Hayes Favored to Beat Dorando in Marathon Tonight
New York March 15 John Hayes and Dorando Pietri race for the Marathon title in a third confrontation. Dorando led in London last year but collapsed, Hayes won. In Madison Square Garden on Thanksgiving Eve Dorando narrowly won, now Hayes is favored to settle who is the better marathon man with both squads well prepared.
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Dorando
New York
Johnnny Hayes
Dorando Pietri
London
Hayes
Madison Square Garden
Longboat
Wealthy Parisian dies after supper party boredom
Fernand Ravenez, a rich Parisian youth, killed himself at Monte Carlo after hosting a lively supper for friends. During the evening he cried of a surprise and shouted about a final reveal before taking a pistol to his temple. The act is attributed to sheer boredom.
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Paris
Fernand Ravenez
Monte Carlo
Ravenez
Ravener
Great Excitement Over Root Juice Cures At Muscatine
Large crowds in Muscatine flock to learn about a new remedy called Root Juice. Testimonials claim absolute cures for chronic ailments after short use, with demonstrations at Lemmon's drug store starting next Thursday at 9 am. The druggist reports no complaints and rapid improvements after initial doses. remedy priced at $1 per bottle or three for $2.50.
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Muscatine
Lemmon
Troopship Logan Runs Aground Off Honolulu Reef
The United States Army transport Logan ran aground in Honolulu harbor as it maneuvered to back into its slip. Three tugs failed to refloat her. the vessel lists to starboard but shows no hull leakage. Logan carried 800 cavalrymen and several generals en route to the Philippines. a lightering and second refloat attempt may follow.
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Honolulu
Maron
United States Army
Logan
San Francisco
Manila
Twelfth Calvary
Carter
Brush
David
Philippines
Twenty Sailors Die in Collision Off Maas Light
The Norwegian steamer Mascot, bound for Sunderland, collided with the German ship Margretha near the Maas light ship, twenty miles west. The Margretha sank almost immediately with about twenty crew members drowned.
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Rotterdam
Mascot
Sunderland
Hamburg
Foreclosure Entered Against Walsh Coal Firms
A federal court decree orders the Southern Indiana and Indiana Southern Coal companies to satisfy a debt of 3,342,000 with interest by March 25, 1909 or face foreclosure. Receivers manage the Walsh properties including mines and lands in Greene, Sullivan, and Vigo counties, with First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago as mortgage trustee.
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Walsh Coal Companies
Indianapolis
Southern Indiana
Indiana
Southern Coal Companies
First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Indiana Southern Coal Company
Greene
Swilivan
Vigo
Walsh Properties
Corey Finishes Sixth In Six Days Go-As-You-Please
In New York the official six days go as you please score list shows Cibot and Orphee leading with 732.6 points. Davis and Merkus follow at 719.5, with Dineen and Prouty at 702.0 and Corey and Hegelman sixth with 619.2 points.
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New York
Cibot
Orphee
Davis
Merkus
Dineen
Prouty
Loeslein
Klubertanz
Shelton
Lazer
Corey
Hegelman
Feegan
Curtis
Guignard
Revere
Navez
Kellar
Edelson
Hallanti
Tartley
Livestock perishes as Alabama floods lash the state
The Alabama river continues rising with Selma forecast at fifty seven feet. Lowlands across central Alabama are submerged for miles and large numbers of livestock have perished. The Tallapoosa river near Montgomery becomes a raging torrent.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Selma
Middle Alabama
Tallapoosa
Japanese Training Squadron Heads for Honolulu and Pacific Coast
The Japanese naval training squadron under Captain Isoji sailed for Honolulu carrying 180 cadets from the Japanese army. The force is set to reach Honolulu around April 1 and then go to San Francisco, with planned cruise north along the Pacific coast to Seattle.
