Marble Hill Press political miscellany and notes
In Marble Hill Missouri a publisher notes quirky phrases from travelers and public life. The survey touches on manners in Japan contrasting with European forms remarks on war schoolboys and nations a German chemist beer without alcohol a tailors tale and a New York policeman who earned 2.5 million in real estate.
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New York
Dr Wiley Leads Executive Session on Cheese Inquiry
The report notes Dr Wiley convening an executive session to pursue an investigation into imburser cheese. It mentions Science and US martyrs, and Wow old Pelee intruding between the dove of peace and Tom Lawson for a front seat in the glare of publicity.
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Science
Pelee
Dove of Peace
Tom Lawson
Fragments From An Obscure Ohio Note
A garbled OCR style item from a newspaper page presents a string of unclear phrases and misread words. It mentions an Ohio man, a dove of peace motif, Henry James, American newspapers, and fashion notes with various misprints. The passage is fragmented and lacks a coherent narrative.
Russia and Japan alliance could soften czar Mikado relations
If Russia forges an alliance with Japan, observers speculate the czar may grow friendlier toward the Mikado, possibly even calling him Mik. The remark highlights tension and hope around international ties in the era.
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Russia
Japan
Mik
Medial science debt voiced with a blunt note
A Detroit Free Press excerpt quotes a speaker praising medical science while hinting at rising tension with a doctor who is becoming disagreeable. The line carries a shared sentiment of gratitude and growing friction in the care context.
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Detroit Free Frese
Lipton silent on next ocean yacht race after result
Since the race result was announced, Sir Thomas Lipton has spoken little about entering the next ocean yacht race, leaving observers unsure of his plans.
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Thomas Lipton
Newspaper Girl Photo Destruction Ordered by President
Thousands seek viewing of photographs featuring the newspaper girl whose pictures the president has ordered destroyed. The move sparks debate over censorship and public access to images.
Critic Urges Balanced Portrait of Women in Art
A literary critic argues against extremes in depictions of women and proposes a balanced approach by describing women as angelically radiant rather than purely radiant or reticent. The remark emphasizes moderation in artistic characterization.
Editorial captioned Smacks of Treason in Washington Post
The fragment notes an editorial titled Smacks of Treason in the Washington Post and mentions an implied scandal about affection and a married man on a pretty house stairs, suggesting a domestic intrigue framing without full details.
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Washington Post
Freehusinesr Sees Global Rail Ring Possibility
A commentator speculates on building a railway around the Earth including a tunnel near the Bernie Strait with a large gauge. The piece hints at adjusting figures and exploring further ideas to entice wider support.
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Bernie Strait
Imacine aodaliv newspaper in Henry James mold
Reston readers are urged to envision a newspaper styled as Henry James might write it. The prompt invites imaginative prose bridging modern paper form with Jamesian cadence, exploring tone, taste, and narrative restraint in a playful literary exercise.
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Moston Globe
Henry James
Reston
Ouster Causes Members to Leave Congress, Plan for April
The Birmingham Aged Herald reports that Bielinegd's ouster has induced eleven members of his congregation to leave their homes. The plan is set to work all oridityantil next April, with trouble expected thereafter.
Willie Abeghr Proposes KIS SHO Plan to North Pole
The text describes Willie Abeghr proposing a plan labeled KIS SHO to find the north pole. It suggests this approach could help him evade accusations of wasteful spending once events conclude.
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Yyounse
Willie Abeghr
North Pole
Question on literary ability and a young scientist’s discovery
A fragment discusses a young English scientist near a breakthrough with radium and sterined ideas, noting the London Academy’s remark about one man who lacks literary talent yet earns a living by crafting plots for professional writers. The passage questions what literary ability means and its value in creative work.
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London Academy
Roral Wordplay Sparks Panic in Pittsburg Streets
A Las Angvies Times query recalls an old laud who praised Adam’s naming taste for hogs. Two young women in hoop skirts caused a street panic in Pitts churz as crowds trampled, children injured and business halted, though no strong men reportedly wept.
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Las Angvies Times
Adam
Pittschurz
Freckled girls seek cures despite Osler’s praise
The article notes a paradox where Dr Osler claims freckles make girls amiable and desirable for marriage yet readers still write to newspapers asking for recipes to remove freckles. This highlights social attitudes toward appearance and marriageability in the period.
