Absent minded farmer and Wilde epigram dialogue
A Cangilan farmer famed for absent mindedness returns home convinced he forgot something and checks his pocketbook three times before meeting his daughter who asks where mother is. An editor recalls Wilde in London at the Carlton supper discussing epigrams with Wilde defining an epigram as a commonplace couched so adroitly that only clever people can tell what it means.
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Derg
Oscar Wilde
Wilde
London
Stpper
Carlton
Cured Her Rheumatism Shines From Dope's Kidney Pills
In Green County a weeping child named Gaushier Whipkey benfited quickly from Doéé's Kidney Pills after years of rheumatic pain. The farmer Mr. Whipkey credits the cure to kidneys and uric acid reduction, claiming she can now run and play normally, a transformation seen as evidence for the pills' efficacy.
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Beep Valley
Green County
Gaushier
Whipkey
Great Northern Train Held Up Near Seattle
Three men and two boys staged a bold holdup of the Great Northern limited near Seattle, dynamiting the baggage and express car. Two boys on the blind baggage joined the passengers. all were captured after the explosion. No one killed. express messenger injured slightly. reward offered for robbers. posse security underway.
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Great Northern
Seattle
Wash
St. Paul
Minn
Great Northern Limited
Great Northern Express Company
Great Northern Overland
Ballard
Hallard
Charles Anderson
Express Meggenser
Waring
Great
Edmonds
Everett
Sheriff Smith
Coffee blamed for indigestion cure found in Postum
A user recounts severe weekly indigestion tied to coffee improved after switching to Postum in 1901. After quitting coffee the stomach pain vanished, and health improved with no recurrence. The testimonial credits Postum by the Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and mentions the book The Road to Welmite.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Welmite
Peoria school head arrested in forgery case
The Peoria grand jury reports a long running $75,000 shortage with potential to reach hundreds of thousands. Newton C. Dougherty, longtime city superintendent of schools and banker, was arrested on forgery charges after a bail set at $3,000. He is linked to major local institutions and notable figures.
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Peoria
Newton C. Dougherty
Dougherty
Knot Callender
H. R. Dougherty
Peoria National Bank
Dime Savings and Trust Company
Etc
Pevce Company
Pea Livery Company
National Educational Association
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia Columbia University of New York
Hearst Named for Mayor at New York Meeting
William Randolph Hearst was named as a candidate for mayor at a municipal ownership meeting in Grand Central Palace. A committee appointed by J G Phelps Stokes will select the remainder of the ticket.
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Hearst
New York
William Ran- Hoinh Hearst
Grand Central Bunce
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Politicians Arraigned in Milwaukee Grand Jury Case
In Milwaukee Wisconsin on October S nearly 38 indicted officials entered not guilty pleas before Judge Brazee in Municipal Court. The group includes 12 former supervisors seven supervisors four fire department members two newspaper reporters a state senator a state assemblyman an ex alderman and various businessmen.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Oct S
Brazee
Fire Department
McCurdy Family Ties Appear in Insurance Scandals
New York reports reveal more than 2.6 million dollars in commissions paid by Mutual Life Insurance to Richard A. McCurdy and family, with Robert H. McCurdy and Louis A. Thebaud among others. Jerome says scandals will go to an extraordinary grand jury as moral obliquities in business are exposed.
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Jerome
New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Richard A. McCurd
Surance
Legislative Insurance Committee
Robert H. McCurdy
Richard A. McCurdy
Louis A. Thebaud
Robert A. McCurdy
W. F. Thummel
Mutualife Insurance Company
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Legislative Committee
Caseys testimony on rebates before interstate commission
Chicago October 4 E g s Casey traffic manager for Schwarzchild Sulzberger testified before the interstate commerce commission on relight rates for livestock and dressed meats from Missouri to Chicago He was excused to bring company accounts showing all rebates since 1902 Four other packing firm traffic managers were subpoenaed H R Buell of the Chicago Live Stock Exchange testified that Kansas City is a better market than Chicago under present freight rates
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Chicago
E. Gs. Casey
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger
Interstate MM Moree Commission
Missouri
Casey
Schwarnchild & Sulzberger Company
Livestock Commission
Kansas City
Witte Slighted by Municipalities in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg a 2% caucus condemned Count Witte for his Portsmouth actions. A banquet or freedom of the city was rejected. a resolution denied him special honors, citing his role in military errors blamed for the war. The ministerial committee, with Witte back, then eased the language ban allowing Warsaw Riga and Reval schools to use Polish or German except Russian history and geography.