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Yokohona
Honolulu
Isoji
San Francisco
Pacific
Seattle
Georgia Senator Bacon and Gaines Stricken by Pneumonia
Washington March 15 Senator Bacon of Georgia and former Representative John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee are fighting pneumonia from severe colds contracted on inauguration day. Bacon is greatly improved while Gaines’s condition causes anxiety among friends.
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Washington
Bacon
Georgia
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Tumor Removed by Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
A Mrs May Fry of Lindley Ind credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing a four inch cyst tumor after doctors advised operation. The ad touts decades of use and invites readers to write for confidential advice to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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South Bend
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
May Fry
Lindley
Lydia
Cooper Case Nearing End Judge Hopes to Instruct Jury
Nashville March 15 Judge W M Hart expects to instruct the jury in the murder trial of Colonel D B Cooper Robin Cooper and John D Sharp for Senator Carmack's death Judge Anderson predicted a verdict of acquittal within thirty minutes after the charge is given
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Hart
Nashville
Tenn
W. M. Hart
D. B
Robin Cooper
John D. Sharp
United States
E. W. Carmack
Anderson
Job for Wireless Expert Aided by Civil Service Test
Washington announces a competitive examination nationwide on April 21 for an assistant electrical engineer in the signal service. The successful candidate will earn a salary between 1500 and 1800 dollars.
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Washington
Sam
Civil Service Commission
United States
Signal Service
City Bus Line Call Up Service By Frank Rogers
Call up the City bus line by dialing Phone No. 1 and leave your orders with Frank Rogers. Please provide street and number for prompt pickup or delivery of services.
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Frank Rogers
Puritan Sunday Observed in East Liverpool Arrests Expected
A Puritan Sunday was observed in East Liverpool with arrests expected today for workers on the Sabbath. Police detained street car conductors and motormen, telephone operators, news dealers, automobile chauffeurs and others. cigar stores limited sales, restaurants restricted hours, and drug stores kept core prescriptions.
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Liverpool
Church Allows Football at Baker University
The Kansas conference of the Methodist church approved reinstating intercollegiate football at Baker University by a 64 to 48 vote. The South Kansas conference will decide at Coffeyville. if they approve, Baker’s athletic program will again include football.
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Clay Center
Kan
Kansas Conference
The
Methodist Church
Baker University
South Kansas
Coffeyville
Baker Athletic Program
Negro Canker To Sue Questions Right Of My Road To Order Him From Pullman Car
W H Ellis a Negro banker was forced to leave a Pullman coach and ride in the apartment set apart for his race when the train entered Texas. Sheriff Williams ordered him from the car and Ellis said he would seek redress in court. Goldwin Smith praised Roosevelt in a letter to the New York Times noting his energetic devotion to the public good and the value of his urbanity in diplomacy.
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Pulman
Eagle Pe
Tex
W. H. Ellis
Nextro
Texas
Ellis
Williams
Goldwin Smith
Roosevelt
Toronto
New York Times
Ore Man and Inauguration Day Poem Excerpt
A fragmentary historical note praises a leader on inauguration day with references to natural resources of South Russia and a patriotic poem by Richard Watson Gilder. The piece blends minerals like rock salt coal and iron with calls for a virtuous ruler and national unity.
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South
Russia
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Franklin Bell
Optimists’ Club
Rockford
Charles L. Burpee
Denver
Col
Dr. Pierce
People’s Common Sense
R. V. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
A. V. Pierce
Buffalo
M. D
Pierce
Tallapoosa River
Naval Training Squadron
Hawaii
Pacific Coast
Cooper Case
Methodist Conference
Kansas
Richard Watson Gilder
Houvehold
REO
Wooley Bros
Washington, Iowa
Sexton
Ite
Washington CO. Savings Bank
Opera House
Popham
Williams Mfg. CO
Cleveland
McElhinney Drug Co
Neasant
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
CopvricnuTs &c
Munn & Co
Scientific American
UNN & Co
Dr. King
Cluse
Wy Lemmen
S . Harmacy
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