Local Notes Highlight Residents and Travel
Dr. G J Hill returns from Chicago. Mrs Chas R Harris makes a Seattle trip. Ira M Krutz visits Tacoma for business. Elmer E Heg joins Seattle board of health. Verna Cox visits from Medical Lake. Turkish baths discussed locally. Chief Justice Dunbar invests in Olympia home. James Cunningham returns from Ireland with companions in Yakima. Birdie Barnett dies in Chicago. Nicholas McCoy injured by a horse kick. Michael O Neill receives $304 dividend from Snipes & Co. Alfred Nevin nearly falls under a train. W A Burchfield moves to Yakima with family. Fire in R K Nichols home quelled. Bob-sled ride ends with walking home. A B Weed and wife head to California. Reverend James Jackson returns from Sprague. Uncle Tommy Sinclair back from Seattle to focus on ice business.
Purified blood aids relief from rheumatic pain says ad
An Atlanta based company promotes S. S. S. a vegetable blood purifier claimed to cure rheumatism. A Washington, D. C. woman recounts severe sciatic rheumatism and state aided by the remedy she used for months, claiming crutches became unnecessary and her health restored. The ad touts no minerals or opiates and offers a free book by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kel
Ninth Street
N. E
Washington, D. C
Curt Busi
Atlanta
Tod Sloan vows to race in English events despite Newmarket backlash
New York World reports Tod Sloan declares he will ride in English races even after losing a prince of Wales engagement. London Field condemns American jockeys as Newmarket faces rising American influence and a wave of critical letters accusing visitors of gamboling and looting ground.
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London Field
Newmarket
Tod Sloan
Prince of Wales
London
New York World
Sloan
New York
Marsh
Lord Durham
Five Tars Rewarded for Rescuing Leading Breeze Crew
The United States government via the Liverpool consulate rewards five seamen of the Dominion liner Commonwealth for rescuing the crew of the wrecked American schooner Leading Breeze off Portland Maine on October 16. The Leading Breeze, sailing from Boston with salt to Eastport, was sinking in a heavy sea. Captain McCauley and second officer Mathias also receive recognition for their roles in the perilous rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Liverpool
Commonwealth
Portland
Boston
Mass
Eastport
McCauley
Mathias
Fortune Hunter Balked by Paris Hopeful's Departure
Comte Ademar de Castellane, cousin to Comte Boni, abandons plans to sail on the St. Paul to America. He aims to marry an American heiress but says he will stay in Paris for several months. He notes Frenchmen will be cautious about marrying heiresses and warns the international marriage market has suffered a shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comte Ademar de Castellane
Comte Boni
America
St. Paul
Paris
United States
Pierce's World Dispensary auto wagons advertise remedies in Buffalo
A large Buffalo procession of Dr. Pierce's automobile wagons promotes World’s Dispensary Medical Association products. The text extols Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets, touts the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, and notes free consultations by letter with Dr. Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N.Y
Dispensary Medical Association
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
R. V. Pierce
N. Y
Amateur Volcano Rumors Fade at Mount Olympus
An expedition found Mount Olympus in Washington to be a burning lignite coal mass. Trees and leaves fed fires within coal vents, causing steam and smoke bursts. Cold snow cap melted by heat explains the steam, while natural gas ignition fuels the blasts, ending the volcano scare per the N Y Ledger report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Olympus
Washington State
N. Y. Ledger
If you the moon were and I were the sea
Poem by J A Edgerton printed in the Roston Budget. The verses imagine longing across nature symbols moon sea bird sun and violet to express yearning and devotion. The speaker offers images of stormy bounds and bright paths while pledging daily devotion and dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgerton
Roston Budget
Lamp signaling by day for safer war communications
The London Telegraph notes daylight lamp signaling to reduce exposure and protect messages. A barrel lamp with blacked canvas can be seen far in daylight, while a dual alphabet and code words could replace numerals, speeding telegraphing and preserving privacy. Maj. Ernest Rhodes proposes practical acronyms to ensure accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Office
London Telegraph
Ernest Rhodes
S. O
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Cowless butter and the science of margarine debates
A historical discussion argues that butter is simply cow food processed into milk fat, while margarine mimics butter by converting fats from cows and oxen. The piece claims both products share the same components except for butterine, a volatile tasteless additive.
Test of Beauty
A humorous Boston Traveler quip contrasts Gladys and her mother about beauty and romance noting a park stroll without a single policeman kiss, implying guarded propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys
Mamma
Boston
Life's Indian Summer Reflections in Love
Poem fragment recalling youth and foolish vanity. The speaker now feels soft-hearted and in love with every girl he sees, contrasting past bravado with present tenderness.
One Minute Cough Cure Promoted for Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement urges prompt use of One Minute Cough Cure at early cold signs to prevent pneumonia and later consumption. It claims rapid relief and warning against delaying treatment.
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Yakima Avenue
Yakima
E. J. Patton
Prop
the Palace Grocery
The
Palace Grocery
South Second Street
Natchez Market
L. G. Zenovich
TIMES
the Herald
G. J. Hill
Chicago
Chas. R. Harris
Seattle
Ira M. Krutz
Tacoma
Elmer E. Heg
Verna Cox
Medical Lake
Carl Cox
F. H. Hunter
Dunbar
Olympia
James Cunningham
Ireland
Birdie Barnett
James Greene
James Barnett
Nicholas McCoy
Mr. McCoy
Nicholas
Michael O'Neil
Bank of Snipes & Co
Eldensburg
Ellensburg
Snipes Trust
Alfred Nevin
W. A. Burchfield
Fairfax
Minnesota
Moxee
Charles Davis
Coffin Bros
Burchfield
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
R. K. Nichols
L. C., Hough
A.B. Weed
California
Pasadena
Mr. Weed
Judge Weed
James Jackson
Sprague
Tommy” Sinclair
Eawnaes
Swift
Count Castellane
You and I
Jorga
Ort
Jaayfever
Caladena
ELY
ELY Brothers
Warren St
New York City
Copvriants &c
Scientific American
St. Washington
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