Gogebic County officials discuss taxes and county funds
The Gogebic County board reviews a year’s income for the Gogebic County Agricultural Society totaling 1000 dollars, votes a one tenth mill tax for the society, and plans for the soldiers relief fund. It also revises the rejected tax list and conducts elections for local offices including poor commissioner and school examiner. A committee on county poor recommends establishing a county hospital and site selection begins.
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Gogebic County
Brewer
Gogebic
G. L. Loope
A. D. Goodwin
City of
Ironwood
Kallander
County Board of Poor Commissioners
Jas. W. Bedell
Mr. Bedell
Board of
L. W. Brice
Green
L. C. Walker
Jas
A. Sullivan
Gustav L. Ziebur
Messrs. Walker
Sullivan
Ziebur
Board of County
Committee On County Poor
Honorable
Board of Supervisors
Committee On Poor
Emil Nyberg
Samuel R. Slade
EF. F. Graves
Albert Blaha
Committee On
County Poor
Rowe
County Poor House
Board adjourns to December 11 1906 at nine
Messrs Ellard Douglas Kallander Loop Kelly are named as attendees. On motion of Mr Douglas seconded by Mr Nyberg the motion prevails and the board is declared adjourned until Tuesday December 11 1906 at nine oclock a.m. A D Johnston Clerk G L Loopr Chairman Pro Tem
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Ellard
Douglas
Kallander
Loop
Kelly
Nyberg
D. Johnston
G. L. Loopr
When Is a Man Twenty One Its Legal Age Enigma
A Yale Law professor explains that law relies on accumulated experience beyond common sense. He illustrates with how age is computed for adulthood, showing that in law a person becomes twenty-one at the start of the day of birth’s twenty-first anniversary, not on a birthday or anniversary moment. The rule, part of common law, affects voting and wills. The piece cites the New York Sun.
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Yale Law School
England
New York Sun
G. Elliot Flint
New York World
Undertaker For Pet Birds In New York
An old New York business, supplying and boarding feathered pets, offers bird funerals. Children bring canaries and other birds to be laid out in small coffins filled with pale pink and blue cotton. The remains are arranged decently to console young mourners, with light funeral expenses.
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New York
New York Press
History of Perfumes Through Time
Perfumes date back to ancient times with incense rites in Hebrew and pagan worship. Greeks and Romans excelled in perfumery, and Arabs carried the art of perfumed waters into medieval Europe, spreading fragrance use across cultures.
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Europe
Senator Sees Broad View Yet Stance Shifts Seen
A Chicago Tribune quotation captures a senator claiming a broad view on public questions while a constituent notes the apparent double stance. The exchange underscores political positioning and public discourse.
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Chicago Tribune
A Polite Editor’s Hint To A Poet
An editor asks why the poet should hitch his wagon to a star and replies with a wry, gloomy line about wishing he’d rise above the earth, capturing a witty Exchange remark on ambition and restraint.
Abyssinian Apes Described With Chiefs and Guards
North African reports on Abyssinian monkey tribes note organized bands with leaders sentries and guards on the march. Authors describe mothers carrying young on backs like humans and camels aiding approach while most elders resist prompting. tribes inhabit hill caverns and retreat when pursued.
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North Africa
Morocco
Abyssinia
Pointed Paragraphs From a Chicago News Text
A reflective excerpt argues that people often fail to set good examples and that opportunity and imagination can mislead. It notes laziness as easy to learn, prodigals outpace calf supplies, and suggests serious people are mocked while fools forget favors.
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Chicago News
Don’t Cross Your Legs Belief Stated by Surgeon
A surgeon cites appendicitis as an admitted fact and says he has operated on 719 patients. He argues that crossing the legs can squeeze the appendix, causing irritation, inflammation, and severe pain leading to surgery, a theory he says some surgeons advocate.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Fraser Claims Lovat Title Over Ancestral Watch
A Scottish clergyman Fraser sought title and estates of Lord Lovat claiming his line. He produced an ancestral watch engraved with 8 F supposedly for Simon Fraser Lord Lovat who was beheaded in 1747. The court rejected the claim as the initials were revealed as Slow and Fast, provoking laughter.
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Fraser
Lord Lovat
Simon Fraser
Diver Bird Story From Dantzic Correspondent
A diver bird was shot while swimming with five fledglings. Mortally wounded, she gathered her young and dived for safety. Her body surfaced with the five chicks clinging to her wings, all suffocated underwater.
