Marital Levities From Ancient Texts Inspires Farport's Weekly
A Farport weekly piece surveys a fourth century marriage contract from an Indies manuscript. It notes a woman’s dower of silver and the husband’s discharge, comparing the naive contract to modern notions of marital power. The article suggests readers can learn about gender and law from buried city records.
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Red Sea
Delta
Indies
Chicago
Reno
Indy
Farpor's
Pays Church to Advertise Sermons in South Carolina
James W. Kramer, pastor, argues churches must advertise to draw congregants. He cites moving pictures suppers pink tans and flowers as tools, condemns ragtime preaching but urges a lively, instructional church as a humanistic plant of machinery with energized outreach to fill pews. He stresses the need for life and public engagement by ministers.
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James W. Kramer
Tat
South Carolina
Steicher
Diamonds and Mirrors in New York Millionaire Displays
A fragmentary report recalls Andrew Carnegie discussing lavish New York millionaire expenditures. It mentions a $4,000,000 prince of wealth shown to a gentleman who paused before a vast mirror, remarking on diamonds to “play with” Mauriew.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York
Mr. Car- Regia
Mauriew
Oriental brewery opens in Hong Kong in 1909
A Hongkong brewery history notes the first successful brewer named Oriental brewery starting operations in early 1909. It reports American capital, modern American type plant, and annual capacity around 200000 barrels, with competition from Japanese and other beers drawing comment.
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Hongkong
Oriental Brewery
Inventor in Oklahoma Claims Pain Free Care Device
An Oklahoma City inventor reports a device that provides pain free care. The claim highlights a new apparatus claimed to reduce or eliminate discomfort during procedures. Further tests and verification are awaited from medical teams and industry observers.
Arrests Bloom Over Illinois Central Railroad Graft Scandal
Five ex officials including Frank Harriman Charlea Ewing and John Taylor were arrested on conspiracy and fraud charges tied to a claimed 1.5 million misappropriation in the Illinois Central Railroad case. The probe began over a year ago and involved car repair firms linked to top railroad officials. Ira Rawn’s death is noted as a factor in halting further warrants.
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Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Ruad
Frank B. Harriman
Charlea T. Ewing
Ohio River
John M. Taylor
Har+ Ahan
Sims
Murray Nelson, Jr
Wllnois Central
Rawn
W'Murray Got Much Money From Indian Contracts
Testimony of J F McMurray before a congressional committee on Indian land affairs reveals multiple contracts with tribes. He held two Chickasaw contracts at 5000 dollars yearly each, two Choctaw contracts at 5000 dollars yearly each, a 15500 dollar special services fee with 3000 paid, plus 2700 dollar annual expense and another 1800 dollar general expense. These lay over the $750000 contingent fee for citizenship cases and a potential 7 million dollar fee on asphalt and coal funds.
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J. F. McMurray
Congressional Committee Investigating
Mr. McMurray
General Services
Hia Law Firm
Mayor Gaynor Sits Up After Shooting Aftermath
Mayor William J. Gaynor rested in bed for over an hour reading and talking with his daughter Ruth. From her lips he learned news from St James Long Island, the city home he cannot visit since being shot in August. A final blood test marked as the last, with assurance from surgeons that he is practically out of danger.
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New York
William J. Gaynor
Ruth
St. James
Long Iland
James J. Gallagher
Robert Admonson
Russian Cholera Toll Reported for Ravéin Region
A week’s cholera tally from Ravéin shows 23,044 new cases and 1,728 deaths, raising Russia’s total for the year to 112,983. The mortality rate stands at 44.5 percent. Figures are provided by the sanitary bureau for August 7 to 13, fully official.
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St. Petersburg
Ravéin
Russia
Sanitary Bureau
No Danger Here New York Cholera Plague Claim
Dr Doty health officer at the port of New York asserts quarantine measures are not effective to prevent migrants bringing cholera into the United States despite ongoing controls. The statement emphasizes there is no danger of outbreak at the port currently.
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New York
United States
Doty
Port of
Millions of spindles idle in mills across the country
Massive notices warn that cotton mills from Boston to New York will idle workers for one week to sixteen days late this month and into September. About 50,090 operatives already posted notices signaling further cuts, with ripple effects feared across the industry.
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Boston
Mass
Milly
New Bog
Indians Fleece Meats and Fees Paid to Indian Lawyers
A 20 year statement on attorneys fees paid by Indian tribes shows total fees of 2,893,404.04 with large sums to Chickasaw Nation and other groups. The figures, sent to Beverly, Massachusetts, under President Taft’s knowledge, reflect controversial payments amid land investments and Gore’s bribery charges. Representative Campbell calls the amounts startling as government guardianship is questioned. Farm labor scarcity noted amid future producer exodus.
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Sulphur
Okla
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Valentine
Special
Congresssonal Committee
Indian Land Affairs
Beverly
Mase
Taft
New York Indiana
Himwell
T.P. Gore
J. F. May Murray
Philip Campbell
Kansas
Causes and Remedies for High Meat Prices
The article lists factors driving high meat costs. It cites tariff effects, slaughter timing, farmer education, and state federal inspection as causes. Remedies proposed include removing stock takings, ending corporate livestock holdings, banning slaughter for three months, promoting farm migration, and abolishing state inspections.
daring cross channel flight shocks era of early aviation
John G Moisant of Chicago crossed from Calais to England with a passenger in a bold two man flight. The unknown Spaniard, recently learning to fly, relied on a compass as he faced a strong westerly wind and achieved a historic but perilous crossing.
