Foster's Weather Bulletin predicts widespread storms and drought risks
Washington D. C. March 14 forecast a sequence of disturbances from March 16 to 21 across the Pacific slope, great central valleys, and eastern states. A severe cold wave follows, with heavier rains expected in the east and drier conditions in the interior, impacting 1908 crops. readers urged alert for storm forces and potential earthquakes.
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W. T. Foster
Washington, D. C
Continent
Pacific Coast
Pacific Slope
Great Central Valleys
Eastern States
Pacific
North Pacific Ocean
Meridian 90
Middle
Atlantic
Atlantic States
States
Ohio
Mississippi
Great Central
Atlantic Ocean
Savannah Readies for High Speed Auto Races
Savannah Georgia March 14 Interest in the next week meeting of the Savannah Automobile club runs high with forecasts of a premier event. Cars staging for the meet fill the area and additional entries are expected soon. The eighteen mile road course near Savannah features long straightaways banked turns and sea marshes with guards and fencing to ensure safety.
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Savannah
Savannah Automobile Club
America
Georgia National Guard
State Committee man doubts primary legality of delegates at large
Austin reports State Committeeman Gregg a clerk in the secretary of state's office believes a primary election to select delegates at large cannot be legally held. He would not oppose it if both sides agree, but deems it unenforceable against fraud. He also opposes the legality of the original proposition. Attorney General Davidson wins another US Supreme Court point in Jadwin vs. the state over the Galveston quarantine site after federal efforts failed in lower courts. The governor appointed Howard F. O Neal to the court of criminal appeals for Rice vs. the state due to Justice Ramsey’s disqualification.
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Gregg
Austin
Secretary of State's Department
Davidson
States Supreme Court
Jadwin
Galveston
United States Supreme Court
Federal Attorney General's Department
Howard F. O'Neal
Cres County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Rice
Ramsey
Deposed Hempstead Pastor Located in San Francisco
Jere K Cooke former Episcopal rector who eloped with Floretta Whaley has been found in a San Francisco apartment with his family. He says life has been a failure and he and his wife are ill and destitute while the baby appears pale. He telegraphed his mother in law for help.
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San Francisco
Jere K. Cooke
Episcopal Church
Hempstead
Long Island
Floretta Whaley
Keziah Whaley
Masonic Avenue
Contentment Gives a Crown Where Fortune Denied It
Quote attributed to Ford about the value of contentment despite lack of fortune, emphasizing inner reward over external success.
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Ford
More Money For John D Rockefeller From Standard Oil
New York on March 14 reports Standard Oil paid 14,750,000 in dividends at 15 a share. John D Rockefeller owns 25 percent and received 3,750,000 boosting his six month return to 6,250,000.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Death by own action pact of five girls from St Paul
Seventeen year old Helen Baxter tells of five companions who left St Paul for New York after training at a Minnesota business school and all died by suicide. She survived a gas attempt and explains her wish to join them. Her account follows the group’s journey and the eerie pact she recalls.
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New York
St. Paul
Helen Baxter
Helen
Minnesota
Anarchists Blocked From Emma Goldman Talk In Chicago
Nearly 200 demonstrators gathered outside a vacant 392 Dearborn street building to hear Emma Goldman but were barred after police, led by Inspector Wheeler, enforced a shutdown order from the building department declaring the site unsafe. Harold Leclair Ickes refused to reveal the associates who funded his attendance and the autopsy dispute. RUMORS say attorney Ickes worked for prominent social settlement Jews in Chicago. the proverb on justice closes the report.
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Chicago
Dearborn Street
Emma Goldman
Wheeler
Schuettler
Harold Leclair Ickes
Lazarus Averbuch
Potter's Field
Ickes
Nature's Mysteries and the Awe of Knowledge
A narrator converses with a renowned physicist about modern theories of matter. He recalls the sense of wonder at atomic motion and the uncertain nature of much of the knowledge, as the expert emphasizes humility and cautious belief.
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Putnam’s
Power of Wealth Extends Life Says Physician
A physician argues that wealth adds about twenty five years to life expectancy. He notes rich babies survive better and avoid poverty induced illnesses, while poor individuals face preventable diseases and harsher living conditions. The Philadelphia Record is cited.
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Philadelphia
Parson Etymology and the Persona Ecclesiae in Law and Grammar
The term parson derives from persona meaning a person and represents the church through its officer. Blackstone notes the parson is a body corporate to defend church rights, while parsing a sentence traces to the Latin pars and the question quae pars.
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Parson
Blackstone
Rent inquiry at quiet house prompts polite exchange
A young mother with a sleeping baby keeps a darkened room as an elderly matron arrives on the porch and asks if the house is for rent. The visitor, mistaken by closed blinds, is reassured that the home is occupied and not for rent. The scene ends with light, humorous misunderstandings.
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Chicago Tribune
The Utility of the Ox
Fry's Magazine notes the ox's vast utility from flesh to bones and fat. It argues every part serves industry, from manure and horn products to knife handles and leather, with fat used as tallow in various trades. The essay frames the animal as essential to the external economy.
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Fry's Magazine
The Shoemaker's Art in Queen Ti's Tomb
Julius Chambers explores ancient Egypt noting Queen Ti's underground tomb where artisans wood and leather workers appear on wall paintings. He praises shoemakers as early publishers and honors the craft before printing existed, reflecting on barefoot youth and timeless craft pride.
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Memphis
Bak
Nile
Julius Chambers
Brooklyn Eagle
Egypt
London’s first balloon ascent thrills 1784 crowd
Vincent Lunardi’s manned balloon rose from Moorfields on September 15 1784 to the cheers of over 100000 spectators. The king adjourned a cabinet council as crowds filled the streets along the Great North Road. A single fatality was a frightened elderly woman, while Lunardi was blamed by some as a sorcerer before landing near Ware Hertfordshire.
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London
Vincent Lunardi
Great North Road
Lunardi
Ware
Hertfordshire
Small Necked New Yorkers
Statistics from shirt and collar makers show New York men have smaller necks on average than out of town men. Boston and Chicago lead in large sizes while New York stores require special orders for necks above sixteen and a half. In other cities sizes up to eighteen are common at retail.
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New York
Boston
Chicago
New York Press
Head of Household Demands Faster Dinner
In a humorous scene the household head returns hungry and asks the maid to speed up supper. The maid relays the cook has no food in the house but can fetch some if the master waits a short time.
Appetite Woes Prompted by Mrs Salloway Quip
A brief humorous exchange from a Philadelphia Press item has Mr Salloway lamenting a lack of appetite while his wife quips that appetite would bring more dyspepsia. The dialogue captures light domestic wit.
Two Hairs Exchange Sparks Youthful Vanity
In a brief witticism, Mr Kallow notes his first hair on his lip signaling maturity, while Miss Pert quips that another fringe will appear in a month or eighty, capturing a light moment of flirtation and growing up in a society column.
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Mr. Kallow
Miss Pert
There Are Plenty Like Him In Detroit Free Press
A reader comments on salary versus saving, noting Jones earns well but spends lavishly in pursuit of nothing. The Detroit Free Press prints the remark as a sample of public sentiment on frugality and income.
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Jones
Detroit Pree Press
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