Enlisted Men Welcome in City Dining Rooms
A Marshfield Times report recounts General Grant testing whether well–behaved soldiers in uniform face bias on New York dining trips. Three enlisted men visited Waldorf Astoria Sherry's and Delmonico's, were treated with courtesy, and seated prominently. Grant concluded that clean, orderly soldiers would be welcomed anywhere when they conduct themselves as gentlemen.
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Grant
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Fifth Avenue
Delmonico
Waleb
Man fined for racing to church. judge rejects mercy
A man in Maidan, Mags, rushed to church, claiming urgent call. The court fined him 10 shillings as the judge ruled piety does not excuse speeding though emergency vehicles are exempt. The piece argues a reward might be due for hurrying to church by car.
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Maidan
Mags
Formation of the Earth Core and Shell Described
Professor Welchert concludes Earth has a central iron core about 5 580 miles wide, surrounded by a 930 mile thick rocky shell. Between the outer rind and the core lies a liquid or plastic layer about 26 miles below the surface.
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Welchert
How to Pronounce Steuben In Utica
The Utica Observer notes the mispronunciation of Baron Von Steuben in the region. It states four streets honor him, and a monument exists, but locals often say Stoo-ben with the stress on the last syllable. The correct form is Stoy-ben with the stress on the first syllable, though hard to express precisely.
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Steuben
Baron von Steuben
Utica
Asia Minor
Ancient
Troy
Derdanelles
Athens
Parte
Italy
Italy's Demands. Turkishelegratas
Hodelda
Red Sea
Peikishevket
Austria
Turkey
Balkans
Mehmed Pasha
Sheik Adelksder
Tripoli
Africa
Seashore rescuer recounts four rescue moments
A responder recalls a season marked by four rescues from drowning at the sea. Each incident tested endurance and underscored the dangers of the shoreline. The speaker remains hopeful about future missions and safety efforts.
Sunday Sono's query on an awful fre and smoke region
In a Sunday Sono segment, Teacher Johnny and Johnny Pittsburgh discuss a dreadful area plagued by heavy fre and smoke, asking what locals call that region. The exchange labels the place with a nickname tied to the pollution and danger, reflecting the era's slang.
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Johnny
Pittsburgh
Frank Pixley Returns with Japanese English Laughs
Frank Pixley, the lithographer, returns from Japan with quotes of quirky Japanese English. He shares a dairyman sign proclaiming "We sell the true milk of the realty cow" as a humorous example of cross cultural phrasing.
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Frank Pixley
Japan
Garple
Merely Dreame. Maud You'd never dream of that proposals
Fragmentary lines show a dialogue with names Maud and Ethel and a Boston Transcript reference, indicating a clipped script or column snippet from a period paper. The readable text suggests a casual, domestic conversation with dream or proposal themes, but specifics are missing.
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Ethel
Boston Transcript
Turke Retire to Heights as Italian Fleet Bombards Mitylene
Rome Oct 6 Italian bombardment drives Turks from city fortifications near Mitylene as 4,000 troops prepare to land. Turkish gun positions evacuated to surrounding heights while shells strike governor’s palace. Fleet engagement follows with Turkish and Italian squadrons fighting near the Dardanelles.
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Turke
Inand
Mitylene
Rome
Tripoli
Shelly
Aubrey
Forta
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Victor Emmanuel
Admiral Schley Dies in New York Street
New York, Oct 3 Rear Admiral Schley hero of the battle of Santiago died on Fifth Avenue and Forty fourth Street from opolysey on the street. He had just learned of a history mocking his famed loop maneuver. Schley, a leading figure in the US Navy, was born in Maryland in 1839 and served from the Civil War onward. He commanded a squadron in the Spanish American War and helped destroy the Spanish fleet at Santiago. His death follows intense public debate over his actions and the maneuver he scored at the battle.
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New York
Schley
Santiago
Epoplery
Chad- Wick
Isop
Fifth Avenue
Forty-fourth Street
Admiral Schley
Frederick County
Maryland
Annapolis
North Polar
Greely
Cervera
Santiago Arbor
Sampson
New York Wsa
Slooney
General Shafter
Sehiey
Brooklyn
Stephenson Denies Guilt In 1908 Campaign Expenditures
Senator Isaac Stephenson told a senate investigatory committee he had little personal knowledge of campaign funds in 1908. He said he drew 111, 85.49 in checks and 107,793.05 was reported as spent, largely paid to Milwaukee banker J M Puellcher and Marinette banker J A Van Cleve, who served as treasurers under campaign manager E A Edmonds. Edmonds testified he paid 2,600 to J W Stone, the state game warden, per Stephenson’s instructions, and knew nothing about reasons for three Democrats’ absence on election day.
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Milwaukee
Isaac Stephenson
Especial Investigating Committee
The
Senate
J. M. Puellcher
J. A. van Cleve
Marinette
Puellcher
Mr. van Cieve
E. A. Edmonds
Appleton
Edmonds
J. W. Stone
Stephenson
Mr. Stephenson
Allen Guilty in Jewelry Smuggling Case
Nathan Allen a Kenosha Wisconsin leather magnate pleaded guilty in the U S circuit court to all counts of a jewelry smuggling indictment. He was fined 12000 dollars. John R Collins of Memphis pleaded guilty to the last count with a 4000 dollar fine. The case involved jewelry valued at 150000 dollars reportedly given to Mrs Helen Dwelle Jenkins whose testimony aided the grand jury.
