Christian Science Sick Pay Dilemma Confuses Treasury Officials
Baltimore customs inspector William H. Myers a Christian Scientist cannot provide a physician certificate for illness under federal sick leave rules. Surveyor Ravencroft, a physician, says Myers is ill, but Myers risks discharge or forfeiting sick pay depending on the truth of his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Eddy
Uncle Sam
William H. Myers
Baltimore
Myers
Treasury
Ravencroft
Cortelyou
Farmer Cuas Sterm Found Hanged at Barn Near Celina
Cuas Sterm a 48 year old farmer from near Celina was found hanging in his barn by his wife Apri 3rd. No cause is known for the rash act and authorities reported no immediate evidence of foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuas
Sterm
Celina
Apri
Pittsburg Braces for Beer Shortage as Strikes Hit Breweries
Two of Pittsburg's largest brewing firms face strikes halting production and fermenting a brewing famine. Local citizens expect beer supplies to run dry for several days as unions negotiate contracts and plant operations stall.
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Pittsburg
Receiver appointed for Maentpelie Foundry and Furnace Co
Juper Kinuirs was named receiver for the Maentpelie Foundry and Furnace Co in a First National Bank of that town action. The company owes $3,000 to the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juper Kinuirs
Maentpelie Foundry and Furnace Cp
First National Bank
Oslo Guards at Lorain Amid Shipyard Strike Anticipated
A company of Oslo National Guards stood by at Lorain to interfere in the ship building strike if needed. The mayor called for their aid, but authorities expect their assistance will not be required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Veteran at Sandusky Home Stabs Five in Frenzied Attack
Wa A Hareman, a long time resident at the Soldiers home in Sandusky, became crazed by quorane and stabbed five comrades. Guards overpowered him after the assault. two victims are in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa. A. Hareman
Sandusky
Quorane
Visit of Defiance Knights Draws Notice in Hicksville
The Hicksville News reports the Defiance Knights visiting Hicksville on Easter Sunday with several wives. The item suggests the matter could interest President Roosevelt for broader attention.
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Hicksville
Defiance Knights
Roosevelt
Harriman Plot Alleged to Influence Promises for Appointments
Iria claimed E. H. Harriman pressed Roosevelt to name Chauncy Depew ambassador to France and Higgins to nominate Harriman as senator, but Teddy declined, a factor in ongoing political tumult.
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Iria
E.i H. Harriman
Roosevelt
Chauncy Depew
France
Gov. Higgins
Harriman
Teddy
Jake Coxby Plans A National Crusade By Special Train
Jake Coxby, once a military leader and Mount Vernor businessman who later faced bankruptcy, now plans another national crusade. This time it will be a mobile effort, not marchers, as a special train of cars will convey supporters from place to place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Coxby
Washington
Mount Vernor
Lima man sentenced for receiving stolen property and coerced theft
William M. Davis of Lima was indicted by the Allen county grand jury after forcing his wife to steal so he could avoid work. Judge Quail sentenced him to thirty days in the Toledo work house and a $100 fine after a guilty plea on the receiving stolen property charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williiam M. Davis
Lima
Allen County
Quail
Toledo
New Stamp Issues Honor Jamestown Exposition
A five cent stamp with Pocahontas head joins existing issues for the Jamestown Exposition. Eight million stamps will meet foreign postage demand. A green Captain John Smith one cent stamp prints ten million. Fourteen million two cent stamps show a red scene titled The Founding of Jamestown.
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Pocahontas
John Smith
Jamestown
Conspiracy Charged to Defeat Roosevelt by Rich Men
A Washington dispatch reports Roosevelt alleges a conspiracy by Rockefeller Harriman and Hearst to thwart his policies by influencing both national conventions. The claim, beginning in Ohio and Pennsylvania, expected to expand nationwide before convention delegates are chosen. Roosevelt plans to present evidence and urge public focus on core issues amid this campaign.