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St. Petersburg
Count Witte
Civie
Portsmouth
Warsaw
Riga
Reval
Bubonic Plague Reported at Chinde
Bubonic plague has broken out at Chinde in Portuguese East Africa with several deaths reported. The outbreak is centered in the port town, triggering health authorities to monitor surrounding districts for further cases. Public health measures are being stepped up to control transmission.
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British South Africa
Chinde
Portuguese East Africa
Calcutta Protests Boycott British Goods Over Bengal Partition
In Calcutta on Sept 30 fifty thousand Bengalis gathered at Kalighat Temple and swore by Goddess Kali to boycott British goods in protest against Bengal’s partition. Officials say provincial administration had grown unwieldy, prompting division of the province into two lieutenant-governorships.
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Calcutta
India
Kalighat
Bengal
Unclaimed Wealth in England Runs Into Millions
English banks hold vast sums in unclaimed wealth across shares dividends deposits and plate or jewels. The Letter writers urge the Chancellor to seize the spoil for national revenue, noting crown funds exceed 50 million and private lands may hold a similar total. Instances include unclaimed dividends and a building society’s reserve built from unclaimed deposits.
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London Daily Mail
Paris a well lighted city shows bright lampposts
An American observer contrasts Paris with London and American cities, praising Parisian street lighting as brilliant and pervasive. He notes gas lamps in every street, dense lamppost placement, and calls light a grand success despite high cost, arguing Parisians value illumination and pay for it.
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Paris
London
The Late Mr Fessenden in North Shore Church
A local paper carried a church notice from a negro congregation joking about a sermon change. Rev Fessenden, once replaced, filled the pulpit after their deacon announced that Brother Jones’ poor health would shift the service to the late Mr Fessenden.
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Fessenden
North Shore
Colored Brethren
Brother Jones
Chicago Record-Herald
Spooky Night Walk Past the Graveyard
A eerie regional verse recounts a narrator walking home in a still night with fear as spooky details arise. The speaker cautions the reader to hurry past the graveyard and glance back fearfully, noting creaking branches and ghostly perceptions before escaping to safety. Grace S. Postwick.
Maryland Resident Tells of Senate Gallery Access
A Maryland resident recounts two young ladies seeking admission to the Senate gallery during a recent Congress session. The doorkeeper said all seats were filled and only a card from a known senator would admit entry to the private gallery. The ladies replied they knew no senator, and were told to walk in, a rare compliment to their boldness.
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Maryland
Senate
Tartars and Armenians in the Caucasus region
An analysis of the term Tatar and its misleading spellings and meanings. It traces Tatar origins among Tungusic and Turkish peoples, notes varied ethnic roots of Tartars in European Russia, and describes Armenian history, conversions, and the 19th century massacres in Constantinople and broader Europe.
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Caucasus
Hell
Manchuria
Mongolia
China
Western
Asia
Europe
European
Russia
Armenia
Asia Minor
America
Coiople
Source of the Mighty Zambesi by Major Gibbons
Major Gibbons traces the Zambesi to its source describing a deep basin fed by a cool clear spring. He notes steep wooded undulations, vines and undergrowth, and a basin that yields the first drops forming the mighty river. The expedition ferried by 599 porters and faced arduous overland travel in a remote region.
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A. St. H. Gibbons
Zambesi
Major Gibbons
Stags Roar Pools in Scottish Highlands Spurred by Autumn Rut
An English writer details the highland red deer known as soiling pools where stags wallow and bathe. He notes the September start of the roaring season, powerful fights between champions, and the rugged methods deer use with horns and fore feet.
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Sinikers
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New Jersey
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