Japanese Craftsmanship From Ivory To Pottery
A reflective essay contrasts Japanese workers and artisans from ivory carvers to potters, noting patience in single tasks, the imagination of carvers, and the solitary life of a craftsman. It traces ivory flaws guiding design, describes pottery uses from sacred white ware to red and black vessels, and remarks on gender roles and cross-cultural market pressures.
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Japan
Moody
Alaska
Arta
China
Department of Ceramion
Topeka Flood Lays Main Street Under Water. Trains Idle
North Topeka faces record flood with 26.9 feet measured and crest seen around 28 feet. Boat patrols evacuate residents as Union Pacific and Rock Island lines flood. Kansas River rise threatens water works and homes. rail service halted toward Lawrence and Silver Lake. panic and moving of belongings reported.
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Topeka
Union Pacific
Soldier Creek
Kansay Avenue
Union Pacific Tle
Kansas
Government Weather Bureau
City Water Works
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Lawrence
Silver Lake
Five Months In Hospital Ends With Cure Claim
Lavi P. Brockway of Anoka Mina says after five months in a hospital she was told incurable and given six months to live. She reports heart trouble smothering spells and periods of unconsciousness. Brockway credits Dean's Kidney Pills for improvement and recovery. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Lavi P. Brockway
Second Ave
Anoka
Mina
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Sixtieth Congress Ends First Session
The Sixtieth Congress closes its first session after approving an emergency currency measure and a handful of appropriations. Record bills were introduced, with totals reaching over 20,000 in the two chambers, and roll calls numbering above 200 amid a flurry of activity and filibuster-related delays.
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Ashington
Congress
Cannon
Treasury
House
Washington
Senate
John Sharp Williams
Wilcome
Mistake Gives Western States Higher Forest Income
Washington reports inadvertent action grants Western states twenty five percent of forest reserve revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30 1908 instead of ten percent as set by the agricultural appropriation act. The rise stems from an amendment debated in the Senate advocated by Idaho Colorado Montana and Wyoming senators during a forest service policy clash. With expected receipts near two million dollars the Western states gain about five hundred thousand dollars for schools and road improvements rather than two hundred thousand.
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Washington
Forest Service
Heyburn
Idaho
Teller
Colorado
Carter
Montana
Clark
Wyoming
Senate
Diplomatic Tennis Session Interfered by Bryce Incident
Ambassadors Bryce of Great Britain and Jusserand of France caused a staged White House tennis session disruption after Bryce visited the State Department during a treaty discussion. President Roosevelt and officials overruled absence notices as a three handed game formed while Garfield was sought to complete the net. Bryce apologized for unintentional interference and hoped it would not create a rift between Britain and France.
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Bryce
Great Britain
Roosevelt
M. Jusserand
France
White House
Jusserand
Gen. Cooley
Cooley
Kansas City Flood Rises on Kaw and Missouri Rivers
The Missouri and Kaw rivers continue to rise here adding more than an inch in places. The crest will pass Wednesday with lowlands submerged but no damage reported. Bridges remain safe despite driftwood. Kaw river banks exceed 1903 levels and packing houses in Kaw bottoms move basements to upper floors.
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Kansas City
Kaw
Heir to Mexican Throne Becomes a Monk
Prince Iturbide a grandson of the nation’s liberator renounces throne claims and joins the Third Order of St. Francis. After a life in Europe and North America he says he will not attempt to reclaim the Mexican crown.
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Rince Augustine DE Iturbide
Mexico
Jeunesse Doree
Third Order of St. Francis
Land of the Cactus
Maximilian
Iturbide
Prince Iturbide
Emperor Iturbide
New Spain
Europe
Washington
Philadelphia
No Freight Rate Increase, Washington
News notes that there will be no general rise in freight rates in the near term. A New York meeting of railroad presidents and operating officials concluded such an increase would be undesirable or impracticable, with autumn not expected to bring any significant changes.
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Washington
New York
Nebraska Flood Disrupts Rail Lines Across Plains
Flood conditions persist in southern Nebraska with the worst believed past. The Burlington Atchison line faces washouts near Pulo and the Salem branch is damaged. Union Pacific trains are delayed between Bestrice and Manhattan Kansas.
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Lincoln
Neh
Nebraska
Burlington
Atchison
Pulo
Salem
Union Pacific
Bestrice
Manhattan
Kansas
Early Available Coal to Last 150 Years
The Roosevelts era inquiry by the Geological Survey estimates U.S. coal resources at about two trillion tons. At current consumption growth, early available coal could be exhausted before mid next century. The map highlights a western lignite belt comprising about one fifth of coal bearing areas.
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United States
Roosevelt
Geological Survey
George Otis Smith
New Jersey Governor Delivers Speech at Hy Park Reformed Service
Governor Fort of New Jersey spoke at a smoking service held by the Hy Park Reformed Church in New Jersey on Sunday. The event drew more than 600 attendees despite unclear details in the report.
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New Jersey
New York
Governor Fort
Hy Park Reformed Church
Range
Dad and His Memory
A father vents frustration at his son's forgetfulness about election figures. Mrs. Harding eyes cast, she asks what was forgotten and the father laments a lapsing memory. The anecdote reflects a domestic scene of memory and humor in a 19th century tone.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim Ad
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for proof of a catarrh cure. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy taken internally, claiming it acts on blood and tissues to heal symptoms. The ad lists testimonials and urges readers to contact F J Ovey & Co in Toledo Ohio.
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P Bai
Hall
Social burglary blamed on young De Peyster chaperon
A witty remark accuses Jim De Peyster of aiding a social climb by guiding rich newcomers into society. The exchange frames him as a social burglar who assists parvenus to break into elite circles.
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Jim de Peyster
Parvenus
Jimmy
Life of a Woman in Three Epochs Excerpt
The text outlines the three stages of a woman's life from youth to regret, noting dreams of love in the first stage, experiences in the second, and remorse in the third. The fragment references Saint-Prosper and discusses themes of love and memory.
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Dhecharged
Bacon
Ambassador Bryce
State Department
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Ubelding
Oal
Dad
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