Telegraphic Briefs From A Far Reaching Page
A collection of short items notes Aldrich’s discomfort with Root, Castro’s disappearance, and myths of man eating lions in Africa. It cites Spain’s navy cost as sinking fund, Porto Rico civic education needs, and a larger standing army. Roosevelt expedition to Nairobi returns with fifty specimens. Meredith’s death at 80 is marked as a philosophical note. Taft supports civil service retirement care. German economists link old age pensions to prosperity. Washington anticipates a tough anti cigarette code taking effect June 12 and Spokane lawyers debate its reach.
Devoted Dog Hero Judgment in St Louis Court
Judge Pollard praises a fox terrier that defended its owner and fined Thomas A. Mannion $50 for the killing and $190 for firing a gun. The court hears the tale of the heroic dog as he likens protecting a master to human bravery. The article also notes Pollard's patrol fame and unrelated local incidents.
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Pollard
St. Louis
Thomas A. Mannion
Jack Scott
Scott
Mannion
Pollard Peexme
Fancy Shape Sandwiches and Creative Fillings
A guide to making dainty fancy shaped sandwiches using cutters like crescent star and heart. Tips cover bread thinning, slicing technique, butter spreading, and varied fillings including pear chip preserve, orange marmalade, meat paste with egg yolk, fish paste, cream cheese with chopped nuts, and Spanish pepper blends.
Hair Trade Data from Tioupkong Exports to United States
Vice Consul General Stuart Fuller reports 1907 exports of 56133 pounds of human hair and 1908 exports of 207414 pounds to the United States. Hair was stored or disinfected under quarantine, with shifts toward Pacific routes via Puget Sound and San Francisco in 1908. Hair processed in Hongkong and shipped to New York for U.S. fashion use, with direct purchases by a local concern last spring.
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Stuart J. Fuller
Tioupkong
China
United States
Public Health and Matine Hospital Service
Pacific Lines
Pugett Sound
San Francisco
Hongkong
New York
Que
Forest Palm Mystery Sparks Father Son Quip
A fragmentary dialogue shows Vominy asking about a forest palm and a forticulture show. A traveling father replies that the great American palm belongs to the head waiter, hinting at a playful or cryptic exchange amid an event. The readable text preserves character names and a curious setting.
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Vominy
Mars exploration fuels growing space literacy joke
A lighthearted remark contrasts Mars familiarity with potential envy from the man in the moon, hinting at public interest in space endeavors and celestial imagery.
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Mars
Moon
Lazziest Man in a War Tale Awakens in a Shattered House
A comic Civil War vignette centers on Peter Van der Hausen the laziest Dutch farmer in Rivermont Kentucky. As shells erupt nearby, neighbors fear for him, only to find him snoozing through the bombardment and mistaking the thunder for lightning.
Coax, Bread and Pudding Recipes from Old Kitchen
A collection of earlier newspaper recipes describes Coax bread pudding with milk rice and nutmeg baked slowly, topped with buttered bread slices and custard finish. Also notes ric ed cream cheese salad with cottage cheese on lettuce, star of pickled beef, and French dressing, plus apple frost with dried apples, cinnamon, lemon rind, and optional beaten cream.
Early Innovations Timeline From 1476 to 1848
A miscellany of historical firsts spans centuries from Wateres in 1476 to California gold in 1848. Entries include envelopes from 1839, lucifer matches 1829, kerosene lighting 1826, iron steamships 1830, first newspaper in 1588, and US colors adopted 1777, with varied notes on spinning, knives, carriages, and steam engines.
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California
England
France
United States
Abdul-Hamid Faces Complex Support From Wives
Friends in Need notes show Abdul-Hamid surrounded by many wives as the case unfolds. The piece comments on sympathy and complicating loyalties within a tense situation.
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Wall
Abdul-Hamid
Olado Blade
Unclear Passage on Style and Seating Preferences
Fragmentary text describes a humorous scene about a wide berth for a gunner and a courtroom surnames Cryer and Scott. It mentions a spring timeframe and a chair or sofa in a shade described as mouse colored, with references to a pretty girl and attire. The fragment lacks coherent facts.
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Gunner
Cryer
Scott
Boo to the British Honga of Commony and Germany response
A quippy note describes a fanciful line about saying Boo to the British Honga of Commony, provoking a reaction that Germany might “uftep it.” The text reads as a playful political mockup with whimsical phrasing and no clear event or source context.
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Germany
One Legged Man Challenges Fair Enough Pat Duel
An Irishman known as Fair Enough Pat fights a duel with a one legged opponent. They meet at an open site near a milepost. Pat agrees to let the challenger lean on the milepost, then adds he has no objection if the other may lean on the next milepost.
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Pat
Decorated Dishes Turn Creams Into Festival Desserts
Text describes transforming plain home-made cream from the freezer into an elaborate dessert with individual glasses, cherries, mint, strawberries, and decorative leaves. It notes that plating enhances appeal and likens the result to a festival dish as suggested by Harper's Bazar.
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Harper’s Bazar
Bad Break Voice Crack Evident in Carusa Recording
In a conversation about a recording, one person confirms Carusa’s voice is heard on the record while another notes an unexpectedly severe vocal crack and wonders where it occurred, reflecting surprise at the damaged sound.
