History of the Windmill Recounts Early Origins and Evolution
Published by the Marshfield Times on August 10 1910 this history traces windmills from their probable introduction in England via the Knights of St John to Bohemia’s 718 water mill, notes the pope’s tithes era and church ownership disputes, and outlines early designs from fixed to movable domes with sails and rope tethering across centuries. It highlights the shift to workable wind powered tech by 1600 in Holland and the evolution of materials from brick and stone to wood.
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England
Knights of St. John
Thia i
Bohemia
Wallla
Europe
Zealand
Utrecht
Pee
Holland
The Guest Book and Its Hostess Watchful Ledger
A Woman Keeps a notebook detailing each guest by sex and age, sorting them into pages and departments to predict congenial pairs. She sometimes borrows sheets, and notes show how a guest’s bank balance or tastes influence social pairing and create subtle tensions.
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Sia
Evolution of baseball construction through cork core changes
The article traces the history of baseball cores from rubber center balls with rubber cement bindings to modern cork core balls. It notes cork improves rigidity and uniform resilience, reducing wear under heavy use and extending ball life, per Popular Mechanics.
Faded Yonkers Exchange At Rail Station
Fragmentary local dialogue shows a doorman and a woman at a Yonkers railway station. The line The passengers make you died prompting questions hints at confusion or tension in a brief, unclear exchange.
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Elys
Yonkers Blatosman
I don’t believe that fellow is a regular poet
A historical newspaper fragment shows an editor debating a writer’s merit. The exchange hints at varied, possibly overlooked pieces and a search for meaningful poetry, with emphasis on the depth and originality of work. Strong entities include none.
Do your eyes bother you Charlie asks in dialogue
A fragment from a story evokes a quip about eyesight between characters. The line reads Do your eyes bother you Charlie she asked No but yours do The source presents a brief dialogue snippet likely from a larger narrative, preserving period voice without graphic detail.
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Charlie
Oklahoma senator alleges bribery in McMurray Indian deals
United States Senator Gore testified before a Muskogee investigative committee that he was offered a $25 000 bribe by a man from his own town Jacob Hammon former Oklahoma Republican state central committee chairman was named as the intermediary Gore said Hammon claimed the sum could rise to 50 000 and named Vice President Sherman as a higher up in the scheme Creager and Take L Hannon testified disputing Gore s charges while Secretary James Sherman denied any involvement in the matter
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Muskogee
Okla
United States
Gore
Senate
Senate Select Committee
Jacob Hammon
Republican State Central Committee of
Oklahoma
Hammon
Sherman
Charles Curtis
Kanyan
Burke
L. Hannon
Lawton
Creager
Hamon
C. KE. Creager
Hannon
J. F. McMurray
Area
James
Congressional Committee
Muskopes
McMurray
Iowa Republicans Close Convention With Taft Opposition
Des Moines delegates wrapped a bitter convention voting to back party platform provisions while denouncing Taft. The body urged tariff reform, rail and postal measures, education expansion, and direct senatorial election, nominating Evans and Deemer for high offices and naming a mixed insurgent and stalwart state committee.
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Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Supreme Bench
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Taft
Senatore Dolliver and
Cummins
Public Instruction
Jalocom
Grant
Roosevelt
Lacey
Cumming
Montana fires sweep vast regions prompting railroad pleas
Governor Norris telegraphed presidents of the three transcontinental railroads seeking cooperation to battle spreading forest fires in north and western Montana. New blaze reported at Bitterroot head and Stillwater valley remains among the worst. A fresh fire also erupts along Nine Mile creek as authorities suspect incendiary causes.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Norris
Bitter Root
Southend County
Nine Mile Creek
15000 Tailors Strike In New York City Factories
Fifteen thousand coat tailors, including six thousand women, quit work in 300 factories on Thursday. They press for a fifty eight hour week and higher wages as a new general clothing strike unfolds in New York City.
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New York
New York City
Oldest Inhabitant Found in Bulgaria
Paris reports the discovery of the world’s oldest inhabitant, Mme Babavasike of Beveleka, Bulgaria, aged 126 years. The record holder’s identity and age are confirmed as authorities note her longevity surpasses known limits.
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Paris
Bulgaria
Mme, Babavasike
Aealdent
Beveleka
Swanson Named to Senate by Governor Mann
Richmond Virginia governor Mann appoints former governor Claude A Swanson to replace Senator Daniel. The announcement follows a feigned commission and names Swanson as the new senator designate.
