Obituary notices and church union discussion text
Obituaries and advertising rates appear amid a long editorial piece on gender roles and a near text from a periodical. The main focus discusses efforts toward church union between Congregationalists and Episcopalians in New England, with remarks from Bishop Hall and concerns about doctrinal concessions and practical steps toward eventual union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Tee Journal
Pal Church
Smyth
Nopetiter
New Haven
Jek Greene
Brewster
W. R. Hunting
Ork
Connert
Episcopal Missionary Conference
New England
Hartford
Bishop Hall
Vermont
Episcopal Church
Episcopal
Isaac
Leslie's Weekly
Censorship of Brides Under Russian Officer Rule
Russian military authorities tighten control over officer marriages. Officers of captain rank or higher face pre engagement scrutiny by regiment colonels, while subalterns are judged by a court of regime officers whose favorable verdict can only be forwarded to the colonel for ultimate veto.
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Russia
Europe
Painted faces at Richmond fair stir court action
At the Richmond fair performers protest to court to prevent painting and powdering on midway faces. Officials argue painted faces draw crowds and threaten decorum as judges consider enjoining those who adorn themselves for the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Laws
Yvain
Veer
Ereynt
Clenana
Richmond
Per Ming
New York Dispensaries Target Abuses by Wealthy Patrons
Opinion piece argues that wealthier patients use Bellevue and other dispensaries for free care, while the sick bear the burden. It calls for an investigator to expose abusers and protect charity resources.
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London
Paris
Berlin
New York
Bellevue
Brannan
Board of Estimate
N. Y. World
The Fly Plague Warns Cities to Clean Up and Shield Homes
Health boards urge drastic fly prevention as summer begins. Citizens must seal homes, remove breeding sites, and maintain cleanliness with lime chloride to fight a widespread insect threat.
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Indianapolis News
Capital Punishment as a Crime Deterrent
Milwaukee Sentinel notes the death penalty often fails as a deterrent. It argues conviction in murder cases is hard with death as punishment and that mitigating circumstances can impede securing a conviction.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Ost Romance In New Gyse Story Returns With Cat Twist
A long familiar Indiana romance resurfaces with a twist as a lover hides a ring on a farm cat tail causing a theft misunderstanding. The ring is later found on a spring and reparations lead to marriage between the woman and her victim. Chicago sources first reported the tale years ago.
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Roomance
Indiana
Lover
Tring
Chicago
Last Year's Literary Vintage Remembered By William Allen White
The piece contrasts past best sellers with lasting value. It notes Richard Harding Davis and Robert W. Chambers as once profitable authors whose 1909 fame faded, while William Allen White remains praised for honest life revealing fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Harding Davis
Robert W. Chambers
William Allen White
Pig Thief Stages Escape After Stolen Animal Incident
In a rough translation a piper named John faces a pig theft and hurried escape. The stolen pig disappears on the street as bystanders react to the startling incident.
Real Mean Man Hamid and Palace Secrets Revealed
The text recounts Abdul Hamid II’s paranoia and palace intrigues after the sultan’s expulsion. Hidden chambers, movable panels, wax effigies, and concealed firearms expose a climate of fear. A favorite wife was killed during his fraught last days as suspicions and assassination fears dominated the palace.
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Yildiz
Abdul
Louis XI
Abdul Hamid
Sus
Paris
Platonic Love and the Putty Image
A satirical piece traces Platonic Love as a tool for squeamish readers to grasp the affectionate concept through a putty image. It suggests the old form of love supplanted the image, guiding readers through a wry philosophic circle of society.
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Hewell
Howells on English pronunciation and American speech
William Dean Howells argues in Seven English Cities that good English society lets one ignore word pronunciation and that Americans face unease when hearing and applying British accents. He cites financiers and everyday terms like financier with accent on the last syllable and notes the need to adapt to oxford or England usage, prompting a humorous moment of self doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dean Howell
Mr. Howells
Webster
Oxford
College
England
Mr. Trowella
Shipping Day Old Chicks On Long Journeys
The shipping of day old chicks is a profitable poultry practice.Healthy chicks can travel 1000 miles safely as they need no food for 72 hours and require minimal packing with quarter inch lumber boxes hay felt and flannel to maintain warmth during winter transport.
Fragmentary Japanese Poetry Snippet
A badly garbled OCR fragment hints at Japanese poetry with scattered letters and partial words. The readable bits do not form a coherent poem or identifiable author or period.
Man Frozen Awake in Hotel Bath Tub Tale
Special telegram from Sandusky Ohio reports Frank Bederman of the West House recounting a late night bath incident. He fell asleep in the tub, woke chilled, pulled a rug over himself, and awoke to find the bath water frozen by open window ice. He said, Gee, I thought I was in bed. No ill effects apparent.
