Snapshots of Henry Hunt and Meat Packers Trials
Henry T. Hunt, new Cincinnati mayor and former Hamilton County district attorney, broke a long Republican streak. The piece covers his background, Yale and Cincinnati Law School education, 1908 county attorney race, and a park arrest that boosted his vote share. It also notes the Chicago meat packers anti trust case before Judge George A. Carpenter, with Swift, Armour, and Morris presidents among the indicted. The sports anecdote recalls football veteran Edgar M Church praising a standout fullback.
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Henry T. Hunt
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Hunt
George B. Cox
Hlect Hunt
Yale
Cincinnati Law School
Standard Oil Company
George A. Carpenter
United States District Court
Chicago
Louis F. Swift
Mary Walkers Little Legacy Ends in Wary Investment
Mary Walker came of age in 1808 with a $500 fortune kept by her uncle Zebulon Walker. He urged managed investments, leading to stock purchases and losses. Mrs Peabody’s advice exposed the scheme, revealing Mary’s eventual windfall of about $34,000 from stock sales rather than the loss feared. Zebulon faced accounting after Mrs Peabody and attorney Peabody uncovered the scheme and calculated the true value of the funds.
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Mary Walker
Zebulon Walker
Zebulon
Mary
Peabody
Mr. Teabody
Mall
Mr. Peabody
Mr Peabody
FOR THE CHILDREN A playful shop game of mock trades and authority
A Philadelphia Ledger account explains a game where boys imitate trades in a pretend shop. The master tests each boy by asking his claimed trade, assigns a mock wage, then faults the work and discharges them. If a boy ousts the master, he becomes the master, continuing until all have had a turn.
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Minake
Philadelphia Ledger
National Greetings Across Cultures Quotation Fragments
A mosaic of greetings traces how phrases like How is your stomach and Be under the guard of God map to languages and regions. The passage links phrases to Chinese Ottoman English French Persian Arabian German Polish Egyptian Russian Spanish Italian Dutch, illustrating cross cultural expression through a parade of salutations.
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Senor
Conundrums and Cultural Clips From Old Newspapers
A collage of light puzzles and playful quips from the Philadelphia Ledger, Brooklyn Eagle and other papers. It includes pun riddles about Shakespeare and romance, a teeth care note urging daily cleansing, a Japanese New Year overview with sunrise customs, a tale of a whistling acacia tree in Nubia, and a seasonal New Year greeting concluding with a Dickens reference.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Japan
The Pespers and a Santa Chimney Visit
A fragmented poem segment mentions Santa climbing the chimney and children awake or asleep, with playful lines about fevers and games. It references curious boys and girls and a curious scene within a home.
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Santa
Toya
How Failure Turned to Success for Ruggles on Stage
An anecdote on actor Milton Ruggles traces his rise from failed debut to triumph. After a misfit laugh at a dramatic turn, he pivoted to natural performance, endured a cruel first reception, and earned audience ovations by embracing genuine emotion. The tale notes his later $200 per week engagement and a 225 night run stitched to his career.
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Sothern
Tee
Lord Dundreary
Milton Ruggles
Ruggles
Ite
Ilis
Armand
Ike
Ruggies
Lugubious
Fareleal
Tie Nousey
Anau Biesh
Hints for the Busy Housewife and Ingenious Kitchen Fixture
An Ohio inventor creates a combined alphabet and bathtub unit for compact kitchens. The sink on casters slides aside to reveal a permanently plumbed tub. a single faucet feeds both, with waste piping shared. Also included are quick kitchen tips and recipes for jelly walnuts and a steamed brown bread variant.
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Ohio
Baked Chicken Pie From Fricassee To Breadcrumb Dressing
A recipe describes cooking six chickens with jolutas for a fricassee. Add salt pork, simmer over fire, prepare giblets until tender, chop and mix with broth and one quart stale breadcrumbs. Season with salt pepper and powdered sage. Optional finely chopped onion may be added.
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Raver Aydil Celal
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Edgar M. Chuch
Philadelphia
Mr. Church
Mr. Chiavel
American Press Association
George A, Carpenter
Jonah
Mason
Nubia
Sudan
Dickens
THE
Gray
Gear Bros
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