Nebuchadnezzar Brings Rivalry to a Golf Veranda
On a sunny golf club veranda a bulldog Nebuchadnezzar sits atop a woman’s skirt as Ponsonby vies with Ted Bradford for a round. The dog’s menacing teeth and the girl’s dilemma heighten comic tension until Bradford returns and claims his game.
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Ted
Sam Ponsonby
Ponsonby
Sport
Nebuchadnezzar
Ted Bradford
Eatta
Bradford
Mr. Ponsonby
Pensonby
Nebuchad
Atvay
The Piano Racket Riles a Household Tale
A family in a cluttered flat endures a piano disturbance at night from a young pianist. The mother scolds the intruder and urges a quiet rest while contemplating her husband’s rowdy habits and devotion to family. The father plans to confront the piano player as the household braces for resolutions.
Luck of Old Fashioned Fisherman Catches Brook Trout
A brook trout of 22 inches, caught from Fishing creek in Columbia county, was landed by George Remley of Fowlersville while fishing for suckers. The angler used a birch pole and a red worm bait, reflecting the old fashion method noted in the Philadelphia Record.
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Fishing Creek
Columbia County
George Remley
Fowlersville
Philadelphia
Tiny Wake County Savings Bank Opens in Raleigh
The Wake County Savings bank in Raleigh, opened January 1, 1905, claims the smallest bank title with a 7 foot front and 25 foot depth. It serves over 600 depositors, has assets around 150000, and has paid more than 10000 in interest to depositors. President William W. Vass and cashier William H. Grimes lead the tiny institution, which sits beside a larger national bank.
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Raleigh
N. C
Wake County
National Bank
William W. Vass
Seaboard Air Line
William H. Grimes
Appomattox
Carbon impressions confirm coin payments at drapery counter
A Manchester Guardian report describes a drapery shop using carbon copies to impression coins paid. The clerk explains the policy to show the duplicate bill and prove the half sovereign was received, noting many people doubt the payment unless the book proves it.
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Oldham Street
Manchester Guardian
Preventive Medicine Cuts Death Rates Through History
Dr. John C. Torrey cites long-term declines in mortality due to preventive medicine. The text notes infant death reductions in New York since 1873 and a rise in life expectancy from 25 to about 42 years between 1866 and 1903, attributing gains to early-life protection and laboratory-based medical advances.
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London
Berlin
New York
New York City
Hermann M. Biggs
Cavil
John C. Torrey
Harper’s
Joke as basis of lawsuit in Chinese law
A man named Wu survived a near-fatal robbery with his head reattached after the wound healed leaving a throat seam. Nine years later a joke caused his head to detach again and fall, prompting his father to sue for damages. The case was settled out of court before any decision.
Minister's Vacation Dramatization Seeks Cyclone Mules
A theatrical manager asks a playwright to adapt The Minister's Vacation into a stage piece. He desires a cyclogenesis scene and two clever mules to boost action while preserving the book's pastoral flavor. The author has permission to modify and add incidents.
Their Narrow Escape From the Gold Touch
Midas struggles with a curse that turns everything to gold and contemplates a light occupation. He weighs lumber and timber ventures but balks at the risk of destroying the wood pulp market. He ends up buying a gold brick from a con man as a safe amusement.
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Midas
Timber Kings
Payne
Wrong Tablet in Paris House Through History
A Paris house on Quai Conti bears a tablet claiming Napoleon lived there in 1783 after leaving Brienne. The inscription, placed by Napoleon III on October 14 1858, is false as Napoleon never resided in the house. The tablet has been removed, illustrating how cherished beliefs can mislead.
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Paris
Quai Conti
Napoleon Bonaparte
Brienne
Napoleon III
Napoleon
Musical Healing Service Aims to Cure Through Song
Rev. Clara E. Strong originates a faith healing trend in Boston with meetings that use the power of song to effect cures. A feature is the perfect silence in one section, and adherents believe healing can reach the absent by thought.
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Boston
Clara E. Strong
How to Shake Hands by Lady Violet Greville
Lady Violet Greville argues that the elbow shake should fade from fashion and promotes a warm handclasp and hearty handshake. She recalls elbow shaking once taught in youth as graceless and lacking charm and meaning.
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Violet Greville
Wanted to See Liberty in Turkish Parliament Revels
Miss Ainslie recalls Turkey celebrating the opening of parliament with cannon and processions. A woman asked to meet Liberty, claiming she had been saved from the tax gatherer, a detail the majority appeared to understand only imperfectly.