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Mann
Daniel
Richmond
Claude A Swanson
Chat
Appointment to Senate to succeed late John W Daniel
A commission announces the appointment to the United States Senate for the unexpired term ending March 3 1911 succeeding the late John W Daniel. The action fills a vacancy and sets the member to serve the remaining term.
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Bam
John W. Daniel
United States Senate
Storm Drowns 200 Fishermen on Amur Typhoon
Two hundred fishermen are reported drowned after boats capsized in a typhoon on the River Amur near Nicolayevek. Rescue and relief efforts are underway as authorities assess the disaster and warn of continuing rough seas.
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St. Petersburg
Amur
Nicolayevek
Freight Train Wreck Kills Three in Pennsylvania
A freight train of 60 cars ran out of control on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western line between Stroudsburg and Anatomiak in Wilkes Barre area. After three miles the train derailed and jumped the track, killing three crew members and injuring two others as cars piled in a blazing ruin.
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Wilkesberre
Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western Railroad
Stroudburg
Anatomiak
Horace A. Taylor Dies in Washington
Washington obituary notes Horace A. Taylor longtime assistant secretary of the treasury died here Friday. He served in government finance roles for many years and was respected for his public service in Washington.
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Horace A. Taylor
Washington
the Treasury
18 Per Cent Increase for West Railroad Engineers Proposed
At a conference 62 western railroads, including Illinois Central, consider a 15 to 18 percent wage increase for 30,000 locomotive engineers. Several roads joined the list, now totaling 66. Each railroad would set its own scale. Conference to resume around September 20 may lead to federal arbitration under the Erdman act. If granted, annual costs would be in the millions. conductors and trainmen plan similar demands. The meeting aimed toward St Louis.
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Chicago
Chicago & Eastern
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
The
Order of Railway Conductors
St. Louie
Monument to Pilgrim Fathers Unveiled at Provincetown
President Taft arrived at Provincetown to take part in unveiling a Pilgrim monument honoring the Pilgrim Fathers who landed at the harbor centuries ago aboard the Mayflower. Fourteen battleships fired 21-gun salutes as cruisers and torpedo boats added to the din, with dignitaries including James Bryce, Lord Londonderry, Senator Lodge, Congressman Foss, and Dr. Eliot among speakers.
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Taft
Provincetown
Mass
United States
Jamoa Bryce
England
Jonkbeer J. Louden
Bannister
Netherlands
Senator Lodge
Foss
Chicago
Elliot
Harvard
Eliot
United Wireless Officials Indicted in Fraud Conspiracy
Seven top officials and employees of United Wireless were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to defraud. All pleaded not guilty and were released on bonds from five thousand to twenty five thousand dollars.
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United Company
New York
United Wireless Company
Boycott of American Goods Proclaimed in Canton
A citywide boycott of American goods and merchants was proclaimed in Canton in response to complaints about the treatment of Chinese residents. The move echoes earlier boycotts that damaged American trade in China for millions of dollars.
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Canton
Ching
China
Salt Lake man held on New York hotel robbery charge
Peter Marte and a Greek national were arrested in Salt Lake City three weeks ago on a charge of holding up and robbing two fellow countrymen in a fashionable New York hotel. They were released Friday.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Peter Marte
New York
Detectives Death in Wyoming Street Shooting
Union Pacific detective William Lloyd was shot and killed by Joseph Seng on a street in Evanston Wyoming while walking with his wife. Seng had been discharged by Lloyd earlier, and the motive remains under investigation.
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Railrord
Stain
Evanston
Wyo
Friday
William Lloyd
Union Pacific
Joseph Seng
Seng
Lloyd
Passengers Escape as Princess May Strikes Alaska Reef
The Canadian Pacific steamer Princess May struck Sentinel Islet Reef near Juneau Alaska. Passengers and crew fled in light boats to shore as wireless pleas for aid spread along the coast. Two cutters reached the wreck before the ship sank, amid fog and chaos on deck. Captain McLeod ordered evacuations to secure valuables.
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Alaska
Juneau
Sentinel Islet
Aack
North Reef
Browne Ordered To Stand Trial In Bribery Case
Judge Kersten denied Browne's motion to quash the indictment and ordered a second trial for Joe O'Neil Browne, accused of bribery involving Representative Charles A. White to influence a vote for William Lorimer as U S senator. The court slated 100 veniremen and heard corroborating testimony from White and other representatives.