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WashingTon
Roosevelt
Rockefeller
Harriman
Hearst
Ohio
Buckeye
Family in Wauseon Fell Ill After Drinking Poisoned Coffee
The family of A. L. Curtis of Wauseon became deathly ill Saturday night after consuming coffee alleged to be poisoned. No suspects named and no injuries beyond the Curtis household reported in this brief notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Curtis
Wauseon
Farmer 81 Tries Suicide After Death of Wife and Daughter
Grieving farmer Valentine Smerling of near Wauseon attempted suicide Saturday night after the loss of his wife and daughter. He survived and is under close guard by relatives at his rural home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Valentine Smerling
Wauseon
Mr and Mrs Geo B Sox Victim of Hotel Knickerbocker Theft
Mr and Mrs Geo B Sox of Cincinnati reported a break in at their room in the Hotel Knickerbocker in New York several weeks ago. The loss included a diamond ring a pearl ring a ruby and diamond ring and $800 in cash totaling about $35 000.
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Geo B. Sox
Cincinnati
New York
Knickerbocker
Carnegie Gifts Boost Pittsburg Foundations to 32.5 Million
Andrew Carnegie last week endowed the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburg with 36 million dollars. Earlier he gave four million, bringing total gifts to the library institute and technical schools to 19.62 million and lifting Pittsburg benefactions to 32.5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Library Institute and Technical Schools
Woman Found Dead in Attic Rain Tank
Special to Express reports Mrs. August Ruck wife of a business man was found in her attic rain water tank. She had been ill for a year and is believed to have despondent or temporarily insane and drowned herself.
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Wapakoneta
August Ruck
Special Chrome Nickel Steel Rivets Boost Strength
A Paris Academy communication by M. G. Charpy reports a systematic study of steel alloys for rivets. Chrome nickel steel shows 2.5 times the strength of ordinary rivets and requires no special precautions in practical use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Academy of Sciences
M. G. Charpy
What She Likes Best
The German Empress, pressed by a rich baroness, lists four world favorites starting with K. She names Kaiser, Kinder, Kirche, and Kitchen as the top four: her King, her children, her church, and her kitchen.
Proposal to Acquire Fort Winchester Lands for Park
The Defiance area aims to preserve historic sites including Fort Winchester on the Auglaize river. A tract from Second Street to the fort and east of Washington Street could form a park beside the library grounds. A riverwall with congressional support might protect the embankments and enhance a unified historic park area.
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Defiance
Fort Defiance
the Express
Fort Winchester
Auglaize River
Second Street
Fort Grounds
Washington Street
Congress
Theft and virtue intertwine in sea birds and gulls at harbor
A reflection contrasts the gulls that aid Cornish fishermen with their on shore misdeeds. The piece notes gulls guide nets, share spoils, and bring luck at sea, while on land they become raiders, stealing from roosts and fighting with sparrows, a Jekyll and Hyde view of the feathered world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily Mail
London
St. James’s Park
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Lighthouses Offerings as Desirable Villa Residences
Three lighthouses come to market as potential homes in England. The South Foreland Lower Lighthouse at Dover has been converted into a bijou residence with a lantern room transformed into a study and library. At Portland Bill, the Higher and Lower Lighthouses, built in 1869 after the 1789 High Light, are offered by Weymouth auctioneers, with two keeper houses and connecting passages, suitable for bungalow-style living after modest outlay.
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Portland Bill
South Foreland
Doved
Dover
London Daily Mail
Trinity House
Portland
Corporation of
Weymouth
Surgery on the Stage and Realism in Theatre
A discussion argues that drama should not replace medical education, noting plays have moved from metaphysical themes to surgical displays. Visual realism can illustrate medicine, but stage shows should avoid actual operations and not divert clinics from their mission. The audience sensibility and educational limits temper onstage demonstrations.
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Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Pittsburg
Medical College
Beep? Bees and Blue Flowers Darwin Debate
Darwin's origin theory of bee driven floral color appeal is challenged by G W Bulman in the Nineteenth Century. Bulman argues bees show no strict pollen color preference and will gather nectar from nearly colorless blooms, suggesting the azure loving bee instinct is more commercial than innate.