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John G. Moissant
Chicago
Englsh
Calais
Tian
Toam
Blierot
de Lessepr
Rolls
Bournemouth
France
England
Moiasant
Hirmen
Moissant
Causes and remedies urged by United Master Butchers delegates
Chicago reports delegates to the United Master Butchers of America, affiliated with the World organization, identify high prices as farm policy failure. Secretary John H. Schofield blames farmers for rapid slaughter and urges large land holdings by corporations to produce livestock. He cites urban drift, labor scarcity, and cereal prices driving farmers away from stock farming.
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Chicago
United Master Butchers of America
International Organiztion of Master Butchers of the World
John H. Schofield
National Organization
United States
Southern Commercial Congress plans Southern conference in Atlanta
Washington reports ex President Roosevelt praises Southern work. O Grosvenor Daw, Southern Commercial Congress director, asks sixteen Southern governors to appoint ten business leaders each to attend a conference in Atlanta next October to shape plans for the March 1911 meeting in Atlanta. About 200 Southern captains of industry expected to attend. Roosevelt to address the March gathering.
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Washington
Roosevelt
O. Grosvenor Daw
Southern Commercial Congress
Atlanta
Congress
Americans Plan Peace Memorial in Mexico City for Centennial
Americans in Mexico will present a peace memorial to the people of Mexico during the centennial Independence celebration next month. A meeting chaired by former ambassador David Thompson decided the project would spend 50,000 dollars in gold to erect the monument with the final form to be announced later.
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U.S
Mexico City
Mexico
Waa
David
Thompson
Ambaanador
Chaiman
Cannon Addresses Iroquois Pioneers in Last Speech
Speaker Joxepn C. Cannon urged old settlers at Cinna Park Illinois to recall pioneer days. The talk, while framed as a rural appeal, touched on Lincoln Grant and Garfield era policies as students debated protection and the nation’s growth.
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Joe
Cinna Park
Joxepn C. Cannon
Iroquois County
Hitle
Linon
Grant
Ader Garfield
Folk for President Candidacy Endorsed in Missouri Meeting
In Kirknyilie Missouri the Folk for President bid in 1912 is endorsed by Democratic communities in the First congressional district. The report notes expected tax changes under the Payne Aldrich tariff law and remarks on internal revenue projections.
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Indorse Folk
Kirknyilie
Joseph W. Folk
Firat
Land Grabbing Graft Highlighted in Indian Land Probe
Congressional hearings into Indian land affairs reveal a scheme by land grabbers in Oklahoma that enriched guardians at the expense of minor Chickasaw and other Indian heirs. Cases show guardians deducting vast sums for administration and improvements, leaving children with far less than the property values.
Wedded in Her Night Robe in Atlanta
Miss Columbia Cheek, a socialite, elopes with Gry Hi Buchanan after her parents try to block the match. Buchanan signals from outside by pebbles and a ladder, they wed at Emmanuel Baptist Church with Rev. Gilmore officiating. The couple then goes to a hotel as trunks follow with a blessing.
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Atlanta
Columbia Cheek
Gry Hi. Buchanan
Miss Cheek
Rovers
Buchanan
Cheek
Mise Cheek
Emmanuel Baptist Church
W. 1
Gilmore
Reunion Dates Set for United Confederate Veterans
A notice from Gen. William B. Mickle adjutant general and editor of staff announces the twenty first annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans to be held May 14 17 and 18 of next year in Mille Rock Arkansas following a Mobile decision.
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New Orleans
La—urucial
United Confederate Veterans
William B. Mickle
Ebtar
Staf
Mille Rock
Ark
Mobile
Roosevelt defeated as old guard wins NY convention
Newark reports Col Theodore Roosevelt loses to the old guard as the Republican state committee picks Vice President James Sherman as temporary chairman by a 20 to 16 vote. The defeat marks Roosevelt's second setback after prior opposition to Cobb direct primary reform. In Oklahoma Okla City the election board is asked to refuse J. G. Lawrence’s nomination for representative in Logan County over campaign spending. In Georgia Savannah four privates from Fort Fremont face court martial for soldier clashes. Private Bul Thimim is dishonorably discharged and sentenced to a year in prison.
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Newark
Theodore R Roosevelt
New York State
Republican State Committee
James 5. Sherman
Col. Roosevelt
Olintona City
Okla
State Election Board
J. G. Lawrence
Logan County
Savannah
127Th
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Freemont
Fort Soreyon
Bul Thimim,wi
A Broad Hint From a Seasonal Conversation
A casual exchange hints at affection and future plans as sleigh bell melodies set a festive mood and lead toward a wedding notion. Jess affirms the appeal of the tradition and the idea of a Bella styled union within a holiday atmosphere.
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Jim
Jess
Bella
Might Do It. Potato Bugs Question in Yonkers
A brief dialogue is reported with a young man asking about potato bugs and an older woman replying with a curt suggestion to use cigarettes. The exchange appears in the Yonkers Statesman.
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Yonkers States
Deduction In Street Car Footstep Clash
A terse exchange unfolds on a street car as a passenger accuses another of stepping on a foot and a sharp retort follows in a brisk, humorous street dialogue tone with two speakers Coogan and another unnamed commuter.
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Coogan
Grape-Nuts Claims Key Nutrients For Body and Brain
The advertisement touts Grape-Nuts as containing vital elements from wheat and barley, especially potassium phosphate, to rebuild tissues. It asserts regular users feel the benefits and references The Road to Wellville, noting the product is found in packages.
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Wellville
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