Gash Clay’s Blackest Look Moves Court and Jury
The Louisville Courier Journal recounts Gen. Clay’s famed courtroom power in a murder trial. A client faced a hopeless case, rejected by lawyers, until Clay took the defense. He analyzed the evidence and then, with a menacing look, questioned what one would do if faced with such a stare. The jury acquitted, and Clay credited months of mirror practice for that look.
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Gen. Clay
Clay
Louisville Courier-Journal
Waiter Paralyzed by Copper Cent at Waldorf Astoria
A Westerner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York offered a copper cent as a tip to a waiter who had not shown extra attention. The waiter, Marcon, replied that no mistake was made and that he never accepts less than the full tip. The scene ended with the waiter supposedly paralyzing the tipper.
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Waldorf-Astoria
New York
John
Gates
Marcon
New York Press
Long Time to Build A Cathedral Compared to Chicago
An American tourist asks how long the Cologne cathedral has been built. The guide replies about 500 years. The tourist jokes that in Chicago a similar building could be rushed up in five years, highlighting contrasts in construction times.
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Cologne
Chicago
London
Farmers Seek Wheat Prices, But Department Responds Slowly
Two farmers complain about the agricultural department failing to provide wheat price information. They note delays and lack of satisfaction while seeking official data on rising wheat costs, reflecting broader frustration with public replies.
Favored by Circumstances and Reform Talk
A New York Tribune remark contrasts the czar’s reform push with elections, noting the ruler’s security from re-election pressures. The quote underscores a political dynamic where incumbents with strong power may pursue reforms without electoral constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Complexions Improve On Postum Not Coffee
An advertisement outlines how coffee harms the liver and skin, causing sallow complexions. It promotes Postum Food Coffee as the remedy, claiming rosier cheeks and healthier blood after ceasing coffee. A named testimonial from a long-time coffee drinker describes relief from headaches and yellow skin after switching to Postum. The notice is attributed to Postum Co of Battle Creek Michigan.
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Wwe
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Debt limit must be increased to aid state institutions
State Treasurer McMillan argues for raising the debt limit from 200000 to one million dollars to permit issuing bonds for educational institutions. He notes cities and counties have higher limits and cites the permanent school fund as a source. Gov. White reviews the situation as officials seek relief amid a pending conference outcome.
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McMillan
Supreme Court
Gov. White
State Board of Equalization
North Dakota Wheat Yields From Central Cass County Highlighted
North Dakota's average wheat is estimated at eleven bushels per acre. Central Cass County leads with Dalrymple farm near Casselton likely the state's top performer at about twenty bushels across 9,000 acres. Larimore and Traill County bonanza farms expect fifteen to twenty-five bushels, while Red River valley yields vary widely but will provide a larger share of state production.
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Anson
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Larimore
N. D
Grandin
Traill County
Red River Valley
Ward
North Dakota
Crazy Negro Killed By Great Northern Train
The west bound Great Northern Passenger Train No 13 struck Allan Sparks on the track near Emera do and ground his body. He had been jailed in Grand Forks for thirty days, escaped, attempted suicide in East Grand Forks, and was released recently before crossing into North Dakota. The body was identified by five shirts he wore and taken to Larimore for burial.
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Sparks
Emerado
Great Northern
Larimore
Allan Sparks
Grand Forks
East Grand Forks
North Dakota
Wholesalers Hampered by Overloaded Fargo Freight
Freight conditions in Fargo are badly congested due to heavy harvest shipments. The Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads report overcrowded lines and refuse freight after certain hours, severely handicapping wholesalers.
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Fargo
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
North Dakota Finance Adjourns After Equalization
The state board of equalization adjourned after valuing all real and personal property at about 147 million dollars, up 14 million from last year. General tax is 3.8 mills yielding roughly 660 thousand annually, wolf bounty tax at 0.2 mill about 27 thousand. State funds amount to 180 thousand in the general fund covering expenses until December taxes arrive. The state aims for a surplus at the end of the biennial period, with funds sufficient for educational institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Equalization
North Dakota crops show mixed yield and late flax risk
Weather across North Dakota brought cool damp conditions with heavy rains in some areas and light showers elsewhere, boosting early grain filling yet hampering haying. Harvests began for early wheat, barley near average but poorer quality, oats short and light heads, corn growth poor, hay crops short though regrowing. Late flax benefits from recent rains but may freeze early.
