Wreck of the Titan and Robertson’s prophetic tale
The article profiles Morgan Robertson author of The Wreck of the Titan and notes uncanny parallels between his 14 year old fiction and the Titanic disaster. It details Robertson’s seafaring youth, later careers in watchmaking jewelry and optics, and his rise as a prolific sea story writer with works like Down to the Sea and Masters of Men.
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Organ Robertson
Mr. Robertson
Robertson
Great Lakes
Fo'castle
Singapore
Andrew Robertson
Oswego
N. Y
New York
Shanghai
Liverpool
Stories of Pius IX in the Nineteenth Century
Lady Paget recalls Pope Pius IX in early united Italy days, noting his amiable view of life and moments of humor. A chaplain’s absolution of King Victor Emmanuel, and Mme de Corcelles’s cheerful defiance, reveal a pope who mixed duty with warmth and wit.
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Lady Paget
Rome
Italy
Quirinal
Pius IX
Pontiff
Sautier
Victor Emmanuel
Mme. de Corcelles
Vatican
Lafayette
Holy Father
Port Said Gambler House Nerve Tells of Tricks
In Port Said at the Suez entrance J Johnston Abraham’s The Surgeon's Log describes a gambling house aimed at fleecing travelers. A guide lures the narrator upstairs to a roulette room where players appear to win while a piano and oil slick laxity mask the scam until the intervention ends.
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Suez Canal
J. Johston Abraham
Beverages Served to French Deputies in Hearings
In the French chamber each speaker receives a drink as they come to the tribune. Historically only sweetened water was allowed. now ushers offer sweetened water to new speakers while veterans seek more varied drinks. Cold soup, coffee, wine, spirits and lemonade are popular choices.
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Chamber of Deputies
Perpetual Motion and the Impossible Machine
The New York American notes that a truly perpetual motion device cannot exist. It argues the machine would require endless self starting power and zero friction, both impossible. Only creative minds can imagine such a self running device, but reality denies it.
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New York American
No Excuse Harsh Club Duty After Death Downgrade
In a Detroit Free Press note a member resigns after her mother dies, sparking debate over club duties and responsibility. A fellow member argues the act was proper, while others question the timing and obligation.
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Detroit Free Press
Grounded Vessel Sparks Anxious Exchange
A Baltimore American quip story quotes a nervous pilot fearing the steamer is ashore and a captain replying with a dry pun as the ship sinks deeper into mud.
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Baltimore American
Not Lost. Sam Johnson Fightin' Tongue Twists
A fragment from Life magazine quotes Sam Johnson and a man in a southern dialect exchange. The brief dialogue hints at pride and humor over missing teeth and a stubborn stance, capturing regional speech and character.
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Sam Johnson
Young Brooklyn Girl Wins Suffragist Essay Prize
Mary Taft Holtz, twelve, of Brooklyn, won the Women's Political Union of New York City prize for an essay titled Why Am I a Suffragist. Judges said her piece compellingly argued that women are human beings with souls and brains and deserve the ballot, despite her parents’ limited interest.
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Women’s Political Union of
New York City
Brooklyn
Mary Taft Holtz
Mary
Bachelor’s Kitchen Game for Laughs and Forfeits
Children sit around on the floor while one player acts as it and asks each person what they would give to an old bachelor for his kitchen. Answers must be given with a straight face and can be any imagined item. Laughing players pay a forfeit as the game proceeds with playful questions.
Personations Game Description in Social Circle
A group sits in a circle and one player describes familiar persons until someone guesses correctly. The guesser then describes another person. If no guess is made the description continues until a correct guess occurs.
Riddles and wordplay amuse readers in a Philadelphia Ledger snippet
A playful collection of puns and brain teasers including safe robbery not dangerous a schoolmaster vacancy for a pupil love like a potato eyes and sunset for daughters of Eve, reflecting lighthearted items in a Philadelphia Ledger page.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Chinese Names For Other Nations
English renderings show how Chinese terms describe nations. England is Yinkkwo meaning the flourishing country while France Fakwo signifies the law abiding country. Germany Twa kwo stands for the virtuous country and Italy Ikwo means the country of justice. The United States is Mel kwa, the beautiful country.
