Remarkable Ventures in Commerce and Industry
A wide array of oddities and inventions appear in this period footage. Notes mention electric tunnels and railroads in London and rodents chewing rubber insulation. Reports claim sharks in Central American waters are used in products, plus paper chimney plans in Breslau and a high court fashion image featuring diamond adorned shoes worth 2000 dollars.
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London
Central America
Breslau
Aesia
Solctoly
Hich le
Phe
Lind Man Sways Thousands In Texas Senate Bid
A daring blind Texan, once harmed in childhood, rose through three campaigns to win a U S Senate seat from Oklahoma era. He is praised for oratory and memory, and faced Senator Gore in heated exchanges, delivering hours of uninterrupted rhetoric that impressed the audience and challenged opponents.
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Texas
United States
Oklahoma
Thomas Fryar Gora
Uly
Law
Dutta
Congress
oney—Gore
Imne
Money
Jberty
Gore
Congressional Record
Gare
Senate
Voices of the Press Across Papers Mixed on Leaders and Local Figures
A collage of short excerpts from newspapers in Cleveland, Manchester, Detroit, Bulalo, Peoria, Buffalo, Rochester and Atchison debates includes a prince’s travels, a proposed delay in a San Francisco capture, a released infanticide case, a young spelling champion, a comment on a mother’s authority, voter rights, and a boy’s view of dogs.
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Cleveland
Prince Sagan
America
Manchester Union
Evens
San Fransco
California
Detroit
Albert Stemmelen
Indiana
Bulalo Express
Delaware
Black Hawk
Peoria Heral
Wafav
Buffalo Globes
Buffalo Courier
Rochester
Atchison Globe
Des Moines Plans Chiefs and Police Reform Promises
Des Moines officials under the new government plan pledge a broad police department renovation. Commissioner Haney says undesirables in the force must go and a capable Des Moines experienced chief will be sought to lead. The piece also covers the Third Rocker appeal, Iowa railroads, Major Byers painting, and the first Des Moines mayor under the new system with council members chosen.
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Des Moines
Hanety
Notance
Sparta
Red Light District
Iowa
Mississippi River
United States
Hongkong
Sydney
Australia
New York
San Francisco
Maj. Byera
Major
Byers
Italy
Harlan
Labpence
Bis
Major Byers
St. Helens
Annibale Carracel
Belegnage
Porn
A. J. Mathis
John MacVicar
Wesley Ash
Charles Schramm
Jons L. Ham
Alty
Moe
Hagens. W. Waterbury
Far Menger
Hanna
Walker
Worth
Brereton
W. H. Stoops
Washington
Harriet Cloe
Cloe
Stoops
Sellers
John J. Hamilton enters Iowa governor race with bold platform
Des Moines candidate John J. Hamilton announces his bid for governor on a sweeping Republican platform. He champions statewide prohibition, woman suffrage, bank deposits protection, river canalization, and expanded industrial schooling, while pledging repeal of the mulct law and resubmission of the prohibitory amendment. The plan aims to draw regional attention and leverage Hamilton’s editor background.
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John J. Hamilton
Des Moines
Nomingthen
Iowa
Hamilton
Daily News
the Homestead
Humorous Row Over Exercise Advice From Doctor
A husband expresses disdain at a doctor's recommendation for exercise, quipping that after a long winter tending the furnace he now contemplates opening lawn mower season, while his wife asks what is wrong. The exchange captures a lighthearted domestic moment about health and seasonal chores.
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Hubby
How to Apply Paint with Care and Quality
Great care is essential when painting weather exposed surfaces. Prepare the surface by scrubbing scraping and smoothing with sandpaper. Mix pure white lead with fresh pure oil and apply thinly for best results. National Lead Company of New York offers testing services and promotes The Dutch Boy Painter label.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Wine connoisseurs share Broadway lunch with Emerson
Edward BR. Emerson, president of the American Wine Growers' Association, dined in a Broadway cafe with a magazine editor. The editor presented a Rhine wine of the famed S5 vintage, praising it as excellent. Emerson replied he found it not bad, but felt there was a trifle too much Rhine in it.
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Des Moinns
Hull
Washington
San Francisco
Des Moines
Congress
House
Senate
Edward BR. Emerson
American Wine Growers’ Association
Washingtonville
New York
Emerson
An Unexpected Visitor at Wrights Home
The scene features Mr Struckitt Wright and a new butler awaiting a brother’s arrival. A humorous note compares home laundering using iron and Defiante Starch to professional laundry, praising a starch that dries without sticking and preserves garment quality.
Seeking the Elusive Enigma in a Dim Haze of Pursuit
A brief note on mystery and pursuit by BivaroL, conferring enchantment to the chase and inviting readers to savor the allure of the unseen. The fragment hints at a reflective, poetic mood rather than a concrete event or report.
Sapient Snarl: Morals and Mirth in a Tin Bucket
A quip suggests caution about fragile virtue and fragile water. The exchange contrasts a moralizer warning of slips and a demoralizer dubbing the situation as water to drink from a tin bucket. The dialogue framing hints at skepticism toward reliability and comfort.
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K M. Stars & Bon, Wholesale Multinére
Edison Phonograph
BOB Sporting Ooops
Cataloa
Trion
Hopkins Bros. Co
Edlion Diatributors
Moines
Isi
Recker
Charles Borker
Supreme Court
Lyon
Rocker
Lyon County
Cummins
Allison
Alteson
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
N. Haskell
Favory Hotel
Bryan
Taft
Raine
Myarly
Goo Drors
Rita W Retek Ost
Roxie
Olek de Sapoll Atcier
Aire Sued
Castoria
Bears
Centaur Companys
Defiance
Starck
S Jacobs Oil
ST. Jacobs
Bove
Gieses
Douglas
Bane
Brockton
Ander Strong Basan
E. Wi
Bramer CC
Paxton, ‘Il
Great Twin Falls
Jerome
Idaro
H. A. Stroud & Company
Twin Falls, Idnbo
Hotel Savoy
Kansas City
R. M. Ellerd
Spohn Medical
Goshen
Pee U Neemgias
Heey
Canada
Acra
Buskatchewant
Alberta
T. Rolhes
Jackson SL
St. Paul
Minn
WV. Bennett
New York Life
Omaha
Noby
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Chala
Rata
Iest
Wales
Gorrean
Hanufattuners
Rat Raogeaia
Ant Ortingta
Asringson
D.C
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