Roundhouse Nurseries for Engines and a Fox Venture in Alaska
In Indianapolis roundhouses engines receive meticulous grooming as female personas, with care from hostlers focused on rest and polish. A Fox company in Alaska led by A A Reeves plans leasing a 800 acre island to house tame blue foxes, with a harvest soon and hides valued at 30 to 35 dollars. John Souci of Westhope joins the effort as Reeves prepares to travel to Alaska.
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Indianapolis
Roundhouse
Panhandle
Indianapolis News
St. Paul
Hound Island
Cake
Alaska
A. A. Reeves
Wuclid Avenue
Reeves
Fox
Westhope
N. C
Westhope Fox Company
John Souci
Motor ventures cross Australia desert by car and bike
A motor car trip from Adelaide to Port Darwin across central Australia completes the route through uninhabited desert in about forty days. Francis Birtles travels the opposite coast to coast by bicycle in roughly the same time, covering 2000 miles with about 300 miles of walking, after two years exploring remote regions.
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Honolulu
Adelaide
Australia
Port Darwin
Francis Birtles
Tion
Birtles
Properly Indignant
A man seeking a railroad job complains of being undervalued by his current employer after one year without a raise. He notes writing a 1000 page novel and receiving a rejection from an English publisher due to inexperience, claiming his San Francisco and Burlingame ties prove his innocence.
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England
San Francisco
Burlingame
Canine Fundraisers Tour Rail Towns for Orphans
A railroader extols dog canvassers hired to fund a railroad orphans' fund in western towns. Collies top the list of breeds, followed by Newfoundlands and bulldogs, while fox terriers fail. Dogs promenade on platforms with money boxes, collecting from millionaire passengers who find the sight amusing. One collie reportedly raised nearly $200 during holidays. each dog thanks contributors with a bark and paw shake.
His Little Dig Fort vs Fortress Joke
A light quip contrasts a fort and a fortress with a pun about silence. A husband delivers the joke to amuse at a domestic moment and highlight the stronger fortress as harder to silence.
Taylor Copes in New York Over Property Dispute
In New York Supreme Court Judge Gerard heard Talbot J. Taylor seek continuance of a preliminary injunction to stop Mrs. Taylor from selling by public auction the Cedarhurst and Thomasville properties and Cedarhurst contents. The judge denied the application and dissolved the injunction, noting Cedarhurst built years earlier and furnished with European art and statuary at great expense.
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Gerard
Supreme Court
New York
Talbot J. Taylor
James R. Keene
Thomasville
Cedarhurst
Cedarhurst House
Taylor
Europe
Unnecessary Noises at the Concert Hailed by Audience
A comic scene unfolds as a child asks why the conductor strikes the air with his baton while a soprano sings. The mother hushes the boy, insisting there is no hitting, only the orchestra keeping tempo, amid a hushed, amused crowd.
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Johnny
Explosion in the Sanctum at St Louis Republic
In the St Louis Republic office, an explosion was heard nearby and a top reporter investigated. The city editor quizzed him and the reporter coolly replied it was nothing more than a Globe Democrat reporter falling down on an assignment.
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St. Louis Republic
Globe-Democrat
Psychology of Bigotry and Despotisms
The piece argues that bigots in science and religion share a lack of natural rigor and submit to despotism. It suggests personal bias governs belief, and notes that couples often struggle to agree on dates years later.
Harvard’s Next President Emerges In Lowell Portrait
The profile of Prof A Lawrence Lowell shows three roles at once at Harvard: a Back Bay social figure at home, a capitalist at the Exchange Building, and a leading professor of government in the new lecture hall. His lineage, from the Lawrence and Lowell families, marks him as a lifelong Harvard man with six generations of association.
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A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Marlboro Street
Boston
Back Bay
Exchange
Stock Exchange
August Lowell
Massachusetts Cotton Mills
Merrimack Mills
Massachusetts Mills
Georgia
Harvard Corporation
Lowell
United States
America
Lowells
Board of Fellows
Lawrence
Massachusetts
College
Newbury
Percival Lowell
Bristol
England
John Lowell
George Washington
Massachusetts District Court
Commonwealth
Ferrero
James Russell Lowell
John Amory Lowell
Abbott Lawrence
Augustus Lowell
Phi Beta Kappa
Barrel Organ for Church Music at Brightling
A barrel organ used since the early eighteenth century now serves Brightling church with a tone rivaling a pipe organ. It requires skill to play with six stops and dual action of hands and feet. Two music rolls hold twelve tunes of Easter hymns and voluntaries. The article then pivots to a nurse’s call for total unselfishness during duty.
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Brightling Church
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John Lowell, Jr
Thebes
Egypt
Lowell Institute
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