Political letters defend initiative and referendum debate
The piece rebukes the Grand Forks Times for alleged bias in its critique of the initiative and referendum measure. It disputes roll-call interpretations, cites legislators and votes, argues for broad public participation, and praises the Herald of Kidder County for its Republican stance and improved paper size.
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Grand Forks Times
Herald
Times
Evening Times
the Times
Ube
House
The
Tuy Steele Herald
Missouri
Kidder
Telegraph firm seeks rate controls through legislation
The Western Union Telegraph Company raised its rates while its stock remained above par. The piece argues this quasi public utility should have interstate and intrastate charges kept within reasonable bounds by legislation.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Miracle Coin News and a Humble Beggar Tale
A generous man who believed in ongoing miracles helps a beggar woman after finding a fire shilling in his pocket. He declares the coin God given and sends her away in peace. A later talk with his vicar triggers a blunter reaction highlighting a clash between piety and worldly concern.
Ducks and Drakes Origin Explained in Classic Rhyme
The saying making ducks and drakes with money originates from a childhood game with an Olster shell or stone on water. A one skip is a duel, more skips follow the rhyme 1 2 A duck and a drake, 3, and a halfpenny cake, 4, a penny to pay the old baker.
To the Bitter End and Language Drift
The piece argues the phrase to the bitter end grew from error, citing usage shift from to the better end and a nautical metaphor of a vessel paying out cable. It notes Defoe's Robinson Crusoe touches on the storm scene and cable end imagery.
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Daniel Defoe
Yar- Mouth
Notable Review Says Book Worth Reading This Year
A Chicago literary editor praises a highly original and bold book, noting its unique plot and delightful dialogue. A friend recalls expressing gratification at the editor’s favorable note, calling it one of the year’s remarkable works as Youth’s Companion records.
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Sotbor
Chicago
The Big Four Gems and Their Qualities
The piece explains the ranking of gem stones led by the rmby amocd emerald and sapphire as the big four with pearl excluded as not a stone. It notes tests of color clearness and cutting quality, diamond using a brilliant cut, and the step cut essential for ruby emerald and sapphire to show fire.
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New York Tribune
How the Pulse Varies Across Ages and Persons
The article notes wide pulse variations with age from birth to old age. It cites figures near 149 at birth, about 75 in adulthood, and exceptional cases including Napoleon at 44 and an elderly man with pulses between 28 and 30 in later years, illustrating health-linked divergence.
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Napoleon
Steven
Wrestling For Exercise In Gentle, Safe Form
The New York Medical Journal extols wrestling as a vigorous bodily exercise suitable for all ages. It notes catch as catch can wrestling, akin to Swiss styles, as adaptable to different weights and practiced with a courteous, sportsmanlike spirit to reduce roughness.
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New York Medical Journal
Precautions of Old Time Doctors and Their Nose Canes
Doctors in historical practice carried a hollow gold topped cane filled with aromatic powder or enuff. They would strike the cane on the floor at the entrance of a house with a supposed infectious disease and apply the powder to their nose, explaining why old prints portray physicians carrying canes to their noses.
Marriage Notice Displays Box At Town Hall
A German marriage rule requires public notice before the church ceremony. A small town posts an official notice announcing a new box at the town hall for all couples intending to wed.
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Germany
Romance of the Cigar Prank in Topeka
A bride gave her husband a box of sickly cigars for his birthday. He wept and vowed to keep them as a token of love rather than smoke them. She then bought three more boxes for him to smoke or enjoy, words echoing the playful twist from the Topeka State Journal.
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Topeka State Journal
Thief Returns Tools After Finding Truth in Ledger Note
A burglar blows open a safe after finding a paper inside stating nothing of value. He remarks the discovery proves there are still people who tell the truth as he gathers his tools. This anecdote from the Philadelphia Ledger highlights a rare honest note in a crime tale.
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Philadelphia Ledger
The Opportunity Riddle Quotation Fragments
The text presents two aphorisms about Opportunity and focus. The first notes that opportunity is fleeting and elusive once missed. The second posits that concentrated effort on one object may fail, while dispersed effort on many can succeed. Both reflect aphoristic critique of action.
One Sided Justice in Langtry Texas
A New York Sun note recalls Roy Bean the Pecos chief justice who ran Langtry as his post and sold postal cards from his mock court. It recounts a 19th century roundup of cowboys who shot Chinese workers during railroad construction and Bean’s quip that no Texas statute criminalizes a white man shooting a Chinaman, leading to the prisoners’ discharge.
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Roy Bean
Pecos
Great Territory
Pecos River
Texas
Langtry
Bean
Southern Pacific
Squire Dean
A Cats Boarding House Sunday Dinner Demands
A woman asks a cat boarding house to serve her cats a special Sunday dinner and pay extra. The proprietor notes that many clients push for special holiday fare, though it can ruin digestion, revealing a peculiar aspect of the pet care business.
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Philadelphia Record
Shakespeare Play Punishment Under Puritan Scrutiny
Sunday theatricals drew a harsh inquiry in 1631 London after Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream was privately staged at the bishop of Lincoln's house. Bottom actor Mr Wilson was punished by stocks and an ass head with hay, bearing the boastful badge of his misdeed.
