Missionary De Forest Warns War with Japan Would Harm Civilization
The Rev. Dr. John H. De Forest, a Brooklyn vacationing missionary with 33 years in Japan, says war talk over California tensions is nonsense and that sending a Pacific fleet would harm civilization. He notes strong Japan US ties, mutual respect, and Prefers a fleet going to Yokohama if sent, praising leaders like Katsura and Kuroki, and opposing jingoism fueled by press speculation.
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John H. de Forest
Jean Board of Foreign Missions
Brooklyn
Japan
Ile
Manchuria
Russia
Count Katsura
Kuroki
Okuma
de Forest
Pacific
Yokohama
New York Sun
United States
California
Commodore Perry
Judge Bingham
Orst
Saionji
House of Representatives
San Francisco
Boston
Presient
Roosevelt
Katsura
Japan Mail
Count Okuma
America
Jave
Glass House of C Parker Woodbury Planned at Beechhurst
Wall street financier C Parker Woodbury plans a $25,000 glass house in Beechhurst New York with five dozen windows and translucent tinted walls. Architect Albert Swasey drafts the design to maximize sunlight while preserving privacy and fireproofing.
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C. Parker Woodbury
Wall Street
Brooklyn
Beechhurst
N. Y
New York Herald
Albert Swasey
New York
Free Potatoes In Indian Territory
William Gulager of Muskogee Indian Territory reports a twenty acre potato field near town as the first crop is marketed per the Kansas City Star. He expects $81 per acre from the twenty acres and a second crop to net about $50 per acre. Volunteers grow along roads and fence corners allowing anyone to dig for their own use.
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Indian Territory
William Gulager
Muskogee
I. T
Kansas City Star
Jersey City Plans World’s Largest Playground
Jersey City will host the largest playground in the world covering sixty nine acres tests. The project, six times the size of the Ath ens stadium and larger than the Prospect park parade ground, includes an immense swimming pool recreation piers refectories a broad esplanade baseball fields golf links tennis courts and cricket grounds.
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Jersey City
Athens
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Chicago Tribune
Legislator Snyder Receives Thousands of Neckties
The Philadelphia Record notes representative Snyder of Schuylkill Pa fathered the bill raising the minimum schoolteacher salary to $40. Teachers across Pennsylvania have sent neckties as gratitude, totaling about 2000 neckties received since the legislature adjourned.
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Snyder
Schuylkill
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Record
Dollar for Every Girl Baby Promised by Local Landowner
Boss Silvers, Madison county NL's largest landowner near East Alton Illinois, offers a dollar for each girl baby born in Wood River township. He says he loves girl babies and believes more are needed on local farms despite not being involved in love affairs.
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Silvers
Madison County
Alton
Ill
Mayer Beall
Stork
Wood River Township
Chicago Record-Herald
Scarecrow Writ: Dual Crows Rise From Dress Skirts
Mrs John Rugger of Shohola Glen New York created two scare crows from old dress skirts after failing to find her husband pants to use. A Port Jervis dispatch notes Rugger later found thirteen young crows in the stuffed dresses, claiming a scare crow must be bifurcated to be efficient.
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John Rugger
Shohola Glen
N. Y
Port Jervis
New York
Rugger
Short Stories and Profiles From a Bygone Era
A collage of literary notes and bios features Robert Hichens and multiple figures. It covers Hichens’s works and aims, Dr Anita Newcomb McGee’s Russo Japanese War honors, Charles Stewart Smith’s NY transit role, Mrs Dwight L Moody, F A Busse Chicago mayor, Viereck’s claimed imperial kinship, and anecdotes on Andre Autard and W B Easterly with brief recollections on labor conflicts and public figures.
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Japan
United States
Anita Newcomb McGee
Imperial Order of the Crown
McGee
America
Humor and Philosophy by Duncan M Smith
A humor essay reflecting on religiosity marriage wealth happiness and aging with wry lines about perception and social norms. It suggests practical jokes and clever observations rather than solemn moralizing. The piece riffs on headlines fashion and daily life with light sarcasm.