Grand Union Saratoga installs acetylene lighting for health and comfort
The Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga introduces a complete acetylene gas plant powering over six thousand burners to illuminate the grounds and interior. The system, produced by carbide and water reaction, promises brighter evenings, cooler air, and healthier conditions for guests at the famed summer hotel.
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Saratoga
Grand Union
United States
Jarco
Cas
Elopement restrictions in New Guinea culture
In New Guinea, parents house daughters in a tree top shelter nightly, lifting the ladder to prevent descent until elders permit. Elopements under these conditions are hard, and mothers and fathers likely sleep easier knowing their daughters cannot roam without permission.
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New Guinea
Annunciator device announced speakers in Commons smoking room
A curious instrument in the smoking room and libraries of the British House of Commons is called the Annunciator because it announces the name of the member addressing the chamber. It is operated by electric arrangements and the speaker's name appears from the press gallery.
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House of Commons
Newlyweds Luggage Labeled at English Station Trip to Canada
A newly married couple departing an English railway station for Canada found their trunks tagged with humorous labels by practical jokers. The couple remained cheerful despite the pranks during their travel.
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Canada
Dodd's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Justice of the Peace
Chas Peterson of Oconto County Wisconsin issues a local judgment praising Dodd's Kidney Pills as the best kidney medicine. He recalls back pain improved after taking one box, warning that untreated kidney issues can lead to Bright's Disease, diabetes, or rheumatism. The remark closes with a quip about wages and marriage.
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Dodd
Bright
Poem of Nostalgia for Mountain Homeland
A short verse by Orrick Baylor Metenife reflects homesickness for a boyhood mountain homeland. The speaker laments city life’s strife and longs to return to free, sacred grounds where he was born, seeking safety and peace away from human harms.
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Mountain Fe
Orrick Baylor Metenife
Bamboo Lighthouse Said To Beat Waves In Japan
A bamboo lighthouse in Japan is noted for strong wave resistance and non rotting durability, earning praise for its unusual stability and longevity as a coastal beacon.
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Japan
Hats and Headaches on a Windy Day
A London Lancet remark notes that strong winds cause large flapping hats to pull at hair roots, contributing to headaches many women complain of after gusty conditions.
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London
Costly Fit of Bad Temper Shifts Sentence
An English judge recently changed a sentence from eighteen months of hard labor to five years of penal servitude after the prisoner threw a bottle at the judge. The act of aggression prompted the harsher punishment, illustrating how temper and provocation influence judicial outcomes.
Still Ours Passed From Our Elect Within the Veil
A devotional verse by W. H. Burleigh reflects on eternal frailty and renewed presence. It contemplates bereavement since the departed see divine care, with imagery of Edenic fragrance and the enduring bond of memory.
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Eden
W. H. Burleigh
Say, papa, Harold asks about planting bird seed for sparrows
A young boy Harold asks his father a puzzled question about whether people plant bird seed to attract sparrows, exposing a moment of curious family playfulness and instruction.
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Harold
The Courtland Princes and a Secret Heir
Secretary Johann Pyrmont enters Courtland's summer palace, meeting Prince Karl and Princess Margaret. The pair test his loyalties as he reveals his lineage as Count von Loen, heir to a vast estate. A playful court intrigue unfolds with flirtation and a looming wedding, hinting at shifting loyalties and a pending escape.
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Summer Palace
Johann Pyrmont
Courland
Wilna
Dessauer
LD mm
Tieuw
Karl
Courtland
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Margaret
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Wasp
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Muscovy
Eomean
Bearland
Plassenbbure
Count von Loen
City Had Widow's Heart From Charity Tale
The late Alice Freeman Palmer told grads of deaconesses about a grieving widow and four babies left in destitution. Charitable women found them in a dark room with appalling sanitary conditions. A wagon woman lured a farm prostitute to the city, then vanished with the children. The widow returned to the same building, saying she preferred the city and the people there.
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Alice Freeman Palmer
Womtin
Ware
Sim
Betas
Langs Memories of Childhood from Andrews Lane
Andrew Lane recalls childhood memories and a nursery legend about reading six books in turn. He vividly remembers reading Midsummer Night's Dream by firelight as a young boy, while a piano played and a chess game unfolded, feeling an enchanted glimpse of fairyland and paradise.
