Long Life of Indian Queen Dies in New Westminster
The last of the Chehalis royal line, Queen Jeanie, reportedly 132, died at the home of her grandniece Mrs. William Vianen in New Westminster. She remembered Simon Fraser’s visit and hospitality with trinkets kept as family heirlooms. Her life spanned a vanished nation once near Harrison Lake and the Fraser River.
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William Vianen
New Westminster
Harrison Lake
Montreal Herald
Victoria
B. C
Jeanie
Simon Fraser
Queen Jeanie
New Westminster City
William Vianan
Dutch Bill
Fraser River
Hendaye Frontier Town and a Napoleonic Crossing
Hendaye, the French frontier town famed for Spanish crisis coverage and refugee demonstrations, was the site of Gen. Hay’s 1813 capture after crossing the sands from the Spanish bank. Today the Sud express travels the Irun Hendaye bridge without noting the exact moment crossing the boundary, while locals show the river remains a subtle border.
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Hendaye
Andaye of
Wellington
Bidassoa
Hay
Sud Express
Irun
Iran
France
Oil of Sassafras for Insect Bites
London Globe notes oil of sassafras as a valuable preventive against mosquito flea gnat and midge bites. Applied immediately to the bite place it typically prevents poisoning, while applying after inflammation may stop irritation. The remedy is harmless as an external application.
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A. T. Girdler
London Globe
Ancient electricity cited by writers and priests
An Elektrotechnische Anzeiger writer argues ancient use of electricity and lightning conductors. He cites temple heliograph like devices used by priests for temple communication, lightning protection via rods and chains to water tanks, and references to these in First Kings and Second Chronicles.
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Elektrotechnische Anzeiger
George Eber
Lighthouse Memorial on Great Lakes Peace Idea
A proposal envisions a lighthouse as a memorial to peace on the Great Lakes. The text argues neutrality has prevailed since 1812 and celebrates unwritten norms over formal statutes.
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Great Lakes
Taft Seeks Deep Waterway Support Without Pork Barrel
New Orleans hosts the Deep Waterway Association as Taft arrives to back a lakes-to-gulf deep waterway. He pledges to use government bonds if feasible but opposes a wide pork-barrel bond issue, stressing project merit and national resource conservation. Sherman Cannon and Dickinson pledge enthusiastic aid alongside State governors and lawmakers.
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Sherman
Cannon
Dickinson
New Orleans
Deep Waterway Association
Taft
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Athenaeum
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
James 8. Sherman
Middle West
East
West
Dickingon
Sanitary District
Chicago
Joliet
Congress
United States
Ilnois
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Lakes
Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Clifford Pinchot
Government Forestry Department
Progressive Union of
Progressive Union
New Orleans Opera House
la Juive
French Opera Company
Rare aviation week postmark creates hexagonal stamps
The Rheims aviation week saw a temporary post office on the airfield postmarking letters bearing ordinary French stamps with a hexagonal Betheny Aviation mark. Enthusiasts may flood envelopes, turning these into curiosities and potential collectable rarities, unlike Brunel provisions which proved costly and largely unused.
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Philately
Rheims
Betheny-Aviation
Brunel
Wet vs Dry Victory Echoes in Central Illinois
A closely divided antisaloon movement marks Tuesday's local option votes across thirty three precincts in Central and Southern Illinois. Most towns stayed wet or dry as Baldwin and Duquoin had previously voted dry, while Peters burg Menard Morgan South Winchester Scott Naples Richwoods Calhoun and Golconda joined the dry side. Jacksonville remains antisaloon territory after a hard campaign, with dry votes reduced by seven hundred.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Baldwin
Randolph County
Duquoin
Perry County
Pinckneyville
Petersburg
Menard County
Meredona
Morgan County
Winchester
Scott County
Naples
Richwoods
Calhoun County
Golconda
Pope County
Illinois Antisaloon League
Jacksonville
Morgan
Menard
Scott
Chandlersville
Athens
Menard Tullula
Oakford
South
Exeter
Scott Rey
Crater
Calhoun
Hamburg
Hardin
Coulterville
Randolph
Perry Perr
Swanwick
Perry
Jonesboro
Union
Mount Carmel Wabash
Mound City
Palaska
Boonville Elects Entire Democratic Ticket Except One Councilman
In Boonville the full Democratic city slate won, with J H Thornburgh taking the first ward by a margin of two votes, denying him a council seat. The result marks a clean sweep except for the single ward upset.
