Notable Gilded Age Figures in Brief Biographies
Harvard era magnates and statesmen appear in quick sketches. Hy FL Rogers of Standard Oil, Samuel Burns of Omaha with a hand embroidered Ireland map, Cornelius Vanderbilt with Clyde shipbuilders invited for a 1600 ton steam yacht, Senator Milton from Florida, Major General Lawton’s son Manley Lawton named second lieutenant, Frank Hitchcock a prolific writer and Taft campaign figure, Ernest Haeckel retiring at 75 to run a phylogenetic museum, J Pierpont Morgan and Waldorf Astor join the Golden West advisory committee in London with Burke’s peers and other notables on the panel.
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Hy FL Rogers
Standard Oil
Samuel Burns
Omaha
Ireland
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Clyde Shipbuilders
Milton
Florida
Manley, Lawton
Henry W. Lawton
San Mateo
Philippine Islands
Philippine Scouts
Frank 4. Hitchcock
Taft
Department of Agriculture
Ernest Heinrich Haeckel
University of Jena
Phylogenetic Museum
J. Pierpont Morgan
Waldorf Astor
Earlscourt
London
English Etchings Revealed in British Market Gardening Trends
English reporting notes over 88 000 acres used for market gardening in Britain and 1 640 600 dog licenses issued in England last year. It mentions workhouse inmates striking over lack of shaving and a London shop promising ghost restoration. A 4 000 000 dollar London hotel is contrasted with an excess of pricey hosteries likely to meet demand for a decade.
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Great Britain
Charle Dore
London
England
Trackless trolley plans and wireless signal device proposed in Ireland
An article notes that electric locomotives outpace steam for equal power and discusses a movement to install trackless trolley lines in Ireland from Donnybrook to Bray. Dr. F. H. Milliner invents a wireless messaging system between stations and locomotive cabs, claiming a range of 180 miles to reduce train accidents.
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Ireland
Donnybrook
Dublin
Bray
F. H. Milliner
Royal House Notes and Patented Cuff Links
The Royal Box reports Gustavus VI as Sweden's fifty seventh king. Crown Prince William of Germany and Prussia has invented and patented cuff links now registered at the imperial patent office. Sultan’s youngest son Mehmed Abid Effendi, born in Constantinople in 1905, is three years old and nineteenth in line. succession favors the sultan’s brother Mohamed Bechad Effendi as legal heir.
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Gustavus VI
Sweden
Wiliam
Germany
Prussia
Imperial Patent Office
Mehmed Abid Effendi
Constantinople
Mohammed Bechad Effend
Things Theatrical Ventures Preview Local Stage Moves
Playwright William J. Hurlburt writes In the Lions Den to be produced by Cohen Harris. First Chicago production of 4 Tittle Brother of the Rich slated for mid January. Adrienne Augarde, famed London actress, stars in Peggy Mahree with Joseph O Mara. Nance O Neil seeks James O Neil for Macbeth with O Neil as Lady Macbeth.
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William J. Hurlburt
Lions’ den
Cohan & Harris
Chicago
Adrienne Augarde
Joseph O'Mara
Peggy Mahree
London
Nance O’neil
James O'Neil
Space and Earth Core Facts Reported by German Scientist
The piece notes space temperature at 200 degrees below zero and describes calcium hardening and softening near 400 degrees C. It states the earth’s center is an iron core about 6000 miles across, separated from the crust by a plastic-like layer about 1000 miles thick.
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Space
Earth
Proverbs and German Italian Hebrew Serb prose
A collection of proverbs from multiple traditions. It includes German Italian Hebrew and Serbian sayings on complaint paths, secrets as prisoners, and profit from humble goods. Each proverb offers a compact moral or practical reflection.
Christmas Cider and Festive Frolics in a Queen City
A playful holiday vignette from Success Magazine sets scenes of steaming sleigh bells and mince pies. Icicles in the grate and distant turkeys evoke a merry, traditional Christmas ambiance.
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Success Magazine
Pineapple Debate Ends With Waiter’s Call
Two men argue whether a pineapple is a fruit or a vegetable in a restaurant. They defer to the waiter who, called by one man, declares the pineapple neither fruit nor vegetable.
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Harper’s Weekly
Santa Claus Speaks on Belief Affects Toy Giving
In a Chicago Post item, Old Santa Claus hushes shop noise and declares that boys who do not believe in him will miss toys and a Christmas tree. The editorial note frames belief as influencing holiday rewards.
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Santa Claus
Chicago Post
No title in Yonkers Statesman dialogue
A brief dialogue from Yonkers Statesman notes a character appearing disinterested while talking to himself. Egbert suggests he’s likely giving himself advice, highlighting self-conversation as a humorous observation.