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Carusa
Coconut Cream Candy From Fresh Nuts
A historic kitchen note describes making coconut cream candy by heating fresh coconut milk with sugar until melted, simmering, then adding grated coconut and boiling while stirring to prevent scorching. The mixture is poured onto buttered plates, cooled, and cut into squares after forty eight hours to set.
Realm of Souls Futuristic Spiritualist Theory From Dublin
The British Society for Psychical Research reports on E. E. Fournier d’Albo of Dublin outlining a future state where disembodied souls float and feed on sun rays, lacking digestive needs. He describes a boundaryless soul realm 200 miles above us and a world where death loses its sting as the soul becomes accessible.
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British Society For Paychies
E. E. Fourniere d’Athe
Dublin Society
Fournier d*Albo
London
Chester
Tyndall
Teopold
A Necklace Stolen from Mrs Cumrox Is Reported
A Washington Star snippet shows Mrs Cumrox confessing a stolen necklace of diamonds and debating whether to notify the police or alarm others. She muses on the “classy” notion of being robbed yet dislikes the idea of appearing careless about jewelry.
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Washington Star
Abdul Hamid and the Fearful Reign in a Poem Fragment
A fragmentary verse imagines Abdul Hamid as a pitiful king amid dread. The speaker invokes a haunting cry, blood and wail of children, portraying a fearful reign through stark, compressed lines.
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Abdul Hamid
Glain
Buteler
Bultimers
Daily Bulletin Echoes Jungle Dispatches From Africa
A compact daily bulletin notes similarities between recent African jungle reports and earlier White House dispatches, highlighting continuity in briefing style and tone across distant locales. The piece underscores the reporter’s view of consistent narrative framing and concise updates.
Taft Honeymoon Memoir Highlights Diplomatic Snub
The Taft honeymoon in Vienna is marked by a famed note from Secretary White denying admission to a royal function. The incident, recalled as an epistolary jab, shapes memory of Ambassador Henry White and hints at broader diplomatic tensions during the European visit.
Merely a Duck Story Dick the decoy duck of Mud Lake
Nashville Banner reports a Arkansas tale of Dick a mallard living on Mud Lake acting as live decoy and friend to duck hunters. He spots flocks, dives to feed, leads ducks toward hunters, and returns to the boat after dozens are shot, then stops decoying once fifty birds are killed.
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Mud Lake
Arkansas
Brodie Finley
Nashville Banner
Postgraduate Instructions and Family Friction at Farmhouse
A graduate from Vas sar mocks her father's speech, correcting his rural phrases. A fireplace chat in the old farmhouse reveals tension as the daughter insists on proper speech while the father plans to close the window, asserting his own simple view and winter cold.
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Vassar
Suther Dear
Parched town questions drinking rule after election
A dry spell idea sweeps the Native Naw town after the last election as locals wonder if prospects for any alcohol are returning. Community debates and mixed sentiment highlight the struggle over a dry status.
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Puck
Tomato Soup Preparation From Classic Kitchen Notes
A compact recipe describes frying butter and onion with bacon, then adding parsley, pepper and flour. Tomatoes are chopped and simmered with stock for fifteen minutes, then steamed to finish into a ready to use soup.
Taft Taft Dabates Tariff Tales and Global Gold
President Tart Das apheanced that people who went fans from him must play the game according to the rules. Instead of worrying about the ex ports of gold, it would be well to cheerfug over the fact that we have gold to export. The French socialists have been spreading the doctrine of equality and brotherly love by a number of free fights with the police. When told the other day that it was the belief among congressmen that he would sign any tariff bill sent to him president Taft quietly replied: "Al arich knows different." Senator Depew, long recognized as the philosopher of the senate, has im picated willingness to designate a suc cessor to his mantle when he shall cease to wear it, and has pointed out Senator Dolliver is the next wearer. An eastern paragrapher upholds William Allen White for declining the lieutenant governorship. "Why," says he, should a man who is capable of taking the universe by the tail and steering it safely down the ages, fool with a leutenant governorship?"
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Peter van der Hausen
Old Teter
Peter
Tollander
Sinh
Lst
Mhnment
Henry White
Earope
Ambassador White
Whitte House
William Howard Tatt
Europe
Vienna
Diplomat White
Mr. Newlywed
Taft
Alarich
Depew
Senate
Dolliver
William Allen White
Tariff Commission Favored by Trans-Mississippi Congress
At the Oklahoma session of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress, a strong recommendation called for a tariff commission with plenary power. The resolution passed both parties and guides National Congress platform. The Beaver Session in August faces Western resistance to protection, threatening to widen debates beyond the rules.
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Oklahoma
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
National Congress
Beaver
Congress
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Mr. Aldrich
Elihu Root
Castro
Africa
Spain
Porto Rico
Roosevelt
Nairobi
George Meredith
Civil Service Retirement Commission
Washington
Spokane
Mauretania
Atlantic
Cairn
Nebraska
Adele
Bessie
Charley
Vatello
Tohelia
Kirgy Smith
Rivlmond
Bridget Farley
Tart Das
Coe’s Sanitarium
Specia
S'amaah
Afive
Anges
Kangas City
Laluten
Louth
J. O. Mao
Mall
ORC
M. Coe
Walnut
Kansas City
Sheik Alislam
Constanti
Iple
Turkey
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