Misleading rail story on locomotive safety misleads public
A long-winded misinfo piece questions what a locomotive engineer would do if a car load of passengers ran onto tracks. It debunks the tale, noting engineers would not eject steam or launch brakes at high speed and that conversations in cabs at 60 plus mph are implausible. It recalls Ethel Roosevelt cab scenes and explains braking effectiveness increases with speed. A second anecdote shows a Minneapolis heir and his sons tricking a father into paying more than he thought for a coat, highlighting social stratagems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Mars
Misa Ethel Roosevelt
Minneapolis
Mississippi River
Yale
Bristling Banter At St Joseph Haberdashers Banquet
Lillian Braithwaite Hill answers a rival's jab on ad humor at a St Joseph haberdashers banquet. She says the public wants seriousness in ads while noting the rival's case contains muddled facts including a curious obituary about a Milwaukee editor. The exchange highlights playful branding satire.
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Cenfaston
Lillian Braithwaite Hill
Haberdashers
St. Joseph
Miss Hill
Milwaukee
Gretchen
Quotable Delights and Dilemmas From Everyday Life
A stream of sharp witticisms contrasts behavior patterns and social norms. Observations cover marriage expectations, parental roles, gender dynamics, and cultural quirks with a humorous, old time tone. The piece lampoons manners, honesty, ambition, and family ties while noting everyday contradictions in society.
Maxims and Mottos from Noted Thinkers in Brief
A collection of short quotes on truth duty self control and virtue from figures including Mansfield Crawford Epictetus Ruskin Garibaldi Newton Washington Carlyle and Spencer. Individual lines urge honesty courage self governance and consistent practice of right actions.
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Carlyle
Bonar
Herbert Spencer
Just Going To: A Chronicle Of Near Misses And Sudden Downfalls
A fragmentary passage lists multiple “just going to” scenarios ending in disaster. Examples include plans to help a neighbor, pay a note, insure a house, reduce debt, send flowers, repair a sidewalk, stop drinking, take a vacation, improve business, protect family, close deals, and assist a wife, each thwarted by an unforeseen catastrophe or decline.
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Tie
Bessemer Lumber Company thanks patrons after 21 years
The Bessemer Lumber Company expresses gratitude for customers' patronage during twenty one years of business in Bessemer under the late Edwin Baylise. All persons owing the firm for lumber coal and related items are urged to call and settle promptly.
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Bessemer Lumber Company
Bessemer
Edwin Baylise
Timber and Stone Claim Notice for Ironwood Land
Notice from the U.S. Land Office Marquette dated November 6 1908 states Andrew G Rudberg of Ironwood Michigan filed Timber and Stone Sworn Statement 0392 for the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter section 36 township 49 north range 47 west Michigan Meriden and will prove final timber and stone claim before the clerk at Bessemer on January 21 1909 witnesses named Charles J Peterson Steve McKevitt Frank Hokanson and August Boden all of Ironwood Michigan.
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U.S. Land Office
Marquette
Mich
Andrew G. Rudberg
Ironwood
Township
Range 47
Michigan
Meriden
Circuit Court
Bessemer
Charles J. Peterson
Steve McKevitt
Frank Hokanson
August Boden
Probate Notice in Gogebic County Bessem er 1908 hearing
Probate Court of Gogebic County holds session in Bessem er on December 17 1908. Judge Curtis Buck fixes January 11 1909 at 10 am for hearing in the estate of Daniel OBrien with public notice to be printed in the Bessemer Herald for three weeks.
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Gogebic
Bessemer
Said
Curtis Buck
Daniel O' Brien
Val Blatz Brewing Company
John MacNicholas
Bessemer Herald
Curtis Bucs
Publication Order in Estate of George Rupp
Michigan probate court at Bes semer December 2 1908 orders hearing January 4 1909 at ten oclock for petition to admit the will of George Rupp deceased to probate and grant administration to Mary C Rupp executrix or other suitable person. A copy of this order to be published weekly for four weeks in a local newspaper.
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Gogebic
Bessemer
Curtis Buck
George Rupp
Mary C. Rupp
Bessemer Herald
Crucifix Arouses Awe Among Indians At Custer Scene
True story recounts two Irish papal guard veterans in a Custer era campaign. One sees a comrade's body with a Pope blessed gold crucifix still on his chest. Indians, inspired by Father De Smet’s cross reverence, spare the corpse and send a hair and crucifix to the fallen man’s mother in Ireland.
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Rome
America
Custer
Ireland
Father de Smet
Notes from a Tailor on Special Pockets for Professions
The tailor explains pockets tailored to duties such as a music pocket for singers and a sleeve handcup pocket for detectives to deploy restraints unseen. He notes a leather-lined trouser leg to protect against dog bites and prevent repeats of injury.
Lore Of Rings From Ancient Marriages To Modern Betsrothal
A survey of wedding rings from ancient Rome and Greece through medieval and modern times notes iron rings symbolizing bondage in Rome, silver rings for Luther and von Born, temple carvings for Hebrews, and the shift to gold rings with varied stones. It traces mottoes, initials, and which gems were deemed lucky or unlucky, plus the belief in month associated gems and the social customs around betrothal and engagement rings.
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Martin Luther
Catherine von Born
Christ
Prince of Wales
Bertie
Jacinth
Greece
Rome
Prayer and Drugs at London Medical Meet
Bishop Sheffield told the British Medical Association convention that faith healing needs medical aid. He and Sir Oliver Lodge advocate a mix of prayer and drugs, urging doctors and clergy to collaborate rather than oppose each other. He warned against excluding clergy or physicians from the sick room.
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Bisop
British Medical Association
London
Sheffield
Oliver Lodge
Looking glasses in churches spark heated pew debate
A New York report recalls a church repair plan that included small mirrors in seat backs so worshipers could view hats while kneeling. The vote favored no mirrors, with the church opting for devotional focus over vanity, though the issue may resurface in future church building.
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New York
The Common Lady Bird and Its Garden Helpers
A feature on the lady-bird or Indy-bird praising its role in fighting garden pests. It describes how larvae hunt aphids on chrysanthemums and how the adult lady-bug destroys pests, earning reverence in Italian German and Indian folklore. The piece notes the insect’s sacred status and traditional rhymes about flight home.
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Ben
Aphis
Italy
France
Germany
India
Europe
Too Much Sympathy and the Frenchman Mourning Through History
Dr Simon Flexner criticizes anti vivisectionists by claiming a Frenchman misreads history. The man wears crape on many dates from Bayard to Musset and Joan of Arc. He mourns as dates of battles poets and leaders pass, ending with the massacre of St Bartholemew.
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Simon Flexner
New York
Aurelien Scholl
Chevalier Bayard
Bayard
Alfred de Musset
Cavaignac
Joan of Arc
Marat
Beranger
Napoleon
St. Helena
Dieppe
St. Bartholomew
The Home Portrait Gallery and Its Gentle Laughs
The text offers two brief anecdotes showing naive humor about portraits in a Southern home. A maid Cora asks if revolutionary ancestors in a wall portrait were black, and Rosa Bonheur is mistaken for a man, revealing simple, frank perceptions of race and art.
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Cora
Mary
Susan
Rosa Bonheur
Jennie
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Crawford
Thurston
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Syrus
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Slitchcock
George Washington
Magali
S& Mie
Washington
Pirot National Bank of
Congress
Lawrence O. Murray
First National Bank of
Lawrence 0. Murray
Edwin Bayliss
Department of the Interior
United
States Land Office
State OF Michigan
W S. Baird
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