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London Mail
Philosopher warns men on slow suitor’s marriage hope
A Kansas philosopher warns men against a woman who needs time to consider a marriage proposal. He suggests she hopes for something better, while the man she finally accepts can console himself that nothing better could turn up.
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Kansas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Whistle Blows at Factory Gates
A Yonkers Statesman brief notes the nuisance of factory whistles, contrasting annoyance at quitting time with their use to signal workers to begin shifts, reflecting daily life and work rhythms in Yonkers.
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Yonkers Statesman
The Scarred Wrist Dream Tale Of Beresford Family
A long cherished Beresford family dream story links Nicola Hamilton to a black ribbon bound wrist. Lady Beresford allegedly dreamt of her brother Lord Tyrone’s death and warned against a second marriage. The tale ends with a wrist scar explained as a psychosomatic injury from stress and tight binding.
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Beresford
Nicola Hamilton
Sir Tristram Beresford
Lord Tyrone
Tristram
Instinct Awakens Beaver Pet With Dam Building Skill
A Canadian friend sends a baby beaver to a man who doubted instinct. The beaver, surprised by a leaking pail, builds a dam in the yard and continues for four weeks, enclosing the pail with a solid dam, proving natural instinct at work.
Remarrying and widows pursuit of new marriages
A reporter quotes a minister on remarriage patterns. He says widows remarry more often than widowers, driven by financial motives and the lure of life insurance payouts. Widowers tend to stay single if they have children, while childless widowers are less common after remarriage.
Russians Visit Washington Navy Yard in Shorthand
A party of Russian naval experts and the embassy’s naval attaché toured the Washington navy yard gun shop. An Irish American officer led the group as two Irish workers moved ordnance pieces. The Irish workmen noted the Russians conversing in their native tongue, then one worker quipped that they were speaking in shorthand.
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Navy Department
Russia
Washington Navy Yard
Mike
Dangers of dieting and the rules of appetite
Professor Alexander Haig of London warns New York physicians that popular dieting myths undermine health. He argues against minimizing hunger and prescribes exercise and open air activity to boost appetite and heart strength, noting that excessive restriction reduces digestive power and risks heart failure.
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Alexander Haig
London
Medical Fraternity
New York
Russell H. Chittenden
Men of the People and American Rulers in Harper's Weekly Quote
A passage contrasts Washington and Hamilton with Franklin and Lincoln as symbols of hope for common men. It notes that bold fortune creation demands caution to sustain wealth, citing a quote attributed to Mr. Howells in Harper's Weekly and a Rothschild maxim.
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Washington
Hamilton
Franklin
Lincoln
Mr. Howells
Harper’s Weekly
Rothschild
New England Taverns and Colonial Regulation
Early New England taverns were state regulated under town officials who issued licenses and limited patronage. Laws circa 1634 set price caps to discourage hard drinking, required decent beer, and allowed a drinking Company to countermand orders for excess. The era also restricted idle tippling and set penalties for rude singing and controlling how much a man could drink.
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New England
Mr. Hudson
Concord
Poetry in Machinery and the Harvest Epic
Charles Barnard argues that poetry should celebrate harvesting machines over traditional hand labor. He contrasts Millet and Ruth with the potential of thrashing machines and reapers to liberate workers, urging artists to embrace industrial progress as noble labor.
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Ruth
Millet
Charles Barnard
Reader
Why the 1804 Dollar Is Rare
Two stories explain the 1804 silver dollar’s rarity. One says most were sent to Africa to pay soldiers in the Tripoli war, leaving only 19 570 coins. Another claims a vessel bound for China carrying nearly the entire year’s mintage was lost, with the former story seen as likelier.
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Africa
Tripoli
China
Inmates Question Law On Cruel Unusual Punishment
A murder convict in jail complains about cruel and unusual punishment while asking if he will be hanged next week. The warden confirms the hanging, and the inmate protests the reading material, saying it contains only continued stories. Cleveland Leader.
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Cleveland Leader
A Craze Defined by a Man from Abroad
A Washington Star exchange quotes a man from abroad asking what “latest craze” means. Miss Cayenne explains a craze is something that amuses others while you yourself are not interested.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Horticulture Q A About Watering Plants
A brief exchange notes plant care while a wife is away. Booker confirms he waters by placing pots under a leak near the bathroom floor in New York.
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Kalcker
Booker
York
The Truly Proud Wan Quote Reference
A brief quotation attributed to Hazlitt notes that the truly proud wan finds no regard for superiors or inferiors, reflecting on humility and social standing.
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Hazlitt
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