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Chicago
Kersten
Joe O'Neil Browne
Charles A. White
William Lorimer
United States
Illinois
Browne
White
Beckemeyer
Link
Myers
Lea O'Neil Browne
Tennessee Independents Win in State Judicial Ticket Fight
Regular Democratic candidates were defeated in a hard fought Tennessee election. Independent ticket supporters claim a near 40,000 vote majority for Supreme Court judges John K. Shields D J Lanaden Matt M Nell W D Beard and Grafton Green plus Civil Appeal judges H V Hughes Joseph C Huggins S F Wilson Frank P Hall and John M Taylor. Regular Democrats dispute these figures, suggesting a 10 000 to 15 000 vote margin and alleging fraud.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cde Woodcats
Supreme Court
John K. Shields
D. J. Lanaden
Matt M. Nell
W.D. Beard
Grafton Green
Court of Civil Appeale
H. V. Hughes
Joseph C. Huggins
S. F. Wilson
Frank P. Hall
John M. Taylor
Kansas Insurgents Sweep Primary Victory Across State
In Topeka reports from Tuesday's primaries show four of six standing pat Kansas congressmen defeated as insurgents gain control of the party state committee. Gov. W. R. Stubby leads by 20,372 votes, exceeding his 1912 margin. Surviving standpatists are Daniel R. Anthony in the First and Philip P. Campbell in the Third. six of eight districts nominated pledge insurgency.
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Topeaa
Kan
Kansas
W. R. Stubby
Cyrus Leland
Charles F. Scott
J. M. Miller
W. A. Calderhead
William A. Reeder
Yap
Daniel R. Anthony
Philip P. Campbell
Free farm lands opened for homestead entry fall
Thousands of acres of unappropriated lands eliminated from national forests and restored to the public domain by President Taft will be opened to homestead settlement and entry this fall. The lands lie in Colorado New Mexico Washington Oregon Utah Idaho and Wyoming.
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Washington
Taft
Pierce
Interior Department
Colorado
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Quake Spurs Panic in Redding As Homes Stand Firm
A minor earthquake rattled Redding on Friday prompting residents to rush into the streets in fear of collapsing houses. No significant damage was reported despite the tremor, with many observing from open spaces as the area experienced shaking estimated at light intensity.
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Redding
Cat
Three RC students vanish crossing Lake of Two Mountains
Three Roman Catholic theological students crossing the Lake of Two Mountains from Oka to Chateauguay Thursday disappeared and are believed drowned. Police and rescuers searched the area, hoping for survivors as conditions hampered efforts.
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Priesthood Studenta
Montreal
Lake of Two Mountains
Oka
Chateauguay
Notice the Kidney Remedy Ad from Wooster
An old text advertises Dosa's Kidney Pills promising rapid relief from kidney disorders. A Wooster user claims gravel pain and weakness improved after twelve days, with a testimonial urging Dean's Kidney Pills for cures. The ad cites Foster Milburn Buffalo as the distributor.
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A. Dashem
Grant St. Wooster
Dean
Conte
Foster-Milburn Cu
Buffalo
It Was the Other Way Mr Jones and the Drummer
A senior partner admonishes a drummer in a wholesale dry goods house about loyalty and marriage. The employee says he has no misdeeds, while the partner hints at personal risk to distant travels if a wife is at home. The exchange reveals workplace control and concerns over fidelity.
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Mr. Toney
What They Did With Tham Cockney tale of a dog and a grayhound
An American in England recounts a cockney drawing out a description of a dog resembling a grayhound but altered. The dog man replies that they do not keep such dogs and that they drown any that come near.
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Tham
England
Thun
Paddy Blake 419 Years Old Dies in Corofin Hospital
Paddy Blake aged 119 years from Bale parish in County Clare died in Corofin Union hospital. He recalled events a century past and remembered the 1828 election journey of Daniel O’Connell passing Bunratty Pike en route to Dublin.
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Paddy Blake
Bale
Ygheen
Kiloasonlagh
County Clare
Ireland
Yesra
Corofin Union
Paddy
Daniel O'Connel
Bunratty Pike
Reformers and a Reform Back in Time in Toca Town
The Toca town boss defends himself as a reformer of the deepest dye while admitting past actions were not always reformist. He explains that reformers once changed the town that year and now seeks to reform it back again.
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Toca
Agale
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Heare
Curtis Starte
Congressman Creager
Swanson
Claude A. Swanson
Pilgrim Fathers
Brown
Tennessee Independents
Vivir Kirk
Johns
Thomas
Postum Cereal CO
LSD
Battle Creek, Mich
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