Rural Love In The Wanseas Papers
A rustic tale from rural writers recounts a shy farm youth Payne courting a milking girl. He travels with a linsey sack wardrobe, eyes meet as she milks the cow, a warm sensation grows in Dave revealing a new feeling. The scene includes a quirky remark about a calf chewing a stick, noted by Brooklyn Earle.
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Theveritus
Orlabema Barre
Payne
Dave
Bregklyn Earle
The Coffee He Smuggled In
A Maine deputy in a remote northern border county learns from a local boy that a farmer near his home had 40 pounds of coffee to fire. The deputy visits at dusk, is told the farmer possessed the goods, and meets his wife whom he had married the prior day in Caniena. her maiden name was Coffee and she weighed 160 pounds.
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Callecto
Sam
Horder
Maine
Lark
Caniena
Coffee
Gambling in a Suez palace tale from the New York Sun
In a lobster house after dinner a group of young men proposed gambling for drinks. One produced a fountain pen and used sugar lumps as dice, rolling four of a kind. He joked the cups would be tipped with coffee if the cops intervened, illustrating a fanciful, risky scene.
Mutiny Threat Hits Russian Fleet in the Black Sea
Reports confirm mutiny aboard the Kniaz Potemkine with sailors from the Georgi Pobiedonosets and Ekaterina in revolt. Admiral Kruger orders fires drawn, crews discharged, and ships to Sevastopol while social revolutionists are blamed for the upheaval and fear of broader propaganda among the fleet grows.
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St. Petersburg
Black Sea
Euxine
Sevastopol
Kniaz Potemkine
Taree
Syimguithisers
Georgi Pobiedonoscts
Kninz Potemkine
Krinzg Potemkine
Kruger
India
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DP Motemkine
Qmilltebuk
Libau
Council For Imperial Defense
Nicholas
Russia
Manchuria
Admiralty
Nruger
Odessa Rebellion Sparks Widespread Mutiny and Fire
chaotic Odessa uprising spreads across the city as sailors mutiny seize ships and battle troops. fires blaze through warehouses and docks while bluejackets clash with forces. thousands killed or wounded and authorities scramble to contain the revolt amid looming foreign interference and military mutiny fears.
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Libau
St. Petersburg
Odessa
Kniaz Potemkine Fire Report Shocks Odessa
The Odessa dispatches report Kniaz Potemkine firing on Odessa with shell strikes on Nevestinskaya street and a brewery. Troop bodies reportedly arrive as fear spreads of a possible international crisis with foreign consuls involved.
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London
Odessa
Daily Telegraph
Kniuz Potemkine
Admiall Kruger
Daily Mail
Kniaz Potemkine
Nevestinskaya Street
Pittshire Pac Louis Chevrolet Wins Fra Not's Island Race
Pittshire Pac Louis Chevrolet continues dominant pace as he wins the 10 minute champion ship free for all at Fra not's Island track, beating Oldfield after Barney's engine fails. In the five mile free for all Oldfield's rear wheel breaks in the second mile, Chevrolet finishes alone in 5 minutes 14 seconds.
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Pac
Louis Chevrolet
Franot’s Island
Oldfield
Barney
Oldfeld
Chevrolet
Chauf e for Hill hits woman at Charles and Greenwich
Frank C Foote a chauffeur for James J Hill of the Northern Pacific railroad ran over and fatally injured an unknown woman at the corner of Charles and Greenwich streets Friday. The incident occurred in New York City and ends in a fatality pending identification and investigation.
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New York
Frank C. Foote
James J. Hill
Northern Pacific Railroad
Charles and
Greenwich Streets
Hammond limekeeper bitten by rattle snake at railroad camp
Edson Turlor, limekeeper for Indiana Harbor Railroad Co., was bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake while among construction men at the camp east of Hammond Indiana. He was reportedly in his tent when the incident occurred.
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Hammond
Ind
Edson Turlor
Indiana Harbor Railroad Co
Here
Kingston man acquitted in murder case at Breckenridge
Havre Bush was acquitted of first degree murder for killing Joseph Bennett at Breckenridge about eight years ago. He avoided arrest and fled, but surrendered last fall and pleaded self defense.
