Census Costs and Methods Modernize U.S. Record Keeping
A discussion of the thirteenth census cost estimate and the shift to semi automatic card punching and electric tabulation. Emphasis on Director E Dana Durand saving millions, reducing schedules, and centralizing data with permanent census bureau experience. Notes on population and agriculture focus for 1910 and the scale of enumerators, supervisors, and machines.
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A. 5
Uncle Sam
Sam
Ded
Alaska
Porto Rico
Francis A. Walker
United States
E. Dana Durand
Permanent
Census Bureau
Durand
Uncle Sem
Vital Statistics Inquiry
Congress
America
Masterpiece of Glass Work In the British Museum
The Portland Vase, a renowned ancient glass urn, is on exhibition in London. Found by laborers near Rome in the seventeenth century, it passed through Barberini hands before entering the Portland collection and finally the British Museum. Though damaged, its famed Phrygian cap bottom remains missing, and scholars debate its material as glass with sardonyx and agate comparisons.
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British Museum
London
Rome
Pshea
Duchess of Portland
Duke of Portland
Areval
Misson
Bartell
Caylus
No Openings Nowheres Rose Tale
A woman describes an incident where a rosy rose sparks envy in the street. A stranger questions the giver and asks about openings or opportunities, implying a joke about luck and social luck in a curious exchange. She denies a store purchase and references a friend.
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Mina
Woman Who Changed Europe A Springfield Star Wins Portuguese Crown
Elise Hensler from Springfield rises from humble roots to marry King Ferdinand II of Portugal, becoming Countess Edla. Her music career takes her to Lisbon and Europe, while political pressures shape Iberian and European history, ending with the king's death in 1885 and the countess’s later retirement near Clotra Castle.
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Manuel
Portugal
Lfe
City
Feilse Hensler
Springfield
Edin
Don Ferdinand II
Elso
Henslers
Eliso
Louise
Elise
Signor Guidi
Boston
Bige Hensler
Europe
Lisbon
Maria
Ferdinand
Maria II
Pedro I
Carlos
Miss Hensler
Spain
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
Napoleon Bonaparte
Ese Hensler
Edla
Clotra
Bath for Mine Mules Impresses Proprietor and Animals
A Pennsylvania colliery owner built a 40 by 4 foot bath near the stables for mules to bathe daily after work. Veterinarians supported it to improve life and vigor, and the six foot deep bath became a favorite, with mules eagerly racing to the water and asking for showers via a perforated pipe. Washington Post.
Frantic Foreign Language Test Fails to Find New Wife
A distraught woman in New York was unable to explain her loss as police and multilingual bystanders tested phrases in sixteen languages at Thirty third Street station. After an hour she was identified as Katherina Gorod, newly arrived and recently married, who mislaid her husband during a subway rush on Fourteenth Street. Police escorted her to East Thirty-fifth Street station while efforts to locate her husband continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirtythird Street
Wiig Abyrous
Intengo
Fughes
East Thirty-fifth Street
Katherina Gorod
Spuyten Duygil
Fourteenth Street
Polley
York World
Buying a Wind belief fades among sailors with age
The excerpt notes older sailors claim one could "buy a wind" by winning favor of those who control the elements. A British commodore reportedly claimed he could buy a wind up to twenty years ago. The belief is described as fading with younger sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goudh
Postal raids target stock swindles in New York
Postmaster General Hitchcock says the crackdown is part of a national crusade approved by President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham to wipe out mail fraud stock swindles. In New York four arrests were made at Burr Brothers and Continental Wireless offices, with others expected nationwide. bail set at 10,000 each.
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New York
Investo
Burr Brothers, Incorporated
Flatiron
Continental Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Company
Sach
Pine Street
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Taft
Wickersham
Fake Scales in Jersey Report onmerchants cheating weights
The Robert L. Stevens Fund for Municipal Research submits a report to New Jersey's Secretary of State detailing widespread false weights and measures. It estimates losses exceed savings deposits, cites high error rates in Trenton and Jersey City, and calls for a state bureau, inspections, and guaranteed scales to protect buyers.
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Stevens Fuhd
New Jersey
Trenton
Secretary of State
Robert L. Stevens
Jersey City
Montclair
Hoboken
Orange
Newark
New Brunswick
Camden
Bureau of Weights and Measures
The Call to Preach
Reverend Henry A. Alkire argues preaching is a calling, not a profession, and hinges on a perceived divine call proven by fruits. He traces historical examples from Wesley and Luther, stresses preparing a educated pulpit, and urges the preacher to be a generalist leader in faith, reform, and social duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecclesiastes
God
Paul
John Wesley
Martin Luther
H. Hadley
Church
Minster
Satan
xou-Bay
Rebels Capture Go mez Palacio in Mexico Amid War Rumors
Report from Mexico City says Go mez Palacio, a town of 7 400 people, fell to revolutionaries as 300 Diaz soldiers defected. Fighting spread to Durango Torreon and Parral while press wires were seized and northern lines cut. Rumors of renewed rebellion in Puebla circulated as US troops were sent from Fort Sam Houston to the border.
