Pease Gift to McClymonds Library Opens to All
Dr A Per Lee Pease presents his archaeological collection to the city of Massillon. For years professionals and teachers have studied the specimens, and soon the public will have free access to the collection. The Independent endorses the civic contribution and public benefit. In St Petersburg the czar and grand dukes push for war while Count Lamsdorff aims for an armistice to seek peace terms with Japan.
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McClymonds Public Library
A. Per Lee Pease
Massillon
St. Petersburg
Czar
Limevitch
Count Lamsdorff
Japan
Decisive battles in world naval history compared to Salamis
The piece argues the Korean straits clash ranks with Salamis and Trafalgar as decisive turning points. It traces counterfactuals where Salamis, Actium, and Trafalgar shaped Western civilization, European liberty, and global power, noting how victories by Nelson, Augustus, and others redirected history.
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Straits of Korea
Don John
Austria
Bay of Lepanto
Nelson
Aboukir
Dewey Iy
Manila Bay
Korean Straits
Salamis
Adum
Trafalgar
Xerxes
Europe
Greece
Asia
Pericles
Xenophon
Herodotus
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Aristotle
Pilate
Phidias
Demosthenes
Actium
Antony
Octavius
Alexandria
Rome
Octavius Augustus
Roman Empire
Philip II
Napoleon
England
Villeneuve
Togo
Rorestvensky
Russia
Marshal Oyama
Japanese Victory Shifts East Toward Mongol Leadership
The piece argues that a Japanese triumph would decide the war’s outcome and reshape the East toward independence under capable Japanese guidance, while hastening Russia’s decline and the rise of free institutions. It asserts battles were won by strategic leadership and decisive men, not sheer ship numbers.
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Russia
East
Chicago Tribune
The Dutchman in Java described by June Outing
In a June Outing piece T Philip Terry details how Dutch influence pervades Java shaping Chinese behavior, fashion, wealth, and social aims. He notes Dutch attire symbolism, colonial wealth display, mingling of races, and a shifting color scale influencing language and social status.
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Java
Australia
T. Philip Terry
Doan's Kidney Pills Promote Cure Says Massillon Resident
A Massillon resident John Wagner testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured heavy loins and back pain from kidney trouble. He reports four years with no return and urges others to try the remedy. Sold for 50 cents a box by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
Massillon
John Wagner
Tremont Street
Erie Street
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan's
Japanese Prisoners in Himeji Learn, Enjoy Education and Games
The New York World quotes authentic reports on how Japan treats Russian prisoners at Himeji city. Illiterates receive three hours of daily instruction, libraries and separate classes exist for Jews and Poles, and concerts or theater are provided for recreation. About 2,184 Russians are allowed outings and attend performances, with many expressing gratitude to Japan for education and humane care.
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Japan
Russia
New York World
New York
Himeji City
East
Ugai
Thussian
Himeji
Port Arthur
Danzo Ichikawa
Yimeji City
Russian Prisoners Thank Japanese Theater Cast
A letter from Russian prisoners expresses deep gratitude for a performance by actor Dango Ichikawa and company under Y Yen do. They recount how interpreters and warden Colonel Ugai facilitated the show, enabling them to follow the plot and enjoy a rare entertainment behind bars.
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Dango Ichikawa
Y. Yendo
Ichikawa
Ugai
Intercollegiate Socialist Society proposed in colleges
Ten prominent advocates including J G Phelps Stokes Thomas Wentworth Higginson Charlotte Perkins Gilman Oscar Lovell Triggs Clarence Darrow B O Flower William English Walling Leonard Abbott Jack London and Upton Sinclair call for study clubs to promote socialism in U S colleges and universities. The group urges forming an Intercollegiate Socialist Society to awaken educated men and women to socialist ideas through organized study and activities.
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Intercal Legiante
United States
The
New York Tribune
Intercollegiate Socialist Society
Universties
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Oscar Lovell Triggs
Clarence
New Explosive Demonstrated for Field Use
Powder experts watched F. H. Briggs of Cleveland unveil a new explosive that can be produced in a coffee mill like device on the field of battle. The powder requires a percussion cap to detonate, shows one third stronger penetration than Japanese powder, and costs about four cents per pound to make versus sixteen for the rival. It could be used for firearms or blasting.
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F. H. Briggs
Cleveland
New Mineral Thorianite Found in Ceylon
A Royal Society reading notes a mineral from Ceylon named thorianite with 80 percent thorium oxide and notable commercial value. It has cubical black crystals, a hardness near rock crystal, and contains uranium oxide plus rare earths and lead. The substance is helium radioactive and releases helium upon dissolution, linking to radium emanations.
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Royal Society
London
Dunstan
G. L. Blake
London Standard
Ceylon
Penny in the Slot Sells Soda at New York Ferries
The Pennsylvania Railroad installs a penny in the slot machine at its New York ferry house. It vends ice cooled soda water and includes a tumbler washer to ensure a clean drink. The device is being installed in ferry houses and stations of other railroads.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
New York Tribune
Concentrated Beer Pioneer Claims Ultra Strong Brew
A Wisconsin chemist reports a liquid 11 000 times stronger than the finest beer. A single drop in a large glass with ice water yields pure beer of top grade. The extract carries hops alkaloid 9 500 times stronger than crude hops and malt’s active principle 12 500 times stronger than common malt.
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Wisconsin
Land of Jane Ships Return Homeward to New York
Poemic survey of ships returning at day’s end with red sunset on sails. Cargoes of winter bring gold silver silken tapestries to The Land of June. Sailors and weary crews land at harbors to rest and give bounty to their homeland. James Owen Tryon, New York Times.
