Gibbon’s Great History of Rome Inspired By Early Work
The article recounts how Edward Gibbon conceived and pursued his history of Rome. He began serious study at 27, started composing at 36, and published the first quarto in February 1776 to immediate success. The second and third volumes followed in 1781, with the eastern empire volumes in 1788, concluding the epic after nearly two decades of effort.
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Gibbon
Rome
Lausanne
Lfe
Scribner's Magazine
Useful Diversions and the Value of Variety in Work
The passage argues that every employment includes affection and keeps the mind alert, otherwise work grows dull. Repeated focus on a single idea or color strains perception, while variety refreshes the mind, akin to a garland of roses and a rainbow. Emanuel Swedenborg is cited on delight found in diverse forms and colors.
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Emanuel Swedenborg
The Eternal Feminine and a Washington Official’s Daughter
A six year old Washington official’s daughter asks her father for advice on life after schooling and waiting to marry. The father replies with a solemn promise to consider her question. The exchange reflects era concerns about women’s future paths and marriage.
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Washington
St. Louis Republic
Take Care of the Pennies Proverb Debate
In a quarrel between a dismissive parent and a spendthrift son the parent declares no more money and rejects the son’s excuses. The son counters his belief in timing a strike, framed as a moral clash over thrift and prudence. The exchange appears in Bohemian Magazine’s vignette style.
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Bohemian Magazine
Johnson on Good Breeding and Military Manners
Dr. Johnson argues that good breeding is general elegance of manners, not military rank. Boswell notes General Paoli impressed Johnson, but Johnson denies military men are the best bred, saying they show a recognizable brand of soldier unlike civilians who display universal polish.
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Dr. Johnson
Boswell
Johnson
Paoli
Fortune Tellers Predict Home Wreck by Blond Woman
A Baltimore American item notes a fortune teller claim about a wreck at home caused by a blond woman, with a punchline about a Swedish maid dropping the dumb waiter and breaking dishes.
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Fortune Yeller
Baltimore
Heat Claims Many Victims In City And Shore
Heat waves leave New York and Philadelphia reeling as thermometers hit 95 at Coney Island and 93 in Manhattan. Hospitals report prostrations and six deaths, including infants and an elderly man, as parks and beaches fill with relief seekers and officials monitor the crisis. Fire conditions worsen with fierce wildfires in Lycoming County.
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Thermomter
Gotham
Coney Island
City
Philadelphia
New York
Weather Bureau
Lycoming County
Typographical Union Holds Fifth-Fifth Convention
The International Typographical union met in St. Joseph Missouri with the fifty-fifth annual convention organized locally. Delegates and visitors endured extreme heat causing several prostrations though none serious. Minneapolis leads Atlanta and Salt Lake City for the next meeting site.
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St. Joseph
International Typographical Union
Waterworks Hill
Minneapolis
Atlanta
Salt Lake City
Young Man Electrocuted On Winona Bridge Tragedy
In Winona Minnesota Ernest Lampe a nineteen year old painter and sole supporter of his mother and many siblings died after colliding with uninsulated 6000 volt power lines on the citys tall steel bridge. The impact caused a flare of fire and he plunged from the apex as spectators watched in horror from the levee and streets.
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Winona
Minn
Mississippi
Ernest Lampe
la Crosse
Drowned in Lake Michigan Near South Haven
A Free Press dispatch reports Miss Alydia Johnson of Chicago and George Engelbracht of South Chicago drowned while swimming in the lake at South Haven. Johnson was pulled under by undertow. Engelbracht attempted to aid her and both were swept away by the breakers.
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Detroit
South Haven
Mich
Alydia Johnson
Chicago
George Engelbracht
Brother fatally shoots brother in Missouri quarrel
In St Joseph Missouri on August 10 James Lindsay a stockyard worker was killed by his brother Clarence Lindsay in a family dispute at their home. The shotgun blast entered James Lindsay’s left eye as their elderly mother was wounded while trying to intervene. Clarence Lindsay surrendered to police.
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St. Joseph, Mo
James Lindsay
Stock Yards
Clarence Lindsay
Aculpaco Reports Another Severe Earthquake
Mexico City reports say Aculpaco felt a strong earthquake Sunday morning. People were frightened but there was no loss of life or significant property damage.
