Fragments and opinions from a scattered era
A readers’ collage of quotations and musings touching on Bellini imports, Wright brothers, beef versus horse meat, strikes in Milwaukee, circuses, cotton prices, Dreadnaughts, journalism funding, King Edward, fairy tale playgrounds, Abdul Hamid, civic generosity, original sin in the constitution, and Hawaiian sugar industry as seen in a Honolulu newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryce
Evening Bulletin
Honolulu
Territory of Hawaii
Mawaii
Agriculst
Abe
Influ
Ameren
Taft era headlines span politics and peril abroad
A wide sweep of early 20th century events includes the senate vote to raise the paper tax, Lorimer taking office, Taft cabinet talks on government economy, and Taft urging a tax on undistributed corporate earnings. International visits, legal cases, disasters, and notable arrests fill the era’s global mosaic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
William Lorimer
Illinois
Taft
Congress
Borah
Philippines
Elevator Disaster at Murdock Plant Kills Foreman
In Cincinnati on June 22 eight Murdock Electro Engraving workers crowded into a seventh floor elevator cab at 116-120 Opera Place. The car plunged seven stories. foreman George Deinlein died. Injured: William Orr Ed Lamping Ed Lorenz John Fisgus Jacob Schoenfeld Henry Yeager William Vogel survived with minor injuries. Elevator operator William Orr was severely hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
James Murdock, Jr
Murdock Power Building
Opera Place
William Orr
George Deinlein
Devnlein
William J. Orr
Lamping
Lorenz
John Fisgus
Jacob Schoenfeld
Henry Yeager
William Vogel
Murdock
Murdock Plant
Break in Wall of Reservoir Kills Three in Missouri
Six miles north of St Joseph Missouri flood water burst through a brick cement wall at the city water works pumping plant. Three men John Lewis foreman 56 Jas Lilliger 56 and his son John 2 hours were swept to death. Five others escaped death. The wall train of water 20 feet high crushed lives. Damage to the waterworks hinders city service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
City Water Works
Here
John Lewis
Jas
Lilliger
John
Lewis
Jewelry man’s patient land gamble pays huge returns near Seattle
John B. Miller, once a Portland jeweler and Seattle watch seller, traded a $90 watch for ten acres and a five acre adjoining tract about 38 years ago. He refused early offers, then watched the property appreciate. over the years he sold $27,000 worth of lots from five acres and $50,000 from ten acres while retaining 17 lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
John
Miller
What a Man May Do and German Prince New Merchant
What a Man May Do discusses a wealthy young man who educates himself abroad in forestry and government service to conserve forests and natural resources. German Prince Henry XXXII of Reuss has passed an exam at Cologne to become a qualified merchant and will join a Hamburg firm as an unpaid apprentice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry George, Jr
Leo Tolstoi
Yasnai-Polfana
A. G. Pierce
D. D
All Soul
Unitarian Church of
New York Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Charles W. Morse
New York
Ralph Shull
Minneapolis
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Kyoto
Japan
Abner Smith
Chicago
Joliet Penitentiary
Francis E. Leupp
Tait
Robert G. Valentine
Detroit
Stanley G. Flagg
Stowe
Tangieri
Roghi
Pattinio Galbo
Orazio Rumiola
Black Hand” Society
Pittsburg
Engineer Davis
Kingston
Mount Pocono
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Ingul
Turplay Bay
Black Sea
American Institute of Homeopathy
Michigan State Association of Letter Carriers
Benton Harbor
Joe Matson
Chalmers- Detroit
Crown Provnt
Ind
Ohio
Dayton
Wright Brothers
Howard Gould
Dustin Farnum
Patrick Calhoun
San Francisco
Albert Munro
Williamsport
James D. Hallen
Council For Broughton Brandenburg
Grover Cleveland
Emma Kaufmann
Flandreau
America
Bonacum
Ulysses
Neb
Great Britain
Haakow-Szechuen
Chamber of Deputies
Caillaux
Charles F. Leininger
Fairfield
Klein
Earl Nelson
Kankakee
Paxton
Thomas J. McCoy
Laporte
Levi Yoder
Massilon
Newark
Ralph de Palma
Readville
Mass
George C. White
William Kilgannon
Elizabeth Kilgannon
United States Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Amalgamated Hat Manufacturers
Diinois Supreme Court
Jones
Taft
Department of Agriculture
A. Barton Hepburns
Prince Henry XXXII
Reuss
Commercial Academy
Cologne
Cologne Commercial College
Germany
Hamburg
His Dishonest Hair Creates Balcony Gossip
Two observers at a Ninth ward summer garden discuss a man below. They query his character and quip that his hair and honesty are both lacking. The exchange turns on plain speech and blunt humor about appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Ward
Rude Jests and a Robbery Tale in a Humorous Snippet
An apparent classroom quip defines H2O as water a colorless liquid turning dark with washing. A separate brief scene shows a woman pleading against cold while a robber covers her with a gun, a night air hold up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott’s
Doan's Kidney Pills Sell Well In Canon City
Mrs C R Foresman of Canon City Colorado reports three years of rheumatism dropsy and kidney trouble left her nearly helpless before two or three boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills brought relief and cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Mra. C. R. Foresman
Wigathst
Canon City
Colo
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Not at all I borrowed a dollar from him
Podger admits borrowing a dollar after Shimkins asks about a matter of sixty five dollars placed with a bill collector yesterday. The exchange shows casual handling of a small debt between the two individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shimkins
Podger
Memorial Day Sermon Gaffe Recalls Pulpit Slip
Gen. P. P. Parker recalls a printer’s error from a Memorial Day sermon in Phoenix. The Monday report misquoted Rev. Dr. John Blank, noting he gleased the pulpit, with the intended word graced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. P. Parker
Arizona G. A. R
Phoenix
John Blank
Absent All Around in a Quiet Homecoming
A puzzled professor returns home and, after ringing the bell without effect, learns from a maid that the professor is not in. He calmly responds I call again then hobbles down the steps. Lip pincott's.
Do You Believe in Cyphotiam Marriage Question
A fragmentary dialogue asks about belief in a term and recalls Mag Smith's marriage, suggesting social chatter or gossip in a local column. The brief exchange hints at community interest in personal milestones without further context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mag Smith
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Indiana
Africa
Wilhelminia
Wilbur Wright
Milwaukee
South
Missouri
Castro
Venezuela
Edward
London Times
Abdul Hamid
Mtte
Hudson-Fulton
Washington
General News
Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend
Baileytown
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
Franz Sigel
Crown Point
Louis Chevrolet
Emil Tilley
Mich
Bruce Moore
Platte City
George Johnson
N. Burnham
Pittsfield
G. B. Lewis Company
Watertown
Wis
International Banking Company
Peking
F. W. Marvin
Union Pacific Mail
Omaha
Buhl
Idaho
Aberdeen
Edward Arnold
Far Rockaway
N. Y
Erie
Waverly N. Y
Wilbur
Orville Wright
United Regian Lutheran “Churchy
Co Moini
Elkins
Satine
Camden
N. J
William Wyand
Atlantic City
Ferry Avenue
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Glenn H. Dobbs
Collingswood
Philadelphia
Daniel Baugh & Son
Delaware River
Swanson Street
A. F. Walther
Ralls
White Fish
Mont
Great Northern
Ural
Koontenai
Sxplodane Pompton
Market Reports
York
Cali
Libby
Vienna
Libby, McNeill & Libby
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