The Chantecler Hat and Other Oddities of 1900s Life
A fragmentary sample from a New Jersey Mount Holly report, with notes on patents for a leather preservative and a joke about a Chantecler umbrella. It also remarks on New England grain mills, early colonial settlements, and a string of humorous items from Newton to Philadelphia, including fashion, science, and census notes.
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America
New England
Kage
Manchester Talon Ag
New Jersey
Mount Lolly
Bngland
Funeral Rites Of King Edward VII Impressive London Ceremony
London reports the funeral of King Edward VII as Britain's most imposing ceremony with about 700,000 viewing the coffin at Westminster Hall. Soldiers bivouacked in parks, barriers ferried crowds at high speed, and dignitaries including Roosevelt attended. The event featured royal processions, no ticket privileges, and a Windsor memorial service for MPs.
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London
Eng
Edward Ls
Great Britain
Alde
Westminster Hall
Uuea
Inta
Wihidsor
Scotland Yard
Dgneland
Europe
Kling George
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Westminster Abbbey
Royal Mineral
M. Loubet
M. Delcasse
M. Clemenceau
Feench
Edward
Briand
William
M. Fichon
Dalstein
Paris
Marquis
Fallieres
Roosevelt Amang
Roosevelt
United States
King George
Royal funeral rites and burial at Windsor questioned
Navy units and royal guards featured in the era’s ceremonies as the body of King Edward lay in state. Details recount the transport of Edward and Victoria, the mausoleum at Frogmore, and Queen Alexandra’s grief and vigilance during the final days before his death.
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Waiwrwood
Navy
Windsor
Victoria
King's Company
Frenadier Guards
Buckingham Palace
Edward
Frogmore
Windsor Castle
Queen Victoria
Prince Albert Edward
Duchess of Kent
Queen Mother
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Russia
Pats
Uist
Sandringham
Tower
Court Ufe
Alexandra
London Times
England
ST. George's Chapel
Whence
Many Ways of Baking Bread Across the World
A Bakers Weekly correspondent surveys primitive bread ovens from Greece to Cornwall and Australia. He notes clay beehive ovens, earth pits, earthen jars, girdle baking, Scandinavian plad bread, and Cornish kettle ovens. Regular bakehouses persist, illustrating bread’s universal importance. Paper’s absorbing power is discussed, including waterproofing with oil or resin and applications in protection and insulation.
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Greece
Scandinavia
Cornwall
Reading to. Avoid Thinking The Danger of Thinking
Fragmentary text discusses thinking avoidance and mind states, mentioning Miia, aging, and a confrontation with thoughts during a ouvalescence. It hints at varied approaches to avoid thinking and references truth in aging and mental processes. The passage ends abruptly with the word Flat.
Explosion at Canton plant tears through workers
At the American Tin Plate plant in Canton Ohio a massive blast killed at least seventeen workers and injured many more as seven boilers exploded in an L shaped addition. Debris covered streets and homes within a quarter mile. Rescue workers counted bodies, with officials unsure of the blast’s cause. In a separate report from Havana, two dynamite blasts leveled rural guards barracks killing hundreds and injuring many, with uncertainty whether accident or conspiracy caused the explosions.
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Canton
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company
Houston
George Bream
Mit
P. ¥. McLean
Canton Sheet Steel Company
Mc Leap
Havana
Pinar de Rio
Guard
Public Works Department
Life Sentence For Hyde In Poisoning Case
Dr B Clark Hyde found guilty of murder in the first degree for poisoning Col Thomas H Swope and sentenced to life in prison. Judge Latshaw ordered minimal privileges with open court sentencing to occur within four days for motions. Chief counsel Reed insists on appeal after a surprising verdict amid a crowded courtroom. Peru Accepts Mediation In Boundary Dispute With Ecuador. Bethlehem Steel Strike Ends After Bethlehem Steel's executives accept terms offered by company president Schwab ending the wage dispute.
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Kansas City
B. Clark Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Latshaw
Joe B. Mayes
Doctor Hyde
Frank P. Watah
One Hundred Flea Beds in Flames in Oakland Fire
A Cal Fire blaze in Oakland destroyed an apartment house Monday morning forcing 160 lodgers from their units. Four women were burned or bruised escaping, and a fireman suffered a bad cut from falling flakes.