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Jane
June
James Owen Tryon
New York Times
Tombstone censor guards graveyard inscriptions in Philadelphia
The tombstone censor at major cemeteries prevents unseemly epitaphs. A Norristown mill engineer’s family faced “Murdered by his masters” on a tombstone but the censor blocked it. A prize fighter’s brother failed to add a glass case of trophies, and a widow’s accusation against a doctor was deemed damages risks. The censor also bars blasphemies from atheists.
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Norristown
Philadelphia Bulletin
Uncanny Eyes In Deep Sea Creatures From Sounding Observations
A St Nicholas piece explores bizarre deep sea fishes with remarkable eye adaptations. Descriptions include a blind fish with antennae acting as feelers, a fish with golden lens eyes, a stalk eyed giant, and another with an eye on an 18 inch stem. Some eyes glow in darkness.
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Caribbean
Saul
St. Nicholas
Isle of Man History and Symbols Brief
The Isle of Man lies in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland and is part of Great Britain. Its government includes a lieutenant governor, executive council, and house of keys. Rule passed from Northmen and Scots to the Stanley family and Athole. crown rights were fully acquired by 1829. English is common, Manx fading. area 220 square miles, population about 56,000. The three legs emblem signifies loyalty to England Scotland and Ireland.
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Isle of Man
Irish Sea
England
Ireland
Great Britain
Executive Council
House of Keys
Scotland
Alexander II
Stanley
Earls of Athole
Athole
Lord Liverpool's Rape of the Teapot
The incident involves Lord Liverpool traveling incognito in London who asked his valet to pack his papers but the youth packed the silver teapot and spoons. A passerby cried stop thief and the hotel landlord pursued, uncovering the prime minister’s luggage in the street containing the plate.
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Lord Liverpool
London
Oxford Street
Statesman
London Spectator
Old Tudor Ghosts at Hampton Court Palace Hauntors
A report lists Tudor period ghosts at Hampton Court Palace near London. Jane Seymour haunts the queen's staircase on Edward VI’s birth anniversary, Mrs. Penn wanders in gray by her old rooms, and Catherine Howard haunts a newly opened gallery. An inquiry found a walled up room with an old spinning wheel and worn flooring.
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Hampton Court Palace
London
Jane Seymour
Edward VI
Penn
Hampton Church
Board of Works
Catherine Howard
Fishy remark mirrors man in slippery situation
A jokey saying compares a man to a fish, noting a fish would avoid trouble if it kept its mouth shut. The quip plays on the idea that silence can prevent risk and embarrassment.
Notable California Gold Rush wager ends with big gain
In Thomas F. B. Marishs Gold Hunters of California a tale tells of Moore a bold bettor who lost thousands on a game of faro. He offered a final bet with a key to his safe promising the dealer half the contents if he won. Moore won about $47,000 in the bold gamble.
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Thomas FB. Marish
California
Farish
Moore
Suns
Mohocks of London A Craven Nighttime Band of Rakes
In early eighteenth century London a cohort called Mohocks, rich and reckless, roamed streets at night. Swift described them as a race of rakes who carried lead loaded clubs and menaced passersby with cruelty and insults. Lecky notes matrons were rolled, watchmen beaten, noses slit, and coaches overturned as gentlemen visited theaters attended by armed followers.
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London
Swift
Lecky
Pearson's Weekly
Toasts and a retort in postwar Canada
Major Lomax of the United States Army visited Quebec soon after the war of 1812. After a dinner, a British officer toasted The President of the United States, Dead or Alive. Lomax replied with The Prince Regent, Syrunk or Sober, prompting the officer to demand if it was an insult. Lomax answered it was a reply to the toast.
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Lomax
United States Army
Canada
Quebec
United States
Fanny Blunder and the Cockburn Arrest Story
Law Notes recounts a tale told by Sergeant Ballantine about Lord Chief Justice Cockburn. In Piccadilly a police officer arrested a woman for drunkenness, and Cockburn joined the debate claiming illness over intoxication. A second officer then grabbed Cockburn, arresting him "for many things" known to police.
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Ballantine
Cockburn
England
Piccadilly
Lord Cockburn
House of Commons
Reverend Mattison of Patterdale A Long Life in Wales
The Rev Mr Mattison served as curate at Patterdale England for nearly sixty years with an income between 12 and 18 pounds yearly. He married and had four children, buried his mother, married his father, christened his wife, published his banns, and educated his son for college. He died aged ninety six with a fortune of 1000 pounds.
His Closest Relation
A humorous quip from the Larned Tiller and Toiler noting a boy asking his mother who his closest relation is and a father who only gives money when asked, followed by the punchline that the paper the man read was upside down for a full half hour.
Alphabetical Marvel Seen By Little Irma
Little Irma visits her father’s office and discovers a sewing machine that supposedly sews A B C’s, marveling at the typewriter she also sees, in a quaint anecdote from Lippincott's Magazine.
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Irma
Papae
Lippincott’s
Slander’s Harm Warned In Lavater Quotation
A Lavater quotation warns that listening to secrets can harm both the speaker and the listener. It cautions against spreading rumors and the harm of unverified words.
The Renter's Advantages in a Chicago News Quote
The husband argues that economizing will soon buy a house of their own. The wife counters she values renting for freedom to modify walls and woodwork.
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Chicago News
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Barr
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Himeri City
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