Ezra Meeker Pioneer Dies at Ninety Seven in Northwest
Ezra Meeker the famed West pioneer died yesterday at age ninety seven. Born December 29, 1830 in Huntsville Ohio he crossed the Oregon Trail in 1852 with his wife and child and later settled near Tacoma. He retraced the trail by ox team in 1906 and by air four years ago, devoted years to marking pioneer routes and writing Pioneer Life. His legacy inspires Americans to persevere and honor early settlers.
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Ezra Meeker
West
Great Northwest
Huntsville
Ohio
Ife
Oregon Trail
Portland
Oregon
Fort Stellacoom
Tacoma
Meeker
American Romance Announces Florence Trumbull Engagement
Governor and Mrs Trumbull announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Florence to John Coolidge son of the President. Formal notice notes a simple ceremony and public approval, praising Coolidge as a modest, American youth with New England common sense.
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Marence Trumbull
Connecticut
John Coolidge
United States
White House
New England
Florence Trumbull
Real Diplomacy and Pan American goodwill tour
Costa Rica foreign minister lauds Mr Weaver visit as pivotal for Pan American ties and world view. In Honduras Hoover era pact backs majority rule as Colindres pledges two cabinet seats for the minority. Nicaragua’s reconciliation gains worldwide praise as Hoover’s trip yields visible results.
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Weaver
Quesada
Costa Rica
St. Jane
North
South America
Honduras
Hoover
Colindres
Nicaragua
Boils and health tips from a periodical examination
Advice emphasizes annual physicals and early boil treatment, naming furuncle as the boil and furunecutosis for multiple boils. It covers local treatments with boracic acid, cautions against squeezing ripe boils, and notes risks of facial boils entering the brain. Includes queries to Dr. Peters about mouth rinses and a note on tuberculosis, with subscription and publication details.
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Peters
Toto
Pete Care
Anniversaries and notable births in history and culture
Highlights include Tayne Whitney aged 12, noted financier and philanthropist, who died May 25 1997 of a heart attack while playing tennis. Other entries mention John Cotton, Puritan clergyman born in Derby and died 1717 in Boston, Madame Recamier born Lyons died Paris 1840, Washington’s farewell to officers at Faunce’s Tavern, Carlyle born and died 1881, and reference to the Inquisition.
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Tayne Whitney
Neatis Ij
John Cotton
Derby
England
Boston
Mass
Madame Kecamier
Fragmented column excerpt hints at fashion fear and joy
The readable fragment describes a windy mood of work like a revolving storm door and jokes about fashion, suggesting concerns over skirts growing shorter and women needing a place to land. The passage cites copyright notice from John F. Dille Co.
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John F. Dille Co
Forgotten fragments and notices from a historic page
The passage lists diverse items from a newspaper page: 4-H clubs meets in Chicago, 63,001 rural youth represented, New York religious and scientific meetings, a drive to aid traveling salesmen, and a census bureau report noting vast data handling. It mentions auctions of Neenah estate goods, Mary Edgarton’s furniture, and the 1893 founding of the Anti-Saloon League.
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National Congress of
Chicago
Bore and Girls
Neenah
Wis
Arad
Mary Lucetta Edgarton
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Chronicle-Telegram
Audit Bureau of
Second Street
Elyria
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company
J. Clare George
Cartier
City
Lorain
Robert E. Ward Inc
Wabash Ava
New York
Fifth Ave
Detroit
General Motors
Santa Sciaus
Tha
Spain
Napoleon
Benjamin Silliman
New Haven
Wiliam W. Loring
Egypt
Wilmington
N.C
New York City
Lilian Russell
Clinton
Pittsburgh
National Grange
Washington, D. C
Henry Ford
E. H. Brainard
U. S. Marine Corps Aviation
Gabe SS A Ane A and Nee
FOOT
Pal Ke
Minami
Fil
Census Bureau
Russia
The
Anti-Saloon League
Oberlin
William M. Steuart
Wilam Mott Steuart
Cornus Christi
Tex
Marland
District of Columbia
Columbian
George Washington) University
Maryland
Michigan
Census of Manufactures
Secretary of Commerce
Stewart
Personal Finance CO
Broadway Bldg
Gov. Edwy
Erie
Longfellow
Cleveland Street
Gordon
Cleveland
O. J. Bannon
West Ave
Nash
Dunn Motors
Elyria, Ohio
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