Millionaire urged to endow interpretative dancing course
Edna Neil urges a wealthy benefactor to fund interpretative dance classes at the University of Chicago and settlements to curb the hugging style among youths. She says such programs would reveal the spiritual side of life and benefit children, improving movement through music and good mentorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Russell Sage
Edna Neil
Chicago
Neil
Rockefeller
University of Chicago
President Taft Seeks Aunt Delia Pie in Comic Verse
A humorous poem from John O'Keefe in the New York World imagines President Taft traveling far for his Aunt Delia's pie. It playfully describes a journey driven by memory and desire for various pies, ending with a light note that even a public leader longs for homey dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Delia
Auntie
John O'Keefe
New York World
Remains of Cultured Negro Empires Found
French scientist M Zeltner reports discoveries in the Niger and Senegal basins showing archaeological deposits within a triangle of Timbuktu Koyes and Bamako. Cave finds on the upper Senegal reveal runic signs and drawings resembling South African caverns and Sahara inscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
Africa
M. Zeltner
la Nature
Niger
Senegal
Timbuktu
Koyes
Bamako
M. Zellner
Sahara Desert
Woman valued in bank expansion of women accounts
The article notes a new banking practice focusing on women customers. Portland Trust Company of Oregon runs a women’s department led by a competent superintendent. She guides and assists women with papers, opens accounts, and even visits clients at home to provide help and advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Trust Company of
Oregon
Poindexter Race Echoes in Washington Gubernatorial Debate
A writer endorses Stan ton Warburton for Congress and urges Democrats to back Poindexter or Wilson, arguing the party must unite to challenge the machine in Washington. The piece advocates primary participation to nominate worthy candidates and emphasizes reform against timber interests and tax dodgers.
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Washinton
Congress
Third
Senate
Poindexter
Grand Theater
Wilson
Seattle P.I
Geo. F. Cotterill
Geo. F
King County
Burke
McCredie
Warburton
Claypool
Incomplete pledge ties to party nominees in September
The text notes an obligation to vote for Republican nominees but does not extend the duty to support them in November after their September nomination. It highlights a conditional stance on endorsement and turnout within party processes.
Peers Face Rules in Selecting Titles for New Honorees
Seven new English peers named by King George struggle to pick titles within royal rules. Constraints forbid reuse of royal-designated names, require counties above earl rank avoid county names, and prevent reviving extinct or attainted peerages for new creations.
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George
Flint
Merioneth
Banff
Clackmannan
Dumbarton
Kirkcudbright
Monaghan
Roscommon
Creation of Peerage Names and Territorial Title Rules
The article explains that new peers may take any surname as a title even with living peers of the same name. Territorial titles require ownership of the land or manor, as with Thetford and Michelson, while streets or suburbs like Battersea or Wandsworth have inspired recent titles.
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Lord Russell of
Killowen
Earl Russell
Boyle, Bruce
Douglass
Hay
Herbert
Hill
Grey
Howard
Hamilton
Lord Villiers
J. de Villiers
W. D. Mackenzie
Thetford
Lord Thetford
Lord Fisher
Lord Michelson
Michelson
London
Lord Battersea
Lord Wandsworth
Lord Loreburn
Edinburgh
Lord Selby
Walking Saloon Tops Sunday Streets In Indy
Indianapolis police hunt for the so called walking saloon a basket carrying man who walks Sundays with liquor for sale. Mayor Shanks closing order spawned copies of the figure with more than two hundred believed active across Indiana as three fourths of the state remains dry.
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Indianapolis
Shank
Indiana
Princess Mary the Equestrian Prince
Princess Mary, daughter of the king of England, takes riding lessons in a quiet corner of Richmond Park and shows natural skill as an accomplished rider. Her brother, heir to the throne, prefers the sea and dislikes riding and has been known to hug a skittish horse. King George rides daily in Rotten Row but is not a skilled horseman, with a calm mount that never races.
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Mary
England
Richmond Park
George
Stage whispers reveal pork packer in Buffalo musical
In a Buffalo Express piece a character praises a partner for a well rendered program part while a second strand hints at danger as a woman calls a man a pork packer. The exchange underscores backstage tensions amid a musical production.
