It Takes a Missourian to Handle a Mule
A Missouri representative, Rusker, calmed a stubborn mule before the capitol by a careful method. After a crowd urged various tactics, he directed attaching a line under the mule and pulling tail rings to provoke movement. The mule finally moved, the cart advanced, and the problem appeared resolved for a few days.
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Washington
Missouri
Capitol
Rusker
The American Flag by Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher extols the American flag as more than cloth, portraying it as liberty and faith embodied. He links its symbolism to France Italy Hungary Britain and the world, recalling Washington, Valley Forge, Yorktown, and the battle for freedom, urging unwavering loyalty to the stars and stripes.
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Inaenia
Werneaths
France
Italy
St. Andrew
George
Old Fingland
Washington
Burgoyne
Highlands
West Point
Old Fort Montgomery
Arnold
New York
New Jersey
Valley Forge
Morristown
Trenton
Yorktown
Canada
New Orleans
Montezzumas
Forwardness of Woman in Henley’s Time
A clipped excerpt from W B Henley laments shifts in gender roles. It portrays women as overthrowing men’s authority, with maids premants wives srowins and widows thrilling at wild surmises. The piece condemns pulpit platform activism, reform schemes, and women’s public engagement.
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Willitias
Barefoot Detective Finds Lost Pin After Breakfast
In a Rochester Herald item Tow Jackson exclaims after dropping his Imperial Order of the Rooat ors pin on the lawn during breakfast. Later that evening the pin appears by his plate at dinner as his wife Mrs. Jackson reveals Tommy went barefoot that afternoon. The fog banks of the north Atlantic are described as about 30 miles in diameter.
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Rochester Herald
Jackson
Martha
Tommy
North Atlantic
Terror Kills A Child Wandering In Wood
A seven year old girl Mary Vallone of rcavey left home near Philadelphia while her mother was away. She wandered into a wood at night and was found dead near a road four miles from Watertown. Police and Coroner Bases deem terror the likely cause, with Constable Joseph Gibbons and local searchers involved in the probe.
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Philadelphia
Mary Vallone
Rcavey
Watertown
Ramon
Landa
Aspects of Tramp Problem in America
A long critique on the tramp issue in the United States notes the failure of law, charity, and workhouses to curb vagrancy. It cites railway losses of about 25 million dollars annually from tramp activity, counts hundreds of thousands killed or injured on rail lines, and estimates 600 thousand to one million tramps nationwide, with many youths seeking adventure and others drifting into crime.
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Gustavus Myers
America
United States
Major Pangborn
Murray
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
National Conference of Charities and
Minneapolia
Pomadiec
Fragmented OCR News Item on Records and Names
A damaged OCR fragment references a track or contest with mentions of names and places like Del and Within. It hints at records being broken and high ideals, but the text is incomplete and unclear about event, participants, or outcomes.
Bull Terrier Holds the Fort at Knickerbocker Hotel
A bull terrier registered at the Knickerbocker baggage room freed itself from a harness and held the room until its master arrived. The dog stood its ground against porters, frightening several visitors with a bristling display of teeth.
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New York Herald
Knickerbocker
Dog
The Foolishness of a Sage in Solomon’s Wives
The New York Sun piece notes Solomon’s survey of his hundred wives and his sigh over his policy of many marriages. It reflects on the folly of a ruler’s matrimonial strategy and its consequences.
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New York Sun
Solomon
Operation performed on a war horse Colenso by Sir Frederick Treves
Sir Frederick Treves, noted surgeon and radium proponent, treated the wounded horse Colenso belonging to Lord Gerard. Seated on the horse’s head, he performed an operation and wrapped neck with stall carpet to deter files, saving the animal which survived and lived in England. Treves, Dorchester-born, earlier pioneered appendicitis surgery and saved the king’s life in 1902, also excelling as a swimmer and pilot.
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London
South Africa
Frederick Treves
Natal
Colenso
Lord Gerard
Sir Frederick
Sir
England
Dorchester
Deep Sea Fleet
Frederick
Ferocious rats terrorize Manhattan apartment residents
A pest outbreak at 30 41 Manhattan Ave terrorizes 28 families as ferocious rats bite residents including Mrs. Coles who was injured five times on the left cheek. Dr. Charles Good treated wounds and a cat was chased by a rat. Earlier victims include Hyman Kleppert who lost an eyelid and Jennie Reynolds bitten on the ear. Food thefts and pet disappearances are reported. Also a census note cites Canada sheltering 98 268 Orientals with breakdowns of Chinese Japanese and Indians and British subjects status.
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Manhattan
Harry Coles
Atlantic City
Wreck Hero Joins Via Wireless Cast in Hoxton
Wreck hero Wack Binns, the Republic wireless operator at Nantucket, joins the Via Wireless cast in Hoxton and oversees the wreck scene instruments. Also features a Tit-Bits reminiscence about London countryside excursions and a cockney farmer Charley misidentifying a haystack as a building.
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Wreck Hero
Wack” Binns
Republic
Nantucket
Via Wireless
Hoxton
Ex-President Pardo Tours World Ends Long Peru Visit
Former Peruvian president Jose Pardo arrived in New York aboard the Royal Mall Steam Packet Time with his brother Felipe Pardo, wife, three children, and mother in law. He plans to reside in Paris for one year after a four year term and retirement last September. He urged practical steps to shorten distances between the Americas.
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New York
United States
Peru
Jose Pardo
Royal Mall
Pardo
Felipe Pardo
Paris
Elasticity, Oh sing wet of her swan-like throat
Wireless telephony installed on battleships works successfully in some cases but is unsatisfactory in others. The report notes mixed results and hints at broader testing.
Wears No Hat and Never Catches Cold
Ossining resident Frederick G. Mead arrived in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II after a winter in Dresden. He explains he never wears a hat even in frost, claiming it unnecessary and noting his health has stayed good for years.
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Mrederticx GC. Meads
New York
Prederick G. Mead
Ossining
Kaiser Wilhelm IL
Lloyd One
Dreachen
Mead
Den
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