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Liberty
Miss Ainslie
Turkey
English Suffrage Lecturers on Missionary Tour
Miss Rachel Costello and Miss Elinor Rendell tour the United States lecturing on woman suffrage. Described as beautiful and gracious with a refined English accent they will enroll in a Bryn Mawr graduate course.
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Rachel Costello
Elinor Rendell
Radcliffe
United States
Brya Mawr
A Revealed View on Marriage from Rev. Anna Shaw
Rev. Anna Shaw argues women lack support from husbands and compares it to a working man lacking support from his owner. She contends pride and male egoism skew gender relations and prevent proper examination of the sexes.
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Anna Shaw
Varying Impressions From The First Robin Watcher
A man who watches for spring notes days lengthen while Sirius Barker doubts the change. He says time feels longer between paydays and shorter between rent days, reflecting personal calendars over seasonal shifts.
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Sirius Barker
Farmer jokes spark talk of turning plowing into sports
A farmer quips about his son avoiding farm work and jokes that uplift experts should arrange plowing records in the sport section to spur Josh to engage. The exchange hints at blending agricultural tasks with athletics for motivation.
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Corntessel
Josh
Noted Oklahoma murder trial speech sparks fury in court
The case of Forrest C. Mingle charged with murdering Mrs. Pearl Pearson in Oklahoma City is highlighted by an incendiary state attorney speech. He condemns the defendant and warns jurors against life imprisonment, urging death as the only remedy to stop his crimes.
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Oklahoma
Forrest Cecil Mingle
Pearl Pearson
Oklahoma City
Moman Prusett
Harry Parker
Printers in Oklahoma Lead in Work Days and Wages
Oklahoma printing and publishing houses averaged 310 working days in 1908 with about 442 reports showing annual receipts of 2 661 160 dollars. They paid 796 038 dollars for materials and employed 17 304 workers, with average weekly wages ranging from under six dollars for many female workers to over twenty five dollars for some men.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Haskell Calls a Halt on Norris Petition Controversy
Governor Haakell writes to defend his record in the Norris referendum petition case. He states he was at work in the State House on May 29 and not in Tulsa since May 27, and that he was away June 10 en route to Memphis. He accuses Norris of seeking a job in Washington and argues the referendum law should guide the court.
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Trubbel
Deer
Lizst
Bush League
Bobbie
Reebuke
Li-Bashun
Hersclf
Tomorow Mere
Guthrie
Haskell
Okla
Joseph H. Norris
Norris
State House
Tulsa
Memphis
Gov
Bellamy
Senator Graham
Mr. Norris
Washington
C. N. Haakell
Rescue home relocations to El Reno interurban line
Guthrie records say the state rescue work moves the Guthrie and Enid homes to a new site on the El Reno interurban street car line two miles south of Belle Isle, Oklahoma City. An industrial plant will support the operation, and the farm products will fund the works as staff focus on easier access to central state cities.
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Guthrie
Enid
el Reno
Belle Isle
Oklahoma City
Professor Hendricks Reports Strong Year in Durant
Professor H G Hendricks in charge of Bloomfield Seminary reports a very successful year in Durant Oklahoma. The Chickasaw school term closed with twenty eight pupils in attendance.
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Durant, Ok
H. G. Hendricks
Bloomfield Seminary
Durant
Black Hand Threat Targets Bartlesville Editor
Bartlesville Oklahoma July 16 a black hand letter threatened destruction of the Bartlesville Enterprise plant unless the editor stopped efforts to catch H J Deckard murderers. Deckard was killed Saturday night while returning home. police suspect holdup men remain in hiding. The letter cites the Joplin News Herald dynamite attack as precedent.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Bartlesville Enterprise
H J. Deckard
Deckard
Examiner
Joplin
Osler Turns Sixty Passes Vacation in America
Baltimore reports Dr William Osler aged sixty yesterday though his health is good and he is not in the city. Registrar T R Ball of Johns Hopkins says there is no sign he intends to quit life and notes Osler recently sailed for England after a vacation in the United States.
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Baltimore
William Osler
England
America
T. R. Ball
John Hopkins University
Osler
Adjustment Board Named in Guthrie for Lincoln County
Guthrie Oklahoma July 14 the state board of land commissioners appointed the adjusting board for Lincoln county W H Biddle a Democrat and J J Irwin a Republican both of Welliston Seven agricultural journals were selected for advertising the sale of school lands and the list of state and out of state newspapers will be chosen by the secretary and superintendent of sales
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Adjustment Board
Guthrie
State Board of Land Commissioners
Lincoln County
W. H. Biddle
J. J. Irwin
Welliston
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Little Bobbie
Raleigh, N. C
Printers Hard Workers
Statistics of Labor Commissioner
Greer
Hendricks
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