Year 1911 Revolts and Progress Across the World
A retrospective on 1911 highlights global upheavals and reforms. It notes revolts in China and Mexico, statehood moves for Arizona and New Mexico, labor battles, graft campaigns, and major aviation advances including flights from St. Louis to New York and New York to Pasadena.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Atwood
Juan Estrada
Nicaragua
Taft
Estrada
W. E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Elkins
West Virginia
Tobacco Trust
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Panama Canal
Arkansas
Camden
N.S
Paul Morton
Equititable Life Insurance Company
Secretary of the Treasury
David Graham Phillips
New York
House of Representatives
San Francisco
New Orleans
Charles S. Sperry
Vivian Gould
Lord Decies
England
Ryan
Philadelphia
Asquith
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lorimer
Illinois
Senate
United States
Mexican
Viterbo
Italy
Triangle Shirt Waist Company
Asch
Tom
Hoise
David Jayne Hill
Germany
House
Kwantung Province
Steel Trust
Juarez
J. M. Dickinson
Henry L.stimson
Standard Oil Company
Supreme Court
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Diaz
Mex
Boston
Te York
Conneau
Andre Beaumont
Vincennes
France
Belgium
Holland
Harvard-Yale Athletice
Oxford-Cambridge
London
Prince of Wales
Henry Clay Beattie
London Dock
Harry N. Atwood
St. Louis
Manchester
N. Y
Col
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Tal
Toulon
Turkey
Tripoli
Austin
Winfeld
Schley
Republic
China
Wu Chang
John Marshall Harlan
Eugene Ely
Macon
Kyrlee Bellew
Shanghai
Yangtse-Kiang River
Cal P. Rodgers
Pasadena
Cal
Pacific Coast
Ambassador Guild
St. Petersburg
Russia
Persia
W. Morgan Shuster
United States Circuit Court
Caceres
Santo Domingo
Mildred Sherman
Lord Campus
McNamara Brothers
King George
India
J. B. McNamara
John J
Investigation Board
Maine
Briceville
Tenn
George Emperor
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Sulzer
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Margaret McKim
Curtiss Guild
John Bigelow
America
Tabriz
Poor Fat Man In Car Sings At Deaf Man And German Band
On a downtown streetcar the fat man teases a deaf man seated nearby and a German band plays on a side street. The lean man asks what is heard as the fat man loudly shouts music provoking laughter from passengers.
Largest sun dial marks Aegean coast with sea promontory
Aegean shores feature a 3000 foot high promontory serving as a natural timepiece. As the sun moves, its shadow touches a sequence of nearby islands laid out as hour marks on the vast dial, creating the world’s largest sun dial.
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Aegean Sea
Piue
The Lesser Evil Quotations Clash in Marriage
A dialogue between Marks and Parks unfolds as he questions his wife’s spending. He favors debt with creditors over domestic conflict, while she defends her financial choices in a sharp exchange.
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Marks
Parks
Practical Household Hints From Doctor Richardson
A collection of old fashioned guidance on cleaning doors brass and woodwork with pasteboard hints for avoiding damage and warnings about hatpins. It also offers tips on handling books traveling with a candle bottles and wax for corks washing apples and avoiding food contamination. The piece closes with Doctor Richardson’s rules for old age advising moderate eating warmth activity sleep and staying informed.
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Doctor Richardson
Toast Recipes And Toast Dishes From A Vintage Cookbook
A vintage cooking fragment describes toasting bread with methods to achieve a dry crisp brown result. It covers cream toast egg on toast and meats on toast, notes French toast and maple sirup serving, and suggests baking dishes with fruit or meringue. Oyster toast and toast water are also described as parts of meals.
Margie Observes Dinner Rituals With Wordplay
Margie notes that Papa used polite terms during dinner. She recalls him calling the ladies dressings and the gentlemen stuffing, reflecting playful language around serving portions and etiquette.
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Margie
Lesson on John the Baptist and the prophecy fulfilled
The sermon emphasizes how Zacharias and Elizabeth exemplify faithful service to God and how John the Baptist fulfills Old Testament prophecy. It highlights the Nazarite vow, the Holy Spirit's filling, and the need for ideals in childrearing while urging belief in scripture over signs.
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John the Baptist
Zacharias
Elizabeth
John
D. L. Moody
Paul
Isaac
Lert
Christ
the Baptist
Egypt
Nile
Lazarus
A healthy happy old age promoted by gentle cleansing
The text advertises Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a natural family laxative suitable for all ages. It stresses gentle cleansing, warmth to internal organs, and warns to buy only genuine California Fig Syrup Co. products with the brand clearly on the bottle.
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California Fig Syrup. Co
Her Resignation
A child scolds Geraldine for revealing a secret and jokes that Geraldine has resigned from the secret. The father and daughter reflect that the notion of resigning from a secret is illogical, noting that children's mental processes are hard to understand.
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Geraldine
Mistress Mocks Maid Over Age In Postscript Exchange
In a light exchange, Mistress teases the new maid about age guesswork in a postscript. The maid reports a caller seeking a woman around 40 and the mistress confirms you are about 50, granting the maid an extra afternoon off and signaling a possible job change.
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Mary
Woman credits Postum with freeing 20 year tea habit and dyspepsia
A dyspepsia sufferer in England recounts how Postum helped her end a two decade tea dependence, improve digestion, and allow milk to be tolerated again. She promotes Postum through neighbors and references the book The Road to Wellville, describing renewed health and gratitude for the product.
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England
Wellville
Postum ‘Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Pligs
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C. Vv
T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Franc W. Sandford
Holy Ghosters
Portland
Chinese National Assembly
Winston Churchill
Reginald McKenna
Philadelphia ‘Athletics
Joseph Pulitzer
Cardinals
John Lyly
Ble Coursa
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