Chalmers Resigns After Regents Charge Investigation
In November rumors reached the regents about Dr. Chalmers. An inquiry found he obtained entry to the University of Michigan on false pretenses and lost a Platteville post for political conduct. Letters to boards claimed offers from Penn State Indiana and Edinburgh that none existed. He admitted issues with Ann Arbor and Columbia but blamed politics. he resigned as Vermillion president after the board canceled his election.
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Goodner
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Wis
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Dr. Chalmers
South Dakota
University
Chalmer
Vermillion
Ann Arbor
Columbia
Kittredge Positioned for Senate Canal Chair
Waehlanton Star reports President Roosevelts management praised as Senator Kittredge remains a leading figure for the Isthmian Canal chair. The post likely shifts, with Senator Millard of Nebraska holding initial claim and Platt of New York expected to step aside as next ranking member. A potential presidential statement on canal salaries may follow. Bishop remains on the commission after a strategic move to fill a vacancy, adjusting his role and pay slightly downward from prior employment.
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Waehlanton Star
Roose
Kittredge
Senate
Millard
Joseph Bucklin
Isthmian Canal Commission
Espn Ferrans
Bishop Appointment Sparks Senate Fight Over Principle
It is supposed there will be no trouble confirming Mr. Bishop though the debate in the senate centers on the principle of his appointment and the salary he has been receiving rather than on personal fault.
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Bishop
Senate
Merritt Attacks President Over Party Control in States
Congressman Merritt of Connecticut accuses the president of seeking to control party organization in Connecticut Ohio and other states. Senators and congressmen from those states deny knowledge of the move. Merritt is portrayed as having been struck in a sensitive spot by the president.
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Merritt
Connecticut
Ohio
Missouri boy slays giant in modern David and Goliath tale
An eighteen year old boy in Missouri picked a walnut sized stone and struck a seven foot giant behind the ear. The giant died within an hour after the blow. The giant had slapped the boy’s younger brother and the boy vowed to punish him.
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David
Goliath
Missouri
Congressman's push for consular residences in foreign lands
The Sioux City Journal questions funding for consular residences arguing there are towns in South Dakota needing public buildings first. It asserts the plan would burden the treasury and prefers addressing home towns’ needs before foreign offices.
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Longworth
Ohio
Sioux City Journal
the Journal
South Dakota
Curious Shifts in English Words and Cross Language Tricks
A historical note explains lunch evolved from luncheon and back to lunch while noon ghenk became nunshen and then luncheon. It also covers French borrowings like poseur and gnob and shows how French often halves polysyllables such as steeple from steeplechase and uses terms like smoking jack et and sleeping car.
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Burns
Scott
Benjie
France
Piano-organ term puzzled music language
The London Chronicle discusses the misuse of the term piano-organ, noting it neither resembles a piano nor an organ. It explains that organ refers to pipe or reed arrangements with bellows and stops, while pianoforte denotes a keyed instrument capable of piano and forte.
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London Chronicle
Bismarck's Quip Over Kaiser's Title Debate
In early German empire days the court split on the Kaiser's title. Bismarck, at table, asked the Latin for sausage. After laughs he quips that farcimentum or farcimen is all the same to me.
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Germany
Bismarck
How to Roast the Succulent Oyster
Select large oysters scrub thoroughly. Place in a tin with shells down so liquor stays inside. When they open remove upper shell sprinkle salt pepper and chopped parsley add a little butter and serve hot on watercress. An excellent first course with brown bread and butter.
Beaconsfield encounter links resident to Burkes and Wallers graves
A visitor asking for Burke and Waller graves in Beaconsfield churchyard prompts a local man to recall no such burials. He mentions a nearby chemist shop once connected to Devereux, the trunk murder suspect and former apprentice.
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Beaconsfield
Burke and Waller
Devereux
Christmas notices and local holiday movements in Ethan area
Christmas greetings and families visiting Mitchell and nearby towns. Local residents, including Mrs. Cooley, James Curlew, John Craig, and Charles Coyne, spend holidays with relatives. A. Q. U. W. officers elected for 1906 and banquet at Grady's. Political and business moves feature Wallace Gleason selling 480 acres at 42 per acre and moving to Geddes with stock invoicing.
