Numerous News Bits From Across the Nation
A digest of scattered items including W. P. Von Eritt injuring himself in Kansas City, a Missouri Pacific derailment near Swope Park injuring one, Judge Martin F. Morris’s death in Washington, rail and mail service issues, Irish-American orders, land openings in Idaho, Alice Webb Duke's commitment, Roosevelt’s bass request to East Africa, tramps killed near Malay Iowa, census cotton ginners data, Rear Admiral Thomas S. Phelps advances, Duram bread day proclamation in North Dakota, Curtiss invited for St Louis centennial, Navy and military court actions, and several local incidents in Nebraska and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. von Eritt
Seattle
Wash
Kansas City
von Erlit
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Publo
Swope Park
Martin F. Morris
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Washington
Morris
John Df. Surratt
Lincoln
Hitchcock
The
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Ireland
Francis J. Kilkenny
Order
Emerald Isle
Goose Creek
Idaho
Twin Falls Land and Water Company
Alice Webb
Duke
Brodie L. Duke
Asylum For the
Kankakee
Ill
Mr Duke
Roosevelt
United States
British East Africa
Lake Naivasha
Thomas S. Phelps, Jr
Mare Island Navy Yard
Independence
Phelps
North Dakota
John Burke
Agricultural Department
Burke
Curtiss wins Brescia grand prize in aviation meet
Glenn H. Curtiss captures the Brescia grand prize after a 49 minute 24 second fifty kilometer flight, earning 6000 dollars of the 10000 prize. Other items note Persian exiles to Russia, Brazil Peru frontier settlement, Japan’s South American steamers, and Behring Sea seal hunting developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn H. Curtiss
Rheims
Brescia
Curtiss
Persia
Russia
Odessa
Bragi
A. E. Anderson
Rio de Janeiro
Baron Rio Branco
Herman Velarde
Brazil
Peru
Aazon
Amazon
Japan
South America
Winslow
Valparaiso
Chile
Victoria Sealing Company
Thomas F. Bayard
United States Revenue
Ottawa
Washington
Labor Day Picnic Off By Rain In Lincoln
The piece notes various topics including a rain ruined Labor Day picnic in Lincoln and rain affecting attendance at the state fair. It records Governor Shallenberger appointing delegates to a dry farming congress in Raleigh on November 4 and mentions multiple Nebraska local items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Raleigh
XN. C
Louise Mears
Penu Normal School
Minnesota
University
St. Croix
Sidney
McDaniel
Lee Weihn
Harry’ Paulsen
Henry Burgard
Bloomfield
Nebraska Rural Carriers
Columbus
J. H. Talbot
Table Rock
H. B. Reed
Cheney
F. W. Wheeler
Hastings
Rochester
N. Y
Stromsburg
Neb
C. A.-.martin
O. J. Bleekman
Conad
B. F. Blythe
Ellis
Rock Island Railroad
Chicago
Auditor-Barton
Order of Owls of
Indiana
Insurance Department
Marton
Insurance Department of Indiana
Chicago Dispatch
University of Chicago
John Wible Baumgardner
Alliance
Arthur Howard Sutherland
Grace Abbott
John Martin Frederick Hellman
Omaha
Frank North
William F. Cody
Codys
Canary Birds Brought to Church as Congregation Asked
A preacher urged church members to bring canaries to service and proposed saving parrots as a goal. The note frames a lighthearted appeal to repurpose pets for a communal effort.
Cuticura Cures Eczema Aboard in Two Weeks
Captain George P. Bliss of Morris Manitoba reports relief from dry eczema after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He endured two years of itching and sores on legs and ankles from weed dust before treatment allowed him to wear boots again. Brand details: Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Bliss
Morris
Manitoba
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Where Rice Excels Pointed Stated by Family Laxative
A fragment touts rice as superior to wheat based on elephant food content. It mentions constipation and various diseases, then promotes Dr Merce’s Pellets as a thorough cure and favorite family laxative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dir. Merce
Lesson from the Busy Bee
A school teacher asks what the bee teaches and Tommy Tuffnut jokes that the lesson is not to get stung emphasizing a lighthearted classroom exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Land sale offers 35.50 per acre under Carey Act in Routt County
Routt County Colorado land with water rights is offered under the Carey Act at 35.50 per acre on ten years. Holdings of 40 80 120 and 160 acres sell to US citizens or declarants with first come first served policy. Write Routt County Colonization Co Denver for details and excursion rates. A closing quip notes marital nagging humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Snake River
Routt County
Colorado
State of
United States
Routt County Colonization Co
Welton Street
Denver
Perry Davis Painkiller Advertisement Harbors Indigestion Advice
Ad suggests dispepsia stems from neglecting slight indigestion attacks. It warns against overuse and promotes Perry Davis Painkiller with 25¢ 8 and 60¢ sizes. Mentions plans for electrification of Sweden's major railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Benefit Suit
Houston reader Mrs. Bessie L. Hicks credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing years of female troubles and liver issues after trying multiple medicines. She urges other women to trial the remedy, stating it restores health and well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Houston
Texas
Bessie L. Hicks
Cleveland St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aero Club of St
Burlington
Casper
James Wilson
Deadwood
S. D
Martin
Belle Fourche
Harry G. Draper
Tampa
Fla
James. Bellows
McGregor
Maples
Newport
N H
Monroe
Iowa
Samuel Barrow
Texas Oil Company
Barrow
Cuticura
Eczema
Little
Snake River Valley
Colo
Sweden
Dodds
Guat
Izard Oil
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