ONE GREAT NOVELIST JAMES FENNIMORE COOPER RISES
James Fennimore Cooper, once dismissed as unpromising, emerges as a defining American novelist. Born September 15 178 in Burlington New Jersey he roots his genius in Otsego Hall Cooperstown and the Susquehanna region. His early work Precaution led to The Spy in 1822 elevating his stature while public scrutiny and rivalries followed yet his fame endures for The Last of the Mohicans and later writings.
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A Heroic Chinaman Charley Tong Sing Receives Medal
Charley Tong Sing of Los Angeles is the only Chinaman to earn a Congressional medal for bravery. A naturalized American, he survived the Jeannette Arctic Expedition and Greely relief mission, later serving on the Tennessee before leaving the Navy to pursue other paths.
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Portraits of a Life of Adventure and Naval Service
A biographical sketch follows a youth shaped by Yale education and rugged travel. He pursued seafaring at thirteen, first voyage on the Sterling in 1908, then midshipman duties, a brig construction party on Lake Ontario, and command of a gun boat on Lake Champlain before marrying into the DeLancey family and settling in Westchester County after resigning from the navy.
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Ingenious Device Cleans Ships at Sea
A new cleaning device for ships uses two separated brushes on arma and a hollow body connected to the arma with a base ring and a jet nozzle opposite the brushes. The nozzle drives rapid brushing along the hull and sides, operable by anyone, testing shows it cleans effectively. An odd aside notes an unmarried man’s opinion on women's clothes versus a married man’s bias.
Recertained Fade by Holmes System of Deduction
An amateur detective depicts Holmes like reasoning at a barber shop in Philadelphia Record. A left handed customer is identified as a bookkeeper through ink patterns on hair and pen placement. The barber’s deduction hinges on ink colors and the left temple to infer profession and habits. The exchange ends with the customer requesting silence to finish shaving.
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German Baker and the Hospital Improvement Joke
An uptown physician notes a German friend’s wife was sent to a local hospital after a fall. Daily reports say “there’s improvement.” After a month the German reveals she died, and says the hospital did not specify the cause, remarking with deadpan humor that she “died of too many improvements.”
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Miscellaneous Comic Snippets from Old Newspapers
A collage of humorous exchanges and brief witticisms from various papers. Subjects range from golf and theater gossip to domestic anecdotes and cartoonish dialogue, featuring everyday characters like Mr. Bingo and Miss Nex dore, light banter about actors, lawyers, and a playful Boston scene.
Palmist Tale Reveals Clash of Style and Scrutiny
A young woman in a fashionable car tries to impress a companion with stories from a palm reader. An observant stranger notes small faults in her outfit such as a pin, missing button, and misaligned belt. The exchange shifts as the man appears impressed and the observer smiles.
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New York Times
Youngest is Ninety One Brothers Share Married Lives
Ludlow Deham and Elliot Dehex, aged 93 and 91, are married to sisters aged 91 and 9 and live in Chesterfield Ohio. For seventy five years the four have remained together with only two weeks apart, each brother proposing and marrying the same day.
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Amusing tale at bazaar from Western city charity stall
An amusing anecdote from the Commonwealth describes a bazaar in progress with a refreshment stall funded by donors to keep proceeds as clear profit. Mr Billings, wealthy yet not famed for generosity, sends a beef sirloin and two ox tongues, later matched by a butcher’s claim of a prior meat gift for the same cause. The article contrasts this with United States farm output gains since 1812, detailing large increases in corn hay wheat oats tobacco and other staples.
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Not to Be Expected from the Philadelphia Ballet
Fragmentary criticism notes a dancer’s inability to write or perform poetry and comments on expectations and standards, reflecting a Philadelphia Ballet scene with evaluative and incomplete quotes.
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Philadelphia
John Swinton Civil Rights Champion Dies in New York
John Swinton long a renowned printer journalist and orator died at his New York home. Born in Massachusetts he built a career as editor and writer with the New York Sun and John Swinton's Paper. A champion of the poor he spoke boldly for workers aiding strikes and reform movements.
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The Largest and Smallest Road Commissioners
An illustration shows Samuel Wise of Shreve Ohio and Frederick Crebbin of Detroit as the largest and smallest road commissioners. Wise stands three feet two inches tall and Crebbin six feet one inch, both with duties for road maintenance. Crebbin is 48, Wise 30, and Crebbin weighs over 450 pounds while Wise weighs about 75. Their garments are custom made.
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McKinley praised for industry knowledge in Stratemeyer tale
Edwin Stratemeyer depicts McKinley as a highly informed congressman famed for instant figures on many industries. A fellow representative recalls his iron district expertise and vast economies he could quote offhand. Anecdotes note accuracy and breadth amid humorous chatter from Atlanta Constitution.
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