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New York
Nathan Allen
Kenosha
Wis
United States
John R. Collins
Memphis
Allen
Colland
Mra
Helen Dwelle-Jenkins
Jenking
Colling
Wickersham presses coal trust case before U S Supreme Court
Washington October six. Attorney General Wickersham renewed his bid to bust the coal trust by arguing before the Supreme Court that principal railroads and holding coal companies in the anthracite regions form a Sherman act violation. He cites Standard Oil and Tobacco rulings, noting public injury and limited supply as barriers to competition.
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Washington
General Wickersham
Coal Trust
Supreme Court of the United States
Pennsylvania
Standard Oil and Tobacco
Department of Justce
Philadelphia Reading
Lehigh Valley
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Erie & New York
Susquehanoa & Western
Reading Company
Taft Frontier Day Show Staged in Rewlins Wyoming
Governor Carey pledged Wyoming’s delegates to Taft at the next Republican convention and projected electoral votes. Taft observed frontier day stunts in Cheyenne and spoke on public domain issues while touring the west with Interior Secretary Fisher and Agriculture Secretary Wilson.
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Rewlins
Wyo
Carey
Taft
Wyoming
Laramie
Tate
Interior Department
West
Fort Russell
Mr. Taft
Ethel Barrymore In Danger In Sudden Illness
South Bend reports actress Ethel Barrymore was seized by sudden illness and placed in a critical condition at the Oliver hotel with peritonitis feared. Her engagements are canceled for ten days and she may be moved to a Chicago hospital when feasible. Russell Griggold Colt, her husband, has been summoned. Barrymore has long suffered chronic appendicitis.
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South Bend
Ind
Othel Bar-rymore
Oliver Hotel
Chicago
Russell Griggold Colt
New York
Miss Barrymore
Mr Sherlock Holmes Dies in London
Joseph Bell eminent Scottish surgeon dies at his home in London age 58. Bell inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes and taught Conan Doyle at University of Edinburgh. Born 1887 in Edinburgh, he pursued the study of mysterious crimes as a hobby.
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London
Joseph Bell
Sherlock Holmes
Maurice Wood
Milton Bridge
Michdle- Iban
Edinburgh
Conan Doyle
Edinburgh University
Women Looters Arrested After Flood Ruins in Austin
Two foreign women were arrested by a state trooper in Austin Pennsylvania after being found prying open a trunk in flood ruins. Jewelry valued at about $1000 was recovered and identified by owners. The younger woman's husband Joseph Shari is wanted for questioning. Gov Tener visited, seven bodies recovered, six funerals held, and progress reported in clearing and feeding the segmented relief force. About 30 people remain unaccounted for.
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Austin
Thore
Couderyport
Joseph Shari
John K. Tener
Jealous man's shot fatal in Rock Island tragedy
Miss Madaline Kemp, sixteen, was shot after returning an engagement ring to Erskine Walker who then killed himself. Reports say Walker feared she would marry another and left his entire estate to her if she joined a convent and never married.
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Rock Island, Nb
Magdaline Kemp
Erskine S’ Walker
Walker
Slayers Lose 25 Year Fight Over Clemency Denied
Des Moines Indiana October 4 after a quarter century the fight to free Frank and Nathan Habsbarger, jailed for the murder of Enoch Jonson, father in law at Frans Rothsbarger in Herdin county in 1484, ends as Governor Carroll denies clemency to the ward.
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Des Moines
Frank
Nathan Habsbarger
Enoch Jonson
Frans Rothsbarger
Herdin
Carroll
Airman Dixon Killed in Spokane Aerial Accident
Aviator Cromwell Dixon died after his machine plunged from 100 feet at the Interstate fair grounds in Spokane following a rocky railroad cut. A strong current caused the craft to roll, Dixon attempted to right the aeroplane and shouted to spectators as he fell.
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Spokane
Cromwell Dixon
Rocky Mountains
Dizon
God
Confused Caller Requests Mrs. Smith’s Phone Number
A caller complains of faulty telephone service and asks for the number of Mrs. John Smith Smith, listing a flood of Smiths in the directory. The request reflects difficulty locating the correct Mrs. Smith amid many similarly named entries and a misread address.
Lesson in Good Manners From Boy Scouts Handshake
A Baltimore to Washington visit by three Boy Scouts ends with President Taft. When one boy offers his left hand, the president remarks that Boy Scouts should learn to shake hands properly. The boy replies with pride that this is how they shake hands, prompting Taft's dry comment on better manners.
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Boy Scouts
Baltimore
Washington
Mr. Taft
Keeping Busy at New York Budget Exhibit
A New York municipal budget exhibit will use bells and lights to show events every few minutes including a birth every four minutes a death every seven minutes and a marriage every eleven minutes. The display aims to illustrate societal turnover and is a public demonstration rather than a policy proposal.
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New York
Truth Specialist Quotation Sparks Plain Truth Debate
A Truth Specialist remarks that many claim to defend truth by standing up for it, but they may only be defending their own opinions. The frank philosopher counters that true truth requires more than bold self assertion.
Sound Sleep Secured By Postum But Not Tea or Coffee
A reader letter attributes improved health and sound sleep to giving up tea and coffee and using Postum three times daily. The author reports disappearance of nervous attacks, renewed appetite, and daily energy after starting Postum, credits No medicine, and cites the company’s promotion with a sales slogan and a note about The Road to Wellville.
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Dlacorfort
Post‘ura
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Weillville
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