Paper Makers Merge and Politics of Trusts Spur Debate
A meeting in Appleton, Wisconsin aims to merge paper mills across Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, raising costs and lowering wages. Herman Ridder condemns the paper trust, noting no real price drop and continuing lean times for publishers and workers.
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United States
Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Washington
Republican Congressional Committee
Republican Party
General Paper Company
Supreme Court
Paper Trust
Baron Munchausen
Artemus Ward
N. B
Herman Ridder
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
New Yorker Staats-Zeitung
Ridder
Congress
William R. Tharst
Independence League
Pretty Billie Burke Captivates Audiences as Leading Woman
Miss Billie Burke, born Ethelberta Burke in Washington, rises as a leading woman with John Dray in My Wife. Her charm lies in a fresh, childlike stage manner and fetching presence rather than feats of acting, with a notable rise from London music halls to operatic stages and the 1905 musical The Blue Moon.
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Billie Burke
John Dray
Washington
Willian BE
Burke
Burke and Andrews
Hher
Ethel
Berta
Billie
Miss Burke
London
Music Hall
Leslie Stuart
Ethelberta
McHenry introduces mine bureau bill in congress
Representative John G. McHenry of Pennsylvania proposes a bill in Congress to create a bureau of mines and mining. He is a Democrat, born in 1868, a banker and farmer, and would fund relief for coal mine disasters by a tax of one cent per ton. The 1907 coal mine reports show a 25 percent rise in accidents, with December disasters in Pennsylvania costing nearly 700 lives.
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John G. McHenry
Pennsylvania
Congress
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Benton Township
Columbia County
Orangeville Academy
Columbia County National Bank
Orange National Banks
McHenry
Roosevelt
Bureau of Mines and Mining Power
The Pygmy Earth and the Sun's Vast Bulk
A Victorian-era explanation uses a pea and a two-foot globe to illustrate the sun’s immense size and mass. It notes the sun’s diameter about 866000 miles, claims 1500000 Earths equal one sun in volume, and compares densities and surface area to convey cosmic scale.
Fate and a Name in Royal Sagas
The Chicago Record-Herald notes a striking pattern of misfortune attached to royalty named John. From English and French kings to popes and emperors, numerous Johns faced captivity, imprisonment, torture, or early death, suggesting a superstition about the name in high office.
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John
England
France
John Balliol
Scotland
Robert III
John I
Bohemia
John X
Rome
Tuscany
John XI
John XIV
John XV
John XVI
Constantinople
John II
John III
John I. of
Castile
Chicago Record- Herald
Dough as a Fashioned Power Behind Society
A Puck quote contrasts dough with bread, claiming money from wheat oil literature and magazines fuels high life. It notes dough finances education and scandal, shapes marriages, and elevates the dull or dotty, while cursing those who chase it across generations.
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High Life
Puck
Orkney Prayer for Weather and Harvest Hopes
An Orcadian minister offers a brief harvest prayer asking for good weather with a gentle breeze to bless oats and barley. He warns against a strong blast that would ruin the crops, reflecting concerns of a short Orkney summer and fragile harvest.
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Orkney
Alpine climbing book quoted in ill bred scenery quip
A London Tit-Bits quip notes a book on Alpine climbing describing “A terrible abyss yawned before them” as scenery abroad. The exchange features a mother and child remarking on dramatic phrasing. The humor hinges on literary overstatement in travel writing.
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London
Hesiod Quotation on Soil, Delicacies, and Heroes
A brief aphorism attributes to Hesiod the idea that the same soil yields both delicacies and heroes, highlighting a link between land, nourishment, and greatness in ancient thought.
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Hesiod
Notice of Settlement of Final Account in Flyte Estate
In Chehalis County Washington Jacob Flyte administrator of Jane C Flyte deceased has filed a final account and petition for distribution The court has set March 24 1908 at 10 a m in Montesano for settlement and hearing Any interested person may appear and file objections in writing Judge Mason Irwin oversees the proceeding W C Birdwell County Clerk Deputy A E Graham signs for the court
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State of Washington
Chehalis County
Jane C. Flyte
Jacob Flyte
Montesano
Chehalis
Mason Irwin
W. C. Birdwell
A. E. Graham
Guardianship Settlement for Chester Young Minor
Notice of settlement of final account and petition for discharge filed by J C Cross guardian in Chehalis County Washington. A final discharging hearing is set for March 24 1908 at 10 am in the Superior Court courtroom. Interested parties may appear and file written objections. Signed February 24 1908 by Mason Irwin Judge and county officials.
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State of Washington
Chehalis County
Chester Young
J. c. Cross
Polusseld
Montesano
Sid
Mason
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Paper Makers
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Congressional Committee
Hearst
Willis J. Abbot
Ing
Chicago
Herrst
Democratic Party
New York
Pen
Ife
Democratic Committee
Denver
Capitol
Navy Department
Lilley
Connecticut
Navy
Congressional
Department
Naval Committee
Bryan
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wall Street
Lkely
Washington, D. C
Mamie
John G. M’ Henry
Fate
Ays Hatt
DR. Rice
E. Pfund
Ss. K. Bowes
Patterson & Locke Co
South
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