End of the Transvaal Dominion and British Empire Plan
The article declares the Transvaal’s loss of independence after General Roberts’s proclamation joining it to Great Britain. It argues Britain seeks imperial dominance, erasing self rule in Africa, leaving Liberia, Switzerland, and France as the remaining eastern hemisphere republics, and urging U.S. alignment with Britain’s civilization project.
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South African Republic
Transvaal
Roberts
Africa
Liberia
Great Britain
Botha
Lydenburg
Ladybrand
Orange Free State
Switzerland
France
United States
City Employees Ordinance Aims Public Employee List
Alderman Tinkham introduces a draft ordinance to publish twice yearly a complete list of municipal department workers including the school committee and county service. The move seeks transparency amid frequent personnel changes under Mayor Hart, questioning motives of economy politics and potential machine-building, asking for official authentic records.
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Tinkham
Hart
Alderman Proposes Periodic Publication Policy
The city document notes Alderman Tinkhuam suggests making publications periodical, not less than twice yearly. He argues the change offers the statistics department practical work and counters belated reprints from other municipal branches.
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Tinkhuam
Statistics Department
Horrors of War and Other Local Observations at Shanghai
A condensed, period-voiced section cites Allied and Chinese wartime tales, noting skepticism of sensational reports and praising American soldiers in action. It also covers local police promotions, a sergeant’s notoriety, a wary car critic, fall term travel, and bustling Park Square Station activity with wagons and water carts filling the scene.
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China
Associated Press
Shanghai
Pekin
M. de Giers
Admiral Seymour
Tien Tsin
Europe
Labor Day Speech Links Imperialism to Labor Welfare
In Chicago, Bryan argues militarism and empire undermine workers. He notes tax burdens fall on the poor, while rich evade proportionate rates. He questions gains from imperial ventures and a larger army, urging labor to consider the sacrifice for patriotic aims.
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Chicago
Bryan
Europe
Philippines
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. McKinley
Calumet & Hecla Declares 116th Dividend At $20 Share
The Calumet & Hecla mining company announced its sixteenth dividend year at $20 per share, bringing total yearly payout to $70,850 and highlighting the firm as a major employer with liberal wages. The piece notes profits partly from tariff-driven market conditions and contrasts the company with trusts, arguing substantial unearned increments in copper profits during tariff periods.
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Calumet & Hecla
Liverpool
Observant Citizen notes on dog days and civic concerns
The column sketches weather quirks and civic small talk as a Boston audience views dog days ending, humidity lingering, and small arrest counts on Labor Day. A local lady worries about an alligator's pond mud, City Forester Dooguse is urged to act, and a newspaper man jokes about a police lieutenant reading the Rubaiyat.
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Dooguse
Boston
Odd Bits Of News From Far And Near
A collection of curious facts and notices including bearings on geography spelling, ancient petroleum springs, saloon taxes in Ohio, and railway hospital cars. It mentions London’s foreign population, Strassburg debt, and and a German auto line carrying 40,000 passengers in five months.
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Europe
Geographic Board
Dominion of Canada
Dominion
South Dakota
Zonte
Ionian Islands
Herodotus
Fred Burmeister
Warren
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Ohio
Missouri Pacific
Kansas
New York
London
Strassburg
Port-au- Prince
Newfoundland
Petrolia
Switzerland
Speyer
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Ina
Wessex
Langley
Jarereteka Rate Raresari in the Sunday Post
A feature on Jarereteka Rate Raresari appears in the Sunday Post outlining conditions competition details. The piece highlights competing criteria, likely involving standards, timing, and rules for entrants.
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Sunday Post
Twins Turned Joke on Local Bet On Sleigh Ride
Rose Wayne and her twin Fred engineered a prank on Frank Wilson who boasted of escorting Miss Wayne. At a sleighing party Rose arrived in Fred’s masculine disguise, exposing the bet and leaving Wilson humiliated. The siblings later married and recalled their stunt.
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Fred
Rose
Red
Miss Wayne
Frank Wilson
Harry Waters
Wilson
Harry
Frank
Wayne Cottage
Boston's Unusual Swimming School Opens Its Doors
A feature story next Sunday profiles the most unique swimming school ever heard of in Boston. Opened and managed by L. Monkey, the school promises to engage every boy and girl in reading about its aims, methods, and community appeal.