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Oakland
Cal
Ballinger Discharges Kerby Over Interlce Letter Exoneration
Frederick M. Kerby, secretary of the interior stenographer, was discharged from government service by Secretary Ballinger after testifying on the Gilviss charges and Lawler draft. President Taft accepted responsibility for Ballinger's exoneration, while Wickersham and the White House noted the Lawler draft differed from the president’s letter. Kerby testified he spoke with Garfield and Pinchot about the Lawler memorandum at Pinchot’s home in February and that Bran-dels was present.
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Washington
Frederick M. Kerby
Secretary of the Interior
Skwiler
Gilvss
Ballinger
Bia
Kerby
Coursy
Nelson
Garfield
Gifford Pinchot
Ten Pittsburg leaders jailed in bribery case
Ten prominent Pittsburg men of finance and politics faced Judge Frazer for bribery and conspiracy sentences in a camouflaged corruption probe. A A VilENck, former cashier German National Bank, eight months and $5,000. Charles Stewart eight months and $500 fine. Hugh Ferguson eight months and $500. Dr W H Weber six months and $500. P G B Kearns four months and $250. Morris Einstein six months and $2,500.
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Pittsburg
Robert B. Frazer
A.A. Vilenck
German National Bank
Charles Stewart
Hugh Ferguson
Dr. W. H. Weber
Select
P. GB. Kearns
Morris Einstein
Sctect
Narrow Escape Aboard Uncle Sem After River Collision
Kansas City witnesses a dramatic river accident as the excursion steamer Uncle Sem collided with a sand barge on the Missouri river near Grand avenue. One hundred fifty passengers, including 25 women, escaped death thanks to engineer Roy Taylor and pilot W. L. Thompson. The vessel sank near shore after a 45 degree tilt, passengers formed a ten foot bridge of planks to reach safety. A separate report from Syracuse, Emma Chapman, insane, killed her daughter then herself. In Kentucky, rats face a nationwide war on pests in Nicholas county rat day. A Santa Rosa collision left two Northwestern Pacific trains derailed but with no serious injuries.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Grand Avenue
Sane
Parrow
Roy Taylor
W. L. Thompson
Santa Rosa
Cal
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Ely
Disabled Steamer Arrives for repairs in port
The Red Star line steamer Kroonland arrived in port Monday and will be tied for several days for repairs after an easel broke a shaft at sea. A fragment mentions Kilts Husband and a quarrel in Delarber. a Cleave family name appears with death in New York.
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Kroonland
Red Star Tine
Geveral
Yale seniors sign petition for Morse pardon
New Haven Conn every member of Yale's senior class signed a petition seeking pardon for banker Charles W Morse. Notable signatories include Robert Alphonse Taft son of President Taft and Erwin Morse son of the banker who is also in the class.
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C. W. Morse
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Charles W. Morse
Robert Alphonse Taft
Taft
Erwin Morse
Pie and breakfast debate and a busy town tale
A jumble of conversations and columns captures domestic squabbles over breakfast pie versus dinner, a boastful home text man in Crayonville, a Loomis feature on religion, and musings on wealth rushes. The piece mixes dialogue snippets and magazine excerpts to sketch quirky town life with named figures and local manners.
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Loomis
Hank Johnson
Lim
Breye Ivb
Steve
Chinke
Hoeklank
Huecena Magazine
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Grand Rapids Tribune
Drume & Sutor
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
SLO Grist Mills
Kava
Miss Larkin
Hite O
Perth
Becoten
Aginecome
Arevas
Walt Dug
Wight
Turkey
Edward VII
Jackles
King George Beling
American Tin Plate Company
Hyde
Colonel Swope
Peru
Lima
Hraz
Argentina
Ecuador
Interlce
Lawler
Syracuse
N. Y
Emma Chapman
Baldwinsville
Kentucky
Lexington
Nicholas County
Kilts
Ponder
Delarber
Hocking Valley
Columbus
Kinkaid
Hocking Valley Railroad
Boston
Police
Greensburg
Pberitta
Fame
Yiskou Wera
Neve Perfection
Standard Oil Company
Tiger Chewing Tobacco
Ella
Stella
St. Evia
Schiller
Charles FP
New York
Jacky
Ball Park
Oe Et Pe Heisae Limited Se
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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