Bryan’s Front Porch Campaign Heads Toward Lincoln Rally
In Lincoln Nebraska on June 2 Bryan plans a front porch style campaign with a telegraph office and reporters nearby. He will travel by special train and host a party of twenty Illinois delegates from Chicago en route to Denver. Bryan criticizes the Republican platform as retreating and lists seven backward steps including public campaign funds and popular election of senators.
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Convention Echoes and Notable Figures at Republican Meeting
The piece reviews the 1904 Republican convention highlights with Alice Roosevelt Longworth drawing attention for removing her hat at sessions. Utah delegate Lucy Clark promotes suffrage, Chauncey Depew appears diminished, and veteran political hands steer proceedings while the press corps gains equal fame.
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President in White Duck on Vacation at Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt in white duck suit and Panama hat visits Christ Church in Oyster Bay on the second day of vacation. He arrives with Mrs. Roosevelt, is greeted by villagers, attends morning service, and later waves to photographers and onlookers in the church yard.
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Taft Narrowly Escapes Train Disaster En Route to New York
Secretary Taft and his party reached New York after a visit in Cincinnati to discuss the national committee chairmanship. A piston rod failure on the locomotive caused a near-miss as the train halted after a danger signal was shown. No one was injured and Taft continued on to New York, with ongoing talks expected on July 1 in Washington.
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Washington rally greets 20 000 partisans at rail station
From Washington he was met by 20 000 of his partisans at the railroad station. The first men he met and greeted were his brother Charles and Janes Sherman, his running mate. He then held an informal reception and greeted hundreds of old friends.
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Hitchcock Declines Taft Chair to Rest from Campaign
Republican leaders in Chicago after the convention press Hitchcock to accept the national committee chair. Hitchcock explains he is physically exhausted and needs rest, but delegates oppose his retirement and insist he is still fit to lead the campaign. Senator Warner and Missouri delegation present the dispatch as proof of the exchange.
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Taft Delayed By Railroad Accident In Pittsburgh
Secretary Taft faced a two hour delay in Pittsburgh when a Cincinnati to New York train was halted by an accident and Pennsylvania Railroad did not hold the eastern connection. He greeted waiting passengers in Union Station with handshakes and smiles en route to New Haven for Yale commencement.
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John Mitchells Dilemma Over Illinois Governorship Or Trade Work
John Mitchell weighs a bid for Illinois governor against taking a role promoting joint trade agreements between employers and workers. He cites no strong personal preference for either path and plans to decide in a few days.
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Sullivan leaves for Denver with party delegation
Chicago June 22 Roger C Sullivan Democratic national committeeman from Illinois and chairman of the sub committee for the national convention at Denver departed for the western city. He was accompanied by Urey Woodson of Kentucky secretary of the national committee, a staff of secretaries and clerks, and Sullivan family members. He will stay until the convention ends.
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Cummins Aide Leads Iowa Delegates Cheer Roosevelt At Convention
At Des Moines June 22 a demonstration in favor of President Roosevelt arose at the Republican county convention. Chairman Clark invoked Gov Albert Cummins’ name for nearly five minutes as delegates and visitors in the gallery cheered enthusiastically.
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Hughes to Help Ratify Republican Ticket Meeting
New York on June 22 reports Gav Hughes will be the principal speaker at the Republican club to ratify the national ticket in a meeting tonight.
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Indiana Governor Stricken by Heat at Ottawa Chautauqua
Governor Hanly of Indiana collapsed from heat while delivering an address at the Ottawa Chautauqua in Ottawa Kansas. He received medical aid on site and was placed on a train for home shortly after.
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L Frank J. Handy
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Overstudy and Health in Montaigne’s View
The excerpt argues that excessive study harms health and good humor, suggesting that even valuable knowledge from books may not be worth the personal cost. It reflects Montaigne’s stance that balance matters and fervent study can reduce life’s joy.
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Little Mabel Proclaims Safety While Running Downhill
Four year old Mabel runs downhill while holding her dress. Her mother warns her to be careful or she will fall. Mabel responds she will stay safe by holding tight to herself.
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Not What He Meant: A Breath Therapy Gag
A comic early 20th century exchanges shows a physician promising a quick cure for a patient’s chest troubles. The patient notes the main symptom is difficulty breathing, prompting a brisk, humorous punchline.
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Best Pills Ever Sold by Dr King Life Pills
After 15 years of chronic indigestion and $200 spent, B F Ayscue of Ingleside NC finds Dr King’s New Life Pills best medicine sold under guarantee at Houseworth Bros drug store for 25 cents. Also promotes Gold Medal Flour with strong ad line.
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Bliss versus Anaconda Copper trial closes after 40 days
In Helena on June 22 the forty days' argument in the Bliss vs. Anaconda Copper Mining Co. smoke case ended before Federal Judge W. H. Hunt. It is described as the longest argument in legal controversy history. Trial began May 5. Some 26,000 pages of testimony were read, totaling about 6,000,000 words. No decision is expected for about six months.