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England
Lord Bishop's House
Lincoln's Famous Gettysburg Address Phrases Traced
The article traces the origin of the line the government of the people by the people and for the people. It notes Theodore Parker used a similar form in 1854 and Daniel Webster voiced the idea in 1830. It also references Chief Justice Marshall.
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Lincoln
Gettysburg
Theodore Parker
Anti- Slavery Society
Parker
Daniel Webster
Webster
Justice Marshall
Worms etch feline figure in 1810 British Annual Register
A club library in New York reports a bookworm bored through seventeen leaves of an 1810 British Annual Register volume. The worm’s path resembles a crouching cat with ear up and tail, repeating on eight to ten leaves before fading to a single small hole.
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New York
Dinner Table Gaffe Referencing Louis the Fourteenth
A humorous exchange describes a taciturn man at dinner named Louis the Fourteenth. The pun reveals he is called the Fourteenth because he is only asked to keep the group from feeling thirteen at table.
The Strain of Society and Eight Hour Day Debate
The London Truth notes the fashionable woman faces an eight hour day and calls for limits on scandal. It argues society’s strain on imagination is immense and that constant sensational talk is exhausting.
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Tondon
Cattle and Horses By Brand From Westfield to Winona
A long list of ranch brands and owners across towns including Braddock, Winona, Hazelton, Emmonsburg, Linton, Bonham, Exeter, Hampton, and Winchester. Entries describe cattle and horses with brands on left hip or right rib, some with ear markings or shoulder brands, listing many owner names such as Joseph, Baker, Chapman, Davis, Dornbusch, Frederick, Loghain, Marchant, O’Flynn, Petrie, Rathbun, Spaulding, Van Soest, Weller, and Yeater. The compilation preserves stock branding details and associated locales.
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Braddock
Joseph
Winona
Andras
Dale
erman—Linton
Baker
Livona
Sekker
Anse
Fiall
Jonn
Haselton
Boumearteer
Erraabars
Benz
Brooks & Barkley
Hampton
Burrage
Jamer
Brum
Westfield
Clark
Casey
D. W
Gayton
Samed
Compaan
Abel
Coover
C. E
Glences
Horess
Davis Bros
Beaver Creek
Linton
Davis
J. B—Hazelton
Doerscblag
Lewie
Dornbusch
Louie
Wenfield
Pischer
Jakob
Exeter
Frederick
Jas
Hazelton
Bnour
John—Bismarck
Gravink
Efter
Hawes
E. L
Heerele
G. A
Herolz
R.—Linton
Int Veldt
Westfeld
Raven
Harzeltor
Kurtz
Muench
Emmonsburg
Naaden
O'Flynn
Johbn
Petrie, A. L
L. C
Winchester
Fenjic
John
Putnam
Winonna
Rathbun
C. J
G. W
Catten Be Ie
T R
Rush
M.—Hazelton
Smith
Spaulding
Harrie
Bionix
Aes Tough
David
van Soest
H.—Aull
Hal
A. M.—Hampton
Weller
E. C.—Hampton
Whalen
Yeater
D. H
Leadership. A leader follows the crowd with loud whoops
A quotation from the Chicago Record-Herald defines a political leader as someone who perceives crowd direction and openly rallies in that path with strong enthusiasm. The line critiques leadership as follower driven.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Better Than Some. Night watchman qualifications questioned
A humorous exchange questions a candidate for a night watchman post. The applicant claims silence as a strength, then a bystander quips about a baby waking the family at 3 am. A Lever notes the baby’s strength despite the hour. Scientists reportedly say that hour tests endurance.
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Astander
London
Notice of Sale of Estate in Hague and Linton ND
In the matter of the estate of Anton Vetter deceased, sale of real property lot five in block three Hague ND and bank stock in Hague and Muzac State Bank plus notes and a stock in Artas Union. Sale set in county court chambers Linton ND on May 25 1907 at 4 pm cash on delivery. Admin Hanama Werren directs sale according to licensed order.
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North Dakota
Emmons
Charles B. Carley
Anton Vetter
Pernel
Onton Vetter
Lot Tive
Hague
N. D
Hingue State Bank
Muzac State Bank
Hague State Bank
Artas Union
Anton Wicegerter
Vincents Schmidt
Linton
Pure
Hanmawa Verren
The Khamsin Desert Wind Blows Over Egypt
The khamsin is the hot dry wind from the Sahara that sweeps into Egypt. The name means fifty days and the wind is often linked with deadly pestilence and extreme heat.
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Sahara
Egypt
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Steen
Chapman
Stevens
Cunningham
Storey
Garden
Hondseld
Graham
Syverton
Mallick
Treat
Johnson
Pembina
Ueland
Ward
Walker
Jones
Ransom
Welford
Speaker
Twichell
Lessex
Gom
Kovrek
Times the Herald
Oregon
Almos
Labor
Cara
Phranai
Logue. Co
Marchant
W.J
Macnider
William—Emmonsburg
Morford
Cattle
Estereoss A
Armstrong
Pollock
la Grace
Dicky
Chicago Tribune
Dacotah Lumber Company
Paul R. Muench
Propriet
Hazelton Land Gcompany
L. du Heaume
Linton, N. D
Fort Yates
Yates
Obermeier
Snyder's Drug Store
Warne
J. F. Snyder Hazelton
Terely
Vorlander
FE. Martin
A. W. Sims
Joan J, Kaun Man
Linton State Bank
Weamer
Aceon
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