Belted Sergeant Dismays Striking Pupils at New School
In Basye City New Jersey Police Sergeant Wolfe used his belt as a dusting tool to quell a pupils strike at a new school. He boasted dusting 36 breeches and declared the strike over after dispersing the agitators. The prank prompted calls for cushions and mock charges were dismissed.
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Basey City
N. J
Serant Wolfe
Fina
Sergeant Wolfe
Wolfe
Opea
Wolfa
Atrikera
Clearing the Trask A Rotary Snow Plow Menace to Drifted Rails
A St Nicholas writer explains the rotary snow plow as a massive steel machine with a growingly powerful, adjustable blade wheel. It is driven by a steam engine and follows engines and shovelers to clear deep drifts that stop trains, allowing snow to be hurled aside in an arching spray.
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St. Nicholas
Wedding War In Jeffersonville Sparks Local Clergy Fees
A clash in Jeffersonville Indiana pits magistrates against pastors in a wedding fee feud. Runners who escorted eloping couples were banned, prompting pastors to take over the business and split incomes, inciting magistrates to hire runners again led by James B Keigwin. The Keigwins have long held the justice of the peace post.
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Oquilville
Jeffersonville
Ind
Ohio River
United States
Thase
Gretna Green
Squires
James 8
Keigwin
Benjamin Nixon
Kelgwin
Ephraim Kelgwin
Squire Kelgwin
Elopers
Keigwins
Children With No Place to Play in York City
In New York City many children lack safe play areas. Tenement life pushes boys to the streets where fire escapes and roofs become dangerous playgrounds. The streets advertise danger yet offer little room for safe recreation amid traffic, laws, and crowded housing.
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New York
Crara
Drought Strangles Water Supply Across Southwest States
Oklahoma and neighboring states face a severe drought since late August. Muskogee and Tulsa retain adequate water, drawing from Grand River and Arkansas river wells, respectively. Oklahoma City, McAlester, Ardmore, Enid, Shawnee, and many towns risk exhausted supplies. health warnings issue as water becomes unsafe. Rainfall in fall insufficient to rebuild storage. cities rely on distant shipments of water.
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Uskoged
Okla
Southwest
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Kansas
Muskogee
Tulsa
Grand River
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Ardmore
Enid
Shawnee
Boards of Health
New Swedish Railways Tests Third Class Sleeping Cars
The Swedish railways administration will run third class sleeping cars between Stockholm and Malmo. Each end has dressing tables with hot and cold water. Nine compartments include seven with six beds and day seating for eight. other compartments seat four by day and three by night and are reserved for ladies. The extra cost is 75 cents above a normal ticket, with extension possible if popular. The concept has been used on Finnish state railways for twenty years.
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Stockholm
Malmos
Finland
Brander Matthews on the Drama at Columbia
In a Columbia lecture Frof Brander Matthews offered an epigram on the drama. The critic said the difference between good and bad playwrights is that the former knows more than he tells while the latter tells more than he knows.
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Brander Matthews
Columbia
What would a bandmaster do for Ananiag club orders
A playful exchange imagines a bandmaster organizing an orchestra for the Ananiag club. The first step would be to drum up all the Tyres, framing a humorous take on assembling resources and talent.
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Ananiag Club
Must All Remain On Duty Union Pacific Order
An Union Pacific directive issued by Assistant General Manager Ware requires train crews to enter terminal stations in working clothes with unwashed faces and hands to reduce wrecks. The measure targets engineers, firemen, conductors, flagmen, and brakemen on duty and provides terminal depots with baths and facilities to maintain a neat appearance before going on duty.
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Ware
Union Pacific Rail Way Company
Union Pacific
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Vto
Wara Order
Depota
Extraordinary Close Call On Western Railroad Bridge
An engineer at sixty to seventy miles per hour crossed a drawbridge over a broad river with a loaded filer. The bridge closed at the last second, the engineer was injured by a stone hurled from the engine, and the incident fueled fatalistic beliefs among railroad workers.
The Broken Driving Rod Threat to Rail Travel
The text describes how a broken locomotive driving rod can whip the wheel end at high speed, swinging the heavy bar with deadly force. It notes the rarity of surviving such an event and lauds crew bravery when they stop a dangerous train despite the danger.
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Titan
Humorist and wife discuss self publishing a joke magazine
A humorist asks where to send his jokes as he separates a sad bundle of rejections. His wife suggests starting a magazine and printing them himself to save money, a plan they consider together.
Electrify Hoosae Tunnel Sparks Rail Upgrade
The famed Hoosae tunnel will be electrified to modernize service. In France a locomotive engineer earns between 800 and 1000 dollars annually.
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Hoosae
France
Handy Kitchen Cabinet for the Busy Farm Wife
A practical kitchen cabinet built of poplar with eight inch wide boards creates organized storage for pans, kettles, and cups. Shelves, back and side walls lined with newspapers, weekly replacements, and a silkeline curtain keep utensils tidy.
Cleaning tips for rust stained steel and wallpaper
Coeipome Rust on steel can be removed by rubbing sweet oil into the surface. Let stand two days then rub with unslaked lime until clean. For wallpaper use two day old bread in small pieces with downward strokes. Do not go over surfaces twice. Remove bread as you trim. Todine stains on woodwork must be wiped immediately with blotting paper then camphor dab. Use damp cloths for furniture cleaning to avoid dust.
To Renew Oilcloth For a durable shiny finish
When oilcloth has faded glue can renew it. Dissolve ordinary glue in a pint of water, heat until dissolved. Wash and dry the oilcloth, then rub with a glue solution at night. By morning the glue sets to a hard glassy surface that makes the floor look like new.
Wool Darning and Steaming Tips From Aged Cookery Note
A pair of practical hints advises shrinking wool before darning by steaming the skein to prevent enlarging holes. It also extols steaming vegetables over hot water as superior to boiling, noting improved texture and nutrition when served in a hot tureen with salt near completion.
Baked Onions from Bermuda Redefined as Comfort Dish
The recipe advises using large Bermuda onions peeled and boiled in salted water with milk until tender. They are then placed in a buttered dish, topped with butter and a splash of fresh milk, and baked in a moderate oven until browned.
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Bermuda
Progressives weigh Hughes as 1912 presidential candidate
Washington reports whisper that Associate Justice Charles E. Hughes may be urged to run for president in 1912 by Progressive Republicans. Democrats remain confident Taft will be their opponent, while pension agency cuts threaten many offices pending Senate action.
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George Clinton
Washington
Charles E. Hughes
Supreme Court
Justice Hughes
Taft
Fuller
New York
Win
Harry
House of Representatives
Senate
House
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