Mrs Rockefeller Best Ally in John D Rockefeller Life
A Cleveland profile portrays Laura Spelman Rockefeller as a steady partner in John D Rockefeller's rise to wealth. The piece notes her domestic focus, church involvement, and rare closeness to sister Julia Spelman, while recounting a Civil War era gift of ten dollar bills to militia volunteers and her husband’s evolving fortune.
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Cleveland
John Davidson Rockefeller
Hoclfellers
John Rockefeller
Laura Spelman
Papttet
Sims
Rockefeller
Mise Spelman
Cam
Jonchoon
Jorge
Mrs John D Rockefeller’s Hidden Hand in His Wealth
A portrait of Mrs Rockefeller shaping her husband John D Rockefeller's business sense and fortunes. The piece recounts her influence on him and an anecdote about a private telegraph operator managing stock trades, highlighting the couple's long partnership and Rockefeller's immense wealth.
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Rockefeller
Mead
West
Cleveland
Kieht
John BD
Santa Coleatha Epelman
Miew Apolmaan
Es Min
Ohio
John Nochefelier
Chureh
Index for Blind Readers Pricked Card to Enable Eightless to Choose
The New York Public Library plans a tactile card index for the blind to browse books. Cards store letter meaning via prick marks, enabling self guided discovery of works in over 40 volumes. The system, prepared by the library’s blind department, evades librarian assistance.
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New York
Mora
Department For the Blind
New York Public Lbrary, & Dranoly Equated At Artatordam Avenue
Hightyret Street
Nave Dean
Pioneer 76 Year Old Re traces Oregon Trail With Ox Team
Ezra Meeker age 76 retraces the Oregon trail with a primitive ox team and prairie schooner on his way to New York City. He aims to revive the historic route and push a national highway called Pioneer Way from the Missouri to the Pacific Ocean.
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Pioneer
Oregon Trail
New York
Izra Meeker
Yonkers
New York City
Meeker
Washington
Hila
Missouri River
Padiia
Mr. Meeker
Ezra Meeker
History of the Rock of Ages painting and copyright
The Rock of Ages, painted by Rev. Johannes A. Oertel, sparked a global copyright and publishing boom. Initial sketches in Westerly and Newark led to a large painting and widespread copies. James and Oertel profited, but legal challenges and a Chicago rival expanded the market, ending the original monopoly.
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Johannes A. Vertel
Bavaria
America
Newark
N. J
Westerly
Ft. 1
National Academy of Design
New York
Oertel
James
Providence
KH. 1
Augustus Stygrrs
Brooklyn
Paris
London
Chile
Pyrenees
Protestant Episcopal Church
Lenoir
North Carolina
Chicago
Io W Financial Venture
Reporter's tale mirrors typo in verse and fire noted
A humorous account recalls a reporter's rushed line about Chace MacGowan the cook injured in a fire at Helloan Hall, Upton Sinclaire's colony. The piece also cites a Bill Wheeler Vox poem with a typographic error about a lighthouse keeper.
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Rom Lippincott
Helloan Hall
Upton Sinclatr
Mia
Grace Mace Gowan Cooke
New York
Chace MacGowan
Bill Wheeler
Vox
He who purposely create his friend would cheat hte God
A brief devotional line asserts that deliberate betrayal of a friend offends the divine. The wording emphasizes moral consequence and warns readers against treachery toward trusted companions.
Mexican horned lizard splits myth with blood spout
New York zoologist Raymond Ditmars confirms a Mexican horned lizard can eject a jet of blood from its eyes. After photographing and measuring the reptile, a momentary neck tension, eye bulging, and a sharp tongue press produced a hairlike blood jet that hit a wall four feet away. The display lasted about one and a half seconds, leaving 103 droplets on the wall and floor before the creature was calm again.
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Raymond Lee Ditmars
New York Zoological Society
Motor Proof Roads in Light of High Speed Autos
The Philadelphia Press reports complaints that fast motor cars damage roads by dust and loose stones. Engineering urges hot tar treatment with binder to seal interstices, plus sand to prevent tar pickup, costing about $300 per mile yearly to keep roads dust free. Autos are here to stay. better road design is needed, with high speed traffic directed to suitable routes.
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Philadelphia
England
London Engineering
Women Should Be Held To Lawful Suffrage Standards
A brittle editorial argues women deserve legal protections and duties before public life. It warns of a potential law enforcing moral or civic obligations, implying control over female participation in society.
Grand Transplant Move Reimagines Germ An Yew in Frankfort
The New York Sun reports the historic relocation of Germany’s oldest yew tree from a municipal garden to a new site in Frankfort. Weighing about 90 000 pounds, the 66 foot tree traveled 4 1/4 miles on a massive crate and wagon, with roots clipped to six feet, rollers used to spare sewers, and daily watering at the new location amid cautious hope it will settle in its new home.
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New York Sun
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Germany
Botanical Garden
Clambake Quips and Wisconsin Gaffe Recalled
A clipping recalling governor Jere Rusk at a clambake in New Juraoy recounts a dinner table exchange over clams. A heckler mocks Wisconsin and Rusk responds with a quip about Wisconsin’s footing and clams “having no feet” in a playful, period voice.
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Cleveland Lanier
Jere Rusk
Wisconsin
New Juraoy
Rusk
Rush
Wiecwisin
Unclear script fragment from a dated text
Fragmentary OCR style line reads like archaic verse or prose and lacks a complete narrative. It mentions age, a name Ciladness of heart, and Evesslastious, but no clear event, date, or place to summarize into a factual item.
Government Seeks Disease to Curb Rat and Pest Invasions
Reports claim the biological survey studies a disease intended to exterminate rats rabbits ground squirrels prairie dogs and similar pests. A German linked discovery is rumored under review with caution due to risks to livestock and poultry while experts assess safety and virulence.
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Waskington
Biological Survey
Dansyz
Australia
Dannyz
Northwest
United States
Ttmn
Wyoming
Henshaw
Merriam
Germany
New Profession For Women Millinery Teaching Grows
The New York Young Women's Christian Association opened a millinery trade course, boosting a new field for women. Classes run 100 evenings per year with fifty sessions before and after Christmas, paying about five dollars a night to teachers. Pupils learn hat making, trimming, sewing, and design, with private lessons and club-based instruction emphasizing observation and headpiece shaping.
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New York Young Women's Christian Association
Leelkle
Had the habit From London
Had the habit From London a story about a professor known for absentmindedness. The learned man hides an errand to the library while his wife plans a theater visit. He returns to find his wife undressed and preparing for bed, revealing the strain of the night’s events. The scene moves slowly as delay and tension build between them.
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London
Pheblt
Bine
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