Knights to Washington for Columbus monument unveiling
Members of Long Branch Council No. 385 plan a trip to Washington D C for the Columbus monument unveiling. They will assemble in Newark to board a special train, with room for twelve and likely more, to join the parade where over 50 000 Knights are expected to march.
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Knights
Washington
Long Branch Council
Washington, D. C
Columbus
Newark
National Capital
Long Branch
Colleges Receive Million Dollar Gifts for Education
The General Education Board funds extend to the south and northwest. Beloit College, Coe College, Hamline University, the University of Rochester, and the George Peabody College for Teachers receive gifts ranging from 100000 to 250000 dollars for endowments and the Seaman A Knapp School of Country Life. An additional 133000 is allotted for southern agricultural demonstration work under Bradford Knapp. The board aims to promote practical farming through education and demonstration farms, aiding rural schools and farmers nationwide.
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Northwest
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Knapp
Et College
St. Paul
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Seaman
A. Knapp
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Virginia
Hampton
Tuskegee
Seminggy
Atlanta
Education Board
Departments of Agriculture
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Texas
Louisiana
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Ee Bra Ni & Co
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Harvard Worth 28 Million in Stocks and Real Estate
The report shows Harvard University valued at 28 million dollars with 1.25 million in the last year from net increases. Its productive funds yield 2.5 million in income, of which 735 725 comes from stocks and bonds. About 4 000 students attend and the university owns prime Boston area real estate providing strong income. The report notes questions about the true worth and confirms the university as the richest in the country. During the last fiscal year it added many bonds and stocks while divesting others.
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Boston
Lawson Enters Senate Race Amid Crane Succession
Boston financier and author Thomas W. Lawson, a Republican, declares his candidacy to replace Sen Winthrop Murray Crane who says he does not seek another term. Lawson touts a platform aimed at reducing the cost of living. New England tobacco output and area figures are noted, with 21 006 acres and an average yield of 1740 pounds per acre.
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Boston
Crane
Thomas W. Lawson
Hay State
Senate
Winthrop Murray Crane
Lawcon
New England
Old Folks Need Young-Feeling Strength With Vinal Remedy
An advertisement urges readers not to feel old at any age and promotes Vinal cod liver and iron tonic as a strengthener. A testimonial from a 76-year-old Allentown man claims Vinal is wonderfully strengthening, with a money back guarantee offered by Wert's Pharmacy in Long Branch New Jersey.
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Wert
Long Branch
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Feast of the vultures and strange tales from India in 19th century text
A fragmentary account blends a vivid scene of vultures circling over a tiger carcass in an Indian camp with odd anecdotes of an inspector, a sleeping teacher, and a concierge at a village school. Included are notes on ultra thin gold and platinum wires and other curiosities.
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Tigar
India
Voise
Arm
Himmel
A Quaker’s Frugal Life Ends in London 1680
A man known for extreme frugality lived nearly forty years on a thrifty diet of bran pudding and duck leaves and grass. He consumed only water and died in London in 1680 at about age sixty.
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London
Neighborly Quip Sparks Carpet Work Jibe
A Lewisville Courier Journal snippet describes neighbors by a fence exchanging a witty line about a person’s practice of doing better work when thinking of others, followed by a cat causing a disturbance.
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Busta
Lewisville Courier-Journal
What Her Mother Is
Conversation reveals mother’s church as Presbyterian and a friend’s remark about a dyspeptic person appears as a Tit-Bits item. Different daughters name their mothers’ denominations and one recalls a discussion about a stomach ailment.
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Helen
Mary
Bella
Doubtful Meaning in Dialogue About Lost Dog
A brief exchange notes a rail accident that killed a dog named Abtley while one speaker was saved. The Boston Transcript records the remark as a witty or pointed line about misfortune and loss.
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Boston Transcript
Wealthy Mrs Whitcoulls Remains Unmourned After Death
The body of Mrs. Jean Whitcoulls, once a socialite in New York, is released from City Morgue to family custody. She was 62 and famed for friendships with leaders in Washington society, with her passing noted amid lingering questions about her final days.
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New York
Jean
Lt Meng
Mary the Otter
jCouseummand
Homas Beatty
Trice Marie Ice
Marjorie iMorrié
Fnfant Lincoln
Loretta Dgett
Helen Casler
Helen Beatty
Critege Oy
Evan Aon Beatty
Inde Cobopd
Hip Figs Lynn
Mr. and Homas Beatty
Loveliest Spot on Earth in the Far Valleys Tale
A fragmentary account from Siarper's Weekly describes a remote rocky islet with a small community living simply on bread potatoes and fish. It notes a past arrival of a ship and fears an ongoing threat of overrun but claims the island has not been fully depopulated.
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Ora
Jas
Tristan
Siarper
Primary results shape Third District delegates
In the Third District race Senor Slocum and Congressman Scully led for National Convention delegates with Slocum 189 and Scully 197. Bogardus Schleimer trailed. Republican ticket winners for Taft delegates were Lewis Thompson and James Johnson with 348, 278, 183, and 153 votes respectively.
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Slocum
Scully
O. C. Bogardus
Samuel ‘Schleimer
Sculy
Bogardus
Schleimer
Coneat
Nationals await Grapewho plans on baseball field
Blanche Ring notes Nine Coming and Chi Grapewho booking the Nationals for Sunday at the ball field. If Grapewho proceeds, the Nationals will have opportunity to showcase baseball skill before the season ends.
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Blanche Ring
Chi Grapewho
Nationals
White Rats
Mr. Grapewjn
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