Neighbors help Fulton in wake of preacher visit
A Southern farmer Fulton accepts neighbors' help after a visiting minister prompts them to aid his family. The community restores the home, clothes, and meals, and Fulton plans to buy back their farm once the cotton crop sells as the sun sets on a hopeful valley.
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Fulton
Molly
Zeb
Little Clear Creek
New Orleans Times-Democrat
House of Lords
British Isles
Mar
Scotland
Campbells
Argyle
Talleyrand
Bremarck
Grosvenor
Duke of West
You are going to do great things
The poem urges immediate action over grand plans, warning that others judge by deeds rather than intentions. It encourages starting today, accepting risk of failure, and emphasizes that success is measured by what is actually done, not what is hoped or imagined. The author signs B. E. Kiser.
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B. E. Kiser
Melon Oldfield
Regan
Earth
Kloseman
Philadelphia Press
Bilobba
Hotspur
Sharpe
Blobbs
Atherstone
John
Kansas City Journal
Tom
Lis
Chicago News
Hardship and Courage in Zeb Fultons Farm Struggle
Zeb Fulton, facing crop failure and mortgage loss, tends his infirm wife Molly and four children in a distant Gib town hillside farm. He juggles chores from milking cows to cooking meals while doctors and a village preacher discuss Molly’s condition and possible help.
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Zeb Fulton
Fulton
Gibtown
Clear Creek
Mollie
Jeb
Zeb
Molly
Dr. Gaines
Zora Pertil
Nearing 200 Million Needed to Complete Panama Canal
The article estimates the United States must spend about 184,222,358 dollars to acquire and complete the Panama Canal, with total expenditures and financing surpassing 450 million dollars to date. It traces past efforts from the 1880s French company through the Walker commission and outlines excavation, depth plans, and projected costs for the final waterway.
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United States
Panama Canal
de Lesseps
Panama Canal Company
Canal Commission
Walker
Walker Commission
Canal Company
Panama Ratiroad Company
Unselfish Love and Humane Virtue Echoed Across Society
The piece argues that true love is unselfish, sacrificing for the beloved, while selfish passion corrupts intimacy. It traces maternal and sisterly duties, critiques possessive jealousy, and highlights humane societies and child education through bands of mercy. It recalls Henry Bergh and the spread of humane reform with city services and dog pounds in Chicago.
Capital and Labor Should Be Friendly Ad by M A Hanna
A senator Marcus A Nanna argues that capital and labor interests are mutual and that labor should be dignified by conservative action. He urges choosing leaders who understand both sides and warns against fights for scraps while stressing employers bear greater responsibility.
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Marcus A. Nanna
The Growth of Humanitarianism by Shortal
John Shortal, president of the Illinois Humane Society, argues that centuries of conflict between kindness and cruelty persist. He notes 100 years of progress in humane sentiment, from animals gaining inherent rights to public recognition by Lord Erskine in 1811 and Richard Martin’s advocacy.
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Lord Erskine
House of Peers
Richard Martin
County
Galway
Care For The Trust Evil By Governor Cummins Of Iowa
Governor Cummins argues for limiting aggregate bond and stock values to the actual contributed capital to curb trust power. He condemns corporations created to suppress competition through consolidation and warns government action to break up such unlawful combinations.
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Cummins
Iowa
United States
Cummina
Enid Shaw Gains High Washington Society Rank
Mise Enid Shaw, daughter of Secretary Leslie M. Shaw, drew over 1,000 invitations to a Washington debut attended by the President and official circle. A Cornell College graduate, she studied in Europe, speaks French and German, and stands as the top social figure beneath Miss Alice Roosevelt in the capital.
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Mise Enid Shaw
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Miss Shaw
Cornell College
Mcount Vernon
Iowa
Europe
Alice Roosevelt
Wyoming Rancher Traveled 1500 Miles to Chicago in Covered Wagon
Walter J. Pratt and his family began a seven week journey from Rock Springs Wyoming to Chicago in a fully outfitted covered wagon. The former rancher sold his Wyoming farm near Higgins Lake Michigan and plans to continue to Michigan after a brief Chicago stay. They towed two horses, with a spring bed stove and table inside, stopping mainly to feed the animals and resupply at towns along the prairies and cities on the route.
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Mr. Pratt
Walter J. Pratt
Wyoming
Chicago
Rock Springs
Wyo
Pratt
Higgins Lake
Michigan
College Education Sparks Debate On Worth and Virtue
A speaker recounts an incident with a wealthy merchant who derides colleges as useless. In a full debate he argues that education can ruin some but many more become worthless without it. The tale contrasts prejudice with statistics supporting higher learning.
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Thomas P. Hunt
Lafayette College
Dry farming and ancient lineages in world history
The article discusses dry farming as a future agricultural method to grow crops with minimal water, outlining arid western lands and the need to develop crops that require less irrigation. It then shifts to a survey of long standing noble and royal lineages from Britain, Austria, France, and Japan, noting the Mikado's 2500 year lineage and other historic pedigrees.
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Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
The Pope’s Sleeping Car Today at Milan Exhibition
The pope owns a sleeping car built in 1868 for the Rome to Naples line and set to debut at the 1905 Milan exhibition for the Simplon tunnel opening. It has three compartments throne room guard’s car and bedroom with papal symbols and a benediction viewable from the throne. The interior features ebony and ivory fittings with yellow and white papal colors.
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Rome
Naples
Milan
Simplon
Guard of Honor
Quotations of Household Wit and City Banter
A dense collage of humorous lines from various papers features banter about family, marriage, education, and society. Jests cover parents teasing children, spouses, teachers, and politicians, with quips about fashion, debt, and loyalty, all presented in a lively, old‑time newspaper voice.
Vine Tax Dodger Understated Income and Tax
German authorities secure a fine of 12.40 from heirs of a German manufacturer for understating income and paying too little tax over several years. The item references a Boston Transcript quip about social morals and misperceptions, ending with a brief moral on finding reasons others err.
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Mr. Fulton
Chicago Coliseum
Libby Prison War Museum
Michigan Avenue
Elety
Martin
Henry Bergh
New York
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Pennsylvania
Illinois Humane Society
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Bands of Mercy
Chiva,o
M. A. Hanna
Shortal
Linois Humane Society
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Nebuchadnezzar
Christ
Philadelphia
Fam Ulty
Princeton Tiger
Johnny
Chicago Tribune
Philadelphia Bulletin
Sarah
Detroit
Vree Press
Bobbie
Philadelphia Ledger
Chicago Post
Mamma
Farmer Ragweed
Bill
Ragweed
Chicago Newa
Maddie
Snappe
Jonathan
Hess
Orse
Ezzy
Christian Register
Detroit Free Press
Madge
Marge
Boston Transcript
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