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Darwin
G. W. Bulman
Bulman
Lord Avebury
Names and Surnames Through English History
A survey of how wife name usage, hyphenations, and maiden names shaped modern naming customs. It traces Norman era introductions, root forms from personal names, diminutives and affixes, and the influence of prefixes such as Mac Me Fitz and O on English nomenclature.
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United States
Great Britain
England
Seri
Drew
Bryce
Harvey
Arnold
Ern
Eagle
Albred
Albert
Albright
Almeric
Ingerram
Evrardus
Everard
Warin
Guerin
Warren
Iso
Hamon
Hammond
Pagan
John
William
Roger
Robert
Richard
Hodge
Dodge
Hobbs
Dobbs
Hicks
Higgs
Diggs
Hitch
Dickens
Hitchcock
Higginson
Kin
Ing
Enkins
Little John
Browning
Brown
Eliot
Elias
Emmet
Emma
Lot
Hamlet
Marrion
Fitz
Pennsylvania Coal Dominates World Supply Says 1905 Report
A 1905 Pennsylvania coal report notes the state covers 15 500 square miles with two regions anthracite and bituminous. It records 1904 coal output at about 195 million dollars for anthracite and 97 million dollars for bituminous, with 325 447 workers including 70 000 immigrants. The United States furnishes one third of world coal, with Pennsylvania contributing about half of that share.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Ohio River
Columbia
Penn
Sharp Mountain
Northampton County
Summit Hill
Carbon County
Northampton Court
Scull
United States
Seaboard
Europe
Wales
Cornwall
Germany
Ireland
Scotland
Aeroplane Race Rules Set for July 14 1908
The Matin publishes rules for an air race to run July 14 1908 from Paris to London. All French made machines may compete, regardless of name or form. Competitors must travel within 24 hours using only their own propulsion, with a prize of 250000 francs for the winner.
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The
Matin
Paris
London
Japan's Copper Industry in 1905 Leads Far East
Japan, the largest copper producer in the Far East, outputs 36,600 tons in 1905, only one fiftieth of world production. Growth from 23,890 tons in 1899. Domestic use around 7,000 tons yearly, with mining lacking in method.
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Japan
Far East
Bullets and Prize Money in Naval Action
A seaman prays on his knees as the captain orders deck clearance. An officer questions the prayer and the sailor replies that bullets and prize money will be distributed mainly to officers, while common sailors escape, noted in reaction to the broader fight among government, corporations, and markets.
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Wall Street Journal
Mail Carriers of the Frozen North
Reindeer teams haul mail across Alaska from Kotzebue to Point Barrow, covering 650 miles. Each deer weighs about 400 pounds and draws a 600 pound sled, averaging 30 to 90 miles per day. No food is carried. deer forage on arrival by breaking through the snow to moss.
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Kotzebue
Point Barrow
Alaska
Sam's Opinion on Self-Supporting Women in France
A dialogic fragment shows a boss asking Sam about France link between 3.75 million self-supporting women. Sam counters that it is selfish and not his view. The lines reflect workplace chatter and a caricatured exchange.
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Sam
France
Liberia Hosts First Farmers' Alliance Convention
The first Farmers' Alliance convention in Liberia was held in Monrovia. The African Agricultural World reports that Liberia will develop its agricultural resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Alliance
Liberia
Africa
Monrovia
The
African Agricultural World
Making Em Happy and the Charity Dilemma
A divorce lawyer narrates a scene where a charity collector asks if funds were obtained to make others happy. The contributor confirms the money was raised with the aim of creating happiness for recipients.
Steel Ties Adopted by Bessemer & Lake Erie Railway
Chief Engineer Porter announces exclusive use of steel ties on the Bessemer and Lake Erie line. The note highlights steel ties as the standard for future railroad construction and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer & Lake Erie
Porter
Great Britain
Welding by Electricity Bridge Rails Solidly Joined
Welding has reached a high perfection. portable equipment can join two railroad rails on site as solidly as if forged as a single piece.