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Associated Press
Sandusky
Ohio
Frank Bederman
West House
Bederman
Happy Dreams
Frank
Atchison Globe
Witchcraft in India Fueled by Fear and Fatal Killings
The piece notes deep rooted witchcraft beliefs in India with cases in Bengal and Santhal Parganaks where a mother and brother killed a woman thought to be a witch and others killed over wizard suspicions. It cites Hindu tribal sacrifices in Angus Khands and Palamau and warns that relaxing vigilance could raise witch killings and human sacrifices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Bengal
Santhal Parganaks
Palamau
Angus
Free Lunch on Interurban Trains Trial in Oregon
An Oregon interurban line from Portland to Salem plans to trial a buffet observation car offering free luncheon. Porters will serve meals at no charge. regular observation car seats will apply, and the lunch is included in the fare. The line, funded by New York and Philadelphia capital, uses Pullman‑style cars with smoking compartments buffet and observation platforms for short trips.
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America
Portland
Oreg
Salem
Willamette Valley
New York
Philadelphia
Remonstrance Over Evarts Note On Exercise And Health
A NYU Law School professor condemns an address claiming Mr Evarts achieved long life and health from no exercise. The piece notes Evarts was hardworking and exemplary, but questions the modern view of health and ponders how education and athletic activity might have altered his eminence.
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Isace Franklin Russell
New York University Law School
Evarts
Mose
Attorney Ge
Curiosities of the Suffrage History and Oddities
A historical look at manhood suffrage from Henry VI to modern reforms. It notes 15th century riots, 40 shilling freeholders, nonpayment of rates, faggot and plural voting, and odd quirks such as customary freeholds and lodger disqualifications affecting curates and nonconformist ministers.
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Henry VI
Knights of the Shire
M. P
House of Commons
Scotland
Ireland
England
United Kingdom
Waterford
Washburn West
Fickfords
Hungary
Lake Windemere
Byys
Mystery Revisions Leave Power for Objections Unused
A remark from Pearson's Weekly notes that a revising barrister, lacking formal objections, felt no authority to remove it. The statement centers on procedural limits and the discretion of legal officials.
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Pearson's Weekly
Skyrocket yeast sparked a chaotic kitchen blaze
A New Jersey woman’s bread rising experiment sent a lamp toppling onto a dog, igniting a fire that spread to a cat on the kitchen sofa. The tale lampooned the product’s usefulness while lampooning its dangers and imagining odd uses for the potent yeast.
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New Jersey
Riley recalls Chaucer joke at Indianapolis literary dinner
A friend recalls James Whitcomb Riley at a literary dinner in Indianapolis honoring a local novelist. Riley’s sister of the host asks who Chaucer is and is told he “died several hundred years ago,” a response that instantaneously ends his welcome in society.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Indianapolis
Mr. Riley
Chaucer
Riley
Mr. Chaucer
Mercy
Kansas City Times
Senator Lassiter proposes plan to confine criminally insane
In Richmond Virginia Special Senator Lassiter from Petersburg bills to end releasing the criminal insane after acquittal by insanity. The measure mirrors New York law placing the white insane at Marion and colored insane at Petersburg with dedicated quarters at Marion and Central State Hospital Peters.
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Richmond
Y. A
Lassiter
Petersburg
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford M. White
Matteawan Hospital
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
Central State Hospital
Petersi
Missouri Rep Clark Pushes Probe Into Food Price Surge
Representative Clark of Missouri, the minority leader, received a draft from Representative Payne for a resolution authorizing a congressional investigation into the causes of high food prices.
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Clark
Missouri
Payne
Poll Tax Collections Urged by Senator McAlexander
Richmond Va Special Senator McAlexander urged county and city officers to collect unpaid poll taxes. He claimed more than half a million dollars was owed to the State and moved a resolution demanding a full statement of all unpaid poll taxes by counties and cities since 1906, for whites and blacks.
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Richmond
McAlexander
I’ranklin
Auditor of Public Accounts
Boy Prodigy Sidis Discusses Fourth Dimension at Harvard
Philadelphia North American reports on William James Sidis, a 10-year-old Harvard entrant, presenting advanced theories on the fourth dimension to professors. The piece compares Sidis to historic prodigies, notes his unprecedented mathematical mastery, and muses on the future potential of his intellect.
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James Sidis
Marvard
Sidis
Euclid
William James Sidis
Harvard
Ancient University
Mozart
Horace Greeley
William James Sidiser
William James
Philadelphia
North American
Immense Crowd Hosts Roosevelt in Nairobi Banquet
A vast audience filled a railway warehouse turned banquet hall as former President Roosevelt spoke to government officials and locals. He praised hosts, urged fair treatment for the black population, and noted highland lands as opportunities for white settlers, while suggesting Indian emigrants could aid regional development.
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Sairobi
Roosevelt
British East Africa
India
M. Newman
Fashions Highlight Blue Lavender Embroideries and Tiny Purse Trends
Notes on lace net embroidery colors include blue and lavender bugles and beads for crepe de chine and liberty silk. Tiny palm sized link coin purses are popular. Muff linings feature vivid colors burgundy red robin hood green French gray peacock blue gun metal. Ponyskin coats stay stylish though not for formal events. Bishop sleeves top fashion with banded puffs. Challs and albatross fabrics used to enhance looks. Heels remain high, thicker, and more cubic this year.
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Geo
L. J
Baltimore
Noah
John
Seine
France
Hamid
Witchcraft
Oregon
William M.evarts
Senator Lassiter
Bill
Mary Snead
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