Violent storm sweeps Great Lakes region causing heavy damage
A cyclonic storm with wind and rain hits southeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, wrecking hundreds of houses and barns and causing heavy property and crop losses. Charles B. Tittle of Rapid City Iowa plans to move to Fair Ground addition next year.
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North Dakota
Minnesota
Fertile
Beltrami
Barnesville
Glyndon Ang
Mentor
Charles B. Tittle
Rapid City
Iowa
Mr. Tittle
Fair Ground Addition
Peculiar Berlin Court Case Ends in Identity Shuffle
A remarkable Berlin case unfolds from 1907 when a person posing as a lady married a woman but was really a man. A lawyer advised medical certificates to change birth records, and authorities aided the name change except for the Christian names. The individual, later rejected for military service, then became involved in another romance in Galicia.
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Berlin
Vienna Marriage Case Ends in Prolonged Legal Battle
A young man who loved a merchant's wife married her in Vienna after her husband divorced her. The wife died after eighteen months of wedded happiness. Her parents moved to declare the marriage invalid, alleging the husband was a woman or had posed as one, and demanded the return of all property. The hearing has been adjourned.
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Vienna
Taft Visit Sparks Spokane School Welcome Plan
Sixteen thousand Spokane area school children plus tribally served pupils will greet President Taft during his September 28 arrival. Mayor Nelson S. Pratt will route the Seeing Spokane auto tour to pass by most city schools, mobilizing nearby students if a building lies off the path. The plan aims to create a memorable milestone for the children.
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Spokane
Taft
Nelson S. Pratt
Pratt
Publicity and Africa as News Source This Summer
Observers note Africa remains a rich, unsettled source of stories for papers. The Rochester Democrat remarks on American efforts to flood the continent's dark corners with publicity and attention this season.
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Africa
Rochester Democrat
Alabama Bars All Liquor
Montgomery, August 27. The complete prohibition code passed by the recent legislative session was signed by the governor. The laws prohibit liquor use or distribution in clubs, bar foreign corporations, and provide sheriffs impeachment for noncompliance. Municipalities must enforce stricter temperance rules and restrict soft drink stands, barred doors, and electric devices in public places.
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Montgomery
Ala
Colonel McClures Pajamas Recalls Clover Club Tale
A Clover club veteran recalls Colonel A K McClure as a brilliant raconteur and his pajama story told at a Clover club dinner in Philadelphia. The tale describes a Spanish war regiment recruited from Conshohocken Cantonments and local Pennsylvania towns whose ladies made pajamas for the soldiers.
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A. K. McClure
Clover Club
McClure
Bellevue
Philadelphia
Conshohocken
Cinnaminson
Wawa
Manunka Chunk
Pennsylvania
Pajamas Mystery Swirls Around Wartime Telegram
The Philadelphia Bulletin recounts a tale where a shipment of pajamas in six packing cases was sent to Cubawards but never arrived. Local women waited a month, then asked a colonel who denied the claim, suspecting political enemies fabricate the story.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
The Lady in the White Veil author charms London crowds
Rose O'Neil, noted artist and author, entertains with wit as she travels to London. An Englishman challenges her with a brusque test of cleverness, she retorts with a quip about Irish in her name, provoking amusement among listeners.
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Rose O'Neil
London
Dr. Johnson
America
England
Amer
Woman rebukes smoker. Irishman retorts with wit
A depot encounter sets off humor about manners and gender. The piece shifts to a health ad praising kidney pills, featuring Mrs. A. E. Downey of Ellensburg Washington who says Dean’s Kidney Pills relieved her kidney pain and backache after years of suffering. The ad urges readers to buy the remedy from Foster Milburn Co. as sole US agents, price 50 cents.
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A. E. Downey
North Water Street
Ellensburg
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Wry Irish Retort Sparks Pipe Remark in Kansas City
A humorous exchange from the Kansas City Independent shows a feisty Irish man and a jokey remark about poison. The husband and wife banter reveals regional character and sharp wit in a brief print joke.
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Kansas City
Eyer Announces Battery Tires Supplies at Mission Street
J. J. Eyer promotes dry batteries and patched tires at 14 North Mission, inviting customers to stock up on essential car supplies.
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J. J. Eyer
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