Majority rule debate splits Indiana Democrats in Indianapolis
Insurgent voices accuse party managers of unclear majority rule while Democrats feud over its meaning and application amid rising Republican prospects. American troops ready at Manila for invasion, as a separate note on business acumen highlights Indianapolis Propylaeum's stable 18 year record led by women.
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Chicago crime pace signals city’s growing pains
A report cites four hold ups two burglaries and one other crime per day with eight arrests per hour. The piece notes Chicago’s bold self scrutiny as it faces reforms for citizens and the police force amid efforts to curb drunkenness and curb crime in a developing metropolis.
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Chicago Crime Reform Measures And Moral Revival
Chicago considers temperance talks for patrolmen and crime warnings to mobilize citizens. Proposals include watering troughs near churches to curb saloon visits, better alarm systems, and practical reforms. The piece notes crime endangers the city and cites Rev. Dr. Crapsey's heresy trial as a broader religious controversy.
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Common Sense High School Plan With Bowling Alley
A Chicago proposal outlines a new high school building praised for common sense. It will include teacher and principal input, recreation facilities, and a first in-school bowling alley to promote health and relief from strain. O N Balloon withdraws from the Twelfth district Democratic congressional race citing machine opposition.
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Abdul Kader and wives cause stir in Verona tale
A report details Abdul Kader and his three wives staying at the Verona hotel. He recounts clashes with a foreign commissioner over his sisterly disguises, paparazzi chaos on Wall Street, and a street incident involving showmen pursuing his wives. The piece also notes Newby, a keen observer, judging facial signs and aging trends, and touches on pension fund debates for elderly professors amid marital schemes.
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Restoration of Majority And Minority in Democracy
An open letter by A. Greene Smith addresses John W. Holtzman regarding the concept of restoration of majority. It argues the Democratic Party does not need instruction on the meaning of restoration of minority and suggests protestors are merely men and women capable of marriage choices, while criticizing professors and pensions as wearisome.
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Disease and the Auto Threat to Public Health
A London physician predicts 25 year rise in diseases from tonzolids to eye diseases as autos stir dust spreading germs. He urges street dust suppression and city sprinkling. Other notes include street noises in Chicago, Indiana politics, Ford Borges in Boston, and Indiana school physiology moving toward union labor critique and a Chicago model high school with a bowling alley debate.
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Hot of the Griddie butchers report on board
Fragmentary OCR text mentions daily shop talk and cryptic phrases about workers and a punch line. Core facts and names are unreadable, yielding a limited item suitable as a brief puzzle note rather than a full report.
May as a Pious Fraud in a Seasonal Poem
A fragmented verse sketch mocks May as a pious fraud of the almanac. It contrasts winter’s return with a vivid, archaic scene of May as a delicate, breathy presence. The speaker pictures spring via literary allusions and personal musings, invoking Chaucer and forest imagery.
War of the Worlds musings on earth and phenomena
The piece debates planetary scales and Earth’s fragility, pondering how bubbles and vast forces could collapse instantly. It notes recent tremors and volcanic activity as evidence and hints at astronomy and astrology influencing public thought. It references global disturbances including France South Africa and bishops in a speculative context.
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Rouese
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Angiteat
Cold Storage Birthday Remains A Talking Point
Daily Oklahoma reports Vice-President Fairtanks mas JMR marked his fifty fourth birthday amid discussion of maintaining an active man, noting one Mason who he knows well is kept in a relf refrigerated state for most of the time.
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Incomplete Sign of Progress Cited in Brief Note
A fragmentary note references a favorable sign and urges quick action on applications. The text mentions a president and Bill, with unclear context and many garbled words. No clear names, dates, or places extend beyond the fragment.
Washington postmaster seeks room carpet in facers building
A Washington postmaster and western city official sought a carpet for a room in the facers building. Letters to the division of supplicas missives detailing dimensions led to a chain with a carpet factory, shipment, and acknowledgments. The piece skewers bureaucratic letter writing over action amid broader embassy chef politics and a looming culinary dispute.
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Farm Wisdom For Boys From Harpoon Bill And Joe
A rustic admonition urges farm raised boys to value hard work over city nightlife. Emphasizes plowing, milking, and honest labor as paths to true manhood, contrasting farm virtues with barroom quick pleasures and fashion. Includes a college reunion poem excerpt by Lumity, recalling old friendships and past days.
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Fragments From Vanishing Tales And Odd Anecdotes
A collage of biting vignettes and xenial anecdotes from distant lives. It recounts a Cameroon rite of transfusion described by a native medicine man and explorer, a veterans’ celebration with tall tales, a Perry Oklahoma reference, a Peak’s Island misadventure, a pin invention tale, playful street reportage on Frisco lore, and literary notices from the New York Times Book Review.
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Tillman in Control After Senatorial Slur Exchange
Senator Ponrort of Pennsylvania labeled Senator Tillman an ass on Saturday. Tillman refrained from violating decorum and did not retaliate with crude remarks amid the exchange.
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Farmers Welcome Noncompetitive Seeder Ward, Congressman Says
A Washington message reassures farmers that the seed sent by a congressman to the ward will not be competed against. The seeds are prepared with specific reference to suburban needs, avoiding a new ad. This report reflects cautious optimism for agricultural communities.
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Remark on Keir Hardie and a Zodiac Governing School Note
A Kansas City Journal excerpt recalls Keir Hardie in England and a library incident with a shouted Amen. It also describes a Brooklyn teacher who governs 4th grade by zodiac signs, grouping Tauruses and Capricorns to foster harmony and loyalty, claiming improved discipline and order.
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Indiana Officials Trial Reflected In Public Sympathy
A distressed portrayal argues Indiana official Ag Ladians, accused of embezzlement, faced a biased case as 71,000 locals petitioned Governor Hanly for parole. The piece suggests a conspiracy mindset, noting alleged personal debts funded by state funds and the public’s cold view of money as a displacing force.
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Seaside Philosophy and Fragmented Dialogue Snippets
A collage of clipped quotes and misread lines from Chicago Tribune and Washington Star items blend with a Seaside Philosophy vignette about gray skies surf, a dying mother, a long boat, and stray phrases about peeping neighbors and a doll. The text resembles OCR garble across multiple sources with stray punctuation and capitalization errors.
Passing of the Snake Liar in the Press Era
A satirical lament on the demise of the Snake Liar, once a bustling figure in newspapers. The piece contrasts heroic fiction with the decline of sensational serpents stories, noting how modern papers abandoned dramatic reports for factual wires and plainness. It mourns a bygone era of imagination in journalism.
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Liar
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Pegasus
Senator Clay Faces Curious Question at Washington Meeting
A garbled report describes Senator Clay of Georgia answering a constituent during a Washington event. The exchange mentions a mine document and a dramatic one story holding, with a reporter’s note calling it the “darnedest, highest” remark, attributed to Jean Spectator.
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