Beef Prices Fall as Cattlemen See Decline in Value
Cattlemen report beef cattle prices are down about 25 percent from a year ago in Dickinson. Two year old steers that sold at 35 early last spring now bring about 30, Minnesota cattle of the same age fall from 27 to roughly 22. Breeders and self-supplied herds fare best. profit from four cent beef cited. Recent rain improves hay and feed, reducing need to ship cattle while in prime condition.
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Dickinson
Minnesota
Five Tragic Deaths In Morton County Farm Area
A lightning storm killed Henry Wagner and his wife at their Flasher farmhouse, with two children unharmed in the same room. Henry Miller on an adjacent farm died instantly. William Toghte, an old settler from New Salem, was killed when thrown from his horse. John Breiner, 27, was shot dead by Henry Henninger after a drunk dance incident eight miles south of Mandan. Henninger surrendered, claiming self defense.
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Morton County
Henry Wagner
Flasher
Wagner
Pipestone
Minn
Henry Miller
William Toghte
New Salem
Mandan
John Breiner
Henry Henninger
Henninger
What is an optimist Tommy-Pop says
Tommy asks what an optimist is and his Pop answers in a wry Philadelphia Record style defining an optimist as a married man who is glad of it.
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Tommy
Philadelphia Record
North Dakota Notes Mixed Local Reports Across Counties
North Dakota items report Granville cemetery shortage and a jail escape at Grand Forks. Edmore telephone exchange opening, flood of repairs at flour mills, and a drive to start a creamery in Dunseith. Notes on schools, roads, gophers damaging Ward county crops, law cases, and church matters.
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Edmore
George Dodge
Minot
Dunseith
Ward
Taylor
Fessenden
Devils Lake
State Reform School
Great Northern
Roy Cornford
Ward County
Bishop Mann
Jamestown
Starkweather
Kidder County
Flaxton
Bowbells
Bessie Waggoner
Bismarck
Coal Harbor
Souris
Ramsey County
Glory of Scenery and California Landscape Poetry
A discussion from Atlantic Monthly extols California and Pacific coast scenery as a muse for poets. It notes landscape verse as a regional strength, praising Californian color and beauty while acknowledging concerns about local color becoming a badge of art. It argues such sensitivity could drive rapid literary advancement with education.
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California
Pacific Coast
Maurice Thompson
Western
Seaboard
Atlantic Monthly
Headache Causes and Home Remedies Across Conditions
The Philadelphia Inquirer outlines headaches from excess or deficient brain blood, neuralgic pain from dental cold, and relief methods. It notes dietary caution, limited meat intake, rest with the head low, and remedies such as mustard leaf on the neck and brown paper soaked in vinegar for throat or facial pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Inquirer
Clergymen's Plea Archives German Farmer Letter
Rev Joseph Pope of Rich Fountain Missouri publishes a German farmer George Hoellerer's testimonial. Hoellerer says rheumatic pain confined him to movement, medicines failed, then Dodd's Kidney Pills brought relief after one box, and six more boxes restored work on the farm.
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Rich Fountain
Joseph Pope
Mr. Pope
George Hoellerer
Dodd
Pathos in Editing Sparks Humorous Exchange
A reporter complains about writing pathetic copy while an editor insists on using "babe" for pathos. The dialogue mocks newsroom sensitivities and editorial discipline.
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Babe
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promised For Deafness Proof
An advertisement claims deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and offers $100 for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It promotes circulars and lists Hall's Family Pills as a popular product sold by Druggists for 75 cents.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
A Question of Precedence
Gushington wonders why Starr the tragedian ignores him. Crittick recalls telling him Starr’s style resembled Booth’s. Gushington concedes the error, suggesting Booth’s style actually resembled Starr’s.