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Madeo
Gomez Palacio
Durango
Torreon
Parral
Monterey
Laredo
Texas
Puebla
United States
Fort Sam Houston
el Mio
Campbell
Francesco 3
Madeiro
Socialists win 9,658 in Allegheny County race
Pittsburg reports astonishment as Allegheny County returns show Socialist gubernatorial candidate John W. Slayton with 9,658 votes against Governor-elect Tener 48,110 Berry 39,298 and Grim 4,350. Socialists claim 12,000 members and allege 5,000 votes were stolen by fraud.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny County
John W. Slayton
Tener
Berry
Grim
Hohokus Postmaster Kelser Honored at 53 Year Testimonial
Kelser, Hobokus postmaster for 53 years, was guest of honor at a town testimonial dinner after resigning at age 82. He came from Holland about 60 years ago when mail frequency was two daily. Erie trains and rising duties grew, but salary never allowed retirement on savings. he refused to quit for a Democrat, with Judge Bogert blocking interference.
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Hohokus
Garret J. Busch Kelser
Hero
Holland
Erie
Kelser
Washington
Hobokus
John W. Bogert
Court of Errors
Meat price slashes hit wholesale dressed beef and pork
Chicago packers announce another cut in wholesale dressed beef and pork prices. Spareribs and dressed beef portions fall about 1 cent per pound, beet ribs drop 1 to 1 4 cents, and mutton loins lead with a 2 cent decrease per pound.
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Packers
Chicago
Williamstown supports two moving picture houses in town
Williamstown reports two operating motion picture establishments with an average nightly attendance exceeding five hundred. Other notes include Kugler's oath as Hunterdon county clerk and reappointments, the Flemington public library expansion underway, and various local misfortunes and civic items from nearby towns.
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Williamstown
Olivar R. Kugler
Hunterdon County
John M. Hyde
Flemington
Handsome News Public Library
Inman Will Leaves Large Atlanta Estate To Charity
Hugh T. Inman, prominent Atlanta financier, died in New York. His will, now filed for probate, disposes of an estate valued at about $5.5 million with roughly $104,000 earmarked for benevolent purposes. The city of Atlanta receives $50,000, the interest from which is to fund municipal charity work.
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Atlanta
Hugh T. Inman
New York
Would-Be Cadet Dies After Overstudy Collapse
William Mitchell, nineteen, South Dakota, a candidate for West Point, died in a Baltimore hospital after a mental collapse from overstudy. He had been studying at Annapolis when the breakdown occurred, with heart disease listed as the cause.
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Baltimore
William Mitchell
South Dakota
United States Military Academy
West Point
Mitchell
Annapolis
Portland Men Sentenced for White Slayings in Federal Court
George Kavain and James Takos, both convicted of white slayings in Portland, Ore., were sentenced in federal court to eight and six years respectively. They will be confined in the federal prison at McNeil's Island.
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Portland
Ore
George Kavain
James Takos
McNeil's Island
Death of 13 year old girl Minnie Pickett in Canyonville
Minnie Pickett aged thirteen died in Canyonville Oregon weighing only fourteen pounds. Shola claimed she may have been the world’s smallest person for her age.
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Canyonville
Ore
Minnie Pickett
Shola
Endless Life and Salvation Messages From Clergy
The Rev J M Hubbert of Philadelphia notes that death does not end existence and the body’s earthly tent falls away while the occupant remains a conscious being. Rev A C G Sinder of Los Angeles emphasizes Jesus message of salvation as the supreme aim to save from sin, contrasting a world of gloom with the promise of forgiveness and hope.
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J. M. Hubbert
Presbyterian
Philadelphia
Jesus
Jong
A CG. Sinder
Christian Church
Los Angeles
Why can't we have durable pen holders
A Washington Post reader muses on durability using a worn penholder as a metaphor. He notes a 17 year old steel nib attachment corroded with ink and rust, and compares replacing parts versus keeping the old object. He recalls a pocket knife rebuilt with new blades yet felt unchanged in essence.
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Washington Post
New Alaskan Island Emerges After Unalaska Quake
After the September 21 earthquake, a new island appeared in the Bogoslof group off the Aleutians near Perry Peak. The 70 fathoms deep sounding was reported by the geological survey. Hogoslof volcano eruptions continue as Shishaldin on Unimak remains active for five months. Pumice and ash drift cover surrounding seas and even set a schooner’s sail on fire.
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Alaskan
Unalaska
Dutch Harbor
Bogoslof
Aleutian Channel
Geological Survey
Perry Peak
Hogoslof
Aleutian Islands
Zion’s Herald
Good old George Herbert on faith and curiosity
The passage contrasts curiosity with holy scholarship, arguing that truth comes from inner intuition rather than speculative reasoning. It warns that arguing about God or morals leads to confusion, claiming faith and religion are simple, practical guides.
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George Herbert
Fear of Matrimony Warned by Irish Cleric
The essay argues young men choose flashy dress and leisure over family life due to wages. Rev Ramuel Hemphill cites preference for patent leather shoes spats and club outings over marriage. He urges valuing a loving wife over gaudy attire and nightlife temptations.
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vroetheie-Locke
Ramuel Hemphill
Hemphill
Perambulating Barber on the Banks of the Seine
A roaming barber named Figaro works along the Seine rows offering shaving, haircuts, and grooming to bargees navvies quay-laborers and tramps. He carries a small kit with razor brush soap scissors and a serviette and seats his client on the pavement.
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Paris
Ike
Peking
Hoa
Seine
Figaro
Man Writes Plays in Aolwoya and a Three Act Plan
A man writes plays for friends in Aolwoya. Edigar Selwyn meets an acquaintance on the Big street. The friend asks about the new work. Selwyn says the play is in three acts and two intermissions and that he has disposed of the intermissions.
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Aolwoya
Edigar Selwyn
Selwyn
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