Money and a Maid Proves Clever Girl’s Saving Plan
A Virginia family story shows Boots, a nearly eleven year old daughter, outsmarting poverty with a saving plan. Her father offered two dollars for every dollar bill kept, inscribing each with dates. The girl saved fifty two bills, finally turning in the full amount and a side deal with a friend who funded her savings. The tale ends with the clever balance of earning, spending, and teaching financial prudence.
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Virginia
Boots
Pop
Joe
Detroit Free Press
Eating in Berlin Humorist’s View of Native People
Humorist Irvin Cobb recalls Berlin dining habits with sharp wit. He describes daily meals from breakfast to supper, notes insistently clustered rituals, and jokes about German sausage varieties and pheasant with cabbage. The piece contrasts national quirks with price observations in a Saturday Evening Post excerpt.
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Herliner
Munich
Westphalia
Bam
Germany
Irvin
Cobb
Saturday Evening Post
Sailor with Red Beard Sings in San Francisco Saloon
Edward Le Roy Rice recounts how Billy Emerson refused the sailor a job, only to discover the minstrel tenor Tow Dixon had masked as a kitchenhand and played in the saloon after a show. Dixon had sailed to Australia, rejoined as an ordinary seaman, and grew the red whiskers before returning home.
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Billy Emerson
San Francisco
Emerson
Impor
Himerson
Plano
Gur Alley
Dixon
Australia
Billy
Edward le Roy Rice
Chicago Journal
Not American at All A Old World Story Asked by Magazine Tone
An aside on literary origins notes that a sudden conclusion tale is older than America citing 1 Chronicles and warning against simplistic American attribution. It critiques sensational style and references Ladies' Home Journal and Cleveland Plain Dealer dialogue about a crafty wife and jealousy for money.
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Willie Jones
America
Asa
Pinkley
Cleveland
Principle First. Greedy Wageworker Misled by Stock Schemes
A San Francisco Labor Clarion opinion exposes how employers offer stock to workers to bind them, provoking open shops and sabotaging unions. Two stockholders in a San Francisco case stayed at work during a strike, were expelled after failing to join, and the union ultimately defeated the open shop. The piece condemns greedy workers who fall for such ploys and urges loyalty to principle.
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San Francisco
Conrae
Wefak
Labor Movement
San Francisco Labor Clarion
Plea for Children address by Senator Vardaman at Bristol
Senator Vardaman urged Bristol women to shield children from profit driven institutions. He warned that communities fail when youths are made into machines for wealth, stressing equal chances for healthy, law abiding growth and robust future citizens.
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Bristol
Vardaman
Mississippi Statesman
Supreme Court Frees Gompers and Colleagues in Contempt Case
The Supreme Court reversed lower courts and ended contempt proceedings against Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell, and Frank Morrison, long dragged since 1907. The ruling bars further action, limits penalties, and criticizes the district judge for exceeding authority, while noting the central blame lies with the subordinate federal judge.
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Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Supreme Court of the United States
Dantel Thew Wright
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
New York World
Suger
Golijers, Milller and Morrison
Atipretic Court
United States
Justi Wriest
Sium
Congress
Life tenure for judges sparks US system debate
The Montreal Bar Association meeting hears arguments for life tenure in Britain and Canada as a model while Taft supports it for the United States. Critics warn such a system would create an insulated oligarchy if courts outrun legislatures and popular will. A Denver trial follows the Ludlow tragedy with Major Hamrock and other officers facing murder arson and looting charges as the Colorado National Guard is probed by a public court martial.
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United States
Montreal
Taft Spky
Taft
Canada
Cando
Great Britain
Collier's
Ludlow
Denver
Patrick J. Hamrock
Colorado National Guard
Jen
Bas
Labor Men Honor Mitchell in New York Retirement Ceremony
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor presented resolutions to John Mitchell on his retirement from the vice presidency. The ceremonies took place in New York City with President Samuel Gompers, Vice Presidents Duncan and O Connell, and Treasurer Lennon in attendance.
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Mitchell
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Federation
New York City
Samuel Gompers
Duncan and
O'Connell
Lennon
Husbands in Willesden and the Wives at Work
A London Cor. Philadelphia Ledger piece argues Willesden’s industrial setup favors working women, with laundries and factories employing many, paying five days weekly. It outlines the Gilbertian arrangement where men stay home to mind babies, while wives earn 20 to 30 shillings weekly, asserting women rule the local economy and define domestic roles.
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Willesden
Bosband
Wink
Ifey
London Cor
Philadelphia Ledger
Hiding the Joker Nugget in Early Australian Diggings
An account of a rare gold nugget called the Joker found in Australian gold diggings. The nugget weighed thirty pounds and sold for $600. The owner concealed it to avoid theft while searching for more, delaying discovery for months before others learned of the nugget’s existence.
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Ritier
Ronni
Bey
Carlyle and Ceremony In A Fragmented Letter
A fragmentary note references Thomas Carlyle and his wife’s distress as described to a teller, revealing fear and heartbreak. The piece cites a Poe Weekly item and echoes concerns about unsettling futures and emotional strain amid personal turmoil.
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Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Feaven
D. Poe
London
Wordplay on Dropsy and Letter Drops
A humorous exchange notes how dropping a letter can alter meaning and cause trouble. The banter compares dangerous slips in writing to wounding in battle, using playful dangers of letter removal as a joke in Buffalo Express style.
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Buffalo Express
On the Way and Proverb Ever Present
Fragmentary quotes from newspapers include a man awaiting a dechsiood described as sulking and coming as fast as he can, a wife and front leg start detail, and a dental bill of 87.50. The passage also references a Boston Transcript line about a child’s mouth and an old Dutch proverb advising not to toss old shoes before new ones arrive.
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Dechsiood
Washington Herald
Pegey
Boston Transcript
Laying Bridge Floors and Other Notable Snippets
A collage of magazine notes on suspension bridge floor construction using derricks and gripping girders in midair. Also quips on Wellington and Westminster Gazette, plus a mix of phonetic spelling notes and fragments from Boston Transcript and Manchester chatter.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
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Man
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Kline
Niekenser
Yeenti Wellton
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Bern
Welliuttan
Westminster Gazette
Excott
White
London Standard
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House of Correction
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Peanthy
Manchester
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Holzberger
H.H. Jones Service
East Ltd
Cincinnati
Ghig
Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
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