Immigrant Owning Ireland Town and Belfast Estate
Michael O Connor of Leitrim buys back his native town Leitrim including castle and church lands, turning fortune into real estate in New York and Belfast. Robert Hughes of Paterson becomes heir to a £3,000,000 Belfast fortune, moving from Lodi to a hilltop white house while affirming loyalty to America.
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Michael O’connor and
Robert Hughes
Erin
New Roll In Wealth
Ireland
New York
Dame Fortune
America
Michael O’connor
Michael Connor
Leitrim
O’connors
Shannon
Tom” Moore
Rhoderick O’connor
Connaught
Branffny
Green Land
O’connor
Michael
Bronx
Mr. O’connor
Apothecary
Copbler
Mike O’connor
Michael O'Connor
Leitrim Observer
Carrick-on-the-Shannon
Belfast
Lodi
Paterson
N. J
Hughes
John Hughes
Leav
Heaven
White House
Green Hill
Maggie Hughes
Paterson and
Passaic
United States
Uncle Sam
New York City
A Night of Hope and Deliverance Over Egypt
Elisheba seeks the Hebrew princess for aid as a king's decree tightens bondage in Goshen. Aaron wrestles with faith and a call to Moses while the couple clings to God’s promise of deliverance. The princess dies and a new confidence grows that God will visit His people and Moses will return.
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Goshen
Naashon
Egypt
Moses
Thermitis
Elisheba
God
Abraham
Aaron
Memphis
Seiz
Isaac
Jacob
The Perfect Diet Excerpt
Dr. E F Willoughby advocates a diet for muscular work eight ounces of cooked meat twenty four ounces of bread eight ounces of potatoes two ounces of cheese two ounces of bacon one ounce of butter half a pint of milk and one pint of beer daily. Green foods are desirable additions to any diet.
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E. F. Willoughby
Free Dental Care Spreads Across German Cities
The movement began in Strasburg in 1902 and spread to Darmstadt Muhlhausen and others as free dentistry for children grows in popularity. The Strasburg clinic reports 12 691 visits last year with improving child dental care.
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Germany
Strasburg
Darmstadt
Muhlhausen
Hairpins in China and their valued craft
Hairpins in China rival the significance of rings in Europe. They are highly intricate in design and hard to insert, requiring constant wear once placed in the hair. Jade is preferred, and inlaying jewels is viewed as ostentatious.
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China
Europe
Bride’s laughter ends engagement at Swiss village church
A bridegroom slipped in the snow on the way to Simmenthal church in Switzerland. His fiancée burst into laughter, anger flared, and the couple parted. the bride continued to the wedding alone, leaving the groom distressed.
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Simmenthal
Switzerland
English fashion trend ties shawls to royal marriage
The Pall Mall Gazette notes black Spanish lace shawls will be worn in England next summer after the marriage of the king of Spain and Princess Ena. It compares this craze to London booksellers scrambling for George Sand’s Consuelo when the late Duke of Manchester wed.
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England
Spain
Ena
Pall Mall Gazette
Duke of Manchester
London
George Sand
Consuelo
Remains of Clarence After Hazing Tragedy Reported
A grieving father opens a postman left box to find a boy's shoe a cravat fragment a ring and a collar button. He lamented that Clarence could not endure the hazing as the Judge notes.
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Clarence
Turbine and oil for navy progress in British fleet
London reports outline 1906 07 naval estimates totaling 159 347 500 dollars, down from the current year. Admiralty notes completed vessels include three battleships eight armored cruisers and 16 torpedo boat destroyers with many more under construction and plans to switch to turbine propulsion and oil fuel across new ships.
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London
Admiralty
Caesar
Majestic
President's Cravat Worn Thirty Years by New French Leader
M. Fallieres the new French president wears a butterfly tie secured to his collar button with elastic. He notes that he has worn this style for 30 years and has no plans to change it, regardless of presidency.
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M. Fallieres
France
King Christian’s Campaign Against Bachelors
A historical note describes King Christian as an ardent foe of bachelors aiming to marry all men over 30. It recalls a bachelor who fled to the West Indies to avoid forced marriage.
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King Christian
West Indies
Rare Diamond Wedding Milestone Gifted to One Couple
A human-interest snippet notes that among 11,000 people, only one couple reaches a diamond wedding anniversary, highlighting the rarity and significance of such long marriages.
Weather Jests From The Oldest Inhabitant
The Cloud Compiler reports to Boreas that the Oldest Inhabitant has not sneered at the weather for a month. The winged messenger delivers the update as the compiler orders a stronger puff from the north wind.
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Boreas
Puck
A Sixty Ton Vessel Sails for Cod Fishing
A sixty ton vessel with a crew of twelve can earn about two thousand two hundred dollars in a cod fishing season.
Miracle at Nain in Luke Seven
Read like a Sunday school card, the Nain miracle story in Luke 7 unfolds Jesus raising a widow’s son at the gate of Nain, praised by onlookers as a great prophet and prompting faith. The lesson links Gentile faith, authority, and Jesus as Lord over life and death.
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Jesus
Capernaum
Lake of Galilee
Nain
Nazareth
Jairus
Matt
Lazarus
John
Elijah
Elisha
Dorcas
Eutychus
Antipas
Palestine
R. V
Christ
Dean Plumptre
Matthew
Edersheim
Int
Crit. Com
Abbott
Luke
Sarepta
Shunem
Farrar
Pattern Department Ladies' House Gown Order Form
The notice advertises pattern department gowns and requests orders by mail for 10 cents per pattern. Readers supply size and pattern number on a coupon and send to the newspaper pattern department.
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Pattern Department
Missionary Notes On Village Bible Instruction Near Lahore
A Methodist native worker brings villagers to a missionary showing they aged seven to seventy. They had six months to one year of instruction and could recite psalms hymns the Ten Commandments the Lord's Prayer and Bible stories with pride and accuracy.
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Lahore
India
Figuring It Out as a Mint Versus a Gold Mine
A Cheazo Sun quote debates advertising an investment scheme. It favors portraying it as a mint a money making proposition rather than a gold mine. The quote contrasts certainty with glamour.
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Cheazo Sun
Farm and factory exports total 19095 reach 1.626 billion
Exports of farm orchard forest mining and fishery and factory products reach 1,626,008,000 dollars in 19095, averaging 5,420,000 dollars daily over 300 working days, and are seventeen times the level of 1906.
Pattern No 5578 Blouse Waist Design in White Crepe
Pretty blouse waist pattern in white crepe de chine trimmed with valenciennes lace. Front and back gathered to a yoke with epaulette extending over sleeves. Suitable materials include liberty satin mes salaine cashmere pongee. Medium size requires two and five eighths yards of 36 inch fabric. Sizes 32 to 42 inches. Name address.
Advertising Novelty Stuns Shoppers on New York Street
In a fashionably dressed crowd two men report a shocking sight as a veiled advertising stunt features a woman bearing a white sign promoting Dr Brown. The scene ends with a derelict man carrying the sign harnessed across his body, prompting the youths to exclaim they were tricked.
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Twenty-third Street
New York Times
Brown
Rich Man Feels Revenge As Auto Breakdowns Persist
A cruel taunt foretelling hardship lands in irony two weeks later as a wealthy man buys a hill climbing automobile and must constantly crawl under it to repair frequent problems. The remark echoes across the era’s moral tone about wealth and fate.
All things come to him who waits, especially old age
A pithy quote attributed to Puck reflects on patience and the progression of life ending in the inevitable approach of old age.
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Puck
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