Younger captains to lead Pacific World Cruise plan
Secretary of the Navy with President Roosevelt approves a major Navy reshuffle. Eighteen captains will command battleships bound for a Pacific cruise. four current ship captains including Potter, Vreeland, Osterhaus, and Wainwright will keep commands while the rest are reassigned ashore to make way for younger leaders.
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Pacific
Secretary of Navy
New York
United States Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Straits of Magel
Lan
Potter
Vermont
Vreeland
Kansas
Osterhaus
Connecticut
Wainwright
Louisiana
McCrea
Georgia
Seaton Schrader
Virginia
Wm. W. Kimball
New Jersey
J. B. Murdoch
Rhode Island
Samuel P. Comly
Alabama
Gottfried Blocklinger
Illinois
Herbert Winslow
Kearsarge
Edward B. Barry
Kentucky
Lewis C. Heilner
Ohio
Giles B. Barber
Maine
John Hubbard
Minnesota
G. A. Merriam
Missouri
Albert G. Berry
Theodoric Porter
Tennessee
Washington
Navy Department
Policeman Fatally Shot During Store Robbery Capture
Lyndhurst New Jersey September 3 a policeman George Cassidy was killed while attempting to arrest two burglars caught in the act of robbing a store. One burglar killed himself in a swamp rather than be captured the other escaped. Cassidy had the burglars in custody and was escorting them to the station house when a revolver was fired from inside the crowd. Cassidy fell dead and the perpetrators fled amid a riotous neighborhood scene.
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Cassidy
Multiple Fatal Electric Shock and Riot In Early September News
Two Polish youths, Tony Carola and Guiseppe Zeppa, about 13, died on a steel tower transferring power from Niagara Falls to Lackawanna. A Cumberland firefighter, James Valentine, fell 50 feet during practice, died later. A St Louis race riot left an American, Oscar Deroy, stabbed and others injured. Washington recorded a severe seismic shock indicating distant activity.
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Buffalo
Tony Carola
Guiseppe Zeppa
Niagara Falls
Lackawanna Stee
Cumberland
James Valentine
City
St. Louis
St Charles
Oscar Deroy
Worn to a Skeleton A Restoration Caused Sensation
Mrs. Charles N. Preston of Elkland Pennsylvania credits a three year improvement after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She describes fatigue weight loss thirst and sugar in urine before they helped her stabilize kidney symptoms. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Charles N. Preston
Elkland
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Truth Told by an Iowa Farmer About His Slow-Witted Son
An elderly German farmer in rural Iowa tells a neighbor that his son is not very bright and should not be informed of certain truths. The boy drives a hay load through a barnyard, overturning it, prompting the farmer to thunder that the boy is a fool and will remain so.
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Iowa
Ferry Bright
United States
Olds Gas Power CO
Why Advertising Pays
The Buffalo News quotes that advertisers pay less money when they have no ad bills, while big ad spends grow with larger bank balances. It argues merchants save by cutting advertising, much like railroads would save by skipping coal, noting publicity drives trade and profits.
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Buffalo News
Prayer Seeks Forgiveness At Pine Grove Campground
A mother at Pine Grove campground in Canaan Connecticut removed her disobedient daughter. The child offered a night prayers asking the Lord to help her mind her mother and be a better girl, though she doubted the Lord would believe her words.
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Pine Grove
Canaan
Conn
Irish hunter mistakes frog for boxing bard
An Irishman who misses on a hunt shoots a blue jay and discovers a dead frog. He surveys the frog with surprise and concludes in a humorous, mangled compliment that the frog was once a fine boxing bard before the fibers flew off.
Grape-Nuts Proved Helpful by North Carolina Family
A North Carolina mother recounts how Grape-Nuts aided her family from a Charlotte visit with the city Mayor and physician. She notes personal weight gain, her infant's rapid improvement after using Grape-Nuts soaked in milk, and relief during a LaGrippe bout when only Grape-Nuts and oranges were tolerable. The family concluded the food significantly aided their wellbeing.
