Man who eats pie with a knife secures GOP Minnesota nomination
Jacob F. Jacobson, a Norwegian-born implement dealer from Madison, wins unanimous Republican nomination for Minnesota governor. His long career spans auditor tenures and state legislature service, with origins tracing to 1849 and emigration in 1871. Critics joked about his pie eating with a knife while praising his persistence and Roosevelt-era stance.
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Jacob F. Jacob
Minnesota
Frank M. Eddy
Jacobson
Eddy
Madison
Norway
Roosevelt
Justice Gaynor Rules for Sunday Leisure Precedent Set
Open Sunday justice by J. Gaynor of the New York appellate division supports a moving picture show man’s Sabbath violation acquittal, citing Calvin’s Sunday bowls as precedent. The decision signals possible upholding of Sunday baseball and notes Gaynor’s famed battles against rings and political bosses.
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Sustice
J. Gaynor
New York Supreme Court
Justice Gaynor
John Calvin
Presbyterian Church
Gaynor
New York
Justin Gaynor
Hugh McLaughlin
McLaughlin
John McKane
Brooklyn
Greater
Supreme Court
Bourget Attacks French Divorce Law In Parliament
French author Maurice Barres Bourget denounces the recent divorce legalization as a clash with Vatican authority. Born in Amiens in 1862 he began publishing at 22 with The Restless Life and has since produced numerous works on varied topics.
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Eau Lourget
France
Vatican
Bourget
Amiens
Bed-Bound for Months: Woman Recovers with Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs. Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington says she was weak sleepless and swollen with painful secretions and bedridden four months. Three doctors said incurable but after using Dean's Kidney Pills she recovered and was soon able to be about the house. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Enos Shearer
Washington Sts
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Absent Minded Clerk and a Poet Lover Card
A muddled note thread shows an absent minded clerk sent a plane and a book of verse to a romantic interest. The recipient responds with witty sarcasm about chocolate fudge and woods. The text also quotes vintage ads and a teething syrup misprint.
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Lady Fair
Four Girls Restored to Health by Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
Letters from Miss Lillian Ross Katharine Craig Marie Stoltz man and Ellen Olson praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound curing irregular periods nervous headaches indigestion and backache. The ad notes the product is made from roots and herbs and invites women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia KE
Pinkham
Lillian Ross
East
Sith Street
York
Katharine Craig
Lafayette St
Denver
Col
Lydia B. Pinkham
Marie Stoltzman
Laurel
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ellen M. Olson
N. East St
Wanes
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Thompson
Nebraska Military Academy
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