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Mexico City
Aculpaco
Esperanto Congress Opens in Chautauqua
The second American Esperanto congress was formally opened in Chautauqua New York with an address of welcome by Frank Chapin Bray managing editor of the Chautauquan.
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Chautauqua, N. Y
Frank Chapin Bray
The
Chautauquan
Zeppelin Reported Dead Rumor Circulates in Europe
London reports a Telegraph correspondent at The Hague says a rumor is circulating that Count Zeppelin, famed German aeronaut and Zeppelin dirigible builder, is dead. The correspondent cannot confirm the claim. A Stuttgart dispatch last Saturday said Zeppelin was taken to a hospital in Constanţa for treatment of a neck abscess.
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London
Daily Telegraph
the Hague
Count Zeppelin
Stuttgart
Constance
G A R En Campment Opens With Tens of Thousands
Salt Lake City hosts the forty third national encampment with about 30,000 veterans and visitors crowding the city and estimates predicting up to 50,000 by Wednesday. Past commanders in chief present include Burdett Torrance King Tanner Burton. A reception honored Nevius and staff. 3,000 guests attended. Van Sant and Ketcham active candidates for commander in chief. Dickerson urged but declined. All late Confederacy states send delegations.
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Salt Lake City
Burdett
Washington, D. C
Eli Torrance
Minneapolis
John R. King
Baltimore
James Tanner
Charles G. Burton
Nevada
Nevius
Woman's Relief Corps
van Sant
Minnesota
W. L. Ketcham
Indiana
L. T. Dickerson
Ilinois
Confederacy
Mrs Castle Freed on $3000 Bail in Waldorf Shooting
Mrs Mary Scott Castle, the former California actress, was released from Jefferson Market prison on $3000 bail after six days. Her brother Captain Henry Harrison Scott of the U S A aided her, securing a bondsman David Manus, a Sixth Avenue tailor who put up Brooklyn property as security.
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New York
Mary Scott Castle
California
William B. Craig
Waldorf-Astoria
Jefferson Market
Castle
Henry Harrison Scott
David Manus
Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn
Thaw Family to Oppose Evelyn Nesbit Settlement Demands
Charles Morschauser, attorney for Harry K Thaw, stated at Poughkeepsie that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is seeking around 500000 in settlement. He added the Thaws are not excited by her divorce threats and note she has been negotiating with District Attorney Jerome and alienists at White Plains.
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New York
Poughkeepsie
Charles Morschauser
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Morschauser
Jerome
White Plains
Rumor of Murder Swirls in South St Paul
St Paul Aug 10 South St Paul police are unsure if a murder mystery exists. Rumors say a Servian laborer was killed by fellow countrymen in a quarrel nearly a week ago and the body was buried in a basement of an old tenement house.
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St. Paul
South St. Paul
Greek Flag Hauled Down in Crete After Four-Power Protest
In Crete the Greek flag over the fortress and military barracks was lowered following protests by four protecting powers after the July 27 flag-raising. Athens handed a formal Turkish note reply denying annexation ambitions and defending Greece’s friendly ties with Turkey.
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Crete
Canea
Athens
Greece
Turkey
Big Strike May Collapse In Stockholm Turmoil
Stockholm reports a livelier city as the general strike persists. King Gustave toured the streets without an escort, while gas and electric plants run uninterrupted and railroad workers may not join the action. Strikes face doubts over leadership, and the fund may fail within a fortnight.
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Stockholm
Gustave
Settlement Near At Hand In Chicago Street Railway Controversy
Diplomatic negotiations progress in Chicago over the street railway dispute. No firm peace proposal yet, but daylong conferences suggest a settlement without a strike within days. Union leaders reject a 30 cent per hour top rate after fifteen years and propose a 1 cent initial raise, then 2 cents next year, now under review by company presidents.
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Chicago
Train derailment injures five near Creston Ohio
At Burbank three miles west of Creston Ohio a Wheeling and Lake Erie passenger train derailed injuring five. The engine tender baggage and mail cars overturned while a passenger coach with about 110 people toppled into a ditch.
