Navy to Build Largest Dry Dock at Puget Sound
Bids opened at the navy department for a new dry dock at Puget Sound navy yard costing under 1,250,000 dollars. The Seattle firm bid 1,102,254 dollars. The 653 by 115 by 38 foot dock will be the largest owned by the navy, with three other Pacific coast docks at Mare Island and Puget Sound now in service or under construction.
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Navy Department
Craving Dry Dock
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Seattle
United States Navy
Naval Dry
Pacific Coast
Mare Island Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Mare Island
Pacific
Atlantic
Navy
Newport News
Comforting Humor From a Suburban Chickens Tale
A moving story from Harper's Weekly recounts a boy left in charge of eight chicks during a storm. He confesses six chicks died, then calmly adds I think they died happy, seeking his mother's amusement and forgiveness.
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Harper’s Weekly
Squaring Himself Over a Birthday Bonnet
Mrs Gailey says her husband bought the fifty dollar bonnet she wanted. Mrs Chellus exclaims and notes he is usually indulgent after a late night. He did not get home until 3 o clock this morning as reported by Catholic Standard and Times.
Light on his feet and in his head
A Detroit Tribune excerpt shows a witty exchange where a girl notes Mr Hefty is light on his feet for a big man and the young man quips he is equally light in his head. The banter pivots on size and cleverness.
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Detroit Tribune
Where They Agree in a Wry Exchange
Dialogue from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch shows Muggins and Huggins doubting a Brown recount with mutual disbelief. The snippet highlights skepticism and humor in a brief conversational exchange.
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Muggins
Brown
Huggins
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Wife in-Law Joke Sparks Hotel Dinner Controversy
A newlywed woman jokes that her husband prefers staying at a hotel to avoid her cooking. The quip, attributed to a Washington Star caption, frames a lighthearted domestic misunderstanding as a social moment.
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Washington Star
Pasture Joke Draws Old Man O to Laugh
Two men scheme to surprise old Min O with a staged joke in a pasture. They have arranged a moment for Mr Colf to witness the setup and deliver a hearty horse laugh at the prank’s punchline.
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Colf
Dow
Min O
Kansas City Times
Kissing Question Sparks Mild Exchange
In a brief exchange from the Des Moines Register an athletic girl quips about kissing being injurious while Nervey ponders the notion in a casual remark. The dialogue highlights playful social banter without further context or actions.
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Des Moines Register
Tommy Vop and the unnecessary evil debated
A Philadelphia Record column ponders a necessary evil and its mirror image in public life. It questions how a vice once tolerated becomes so beloved that efforts to abolish it fade. The piece uses a playful, provocative tone to challenge readers.
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Tommy
Philadelphia Record
Correction prompts dining dispute in Io New York scene
A New York restaurant correction frames a waiter denying half portions for two despite a patron’s insistence. The exchange shifts to being charged for a full portion priced at 64 cents.
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Io New York Restaurant
New York Life
Goodman Gonrome’s Fast Time Records Local Victory
A brief note states Goodman Gonrome achieves a remarkable time on vacation and earns a meal by working for it, as reported by the Chicago Tribune. The item highlights effort and a hometown sense of progress.
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Goodman
Sayiuold Storey
Chicago Tribune
Father Ileve and Johnny Mint In Stocking Bank Gag
A brief quip from Puck uses a humorous exchange about a “little bank” and an “old stocking” to lampoon the present epidemic era with playful mischief by Father Ileve and Johnny Mint in a 19th century tone.
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Ileve
Johnny
Puck
What Made Hightly Quit Tracing His Family Tree
A Detroit Free Press line reports that tracing ancestry led to a grim image as one ancestor was found hanged, illustrating the chilling risks of genealogical digging.
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Hightly
Detroit Free Press
Unnatural mother questioned in Houston Post excerpt
A Houston Post fragment questions a woman’s motives, asking what reason she has for calling another woman an unnatural mother, while noting she believes the girl is fit for her happiness.
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Houston Post
Sindbad's Luck and the Snide Sailor
An old sailor named Sindbad and his misadventures with currents and wind gain a playful fate. He meets a snide figure who breaks his spirit and nearly defeats him as his shoulders and withers suffer. Yet Sindbad remains fortunate despite misfortune and a lingering sense of missed enlistment.
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Sindbad
Various Local Notes and National Updates From 1908 Era
A historical mosaic: the typewriter’s rise gives work to over a million women. Milford’s lone pine stands as a local landmark. Pawnbrokers throng New York as fashionable women gamble on bridge whist. A Salem tenement now occupies Hawthorne’s birthplace, a century-old two story house. The Queensland Meat Co. secures a 1908 Philippines army meat contract for about 7 million pounds. A Worcester heir regains lost keys found in a Cleveland bale of rags after seventeen years. Canal Zone marriages face validity questions. the president orders Protestant ministers may perform marriages, and consul general says all ministers may officiate.
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N. H
New York
Union Street
Salem
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Queensland Meat Company
United States Army
Philippines
H. M. Coture
Worcester
Mass
Cleveland, O
Canal Zone
Justin Collins
Supreme Court of the
Richard Reid Rogers
Isthmian Canal Commission
Base Hits and Manager Moves Highlight Early Baseball
Lave Cross tops the southern league batting race after joining New Orleans. Jimmy Burke, ex-Cardinals infielder, excels as Kansas City manager in the American Association. Cincinnati critics doubt Ned Hanlon’s tactics vs results while Tommy McCarthy moves from Newark to the New York Nationals. Corcoran is released by the New York club, signaling likely end of his big league career.
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Lave Cross
New Orleans
Jimmy Burke
Cardinals
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Ned Hanlon
Ned
Tommy McCarthy
Newark
New York Nationals
Giants
Tommy Corcoran
New York
Corcoran
Gardener Uses Matches to Combat Worms in Rubber Plant
A gardener from the New York Press suggests planting a dozen matches head downward around a yellowing rubber plant. He claims worms in the soil cause drooping, and he asserts the matches’ poisoned corpses will enrich the loam, helping the plant recover within days.
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New York Press
Fortune In Snuffboxes Linked to Lord Rosebery's Collection
The article describes Lord Rosebery's famed snuffbox collection valued at about $175,000. It notes twenty two boxes total, many solid gold or diamond studded, including pieces associated with Napoleon Bonaparte Pitt and Fox.
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Lord Rosebery
Napoleon Bonaparte
Pitt
Fox
Kaiser Declares Justice A Man, Designs Four Statues
The Kaiser rejected a blindfolded female Justice for the Berlin cathedral project. He chose four statues to symbolize Courage, Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation to stand at the Hohenzollern chapel door.
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Kaiser
Hohenzollern
Berlin
Memory of Maximilian Still Echoes in London Restaurants
The London Chronicle recalls Maximilian of Mexico and the haunting air La Paloma played as he faced his doom. It notes his final wish to hear the tune then, and mentions his wife’s shock and her subsequent madness nearly forty years ago.
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Maximilian
Mexico
London
London Chronicle
Ballard's Horehound Syrup Promoted for Cough Cure
A testimonial from Mrs. 5- Great Falls Montana extols Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a cure for coughs connected to consumption. The ad asserts many sufferers could be well if they cared for themselves and claims the syrup is sold by all druggists.
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Ballard
Great Falls
Montana
Herald Circulation Across Aberdeen and Chenalis County
The merchant seeking readers can learn the Herald is read by more than half the families in Aberdeen who read papers. The paper has Aberdeen and Chenalis County circulation and its advertising reaches all family members from the newest item to the smallest ad.
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Herald
Aberdeen
Chenalis County
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