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Gushington
Starr
Crittick
Booth
Dr Kline's Great Nerve Aid Trial Report Aboard
A fragmentary newspaper item references Dr Kline's Great Nerve Aid in a field trial battle scene at Arch Street Philadelphia. The text mentions an unrelated line about a baby and a tease aimed at Popley, reflecting a local humor column tone in the Philadelphia Press.
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Bermnneehy
Dr. . Kline
Philadelphia
Peruna Adverts Urge Cure for Catarrh and Mucus Drain
An 1900s sales page features Nellie Curtain of St Paul praising Peruna for relief from daily mucus loss and fatigue from women’s ailments. It includes endorsements from Congressman Mark H Dunnell and a general invitation to write for free medical advice from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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Nellie Curtain
Pearl Street
St. Paul
Minn
Mark H. Dunnell
National Hotel
Washington, D. C
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Ebh
Paxtine
Erie Spernaee Seareaiee
Columbus Ave
Pick of the Stock humor from a doctor’s bag tale
George Lawder vouches for this joke about a boy who voices curiosity about a doctor delivering a new baby. The boy asks to see the “stock” of kids at the family physician’s office and decides which one he’d like best, in a humorous exchange with the doctor.
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George Lawder
New York Times
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
A list of patents granted to Northwestern inventors includes James P. Appleby from Hopkins Minnesota for a molding machine Ora H. Bunger from Davis North Dakota for a pipe driving head Benjamin F. Fowler from Minneapolis for a lamp burner Albert F. Fuller from St Paul for paste Fred L. Gray from Minneapolis for a traveler s draft Anna Heitman from St Paul for a baby jumper Frank L. Monson from Christine North Dakota for a car door. Lothrop & Johnson patent lawyers 91 and 912 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul Minnesota.
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Northwestern
James P. Appleby
Hopkins
Minn
Ora H. Bunger
Davis
Benjamin F. Fowler
Minneapolis
Albert F. Fuller
St. Paul
Fred L. Gray
Anna Heitman
Frank L. Monson
Why does he let his wife wash clothes for money
In a Chicago News item a good Samaritan asks why a man allows his wife to do washing for income. The reply notes the wife works to support the family, reflecting hardship and dependency in a brief, local-voice anecdote.
Kennell urged to muzzle dog under new law
The catcher notes Kennell must muzzle his West Pointer at Bay after notification under the new dog law. The New York Times reports the issue as a local compliance matter with dog ownership rules and public safety implications.
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New York Times
Quiet Wedding Sparks Racket Next Door
A comic insert notes a quiet wedding as the neighboring household stirs little, while other items reference old ads for Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup and Piso’s Cure. The piece parodies midwestern newspaper style and teases exaggerated remedies and moral sentiments of the era.
Liberal proposition offers cows to buyers for land
A land seller advertises 100 acres with ten fresh cows or soon-to-be-fresh cows. Buyers milk and send cream to a creamery, which pays a percentage to the seller, applied to the note. The plan aims to cover cow costs in a year. For half-section, twenty cows, with down payments of 2 to 3 per acre, and easier terms for good men.
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Finley
Turtle Mountains
Absolom Kraft
Hoople
John Brow
Stutsman County
Kenmare
Esmond
To of
Richburg
Susie Trapp
Steele
Methodist University At
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Castelton
Crayman
Richland County
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Lidgerwood
Grafton
Pembina
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Suisbon
Methodists
Towne
Popley’s
Browne
Popley
Philadelphia Press
Paul
Kennell
J. H. Rindland
Fargo, N. D
Stubb
Penn
Chicago News
Piso
Wa. U. Expaerg
Vanburen
Ind
Whitney
Marion Brock
Wheelock
Dakota-Manitoba Land Co
Endicott
Mies
University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward's Hall
P.O. Box
Rev. A. Morrissey
T.mary’s Academy
Notre Dame University
Bistera of the Holy Cross
Partares
Conservatory of Abe
Nate
Sargent
Normal School of
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Aweapolis
D Woodward & Co
Grain Commission
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