Amateur Gardener
An amateur gardener is reportedly cured by one good dose, illustrating a simple remedy that achieves relief with minimal treatment.
American ex president pictured guiding European royalty
London Punch portrays the former U S leader as directing European crowns, framing him as instructing rulers in a satirical illustration. The cartoon comments on influence and diplomacy as monarchs listen to his guidance.
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London
France
Harvard
Ambassador Bacon
Boby
Paris
President Fallieres
Napoleon
Marie Antoinette
Frederic Masson
Echo de Paris
In Egypt Roosevelt Era Echoes and Sudan Adventures
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Roosevelt in the Sudanese capital where he rode a camel and praised conquerors methods. The account hints at Cairo mobs and moonlit sphinx chat while noting tensions with Egyptians and Western press behavior.
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Roosevelt
Moon
Cairo
America
Roosevelt’s globe trotting jab at press and royalty
The piece recounts Roosevelt’s visits and remarks abroad, denouncing wealth and criticizing press coverage. It notes editor Maximilian Harden’s harsh assessment of his post presidency, and mentions reactions from European rulers and royalty during various stops. It also covers a local medical society meeting in Shelburn with doctors from Sullivan, Farmersburg, Hymera, and Fairbanks attending and a next gathering planned in Hymera.
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Rome
Roosevelt
Fee
Maximilian Harden
Berlin
Caruso
Roosevelts
Victor Emmanuel
Porto Maurizio
Gifford Pinchot
the Abruzzi
Francis Joseph
Shelburn
Sullivan County Medical Society
P. Hall
James Billman
Sullivan
Billman
Corbin
Briggs
Crowder
Kennedy
Higbee
Neff
Scott
Farmersburg
van Cleave
Hymera
Thralls
Fairbanks
Goodwin
Bland
Wrork
Robards
Harper
Maple
Nellons
Roosevelt in Berlin A Portrait of a Global Tour
A detailed account of Theodore Roosevelt's European journey including encounters with kings, presidents, and scholars. The piece notes reactions from French, Hungarian, and German circles, Roosevelt’s sorbonne address, press taunts, and meetings with Haakon VII, Knudsen, Osler, and Bullock as he pursues education, policy, and sports debates.
War and Peace In His Hands A Polish View
A fragmentary passage describes a Polish view on war and peace with sarcasm toward calls to abolish manly games. It references Egypt and Lord Curzon at Oxford mocking in Latin, plus a mythic image of comets and the Nile.
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England
Egypt
Lord Curzon
Oxford
Nile
Aviation hits ballroom in airship glide dance
At the Chicago convention of the United Professional Teachers of Dancing members predict the aviation dance or airship glide will surpass the waltz and twostep in popularity. A lecturer notes dancers now hop and wiggle and should glide and float to improve the art.
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United Professional Teachers of Dancing
Chicago
Local Social Notes Highlight Neighboring Visits
The report lists visits and family mentions across the community, including Alice Dudley, Edna Clark, Zibe Shields, Sarah Moore, Pheba McMahan and her grandson Herbert, Lola Clark with typhoid fever, Harve Conner family, John Woodard and Cleo, Mahala Conner, Minnie McMahan, Wm Hughes, and Sarah Hayden.
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Alice Dudley
Edna Clark
Zibe Shields
Sarah Moore
Pheba McMahan
Herbert
Lola Clark
Harve Conner
John Woodard
Cleo
Wm. T. Hughes
Sarah Hayden
George McCammon
Local neighbors share visits and calls this week
On Wednesday night Mr. and Mrs. John Clark and family were visited by relatives. Nellie McCammon stayed with Mrs. Ralph Hughs. Mrs. Sarah Whitman and children spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McMahan and family. Mrs. Matt McCammon called on Edna Clark Friday evening. Effie Lafollette and child visited her parents Gussie Eslinger last week. Sarah Moore and Pheba McMahan spent days with granddaughter Mrs. Wm Gray and family.
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John Clark
Nellie McCammon
Ralph Hughs
Sarah Whitman
Oscar McMahan
Matt McCammon
Edna Clark
Effie Lafollette
Gussie Eslinger
Sarah Moore
Pheba McMahan
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Ad Promises Quick Healing
A vintage advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as earth's greatest healer for injuries from wrecks and miscellany. It claims quick relief for cuts bruises sprains boils sores eczema chapped skin sore eyes and corns and offers a sure pile cure for 25 cents at Joe K Smock & Son's.
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Arnica
Joe K. Smock & Son
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Palmer Fund
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Hell Itself
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Sullivan, Ind
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Billman & McBride
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