Do you know the nature of an oath
A terse exchange recalls family maritime roots with a canal boat memory. The speaker, quoting a father who served as first mate, hints at a disciplined life shaped by duties and vows.
Inference of Noticing and Compliments
A dialogue snippet shows one speaker praising another as a man of rare good judgment. The other responds with skepticism and uncertainty about recalling such judgments. The exchange hints at social dynamics of flattery and memory.
Stranger Returns Lost Dog in Vague Exchange
A passerby questions a dog owner about a missing pet, noting many dogs pass by. The owner retorts that none resemble his dog, prompting a humorous standoff as the pair exchanges blunt replies.
Fishing Weather Blues
Poem notes reluctance to fish yet resolves to go bass fishing despite weather. The speaker longs for a fishing day, finds rod and line, and aims for a mess of bass even as feet and hands resist travel.
John Smith and the Exposition at Jamestown
A playful verse extols John Smith as a hero known from many directories and recalls his role in a Jamestown exposition. It questions how history might have unfolded without his supposed early efforts.
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John Smith
Jamestown
United States
Just Like a Man Dialogue Sparks Debate
Quotation captures a wry exchange on duty and desire. The speaker asks about a man’s first duty and receives the blunt reply that it's to please himself, followed by a similar claim about his wife. The line reflects themes of autonomy and social expectations in intimate roles.
Feast for Him and the Prodigal Returns Home
A parable of a modern prodigal who returns after eating husks. The father, mother, and brother react with feigned hospitality and humor as the family debates the fatted calf and a few groceries, revealing strains of domestic life.
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Mary Ann
American Museum Pursues Missing Horse Link in Evolution
An American Museum of Natural History expedition has arrived in South Dakota to locate the parahippus, a key ancestor between mesohippus and protohippus. Led by Albert Thomson with three assistants, the four month search focuses on lower Miocene outcrops southeast of the Black Hills as scientists seek to complete the equine family’s fossil record.
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American Museum
American Museum of Natural History
South Dakota
New York Herald
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Albert Thomson
Black Hills
Cope
Marsh
Osborn
United States
North America
Bering Strait
Moorish Civilization Drawn In Striking Contrast
A National Review writer praises Moorish civilization as self sufficient with grand houses luxury horses servants and leisure. He notes beautiful architecture unique literature though he calls it bigoted and restricted.
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National Review
The Roman Penny Value in Early Coinage
The Roman penny was valued at about 15 cents, noting its purchasing power and role in ancient commerce.
Tobacco Use in Great Britain Drives Market Growth
The United Kingdom stands as the top tobacco market worldwide with consumption in the British Isles rising 80 percent over fifteen years. A lone league campaigns to keep youths from smoking until age twenty one, while broader crusades are lacking.
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Great Britain
United Kingdom
British Isles
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W J McGee
Washington
Newnham College
Cambridge
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Red Cross
Kangoru Kantoku
Charles Stewart Smith
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Citizens’ Union Executive Committee
Seth Low
Mr. Smith
Connecticut
Exeter
N. H
Aaron Dickinson Woodruff
Trenton
Smith
8. B. Chittenden & Co
Smith, Hogg & Gardner
Dwight L. Moody
Mrs
F. A. Busse
Chicago
Mr. Busse
Jake
George Sylvester Viereck
William the Great
Kaiser William
College of the City of
Leonard Button Abbot
Viereck
George G. Viereck
Edwina Viereck
Berlin
Germany
Wilhelm
Louis Viereck
Kaiser
Andre Autard
John D. Rockefeller
Paris
Mr. Rockefeller
M. Autard
W. B. Easterly
Haywood
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Easterly
Orchard
Independence Depot
DR. M’gee
Smitil
By Duncan M. Smith
Horse History Quest
Electoral College
AD. Glackens
Sam
Board of Trustees
Bryan
Puck
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