Bryan critiques Roosevelt in West Point speech critique
Colonel Bryan accuses President Roosevelt of bloodthirstiness and invades his conduct at West Point. The piece argues the president’s remarks on soldiers being willing to fight reflect duty, while Bryan’s aim to impose Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount on an army is criticized as ill suited to war.
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W. J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Bryan
West Ae
Military Academy
Ironquill
Kansas
West Point
Jefferson
Jackson
Mont Pelee
France
Louisiana
Spain
Andracason
Nebraska
Ion
Ugen
KC Journal
Noisy Promotional Patent Pill Ad
An advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a cure for liver trouble and skin blemishes. It claims the pills purify blood and improve complexion and offers them for 24 cents at Noah Martin's drug store.
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Dr. King
New Life
Noah Martin
Oldest Locomotive to be Retired from Service
The oldest locomotive still in operation will be withdrawn and moved to the Durham college of science at Nawcatle-on-Tyne. Built by George Stephenson for Hetton colliery near Durham, it began service on November 1 1822.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham College of Science
Nawcatle-on-Tyne
George Stephenson
Hetton
Durham
Boy poisoned by weed rash saved by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
W H Dibble of Sioux City Iowa narrates how his 11 year old boy rubbed poison into his eyes while picnicking. A neighbor recommended DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. first application eased symptoms and within days the boy recovered fully. Warns of counterfeit products.
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W. H. Dibble
Sioux City
DeWitt
Hagel
Noah Mafktin
Missouri Farm Prices Show Wide Gaps in Industry
Warsaw Bulletin notes Hart farm near Clark county Missouri at 416 acres sold for 19000 below 50 per acre while other Missouri farms range from 60 to 100 per acre across the river in Illinois. The item also includes an advertisement for DeWitt's Little Early Risers liver tonic from Milton Pennsylvania praising its purgative and tonic effects.
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Warsaw Bulletin
Hart
Clark County
Missouri
Memphis
Gorin
Schuyler County
Illinois
DeWitt
W. Sell
Highland Ave
Milton
Nosh
Martin
Cedar Tie from 1863 Railroad Line to Be Shown at World Fair
A red cedar railroad tie used on Illinois first line in 1863 will be displayed in the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair Curio Exhibit after 30 years of service. The tie, preserved in perfect condition, came from a line now part of the Wabash system. Feley’s Stoney and Tar advertised as a safe cough remedy.
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St. Louis
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Mee
Anne
C. A. Hays
Unionville, Missouri
Stockton and Darlington Railroad
Hetton Collier
Reef
Letessnsters
HR Bey
Feley
A. Hays
Comstock Bros
North Side Square
Unionville
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