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Bacon
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Fragmented Comic Verse Snacks From A Range Of Papers
A collage of quips and light verse from Cleveland Plain Dealer Washington Star Chicago Tribune and Puck. The snippets include weather witticisms about snow sun and slush a punch line about a manager and a gloomy author and a humorous poem about Jen who dreams she is a hen.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jen
Chicago Tribune
The Weather Prophet Casualty of a Stormy Forecast
The janitor notes a looming storm and mocks tenants as winter’s chill grows. A New York Telegram line frames a terse, sardonic take on collective discomfort amid upcoming weather.
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New York Telegram
Smith-So Young Swift Falls Into Trango Distress
Report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes Swift went on pleasure bent and overdid the thing. Jones adds he was on leisure but mishap occurred. incident details remain sketchy in the snippet.
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Smith
Swift
Gorn
Jones
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Beasts and compliments in playful city exchanges
A witty exchange features a woman calling a man a beast in jest as she invites him to her den and discusses laundry duties, with lines attributed to the Detroit Tribune and Baltimore American. The scene blends urban bravado with domestic tasks in a brisk, period voice.
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Detroit Tribune
Baltimore American
A War Relic
A maiden speaks of a ring as a relic from a bloodless conflict marking a canny moment in Chicago reporting. The line notes a M3 fist engagement framed as a historic token.
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Chicago News
Plausible Quote Attributed To A Young Talker
A remark attributed to a Kansas City Times editorial notes a young man who sought to do all the talking. The line suggests skepticism about claimed wisdom from youth and echoes a common siege of verbose rhetoric.
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Kansas City Times
The Bertillon Theory and a Flirt Idea
A witty exchange mocks a scientist's view of love as a disease with a joke about flirtation. The brief vignette contrasts irony with lighthearted banter between a young man and a fair maid.
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Cleveland Pican
Fair Maid
Boston Herald
Fragmentary quotes from multiple papers with garbled dialogue
A collage of stray lines from several newspapers including Minneapolis Journal Cleveland Leader Washington Herald and New York Sun. The fragmented remarks touch on fashion, performance, and social observations without a coherent single story or clear event.
Growth of Condensed Milk Through the Years
The article traces condensed milk production in the United States from 8 million pounds in 1870 to 12 million in 1880, 37 million in 1890, and 187 million in 1900, noting continued growth to the present time.
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United States
Japan to receive trout eggs from Colorado hatcheries
Superintendent W. T. Thompson of the Leadville hatchery secured 50,000 rainbow trout eggs for shipment to the imperial hatchery in Japan. The mikado has shown interest in fish culture and travels to America for supplies.
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Japan
Colorado
W. T. Thompson
Leadville
Imperial Hatchery
America
Vermont Students Win Right to Chew Gum All Day
Five girls in a Vermont public school were ordered to stop chewing gum but refused and were punished. Their fathers sued, and the court ruled that any student may chew gum all day if they choose, asserting a legal right within the school setting.
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Vermont
Tragic Household Request Revealed in Grim Note
A grim fragment reports a mother directing Uncle Ben the coachman to drown numerous kittens. The child Mary overheard the order and pleaded through tears for warmer water to ease the end.
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Mary
Uncle Ben
Ben
Coffins Used To Repair Walls At Essex Church
During restoration of West Thurrock church in Essex England workers uncovered walls repaired with stone coffins broken up for the work and a complete coffin over a thousand years old was found beneath the floor.
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West Thurrock
Essex
England
Martian Virtues of Opportunity Seizing
The quote extols vigilance in watching chance and boldness in pursuing it. It emphasizes tact, daring, force, and persistence as martial virtues guiding humans toward the fullest attainable success.
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Austin Phelps
The Value of Courtesy
The passage extols courtesy and kindness as greater than discretion. It defines courtesy as giving of oneself and asserts that generous givers master every situation, especially when visible in public.
Perfect Identification Proposal by Vienna Army Surgeon
Dr. Paul Prager, an army surgeon from Vienna, proposes molds of prisoners mouths as superior to fingerprints for identification, arguing the palate remains unchanged throughout life.
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Paul Prager
Vienna
French Bride Weds in Sackcloth Dress to Claim Legacy
In France a young woman married in a sackcloth wedding dress to secure a $25,000 legacy from an eccentric aunt. The dress, while fashionably cut, was made of coarse burlap material as a symbolic gesture to preserve the inheritance.
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France
Divorce in Japan Simplified to Seven Grounds
In Japan the divorce question has been simplified to seven possible grounds for a husband to divorce his wife. The first and leading reason is that he is no longer satisfied with her.
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Japan
Said by the Pessimist Portrait and Party Hint
A satirical line from the Chicago Record-Herald notes a pessimistic view of a resurrection hour as a stag party with women stopping for a final Marcel and losing their seat.
