Man Tells How He Worked His Way Through Yale
A Kentucky-born student recounts arriving in New Haven with little money and few contacts, working his way through Yale with aid from outside sources, and taking a job as a waiter at a brown house on College Street under a stern landlady who urged him to work.
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Yale
Kentucky
Io Munsey
New Haven
New England
Uute Brown
College Street
Netter
Gener
Occupation of Idols in Census Records
Occasional census entries show idols as occupied houses in Hyderabad and the Central Provinces with boons and blessings or maintenance contributions listed as the idol’s occupation. Other quirky roles include nest collectors, receivers of stolen goods, witches and cow poisoners. a Pall Mall Gazette item notes curious wartime pages.
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Hydrabad
Pall Mall Gazette
Circassian Deputy Boasts After Contortion Marriage Tease
A witty exchange highlights gender and power as a Circassian deputy boasts about twisting her husband around her finger. The fat lady retorts that had she wed an ossified man instead of a contortion she would face a tougher customer.
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sJady
Unclear moonlit classroom chat with Venus jokes
A playful, rustic exchange about studying newfangled subjects and astronomy. The uncle questions the value while the niece defends the topic, mentioning Venus and a ring in a light moonlit moment.
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Venus
Brull House Proprieter Hints at Towing Old Wreck
A Brull house proprietor boasts of buying an old wreck and plans to tow it ashore tonight. The clerk agrees that it makes for good advertising and suggests crafting a strong accompanying story to draw readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brull House
Clark
Drawback He She Clash Over Old Age Pension Bill
A dialogue volley questions pension equity with a man proposing the bill and a woman countering that few women will apply, reflecting gendered assumptions in public policy debates. The exchange highlights political arguments and social attitudes of the era.
Not so Familiar
A dialogue snippet shows a family debate over how to treat their cook. The speaker questions if the cook is treated like family, while another responds that they would not dare restrict what she can enjoy. The exchange highlights attitudes toward staff and generosity within domestic service.
Beattie Trial Hearings Cite Bearded Man With Shotgun
Testimony in the Beattie murder trial describes a bearded highwayman near the Midlothian turnpike with a shotgun hours before the crime. Defense calls witnesses about highwaymen and car jolts while prosecution challenges relevance at the rail crossing.
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Chasterfield
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Beattie
W.R. Holand
Midlothian Turnpike
Holland
Eugene Houshaw
Defenas
Beatie
Owen
Yarage
Commonwealth
New Japanese Cabinet Formed by Premier Saloni
Tokyo Aug 31 The new cabinet formed by premier Merquis Saloni in succession to Count Ketsura has been approved by the emperor. Viscount Yasuya Uchida the ambassador to the United States will become minister of foreign affairs after arriving in Tokyo. The Satoni ministry is entirely new except for Vice Admiral Sailo who retains the marine portfolio.
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Tokyo
Merquis Saloni
Count Ketsura
Viscount Yasuya Uchida
United States
Satoni
Sailo
Farmers plan cooperative marketing to cut middlemen
A delegation of fifty farmers from Pennsylvania and New York state arrives in New York to organize a cooperative marketing scheme. They claim to represent over 60,000 farmers and aim to sell produce directly to city retailers without middlemen, projecting at least a 40 percent reduction in consumer prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
New York State
Kaiser Narrow Escape in Berlin Train Collision
Kaiser narrowly escaped injury in a collision between two trains on the track adjoining his special. The accident occurred at Laebec, Germany, near Berlin, on August 29.
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Berlin
Xaiger
Laebec
Germany
Mayor Seidel Sued Over Remarks During Bayview Speech
Circuit Judge F C Buchweiler files a $50,000 suit against Milwaukee Mayor Emil Seidel. He alleges the mayor compelled him to remark during a Bayview speech in the ongoing judicial campaign. The action seeks damages and asserts coercive influence in political discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seldéefe
Milwaukee
F.C. Buchweiler
Emil Seidel
Bayview
Former society woman loses millions to gambling and alimony
Chicago report details Mrs Bernice Bronson once a Chicago society figure who, along with her husband Colonel William Bronson, allegedly lost about 1 000 000 through horse bets and a gambling circle run by a Palmer Town handbook man. Now penniless, she relies on her mother's allowance as their home and art treasures vanished.
