Syrian immigrant Saied Shaban reads Homer in Arabic between sales
Saied Shaban, a Massillon shopkeeper naturalized in 1904 and formerly of Syria, was found reading Homer’s Odyssey in Arabic between sales at his West Main street fruit shop. He studied at Beirut’s Congregational College while in Syria and later at Beloit, sharing support for ambitious Syrians. He moved to Massillon last June, with a father still in Syria, and plans to stay.
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T. C. Peterson
The
Baptist Church
Saied Shaban
West Main Street
Peterson
Shaban
I Congregational College
Beirut
Syria
Paterson
Beloit
Wis
Massillon
Canton
Canton Stark county tax abstract for 1906 compiled
The Canton Repository reports the complete Stark county property abstract for 1906, certified to the state, showing total year tax of 50 712 540 dollars, county wide acreage of 353 604, land values 15 330 770, city real estate 7 464 560, personal property 71 817 225, Canton acreage 1 788, Canton land value 1 455 820, Canton real estate 10 088 510, Canton personal 271 280, Alliance total 4 355 960, Massillon higher by about 1 000 000, near end community 882 acres with 421 740 land value, 3 105 490 real estate, 1 782 560 personal, county levy 31 286 570 43, delinquencies 18 577 56, state funds 68 208 87, allocations to state debt university end normal school common school fund, total county and local tax excluding dog tax 1 192 090 77, funds by category including county poor bridge building soldiers road school and other levies.
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Canton
Stark County
Oberlin
State Department
Alliance
Massillon
University End Normal Schoola
Miss Patsay Engaged to Mr Gayman Rumor Sparks Talk
A Philadelphia Press item notes rumors that Miss Patsay is engaged to Mr Gayman prompting local chatter about the match and its social implications amid residents. The snippet hints at surprise and questions about the couple.
Harriman Triumph at Illinois Central Boardroom
Power struggles rock the Illinois Central with the ousting of Stuyvesant Dish and installation of James P. Hara han, signaling Harriman’s victory over rival factions. The shift expands Harriman’s railway empire, linking Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Baltimore and Ohio holdings, amid long running negotiations and political pressure. Ade George’s Indiana hotel dinner adds a lighter note as ministers laugh at his quip about being a son in a den of Daniels.
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Stuyvesant
Ilinois Centre
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Harriman
Ilinois
Fish
Mutual Life Administration
Warriman
A. M. Shook
International Policy Tlolders’ Committee
Nashville
Lenn
Wish
Shook
Mutual
George Ade
Indiana
Twain Predicts Grand Central Stop in Train Wreck Warning
A New York Central train headed for New York carries Mark Twain among passengers. A woman asks if the train stops at Grand Central. Twain answers with a warning that if it does not stop there, there will be a devil of a wreck.
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New York Central
New York
Mark Twain
Grand Central Depot
The Plex of Harry Thaw Trial Threatens Sensational Replay
The near approach of Harry Thaw's trial for the Stanford White killing reawakens sensational interest. Thaw will plead justification, with no insanity defense planned. Rumors in Pittsburg claim Roger O Mara unearthed facts about White and Thaw's wife that could shift opinion.
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Harry Thaw
Pittsburg
Stanford White
New York
Harris Thaw
Neys
White
Roger O'Mara
Thaw
O'Mara
Ile
Harry K. Thaw
William Thaw
Evelyn Florence Nes- Dit
Roosevelt in Panama Inspires Wild Welcome During Isthmus Visit
The Panama Canal excursion of Theodore Roosevelt drew immense crowds in Colon and Panama City as he landed on the Allianca and rode to La Boca. Officials and reporters aboard described his rain soaked arrival, his informal greetings, and a bustling double tracking delay that tied up traffic during his stay.
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Allianca
Panama
New York
Culon
Cristobal
Ponce
Allianea
Sear
Theodore Roosevelt
S. Leveson-Gower Sutherland
Panama Railroad Company
New York Times
Sutherland
Panama Canal
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Colon
Colon Starlet
Panama Star and Herald
Colon Independent
Colon Telegram
Tie
Professor Blackie
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
W. G. Tubby
Canal Commission
Mrs. Roosevelt
Charman
P. Shonts
Stevens
Corgas
Yellow Fever Fame
George R. Shauion
Canal Zone Police
la Boca
Panama Railroad
J. W. Dean
Panama Bay
Tiveli Hotel
Cathedral Plaza
Brain Puzzlers Test in Public Schools for Teachers
A list of classical exam questions prepared under the state commissioner of public schools for elementary school certificates. Topics cover United States history, civics, early Ohio settlements, constitutional amendments, presidential terms, and science questions on digestion temperature clothing and alcohol. Also included are reading and grammar tasks with a Holmes poem excerpt and exercises on parts of speech and sentence analysis.
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State Commissioner of Public Schools
Theory and Practice Questions on Rational Living and Education
A compilation of inquiry prompts covering Henry C. King’s Rational Living, asceticism critiques, drudgery in life, Mouse experiments and their conclusions, attention and nervous energy, physical factors for surplus energy, improving school attendance, discipline aims, fostering love of literature in primary grades, teacher community duties, and contributions of Mary Lyon and Horace Mann to American education.