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Buffalo Express
Special Privilege Praise By Dogs In Washington Star
A fragment quotes the Washington Star noting dogs delight in barking and biting as their predestined function and that no injunction stops them from defying.
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Washington Star
Up to the Minute
Prominent Detroit figure is noted for making sofa pillows for a young man’s airplane. The item reflects a quirky domestic craft reality claimed as up to the minute in the Free Press.
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Detroit Free Press
The Difference. First gray hair and a man’s grief
A brief meditation notes that a woman's heart woe arrives with the first gray hair while a man only grieves when his last hair disappears, attributed to the New York Times.
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New York Times
Wireless Protects Indian Shipping Proposal
Public wireless telegraph stations are proposed for Aden Karachi and Ceylon to protect Indian shipping lanes and aid navigation and communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aden
Karachi
Ceylon
Candidate Declarations for 29th District and County Auditor
Two notices announce candidacies in the Republican primaries. E. L. Minard of Elma seeks the 29th Legislative District representative nomination. R. G. Trask seeks the Chehalis County auditor nomination at the September primary.
Candidate announces bid for congress in Washington Second District
Staunton Warburton of Tacoma Washington files to run as Republican candidate for representative in Congress in the Second District subject to September primary. He also seeks renomination for county sheriff pending Chehalis County Republican primary action in September.
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Washington
Staunton Warburton
Tacoma
Wash
C Quackenbush Announces Candidacy for 29th District
C C Quackenbush announces candidacy for Representative of the 29th District. He states the decision rests with Republican voters of Caehalis county at the September primary.
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Caehalis County
C. C. Quackenbush
Bartlett Declares Candidacy for County Coroner and Justice of the Peace
Dr C E Bartlett announces in formal notices his bids for county coroner and Aberdeen Precinct Justice of the Peace. He seeks Republican primary support in Aberdeen and outlines candidacy ahead of September elections.
Paul Smits Seeks Chehalis County Coroner Nomination
A candidate declares for the office of County Coroner in the upcoming primary on September 13. He runs under the Republican banner in Chehalis County.
Candidacy Declared for Second District County Commissioner
A candidate announces run for County Commissioner in the Second District subject to Republican primary elections in September. The statement underscores intent to seek the office and participate in the party electoral process.
Candidate for Chehalis County Superior Court Nomination
A candidate for the nomination for the office of Judge of the Superior Court for Chehalis County seeks voter support at the primaries to be held September 18 1910. The notice specifies the primary election decision rests with the voters of Chehalis County.
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Chehalis County
Wiley Runs for County Commissioner in Second District
The text states a candidate seeks Republican backing for the county commissioner seat in the Second District during the September primary elections. It names Robert A. Wiley as the candidate.
McKinlay Seeks Aberdeen Justice of the Peace Nomination
W C McKinlay announces candidacy for Justice of the Peace in Aberdeen precinct subject to Republican primary approval on September 18 1910. He aims to win the party nomination and serve voters in the Aberdeen area.
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Justice of the Peace
Aberdeen
Candidate seeks county assessor post Chehalis area primary
A statement from F. E. Jones announces his candidacy for county assessor subject to Republican voters in Chehalis County at the primaries dated September 13.
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Chehalis County
F. E. Jones
County Clerk Candidacy Announced in Chehalis County
The speaker states intent to seek the Republican nomination for County Clerk pending Chehalis County September primaries.
Republican Primary Race For Twenty first District
Candidate for the nomination of senator from the Twenty first district subject to the decision of the Republican voters at the Republican primaries to be held September 13. J. A. Hood.
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J. A. Hood
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Miles Poindexter
United States
Grays Harbor
Grand Theatre
Old Bob
Paul West
Earl
Lord Hawkesbury
Liverpool
Lord Leith of Kyvie
Fyvie
Princess
Equestrienne
Mary of England
BREP
Seventh Street
Dp. Co
E. L. Minard
Elma, Washington
R. G. Trask
C. E. Bartlett
M. D
Paul Smits
Waldo W. Hart
Robert A. Wiley
W. C. McKinlay
Luroy Herriman
Harper
Kentucky
Fred Hewett
Humboldt
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