The Most Modern Ship Celtic Transoceanic Liner
The Celtic, a 20000 ton trans Atlantic liner, finished its first crossing last month. Nine stories high with a frontage of three and a half blocks on Fifth Avenue, it seats 3194 passengers and stores 15000 tons of freight. Exact figures: 700 feet long, 75 wide, 49 deep, with nine decks. An officer estimates 360000 men could stand on her decks in lines of fifty. The ship could house a town of about 200 population lives aboard with hotel like comfort.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Eugene
Celtic
Pennoyer’s OnePlank Platform For Supreme Judge Seat
The Portland Telegram notes ex governor Pennoyer seeks the supreme bench to replace Chief Justice Bean. His platform is a single plank advocating strong anti trust and anti monopoly action. He would have Congress exempt from federal court review any questions on constitutionality of laws to safeguard remedial legislation and curb radical court interference.
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Portland
Pennoyer
Bean
Congress
Trusts to issue stock and promise public confidence
The pasteboard trust plans to issue between twenty and thirty million dollars of stock. A notable feature is the spread between ten million and likely twenty million in valuations. The public is asked to accept returns on water investments while trusts present their openness. The confidence stems from perceived McKinley administration protection.
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McKinley
Oregon Among Healthiest States in Nation
A new census report ranks Oregon as one of the healthiest states with a death rate just under ten per thousand. The national average is fifteen, with Portland at nine and a half, while San Francisco and Los Angeles reach twenty and Savannah Georgia hits thirty four per thousand.
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Oregon
Union
United States
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Savannah
Georgia
Miss Hernandez Donates Beauty Prize To Charity
Miss Ana Maria Hernandez won the largest share of 175000 votes in the Ponce beauty contest for handsomest woman on the island of Puerto Rico and donated the cash prize to charity, showing generosity beyond her appearance.
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Ana Maria Hernandez
Ponce
Orto Rico
Crowning Weight and Wealth in Historic Briefs
The coronation notes King Edward of England will wear the imperial state crown weighing thirty nine ounces. Baker County’s Bonanza quartz mine is named aptly. An August payout of sixty thousand dollars implies a six percent yield on twelve million dollars before mining costs. A bicycle masket rider in New South Wales fled with mail and opals valued at seven thousand dollars after a Sunday hold up.
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Edward of
England
Baker County
Masket
New South Wales
Tallest British Army Captain Leads Jubilee Procession
Captain Oswald Ames, famed as the tallest officer in the British army, headed the Jubilee procession. He is set to wed Violet Dorothea Ceci, cousin of the Marquis of Salisbury.
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Oswald Ames
Violet Dorothea Ceci Courin
Marquis of
Salisbury
A Child Healed by Dr. Pierce’s Discovery in Scrofula Case
Mrs Duncan of Mansfield Arkansas shares a testimonial about her two year old daughter nearly blinded by scrofula. After failed remedies a doctor suggested surgery but recovery came after using Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. Five bottles cured the child and reduced fear of future eye damage. The letter also praises Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative for children.
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Mia
Agees L. Duncan
Mansfield
Sebastian Co
Ark
United States mediates Colombia Venezuela under Monroe doctrine
The U S government offers its good offices to mediate a settlement between Colombia and Venezuela. The move is framed as a practical application of the Monroe doctrine, with the United States acting as a peacemaker among its continental neighbors.
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United States
Colombia
Venezuela
Swiftwater Bill Elopes With Niece in Scandal
Klondike miner dubbed Swiftwater Bill, once rich and reckless, elopes with his fourteen year old niece amid a swift spree of marriage and flight. He faces a swift trip to the Washington penitentiary for his actions.
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Klondike
Washington Penitentiary
Roosevelt in Demand for Speaking Engagements
Vice-President Roosevelt faces a heavy slate of invitations to speak, with about two thousand requests since January. He has declined most offers, yet remains sought after as a public speaker to serve his countrymen.
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Roosevelt
Japanese travel seat rules in a hot water car setup
A descripting excerpt details a traveler in aJapanese train car using a long steel cylinder filled with hot water as a heater. The passenger spreads a rug on the seat, insists on cleanliness, shakes off wooden slippers, and tucks feet under him.
Chinese Empire Implores William With Penitent Tone
The Chinese emperor apologizes to Emperor William for Minister Von Kettler’s murder, using penitence and shame. The scene casts the Chinese empire as inert and oversized, barely able to be managed by European powers chasing influence.
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William
von Ketwler
Navy faces Sampson Schley dispute with official inquiry
The Navy Department seeks to clarify the Sampson Schley controversy by requesting an explanation from a captain who purportedly stated that the naval discord arose because Sampson was promoted over seventeen capable officers, his seniors in rank.
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Navy Department
Sampson-Schley
Navy
Sampson
Mrs Jones Takes Ownership Of Columbus Press-Post
Mrs Jones of Columbus Ohio buys the Press-Post for her son paying 100000 dollars. She declares she will not tolerate drunkenness among any employees and will require that all editorial room staff have university education. The public is told of private management measures.