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the Post
L. Monkey
Boston
Breakfast and Dinner Menu From Mrs I I Cash Bridgton Me
A dated daily table lists breakfast items such as frozen peaches cream sugar beefsteak smothered onions boiled sweet potatoes and more, with dinner featuring fish chowder roast beef brown gravy string beans baked potatoes hot biscuit and custard pie. Supper includes cold roast beef meat hash white bread canned feg spice cake and cocoa kisses. A recipe for Kisses notes beat three eggs with sugar and lemon then bake in tea cake shapes. Mrs I I Cash of Bridgton Maine is credited.
Somerville Schools Open Amid Crowding and Renovations
Somerville public and private schools opened with higher attendance. Pope School and Knapp School received new heating and ventilating systems costing 10000 dollars. High schools Prescott School face crowding and possible half-time schedules. St Joseph's Boys and Girls schools opened with mass by Rev C T McGrath. about 14 children attended last year, likely to rise this year.
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Pope
Washington Street
Knapp
Concord Square
Prescott
St. Joseph’s
C. T. McGrath
Mayor approves payment to Building Trades Council for parade
Mayor Harryoateraay authorized a $400 city payment to Treasurer Gilchrist of the Building Trades Council for the Labor Day parade. Gilchrist received the funds after signing in Auditor Dodge's office. The mayor later said he had never stated the money would not be paid.
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Harryoateraay
Gilchrist
Building Trades Council
Dodge
Waiting for the Fire Governor's Son Noted in Cartoon
A Fulton druggist prints a humorous story about a man who insists his house burned, then finds it intact due to paint preserving it. The tale includes the insurance adjuster, a cigarette scene, pencils sharpened, and a casual chat about photographers and newspapers from Cincinnati and New York.
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Fulton
Abraham I. Smith
Smith
Campaign Contributions Quote From The Great Man
A line from a satirical exchange highlights unsolicited gifts and private motives during a campaign. The Plebeian confirms a confidant said the donor sought to give without solicitation, emphasizing themes of friendship, favoritism, and covert support in politics.
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Puck
Paint Inside the Walls House Contract Cited
The text recounts Mr. Smith guiding an adjuster to town and renewing a carpentry contract to build a new house inside existing painted walls. The interior floors furniture and stoves were to receive two coats of the same paint as the exterior, claimed to be weather and fire resistant. An insurance angle is noted with reference to a special paint brand.
Doctor buys car yet improves with walking
A Philadelphia Press item notes a patient compliments a doctor and the physician explains his health has improved after selling his horse and carriage to buy an automobile, but credits walking as the actual benefit. The exchange emphasizes practical mobility over transport tech.
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Philadelphia Press
Governors Do Work Says Governors Wives at State House
The Denver Times reports a scene at the State capitol where Governor Thomas of Colorado and Mrs. Stanley of Kansas discuss governing duties. The exchange centers on their sons Georgie and the kindness of a governor’s life, with both couples affirming that Governors do work despite the public misperception. The anecdote ends noting Georgie’s sense of work and play as the governors laugh and agree on the point.
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Stanley
Kansas
Thomas
Colorado
State Capitol
Georgie
George
Papa
Mamma
Say I Promised Not to Tell About Smoking
A Matinee Girl in Dramatic Mirror recalls a boy saying his father is Murat Halstead and describing a secret cigarette moment on a Washington car. He jokes about recognizing a stranger’s feet as his father’s, then hurries to a station feeling like a conspirator.
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McElody
New York
Cincinnati
Pia
Murat Halstead
Washington
Dixon challenges Washington tale about silver dollar toss
Dixon says he has no reason to doubt the story of George Washington throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac. He notes Washington’s power and that a dollar went further in those days. Chicago News.
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Dixon
George Washington
Potomac River
Washington
Chicago News
How the Show Got Away
A theatrical company in Emporia Kansas faced eviction as the hotel bill and travel costs piled up. The manager received an injunction from a butcher to pay the hotel debt, but the landlord canceled the bill after the manager produced a receipt. The show then moved out on Saturday night.
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Kan
Denver ‘Times
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