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Boonville
J. H. Thornburgh
New York Central Probes Big Deficit At Big Four
New York Central officials refuse detail on a significant shortage in the accounts of C. L. Warriner, Big Four treasurer at Cincinnati. A. H. Harris flies to Cincinnati for book examinations. Warriner will file a detailed report. estimated shortage likely under 50,000 dollars. Warriner is bonded with American Surety, with the company pursuing reimbursement from Warriner. Warriner arrived with VP J. Larstensen who oversees Big Four accounting.
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New York City
New York Central
C. L. Warriner
Big Four
Cincinnati
A. H. Harris
Warriner
American Surety Company
J. Larstensen
Admits Theft at Death in Chicago Case
A dying Chicago negro confessed to stealing a diamond setting from Mrs. A. K. Vickers of Springfield, wife of Illinois Supreme Court Justice A. K. Vickers. Through Judge Carter the gem was returned to its owner after a letter to investigate prompted discovery. The man, paralyzed in bed, had hidden the diamond beneath his pillow.
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Chicago
Ill
Supreme Judge
Supreme Court
Carter
A. K. Vickers
Springfield
Vickers
Supreme Court of Illinois
Fund for Upper River Conman predicts Congress action
Conman F C Stevens arrived in St Paul after a European tour studying waterways. He says Congress will appropriate funds for the waterway project between St Paul and St Louis at the session opening next month. A preliminary report will be submitted January 1. The commission will outline general rules, not reargue the 14 foot channel dispute.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Conman
F. C. Stevens
St. Paul
Congress
St. Louis
Mississippi
Chicago
Chicago Canal
Illinois River
University of Chicago professors discuss Atonement book
Quotes from Gerald B. Smith of the University of Chicago theology department appear in the book Atonement. Coauthors include Ernest Dewitt Burton and John M. Smith of the divinity school, with claims the law of God condemns all souls and that strict judgment yields universal death penalty.
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Chicago, Ill
University of Chicago Press
Gerald B. Smith
Department of Dogmatic Theology
University of Chicago
Ernest Dewitt Burton
John M. Smith
Divinity School
Husband Dies From Wife Shot In Silverton
Silverton Colorado Henry Ousley died after his wife Sun day night shot him while he lay in a drunken stupor. Mrs Ousley reportedly confessed she hired two men to carry him home from a saloon and then shot him.
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Silverton
Colorado
Henry Ousley
Salt Lake
Fine Recipe for Colds in a Pharmacist’s Ad
In a vintage ad a druggist offers a homemade cold remedy. Mix half pint of whiskey, two ounces glycerine, half ounce Concentrated pine compound. Shake well and dose a teaspoon to a tablespoon four times daily. Pine product sold in half ounce airtight bottles labeled Concentrated.
Labor Unions Fight Tuberculosis Expands Coalition
Ten fraternal and benefit organizations with nearly 4,000,000 members and three international unions with over 100,000 joined the tuberculosis fight in the past year, per the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Groups include Modern Woodmen of America, Knights of Columbus, International Typographical Union, and others.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Modern
Woodmen of America
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Order of Fagles
Improved Order of Red Men
Knights of Pythias
Royal Arcanum
Workmen’s Circle
Knights of Columbus
Royal League, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
And
Foresters of America
International Photo-Engravers’ Union of North America
International Printing Pressmens and Assistants’ Union
International Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
The
International Typographical Union
I Love You Missing From His Oath
A dramatic exchange unfolds as a man gushes declarations of devotion and wealth while the woman presses for the explicit words I love you. He pleads that others could stay, and that he would devote his life to her, yet she insists on the plain statement he has not spoken.
How to Care for the Child Anecdotes and Advice
A curious paste of old time medical quackery and social jokes. The mother asks about remedies for sneezing in a child. One fringe remedy suggests gin and lemon peel, lamenting harshness of morphine. The piece includes light humor dialogues and caricatured exchanges about domestic life.
The Difference Postum Health Adopts Morning Habit
A promotional letter extols Postum as healthier than coffee, sharing a testimonial of indigestion relief and better sleep after switching from coffee to Postum. The reader is urged to look for The Road to Wellville and notes the letter as genuine, though portions are garbled.
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Prigy
Wellville
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Fort Wayne
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Richmond
Crawfordsville
George T. Harper
Madison
South Bend
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Lafayette
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