Daily Facts and Oddities from Across Cities
A collection of brief items from New York Pittsfield and Chicago and London. Topics include a universal church opening with diverse speakers, a charity ball censoring in Pittsfield, a burgled home with a sore foot scaring away robbers, a bloodless duel affecting a New Yorker, Berlin wax model raids, Washington naming trends for a Wilson baby, roomers saving a gas accident victim, and prayers for peace in Ireland amid home rule tensions.
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Ireland
London
Church of England
Doctor who arranged calls at meetings leaves town
Emporia Gazette reports the old-fashioned doctor who orchestrated public meeting calls has left town. His blushing son remains and is being discussed as a Harmony party candidate for office.
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Emporia Gazette
The Liberating Paradox of Accumulation in Leslie's View
The passage argues accumulation arises from workers who spend less than they earn, creating capitalists. It claims civilization would decline if all were improvident or incompetent, praising those who accumulate as real benefactors, while noting some have this capacity and others do not as an unchangeable natural law.
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Leslie’s
Mrs. Medill McCormick Accepts National Suffrage Post
Mrs. Medill McCormick of Chicago accepts the chairmanship of the congressional committee of the National Suffrage association and will go to Washington at once to assume her duties.
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Medill McCormick
Chicago
National Suffrage Association
Washington
Frisco Runs Trains by Telephone Amid Telegraph Lockout
Frisco railroad trains are operated today by telephone after 400 telegraph operators are locked out and threaten to strike over removal of telegraph instruments from stations. Dispatching is handled by telephone as the system faces this double move by management.
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ST. Louis
Will of Cardinal Rampolla Set for Probate
Rome authorities abandon search for the late Cardinal Rampolla’s latest will and plan to probate the 1889 will, said to name his sister Baroness Perrona as sole heir. Police to unlatch Rampolla’s apartments and hand them to his sister tomorrow.
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Rome
Cardinal Rampolla
Perrona
Rampolla
Convict Eligible for Parole Aids Leper Colony Plan
Dr Haldane Cleminson once convicted of wife murder seeks parole to join a Philippine leper colony where he would spend life treating outcasts if approved by the state board of pardons.
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Chicago
Haldane Cleminson
Philippine Islands
State Board of Pardons
Parrot Conductor Tale Delights Local Journal Readers
A city resident notes in a witty exchange that a parrot in the parlor calls for closeness by shouting Sit closer, please. Local papers suggest the bird previously trained as a street railway conductor.
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George
Maurice Maeterlinck Quote on Daily Life Aptitude
A Maeterlinck reflection urges each man to seek a special aptitude for a higher life within the humble, inevitable reality of daily existence. The quote emphasizes inner striving amid ordinary routines.
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Maurice Maeterlinck
No Velvet Ties or Plush Fedoras Boast
The speaker asserts that bragging would not concern future deeds but would focus on a past choice never to wear a velvet neck tie or a plush fedora. The exchange reveals a humorous boasting premise centered on personal style restraint rather than accomplishments.
Socialists Demand Federal Probe Over Copper Strike
Resolutions adopted by the La Crosse Wisconsin socialist local condemn mine owners for six months of strikes in Michigan copper country. They call for a federal investigation and cite mobbing of Charles Moyer and assault on John Tanner. Copies sent to Wilson Fer ris La Follette and Esch. In Minneapolis and St Paul protests planned.
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Charles Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Calumet District
Socialist Party
Wilson
Ferris
Michigan
Robert M. la Follette
John J. Esch
John Tanner
Hancock
Social-Democratic Party
la Crosse
Wis
Citizens’ Alliance
Twin City Party
ST. Paul, Minn
Minneapolis
Miners’ Federation
West Virginia
Tyomies
Fixed ideas as petty monstrous selfishness
The text notes that a person with a fixed idea becomes a nuisance, worst when the idea is petty and selfish. It adds that individual troubles should not be boasted of and cautions that many troubles may be self-caused even if not of their own making.
A Slender Pathway
A circus performer Madge, craving a farm with Louis, endures a hotel fire. With smoke filling her room she clings to hope, climbs to a chair, and crosses a deadly hotel wire toward a distant roof as Louis calls to her from below.
Notable 19th Century Will Plot Sparked By Marriage
Old Bullion on his deathbed wills all property to his partner while fearing a contest from children of his first wife. The young wife vows to fix the issue by marrying one of the lawyers, signaling a sharp legal maneuver in the family dispute.
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New York Weekly
Theyre Still Doing It Shopping Among Women
An 1825 Bee dictionary entry notes women wandering through shops buying small items but often dragging along large quantities of goods, reflecting a social observation quoted by the Boston Transcript.
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Bee’s Dictionary
Boston Transcript
Oregon Pioneered Labor Day Holiday Legislation
The text notes Oregon was the first state to declare Labor Day a holiday, with the law enacted in 1887, marking a milestone in recognized labor celebration.
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Oregon
Ink Blots Removed With Salt and Gently Rubbing
A simple method to lift ink blotches from old books involves covering the stain with salt and rubbing it softly with fingers until the blot fades. This technique can help preserve margins and text without harsh chemicals.
Goethals Weighs Uncertain NYC Police Post
Rumors say Colonel Goethals may be offered New York City police commissioner by John Purroy Mitchel but insiders doubt the Panama Canal chief will accept. Analysts note mayor and police chief posts carry unique prestige and Goethals faces a long canal timeline. He has just advised Secretary Garrison that the canal cannot open before January 1 1915 due to slide work and water effects requiring months of study.
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John Purroy Mitchel
New York
Colonel Goethals
Panama Canal
New York City
John T. Hoffman
Goethals
Secretary of War
Garrison
Madge Walks the Roof to Save Her Circus Escape
In Sono, Madge climbs a narrow rooftop rope path as flames rage below. Louis the clown improvises to steady her, signaling a final risky act before the crowd, fire, and wind threaten the daring escape.
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Rying
Louis
Madge
Sono
Mademoiselle Zeta
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Museum of
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Daily Temple
Elizabeth Knopf
Pittsfield
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Patrick Moore
Julia Williams
New Yorker
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Hungary
Emil Zerkowitz
Berlin
Woodrow Raveney Glasscock
Rather
Nathan Weiner
Weiner
Panama
the Tribune
Tropics
NEE
Paler Basen
Tas Pve
Frisco
Moyer
U. S
Calumet
By Alice North
McClure
Onondaga Hills
Mademoiselle Zella
Hur
Horlick
Edwin August
Ayer
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
Daisy
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Evelyn
Daddy
White House
Nellie
Santa Claus
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