Wives of Opposing Political Leaders at Baltimore Convention
Observers include Miss Genevieve Zutoo Clark daughter of the speaker and Mrs Taft among the delegation. Mrs Mack, wife of the national chairman, sat with them as Theodore Roosevelt and Taft discussed trusts. The intense scene drew attention from delegates and attendees at the Democratic national convention.
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Baltimore
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Trusts
Latt
Ihe
Mack
Mrs. Taft
Mrs. Mack
A Lesson From Baseball On Saving For the Pinch
The piece cites Christy Mathewson's advice from Pitching In a Pinch that pitchers should save something for late in the game. He recalls a rookie mistake at the Polo Grounds against Cincinnati, where throwing too hard early led to a 4 to 2 loss after holding a 2 0 lead. Manager George Davis reminded him the game teaches not to exhaust early. He says the lesson stuck with him.
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Christy Mathewson
Mr Mathewson
Cincinnati
Polo Grounds
Giants
Mitch
George Davis
Matty
Mr. Mathewson
The Sixth Commandment and Lynching in American Life
A call to end lynching and demand worker protections. The piece argues lynching is an unspeakable crime and requires safeguards, compensation for injuries, and complete industrial safety. It urges equal protection for laborers and critiques racial violence while linking moral duty to public safety.
Resignation Tale From a Plantation Preacher
A vignette from Lip Pinccott's Magazine recounts Uncle Ike, a plantation preacher in Kentucky, quitting his Sundays with the enslaved community after claiming they sent his resignation. The boy Mark confronts him about the abrupt exit amid insults and racial tensions.
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Mark Smith
Arizona
Kentucky
Ike
Smith
Mark
Mars Mark
Lippincott’s
English applicant boasts intimate ties to Thackeray Dickens and Eliot
Frederick Donaghey hosts a dinner tale about a young Englishman who seeks work at the New York Public Library. When asked about English literature he claims close personal connections to Thackeray Dickens and Eliot, asserting they were neighbors and friends in London.
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Frederick Donaghey
New York Public Library
W. M. Thackeray
London
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Old Country
George Eliot
Chicago Tribune
Senator Swanson Critiques Undeserving Government Jobs
Virginia Senator Swanson argues that undeserving men receive government employment. The anecdote depicts Uncle Sam by the Rappahannock dam with a shotgun, refusing to work for pay and joking about protecting his job by shooting muskrats undermining the dam.
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Swanson
Virginia
Sam
Rappahannock River
Uncle Sam
Philadelphia Evening Post
Fish Sellers Advertise Direct to Small Buyers
In a town where firms urge direct fish sales to small customers, ads request a half dollar with preferred varieties. A letter lists salmon, twelve whiteing, twelve fresh herrings, flounders, and a lobster if available, followed by a second note asking for another dime to forward the fisherman.
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Dallas News
Difficult bread care and a school memory story
A fragment describes bread baked too brown and the crust thickened, advising not to cut off the black and to scrape loaves after they cool. A mother praises Johnny for doing well in school noting his memory of history and a tale about Alexander cutting the accordion knot.
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Johnny
Alexander
Trial on Clover Failure Leads to Alfalfa Planting Guide
A farmer notes general failures of clover over two years and shares expert guidance to plant alfalfa. Steps include cleaning and liming a five acre field, applying manure, discing and harrowing by August, inoculating soil with alfalfa bacteria, sowing around August 15 with a disk drill or broadcasting, using 18 to 20 pounds per acre, and leaving residue to catch snow.
Cultivation Aims to Moisture Conservation Not Weed Killing
Two corn belt farmers argue during a dry spell about cultivating soil to conserve moisture. One farmer, blaming excess cultivation for moisture loss, yields 45 bushels per acre versus 25 for the weed-focused neighbor. The only difference cited is a separating barbed wire fence.
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Lts
Poison Mixture Promoted for Grasshopper Control
An agricultural note urges using poison to kill grasshoppers after fall plowing. It describes a chiddle mixture from fresh horse droppings silt and Paris green, mixed with salt and water, then scattered across fields to lure and kill hoppers.
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Paris
Fruit Puddings and Pudding Variations in Home Cooking
Recipes for fruit puddings describe steaming and baking methods with examples like fruit batter pudding and bake apple pudding. Entries cover berry layers, steamed molds, and peach puddings with butter sugar milk flour and baking powder.
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Howell
Her Choice Mother and Mildred in Disciplinary Moment
In a vignette from Woman's Home Companion a father disciplines his five year old daughter Mildred for disobedience. Mildred suggests the time for punishment choosing “Yesterday” as the appropriate moment, while the father maintains authority and offers control over the timing of the spanking.
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Mildred
Father
Father says he’s broken his arm and cannot thrash
Satire note reflects a father warning his children to behave for about a month due to a broken right arm. The line uses humor to imply disciplinary inability and invites reader amusement.
Listings and schedules for Aberdeen area transport and streets
The document lists street intersections and mill names in North Aberdeen Highland Home and surrounding districts including Broadway Heron Michigan River St Washington Street and Union Depot. It also shows train and gasoline motor car schedules with arrivals and departures between Tacoma Seattle Portland and Aberdeen with connections to McCleary Elma Centralia and other towns.
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North Aberdeen
Highland Home
Thornton & Sixth Streets
Prospect & Terrace
N. P
Jefferson & Simpson Ave
Wilson
Broadway
Third Streets
Sixth Streets
Division
Heron
Michigan
River St
Hume
Washington St
Western Mill
Market
Curtis & Clark
Curtis & Evans
Curtis & Front &J
Aberdeen Lumber & Shingla Co
Tinian Mill
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Aberdeen
McCle’ry
Elma
Slow. Mrs Flast Reaches Age Thirty After Forty Five Years
A Cincinnati Enquirer quip notes Mrs Flast has aged to thirty after forty five years, a humorous take on slow progress in life and time. The joke emphasizes length of time rather than a real event or person.
Becoming Diffidence in Courtroom Exchange
In a playful exchange the speaker recalls age and shyness when a judge asked for age in court. The remark, “I was about ten years shy,” frames a light moment reflecting on childhood timidity.
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Judg
City Messenger Co. Delivers Missed Herald Copies
Subscribers who fail to receive the Herald on Monday and Thursday by 6 p.m. are asked to call City Messenger Co. at phone 5931 to have a copy delivered immediately.
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City Messenger CO
E. Wishkah St
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Herald
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