Anthracite Miners Vote For Monday Strike With Delegate Debate
Scranton Pa May 9 A general strike of anthracite miners is ordered to begin Monday with a convention at Hazleton next Wednesday to decide on permanency. Union leaders report a three hour morning meeting and a statement by President Mitchell that arbitration proposals were rejected by railroad presidents and mine operators. The plan calls for abstaining from work at collieries stripplings washeries and breakers starting Monday May 12 while a delegate convention meets May 14 to determine the future strategy.
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Spindle and Plough review praises Dudeney’s new woman
In this critique Mrs. Henry Dudeney is hailed as an analytic novelist akin to Balzac and George Eliot. Shalisha Pilgrim, a landscape gardener who refuses marriage, drives the plot of Spindle and Plough with vivid character sketches and social insight. The piece emphasizes humanity over plot, compares Shalisha to Eliot's heroines, and praises the book as sympathetic, enduring fiction.
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Balzac
George Eliot
Thomas Hardy
Shalisha Pilgrim
England
Pilgrim
Shalisha
Dodd, Mead & Co
New York
The Heroine of the Strait A Frontiers Tale
A historical novel in the frontier vein set amid French English clashes on the Detroit Strait. A brave French descent heroine stands out as a typical frontier woman, similar in tone to Alice of Old Vincennes, though distinct in setting and plot.
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Detroit
Angelique Cuillerier
James Sterling
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Angelique
Pontie
Strait
Mary Catherine Crowley
Littie, Brown & Co
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Vincennes
The Opponents painting Kentucky in a love and politics clash
Harrison Robertson’s The Opponents blends romance and political rivalry in Blue Grass Kentucky. A powerful elder statesman clashes with a younger reformer over a shared beloved, framed by vivid rural scenes and a psychological backstory. The tale values place and character, not a strict problem novel.
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Kentucky
Harrison Robertson
Congress
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Robertson
May issue of North American Review marks eighty eighth year
The May number of the North American Review enters its eighty eighth year with a robust table of contents. Contributors include Count Matsukata on Japan’s financial system, Senator Dolliver on the Anglo Japanese alliance, Andrew Carnegie on U S influence in the Philippines and Cuba, Mark Twain defending Funston, and many others.
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North American Review
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Japan
J. P. Dolliver
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Mark Twain
Funston
James McMillan
Rome
Duchess of Sutherland
Sydney Brooks
Spain
Amelie Rives
W. H. Carter
America
J. T.morgan
W. L. Penfiem
State Department
Business Art and the American Inventor Spirit
Hutchins Hapgood in Ainslee's argues that American business thrives on imagination and bold investment. The piece contrasts the American approach with European caution, praising Root's wartime leadership as the McKinley era’s strongest force and lauding his intellect, courage, and persuasive clarity.
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Hutchins Hapgood
Ainslee’s
Secretart Root as Roosevelt's steadfast counsel and reformer
A veteran U S senator lauds Secretary Root for his quiet, persistent work in Washington under President Roosevelt. The official is praised for modesty, countless reforms, and leadership in insular affairs, with the senator stressing Root's influence beyond publicity.
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Book Lovers Urged to Visit Lawler’s Book Store
A prompt directs readers to Lawler’s Book Store at 79 Merrimack Street to find the latest book. The message emphasizes urgency and location for purchase.
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Lawler’s Book Store
Merrimack ST
Whooping Cough Remedy Endorsed by Alabama Mother
A mother with experience of whooping cough explains preventive steps and credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with keeping her three children healthy after all contracted the disease last summer. She notes the baby was three months old and that her children stayed plump and recovered well, while others did not. The remedy is sold by druggists.
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Chamberlain
Jessie Pinkey Hall
Springville
Ala
Pollard & Co Remnants Basement Sale Advertisement
Remnants of white goods and dress fabrics offered at deep discounts in the Pollard & Co basement. Includes waists, children's dresses, ladies dresses and aprons in checks and stripes plus plain white lawn 40 inches wide. Yard pricing reduced to 6 1/4 cents, with 61-4 cents for lawn.
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A. G. Pollard & CO
Peter Delivered by Angel from Herod in Jerusalem
A cautious biblical meditation recounts Herod’s plot against Peter during Passover, Peter’s sleep amid guards, and the angel’s freeing act. It contrasts earthly power with divine deliverance and calls believers to testify of God’s works. Mary of John Mark hosts the praying group as Peter knocks and is welcomed back to the faith community.
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John viii
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Daniel
Living Bread and Eternal Life in Christ
A devotional explains Jesus as the living bread who offers eternal life, citing the feeding of the five thousand and Christ's subsequent teaching. It emphasizes faith, the free gift of salvation, and the need to partake of Christ as one would eat bread to live, with cited Bible readings for context.
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Galilean Sea
God
Father
Exalted Moral Sentiment Through Missionary Aid
A compact reflection on building ethical character in neighborhoods through persistent teaching and Christian example. The text contrasts local strains with missionary reports from heathen lands, urging ongoing effort and faith that labor for God yields fruit, with lines from Ameri can friend and Philadelphia Methodist urging action and opportunity to do good.
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Philadelphia
To Sift Thee as Wheat Epigraph Refers to Sifting Time
An Episcopal Recorder meditation on patience and discernment. It likens sifting to the divine work of separating grain from chaff, noting that true bread comes only from the true kernel. The piece emphasizes slow, purposeful refinement by God.
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Episcopal Recorder
A True Way of Softening Troubles Quote
A brief quotation attributed to Mme de Maintenon on the true method for easing one's own sorrows by comforting others. The line reads The true way of softening one's troubles is to solace those of others.
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Mme, de Maintenon
Be Still Be Still Heart Be Still Be Still
A Philadelphia Ledger poem urges the heart to trust God’s will amidst sea like trials. It speaks of divine power calming storms and testing faith, promising liberty and rest when guided by a higher plan. The verse frames suffering as a divine boundary رع.
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Philadelphia Ledger
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