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Creston, O
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Burbank
Here
Governor Comer Signs Carmichael Prohibition Bill
In Montgomery on August 10 Governor Comer signed the Carmichael prohibition bill in the presence of Mrs. J. B. Mell president of the Alabama division Women’s Christian Temperance Union and other women. The bill bans sale of any liquor with more than half of one percent alcohol.
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Montgomery
Ala
Comer
J. B. Mell
Alabama Division
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Archbishop Keane to retire August fifteenth
St Louis reports that John Joseph Keane Archbishop of Dubuque Roman Catholic Archdiocese plans retirement from active duty August 15. Health is given as the reason and a coadjutor is to be recommended.
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St. Louis
John Joseph Keane
Archdiocese of Dubuque
St. Paul
Murder Mystery Baffles Police in Rochester Death
Rochester, Aug. 10. Autopsy by Coroner Henry Kleindienst found Anna Schumacher a seventeen year old killed by choking and beating after a sexual assault. A broken spade near the grave is a clue. A man seen at the cemetery prompted suspicion but fled. a search is on. Police consider a tramp as a likely suspect and expect an arrest soon.
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Rochester
N. Y
Anna Schumacher
Holy Sepulcher Cemetery
Henry Kleindienst
St. Bernard’s Seminary
TRY TO KILL EACH OTHER
Antonio Spizzirri and Anna Spizzirri locked their two children in a bedroom and sealed the flat as they fought in a darkened parlor. Both were shot and stabbed. Anna died before police arrived, Antonio likely to die. A revolver lay near each body, a torn Italian letter by his side may reveal motive. Authorities suspect jealousy as the cause.
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Chicago
Antonio Spizzirri
Anna
Spizzirri
Cadiz lynching claim after alleged assault on child
Cadiz Kentucky August 19 an unidentified Black man was seized and dragged east of town by a mob and thought to have been lynched for attempting a criminal assault on the ten year old daughter of Thomas Waddington a prosperous farmer.
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Cadiz
Weols
Thomas Waddington
Be not like the tailor of Campello proverb
A Spanish proverb warns against working for nothing and wasting effort. It cautions workers to value their labor and avoid unpaid or undervalued toil, urging prudent, fair treatment of one’s skills and time.
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Campello
National Irrigation Congress Opens in Spokane
In Spokane Washington on August 10 the National Irrigation congress heard F J Watson of South Carolina urge federal control of rivers to create waterways for smaller battleships. President George Barstow gave his annual address as the next meeting site was debated between San Francisco and Pueblo Colorado.
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Spokane
United States
House
Senate
Uncle Joe
South Carolina
F. J. Watson
George Barstow
San Francisco
Pueblo
Colo
Treasury Department adopts efficiency tests for all staff
The Treasury Department under Secretary MacVeagh, while he is away in Dublin, assigns Assistant Secretary Norton as committee chair to implement sweeping reforms. Cards are sent to every employee and division chief. Each will report on personal work quality and the nature of their appointment, while chiefs assess their staff’s output and performance.
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Washington
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Treasury Department
Dublin
N. H
MacVeagh
Norton
Progress Impeded at Dress Reform Meeting
The report notes Mrs De Streak failed to influence the dress reform gathering this afternoon as her gown was so tight she could not move, prompting a jab from Puck about progress in the meeting.
Egotistical remarks from a boastful figure
A brief, satirical note cites overflowing self-importance of a man named Blobbs and his demand for attention. It juxtaposes a Philadelphia Record judgment with an old Chicago Record-Herald quip about judging towns by map type. The piece comments on vanity and public perception.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Hard Work Street Beyond Easy Street
A quip echoes a lesson on effort over shortcuts. The exchange frames Easy Street as a distant promise, with Mr. Tucker guiding Tommy-Paw to a rough, uphill route named Hard Work Street where success is earned by labor.
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Tommy—Paw
Mr. Tucker
The Loss and Quick Heart Decision
A brief exchange recalls a moment of impulsive affection. A man admits he was hasty in proposing to a charming woman, acknowledging he let emotion guide him while another warns his head should prevail.
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Harry
Boston
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