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Kingston
Havre Bush
Bush
Joseph Bennett
Breckenridge
Administration to prosecute railways as corporations for rebating
The policy will pursue railways as corporate offenders for rebating while offering officers immunity as individuals.
Bridegroom Asks Delay in Plainfield Wedding
Miss Exhel May Fenner stood in her bridal gown as guests gathered at John Fenner’s home when a messenger delivered a letter from the groom requesting a postponement. He promised to explain later in person and it is now understood he is a married man with three children, a New York draugr...
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Plainfield
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Exhel May Fenner
John Fenner
Jersey
New York
Chicago Auto Carnival Tour Fails Start Yet Draws Large Crowd
Chicago readers witnessed the start of a grand mobile carnival tour after delays. A procession of 30 cars decorated with peanuts and banners moved down Michigan Avenue, already hailed as perhaps the greatest tour ever held in America, promising excitement across the countryside.
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Chicago
Michicoan Avenue
America
Reward Raised for Hayden Peoples Murder Suspect
Gov Folk renewed the statewide reward of 150 dollars for the capture of Hayden Peoples linked to the murder of saloonkeeper John Sefreld in St Joseph May 1904. Local authorities add to the bounty, bringing the total over 1000 dollars.
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Jefferson City
Gov. Folk
Hayden Peoples
John Sefreld
St. Joseph
May St
J H Mallen and Pearl Scrant Wed in East St Louis
After a meeting at the World’s Fair, J H Mallen and Miss Pearl Scrant were married in East St. Louis in a ceremony noted for its simple, intimate setting. The couple’s families welcomed the union, praised by local friends and well-wishers.
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J. H. Mallen
Miss Pearl Scrant En
East St. Louis
Wallace in bad favor over Panama Canal exit
Washington reports Secretary Taft harshly rebuked John F. Wallace chief engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission saying he resigned under mercenary pressure and was dismissed. Roosevelt’s brief letter accepting the resignation underscores administration embarrassment over the canal project amid charges of disorganization and slow progress.
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Washington
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal Commission
Taft
Roosevelt
Isthmian Canal Commission
Theodore Roosevelt
Thongh
New York
Wallace
Ean
Rumors of Kuropatkin capture and Vladivostok evacuation
Reports from the Russo Japanese front claim rumors that General Kuropatkin was captured are unconfirmed by the General Staff. Linevitch retreats toward Marbin, Vladivostok isolation seems likely as Oyama presses. The siege of Vladivostok appears imminent with 100000 Japanese marching on the city.
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St. Petersburg
Kuroppatkhin
Nogi
Kuropatkin
Lineviteh
Linevitch
Marbin
Vladivostok
Ovama
Oyama
Linovitch
Tsinho
Vindivistok
Manchuria
Korea
Kirin
Treasury deficit for fiscal year ends July 1
Treasury Department statement shows a deficit near 24.45 million dollars for the year. Receipts totaled about 545 million, roughly two million more than estimated, while expenditures reached 567.404 million, about 8.5 million above projections.
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Washington
Treasury
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Unhurt After Forty-Foot Fall In Hotel Peery
Trenton Missouri reports somnambulist George Dennis fell three stories from a bedroom window at the Hotel Peery this morning. He escaped injury despite a forty foot plunge, though a pump handle and several well curb boards were broken in the impact. He did not awaken during the fall.
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Trenton
Hotel Peery
George Dennis
Oil King Gifts $1 Million to Schools in New York
At a General Education Board meeting in New York on Friday,John D. Rockefeller announced a gift of one million dollars to schools. The donation broadens support for educational programs overseen by the board and marks a major contribution from the Rockefeller philanthropy.
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New York
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Airship Falls on Housetop in Toledo on Trial
Knabenshue rose to about 1000 feet in his airship on a second trial when a snag halted the machinery. The craft tumbled onto a house rooftop and suffered minor damage. Knabenshue escaped unharmed.
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Toledo
Knabenshue
American Fleet Off France Escorts Pan Jones Body
Rear-Admiral Sigsbee's squadron lies at Cherbourg roadstead to convey home the body of John P. Jones. The fleet anchored at 9 o'clock Friday morning, preparing the return voyage to America.
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America
John Pan! Jones
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