Miners Seek 10 Percent Wage Rise At Toledo
At the convention session in Indianapolis the scale committee gains President Lewis. Delegates demand a 10 percent increase on all mining work classes and push to move the entire convention to Toledo despite high costs. Operators resist outside influence and favor Toledo meetings for talks with officials. The Beale committee's work is to be fully passed by the delegates.
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Indianapolis
Lewis
Toledo
Ohio City
Roosevelt called a fair shot by locals on safari
W N McMillan, who hosted Theodore Roosevelt on his East Africa ranch, says the ex-president is a fair shot not a great marksman. He notes Roosevelt enjoyed luck in hunts and that locals think his rifle is magical, while admitting Kermit is a better shot than his father.
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Moat McMillan
Bwano Tumbo
Kansas City
W. N. McMillan
Theodore Roosevelt
Nairobi
East Africa
Roosevelt
Mr. McMillan
Kermit Rearly
Kermit
Root Juice advertised as cure all in local papers
Local papers tout Root Juice as a health remedy claimed to remove the cause of illnesses and improve digestion liver and kidneys with many residents sharing participation. The science cited says it aids natural recovery and is sold at Hildebrand's drug store at various bottle pricing. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is also promoted for coughs and throat troubles. Tea kettles offered by A. T. Taylor & Son at low prices.
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Hildebrand’s
Measles Among The Gazettes Newsboys
Measles hit several Gazettes carriers with a broken head reported in the group. Substitutes carried papers causing irregular delivery for readers in recent days. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is promoted for throat and lung troubles and coughing. Sold by all agents. No. 21 North High Street. Special Sale Saturday.
Stanley as a Fighter in a Desperate Raid
The fragment portrays Stanley detailing a punitive expedition against Africans, describing rapid attacks, burning canoes, and driving people from villages. It references pursuit into streams, skirmishes in streets, and setting targets to avenge earlier assaults, with dramatic, archaic phrasing.
Ravenous Eaters and Victorian Gluttony in History
A compact survey of ancient and modern appetites from Soliman the Caliph to Louis XIV, with London reviews noting extraordinary feasting tales. It contrasts Soliman’s legendary indigestion near Chalcis with XIV’s famed, multi-dish suppers and adds reflections on Thackeray and Taylor as Victorian gastronomic exemplars.
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Soliman
Louis XIV
Gibbon
Catiph
Aly
Chalcis
Syria
Constantinople
Mecca
Loui XIV
London Saturday Review
Manchester and Liverpool men named in a stagecoach quip
In a Lancashire era joke, a Manchester man and a Liverpool man are cited with a Manchester man and an Oldham resident, plus another from Wigoon, as the speakers reference a proverb about gentility. The tale notes classifications differ between Lancashire and other regions.
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Minehester
Eughind
Manchester
Wiguu
Marion Found Guilty of Murder in Greteth Degree
Charles L. Marion a New York theatrical man was found guilty of murder in the third degree in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania after a twelve day trial for the death of his wife.
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Marion
Wilkes-Barre
Charles L. Marion
New York
Pageantry in the South Aims at Negro Tropical Imagination
A Philadelphia lawyer in Suersca Magazine observes a crowded street parade with marching negroes, banners, and lodge insignia. The scene fuels debate as locals ask why the parade exists while a young Black speaker notes a man’s lack of need for a parade to express identity. Churches and lodges provide most social life, and the crowd keeps in rhythm with the drum and folk music.
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Paradelphia
Harris Dickson
Suersca Magazine
Rees
Dansing Foland A Scotch Shepherd Heals By Dance
A Scottish shepherd Donald McAlain reputedly cured a mistress of a mysterious illness by dancing a reel with her. Crowds gathered at his Blackmuick cottage above Strathspey as he built a large practice. Treatments mixed medicated aqua with promenade steps and warm wraps, a dance driven regimen noted by the British Medical Journal.
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Donald McAlain
Blackmuick
Strathspey
The Telephone and Julius Caesar in Ancient Rome
A fragmented, era-spanning note ponders technology absent in Caesar's Rome and a strange pool in Rhodesia. The piece blends imagined telephone engineers with a Greek chorus tone, referencing Artemidorus, Casca, and a distant lake near a native village, all conveyed in a scattered, editorial voice.
Sport and Athletics In America Commentary
In America sport and athletics are described as distant and performative rather than practical. The piece laments excess branding over real participation and mocks the poetic justice idea with a sharp anecdote about a swindler, highlighting a skeptical view of athletic culture.
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Chicago Record- Herald
Not a Bit Conceited
A humorous exchange shows a wife denying conceit while a husband teases her in a domestic cartoon caption. The brief vignette relies on wordplay about beauty and self-image as a light social joke.
Prussia Exits, Cultivates Vast Forest Area
The Prussian realm withdraws from a prior commitment and begins a sweeping program to cultivate forests spanning over twenty four million hectares, signaling a major land management shift and agricultural reform with potential economic and ecological impact.
Bankrupt Sale At City Shop Near Globe Theatre
A distressed sale unfolds at a Dut cola shop one door east of the Globe Theatre with prices slashed to move stock quickly. The buyer urges scrutiny of bargains and invites inquiries, noting the event at 21 North Sixth Street run by T. Taylor & Son.
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Dut Cola
Globe Theatre
Polly
T. Taylor & Son's
North Sixth St
Conte
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