Fate Flirting With President Roosevelt in Washington
The article details a string of near misses during President Roosevelt's White House days. It notes three recent accidents on Washington streets, a runaway horse incident near the capital, a brush with a one handed rider, mudguard scrapes from a citizen’s car, and a close carriage encounter with a fire hose wagon. Roosevelt remains unhurt and spry, joking about his adventurous tenure.
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Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Africa
Xteeeta
Secret Service
Mr. Roosevelt
Che
The Laborer's Reward Poem by J. T. Graton
A devotional poem on labor, praising the joy of giving and the divinely inspired fulfillment found in work. It argues true reward lies in love, happiness, and the satisfaction of serving others, not monetary pay. The verse credits Rev J T Graton as author.
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Rev
Graton
Richard the Lion Heart and Miss Spencer’s Quiet Ending
A fragmented tale follows Miss Spencer and her lone pet Richard the Lion Heart, a canary, as illness strains the bird. The doctor tests the bird, then witnesses a tender bond between Spencer and the physician amid plans for a future together and a wistful sunset.
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Miss Spencer
Richard
Stebard
Spencer
Glass Mirror On Wider Fame Wears Transparent Veil
A curious invention, platinized glass, coats thin platinum on a glass sheet. The coated pane shows a faint, altered appearance when held to light and viewed near a wall, seemingly turning opaque yet remaining transparent in places. The effect is described as a strange, little understood material marvel of the age.
English Order and Silence Noted in London Memoir
In Victor Mage's memoirs, Hy Idem of the Engitan recounts a French observer in London who notes stark differences. He recalls walking with his wife and sister, speaking softly, as locals mutter “French people” in a wave of scrutiny and disdain.
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Hy Idem
Louis
Philippe
England
Hugo
France
Londou
Victor Mage
St Peter and the Widower and a Parade of Quips
A witty excerpt covers Bernard Robbins of New York Court of Tears praising charity work easing marital troubles without lawsuits. He recalls a tale of St Peter and two married men, then shifts to light quips about zoo rhododendrons, a campaign adviser and a playful exchange on authorities and taste.
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St. Peter and
Bernard Robbins
New York
Court of Tears
St Peter
St. Peter
Gila Monsters Increasing In Mojave Desert Reports
Naturalists report more gila monsters in the Mojave Desert of Arizona. Dr. A B Cedron notes authorities remain split on whether the bite is fatally poisonous. He cites pig bites as fatal, drafts a diagnosis of the lizard’s tough skin, head size, poison glands, and distinctive breath.
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Arizona
A. B. Cedron
Prescott
Ariz
Washington, Post
Southwest
Mexico
Legal Notices and Case Summaries From An Old Court Reports
A compilation noting several appellate decisions and summaries including an automobile liability case where a chauffeur's permission to use a car did not bind the defendant, a U S federal question on Alabama freight rate statutes, a probate compromise affecting inheritance and specific performance, a Massachusetts will contest equity ruling, and a Wisconsin tenement act declared unconstitutional for due process reasons. The items cite cases such as Central of Georgia Railway Co. vs Railroad Commission of Alabama and Bennett vs Walker.
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New York
Plaintif
New York Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Railroad Commission of Alabama
Es Federal Reporter
Pluiuti
Blount
Equity
Bennett
Walker
Northwestern Reporter
Whe Consin Supreme Court
Lambeth Board limits outdoor relief for new widows
The Lambeth Board of Guardians in London rules that during the first six months of widowhood no outdoor relief is to be granted to widows who have lavishly spent their funds on super and mourning items from clubs, insurance societies, or other sources.
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Lambeth
London
Tinantians
Cooperative purchasing agency forms for missionaries supplies
A cooperative purchasing agency is being organized to supply American and English missionaries with necessary supplies. A Winn woman claims her husband will not give satisfaction when she argues with him, implying domestic strife amid the text.
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Co-operative Purchasing Agency
Diverse Global Facts From An Early 20th Century Review
A miscellany of notes covers Ireland's land share, Serb hair bias, New York snowfall, beard patterns, electric storm doors, colonial duties, Berlin to Mundeh publishing centers, electric wagons for lamp work, August meteors, education rates in Japan and Mexico, French hydroelectric works at Dordogne, Manitoba and Winnipeg statistics, Edison’s transmitter, Manitoba harvest value, and population projections. It also mentions Servians, London women fencing trends, Boston playgrounds, the Bank of Scotland founder and Darien colony, cobbling in schools, Carnegie endowment gifts to the University of Virginia, and named endowed schools.
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Ireland
New York
New Netherland
Germany
Berlin
Leipsie
Vienna
Stuttgart
Mundeh
New York City
Japan
Mexico
Tulllerea
France
Dordogne
Michigan Central
Detroit
Ypotland
Huron
Chessea
Mich
Edison
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Servinna
London
Sword Club
Boston
Playground League
William Patterson
Bank of Scotland
Darien
Great Britain
Lawa
Puerto Exscoces
Scotland
Baltimore
Andrew Carnegie
Law
Pathology
Republic
Uncle Joshua and the Fly Catching Lesson
A sequence from a domestic tale shows Uncle Joshua chasing flies with heavy slaps while Aunt Eliza recalls past nerves and a wiser view of love. Betty learns patience as Joshua’s method becomes a joke about devotion, then a larger reflection on marriage and distraction. The piece shifts to a hotel versus prison cell comparison in Success Magazine, examining valuables and social behavior in confinement.
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Aston
Elisa
Uncle Joshua
Fles
Betty
Aunt Elza
Aunt Eliza
Eliza
Joshua
Eli Potter
Jacob Jarvin
Jont Kilygrove
Mercy Sakes
Success Magazine
The Boss and a Funeral Interlude in Style
A narrator recalls missing work for a grandmother’s funeral. Johnny officiated as an umpire. Satan appears, dancing in glee while holding a sheet and noting spring fashion. A shade asks why rejoicing, and Satan replies that someone loves him, the man who invented women’s fashion.
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Johnny
Satan
Fragmented lines reflect social tensions in old column
A set of clipped phrases questions manners and social norms about home life dancing and expectations. The notes reference a mother a lady with a new real or installment house and a man on foot criticizing public entertainment and car culture.
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