Chicago Board of Ed Stance Sparks Tennis on School Sports
President Lehneider argues physical culture should be separate from teaching boys baseball and football. Superintendent Cooley counters that physical culture teachers promote disciplined, well rounded athletic activity, reducing rough behavior and building judgment and self reliance.
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Lehneider
Chicago Board of
Schneider
Yyustee Griefenhagen
Coaley
W. 8. Pollad
Evansville
Ind
Cooley
Ty Egansville
M Northwestern
Northwestern University
Northwestern
Cotuit Croquettes From Oyster Macaroni Mix
A historical recipe instructs breaking macaroons, parboiling oysters, and combining with macaroni. It details making a butter flour paste, adding milk and oyster liquor, cheese, salt, pepper, mace, and lemon juice, then shaping croquettes and frying them until crisp.
Orange Marmalade Making From A Historic Recipe
A dated recipe details making orange marmalade with apples and lemon, including steps to cook apples and lemon slices, strain, prepare orange pulp, simmer skins until tender, then combine with strained sauce. It instructs adding brandy and serving in glasses.
President Roosevelt proclaims Thanksgiving Day in 1908
The 1908 proclamation sets Thursday November 26 as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer. Roosevelt urges national reflection on moral and spiritual growth alongside material prosperity. He emphasizes charity, righteousness, and steadfast opposition to wrong in public and private life. Acting Secretary Ades h signs the document.
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Troe
Prsaeev Ing
Kineton
Atlantic
Tidewater
Arctic
Tropic
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Washington
Petition For County Option Debates In Goshen Meeting
Ministers in Goshen will convene in regular session Monday to discuss forming and circulating a petition in Elkhart county for an election under the new county option law. Prohibitionists plan to convert the movement into an active temperance campaign after the election with ministers' support pledged.
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Goshen
Regiar
Wlkhart County
Elkhart County
Goshen Youth Convicted in Red Wing Theft Case
A Goshen young man named Myron Porkins was convicted in Red Wing Minnesota for stealing a loaf of bread and was sentenced to prison. The unclear OCR notes reference a priest and alias but do not provide additional verifiable facts.
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Goshen
Red
Minn
Lea Toh
Red- Wing
Myron
Electrifying Mountain Rail Lines Could Double Capacity
Report notes engineers favor a plan to power the mountain divisions of major western railways with hydroelectricity drawn from streams along routes over the Rockies and Sierras. A single electric motor could replace multiple locomotives, dramatically boosting capacity and efficiency, with projected savings far surpassing initial costs.
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Rockies
Sierras
Shasta
Siskiyou Mountains
He Mountains
Niagara River
Harriman
Duy St
Mountain Division
Settle
Portable Blacksmith Shop Eases Railroad Repairs
The Missouri Pacific Railway adopts a portable blacksmith shop in two box cars one housing sleeping quarters and the other the shop. It carries all needed Louis and duplicate parts for switches frogs hand cars and stands. Frogs are repaired on track and replaced to keep traffic moving saving time and cost. One day suffices to complete repairs on an ordinary section.
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Missouri. Pacific Railway
Louis
Nétiable
Railroad Gazette
Chapel Car St Anthony Brings Catholic Aid to Utica
The Chapel Car St Anthony of the Catholic Church Extension Society visits Utica. The train chapel seats about 100 with altar and secured candlesticks. A library for distribution, two chaplains berths, lavatory, secretary office, kitchen and staff accompany the car.
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Utica
I Hovel
Anthony
Catholic Church Extension Society
New York Tribune
Railroad Chattened Approved by Governor Stuart
The governor of Pennsylvania signs off on a controversial railroad application amid debate over its impact and future development. Officials expect regulatory steps to proceed.
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Stuart
Pennsylva
Roses of Yesteryear and Perennial Blooms Remembered
The piece recalls famed roses and climbers once popular in gardens. It notes Marechal Niel as a debated tea rose versus Nesissette, names like Jacqueminot and Caronne Provost, and climbers Queen of the Prairie Baltimore Belle Ayrshire. It mentions Souvenir de Mi am Idison and Bengal as perpetuals, plus the giant cabbage rose. It asks where the roses of the past have gone.
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Marechal Niel
France
Paily
Jacqueminot
Jack
Caronne
Prairie
Baltimore
Tricksters and a corpse sale tale from Denver to New York
Mayor Speer cites two political schemers who exposed themselves by their actions. The tale compares tricksters to two elderly men who offered their bodies for dissection to a New York medical college, asking for $402 to sell their remains.
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Mayor Speer
Denver
New York
River's shifting Missouri reshapes Kansas land fortunes
A Kansas City tale in American Magazine describes how the Missouri River carved and reclaimed 160 acres then 200 and 500 more, removing and creating land banks as investors watched a factory site rise and fall with the river’s caprice, leaving a jaded investor wary of river power and finance.
