Quotes and quips from early 1900s miscellany
A fragmented column notes offbeat items and social observations. It mentions Hawaii as the Sandwich Islands, anti smoking measures, the Vanderbilt marriage, Kate Freep on marriage, a Kentucky dispatch crime report, a Middletown high school incident, jokes about colonel anatomy and a Chicago suicide, and Russia's potential wheat shipments to England, with broader import on cereal trade and global labor.
Boston plans 500 foot steel observation tower
Boston aims to rise above the title Hub by building a 500 foot steel observation tower with a museum and balconies. At the base an amphitheater seating 15,000 would be added. Critics fear the structure would let visitors overlook the Bunker Hill monument, a prospect that shocks local residents.
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Boston
Bunker Hill Monument
Tax peculiar accident strikes Venetian near Boston
A steamer named Venetian was broken in two in a near Boston incident described as tax peculiar. The event highlights a shortage of longitudinal strength in ship hulls, with plates of iron or other riveted materials questioned for their ability to bear wave-induced stress.
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Boston
Military bicycle salutes prompt debate in European capitals
European war departments in Berlin Paris and Vienna discuss how bicycle soldiers should salute officers amid mounting accidents during mounted salutes. The issue hinges on whether strict form can be maintained while cycling and halting for salutes, with officials seeking a practical standard.
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Europe
Berlin
Paris
Vienna
Angels Food and Celestial Music as Heaven's Feast
A sermon themed around angels food and celestial music as heavenly sustenance. It explores how humanity once ate angels food, then expands to heavenly fares like celestialized music, art, and worship. The piece imagines angels questioning the sacrifice of Christ and urges personal repentance to join celestial joy and feast.
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Heaven
Mollie Fancher
Irenaeus Prime
West
Willard Parker
Tam
St. Peter
Angel the
Angel
Angel the Fourth
Earth
Emerald Palace
Angelo
Jesus
Mount of Olives
Bethlehem
Golgotha
Paul
Silas
Titian
Michael Angelo
Vatican
Windsor
St. Clouds
St. Pauls
St. Peters
St. Ignake
St. Sophias
Heavenly Temple
Mosea
Eternity
Golden Street
Mariam
Red Sea
Father
Heavenly Mansion
Christ
Baye
For a Gigantic Trust
New York March 16 The consolidation of the great electrical manufacturing interests of the country may be the next gigantic monopoly developed with Standard Oil capital. Bach movement is declared to be on foot.
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New York
Westinghouse
General Electric Companies
Standard Oil
Bach & Movement
Governor hints at news on ex State Treasurer Taylor case
Gov Sheldon withholds details on the reported capture of ex State Treasurer Taylor of Mexico awaiting Attorney General Crawford. He expects Taylor’s return to Pierre soon and notes Mason as a possible defaulter linking Taylor to a broader scandal.
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Mason
Taylor
Pierre
Sheldon
Mexico
Crawford
Allon
Missouri News Highlights From Sedalia to Carthage
Era items across Missouri note treasury shortages delaying months, long serving railroad veteran George W. Walsh of Nevada, a pearl found in an oyster at Holden, and plans for trains, directories, and new blocks. Carthage to sell horse railway and erect a new hall. Sedalia reports a 1659-built house to be torn down. many civic events, fires, and awards across Linn, Livingston, and nearby counties.
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George W. Walsh
Nevada
United States
Prettyman
Holden
Fulton
Kansas City
Bloomfield
Overmier
Sedalia
Bill Sublett
St. Louisan
Blairtown
George R. Smith
Edward Henley
Missouri
Carthage
A. C. U. W. Lodge
Brunswick
Savannah
Lancaster
Susie Talbot
Pleasant Hill
Demorest
Linn County
Linneus
Locust Valley Coal Company
Rich Hill
Water Works
Commercial Club of
St. Joseph
Kansas
Nebraska
Athletic Club
Hannibal
Joe Brown
Appleton City
Grantley
Irondale Farming and Mining Company
P. P. Brown
Cincinnati
Rensalier
Brown
Leonard
Wingett & Dodd
Brage
A. Smith
Harrison
Westminster College
Consolidated Coal Company of
St Louis
Board of
Ardern
Houston
Lexington
Etta Hancock
Columbia
James Blackwell
Abel
Boyden & Wyman
Nealy Ville
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Marble Hill
Mirsoure
Berrars
Hawaii
Cathonia
Indiana
William K. Vanderbilt
Max O'Rell
Dr. Holmes
Kate Freep
Kate
Kentucky
Middletown, Conn
Chicago
Cigar Store
Russia
England
Great Britain
India
New Zealand
Australia
Black Sea
Siberian
Sam Boa
Missoure