Norse King Hosts Americans as Kiel and Oslo Visit Intensifies
The Anaconda Observer notes King Haakon warmly entertains American guests in Oslo while Kaiser Wilhelm hosts the Longworths in Kiel. The piece contrasts continental and Puritan Sundays as the two nations mingle amid royal hospitality and wartime diplomacy. It also covers debates on a proposed water highway, state authority versus federal charter, and a prosecutor’s stance on gambling laws in Silver Bow County.
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Haakon
Kaiser William
Kiel
Healy
Supreme
Oto
Dane
Silver Row County
Butte
Roosevelt favors Taft for 1908 nomination say Washington dispatches
Washington dispatches claim President Roosevelt leans toward Taft as the likely Republican nominee with Bryan as a possible rival. Reports say Roosevelt’s influence could boost Taft at the national convention while others doubt the impact on Shaw and Allison’s Senate ambitions and nomination plans.
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William Bryan
Taft
Bryan
Roosevelt Telay
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Washington
Pare Banks
Root
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Lie Follette
Shaw
Shawman
Allison
Senate
Old Dowie Father Claims Lineage amid Cantankerous Legacy
A Chicago paper shows an elderly man claiming to be Dowie’s father, resembling the evangelist in photo and insisting on his paternity while the fake Elite denies it. The piece notes Dowie’s notoriety and the elder’s pride in the family spectacle, amid broader talk of a Lake Erie and Ohio River canal project revived in Congress to connect the Great Lakes with the Ohio River near Pittsburgh.
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Dowie
Congress
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Pittsburg
New York
Middle West
Northwest
Upper Lakes
Hearst
Parker
Lincoln
Bryan
Foeign
Dahimuan
Omaha
Fairview Statesman
Brown
Suffragists Arrested After Disturbance at Asquith Speech
Three suffragists Miss Kenney Dillington and Mrs Rawood interrupted Chancellor Asquith during a Northampton speech. Security struggled to eject them as flags were torn and a whip lashed at stewards. The crowd surged into the street as police intervened.
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London
Herbert Asquith
Mr. Asquith
Northampton
Kenney
Dillington
Miss Dillington
Plans of the Leader Outlined by Friend
Details from Lincoln Nebraska describe William Jennings Bryan and supporters shaping a national campaign. A close ally outlines dignified speeches, delegations, and strategy to win Democratic nominations by acclamation with touring plans and public addresses.
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Lincoln
Neb
William Jenninge
Wrgan
Sirsanute
Fai Cew My Broan
Speeriiewx
Beam of Handcar Hurls Man on Top of a Train
A handcar beam hurled James Monigan of Pleasant Valley onto a box car on a moving freight train near Oxford. He landed with only scratches after seven miles of travel, the incident occurring during a downhill run for fun.
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Oxford
James Monigan
Pleasant Valley
Monigan
Courdatol
Husband Kisses Wife in Dark in Divorce Suit
Mrs. Mary E Jones sues her husband Judge Orvil Davis Jones for divorce claiming he kissed her in a moonless dining room after exchanging rooms with Katie Bryant a housemaid the previous September. The case cites her notes on a conversation between Bryant and Jones and alleges mistaken belief of her identity.
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Jones
Record of a proposed steel and glass bridge in the Royal Gorge
Elihu Palmer notes in Technical World Magazine that Colorado will soon see the highest bridge over the deepest gorge in the Rockies. The span crosses the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, 50 feet wide at the bottom and 230 feet at the top, with 2,660 feet walls, and the structure will be steel and glass.
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Wright Brothers
Fer B. Grimes
Technical World Magazine
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Elihu Palmer
Arkansas River
Royal Gorge
Great Gate
Leadville
Great American Desert
Fragmented description of a airship alighting and flight
The account notes the craft maintains steady balance as it lands with little shock. It mentions the machine glides through air with the fabric spreading broadside, indicating smooth handling and controlled descent.
Modern coastal fortifications change art of gunnery
Mtles Sullivan writes in Technical World Magazine about Farragut era and modern coast defense. He notes the shift from direct gunner sighting to remote control from underground stations, with guided fire and automatic discharges.
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Farragut
Mtles Sullivan
Technical World Magazine
Kipling’s San Francisco stint teaches editors fail
An anecdote recalls Kipling in San Francisco nearly two decades ago writing a mercantile future piece without figures. The editor mocked the journalist’s craft, calling him unfit for journalism and suggesting shoemaking, proving editors can misjudge talent.
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Kipling
San Francisco
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