Week's foreign dispatches yield tragic rail collision and notable obituaries
Six killed in a rear end collision near Lynchburg Virginia including Samuel Spencer president of Southern Railway. Other notices cover Otto Young death at Lake Geneva and Michael Cusack founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Also reported are bank closures in Macomb Colchester and Bardolph and various international political and crime items from around the world.
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Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway Company
Lynchburg
Otto Young
Chicago
Lake Geneva
C. V. Chandler
Macomb
Colchester
Bardolph
Src
Michael Cusack
Gaelic Athletic Association
Whitworth Hospital
Dublin
Congress
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
New York
East Side
William E. Tillotson
Pittsfield
Mass
Theodore Ewert
Jasper N. Reece
Quincy
Edward J. Reed
Montreal
Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company
Admiral Touchard
Tangier
Morocco
Long Island City
Olympic Club
San Francisco
Ralph Rose
Cornelius P. Shea
Union Teamsters
Albert Young
Teamsters
International Brotherhood
Thomas McCarthy
Newcastle
Michael McCarthy
Wampum
Timothy McCarthy
Australia
John A. Melhenny
Louisville
Civil Service Commission
A. W. Cooley
Wilson
Aetna Bank
Lutte
Mont
Augustua Heinze
Heinze
Bank of
Hendena
Bondena
Kan
Jesse L., Harris
Westport
Elsie Jacobs
Mount Pleasant
First National Bank of
Galesburg
Horseshoe Falls
Niagara
Platt
Senate
Jean Daniel Debs
Eugene V. Debs
Terre Haute
Ind
Bhative
Alsace
Java upheavals and eruptive scenes across vast landscapes
A traveler reports Java volcanoes and earthquakes as rivers of mud and boiling waters reshape the region near Smeroe. Wildlife and forests are displaced. snakes, leopards, and elephants are seen roaming and dying in the upheavals amid mountains and seas. Similar legends recall ancient Andes events.
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San Francisco
Chile
Java
Smeroe
Valparaiso
Santiago
Andes
Amazon
A Butler’s Whisper Sparks Family Dinner Tale
An American embassy attache in London recounts a story of a long serving butler in a venerable English household. At a grand dinner the butler notices a young lady paying too much attention to her right and whispers a caution to balance the conversation to the left.
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London
Uncle and Nephew Clash Over Cigar Taste
An uncle remarks that the cigars are extravagant while the nephew retorts they surpass what the uncle smokes now. The exchange hints at generational differences in taste and bragging rights over quality cigars.
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Uncle
Nephew
A Poor Arrangement in The Reader Panel
A convalescing boy asks his mother for a bell to summon her if needed, but he admits he is not strong enough to ring it constantly. The vignette depicts caregiving constraints and a gentle domestic moment.
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Bobbie
Mayor Stoy On Atlantic City Visitors And War Eagle Tale
Mayor Stoy compares Atlantic City's cosmopolitan crowds to the Pasteur Institute's diverse patients. He recalls an Indian chief named War Eagle who feared hydrophobia after a suspected bite. The chief joked a ragout black poodle was the source, highlighting humor in a serious worry.
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Charles H. Chamberlin
Wisconsin Grand Council
United Commercial Travelers
la Crosse
Wis
United States
Vincent Spilner
Wells County
North Dakota
Spilner
Jennie Yeamans
New York
William Fisher
Marshalltown
Twenty-second Street
George W. Baird
Asheville
N. C
Baird
Connecticut
Eugene Motz
Mexico City
Juan Fernandez Island
Roburst
Annen
Germany
O'Brien
Rock Island
Billy Mellody
Joe Whicott
Chelsea
Mass
Wilson
Elisha Dyer
Providence
Rhode Island
New Dutch Guinea
Pollah
Chicago
Schmits
San Francisco
Truckee
Cal
Federal
Salt Lake City
Congress
Milwaukee Avenue
Hugh H. Henry
Army and Navy Union U. S. A
Stoy
Atlantic City
Pasteur Institute
War Eagle
Boy's Head Healed By Cuticura Remedies Letter
Avard Oklahoma store owner A C Barnett writes that his son suffered severe eczema on the head with hair loss. After two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent and daily use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the eczema disappeared and hair regrew, with no recurrence.
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A. C. Barnett
Avard
Oklahoma
Sleep Mastery of Georges Clemenceau Revealed
The new French premier Clemenceau can sleep at will, even in private carriages and cabinet meetings. His talent mirrors Gladstone and Napoleon, aiding his workload. He learned English in the United States and speaks fluently though he dislikes his accent.
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Georges Clemenceau
Gladstone
Napoleon
Cabinet
Empress of Japan Praised for Education and War Efforts
The empress is highly loved for supporting women’s education and funding schools. She personally donated large sums for women’s schools and universities. During the Russo-Japanese War she visited hospitals and spent hours making bandages. Her sterilized bandages reportedly aided wounded soldiers’ recovery.
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Japan
Russia
Postum Cereal Co. Growth Told In New Booklet
A charming booklet titled The Door Unbolted narrates the rise of the Postum Cereal Co from a small white barn in 1895 to a large complex in Battle Creek Michigan. It praises Mr Post and associates for generous, healthful work spaces and reproduces the Shakespearean Stratford home as the company office. The booklet invites requests for copies.
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Postum Cereal Co
White City
Postumville
Battle, Creek, Mich
Post
King Edward's Confidant Knollys Keeps King's Secrets
Lord Knollys, the king's private secretary for 36 years, controls Edward's vast correspondence aided by assistants and is described as the only person from whom the monarch has no secrets.
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King Edward
Lord Knollys
Gained 34 Pounds From Pink Pills Cure for Anemia Patient
Mrs. Nathaniel Fieli of St. Albans Maine recounts severe anemia with vomiting gas pain and persistent neuralgia. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills she gained weight from 120 to 154 pounds and recovered, with claims the pills build new blood and aid various ailments. price 50 cents per box or six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Dr. Williams
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