Lincoln Douglas Debates Mark Golden Anniversary in Illinois
Illinois Historical Society plans commemorations in Ottawa Freeport Jonesboro Charleston Galesburg Quincy and Alton for the 1858 Lincoln Douglas debates. Granite markers and a pamphlet guide school programs while speakers including George Edmunds W H Collins and Judge Edmunds highlight personal reminiscences and 1888 campaign songs.
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Ilinois
Illinois Historical Society
Ottawa
Freeport
Jonesboro
Charleston
Galesburg
Quincy
Alton
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Melrose Township
Adams County
Washington Square
J. B. Shango
Joseph Robbins
George M. James
Historical Society of
Illinois State Historical Library
F. G. Blair
Public Instruction
William E. Mason
George Edmund Foss
J. Hamilton Lewis
Samue Aischuler
United States
Douglas
Supreme Court
Douglas and Breckinridge
Coles County
Knox College
Lincoln-Douglas
Lincoln-Douglas Semicentennial Society
Las
George Edmunds
Carthage
Hancock County
Ill
Lincoln
Edmunds
W. H. Collins
Quincey
Grints
City Hall
Taft Recalled as Unitarian Fairy by Former Cincinnati Pastor
The Rev. George A. Thayer recalls William H. Taft as a Unitarian during his Cincinnati youth. Taft’s father Alphonso and Mrs Taft were Unitarians and Taft once played a fairy weighing about 175 pounds in a Unity club production.
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William H. Taft
Taft
First Congregational Unitarian Church of
Cincinnati
George A. Thayer
Thayer
Will Taft
Alphonso Taft
Wil
Will
Baronet Cave-Brown-Cave Pranked Over Name Demand
A joke tale from Montreal recounts cave Brown Cave, a new baronet, insisting on being called by his full name at dinner. Landlady offers beef or mutton. he declines politely as Cave-Brown-Cave. An English guest answers as Holme Sweet Folme, provoking lasting enmity with Cave-Brown-Cave.
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Cave-Brown-Cave
America
Montreal
Leonard Holme
Hulme
Cambridge
Holme
Folme
Hazing Plan Urged At West Point Against Upperclass
War department officers suggest ending hazing at West Point by forcing upperclassmen to endure the same humiliations imposed on freshmen. Colonel Scott, the academy commander, weighs the plan as a quicker cure than congressional action, imagining a dignified senior forced to fetch ants or stand on one leg.
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West Point
War Department
Washington
Scott
Academy
Congress
Alexander the Great
No Partridge Shooting In Ontario This Year
A notice from Toronto states that hunting, taking or killing grouse or partridge is prohibited in Ontario until September 15, 1909. Sportsmen largely support the ban, fearing the birds face extinction.
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Ontario
Canada
Loveday
Toronto
Fire swept Fernie wealth, author recalls Northwest disaster
W A Frazer, an author familiar with Crow's Nest country in British Columbia, calls Fernie the Northwest's worst fire. He notes $2,000,000 in Fernie property loss, coal mine disruption, and high fortunes of Hill, Jaffray, and Van Horne linked to Fernie mining. He details the fire's rapid spread through resinous timber and the towns nearby.
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Crow’s Nest
W. A. Frazer
Northwest
New York
British Columbia
Fernie
Cove Creek
Hosmer
New York Times
James J. Hill
Butte
North Country
Montana
Idaho
Colorado
Hill
Great Northern
Dr. Selwyn
Geological Survey
Fernielay
Selwyn
Robert Jaffray
Toronto
William van Horne
Canadian Pacific
Jaffray
Sir William
Astronomical Clock At New York Museum Displays Earth and Sun Motion
A new astronomical clock at the American Museum of Natural History in New York demonstrates the earth’s daily rotation and its solar orbit. Designed by Dr. Herman Co. Bumpus, the four foot earth globe and ten foot sun stereopticon show seasonal changes, with a back shadow indicating the meridian of New York. W. H. Beers built the mechanism, powered by a Howard clock shaft, producing precise time readings.
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American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Herman Co. Bumpus
New York
W. H. Beers
False Teeth for a Horse
Hector the horse, believed to be the United States' oldest, will receive a full set of gold teeth as a birthday gift. Fred Durell's Kane county stable owner recalls Hector running a mile in 2 85 as a four-year-old in 1874. The Duzell family dentist will craft the teeth. the aged campaigner has lived on soft mash for months and once won a trotting match at fifteen.
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United States
Hector
Fred Durell
Kane County
Bloomington
Ill
Durell
Duzell
Goulds and Goulding Brothers in New York Society
A column profiles rising and established families, focusing on Jay Gould and Kingdon Goulds. It notes social missteps and recovery, a private tutoring tour in mining regions, and a famous family’s domestic and social intrigues. Also mentions Dr Lyman Abbott and Dr Mary Crawford in public life.
Posies for veteran policeman in Waterbury
A veiled woman has been presenting veteran Waterbury policeman Maurice Noonan with flowers for his lapel. He recently received a bouquet he had to gift to friends amid blushes. Noonan is popular and was assigned midday street crossing duty amid large crowds. He has the department's best rough and tumble fighting record.
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Sone
Maurice Noonan
Waterbury
Conn
Noonan
Words From the Army Mule Poem Satirizes Motors
A Denver Republic poem reports that the army mule defends its role despite the car’s rise, noting that horsepower and humor persist on the hill lines of war. The verse mocks automotive arrogance while praising the mule as motive power under fire.
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War Department
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Gould
Jay Gould
Frank Gould
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Abbott
Osler
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Williamsburg Hospital
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Williamsburg
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Tammany Hall
Denver
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Stuyvesant
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