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Wu Ting's Wife Arrives in San Francisco
Madame Wu Ying Fang wife of the Chinese minister at Washington has reached San Francisco aboard the Pacific Mail liner Mongolia on June 22 landing from the ship.
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Baseball Standings and Scores From Chicago June 22
National and American league standings listed with wins losses and percentages. Scores from multiple games include Pittsburg Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Boston St Louis Chicago Detroit and more with pitchers and batters noted. Saturday results recap lists additional doubleheaders and Western league results across several cities.
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Nutrition fix by a surgeon joke from Chicago Tribune
A witty exchange has an eminent physician diagnose a caller as lacking nutrition after a full exam. The patient counters he eats all he can. The doctor replies the capacity must be enlarged and jokes about a surgeon, charging five dollars.
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Strength Limits Health Across Lifespans
In "Common Sense In Exercise" Charles I L Cochrane notes that peak muscular power often shortens life. He cites Louis Cyr who weighed 320 pounds and performed feats yet died at 37. oarsman Kennedy who lifted a thousand pounds and died before 40. and Dowd who wore himself out and died at 47.
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Metropolitan Magazine
Nature Cures and the Role of Faith in Healing
The article argues that disease is cured by nature with medicine serving to create favorable conditions. Faith in recovery is vital, sometimes replacing drugs or even the need for a physician. Surgeons merely remove obstructions and wait for nature to heal. The most skilled doctors use minimal medicines, avoiding overuse to aid nature.
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New Haven Register
J-M
Phelps Reflections on Heaven and Human Suffering
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in Harper's Bazar contemplates heaven as a private state of relief from pain fear and loss. She voices invalids workers mothers and a nameless mulatto girl seeking safety dignity and basic happiness through clean conscience purposeful work and love.
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Harper's Bazar
They Go Together in a Silly Exchange
A playful exchange between a young wife and her husband Henry unfolds as she compares herself to a watch and asks for jewels. Henry warns that praising a woman can reveal foolishness, adding a sly punch about compliments.
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Madison on the Union’s strength from 1812 War lessons
James Madison argues that free government grows stronger as it is tested, noting the war of 1812 proves that the United States, as guardian of liberty, gains force and resilience through trials and unity.
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Not In Her Class In London Opinion Sketch
A humorous dialogue contrasts Mrs Spenders railing against a new womanish trend with Mr Spenders joking that men’s clothes are not expensive. The exchange highlights gender role humor and fashion norms in a London Opinion style satire.
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Honest vs Honest in a Commandment Quip
A Cleveland Leader quotation mocks claims of honesty by contrasting self serving ideas with the belief that the commandments belong to others. The exchange questions moral ownership and integrity through a witty dialogue.
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Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Foot Sore in Georgia
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cochran Ga reports a bad instep sore healed after using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He praises the 25 cent box and notes a complete cure under the product guarantee at Houseworth Bros drug store Chantga.
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London in 1784 a picture of London warned of crime
In 1784 M. La Combe published A Picture of London noting widespread highwaymen in the countryside around the city. He describes thefts of door brass knockers and laments shifts in Londoners manners with banks, beggars, coiners, spies, robbers, and adulterated bread and beer.
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M. la Combe
Blood red banner marks revolts through history
A London Answers note traces the blood red banner and cap as symbols of liberty in revolts from ancient Persia to Paris riots and Bunker Hill, contrasted with monarchic colors. It links blood red to trades unions, Swiss emblem, and French history, asserting monarchs never chose it.
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Naive Lying Compared to Soundproofed Nursery Wall
A New York police official comments on a guilty policeman for protecting gambling dens. He says the man lied too naively, likening him to a carpenter who lines a wall with shavings to block nursery noise, then claims it is soundproof after a test.
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New York Tribune
Greeleys Writing Echoed In 19th Century Opinion
Early in the 1800s poor writing by prominent figures became a byword. Horace Greeley’s letters were so unclear that correspondents often had to guess their meaning. A Tribune reporter once treated a Greeley letter as a recommendation to another editor.
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New York Tribune
Stomach Trouble Remedies Promoted By Local Ad
An Elkhart advertisement touts Mi-o-na stomach tablets as a safe thorough relief for indigestion and related symptoms. It claims rising cases in cities and countryside, urges two of three residents suffer from stomach issues, and notes a refund guarantee with each 50-cent box sold by Houseworth Bros. to ensure cure.
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Elkhart Water Co Urges Fire Alarm Water Use Ban
The Elkhart Water Co requests that during a fire alarm the use of water for private purposes stop immediately. In dry hot periods this restriction protects property and must be observed.
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E B Zigler Moves Law Office to Lexington Ave
Attorney E B Zigler relocates his law practice to ground floor 111 West Lexington Avenue. The move places the office at the same building in Lexington area with the new address 111 W Lexington Ave.
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