Diverse Global Notes From A Century Ago
A collection of brief items covers Arkansas adopting the apple blossom as its floral emblem, a Maine court ruling on the ownership of a belly in a jet, Lubeck planning its own coin, and French towns funding toys for children with restrictions. Reports describe tobacco cultivation in Greece, X rays revealing writing in manuscripts and Forgeries detection in art, Velázquez painting acquired by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and thoughts on food, temperance, and overseas cooking schools for doctors.
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Lubeck
Frontier desperado Ham White ends tumultuous Texas career
A historical note recalls Ham White, a frontier outlaw who began with murder in 1874, earned a life sentence for highway robbery, was pardoned by Hayes, returned to robbing stage coaches, served another life sentence, received clemency from Cleveland, and resumed highway robbery until consumption ended his pardon hopes.
Retired Pennsylvanian Night Watchman Credits Luck and Integrity
A man retiring after fifty years as a Pennsylvania Railroad night watchman claims to be the luckiest railroad man on record. He notes he was never reprimanded, never met with an accident, and never caused one, yet once halted the Philadelphia express at a washout to save 200 lives. He abstained from tobacco and liquor and never swore amid his long service, suggesting his efficiency and safety may stem from more than luck.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia Express
Navy honors Hartford sailor for Civil War bravery
James R. Garrison, once an enlisted man aboard Admiral Farragut’s Hartford in Mobile Bay, now at the National Soldiers’ Home near Hampton, Va., has received a navy department medal for meritorious conduct in the battle. He was wounded but refused to leave his post, prompting the admiral to pledge a reward.
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James R. Garrison
Farragut
Hartford
Mobile Bay
National Soldiers' Home
Hampton
Navy Department
Garrison
Son
Labor Unions and Firm Deplore Spellbinders Influence
A historical document argues unions have defects to be eliminated before collaboration with employers is possible. It condemns spellbinders who bind workers for profit, calls for their abolition, and presents a plan to protect workers from employer rapacity while pondering future relations after emancipation.
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Chi
Ansler
Modern Cannibalism in the New South Speech
Mise June Addame criticizes the postwar South citing a Columbia cotton mill visit. He describes child labor with workers as young as five, long hours, and little pay, arguing that freedom of contract sustains such conditions rather than slavery, and calls North Carolina a moral locale.
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New South
Mise June Addame
Political Equality League Ciil
Columbia
Witte Tots
South
N.C
The Right to Reside and Property Rights Across Nations
Henry George argues that land titles rest on force, not justice, tracing ownership from Mexico and Spain to England and France. He questions who truly holds the right to exclusive possession, asserting rulers can annul rights when empowered by force.
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John Doe
Richard Roe
California
Mexico
Louisiana
France
Florida
Spain
England
Henry George
Lapse of barbarism at Buffalo trial ends with acquittal
At Buffalo New York on May 20 a former penitentiary inmate faced arson charges for attempting to burn the institution. Testimony revealed he was tortured in custody with hands handcuffed above his head and body weight suspended. The judge correctly instructed the jury to acquit.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Exit Etiquette and the Art of Polite Departure
A 19th century voice extols swift but graceful farewells stressing tact over length. It cites the Pittsburg Dispatch on hurried exits and Emerson on manners as social glue, praising good nature as a fine art and social badge.
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Pittsburg
Emerson
Philadelphia Inquirer
Moral rot and mob violence in American society
A critical address condemns lynching and torture as reflexes of corrupt ethics. It argues Americans worship money, tolerate theft via laws on taxation and franchises, and ignore true moral standards. The piece links mob brutality to broader national ethical decay and cites European parallels.
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Mobile
Ala
Bim
Europe
Italy
Spain
Plutwcreey
Ite
Amelia
Eye opener to farmers on city land values and taxes
A writer cites New York land values to show the vast sums tied to real estate. He argues a single tax on land values would benefit farmers most, noting Manhattan plots, a Grand Central stall rent, and Wall Street prices as context for urban wealth.
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Grand Central Depot
New York
Wall Street
City of
Jerry Simpson
Lost Children Case At Station House
A man asked if there were any lost children and examined three youngsters in the back room. He picked one, asked if he was Johnny, and claimed he never sees the kids as he works on night shifts. His wife later identified a different child as hers, not the one chosen. The People.
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Johnny
Jim Hill Sees Profit In Shipping Without Aid
Jim Hill of the Great Northern Railway and shipowner talks of building two giant steamships for the China and Japan route. He argues owners should fund their ships without government subsidies while noting rivals already receive heavy support for mail service. He claims an additional 25 million dollars is unjustified for rail carriers to carry mail.
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Jim Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Great Lakes
4 Inc
China
Japan
Matia
Reign of the Trusts and Price Pressures
The piece argues trusts raise prices for lead, sheet steel, glass, iron pipe and related goods, billing it as tribute from tariff protected industries. It quotes Mark Twain and Wendell Phillips criticizing upper class reforms and urging working class action.
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Wendell Phillipa
Carnegie's Quiet Exit From Business Cited
A fragment from the Sioux City Journal notes Andrew Carnegie plans to retire from active business with income not exceeding sixty thousand dollars daily. It suggests that even by endowing a library each day he may only break even and hints at moments of discouragement.
Notable Varietas Row Attacks Receipts at Jones Crosstxe
In a transcribed exchange a variety man questions a performer about stage cuts. Mr Barnes Tormer, a noted tragedian and repetitore artist, recalls an assault on receipts at Jones Crosstxe and Jackson's Corners where a barn owner forced substitution of candles for kerosene to satisfy insurance restrictions.
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Barnes ‘Tormer
Jones’ Crosstxe
Jackson's Corners
Plebean
Excerpted Washington Letter and Birmingham Exposition Plans
A Washington Letter notes witty social chatter about a literary husband’s work. Birmingham, Alabama prepares an International Metallic and Industrial Exposition from November 15, 1904, to May 15, with the state asked to contribute $100,000 and Congress $500,000. A humorous Arkansas travel anecdote follows about a disobedient youth and a household exchange.
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Birminghan Cowlay
Birmingham
Ala
Congress
Dodd's Kidney Pills Endorsement by Local Ladies
In East Randolph on March 11 Mrs Deacon of the Women's Christian Temperance Union testifies to Dodd's Kidney Pills aiding a literary friend driven near insanity and a second case improving her own health. The letters claim cures for common female ailments, noting price and availability from local druggists or the Dodd's Medicine Co. Buffalo.
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Bal Deacon
East Randolph
N.Y
BR. A
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Dodd
Cattaraugus County
Mia
Deacon
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo
Oldest American Waterworks and Cures in Patent Ads
Fragmented OCR notes discuss the oldest waterworks in South Bethlehem Pa and cedar log bottling, plus a flood of sensational patent medicine claims for blood cures and medical tonics. The text also includes Toledo Ohio notary attestations and various ads for foot care and Garfield Tea, ending with a travel salesman wanted notice.
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Bethlehem
Kentucky
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