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Chicago
Dhanninga’ Sult
William Ryan
Palmer Toune
Bernice Beatrice Bronson
William G. Bronson
CHAMP CLARK RESPONDS TO TAFT AT HAMPTON MASS
CHAMP CLARK, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, REPLIES TO TAFT'S HAMILTON MASS SPEECH. HE ACCUSES THE PRESIDENT OF INGRATITUDE AND MISSTATEMENTS AND SAYS DEMOCRATS WILL CUT OFF THE SUBSIDIES IF THE TARIFF BOARD DELAYS DOWNTURN. CLARK CLAIMS TAFT POLITICIZED reciprocity AND DEFENDS DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL STANCE.
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Quincy
Chemp Clark
National House of Representatives
Taft
Hamilton
Mass
Tariff Board
Hampton
Mays
Clark
Mob in Verbicaro rioting kills two Red Cross members
In Verbicaro Italy Aug 29 angry residents attacked a sanitary corps taking cholera prevention steps. The mob killed two Red Cross members and burned the city hall, seizing control of the town as barricades rose. The crowd wrongly believes the Red Cross is spreading cholera rather than fighting it.
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Cosenza
Italy
Verbicaro
Red Cross Society
Red Cross Corps
Two Sailors Killed on Battleship Ohio
Washington Aug 29 word reached the navy department that two sec a men William Creech and Wilson D Mickey had been killed on board the battleship Ohio from an accident to the anchor gear. The Ohio lies in Tangier Sound preparing to join Atlantic fleet target practice.
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Washington
Navy Department
Seca
William 4. Creech
Wilson D. Mickey
Ohio
Tangier Sound
Chesapeake Bay
GIVES HER LIFE FOR C ERS
Fairfield Aug 30 Mrs Jonce Young wife of a farmer near this city was burned to death when the real deuce was destroyed by fire Three grandchildren lying with the family were critically burned after their grandmother had lost her fire in trying to rescue them Fire Wipes Out Town Elmhurst Wis Aug 29 Fire practically destroyed this town the total loss being estimated at 200000 A sawmill 100000 worth of timber all stores and 14 residences were destroyed Only two stores and depot were saved
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Fairfield
Jonce Young
Thia Ciy
Elmhurst
Wis
Roosevelt Baby Named in San Francisco Christening
The daughter of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is reported to be christened Grace Green Roosevelt after her grandmother. Many presents arrive from across the country as the ceremony draws attention in San Francisco on August 31.
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Roosevelt
San Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Grace Green
Bridge Collapse Kills Fifteen In Geneva Disaster
Geneva report: Fifteen men killed and twenty injured when a railroad bridge spanning a deep gorge collapsed. Rescue teams fear most of the injured will die as efforts continue at the site near Geneva on August 31.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Fires trap Chicago workers in twelve story Patt en building
Four hundred people escaped a blaze at the Patten office building on West Hor and Fifth Avenue as stairways and elevators jammed. Elevator operator AB Greig and three colleagues stayed at their posts to evacuate passengers while Miss Catherine Hayden was overcome by smoke. The heroism prevented a stampede and saved many, with losses around 25000 dollars and priceless railroad records spared.
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Chicago
Patten
West Hor Heon Street
Fifth Avenue
Catherine Hayden
Harrison Cos Companys
Amoke
Mias Hayden
Greig
Fia
Grand Central Station
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Women in France Riot Over High Living Costs
Paris reports describe mobs of several thousand women marching through Lille Cambria Douai Valenciennes Bethune Lens and smaller towns protesting high provisions costs. Gendarmes are outnumbered as women rove from village to village damaging dairies and gardens to show grievances.
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Paris
Yothern
France
Lille
Cambria
Douai
Valenciennes
Bethune
Lens
Apocien
Departments
Tarme Sud
Estate of John W. Gates worth 34 million dollars
Auroras Aug 21 report states the late John W. Gates left an estate near 34 million. The bulk goes to his son Charles Gates and his widow as executors. About 1 million goes to about thirty distant relatives. Henry Baker 20 receives 250000 on college graduation and 16000 for schooling. Other beneficiaries include O J Baker and Mrs Baker 25000 plus farm valued 50000, Mrs Lucerne Angell 190000, her daughter Dolores 100000 held in trust until age 21.
