Governor by Proxy at Xerxes Junction
At Xerxes Junction Col. Joe Layson and Henry Finley scheme during a campaign stop. A needy mother pleads for her son Dan Higgs, jailed for cattle stealing. Layson telegraphs Gov. Randall to grant a pardon, securing the boy’s release and prompting a vow to vote for Layson.
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Xerxes Junction
Col
Joe Layson
Henry Clay Finley
Col. Layson
Finley
Xerwes Junction
Ardenia
Guvner
Osborn
Donnie
Halder
Belden
Dan
Donnie Higgs
John Randall
Turkey
Eagleton
Gov
Dan Higgs
John
Joseph Layson
Higgs
Crow with $200 ring found after theft at Verona estate
Mrs. Herman Stoddard's bird loving home The Aviary in Verona New Jersey suffers a ring theft from a dresser maid finds the crow in a tree branch the crow later found with the missing $200 diamond ring in its crop Adolph Schmidt shot the crow breaking the belt around its leg as evidence of ring theft
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Stoddard
Verona
N. J
Esdraelon Plain and Baalbek in a Scenic Travelogue
A passage from Mrs. A. C. Inchbold's Under the Syrian Sun vividly describes Esdraelon as a sea like plain with green billows and purple cloud shadows. Baalbek is portrayed with towering pillars and a supernatural veil as ruins loom in blue twilight and phantom tales linger beyond memory.
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Esdraelon
A. C. Inchbold
Plain of
Galilean Hills
Esdraedon
Baalbek
English Royalties on Thrones Stir Global Royal Divisions
English royal family members hold influential European crowns and titles. An English princess sits on the Norwegian throne while Margaret of Connaught may wear Sweden's crown. Royal offspring occupy roles in Russia, Germany, Romania, Greece, and Spain.
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Europe
Norway
Margaret of Connaught
Alice
Edward
Czarina
Duke of Albany
Duke of
Greece
Henry of Battenberg
Silk Production Leaders China and Japan Share Output
The chief producers of silk are China and Japan, together yielding about 12 500 tons annually. This figure highlights Asia's dominant role in the global silk industry and underlines the significance of sericulture in these nations.
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China
Japan
Band with three links of a small brass chain
A fragment notes a band featuring three links of a small brass chain and mentions it had been in captivity at some time. The text provides limited context, focusing on the item rather than broader events or persons.
Automated Swiss Needle Threader Handles 1000 Per Minute
A Swiss factory operates a nearly automatic machine that threads 1000 needles each minute. It prepares needles for later lace-making. The device selects a needle places it in a thread path ties the knot cuts the thread to uniform length and deposits the finished needle in a rack. Previously this work was done by hand.
Opportunity Missed by Bold Stock Speculators
A dialogue highlights cautious investors doubting executives who promise rapid gains. Skeptics question the timing of selling after predicting the stock will double in a month. The exchange casts doubt on management judgment and the reliability of near term forecasts.
Young Scots astronomer Hector Macpherson Jr at 18
Hector Macpherson Jr a Scots boy of Balerno near Edinburgh is an 18 year old astronomer who has written two notable books. He speaks French German and Italian and runs a private observatory from his home. He published Astronomers of To Day at 15 and a second work A Century's Progress in Astronomy at 18 and belongs to the Societe Astronomique de France and the Societe Belge d Astronomy.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
America
Hector Macpherson, Jr
Diana
Apollo
Jack
Gulliver
London
Young Macpherson
Societe Astronomique de France
Societe Belge d’Astronomie
Placing Immigrants Through New Removal Office
The removal office in New York has directed 29 413 Russians to distant towns since its start five years ago. Immigrants find work across Ohio Indiana and Tennessee with earnings cited from $16 to $700 per week. Many arrive penniless and without local jobs in New York, yet several save and invest in real estate or banks in their new homes.
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New ‘York
New York City
Russia
Europe
United States
Toledo
Ohio
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Pope Motor Car Works
American Can Company
Gendron Wheel Company
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
Columbus
Nashville
Tenn
Minneapolis
Pittsburg
Rochester
New York
Paintings and Church Edifice Highlight Bremer County
Eldora Iowa reports the completion of a Gothic Catholic church near Petersburg Bremer township Delaware county eight miles NW of Dyersville. The $85,000 rock and cut stone structure features five portals, tall arches, buttresses and stained glass. Dedicated debt free by Bishop Schinner and Archbishop Keane. Also noted is William Edwards Cook Indpendence Iowa native and Rome studio painter chosen to paint a portrait of Pope Pius X later trained in Paris and Chicago.
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Eldora
Petersburg
Bremer Township
Delaware County
Dyersville
William Edwards Cook
Pope Pius X
Independence
Iowa
Rome
Julien
Paris
Prodigy Christian Heinecker A Born Genius in 1721
The annals recount Christian Heinecker born in Lubeck on February 6 1721 who died June 27 1725. By ten months he spoke clearly, at 12 months he memorized Moses five books, in his second year he learned most of Bible history, in the third year he answered geography history and learned Latin and French, in the fourth year he studied church history and writing. His death stemmed from his unusually active brain.
