Trial on the Steps Turns Into Dusty Baseball Game
A jury in Fort Morton hastily postpones verdict as spectators turn the court's midmorning lull into a makeshift baseball clash between the Comanches and Sioux. Copperthwait, the accused, joins at first base after repeated rowdy pleas, while Duke’s shooting past hangs over the town in Jamestown Creek.
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Colorado
Fort Morton Court House
Eastern College
Pueblo
Johnnie
Hardy
Hackett
Eklake
Clarence
Whfb
Jamestown Creek
Fort Morton
Copperthwait
Ghort
Mulligan
Copperthbwalt
Court House
Baseballing through the crowd Copperthwait scores
A tense baseball scene unfolds as Copperthwait races home on a bunt and slide despite wild pitches and a noisy crowd. The judge, janitor, and jury joke about the verdict as pandemonium erupts after the safe call. The crowd, Sioux and Comanches, cheer wildly.
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Copperthwait
Hardy
Third
Copperthwaitt
San Francisco
Inoculation by Pure Cultures for Soil Nitrogen
Prof L H Bailey reports on Dr George T Moore's method using desiccated cultured germs in absorbent cotton mailed to inoculate soil or seed. Results seen in Bulletin 71 suggest potential but not a universal solution. Further tests to define conditions and eliminate failures are needed before judging value or revolutionary impact.
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L. H. Bailey
George T. Moore
National Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Beieve
The Uneasy History of Women Defying Social Rules
The piece reflects on changing gender norms by recalling women like Han nah Adams, Lucretia Mott, and the Grimke sisters who faced public disapproval for working, lecturing, and patronizing libraries. It contrasts later progress with earlier resistance, noting nun educators in Europe were once stoned for teaching girls.
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Hannah Adams
America
Boston
Bostonians
Lucretia Mott
Grimke Sisters
New York
Europe
Radium as Cancer Cure Featured at New York Hospital
Reports from Flower hospital in New York City describe Dr. W Harvey King using radium pencils coated with a solvent developed by Hugo Lieber. The method aims to apply radium directly to malignant areas, with cases including cancer of the tongue foot and a back ear showing marked improvement and possible complete cures.
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Flower Hospital
New York City
W. Harvey King
William BR. Harper
University of Chicago
King
William Tod Helmuth
George W. Roberts
Edward G. Tuthill
A. B. Norton
Rigby
Hugo Lieber
Lieber
Dr. King
New York
Wiliam BR. Harper
Harper
Growth of Wages the Faster in Kansas Report
Kansas Labor Commissioner Johnson finds wages kept pace with or outstripped rising living costs from 1900 to 1904. He reports 1901 prices up 6.36 percent with a 0.63 percent wage drop, 1902 prices up 4.33 percent and wages up 7.82 percent, 1903 prices up 4.73 percent with wages up 10.01 percent, and 1904 prices up 12.73 percent with wages up 14.98 percent.
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Kansas
Johnson
Notable figures and odd claims in turn of century gossip
The passage lists figures such as George S. Elgood praised as a garden painter and Duke of Oporto famed for flute, with remarks on George Meredith needing seclusion to write. It notes Prof Molisch on photos from potatoes, Gorky’s alias after indictment, Habsburgs’ aversion to ravens, Rider-Haggard on yellow peril, and a prediction of 400 million Chinese migrating to the U.S.
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Duke of
Oporto
Portugal
George Meredith
Prof
Molisch
Prague
Maxime Gorky
Alexis Maximoff Peschkoff
Nijni-Novgorod
Hapsburgs
Austria
Rider-Haggard
United States
Sorry for Him. A Cigarette Incident on the Elevated
A young man hides a lit cigarette in his left hand to amuse a companion. He teases by stealing a stickpin and dropping something unseen into a shopping bag. The pair ride past their intended stop, hoping for more, but nothing else occurs. The crowd remarks on impending trouble for the man when the woman discovers the bag’s secret.
Saved Child's Life in Arkansas By Kidney Pills
In Sedgwick Arkansas W B Taylor recounts his son suffering from dropsy after doctors failed to help. He gave three Dodd's Kidney Pills daily for eight days then eleven more for a total of thirty five pills. Swelling vanished and the child began to run and sing, leading him to claim the medicine saved his life.
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Sedgwick
Ark
Taylor
Dodd
The Well-Heaten Path Then King Solomon Said The Way Of The Transgressor
A brief quip from Smart Set reflects on ancient wisdom explaining that the sinner's way is hard because it is trodden by many, with the path of transgression contrasted against a long tradition of moral observation.
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Solomon
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promotes Safe Laxative Remedy
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a pure pleasant harmless laxative for bowel and stomach disorders. It urges mothers to use it for children, claims absolute safety, and notes price 50 cents and 1 dollar with money back if it fails, sold by all druggists.
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Dr. Caldwell
Law So Afraid of Lightning in a Flirt Narrative
A witty exchange features a pretty girl described as a born flirt and a man who calls her a mancuiine victim. The dialogue hints at fear of lightning and a sharp banter about hearts of steel, revealing playful social dynamics.
Feet Ease Powder Ad Promotes Comfort and Relief
An old advertisement for Allen's Foot Ease powder promises relief for painful tight shoes, corns, bunions, swelling, and sweaty feet. The copy notes it works for all sizes and lists stores and a free sample offer, with contact at Allen’s address in Olmsted and Hoy, New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
Hoy
The Best Thing In A Friend In Need Indeed
A short verse notes friendship and generosity as a friend offers a dollar with pride and gleeful tone. The speaker recalls how a friend’s act of giving is a simple, joyful gesture.
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Lynn
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