An Old Romance of Charles Villiers in Retirement
The piece recounts Charles Villiers once courting a rich spinster who mocked his motive. He left her, and she pursued him for thirty years without success. After her death she left him most of her fortune. Villiers grew rich in money but aged in years.
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Charles Villiers
House of Commons
Olga Norikoff
Lfe
Villiers
Tomarry
Splerer
Lady Gilbert
Charles Villiere
Gilbert
Madame Notikoff
Yankee Luce and the Copper Frontier Promise
A history of American mining ambition cites copper discoveries in the Southwest and Alaska, noting high ore values and new railroad ventures. The piece compares old lands won from Mexico and the Gadsden Purchase to modern prospects, praising prospectors and asserting vast mineral wealth across the West led by Arizona and the Southwest.
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Bury
Luson
Philipping
Washington Post
Bamty
Alanke
Hertelf
Seward
Sui Dack
United States
Mexico
Gadsden
Ftactors
Arizona
New Mexico
Squirrel Evicts Woodpeckers From Nest in Bird Land
A St Louis Globe Democrat writer details a claim of an impotent squirrel driving a woodpecker family from a tree nest. The creature slipped into a hole, evaded pecking threats, seized eggs, and carried them to a branch before the woodpecker returned.
Squirrels Seize Abandoned Nest in Autumn Nut Store
A female bird guards her nest as a squirrel repeatedly drives off intruders. The woodpecker returns, but an unseen fault forces the birds away. The pair abandon the site, and the squirrel moves in to use the hollow as a storage for nuts through autumn.
Deadly Cobras and Pythons Aboard Hohenfels From Calcutta
The Hanes steamship Hohenfels carried eight cobras and twenty seven pythons in heavy wooden boxes on the deck during its voyage from India and Ceylon to Boston. Capt H Muller said the snakes had not eaten for months, were kept moist, and the crew feared the reptiles on the bridge deck. A cobra died and was thrown overboard, quickly eaten by a shark. The snakes were caged with wire netting. Lascar crew refused to go on deck. The report includes a long war poem about Sergeant Lawton and a soldier named Mergent Jones, praising American valor.
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Bowten
Calicutta
Hanes
Hohenfels
India
Ceylon
Boston Globe Aava
Calcutta
Qascobra
H. Muller
Lascar
Polishing a Diamond And The Facet Craft
Discussion of slow diamond polishing due to hardness and cooling needs. It describes resetting the stone for each new facet, eye guided alignment, and magnifying glass use for small stones. It notes the regular bril lant has many facets and recounts historical commentary from Dr. George Frederick Kunz. The piece closes with a quip about class speech as a boy.
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George Frederick Kunz
A Wise Malden Judge Trials Home Discipline for Youths
Opinion pieces discuss a Malden Mass judge who orders misbehaving youths to stay at home at night to test parental reform. The plan shifts focus to parents and home environments as the decisive factor in youth behavior and reform.
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Malden
Mass
Washington Herald
Another Victory for Women By Louish Singleton
The article celebrates Louish Singleton for women rights victories and cites a divorce court ruling supporting spousal separation and the need for a husband to provide for his wife. It frames this as a significant advance from past eras in marital law and social expectations.
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Lma Louish Singleton
Woren
Elms Louise
Ausbeld
Americans as Migrants and the Canadian North West
A reflective piece contrasts American migrants in Canada with locals. It questions distrust between Canadian-born and American settlers in Manitoba and Alberta, noting Americans abroad may feel exile and the pressure to adopt local norms. The author suggests farmers will busy themselves with work, delaying deeper social frictions.
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Canadian Northwest
Paris
Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Jose
Road Law Debate Across Georgia Promotes Road Reform
The Jeffersonian calls for a uniform road law with clear rules and penalties to govern drivers and pedestrians. Thomas E. Watson urges balanced, equitable road regulations, emphasizing safety, right of way, speed limits, and enforceable standards for all parties amid Georgia’s push for better roads.
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Road Lawn
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Darrett
Lee
Fariners' Union
Sage
McDuffie
Mr. Watson
General Assembly
George
Galden
Kook Roais
Seoul
Pauls
Watson
Bona Fide Producers of
Atlanta Constitution
Secret Senate Sessions Draw Press from Hall
Reporters are barred from executive sessions as the Senate doors close to all but senators and select staff. The New York Herald notes the challenges reporters face in gathering details of closed sessions, with one press member briefly attending before leaving. Jerry Uy Mathews of one press association was seen at the clerk’s desk as a treaty was read, highlighting limited access during deliberations.
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United States Senate
Capitol
Senate
New York Herald
Jerry Uy
Mathews
Unwittingly Attends Executive Session in Chamber
Two or three Bensters move toward Mir as Mathews enters a chamber with a crowd. Mathews misreads the scene, thinking the assembly is in recess, only to realize there was no doorkeeper and he has peered into an executive session by mistake.
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Mir. Mathews
Mathews
Tom
Mr. Mathews
Moffat Refuses To Endorse La Guayra Sanitary Claim
Thomas Moffat, consul at Trinidad, refused to sign a document declaring La Guayra’s sanitation perfect during a bubonic plague, provoking local anger. He recalled a brickish railway brake story to illustrate blind policy, noting the danger of heroic but ignorant cures.
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Thomas Moffat
Max O'Rell Stays With Friend in Edinburgh
Anpentamren Max O'Rell was staying with a friend in Edinburgh when he set out for a Sunday walk carrying a walking stick. His host offered an umbrella, remarking it would look more respectable in public.
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Max O'Rell
Edinburgh
It's Curious How Some Miss the Speech of Great Men
Uncle Eben laments how crowds overlook the speeches of the country’s ablest men while devout readers scrutinize every word, praising a prizefighter’s boasts as if a champion’s words carried less weight. Washington Stan notes the irony.
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Uncle Eben
Washington
Absinthe craze spreads as nations tally odd facts
A tabloid style roundup lists wide ranging figures from France absinthe use to Honduras mahogany housing, Alaska salmon output, and 1908 crop values. It notes U S and British crime trends, rail and ship tech, and oddities from turkeys to glass bottle demand and a treacherous sun compass caveat for travelers.
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France
Honduras
Western Pacific
England
London
Alaska
British Columbia
United States
Japan
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Yankee Luce
Jeune
Tenmesser
Luzon
Lawton
Eleh
Thay
ToemMite
Jaen Lawton Ewer
Wes Laemnnet
Mergent Jones
Tennessee
Fronuna
Ite Rawa
Baryonet-Ceeda
Benk
Toam
Elma Louise
Commos Fairness
Chicago Journal
Panama
New Jersey
Talatr
Legiavatura
Newark Star
THE
Yellow Journal
Ike Thaw
Rimealf
Philadelphia Record
Irvine King
Grovetown
New England
British North American
Velpeai
Ay Follawa
Alon
Switzerland
Whener
Warns
Fillanr
Bie
Afton
Ill
Institute of Marine Engineers
H. A. Mayor
Glasgow
Burgess
Honduras National Railway
Tropics
South America
Becausa
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