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Marcel
Chicago Record-Herald
Average Lifespans of Ships by Nation
The text notes that American ships have an average life of 18 years, British vessels 26 years, and Scandinavian boats about 30 years. It compares life spans across nations and highlights longer service among Scandinavian ships.
Women Laugh at Him Elopement Tale
A married man elopes with a less attractive partner, prompting social mockery and a claimed reward of virtue for the wife left behind. The vignette uses moral judgment to contrast appearances and fidelity.
Love and Hate and Jealousy Haunt a Shared House
A reflective line notes that love hate and jealousy share a home, yet only Love is named on the door, suggesting mixed emotions inhabit intimate life and loyalties. The quote by Michael Monahan frames how passion and envy coexist.
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Michael Monahan
Make-Believe Romance Questioned by Pocket Cigars Scene
A man who removes cigars from his pocket while sitting with his partner on the sofa is questioned about true affection, suggesting that mere show and charm do not prove love.
Blood travels and weathered wisdom from Italy
The piece muses on blood circulating seven miles per hour and 4 292 000 miles in a 70 year life. It notes pessimism as a curse, a barber’s quip about baldness, and how attire shapes mood in storms. It adds a brief Italian proverb about steering toward a port.
Richland Township Finance Board Seeks Proposals
The Richland Township Board of Finance will accept written proposals from Indiana banks and trust companies for receipt of public funds on deposit. Proposals due between 9 and 10 a.m. in Newtown, Fountain County. Bonds or collateral required. examiner reviews by State or U S officials. Board president B Carpenter and secretary T Martin sign.
Van Buren Township seeks bids for public lands deposit
The Van Buren Township Board of Finance in Fountain County Indiana invites written proposals from banks and trust companies for the receipt of public funds under the 1907 act creating a Board of Finance. Proposals must be accompanied by personal or surety bonds and submitted in the trustees office between 10 a.m. and noon.
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Veederaburg
van Buren Township
van Buren Schoo Township
VanBeres Township
Cain
Fouontain
Indiana
United States
General Assembly of
Indiena
Boards of Finance
Cain Township
Fountain County
Board of Finance
William Eperson
E. B. Long
Fountain County Council Special Session Notice 1908
A special session of Fountain County Council will meet at 10 30 a m in Covington to consider additional appropriations for 1908 including township relief poor farm maintenance asylum Indiana School for Girls and other business as may arise. Dated December 16 1908. William B Gray Auditor Fountain County.
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Fountain County Council
County Auditor
Covington
Fountain County
Ind
Mainterance County
Asylo
Indiana
William B. Gray
Notice of Township Finance Board Proposal Hearing
The Troy Township Board of Finance invites written proposals from banks and trust companies to receive a maximum deposit of public funds for Troy Township Fountain County Indiana. Proposals must accompany with personal and surety bonds or collateral bonds as security. Abner DeHaven, President. T. H. McGeorge, Pres.
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Trastes
Troy Township
Fountain County
Troy Township Board of Finance
Abner
DeHaven
T. H. McGeorge
Public funds deposit bids sought by township finance boards
The Cain Township Board of Finance invites proposals from banks and trust companies to handle public funds deposits under 1907 Indiana law. Proposals must be executed with bonds and filed at the trustee’s office between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. A separate notice from Wabash Township Board of Finance sets January 4, 1908, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., for proposals at C M Coggins’ residence.
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SeCorbas Bigok, N. &. Cor
Pabne Pga
U ‘Attorney AT Law
Covington, Indiana
Olice
Covington Banking Company
Washington Street
Third Door
Wuss Stilwell
Ney
Best Insurance Company
East Side
Z Allen
Maya
East Corner Public Square
P. Lewis
Attorney AT Law
Hha Sheell Pike Hota
Allen's
Newtown, Indiana
Voliva
Oboephone
E. A. Gilson
Momer Sewell
Ornev
Homer Sewell
Col
C. W. Cowan
Ovingtan
Wilkey & Bonebrake
Exchange
East Side Square
K. of Fuilding
Carratonr D. Surrz
Dearborn St
Sires and Sons
the Royal Box
Joes
Washington Star
Johnny
Puck
Mother
Minneapolis Journal
Cleveland
Ush
Washington Herald
New York Sun
Sexton
American Fish For
Italy
Saoet
E. W. Rose
Edicine Co
Hedges Drag Ca
Buyaicm
Zuyusad
Beta Bayn
UNUM
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Fepung Buc
Wagar Jdeoxa
PezuvLis
Zujaq
AHA Anjeeiq
Ichland Township Board of Finance
Newtown
Fountain
Richland Township
Boands
van Buren
Tré Township Board of Financs
Board of Finance of
Wabash
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