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Ethan
BE. J
Jey
Mitchell
Mrs. Cooley
Newel Blackman
James Curlew
Tulare
John Craig
Plankinton
Charles Coyne
Virgil
Miss Sterling
Parkston
Elva Klotz
Mitchell D. W. U
M.V . John Clement
Foreman
L. &. Lowrie
H. L. Bowlby
Geo. A. Castor
John M. Crampton
Max Burgfried
BH. Graves
Robert Gurren
James Crampton
Fred Carpenter
W. HW
Trow
Grady’s
Fred Morgan
Letcher
Emma Ortman
Lena Fosteman
Chicago
Wallace Gleason
Geddes
S. D
Jonas Nelsons
Hriday
Rock
Rapids
Christmas Day Weather and Community Notes
Prosper and Bloomis pages recount unusually fine Christmas weather and family gatherings. Local residents Rose Schaub, Agnes Scheick, Florence Watson and others spend holidays with relatives while trades and services continue, and social events like a New Year dance are announced for the community.
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Rose Schaub
Chamberlain
Frank Schaub
Agnes Scheick
Frank Scheick
S. Neilson
Prosper
Mitchelll
Henry Riggert
Points
Iowa
Minnie Riggert
Mitchell
Loomis and surrounding area Christmas activities noted
A Christmas program at Loomis church included a Santa Claus visit and sack distribution, plus a crowd and dance in Letcher. Reports mention long travels by LU. T. Eager, Cora and Sam Goodman and others visiting family in multiple towns, with many residents attending holidays events and visiting relatives in Plainfield, Des Moines, Sioux Falls, and Mitchell.
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Lodmis
Steve Ounthout
Ethan
Wick Waugh
Joe Gilfillan
Wessington Springs
James Barr
Eva Gillilan
LU. T. Eager
Plainfield
Wis
Cora Goodman
G. W. Kilborn
Mt. Vernon
O. Wh. Browne
State Educational Association
Brookings
Helen Shanley
Letcher
G. H. Bishop
T. N. Treat
Zof Plankinton
M. Knutson
Anderson
Steldon
Iowa
A. Vavichek
Frank Meekins
Des Moines
Herbert Rounds
Rock Valley
Oren Mabbott
Chas. Lewis
Wild Rose
Wisconsin
G. Nelander
Sioux Falls
Swedish Baptist Church
G. H. Smith
Alexandria
John Momsen
Malicious Will Excerpt Details Cruel Bequest
The passage presents a depraved English will draft by William Hall, gifting 10 shillings weekly to Samuel Hall amid the witness of past insults assaults and threats, ending with a wish that the first meal after death will choke him.
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William Hall
Samuel Hall
Temple
Lincoln's Integrity and Honest Law Practice
Frederick Trevor Hill cites Lincoln's belief in integrity, noting his patience with claims honesty cannot coexist with the profession. He urges young lawyers to choose honesty first, even if that means abandoning law for another path.
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Lincoln
Frederick Trevor Hill
Century
Ailing People Benefit From Fifty Years of Relief
A health product claims to restore hundreds of sickly people to robust health over five decades. It promises to strengthen the entire system and cure heartburn bloating nausea poor appetite indigestion dyspepsia castiveness chills colds grippe or malaria. A free 1906 Almanac copy is offered through druggists.
Amusing Suit Over Saint Henry’s Day Ruled All Saints
An Italian newspaper recounts a case in a Russian city where German is spoken. A man sued for 50 rubles promising repayment on St Henry’s day. The court found no Saint Henry in the Russian Orthodox calendar and ruled that the 50 rubles be returned on All Saints’ Day.
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St. Henry
Sunday Umbrella Dilemma in Ferguson Home
A slight shower spurs Mr Ferguson to fetch an umbrella for church but Mrs. Ferguson suggests borrowing from the Thompsons, who never attend church. He insists it is wrong to borrow umbrellas on Sunday.
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Mr. Ferguson
Church
Thompsons
Punishing Self After Careless Purchase
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune notes a person deciding to punish themselves for carelessness by skipping church and resting in an easy chair to read the morning papers. The remark centers on self-imposed penance following a purchase made the previous day.
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Chicago Tribune
Italians in a mountain village form affluent expatriate colony
Aesthetic and social portrait of a village in Italy populated by well off Italians who speak English with accents. Retired organ grinders build fortunes abroad and settle back with families in the sweet Italian mountains forming a distinct expatriate enclave. The piece ties to a London Standard note about the Black Watch origins.
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Black Watch
Royal Highlanders
Scotland
Highlands
Royal Highland Black Watch
London Standard
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