Salt Lake Mormon Crisis Sparks Utah Power Struggle
Utah factions clash as Joseph F. Smith faces accusations of diverting church funds and wielding influence over tithes. Two former senators Kearns and Cannon lead a push to curb church political and financial power amid excommunications and public dissent.
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Reed Smoot
United States Senate
Smoot
Senate
Washington
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Smitt
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Smooth
Robert W. Tay
Mammon
Frank J. Cannon
George Q. Cannon
Charles A. Smurthwaite
Hyrum H. Goddard
Ler
Ohio
Congress
Apostle C. W. Penrose
Penrose
American Party of
United States
Thomas Kearns
Wealthy Denver Man Recalls Wife's Alleged Heaven Divorce
Lester P. Merriman testified in Judge Palmer's division about his wife Ella J. Merriman now in San Francisco or Palo Alto. He described her 1895 claim of a divorce from him granted by God and her later travels to California while pursuing new religious beliefs.
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Col
Lester P. Merriman
Palmer
District Court
S Ie
Ella J. Merriman
San Francisco
Palo
Alto
Stanford
Heaven
Merriman
California
Coppered the Prophet Predicts Rain Caught By Almanac
A Jersey town tale recaps a weather almanac prophet named Thompson who bets on rain after a cigar shop owner predicts showers. Thompson is drenched when it rains, then learns the owner uses the almanac to guess weather: a notorious liar predicting opposite outcomes.
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Thompson
New York Press
Jersey
Cigar
Molly and bailiff on the roof joke in Chicago Journal
A humorous line from the Chicago Journal about Molly asking if the groceryman and baker have arrived while she contemplates finishing work on the roof. The punchline notes a bailiff on the shingles, adding a light legal-pressing twist to domestic life.
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Chicago Journal
Court considers divorce claim amid heavenly pledge
A fragmentary quote suggests a spouse seeks legal dissolution of marriage based on belief in a heavenly divorce. The source text provides no names, dates, or local context, leaving the legal matter described as a religiously framed demand rather than court records.
Curzon Uses Phonographs to Speak to Indian Tribes
Lord Curzon announces a novel broadcast plan sending talking machines across India. He learned a speech in multiple dialects and will have phonographs speak it in each region so listeners hear the voice of the vicgroy in their native tongue.
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Lord Curzon
India
Vicgroy
Obstreperous Grand Duchess Anastasia Draws Kaiser’s Dismay
The sensational life of Grand Duchess Anastasia, sister to Grand Duke Michael, is described amid rumors of loves and a morganatic union. The Kaiser opposes her union with Cecile, daughter of the ex grand duchess, while tensions over Hanover and Cumberland loom large. Anastasia may skip the June ceremony.
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Michael
Anastasia
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Russia
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German Empire
Europe
Mecklenburg
Cecile
Love
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Kingdom of
Hanover
Cumberland
Frederick
Kaiser
Germany
Riviera
Michigan hunter protection law aims at accidental shootings
Arthur Bradley notes Michigan's new statute makes it a crime to injure another by mistake while hunting with ten years imprisonment or a $1000 fine. A test case saw a hunter acquitted after the victim, dressed like a deer, triggered the mistaken-identity tragedy as both men were stalking each other.
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Michigan
Cedar Swamp
Maine
Kitchen Tips and Household Hints From 1900s Advice Columns
Practical notes on food safety, kitchen practices, and ironing from the American Queen column. Topics include avoiding tin contact with foods after opening, proper mayonnaise handling, salt use, wax for flatirons, bath fears for children, silverware replacement trends, lamp wicks, waxed shoelaces, lemon polishing for boots, and step by step ironing guidance for linen and table linens.
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Boston
Crucifixion Lesson and Cross Bearing Reflections
A devotional study on the crucifixion of Jesus at Calvary with verses from John 19 and parallel passages. It includes commentary on Jesus bearing the cross, Pilate's inscription, clothing division, and the fulfillment of scripture, followed by a Sunday school anecdote and practical points for Christian sacrifice and care for others.
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Jerusalem
Kno
Damascus Gate
Jesus
Golgotha
Pilate
Jesus OF Nazareth
Fruit size quarrel between Lady and Peddler in Cincinnati
A brief exchange in the Cincinnati Enquirer highlights a debate over berry sizes. The Lady compares the berries to quart boxes, while the Peddler insists they are fully grown, suggesting a dispute over market claims.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Buyer and father clash over loan for daughter in playful exchange
In a humorous dialogue, Mr. Isaacstein asks Mr. Rosenbaim for a $10,000 loan for 60 days without security to gain his daughter. Rosenbaim refuses, saying he would not lend. The exchange ends with an ultimatum to take her.
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Mr. Isaacstein
Rosenbaim
Puck
Care of the Linen Hints for Washing Linens and Towels
A linen firm offers guidance on washing table linens and towels. Use mild soaps, avoid alkali, wring by hand or with loose wringer rollers, and rinse thoroughly. A gum arabic solution assists final wringing. Do not wipe razors on towels to prevent latent damage.
It is a base life to which nothing is real
A quotation from the Chicago Tribune declares life as base where only sense objects hold reality.
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Chicago Tribune
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