Moral strabismus in defense of Joe Kealing and voting machine ties
The piece accuses the News of moral strabismus while detailing alleged agency profits for Indiana voting machines, conflicts with federal and local officials, and calls for integrity in public funds. It criticizes politicians, rail passes, and leaders like Roosevelt and Rockefeller, framing lobbying as civic cowardice and urging principled action.
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Joe Kealing
Kealing
Messrs. Keating
Josa
Indiana
Umit
Joss
Gates
United States
Fairbanks
the News
The President's Example and Free Transport Precedent
Officials on a western railroad announce the president will pay regular fares for travel and bills will be settled through the Pennsylvania railroad auditing department. The only courtesy granted is engine access through Red Neck canyon, signaling a possible shift away from free transportation practices.
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Pennsylvania Road
Red Neck Canyon
Elevation delays at Massachusetts avenue tracks questioned
A city council stalemate over track elevation at Massachusetts avenue led to sharp accusations that officials bluff and bulldoze. Five months after consent was given, no work has begun, with railroads awaiting action and at least one company not agreeing. The piece criticizes the administration for inaction and calls for capable leadership. It also notes President Castro’s remark about annexing Gen. Sherman Bell of Colorado.
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Massachusetts Ave
Conncil
Board of Works
Buncombe
Rae
Castro
Sherman Bell
Colorado
Making Dollars and Ruining Lives in Pittsburg Mills
A critical view remarks that American industry sacrifices workers to profit. The Austro Hungarian consul in Pittsburg cites high fatalities from factory and railroad work, noting neglected safety and a slain toll of lives for commerce. The broad indictment frames industrial progress as built on workers’ bones.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburo
Pittsburs
Ile
Allegheny County
The Diamond Tree Swindle Tells of a Swindler Jeweler
A jewelers tale explains a fraud known as the diamond tree swindle. A jeweler swaps a customer’s ring diamond for a slightly smaller stone, then repeats with other pieces like brooches, extracting larger stones while replacing with smaller ones. He claims diamonds can seemingly grow from pinhead to pea size in days, with many stones enlarging at once.
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Smith
The Droosha of Baku Oil Well Described by City Man
An Oil City man discusses the world’s first oil well, noting Pennsylvania’s historic wells and contrasting with the Drooshba or Droosha of Baku in Russia. He cites 1.5 to 2 million gallons daily output, a 200 foot fountain, and oil flooding lakes. three months’ storage failure led to 150 million gallons lost to the sea.
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Suttle
Pennsylvania
Russia
Baku
Droojba
Kayne
Minneapolis Journal
Curious South African chain carved from tree wink
Noted curiosities at Maritzburg museum include a six inch chain formed from a tree’s grain by Knob nose natives of the Transvaal Routspenberg district. The craft demands planotorial patience and skill, while the piece highlights export and import contrasts in borax. Ether and chloroform oddly boost plant activity, used to force blooms out of season in Denmark and Germany, with striking results. Efforts to fund a political science chair at Western Reserve University in memory of Senator Hanna progress well.
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Almonz
Maritzbure Museum
South Africa
Routspenberg
Transvaal
Phuev Ie
Denmark
Germany
Western Reserve ‘University
M. A. Hanna
Strongest Safe Built For Premier Diamond Mine
A massive safe is being constructed for the Premier Diamond Mine company to hold about 10 million dollars in diamonds. The 7 by 6 by 21 foot structure weighs 21 tons, with a five ton steel door, and costs range from 7500 to 10000 dollars.
Rumorful Snippets Spark Lighthearted Business Ferment
The column mixes frail optimism with gossip on wheat prices rising flour costs, a brother’s imminent release, and a bright youth seeking a job. It notes cigarette etiquette in Paris salons, money’s sway in society, Chauncey Depew’s birthday, a theater manager’s price claim, a hatpin incident, and a Bloomington tale of romance sparked by a box of candy.
Autobiography of a Baldheaded Man Chapter 1Y Notes
An experimental diary fragment from 1893 1895 recounts hair loss cures and opinions from doctors friends and a Chicago contact Mace. The narrator parries medical anecdotes with humorous social observations and a professor’s quips about diet and character.
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Joan Mace
Mace
Chicago
Bmi Fife
Fife
Indivot
Denver
Married at Undertaker's Behind the Scenes Mixup
Apoli Gleewiste Longin and Wilbur Jenking wed in Stephen Merritt's undertaking snap in New York. After the ceremony the couple hosted a wedding supper and visited ministers’ homes. confusion led them to seek the police before being guided by the undertaker to Rev. Richard Bell.
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Scripps-M'Rre Press Association
New York
Gleewiste Longin
Wilbur Jenking
Stephen Merritt
Undertakers
Richard Bell
Grandson Held in West Virginia Robbery Case
In Wheeling West Virginia April mystery deepens in the burglary of George Goeglin at his Shadyside home. Police report arrests of a man named Rents Guestin held on bond and describe four masked men forcing the back door, gagging Goeglin, and taking about 5800 dollars.
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Scripps. Awrae
Rrbh Association
Wheeding
W. Va
George Goeglin
Shadyside
Mly
Southern Indiana Railroad completes Interstate stockyards deal
The Interstate stockyards purchase by the Southern Indiana Railroad Company was consummated Wednesday. Much of the right of way had already been secured and surveying will be completed in a few days. The road will connect Indianapolis with nearby coal mines and stone quarries. The question of the railroad entering his city will be addressed later.
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Southern Indiana Railroad Company
Indianapolis
Wartime Wisdom and Preparedness Echo in Nations and Individuals
The text asserts that Japan’s wartime success against Russia stems from adherence to the proverb En times of peace prepare for war, and contends that the same principle applies to individuals, urging readiness and foresight in personal conduct.
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Japan
Russia
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