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King
America
Mary Lyon
Horace Maan
Defining commercial geography and global links in instruction
A compact prompt asks how to define commercial geography and allocate instruction time, how to teach beginners about Earth and other planets, locate arid Western regions and methods to render them fertile, compare German and US manufactures, identify Ohio's chief railroad center, list ten South American supports with their countries, locate trade wind zones and their climates, name three French dependencies and a penal colony, discuss Belgium and England mineral resources, and explain the 1906 Cuban intervention.
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United States
Ohio
Belgium
England
Survey of Revolutionary era American literature and notable editors
The questions map a broad literary survey: approximate dates and nature of Revolutionary period literature. the period and nature of publications Spectator Liberator Atlantic Monthly and a famous editor. analysis of Evangeline or Hiawatha including time of writing subject matter meter and popularity. evaluation of King Lear versus Macbeth. two English books on American manners and customs and one American book on English manners. Bryan life and character and how temperament shaped his poetry. authors of My Study Windows The Charactered Nautilus Daniel Deronda The Vision of Sir Launfal The Faery Queene Rob Roy. two reasons Americans should know William Dean Howells and which work is autobiographical.
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Spectator
Liberator
Atlantic Monthly
Evangeline
Hiawatha
Bryanvs
Daniel Deronda
Sir Launfal
Rob Roy
William Dean Howells
Arithmetic problems and proportional puzzles to frustrate
A list of ten math tasks including dividing 9.9976 by .042 and proving by multiplication, finding LCM of 8.5 1914 and percent, defining simple compound and fractional proportion, extracting a cube root of 0000001, completing a rule and solving a related problem, cattle pricing with 25 percent rise then 14 percent drop yielding $170 profit, computing interest on 8000 for 2 years at 4 1 4 percent, distinguishing compound and denominate numbers, and a geometry and prime factor exercise for cylinders and GCD/LCM of 1226 4938 and 2346.
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Asia
Writing Branch Exam: Manuscript Orthography Focus
Examiners grade the branch manuscript on correct orthography. The evaluation prioritizes spelling, punctuation, and consistency of usage throughout the text.
Physiology questions on bones circulation and nutrition
A set of physiology prompts covering cross section of the femur arterior circulation organs serving as scavengers waste removal functions of food and nourishment classify foods by properties contrast alcohol and water effects and protection of brain and spinal cord completed with an eye function item TL In the eye state the function of
Phonetic spelling debate and word usage notions
The item surveys phonetic spelling with two pros and two cons, defines terms derivative word trisyllable and affix, and asks for two abbreviations’ meanings for St D C Bec A M. It also requests correct pronunciation guidance for a list of words and explains preposition meaning contrasts across pairs. It concludes with pronunciation by examiner of multiple listed words.
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St. D. C
Bec
A.M
Plan to Prevent Railroad Rebating at Economic Club Dinner
Justice William J. Gaynor urged appointing a general freight agent to curb rebating. He argued such official would ensure prescribed rates are charged, not fixed, and warned against wealth influence, calling railroad favoritism the greatest crime of our era. He compared railroad status to public highways and opposed private monopoly, urging accountability for officials.
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William J. Gaynor
New York Supreme Court
Economic Club
Boston
New York American
Gaynor
United States
Hamilton
Justice Gaynor
National House of Representatives
Committee On
House of Representatives
Great Britain
England
Dryan
Lions Too Much for Cupid Den Bound Bride
Daniel Lund of Oakland failed to enter a lion den to marry Dolly Castle, a lion tamer, despite arranging a ceremony with a minister in Omaha. Castle demanded the lion task as condition. Lund could not muster courage, leaving the engagement broken and Lund still single.
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Daniel
Daniel Lund
Oakland
Cal
Dolly Castle
Omaha
Lund
Ysage
Miss Castle
Trapper's Big Contract for Coyote Kill Target
Kalkbrenner of Lander Wyoming signs six month deal with Sweetwater Range to kill 1500 coyotes. He earns 1.59 and 2.50 per coyote from company plus state and hide shares, totaling about 5575 if targets met. District spans 40 by 115 miles centered at Point of Rock on the Union Pacific. Last October he trapped 261 coyotes.
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Wreming
Kalkbrenner
Lander
Wyo
Sweetwater Range Company
Walkbrenzier
Point of Rock
Union Pacific
Japanese School Children Segregation Rules Cited
The San Francisco Call notes a police regulation separating Japanese students from younger children due to their age range of fifteen to twenty five. The measure is described as not fit for them to associate with typical schoolchildren and will be enforced. Electric Bulls New Fish Sail reports fishermen at Coney Island using electric lights along the water to attract fish. They carried their own plugs globes and wires and connected to Dreamland pier lamps.
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San Francisco
Coney Island
The
New York Journal
Dreamland Pier
The Christmas Bugles in a Fragmented Verse
A fragmentary poem verse describes Christmas bugles, a curly head dreaming of Christmas land, and imagery of sleep and dawn. The text includes garbled phrases like they are blowing sweet notes and bleep till dawn, with references to Christ mas land and Atlant Ganetitution.
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Christ- Bucs
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Standard Oil and Sugar
Buckle
Europe
Cupid
Trapper
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