News in Brief from Cove Johnson to Governor Taft
A jumble of notes reports candidates plan a joint meeting in Temple on April 16, a 9 PM public ball with 400 dancers, a fatal fire in a village hangar, and President Barretts stance against Labor unions forming a party. San Antonio mass backs council form, Galveston-Mansion district work begins, Southwestern University says no move to Fort Worth, and more. Brewer dead. Hughes may join Supreme Court. East Texas peach prospects rise. Roosevelt denounces Botrous Pasha’s assassination. Cavite spy caught. Haldane tale shared. various local events and oblique political notes populate this dense brief.
Language Mistakes In Europe Travel Dialogue
A travel anecdote traces mispronunciations and translations across European cities from Milano to Firenze and Roma. The narrator notes how English, Italian, German, and Swiss names differ, recounting a train encounter and the moment Mailand is revealed as Milan and other city names.
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St. Gotthard
Paris
Italy
Parisi
London
Londra
Tere
Europe
Milan Milano
Florence
Fireure
Tari Torivo
Naples
Napoli
Basle
Basilea
Lucerna
Lucerne
Luzern
Laag
Firenze
Firense
Padova
Padua
Livorno
Leghorn
Roma
Rome
Bellingona
Milan
Berlin-Mailand
Chiasso
Como
Milano
Venice
The
Lagoona
No sale and a cash register in a Chicago scene
A Mechanical Answer tries to woo a cashier with promises of wealth and comfort, but the cashier rejects him by touching the cash register and displaying the words No Sale. The text also blends in a Chicago Post snippet and advertisements for Gage hats and a dermatological treatment called Zemo, touting its claimed cure for eczema and other skin diseases.
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Chicago Post
Zeno
Satan
SM James W
Who
Zemo
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Stein Bloch
Will
America
England
Webb Bros
Cove Johnson
Cot Quite
Temple
Sug
Barrett
Farmers’ View
Iit
San Antonio
Taft Tne
Abe Hurttt
Gramns
Southwestern University of Heorgetown
Port Worth
New Orleans
Revolutioniats
Mearaga
Greenville
Texas
Bieri County
Seabrook
Epworth League
David J. Brewer
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington City
Hughes
New York
Supreme
Brewer
East
Roosevelt
Calro
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Mr. Haldane
Indy
Chicago Tribune
Stroma
First National Bank OF
Bryan, Texas
Levy Bros
Gage
Wilson
Derden
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