Dallas Wainwright Attends Borough Meeting Amid Romance
Dallas Wainwright, engaged to Mr Gibbs, accompanies Perry and Phelan toward an aldermanic meeting as borough stock and a contentious bill loom. Bennet and Gibbs clash with city bosses about seating and security as police prepare for potential trouble.
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Worrigan
Dallas Wainwright
Perry
Phelan
Wainwright
Horrigan
Dallas
Alwyn
Mr. Gibbs
Lnd
Cynthia
Bennett
Sable
Uncle Tom
Daling
Herelf
Borough
Gibbs
Wiliams
Williams
Miss Wainwright
Prohibition Convention Debate Smears Woman Suffrage
Temporary Chairman Peake opens the Ohio Prohibition convention narrowing its platform to prohibition. He attacks woman suffrage arguing women drink more and cites markets in Colorado Idaho Utah Wyoming. Delegates include bearded men and several women alternates. The meeting honors America with prayers and songs as St John’s supporters vote tallies.
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Columbus
Peake
Colorado
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
George B Cox
Cincinnati
America
W. F. McCauley
J. W. Holton
Oberlin
John P. St. John
Daniel A. Poling
McCauley
J. W Rice
Wellsville
Philosopher Defined as Man Who Breathes Ideas
Quote from Chicago Tribune describes a philosopher as a man who can eat sawdust and imagine it ice cream, illustrating humor about intellect as taste and imagination.
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Chicago Tribune
Railway to the top of the Matterhorn proposed in four years
The Boston Transcript reports plans to build a $1,250,000 railway to the Matterhorn summit within about four years. It would feature tunnels, a high altitude terminus, and even a compressed oxygen chamber for travelers. Critics warn climbers lose the peak’s solitary challenge while supporters see access for many unable to climb.
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Beon
Matterhorn
Whymper
Lord
Douglas
Ruskin
Boston Transcript
Notable Radium Holdings and Early Scientific Extractions
The article lists researchers owning radium totaling 185 milligrams in pure form and estimates a larger amount in general use. It notes scientists hold more than the commercial supply, and mentions Oxner and Wien extracting three grams from Joachimstal pitchblende worth about $80,000. One gram will be sent to Sir William Ramsay for emanation studies.
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Mme. Quine
Bordas
M. Becquerel
William Ramsay
William Crookes
d'Arsonyval
Thomas A. Ee
Oxner and
Wien
Sir William Ramsay
Scientific American
Rome Becomes a Seaport as Tiber Dredging Planned
A British consul reports Rome is set to become a seaport via dredging the Tiber to admit ordinary steamers up to Fiumicino. The royal commission backs the Italian plan, with entrance works at the river mouth and cargo transfers no longer needing Civita Vecchia.
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Rome
Manchester
Royal Commission
Italian Board of Works
Tiber
Fiumicino
Civita Vecchia
The Great Little Pin Surges In U S Production
The census bureau reports that US pin output in 1907 reached 133 million gross for pins. This amounts to 19 billion individual pins, listing 225 pins per person. The figures cover common pins and exclude hairpins safety pins and imports.
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Census Bureau
United States
America
Last one horse tram car in London in Bermondsey
Bermondsey bears the distinction of London’s last one horse tram car on the Old Kent road to S J James Church route. The pantomimic, low vehicle runs back and forth all day attracting sight seers, with a fare of one halfpenny.
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Lorsson
Bermondsey
London
Old Kent Road
S J James’ Church
Milton’s Cottage Remains From Milton Year Birth Tercentenary
In Chalfont St. Giles the cottage where John Milton lived during London plague of 1665 survives as the sole remaining house associated with him. The note marks the year of his birth tercentenary and highlights this enduring historic site.
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Milton
Chalfont St. Giles
London
Anointing of David Begins the Lord's Choice
A 1908 devotional notes how Samuel rejects Saul and, guided by God, anoints David as the new king. It stresses that God sees the heart, not outward appearance, and that faithful obedience and readiness in humble roles prepare one for divine calling. The Spirit rests on David from that day.
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American Préta
Samuel
Saul
Jesson
Israel
Sail
Levi
Malil
David
Jacob
John
Judah
Hagar
Matt. Yi
Ramael
Baal
Jesse
Hiab
Paul
John vi
Mother
Kidney remedies praised for Carey Ohio wife
Local ad extols Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble, backache, and related symptoms. Testimony from John Weisbaker of Carey Ohio claims his wife regained health after using the product bought at The New Pharmacy. Sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, 60 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Brigtt
Dean
Ile Carey
John Weisbaker
High St. Carey
Ohio
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Bride to Be Splits on Husband Title Mailings
In a Philadelphia Press excerpt a bride to be plans wedding notices and debates how to address invitations. She jokes that she is the boss and must decide whether to send invitations to Mr. and Mrs. Hunter or to Mrs. and Mr. Huntress.
Dean's Ointment Promises Skin Relief Stuff
Soothes itching skin and heals cuts or burns without a scar. Claims to cure piles eczema and salt rheum. Sold by druggists.
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Dean
Lemmon Shirk Plants Eight Thousand Locust Trees in Oregon Farm
Lemon Shirk of Oregon Lancaster county planted a locust grove with 8 000 trees on a farm near the area. About 35 acres are covered with the trees due to strong demand for locust wood for fencing and other uses and its scarcity being a major motive.
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Lemon Shirk
Oregon
Lancaster County
Cheapest accident insurance Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
An advertisement touts Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as a cheap accident insurance claiming to stop pain and heal wounds. It offers the product through generic druggist sources and markets relief with broad assurance.
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Thomas
Telephone Etiquette to Improve Service Standards
The National Telephone Journal argues that if users treat phone conversations with the same courtesy and common sense as in face to face talks, telephone service quality would rise noticeably. This call to civility emphasizes etiquette as a factor in improving communications.
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National Telephone Journal
Foley’s Oriune Laxative Ad PROMOTES Gentle Stimulation
An advertisement for Foley's Oriune Laxative claims it stimulates without irritation and is the best laxative with a money back guarantee. Sold by J. D. Ewing.
Phonograph Sermons Arrive From Chicago Ministers
Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago joins several Unitarian ministers in arranging phonograph records of their sermons for use during summer vacations. The plan allows parishioners to hear sermons while pastors are away.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Chicago
Unitarian
Bears the Kind You Have Always Bought Mystery Text
Fragmentary OCR text appears to discuss a familiar quote about what one has always bought and a sentiment on punishment. The passage references OA BRITO and Bignatore Cotta with unclear surrounding context and a quote about punishments and a mother’s frown.
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OA Brito
Burdock Blood Bitters Promotes Digestion
Advert explains burdock blood bitters as a tonic that tones the liver and stomach, supports digestion, and purifies the blood, suggesting a remedy for languor, headaches, and stomach upset.
Survey on typhoid transmission in Pittsburg funded by Sage
A typhoid fever survey will be conducted in Pittsburg to determine transmission routes beyond domestic water supplies. The Russell Sage Foundation funds the study.
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Pittsburg
Russell Sage Fund
Learn to Love Me Harold Proposes in Courer Journal
In a Loujaville Cour ier Journal snippet, a young man asks if he can learn to love the maid. She eagerly replies that she could give lessons, implying a playful romance unfolds.
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Loujaville
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