Political choice urged by General Collins in straight Democratic ticket
General Patrick A Collins argues the only remedy for evils is to vote the straight Democratic ticket. He says Bryan or McKinley will define the next presidency and outlines risks: Bryan threatens regression to empire and monopoly, McKinley risks continued conquest and imperial rule. He urges voters to act on vital facts, not ideals.
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Patrick A. Collins
Bryan
McKinley
Collins
New Hampshire Week Opens With Old Home Week Festivities
New Hampshire's Old Home Week begins as Maine's celebration ends with a bright opening. The season features mountain peak illumination and many local gatherings. Religious services, poems, and receptions mark the Sunday observances in a region where New England memories and nature draw crowds back each year.
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New Hampshire
Maine
New England
England
Hampshire
Secretary Long Rebuffs Armor Plate Bids in Extortion Fight
Secretary Long refuses to accept bids for armor plate amid a steel trust dispute. Bethlehem, Bethlehem Steel and Midvale submits offers. Long flags extortion risks and hints at government role to secure fair pricing. Government may issue advertisements and seek better terms to counter private monopolies.
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Long
Bethlehem and Companies
Midvale Company
Congress
Government Plant Push Urged by Mr Long
The source urges Mr Long to accelerate the establishment of a government plant, stressing speed and efficiency in completing the setup to the maximum extent possible.
Coler sours New York bid stirs party and readers
The essay notes Comptroller Coler may beat a Croker aligned ticket in New York while criticizing his tactics. It praises his courage and anti corruption record but warns of internal Democratic friction and potential impact on a national ticket. It also recounts anecdotes about city life and public notices.
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Bird
Coler
New York
Croker
Tammany
Ramapo
United States
Blessed relief ends the August heat wave
The Sunday morning cool air is praised as a blessed relief after a deadly August heat spell. The piece notes the scorching period harmed both people and animals, with relief arriving via an east wind, offering thanks for those who can seek cooler respite while tenement dwellers remain exposed.
Observant notes and Maine political hints from the restless year
The writer comments on social tips about shirt waist etiquette and end seat hog conduct, then visits Maine politics. Samuel L. Lord is praised as Honest Sam, a longtime Saco apothecary candidate for governor. The piece also notes the Harvard A D Clubhouse progress, Bates and other Boston figures, Sergeant Fessenden’s transfer, Swallow’s illness, and local political machinations at the police commission.
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Samuel L. Lord
Maine
Saco
New Hampshire
Boston
Lord
Sam
A. D
Cambridge
Harvard
Massachusetts Avenue
The New Missionary at Pure Vein Gulch
In Pure Vein Gulch a rough miner named Jake plots to remove a missionary woman. He confronts her and recalls a lost love, then wrestles with guilt and violent impulse. A shocking awakening ends with Jake dead at the cliff, while a rescue party glimpses the new missionary and her companion as dawn breaks over the Sierra Nevada.
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Jake
Red Top
Joe
Agin
Dottie
Sierra Nevada
Summer Girl Seeks Post Paper For Love Stories
The summer girl asks Mollie if Greenland or Iceland suits her and Mollie replies she would not live without a Sunday Post Story Paper. She praises the paper and urges getting yesterday's issue to read the love stories.
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Greenland
Iceland
Mollie
Sunday Post
Sunday Post's Red Letter Day Records High Popularity
The Sunday Post reports a new peak in popularity with many scoops and beats not found in other Boston papers. Highlights include How I Saw My Papa Kill Himself by a Taunton boy, divorce action by Minnie G. Watson, and features on Gove's Harvest and Living on 7 Cents a Day.
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Jenny Lind
Boston
Tremont Temple
Dodge
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Barnum
Acca Tt Depot
Julius Benedict
My A
Nightingale
Ignines A
Aience Concert Cou
Great Sunday Post
James Jack
Taunton
Minnie G. Watson
Gove
Bennington Street
Edward Atkinson
Pasquale Ciampa
Odd Bits Of News From A Distant Era
A collage of curious facts spanning history science and society. Notable figures include 4000 Paris thieves with aristocratic names, 2267000 year Chinese chronology claims, and a Vancouver Catholic church costing 160000. Also notes on leather money, eyelid reflex, and global curiosities.
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Mixed up affair sparks jailhouse joke at Sing Sing visit
A Pittsburgh woman visiting her son near Sing Sing tried to call his number 71 from the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The hotel operator failed to connect, and Sing Sing refused the call, prompting a witty exchange about telephones and visits. The exchange ends with a judge’s light mockery over a raffie ticket.
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Pittsburg
Sing Sing
New York
Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Highland
Harry Highland
Expert relights cigar end and warns frugality
The crowd watches as the expert coolly spends minutes blowing on burned fingers after a failed relight. He proclaims the lecture finished and scolds the man who tries to relight a short cigar, inviting others to choose drinks or cigars.
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Philadelphia Enquirer
Sing Sing Warden Refuses Visitor Pursuit Of Son
A Pittsburg News excerpt describes a prison warden instructing a visitor about visiting Sing Sing. The piece then shifts to a cigar smoking lecture where an expert explains the correct relighting technique for a withered cigar to a group.
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Sing Sing
Pittsburg
Fragment of cigar instruction interrupted by flame mishap
A reader recalls an awkward moment as an expert demonstrates lighting a short cigar. The flame leaps up and the fragment ends with a near burning incident.
Port boy and clerk clash over ticket costs
A Chicago News report notes a port boy failed to see the point until a clerk cut in about costs and a fine. The judge scored one and the police captain observed the exchange.
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Bridgeport
William
The
Chicago News
Tramp Asked to Die on Farm Wife’s Straw Corner
A tramp pleads to lie down in a fence corner and die on the farmer's straw. The farmer's wife calmly offers more straw and closes the door, saying she has plenty. The exchange appears in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Stage Properties in Chicago Record Offers Dairy Substitutes
In a humorous note from the Chicago Record a Chicago theater asked for a cow for a new play and was advised to use condensed milk as a substitute. The chatter reflects stagecraft challenges and wartime or economic hints.
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Stage Properties
Neve Farm
Chicago Record
Prisoners form a band at Laing's Nek
A heavyset man describes British prisoners at Laing's Nek organizing a band while a frivolous youth jokes about it being a neckband. The remark captures wartime social tone.
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Laing’s Nek
Baltimore
Boundless possibilities and heat remedies quoted
A compact humor excerpt cites jokes on heat relief and census ideas. It references a judge and Puck cartoon lines about population, plus a contest prize from the Indianapolis Sun. The text includes quips about a policeman hurt by accidental discharge and a Rev Goodman exchange.
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China
Chicago
Puck
Goodman
Indianapolis Sun
Sunday school quip on Solomon and riches
A humorous exchange quoted from Chicago News mocks Solomon’s wealth by noting he slept with his fathers and would have a bed if very rich. Cleveland Plain Dealer adds a wry line about wages of sin and church undertakers.
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Small Harry
Solomon
Chicago News
Goodly
Deacon Goodtime
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Butcher’s Escape From Market Feat
A brisk market tale reports a butcher who fell sixty feet but escaped injury. Witnesses described the incident as surprising and attributed it to pigs feet.
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Pittsburg Chronicle
You contend oleomargarine equals butter
A dealer asserts oleomargarine is as good as butter and claims it yields several times the profit, prompting a retort about quality and revenue.
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Washington Star
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