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Missouri
Kansas
Justified His Name at Tankerton Golf Opening
At Tankerton Whitstable England Akers-Douglas recounted a tale from Hale where a golfer angered at a caddie by closely tracking and anticipating shots ended the round by giving the man a lunch ticket and threepence for club cleaning. The caddie finally quipped his name Mustard.
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Tankerton
Whitstable
Eng
Akers-Douglas
Hale
Balaam
Matrimonial Agency Seeks Divorced Woman
Scene shows a manager and a gentleman discussing a wife. The agent offers options and notes none on hand but promises to prepare one in a few days, with the emphasis on finding a divorced woman.
Fragmented dialogue on travel and danger experiences
A dialogue fragment features a Proud Traveler recalling bandit dangers in Italy and Spain. A Stay-at-Home Citizen challenges the tale with a boastful past claim about a life experience without force, mentioning a baby and a nurse taking a baby out for an airing.
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Italy
Spain
Five and six pointed stars on early U S coins
An official from the Washington mint explains that American coin star points reflect heraldic tradition. Five pointed stars appear on the coin reverse, while the obverse shows six pointed stars, tied to the great seal and Washington family arms.
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Washington Mint
Washington
Hale
United States
House “of Representatives
Fragmented OCR noted on autos and social cues
The readable text shows garbled phrases about automobiles and a young creature and mentions polite behavior and hairpins. It appears to be an incomplete, damaged OCR fragment with unclear context and no concrete events or names.
Wage cuts at Sharples works threaten plant closure
A report from West Chester Pennsylvania notes Sharples Separator Works chief P M Sharples slashed wages 10 to 20 percent for about 30 unskilled workers employed at the plant amid fears the reductions could drive the company into Bryan's political camp.
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Cincinnatti Enavé
Taft
West Chester
P. M. Sharples
Sharples
Bryan
Hailee Worsmen
Bryan Camp
Substitute for Beeswax From Madagascan Palm Wax
A wax from the rafia palm of Madagascar is tested as a substitute for beeswax. Leaves are beaten on a mat and boiled to extract wax, which is collected and kneaded into small cakes for bottling phonograph cylinders and other uses.
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Madagascar
Roast a Jemon for Cough Relief Remedy
A vintage household remedy advises roasting a jemon until hot and burning avoided, then opening one end to squeeze the juice into a cup with three ounces of finely powdered sugar. Mix and take a spoonful when coughing to ease symptoms.
James Schoolcraft Sherman a Republican Secretary and Lawyer
James Schoolcraft Sherman, a Hamilton College graduate, was admitted to the bar and began practicing law. He was later appointed secretary, representing the Republican party.
Timeline of a Political Career from Cincinnati to White House
The document lists a sequence of career milestones starting with an 1857 birth in Cincinnati and a 1874 high school graduation. It traces higher education at Yale, admission to the Ohio bar, roles as prosecutor, revenue collector, judge, solicitor general, circuit judge, and university dean, leading to Philippine Commission service and finally the presidency.
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Cincinnati
Yale
Ohio
Hamilton County
Helen Herron
United States
Sixth
Aean
Law
Univer
Sitys
United. States
Philippine Commission
Philippine Islands
United” ‘States
Philippines
Cliba Ee
Ton
Saber Chetear
Burials and Births Reported With Disease Links
Numbers show deaths from various diseases for the period, including cancer deaths and typhoid related fatalities. Among 32 births in the city, 13 were male and 19 female, with 15 diphtheria cases, 5 scarlet fever, 4 smallpox, 2 typhoid, and 4 quarantine cases recorded.
Wright Dies at Home in Havre Neighborhood
Mrs. Calist Wright, a longtime resident near the corner of Taird and Sycamore, died at her home this morning at 1 selock. Born August 17, 1877 in Thumsinsburgh New York, she lived earlier in Himira New York and moved here with her husband Henry Wright 36 years ago. He died 13 years ago. Survived by two grandchildren Miss Sarah Winifred Turnock and Henry C Furnock of Cleveland. A brother in Michigan and a niece Mrs Louise Crestl of Crinine New York mentioned. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at home, with interment at Grace Lawn cemetery.
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Calist
Wright
Selock
Infant Hart Cowan Hively Dies and Is Buried
Hart Cowan Hively infant son of Dr and Mrs J L Hively died at 9 o clock Thursday morning. The babe was buried this morning at Grace Lawn cemetery with a short service at the grave conducted by Rev Tiswis I Hall.
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Hart Cowan Hively
J. L. Hively
Grace Lawn
Tiswis I. Hall
Wilmar O'Brien Returns to Linwood After Visit
Wilmar O'Brien returned to Linwood that morning after spending a few days with his parents.
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Wilmar
O’brien
Tollinwood
Nervous Debility Signaled by Nervous Breakdown Warning
An old remedy demands focus on blood nourishment to nerves. The ad claims Dr Williams Pink Pills restore strength by purifying blood and easing nervous distress, citing Mrs Maud White as a testimonial after weeks of overwork and collapse.
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Dr. Williams
Wal
Williams
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