Wu Ting Fang Advocates Street Car Etiquette For Women
Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang urged New York Chinese to yield seats to women on street cars and embrace American courtesy. He spoke at a Chinatown mass meeting supporting the Confucian association planning a $100,000 complex with libraries and baths. He endorsed good American customs and praised wives advice while condemning whisky and brandy drinking.
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New York City
Wu Ting Fang
United States
China
Chinatown
New York
Confucian Association
Young Men's Christian Association
Strawberry Edith dish delights Knickerbocker guests
Maitre L Escoffier, famed chef, unveiled a new gastr onomic creation titled the strawberry Edith. Fresh strawberries rolled in vanilla sugar and curacao maraschino were served in a Meiba dish with whipped cream and violet leaves, priced at 85 cents.
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New York
Europe
Maitre L Escoffier
William
James B. Regan
Knickerbocker Hotel
Regan
Maitre Escoffier
California Alligator Farm Opens in East Los Angeles
About one thousand alligators ranging from pencil to monster size arrived in Los Angeles from southwestern Louisiana and were released in a new gator farm in east Los Angeles. They traveled in a specially arranged Southern Pacific freight car as demand for alligator leather grows for pocketbooks and handbags.
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California
Los Angeles
Louisiana
Southern Pacific
Dresden Porcelain Anniversary Exhibition Next January
The two hundredth anniversary of discovering the secret for making Ward or Kaolinic porcelain the Dresden and Meissen wares will be celebrated in Dresden in January with a grand exhibition. It will display the historic development of porcelain making in Saxony and other nations including France England Prussia and Denmark.
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Dresden
Saxony
France
England
Prussia
Denmark
Chicago Women to Wear Sandals This Summer
Nearly a thousand Chicago women are expected to wear sandals this summer as Chicago shoe dealers forecast. One firm has stocked hundreds of pairs in adult and children's sizes. The city’s women are said to need no physical culture club to feel confident about going sandal clad.
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Chicago
Back in five minutes sign on Wall Street door
An optimistic Wall Street broker posted Back in five minutes on his office door. A gloomy cynic replied What for underscoring the street’s mood about delays and the uncertain market.
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Wall Street
New York
Awakening of Chinese Women in Language Contests
Wives and daughters of Chinese noblemen compete to learn foreign languages fastest and hold tea parties to compare progress, reflecting social shifts and scholarly pursuits among elites.
Numerous incidents across cities reported in brief
The June 5 roundup lists Andrew Kane’s arrest in Pittsburg for attempting to assault schoolgirls, a National Municipal League convention in Pittsburg November, and police actions in Cleveland Cincinnati and beyond. Other items note mine resumption in Washington Pa and job figures, graduations in Jenkintown, suicides, drownings, horsewhippings, political appointments, and assorted local incidents.
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Philadelphia
National Municipal League
Pittsburg
Leader Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Seen as Trusted Public Figure
Tribute to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the late British prime minister, recounts his popularity as "C-B" in Parliament. It notes his patience under opposition, the shift to leadership, his landmark cabinet choices with Lloyd George and John Burns, and his steadfast public service until his death in London.
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Henry W. Lucy
Toby M. P
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
London
England
House of Representatives
Joe
Palmerston
House of Commons
Treasury
Balfour
Mr. Chamberlain
Asquith
C-B
Gladstone
House of Lords
Liberal Party
Mr. Lloyd-George
Chamberlain
John Burns
Trafalgar Square
Lloyd-George
Board of Trade
Liesd-George
Campbell-Bannerman
Assembly
Henry Campbel-Bannerman
New York Tribune
New Umbrella Handle Fad Shows Pet Themed Designs
Fashionable circles embrace umbrella and parasol handles carved to resemble pets. Bulldogs lead demand with ivory heads, set with gems for eyes. jewelers offer likenesses of cats horses parrots and canaries.
Philippine Teaching Mission Seeks 250 US Recruits
Frank R. White of the government public school service in the Philippines travels to Washington to recruit about 250 men and women to become teachers in the islands. He will interview with the Insular Bureau and the civil service commission and aims for many young men. Pay ranges from 900 to 1500 dollars annually. White, a six year veteran of Philippine schools, plans to escort the group to the islands and place them in duties, preferring male teachers but hoping for a balanced mix of sexes.
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Frank R. White
Philippines
United States
White
Washington
Insular Bureau
Warg Department
Civil Service Commission
Ban on The Merry Widow Hats Stirs Kansas City Church
Rev Anton Kuhils of St Marys Catholic Church in Kansas City Kansas bans The Merry Widow hats with two foot brims. He says such hats are out of place with the crucifix and will be removed if worn to services.
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Anton Kuhils
St. Mary's
Timber output in Maine Seen Near Record Heights
Maine timber production last winter reached about 900 million feet and indications show this year will nearly match that level. Labor shortages hindered operations to a large degree.
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Maine
Commanders Confer Kentucky Guardsmen Cooperate
Adjutant Generals Critchfield and Williams met in Berlin Kentucky to align on night rider cases. A farmer’s confession names five Kentuckians linked to Bonds Ferry arson and may prompt extradition. Ohio troops failed to arrest suspects under fire marshal subpoenas. Kentucky will cooperate with Ohio in pursuing the night riders.