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Christian Heinecker
Lubeck
Simplon Tunnel Opens With 8000 Passengers Daily
The first six months of the Simplon tunnel show an average of 8,000 passengers carried per day. The tabulated results summarize early operations and traffic volumes.
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Simplon Tunnel
Dream Death Foretold by Hair Turning White
A London correspondent recalls a case of thought transference told by an eminent engineer. While returning from Bulawayo after a railway opening a friend died of enteric fever and hair turned white before death. On news in England the sister and then the parents independently reported dreams of the death and the hair whitening at the moment.
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London Daily Mail
Bulawayo
England
Comma Changes Meaning in Oxford Graduate Sermon
A Oxford graduate chose to enter the Nonconformist ministry and wear no clerical garb. His manifesto stated I shall wear no clothes to distinguish me from my fellow Christians, a line that became a university joke and inspired many pictures of the Rev X Y Z.
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Oxford
Auld Brig of Ayr Urged to Foil American Grabs
Lord Rosebery warns Scotland must buy the Auld Brig of Ayr to prevent a rich American buyer shipping the Burns linked bridge to Chicago. He urges funds to preserve the site and its national antiquarian value, fearing indelible stain if lost to the New World.
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Europe
British Isles
Lord Rosebery
Manchester Guardian
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Chuckie Reekie
Burns
Chuckie
Chicago
Scotland
England
Ayr
Two boys in school foretell future character
A teacher asserts that a student’s in school habits predict life outcomes. Industrious and honest boys tend to remain so after graduation, while lazy and unscrupulous youths rarely become good citizens, likening the latter to a camel passing through the eye of a needle.
A Storied Exchange in a Courtroom Coffee Incident
In a loud courtroom exchange the barrister scolds a witness and questions his drink. The ostler loudly proclaims in broad dialect that his coffee contained only sugar, prompting sharp reactions from the lawyer and calls to the jury.
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Ostler
Do You Still Believe in the Faith Cure
A Washington Star quip frames belief in faith healing as a peculiarity that seems to work only for things others possess but you do not. The tolerant man concedes belief yet notes the irony and envy in the remedy.
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Washington Star
Man Recovers From Sudden Stair Fall At City Building
A man who hurried up a stairway fell one flight and injured himself. He reached the bottom in pain but tested for broken bones and found none. The incident occurred in a city building as onlookers watched the rescue.
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Chicago Tribune
Tyrolean Alps at St Louis Fair Being Torn Down
Wrecking begins on the Tyrolean Alps scene once a highlight of the St Louis fair. The castle like structure housed valued paintings by Rummelspacher, worth about 200000 dollars, now being removed for storage or sale to summer gardens. George Snitzer and Frank Schiebe, Tyrolean natives, lament the loss while recalling the artists at work.
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St. Louis
Berlin
Rummelspacher
Innsbruck
Germany
George Snitzer
Frank Schiebe
Tyrol
Alps
Snitzer
Airship Station Planned In New York To Link Fort George And Coney Island
Promoters Fred Thompson and Joseph Weber propose a regular airship route from Fort George to Luna Park Coney Island with a midtown Broadway stop at Twenty-ninth Street. They plan a 90 foot airship and stations at Vanity Fair Luna Park and Broadway. They expect flights to begin by mid summer with Broadway as a central hub.
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New York City
Broadway
Twenty-ninth Street
Fort George
Coney Island
Fred Thompson
Joseph Weber
Aerial Navigation Company of America
New York
Baldwin
Knabenshue
Stevens
America
Vanity Fair
Mr. Weber
Mr. Thompson
Weber and Thompson Company
California
Capt. Baldwin
Weber’s
Theater
Luna Park
Luna _ park
Roland for an Oliver origin in medieval romance
The phrase Roland for an Oliver traces to Charlemagne era peers Roland and Oliver. Romancers exaggerated their exploits, turning their names into symbols of extravagant tales. The expression evolved to mean pairing one incredible lie with another, as explained in Sunday Magazine.
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Roland
Oliver
Charlemagne
German Dramatist Ludwig Fulda Praises America
German playwright Ludwig Fulda who visited the United States recently has been sending advance copies of his Impressions to friends here. The remarks are said to be written in a more laudatory vein than those of any other foreign visitor who toured the new world.
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America
Ludwig Fulda
New World
Short Lessons in Modern Etiquette from Judge
A satirical piece by Tom Masson argues new morals for adulterous liaisons and social oddities. It mocks public manners with humorous advice about confronting a husband, eating asparagus theatrically, and handling a cabbage scented cigar.
There Goes a Married Couple Not Married to Each Other
A satirical quip contrasts a couple seen as affectionate with the claim they are legally married yet not to each other. The tone mimics a newspaper style remark about social propriety and marital perceptions.
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John Taylor Waldorf
Crow
Hector MacPherson
Rules Private Observatory
Johnsburn
Balerno
Hector
Prairie
Pope
Schinner
Superior
Wis
Keane
Dubuque
New Catholic Church
Iowa Prairie
William E. Cook
Auld Brig OF
SLOTS
Airship Navigation Company
Tom Masson
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