This Town Has No Cemetery Gorton Burials in Yard
Gorton seeks burial space in Alta Vista Georgia for his twenty month old daughter as town lacks a cemetery. body to be dusted in the Methodist church yard temporarily. The family spans three generations with many relatives surviving. General Draper left 6,358,487 in an estate filed in Worcester Probate Court. Will lists personal property 6,384,087 and real estate 24,400.
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G. R. Gorton
Alta Vista
Methodist Episcopal Church
Willam F. Draper
Washington, D. C
Worcester
Maxs
New York Times
A Hopeless Case and Odd Notices From Old Papers
A collage of quirky excerpts notes tec parties and a Western attitude toward clubgoers. It mentions Rudolph Sze winning a University of Pennsylvania scholarship, a discussion of kidneys and Doan’s Pills, a North Carolina quarantine fine, and various ads for eye salves and foot care products. It ends with anecdotes about King Edward and vaudeville, plus a dubious population estimate of Black Americans.
Record crop reports show big spring wheat and corn declines
Reports from the Department of Agriculture on July 1 indicate spring wheat condition at 61.6 and corn areas at about 114 million acres with rising concerns. The note warns of the smallest yield in a decade for spring wheat, while corn shows potential record harvests if forecasts hold.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
States
Kansas
Indiana
Nebraska
Ohio
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Texas
California
Michigan
Kentucky
Washington
Jay
North Carolina
South Carolina
Oregon
New York
Financial District
New York City
Financial
Produce Exchange
Chicago
Northwest
Ballinger targets reclamation reform amid bond prospects
Secretary Richard A. Ballinger denounces reclamation methods in Chicago and signals reorganization to follow, aided by the new 20 million dollar bond issue. Also note discussions of airship ventures, Pullman car rate stays, a lawsuit linked to Miss Nellie Anheuser, a Hungary parcels post pact, and cabinet members heading to Alaska. Charles Hazeltine, famed cast colorer, dies at eighty four.
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Chicago
Richard AL Ballinger
Interior Department
Reclamation Service
Hazeltine
Providence
R. J
Charles Hazeltine
Unite States
Europe
Pantuaer
President-elect Flies and European Travel News
President elect of Brazil Chalons-sur-Marne Vermes de Fonseca flew here with Lt Fe quant in an aeroplane. Lisbon reports a tariff revision doubling duties against non‑treaty nations and raising others from ten to thirty percent. Berlin courts order Frederick A. Cook as witness in Francke suit. Montt to pause duties four months for European recuperation. Bombing at a banker’s table in Monoval injures and kills.
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Chalons-sur-Marne
Pranco
Marshal Vermes de Fonseca
Brazil
Fequant
Ffréen Inla
Portugal
Lisbon
Dr. Cook
Berlin
Prosheial
Rudolph Francke
Peary
Francke
Frederick A. Cook
Wholesale Prices Quoted In New York Market
New York City reports show wholesale price lists for farm produce and livestock. Prices span beans, strawberries, melons, vegetables, and poultry with notable figures for hay by products and seed costs. Wool and wheat markets are noted alongside overall supply concerns and crop conditions across regions.
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New York
Mille Exchange
Fae Waly
Fusts
Tima
Caley
Mags
State-Hennery
Henners
Eve Eeeeree
Uae
Brad
Politoes
Owais
New York City
United States
St. Lawrence Valley
Michigan
Roosevelt Returns to Fan Fare in Sight of Vast New York Crowds
After a fifteen month absence Roosevelt disembarked from the Kaiserin on June 18 welcomed by a huge throng. He refused interviews but answered questions with keen public interest, rode White Steamers through Fifth Avenue, and attended events with the Roosevelt party proceeding to Oyster Bay. Strong, fast-moving public life and a preference for White cars marked the return, as a clambake and church ride followed the parade.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Kaiserin
Auguste Victoria
Roosevelt
Tiba
New York
Hornes
Douglas Robinson
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Colonel Roosevelt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Collector Loeb
Mr. Robinson
Oyster Hay
Travers Island
New York Athletic Club
Vacation schools offer not a task but a privilege
The article notes vacation schools are not mere study but a privilege for pupils, with more applicants than spaces. It describes hands on, demonstration based learning, blending entertainment with instruction. Pupils tackle cooking, sewing, baking, and gardening, plus weekly nature studies and garden work in vacant lots. An example from Milwaukee Press Press mentions comfort with extra allowances and free uniforms for cows.