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Kentucky
Ripiey
Critchfield
Berlin
Williams
Ambrose
Bonds Ferry
Ohio
Critchfield and
Royal Bedworth 47447 A Chestnut Trotter for Sale
Royal Bedworth 47447 is a four year old chestnut sorrel trotter standing 16 hands high with a neat head and ear. He is sound and pure gaited with strong shoulders back and quarters and is ready for fast training after a light fall season. Sire Bedworth 2:22.5 has produced Bedworth Jr 2:06 and 9 others. dam Endfieldess is a noted brood mare with W C T progeny. Royal Bedworth is a full brother to Bedworth Boy 2:18 and King Bedworth trial 2:14 4. Send for full pedigree.
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Bedworth
Bedworth, Jr
American Clay
Royal Bedworth
King Bedworth
Royal Bedworth to Open 1908 Season at Cox Barn
Royal Bedworth will start the 1908 season at the barn of W. A. Cox in Winterset. O. Service Fee $10 BE. E. Brown Flushing and W. A. Cox, Winterset, Ohio, are listed as owners.
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Royal Bedworth
W. A. Cox
BE. E. Brown Flushing O
Winterset, Ohio
Legal Notice of Parsonage Property Sale Winterset Ohio
Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Property of Winterset Ohio filed May 29 1908 in Guernsey County Court of Common Pleas case 8921 seeking court approval to sell the premises described as part of the Southwest Quarter Section 14 Township 3 Range 1 Madison Township for cash. The buildings are old and no longer serve the parsonage’s purpose.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Winterset
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
Guernsey County
Madison Township
Reuben Tetrick
Parsonage Property Sale Sought for Church
The church seeks to sell its current parsonage and invest the proceeds in a better property. An order authorizing the sale is requested, with publication noting that all interested parties must answer by July 18, 1908. If no response is received, an order will be granted.
Notice of Probate Sale of Amelia Charnock Estate
J H McClenahan administrator files petition in Juernsey Ohio Probate Court seeking sale of real estate in Missouri to pay debts. He alleges insufficient personal estate and requests sale free from dower. Andrew Tolbert Isaiah Tolbert and Amelia Charnock heirs are named defendants and must answer by July 25 1908.
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Andrew Tolbert
Fairplay
Missouri
Isaiah Tolbert
Bolivar
Polk County
Amelia Charnock
J. H. McClenahan
Juernsey
Ohio
William Yarnell Notified in Guernsey Divorce Case
Madeline Yarnell files in Court of Common Pleas Guernsey County Ohio for divorce on grounds of drunkenness and extreme cruelty. Case number 8919. William Yarnell must answer by July 16, 1908 or judgment by default. Wells & Carnes, Attorneys. June 4-6.
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William Yarnell
Madeline Yarnell
Court of Common Pleas
Guernsey County
Ohio
Wells & Carnes
Memory rules confound readers in a puzzling note
A concise remark on how memory systems frustrate users who fail to remember the governing guidelines. The line highlights the perennial challenge of recalling rules that govern information retention.
A Christmas Gift Given as an Obligation
A statement notes that a gift given as an obligation carries no accompanying assets or value. The idea echoes that compulsory gifts lack reciprocal benefit and material consequence.
Sunday Proverb on Proper Use of Sundays
A reflective note asserts that daily life improves when one uses Sundays well and purposefully, implying moral or spiritual benefit from Sunday observance.
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Escoffier
Tri-State News
Andrew Kane
Cleveland
Johnson
Big Four
Washington, Pa
Dunkirk
Acme
Pigeon Creek Valley
Jenkintown, Pa
Helen Leswing
Jenkintown High School
Martin Leary
Pottstown
Leroy Weilling
Pottsville, Pa
Augustus White
Hester Frantz
St. Clair
Columbus
Harris
W. G. Rodgers
Cleveland State Fire Marshal
D.S. Creamer
Rodgers
Ohio Department
Defiance
Joseph Mikulec
Parkersburg
W. Va
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James M
H. A. Roberts
Leachtown
Lawrence Bartley
Toledo
Speilbousch
McDonnall
Harrisburg
Maud Anderson
Somerset
I. Presley Sipe
H. L. Sipe
Farmers National Bank
Paris
Greene County
William Gordon
Steubenville
Wheeling
Charles Cook
Jarla Zane Cook
Joe Weight
Charles Bennett
New Kensignton
Weight
Meadville
Robert S. Breed
Allegheny College
Meadville Traction Company
Butler
Jackson Township
Wren
Martins Ferry Barrel Works
State Railroad Commission
James C. Watson
Williamsport
R. A. Haderman
Bedford
Verda S. Johnson
Erie
Arthur R. Anwyll
John G. Hopwood
Uniontown
Henry
Chance
Bars
Merry Widow
Alex
Allie Wilkes
Allie Wood
M. L. Bonnell
Jacob Wirick
ED. Warne
Wesley McCulley
H. H. Masters
S. M. Johnson
Buffalo
Twin Flyers of the
Lakes
Cleveland & Buffalo Transit CO
Erman
Gen. Pass
Jeffersonian
Ohio Farmer
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World
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Cambridge, O
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