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Auroras
John W. Gates
St Charles
New York
Charles Gates
Henry Baker
St. Charles
Harvard
O. J. Baker
Henry
Baker
Lucerne Angell
Gates
Dolores
Truat
Homeward Bound for Admiral Count Togo Voyage Detour
Admiral Count Togo boarded the Japanese liner Tamba Maru in Seattle on the start of the next leg of his world tour. Crowds cheered as ships tooted whistles and factories joined in the farewell salute. West Virginia and Colorado escorted the vessel to international waters before the Japanese ship continued toward San Francisco.
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Seattle
Wash
Count Togo
Togo
West Virginia
Colorado
International
San Francisco
Oper
Pacific
Italians to Combat Crime in New York
New York police mobilize all Italian detectives to stem a wave of crime among Italian natives. City authorities estimate about 6,000 Italian exconvicts may be present. The crusade follows two Kidnapping cases and a string of 14 bomb throwing incidents since July 14.
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New York
New York City
Upton Sinclair Sues Wife for Divorce in Statutory Grounds
New York August 25 Upton Sinclair author and Bodallet brings suit for divorce from wife Meta Puller Sinclair on statutory grounds Harry Kemp named as co respondent The action cites marital breakdown noting Sinclair’s public profile and involvement in literary circles of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kemp
New York
Upton Sinclair
Bodallet
Eait
Meta Puller Sinclair
Arizona to Elect State Officers and Recall Judges
Governor Sloan received official certification from President Taft approving a statehood resolution. The proclamation authorizes an election of state officers and a vote on recalling the judges in Phoenix, Arizona, by August.
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WII
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Sloan
Taft
Boy Saves 86 Lives On Lexington Amid Hurricane Peril
Charleston reports a 16 year old wireless operator Scheetz kept Lexington survivors hopeful as seas raged for 24 hours. The revenue cutter Yamacraw answered, rescuing 12 passengers, a steward, and three black employees while two firemen died ashore and others were injured. The ship grounded, crew of 43 remained aboard as the hurricane damaged Charleston and damaged estimates rose to over 2 billion dollars. A pursuing Flying Squadron hunts for distressed ships along the Atlantic.
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Charleston
8. C
Scheets
Lexington
Scheetz
Yamacraw
Chamberlain
Savannah
Philadelphia
Cnavy
Nate
Lhan
Atlantic
Washington
Key West
New York
Gulf Stream
Bertholf
Publicity bills filed under new election law
Washington Aug 30 primary election expense statements from Virginia senators Martin and Swanson, first under the new publicity law effective Aug 19, reached the secretary of the senate. With Bennett absent, officials declined publication, revealing the bill contains no requirement to publicize individual statements by senate or house candidates.
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Washington
Martin and Swanson
Virginia
Bennett
Senate
House of Representatives
Seek General Otis Arrest In Indecent Paper Case
Los Angeles August 31. City presenting attorney filed two complaints in University court against HG Otis publisher of the Times Harry H Andrews managing editor and R M Whitney telegraph editor charging them with printing and circulating indecent matter in the Times A story in the paper of August 19 relating to the divorce of Mrs Claudia Libbey Haines is alleged to have contained the obscene matter as charged in the first complaint The Beattie murder trial story printed last Monday morning is cited in the second complaint as the cause of the charge
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Los Angeles
Cal
Guy Eddie
Eity
University Court
HG. Otis
the Times
Harry EH. Andrews
R. M. Whitney
Telegraph
Times
Claudia Libbey Haines
Beattie
Virginia
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Cardi
Hugh Jones
London Daily Mail
Gomathing Romantic
Man With Beard
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NEW Japan
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Kaiser
Champ Clark
Aoferty
RED Cross
Lagt Porton
Reactio
Fcare
War An
Will
Dapances
Trail Countrymen
Boy
Dietiesa
Martin and
Swanson Flrst
Otis
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