British Ambassador Spring-Rice and Panama Canal Ties
The new British ambassador Sir Cecil Spring-Rice in Washington is seen as sympathetic to American views and capable of resolving Panama canal disputes. He helped draft the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and led negotiations replacing the Clayton-Bulwer framework to foster U S Britain friendship, expected to align with both nations’ interests.
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Cecil Spring-Rice
Washington
Bryce
Panama Canal
Lord Pauncefote
Great Britain
United States
Queen Mary Helps Poor With Winter Garments at Imperial Institute
Queen Mary arrives at the Imperial Institute to supervise and assist in unpacking sorting and repacking thousands of winter garments for the poor. She inspects crates and bales and works with a small team including Lady S. Goke and royal servants, wearing a practical apron and using scissors.
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Imperial Institute
Queen Mary
Buckingham
Walt
England
Institute
Brakeman Elected County Treasurer in El Paso Colorado
Samuel J. Bryan, Democratic treasurer elect of El Paso county, Colorado, rose from a brake man in a railroad wreck that cost both legs to win a county treasury post. Despite serious injuries and depression after six years of illness, Bryan pursued bookkeeping studies with his wife and obtained a substantial plurality.
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Samuel J. Bryan
el Paso
Colorado
Bryan
Passing of Unique Uncle Joe Cannon
The defeat of Uncle Joe Cannon ends a forty year House career as the most distinctive figure in national politics. Known as able forceful and homely he leaves a void for those who valued his rough and ready style.
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Uncle Joe Cannon
Congress
Mr. Cannon
Uncle Joe
House of Representatives
Vacation on the Ranch Becomes A Woman's Work Lesson
A ranchers wife from Wyoming recounts swapping domestic duties for harvest labor. She hires help, dons overalls, drives team, and endures long days to prove strength, learn patience, and gain respect as the best on the job. She notes weight gain and new tan as rewards of hard work.
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Wyoming
Largest Tobacco Farm in Ontario Countrywide Reach
The Essex county Ontario farm complex is believed to be the world’s largest tobacco operation. Fields range from one to 260 acres with some plots at 25 to 30 acres. Seeds are started in beds under glass and cotton, planted by mid June, with three months to maturity. Yields reach 1,000 to 2,000 pounds per acre, costs around 10 pounds per acre, and prices vary yearly, measured at about 7 to 8 pence per pound in 1909–1910.
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Essex County
Ontario
Two O Clock In The Morning Jolly Fellow Exchange
A humorous exchange from Pearson's Weekly features a man in bed and a caller at the door. The Jolly Fellow teases about a window being open as the Dressing Gown man seeks which one. Ta-ta.
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Pearson’s Weekly
In Mid Ocean Unveils A Billboard Free Sea View
A feature on the vast ocean notes its grand, majestic charm and the striking absence of billboards. The dialogue highlights how the sea’s indefinable quality impresses observers, emphasizing its billboard free horizon and tranquil expanse.
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Ocean
Village Dressmaker’s Address Reveals Town Ages
A humorous exchange from Life shows a villager seeking the Bureau of Vital Statistics while another references the village dressmaker who knows the ages of every woman in town. The dialogue highlights curiosity about official records and local knowledge.
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Bureau of Information
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Farmer Brown
Blessed Be the Game Baseball Quote Reflection
A brief quotation from the New York Sun extols baseball as a force that can lift men from life’s weighty events and rulers, offering a temporary escape from seriousness and tragedy through sport.
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New York Sun
Wisdom and Skill Defined by David Starr Jordan
A concise quotation attributed to David Starr Jordan contrasts wisdom as knowing the next step with skill as knowing how to do it and, combined, as the action of doing.
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Viatwo
David Starr Jordan
Woman Faints at Movies Over $25 Hat Loss
Mrs John C Muckermann wife of the local ice company vice president will pay a liberal reward for the return of her missing black velvet hat valued at 25. After fainting at a cinema the hat was knocked off during a hurried departure and was found missing when the party returned to search.
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T. Louis
John C. Muckermann
Muckermann
Dance on Pulpit Stuns Minneapolis Audience
Two chorus girls from a Minneapolis burlesque house danced a ragtime routine on Rev. G. L. Morrill's pulpit platform in Minneapolis. The performance included the Turkey Trot Crab Crawl Tortoise Tango Jolly Wobble Angle Worm Wriggle Grizzly and other dances that shocked and unsettled the crowd.
Statues Against Dancing Stir Pulpit Climate
The article laments a shift from graceful statues to demands for statutes against dancing. It notes society’s dancing whirlpool drawing skilled workers into a perceived moral danger as rag dances spark audience coins near the pulpit while an organ plays rag-time to accompany the motion.
Stop Game of Cards to Get Marriage License
In Indianapolis Indiana John Patterson and Miss Emma Shepp sought a marriage license after friends urged them to wed at once. County Clerk John Rauch paused a card game to issue the license and Mayor Shank, in night attire, performed the ceremony after midnight. The trio followed by witnesses then prepared for a trip to Pittsburgh.
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Ndianapolis
Ind
John Patterson
Emma Shepp
John Rauch
Rauch
Shank
Patterson
Miss Shepp
William Brommer
August Pohlman
Pittsburgh
John
Revolutionary Ghosts Stirred by Abbey Fire
Fire at Westminster Abbey shop on Front street damaged flags uniforms and camping gear from many nations. Most items ruined by smoke and water though arms and ammunition valued around $50,000 escaped harm. The oldest building on Front street housed Jared Abbey’s specialty store.
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York
Westminster Abbey
Front Street
New York
Jared Abbey
Abbey
Frort Street
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