Marriage Contract Shows Egypt Ladies Not Oppressed
The article discusses a fourth century Demotic marriage contract quoted by Harper's Weekly, showing Isis as wife controlling dower terms and even discharging her husband. It cites humor and irony in ancient Egyptian domestic life and compares it to modern vanity in wealth. It also includes a short anecdote about Andrew Carnegie and a millionaires palace, reflecting on ostentatious spending.
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Egypt
Joseph
Pharaoh
Red Sea
Nile Valley
Delta
Nile
Iris
Chicago
Reno
Isis
Harper’s Weekly
Andrew Carnegie
New York
Mr. Carnegie
Paul Bourget
Safe in All Weather Novel Sparks Business Plan
Farmer Corn tessel jokes about setting his son Josh up in business buying a drug store. He quips on selling sody water and making up losses with quinine and rheumatism medicine. A surge of inspiration follows from publishers advertising notices.
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Josh
Farmer Corn Tessel
Firmly Fastened by a Child’s Quick Wit
Three year old Loren teased the baby's pink toes, prompting a warning from the father. Loren replied that the toes would not come off because they have nails in them, a comic defense that elicited smiles.
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Loren
Papa
Son
Daddy
Tonnage of Chopin’s Music Described in Juicy Metaphor
The article claims Chopin’s last study in GC minor lasts two minutes and five seconds and asserts the total pressure is three tons. It adds that an hour of Chopin piano playing averages between 12 and 84 tons of "tonnage."
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Chopin
Blast at Bonawe Quarries Displaces 400000 Tons Granite
A large blast at the Bonawe quarries displaced about 400000 tons of granite. The rock face stood 300 feet high and the powder charge was placed 80 feet above the quarry floor.
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Bonawe
Unprejudiced Editor Urges Butchers Toward Vegetarian Diet
The editor of the Allgemeine Fleischer Zeitung, a butchers journal, advocates for meatless eating as a remedy for headaches nervousness and stomach troubles, urging butchers to switch to a vegetarian diet.
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Allgemeine Fleischer-Zeitung
Olive Industry Remains Viable With Limited Locales
The olive industry shows limited growth potential in the country with only three locations suitable for thriving cultivation, indicating cautious expansion prospects and targeted development.
Roosevelt Predicts Bright South Future in Address to Congress
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Charles Hall Davis expressing hope to address the Southern Commercial Congress in 1911. He urges unity, praises Southern progress, and calls for a stronger national cohesion through a thriving, well-led South. The letter covers national outlook, Civil War memory, and the South’s role in future growth.
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New York
Southern Commercial Congress
Atlanta
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Hall Davis
Congress
Petersburg
California
South
America
North
East
West
General Lee
Halle
Grant
Railway Law Takes Effect In The United States
Washington reports the new railroad law is now in force with sections on suspension of rates active since passage sixty days ago. The interstate commerce commission now oversees common carriers including telegraph and telephone firms which must file reports. Franks for messages are banned by the anti pass Hepburn law and the long and short haul provision waits six months for carrier tariff adjustments. No date set for commerce court or commission investigations. operation unlikely before early next year.
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Washington
Interstate Commercce Commission
Commerce Court
Commission
Japan Moves Toward Annexation of Korea
Reports from Seoul indicate negotiations for Korea’s annexation by Japan are likely, with ongoing high level talks and frequent visits. Censorship tightens as Tokyo papers are confiscated at Fusan and Korea remains under strict military guard amid signs of imminent change.
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Seoul
Korea
Japan
Tokio
Fusan
Metcalf's Comet Sighted and Tennessee Feud Report
Metcalf's comet, discovered by Rev J H Metcalf, was observed from the naval observatory as a dull luminous mass moving northward in the southwestern sky. In a line from Antares to Polaris it will be about one third the distance from Antares. Meanwhile a Tennessee feud near Ringgold Ga leaves one Patterson dead and a bystander Teems wounded. Hooper is nominated for Tennessee governor by the Republican convention in Nashville with Taylor as the only other ballot nominee.
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Washington
Metcalf
J. H. Metcalf
Harvard University
Naval Observatory
Antares
Polaris
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Tenn
Brockman
Patterson
Woods Station
Ringgold
Pattersons
John Brockman
Teems
Hooper
Nashville
Benjamin W. Hooper
Newport
Cocke County
Ryman
Alfred A. Taylor
Washington County
Taylor
Paw Paw Liver Pills Claim Quick Health Fix
Munyon's Paw-Paw Liver Pills advertised to purify the blood and improve bowel and stomach health, promising to cure biliousness and constipation or refund money. The ad credits Munyon's Homeopathic Company of Philadelphia with the remedy and contact at 63rd and Jefferson Streets.
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Munyon's Homeopathic Homeomedy Co
63Rd and
Jefferson Sts
Phila
Prison Tuberculosis Care Gaps Highlighted in United States
The report notes only 21 prisons in 15 states and territories offer dedicated TB care, with space for 800 inmates. It warns congregate prison life raises infection risk and few places impose strict isolation. Only New York and Massachusetts centralize treatment, while Manila and Clinton prison hospitals house 200 and 150 patients respectively.
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New York
Massachusetts
Manila
Clinton Prison Hospital
Modest Actor Recalled In Pittsburgh Luncheon
James K. Hackett quipped about a young actor whose early career ad sought small parts like dead body or outside shouts. The anecdote appears amid a luncheon remark in Pittsburgh, contrasting true modesty with showy ambitions.
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James K. Hackett
Pittsburg
Roosevelt on bores and efficiency at Outlook office
The reporter asks Mr. Roosevelt how he handles heavy work and many people. He replies he shuns bores and wastes no time on them. He notes having only one chair in the room and says hunting experiences show great bores are of small caliber.
Quote on harboring fretful thoughts from Mason
A Mason quote warns that dwelling on fretful thoughts harms the self more than any external foe. It emphasizes inner struggle over outward threat and suggests restraint in brooding as a path to wellbeing.
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Mason
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Theodore Roose
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
B. R. Meaders & Sons
M. Born
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