Curious churches in pubs canals and ponds raise faiths
A London Mall report describes unconventional worship sites across England. Twyford near Winchester uses the Phoenix inn for Sunday services while customers dine. A canalboat church serves distant worshippers, seating about 100. Tunbridge Wells hosts a two county chapel, Milton Bryant sits in a village pond, and a windmill church near Reigate plus an underground Brighton church illustrate varied venues.
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Twyford
Winchester
Phoenix Inn
Fen
Chapel of Ease
Tunbridge Wells
Frant
Sussex
Tunbridge
Kent
Speldhurst
Milton Bryant
Reigate
London
Brighton
London Mall
Using His Wits Inference Tale From Washington Post
A dialogue contrasts inference with jumping to conclusions. A man explains inferring a rabbit chase explains a boy missing on a frozen pond by noticing a rabbit, a nose bleed, and later meeting the boy. the rabbit is found dead, a male, ending the episode with dry humor.
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Washington Post
Time spans of history divide into three great eras
Historians commonly split time into ancient medieval and modern. The ancient period runs to AD 476 with fall of Rome, medieval from then to Columbus’s 1402 voyage or, by some, to Constantinople’s capture about four decades earlier, and modern from that point to today. Some reserve dark ages for medieval times only after Charlemagne’s empire downfall.
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America
Constantinople
Death Watch Beetle Noise Misunderstood
A popular belief that death watch sounds foretell a death is debunked. The ticking-like noise comes from death watch beetles gnawing through rotten timber, not from impending demise.
Countess of Anjou paid with livestock for sermons
In an old London Standard note it is recorded that a German monk’s sermons were bought by the Countess of Anjou about a thousand years ago for 200 sheep and three loads of grain including wheat rye and millet, illustrating early costs of literature.
For Sale Corner Fourth and Jefferson A' Reets
For sale on the corner of Fourth and Jefferson a new block with twelve rooms, all well finished and detached, windmill tower, water piped to house and lawn, rain, fine fruit varieties. Call SM Dewees Fatuse BHoet for particulars. Salem Statesman notes county yield falling short.
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Fourth and
Jefferson
Fatuse Bhoet
Salem Statesman and Journal
Prices for Goods in Rept 6 1901 Butter to Poultry
In 1901 the listing shows butter 40 to 55 cents per roll, wool and poultry prices from 350 to 4.50 per dozen, dried prunes 3.495, oats 26 cents, potatoes 60 cents per bushel, eggs 15 cents, flour 1 net, and hay 10 cents. The fragment reads as a price column from a local commerce listing.
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Potatoea
Egge
Hope
Power of imagination in medicine defies disbelief
A New York druggist recalls a domestic misreading a prescription for morphine in aqua pura. The family doctor advised no opiate, yet the bottle was given to the patient. The doctor claimed the aqua pura would work as well, and the patient with neuralgia slept peacefully after the second dose. Faith in medicine was cited.
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New York
Stalking a Black Buck Draws Vultures in India
An Anglo Indian correspondent recalls stalking a black buck in India when a herd of vultures swarmed the field. He crawled on a baked black cotton soil, misjudged a shot at 20 yards, and feared being overtaken by the feeding birds as he hunted in a famine district.
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India
Saul Rta
Pall Mall Gazette
The camel and bamal as historic freight carriers
In this Munsey's Magazine excerpt from the past the camel is praised as the main burden bearer across deserts, and the bamal in Constantinople is highlighted as a human pack animal with a defined saddle and forehead band. The passage contrasts traditional animal power with urban trade in the Eastern world.
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Lebanon
Constantinople
Munsey's
Lovelorn Exchange Sparks Irreverent Bargain For Time
A witty exchange turns on beauty and endurance as Cheap and Sweet Girl trade barbs about dieting brown bread and water to improve looks. The punchline arrives with a cheeky plan to “get tarried” as the dialogue pivots to a playful vow.
Comparing Notes and Bombay City Observations
A collage of humorous domestic quips from Mrs Slowboy and Mrs Rounder contrasted with a Kansas City Star remark on Bombay India. The note highlights lazy husbands and late bedtimes alongside praise for Bombay's vast commerce, shipping, and grand architecture.
Beeswax Wanted Near Eugene By A Simmons Artist
A vacancy for hop pickers yields payment at the highest price for beeswax. Workers travel to a location north of Eugene on a road named ver. Contact Pexteton Besswax Waytap Ax Billy Eugene and Al A Simmons the artist Piret for details and see photos at west prices.
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Eugene
Pexteton
Besswax
Ax Billy
al A Simmons
Piret
Oklahoma Exposition set for logic display and weight note
A fragmented report notes Oklahoma will exhibit 67 ands to the hashel beat at the logic exposition. It mentions a one pound heavier comparison to a previous record, though the text remains unclear on specifics.
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Oklahoma
Bull and buck sale notice in Clowerdsle valley Oregon
A registered Durham bull offered for sale at a Pleasant Hill farm and thoroughbred Cotswold bucks advertised. Address listed as AJ Cruzan, Pleasant Hill, Oregon.
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My Place
Clowerdsle Valley
Cotswold Bucks
AJ Cruzan
Pleasant Hill, Ore
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