Democratic County Ticket and Ohio campaign notes
The handbills list Democratic tickets: Sheriff T F Pine Treasurer Carson Wicks Register A B Howard Clerk William Draper Coroner P M Lewie Surveyor T C Darling Commissioner W W Stewart. It cites Republican ties to McKinley and Hanna, labor vote influence, and local county matters including bids, patronage, and bimetallic debates.
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Democratic County
T. F. Pine
Carson Wicks
A.B. Howard
William Draper
P.M. Lewie
T. C. Darling
Hass
Ohio
Hanna
Tau
Drouin
McKinley
Thubber
Colorado
Kepley
Dim
Hoskingon
Leedy
Fusion Forces Rally Against Republican Party
In Wakarusa fusion forces unite to oppose the GOP while State Senator Householder battles Senator Harris over winter railroad legislation. Democrats back Theo Pine for sheriff, arguing Pine's win would defeat the Republican court house ring. An Oregon City car robbery and White House entertainments mark a spread of unrelated items. Argentina favors tariff retaliation against American imports per Buenos Aires report.
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Wakarusa
Republican Party
Householder
Harris
W. A. Harris
Democratic County Committee
Theo. Pine
Lewis
Pine
Argentina
New York
Herald
Buenos Ayres
Chamber of Deputies
Congress
Old Officers Reelected In A Subtle Scheme
A Chicago Times-Herald account describes a school club election where the oldest girl became president by a prearranged motion, Alicia Brown and Lucile Hicks guiding the plan. After initial dissent, the old officers were unanimously reelected, with members relieved to avoid conflict.
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Alicia Brown
Alicia
Lucile Hicks
Sol
Lucile
Chicago Times-Herald
Virginia Mixed Pickles and Poultice Notes
Instructions list ingredients and steps for making Virginia mixed pickles with horseradish oil and spices. It also cites a poultice recipe advising against thick heat and noting that a cold poultice can worsen conditions. The text blends culinary directions with medical guidance attributed to a Housewife.
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Virginia
Foreign Gossip in Brief From Around the World
A typhoid patient in England is fined for leaving hospital against treatment. Viscount Dalmeny, Lord Rosebery's eldest son, at 15 shows promise as a cricketer. Greece seeks to curb currant prices by limiting supply. Paris Opera facade work ends, delighting locals. Paleo professor Leon Gautier dies at 65. his Roland edition popularized old French lit. Moorish piracy again on the seas with Fiducia and Rosita Faro seized. Mme Roederer leaves large charitable bequests and funds for hospital works. Ice bath fear eases as a giant octopus reaches northern waters. a 101-foot specimen lands in Trondheim museum.
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Lord Rosebery
Viscount Dalmeny
Creece
Chamber of Deputies
Opera Comique
Paris
Leon Gautier
Paris Ecole Des Chartes
France
Origin of the legend In God We Trust on U S coins
Director Preston explains the origin of the motto In God We Trust after records show M. R. Watkinson proposed the idea in 1861. A 1864 act placed the motto on the two cent piece and later coins, with 1873 widening its inscription to coins able to bear it per treasury approval. Chicago Inter Ocean reports.
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United
Chase
Mint
Chicago Inter Ocean
Elephants Use Strategy in Warfare Says Inter Ocean
A Chicago Inter Ocean story describes how elephants, though large, cannot be strong fighters against lions, tigers, or panthers. They rely on tactics such as lying still then rolling over to crush attackers and drowning lions by backing into deep water.
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Chicago
Cat Baskets for Cats and Small Dogs in Travel
Cat baskets are designed for convenient carrying of cats during travel and are used for small dogs. American-made baskets are solid willow and oblong, while German imports cost more and use split willow. The German basket is oval, larger at the top, with a grated hinged door for light and air and small square windows at each end. Various sizes are produced, with a considerable number yearly.
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Germany
Jumbled notes on church, education and morals in early 1900s
A collage of items notes rough events from Oakland to Toronto including student injuries, Toronto vote to allow Sabbath streetcar operation, Fort Scott tax talk on ministers, a million dollar nonsectarian university in Peoria, a sacrilegious incident in Paris, and Bishop Foster denouncing modern church sins.
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Oakland
Cal
Toronto
Can
Fort Scott
Kan
Peoria
Washington Carrington
Montmartre
Paris
Foster
Methodist Church
WESTERN SZECHUAN WEDDINGS AND MARRIAGE PRACTICES
A description from the Hoal Geographical Journal discusses Monten, Mantzu, and Sifan marriage customs in Western Szechuan. Lamas validate horoscopes and set auspicious days, with marriages celebrating public joining and feasts. Monogamy is common, polygamy rare, and divorce mainly for childlessness. widow remarriage allowed and property usually settled by families, with disputes referred to local authorities.
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T’eoren
T’nussa
Hoal—Geographical Journal
The Grand Banks and Western Bank Tales of Newfoundland
The Grand Banks near Newfoundland are a major Atlantic fishing ground with Western Bank nearby. The region experiences cold fogs and winter gales. Sable Island off Nova Scotia is a dangerous sandbar turned into a small English wildlife experiment with sheep and ponies, now deserted wrecks, while light houses and lifesaving stations dot the coast. Gull eggs and spring seabird activity offer a fragile seasonal resource.
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Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Western Bank
Quito
Ocean
Cape Slace
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Her Executive Powers
Mrs Noodle questions a son's wife as manager while Mrs Oldham notes she makes William jump when she speaks. The Cleveland Leader cites German state railways where carriage colors reflect ticket classes with first class yellow second class green and third class white.
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Noodle
Oldham
William
Cleveland
German State Railway
Germany
Chicago I Inter. Ocean
The First Eye Glasses and Charles II's Vision Aid
The article recounts how Charles II, while in exile or early life, encountered an artisan in glass who helped him with a crude lens that markedly improved his vision. It traces the origins of eyeglasses, the spread of optical craft across Europe, and the evolving view on wearing glasses for vision and comfort, noting social fashion and scientific progress in optics.
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Charles II
Charles Start
Charles II. of
Sapesh
France
Louis MII
Cologne
British Museum
Charles
England
London
Europe
Atlanta Constitution
Quite a Compliment in a Summer Courtship Scene
In a casual exchange the man presumes nothing yet asks if he is the first to kiss the summer girl. She replies that he is at least the first to kiss her properly, and her luminous eyes meet his with languor as the moment deepens. The Cincinnati Enquirer hints at a romantic vignette from a newspaper page.
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Cincisinati Enquirer
Wise Men Know to Build Health on Solid Foundations
The ad argues that foundations in architecture and health must be solid. It warns against palliation with narcotics and nerve compounds, urging readers to purify and nourish blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla as the true method to improve health.
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Wolcott
America
Hood
Detroit Capitalist McGraw Fatally Struck by Car
An elderly Detroit financier and owner of the McGraw building was struck by an electric car on Woodward Avenue near his home yesterday. He sustained injuries from which he cannot recover, according to hospital reports.
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Porttland
Ore
Oregon City
Meldrum Station
DetRoit
Mich
Thomas McGraw
McGraw Building
Yeostere Day
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