Austria Faces Drug Death Toll and Heart Disease Risk
Official statistics show drugs cause death for twenty percent of Austria's population while forty four percent of its medical profession die of heart disease. The data highlight serious health challenges facing the country and its doctors.
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Austria
German Officers Begin Two Year Japan Service Mission
Four officers of the German general staff have left for Japan to undertake two years of service with the Japanese army. They aim to study training, strategy, and related matters and have prepared extensively, including completing a course in the Japanese language.
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Japan
Formidable Names Highlight German Regiment and Theatre Roles
A German newspaper item centers on a linien infanterie regiment major and a hofschauspielhaus garderobe aut sherren. The appellations appear more formid able than regimental drum major of infantry and wardrobe keeper of the royal theatre, drawing attention to these grandly titled figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linien Infanterie Regiment Stambur
Hofschauspielhausgarderobe Autsherren
Royal Theatre
Fitts Seeks Long Navy Leave Despite Family Tie
Samuel Franklin Fitts, described as gigantic and Black, asks at the navy recruiting station how long he can serve. He is offered four years, or up to thirty with service. Married, he says his wife will not object, and his finger missing from a hand leads to rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Franklin Fitts
Navy
Fitts
Fishermen Mistake Sheep for Fish in Cornwall
When a flock of sheep ran into the sea and floated on their wool, fishermen mistook them for a new fish species. They attempted to catch them with hooks and nets and returned with a catch valued higher than any prior haul for their boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
England
New York Population Surges Statewide
New York State population rises to a little over 9 0 0 0 0 0, about 800 000 more than five years ago. New York City leads growth, outpacing Syracuse San Jose and other major cities.
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New York State
New York City
Syracuse
St. Joseph
Memphis
Los Angeles
Omaha
Vaporizing Gold in Electric Furnaces
The article explains gold's extreme difficulty to vaporize but notes that an electric furnace can bring it to boiling at about 4400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Way Up in the Country Horse Seeks New Home
A rural conversation follows a horse owner hoping to sell or give away the animal. If no buyer or recipient appears, the plan turns to hiding the horse in the woods to lose it.
Money Where it Grows
A spring 1905 interview in World's Work shows Marshall Field dismissing a bond salesman from a New York house. Field says he is a business man and will not invest surplus in fully developed property, even at near four percent. He prefers to invest where money has a chance to grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marshall Field
Mr. Field
Field
Foreclosure Notice in Defiance County Ohio
The Defiance Home Saving and Loan Association files suit against John C Diehl and Anna Diehl of Carrington North Dakota seeking a declaration of the amount due on a 1903 promissory note and foreclosure of a mortgage on Lot 42 in Defiance Ohio. Defendants must answer by May 15, 1907.
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John C. Diehl
Anna Diehl
Carrington
Foster County
North Dakota
Defiance Home Saving and Loan Association
Court of Common Pleas
Defiance County
Ohio
John
Diehl
Southworth
Defiance
Defance Home Saving and Loan Association
Winn & Hay
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Gorl Elds
Agriculture In
BLACK
W. A. Kehnast & Co
Defiance, Ohio
Capitol
Renown Engine Oil
Standard Oil Company
Negro
Finger
Fl. Watkin
LEGAL
Kenneth Ashton
R. W. Wortman
W V. Hutchins
W. V Hutchins & Son
Charles B. Morris
W. V. Hutchins
Kerr Brothers Manufacturing Company
Kerr Brothers Manufacturing ‘‘Ompany
George B. Wilson
Defiance College
Patterson
Vv. E. Haey
Howard W. Ury
Evansport
Sox
Joe Freecorn
J. Freecorn
Clinton St
James Hopple
Ney, Ohio
Lewis Block
DEFIANCE IRON @ STEEL CO
D. Lieberthal
Mgr
Perry St
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