World's Largest Adopted Family Quietly Grows at Sand Springs
Sand Springs near Tulsa Oklahoma hosts the Page home home to about four hundred adopted children of Charles Page the multi millionaire oilman. The family enjoys schooling at home a private grammar school a top grade manual training program and a deaf school. Page supports widows and a widow colony with rent free cottages gas milk water and transport. Page’s life spans a rise from poverty to oil wealth followed by broad philanthropy including a 10 000 acre farm interurban railway electric plant and gas system all placed in trust for the children’s home.
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Sand Springs
Tulsa
Okla
Charles Page
Page
Oklahoma
Stevens Point
Wis
Michigan Central Railroad
Wisconsin Central
Great Northern
Washington
Colorado
Red Fork
Osage County
Shell Creek
Kansas City Star
Hog Lard Advertisement Promises Pure Product
A terse classified style line touts pure hog lard available for purchase, inviting readers who lack hogs to slaughter to obtain the product locally. The note implies a straightforward sale without further details on price or source.
Commerce Paper Mill Opens in Commerce Texas
Commerce Texas January 3. A new paper pulp plant from cotton linters and hull fiber becomes operational with local funding support. Pulp samples meet Northern and Eastern standards, plans target March 1 for lower grade paper like blotters covers and boards, with potential for finished paper later. Trinity Paper Mills sponsors J Y Webb J M Irwin P H Diggle and C E Des Champs. Local citizens provided substantial loan funding totaling half the plant cost.
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Commerce
Texas
Mississippi River
J. M. Irwin
Dallas
Trinity Paper Mills
Irwin
J. Y. Webb
P. H. Diggle
C. E. Des Champs
Citizens of Commerce
Quinine Tonic Laxative Ad Claims No Head Ringing
An advertisement touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as better than ordinary quinine with tonic and laxative effects and no nervousness or head ringing. It urges readers to remember the full name and look for the signature of EH W GROVE on the product.
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EH. W. Grove
Traffic riposte as officer greets with sharp remark
In a street encounter a traffic cop snaps at a pedestrian. Miranda responds with a witty reply about Henry defending her, hinting at a broader social quarrel. The exchange captures a brisk, humorous roadside moment.
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Miranda
Henry
Hayes Healing Honey and Grove's Open-Trate Salve Duo
A cold remedy combo offers Hayes Healing Honey with Grove's Open-Trate Salve for chest and throat use. The salve is rubbed on the chest and throat to ease coughs from colds or croup. The two products are sold together for 35 cents.
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Hayes
Grove
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Garland Market
Cardus
Gardus
Mrs. Simpson
Cardui
Commerce Paper Mill
Ode Crowell, the Drayman
Vestal
Music and Machine Coo
Q.R.S. Player
Phonograph
South Travis ST
Sherman, Texas
G. S. Murphy
M. & P. Bank
Sherman
The
Whitewright Sun
Your Home Printing House
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