Notable Women Highlight Four Prominent Figures
The piece profiles four women of national interest Miss Mary Bartelme Chicago's first woman judge for eighteen years public guardian to needy girls Miss Violet Asquith daughter of England's prime minister and golf enthusiast Miss Rosalie Jones leader of suffragists who marched to Albany and Queen Olga of Greece who appealed for Balkan relief Over the Balkan crisis the Red Cross fund gained momentum with Mrs Russell Sage's $5,000 donation.
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Mother Bartelme
Chicago
Violet Asquith
England
Rosalie Jones
Albany
Olga
Greece
Bartelme
Circuit Court
Pinckney
Miss Asquith
United States
Countess of Aberdeen
Bryce
Washington
Macedonia
Russell Sage
American Red Cross
National Organization
Morgan questioned over his vast financial influence
The Pujo money trust committee in Congress examined J P Morgan about his business relations and control over billions. Morgan admitted that about 180 men wielded substantial power, that a money credit trust existed, and that stock market regulation could benefit the public.
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Pure Money Trust
Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Pujo Money Trust
Congress
Mr. Morgan
Stock Exchange
Galloway gifts Iowa dairy to chief magistrate
William Galloway, president of the company, explains his gift of a valued cow named Nona worth $5,000. He says Iowa’s status as a great agricultural state justifies contributing one of its best dairy products to the chief magistrate.
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White House
Nona
Avon
Iowa
William Galloway Company
Waterloo
Wilson
William Galloway
Rural New Yorker Inspires Hopeful Climb Toward Better Paths
A fragment from Rural New Yorker frames progress as a steady ascent toward better goals. It conveys heart and purpose, envisioning improvement from one peak to the next and urging perseverance.
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New Yorker
Punishment of the Bagno Elevates Venetian Torture Tale
A historical note recounts the Venetian punishment of water immersion in a sealed vat, where a captive bailed water to avoid drowning, the tale culminating in a brutal survival ordeal. The Washington Star excerpt then relays a remark by actor Compliments, Saji, about aging and a joking exchange involving a bow legged man and a jab about riding a barrel.
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Kennewick
Washington
Venice
Saji
Toby
Devervis
Washington Star
Bishop’s Brief Anecdote Delights Lords
A bishop opened with a plan to divide his speech into twelve points. Lord Durham asked to share a short anecdote about a late visit to St Paul’s Cathedral. He recounted a drunken man at midnight who heard the clock strike twelve and asked why it could not be said all at once. The bishop then concluded with a concise remark.
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House of Lords
Lord Durham
St. Paul's Cathedral
London Globe
Novelist May Succeed Reid as Ambassador to England
Thomas Nelson Page emerges as a leading candidate for the post after Taft delays naming a successor to Whitelaw Reid. The Virginia born writer, educated at Washington and Lee and Yale, is cited as a likely choice by supporters of a Wilson administration. Page’s work centers on the South and he aims to heal northern southern tensions with his stories.
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Thomas Nelson Page
Taft
Whitelaw Reid
Court of St. James
Page
Wilson
America
Lis
Mr. Page
Virginia
Washington and Lee
Yale
Get There Town in a Desolate Landscape Poem
A lyrical portrayal speaks of a fictional town Get There reachable by a hard road past a swamp and briars. Many fail on winding paths to Nowhere Ville while a few climb the hill toward Get There, where the hoped reward remains unfulfilled.
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Lewis
Nowhere- Ville
Language Lesson Turns on a Punny Clock
A playful exchange shows M De France questioning why the clock is wound. The English Tutor confirms to stop the clock’s cheesiness, highlighting a humorous language lesson cadence.
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M. de France
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