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N. C
Charlotte
Platt Recollects a Schoolyard Yarn About a Birthday
The late Senator Platt of Connecticut recalled a tale from his youth about a district teacher recording pupil ages. A mother, visiting after school, could only answer that her daughter was born “in later time” and did not recall whether she was planted or dug up.
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Senator Platt
Connecticut
Case of eczema in the south improves with Cuticura
I M Robert of Hydropolis Louisiana writes that his wife suffered eczema for three years and resisted doctors until using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. One hand and her left eye were affected. Stopping Cuticura caused a mild flare but overall improvement with the full remedy set led to a complete recovery.
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Cuticura
I. M. Robert
Hydropolis
New Homes in the West Exposition and Free Homestead Pamphlet
Free pamphlet offers synopsis of United States homestead laws and guidance to secure a quarter section of farming or grazing land along Chicago & North Western Railway lines in South Dakota Wyoming and other states. Special excursion rates to homeseekers. Information on request from Joe W. B. Kniskern Passenger Traffic Manager C N W Ry Chicago.
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United States
Chicago & North-Western Ry
South Dakota
Wyoming
Joe W. B. Kniskern
Chicago
Woman Collector Lesson Ends in Marriage
A businessman admits he gave up chasing a small bill from Bilkins because the target was a muscular man. A writer proposes using a woman collector, but Bilkins married the woman, ending the scheme.
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Bilkins
Enthusiastic War Veteran Widow Sparks Boston Cheer
A G A R encampment in Boston featured a woman perched on a wagon in a side street who urged bystanders to cheer. She declared she had lost two husbands in the war and urged greater applause.
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Boston
Like h- faster than lickety-split dog tale
A seven year old narrates a humorous dog game description that ends with a child mispronouncing a slang simile. The mother questions the phrase while the boy admits he does not know its exact meaning but believes it signals speed.
Moonlit Texas Sageboast Echoes in New York
After settling in New York and entertaining the Mackay circle, Tom Ochiltree escorts Count de Biscout to the Battery. The Count admires the moonlit harbor and proclaims its grandeur, while Ochiltree quips that the moon in Texas would outshine it.
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Tom Ochiltree
Congress
New York
Amuser
John W. Mackay
Sam Ward
John Mackay
Count de Biscout
Battery
Italy
Ochiltree
Texas
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Rewards Exchange
One hundred dollar reward offer for catarrh cure that fails Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsers WaPina Kinnan Marvin certify Cheney's honesty and solvency. Cure taken internally, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
WaLpina, Kinnan & Marvin
All
Customs of Rice and Beans At Weddings Across Cities
A conversation notes evolving wedding customs in different cities. In New York guests throw rice, while Boston guests reportedly throw beans and Milwaukee guests allegedly toss beer to celebrate newlyweds.
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New York
Boston
Milwaukee
No Headache in the Morning Capsule Ad
An advertisement promotes Krause's Headache Capsules from Norman Lichty Mfg Co Des Moines Iowa. The slogan promises relief from indulgence in food or drink and moral maxim quotes H Van Dyke.
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Krause
Norman Lichty
Man Arranges Body Gift to Harvard Medical School
Edward F. Gilpatrick an 80 year old ossified man has arranged to donate his corpse to Harvard Medical School for dissection and study. He fears illness may end his life soon and was found in a Portland area poor house. The gift is at no expense to the school.
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Edward F. Gilpatrick
Harvard Medical School
Portland
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup advert teething relief
An old advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup soothes teething gums reduces wind colic and relieves pain for children. It’s priced at 25 cents a bottle. The note adds a proverb about time and laziness.
Army schoolmaster appeals to native troops in India
A Mohammedan army schoolmaster issues a loyal appeal to the native army in India arguing that once common sense is applied the charges against the Indian government collapse.
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Mohammedan Army
India
Allen's Foot-Ease promotes comfortable footwear
An old advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease claims it cures painful swollen sweating feet and makes new shoes easy to wear. It urges buyers not to accept substitutes and offers a sample free at Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York, via shoe stores and ibecgenate shops.
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Allen’s
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Lanier Quote on Love and Life
A Sidney Lanier line proclaims life is defined by love and nothing else. The succinct thought frames devotion as essential meaning, contrasting emptiness without affection.
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Sidney Lanier
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