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England
France
Germany
Italy
United States
Tootums Family Mystery Recited At School
A school scene centers on Johnny and his friend Tommy who repeatedly recite odd Tootums phrases like ertu and forer ate. The narrator struggles to decode the curious twelve member Tootums family and their daily routine of line singing and quirky phrases from Youth's Companion.
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Johnny
Tootums
Tootum
Ertu
Tommy
Swat the Bee Follows Campaign Metaphor in La Follette Piece
La Follette's Weekly urges a swat the fly style campaign against a pestilential bee likened to the presidential field. The poem questions the obsession with a single candidate and imagines an extinct bee ending political agitation.
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la Follette
Barber Leaves to Feed Chickens Says Punch
A barbery customer notes the barber must step away briefly to feed the chickens, signaling a casual, everyday domestic moment recalled in Punch.
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Barber
A Vulgar Appetite and a Heir of Chicago Packers
A writer recalls lunch with the heir of a Chicago packer who orders lavishly and imports his own oil and peppers. The tale shifts to memories of the grandfather shoving steers in the yards and dining at Gleim’s sausage factory, predicting the heir’s early death.
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Chicago
Louis
Adolph
Gleim
Louie
Young student asks about the printer in class inquiry
In a Philadelphia Public Ledger item a sharp youth at a law school asks who prints the examination papers as the professor prepares them for the printers. The scene shows precocious curiosity and a moment of quiet reflection as authorities ponder final exams.
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Justice van Devanter
United States Supreme Court
Law School
Seaport Sailors Recall Fog Lifts Sparks Edgy Sailor Wit
In a Brooklyn Citizen reminiscence, old mariners describe Newfoundland fog so thick crews leaned on the rail. One night the fog suddenly cleared and the deck tipped as sailors tumbled overboard, a darkly comic memory of peril and humor at sea.
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Newfoundland
Brooklyn
Actor with no audience seeks film work in Kansas City
A man applies to a local picture firm asking for talent and acting experience. He quips that he has “plenty” of acting with audiences, but the lack of audiences is why he seeks work, illustrating a humorous take from the Kansas City Journal.
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Tlam
Kansas City Journal
Sand Colors on British Coasts Described
The London Globe notes white sands at Blackpool in Lancashire and Promenade from Land’s End to Cornwall. St Mary’s in the Scillies show gleaming white shore sands while Plymouth beaches are bluish gray from shell fragments. North Sea shores display yellowish brown sands and Argyllshire sands are notably white.
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Blackpool
Lancashire
British Isles
Land's End
Cornwall
St Mary’s
Scilly Islands
Plymouth
North Sea
Argyllshire
Scotland
London Globe
Race death by own action and future of civilization
Professor Franklin TW. Giddings of Columbia University argues that current high-status groups will not found the future human race. He asserts that families must average four plus two children to account for infant deaths and childless outcomes, or risk the race’s decline.
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Franklin TW. Giddings
Columbia University
Aberdeen Printing Co Ad Promotes Modern Job Printing
Aberdeen Printing Co offers modern job printing at moderate prices with phone contact 5401 for orders.
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Aberdeen Printing Co
Summons in Destruction of Bond of Matrimony case
Fred H. Cooper sues Hilda Cooper in Chehalis County Washington to dissolve marriage on grounds of desertion. Plaintiff’s attorneys Stewart Tucker Aberdeen address allege court action begun May 13 1912 with publications through June 24 1912 requiring defense within sixty days of first publication.
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State OF Washington
Chehalis County
Fred H. Cooper
Hilda Cooper
Stewart & Tucker
Aberdeen
Washington
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