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Milwaukee
Financially Speaking and the Marriage Question
James A Batten cited in New York a quip about marriage as a social question. He referenced Brownlow's boy and Potts novels to note how marriage is portrayed as failure and pondered what it means. A Washington Star editor quipped about money and future prospects in contrast to social issues.
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James A. Batten
New York
Brownlow
Hubert W. Potts
Pop
Washington Star
San Francisco
Jim Jeffries
Jim
Seal Rock House
Cure for skin trouble praised by patient in 1909 ad
A testimonial from Mrs Edward Nenning of Watertown New York dated April 11 1909 praises Cutieura Remedies for curing severe eczema after four years of suffering. She mentions Cutieura Soap and Ointment along with Cathaura solvents and notes she was bed bound for six weeks and slept well after treatment.
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Dean
Frank TW
Reynolds
Pine St
Providence
R. A
New York
Noan
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Edward Nenning
Salina St
Watertown
Disturbances Flourish Over Railway Land Grabs
Two nagdstrates at Suazhow Ching report unrest two weeks ago as townspeople clash with celina takers over land for a new railway. Villagers allege expropriation and that names were taken to force relocations with deaths blamed on the process. A magistrate allegedly ordered a contract stamp to deter locals for ten years.
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Suazhow
Ching
Suochow
China
Science notes and a steel cargo recovery magnet
Science notes discuss vegetable life depths and climate observations, Blondel’s wireless improvements, and gas engine filament responses. The piece also covers United States Steel Company’s use of a 342 foot magnet to raise sunken kegs in the Mississippi near New Orleans and contemplates physician ethics in a fatal wreck scenario.
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Scientific American
United States Steel Company
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Scenting Bluefish Tale Sparks Ocean Lore and Mayhem
A New York Sun extract recounts a skipper scenting bluefish and urging his crew to chase the bitefish with windward tactics. The tale blends nautical slang, a famed line about danger of overfishing, and a humorous Puck excerpt about honks and misadventures in modern life.
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Ari
New York Sun
Acquittal Question After Confessed Evidence In Indian Case
In a Bombay Gazette report a jury facing unrebutted evidence debated verdict. They stated the confessions permit acquitting all others while questioning whether weighing evidence is possible. The dialogue reflected concern that evidence could be manufactured and guilt remained uncertain without confessions.
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Bombay Gazette
Boy, Father Chides Boy Over Mother's Report
A home scene shows Tommy resisting regular study hours. At bedtime his father expresses displeasure over a daily conduct report from his wife. Tommy acknowledges the anticipated scolding and jokes that the report was made “Just Ike a Woman.”
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Tommy
Tom
Ladies’ Home Journal
Why do you refuse me a Itiss and kisses
Fragmentary text from a Boston Tran seri item cited as Hardy Swain questions a refusal of a kiss. It mentions kisses, gerins, and a school reference with unclear context and garbled OCR. The source is incomplete and hard to parse. no clear event, person, or organization can be confirmed.
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Boston Transeri
Standard _Oil Company Incorporated
Aetnama
Tennessee political tale of ballot box scandal
John J. Vertrees once chaired the State Democratic Committee of Tennessee. During his tenure he learned an election precinct ballot box was stuffed. He sent for his aide Dick to investigate but Dick returned after three hours boasting he had managed to stuff twenty six ballots himself, in a tale cited by Popular Magazine.
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John J. Vortraes
Secretary of the Interior
Congressional
State Democratic Committee of Tennessee
Vetreen
En Dick
Vertrees
Crown symbolism in papal tiaras and a humor roundup
The article contrasts Boniface V, Benedict VII, and papal crowns with a note on the tiara’s meaning for church and empire. It then shares a light editorial moment about Jim Jeffries from the Washington Star and a Kansas Notes joke about a Garnett man eating canary seed for breakfast and sleeping with his head under his arm, as reported by the Kansas City Star.
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Boniface
Benedict VII
New York American
Kansas Notes
Kansas City Star
Freight Train Tragedy Haunts Oil City
The Philadelphia Record reports a freight wreck near Oil City last week leaving a dead animal near Union Station. Odor sparked fear among hotel guests and train crews who mistook the scent for gas leaks and refinery fumes, casting a pall over Oil City’s reputation.
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Oil City
Union Station
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Prefers Newspaper Advertising Says Wanamaker
John Wanamaker voices a strong preference for newspaper space over posters and handbills. He explains his plan to use newspaper advertising for twenty five years, arguing it respects the reading public and avoids cheap or questionable promotional tools.
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John Wanamaker
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