Political Maps Show Party Claims in November Election
Campaign managers split states on two maps, one for Republicans one for Democrats. Republicans claim 206 electoral votes, Democrats 285, with 132 both sides. Total electoral votes 447, 224 needed to win.
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Montana
Alabama
Nebraska
California
Nevada
Colorado
New York
Delaware
North Carolina
Florida
North Dakota
Georgia
South Carolina
Idaho
South Dakota
Tennessee
Indiana
Texas
Kansas
Kentucky
Virginia
Louisianas
West Virginia
Utah
Wyoming
Maryland
Illinois
Bryan
Missouri
Wide range of early 1900s incidents flood news report
A condensed digest notes cheap French wine from bumper grape yields, a Maine man kills a moose in his yard, India floods drown hundreds and displace thousands, and various violent crimes. It also mentions gulf piracy raids, a British ship captain forming a submarine patrol, and several deaths from accidents and violence. Military, railway, and mining notes close the roundup.
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Pittsburg
India
George Sharp
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Shantong
Chili
Liddle
Bleddyn
Campeche Bank
Gulf of Mexico
Warry Weller
Putnam
Ohio
Homer Goodhart
Minnie Davis
Goodhart
Ruin Follows Strike In Anthracite Coal Region
Hazleton reports hard times after President Mitchells strike shuts mines across Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys. Families face starvation as demand collapses, merchants cancel orders, travelers avoid the area, and theaters close. Relief appeals go to United Mine Workers for striker aid.
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Lackawanna
Wyoming
Sehuylkill
Lehigh
Panther Creek
United Mine Workers
Tamaqua
Audienc
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Marriage cited as shield against self destruction in era rise
Goldwin Smith argues marriage protects against death by own action while divorce fuels it. notes rising discontent yet civilization's sensibility grows. Red Cross says flood relief nears $1 million, mainly for Galveston cleanup. Posts quotes compare Rhine to Hudson beauty and call for peace in China. Gompers on labor rights. Wheeler on US global influence. Chicago plans to curb street beggars.
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Goldwin Smith
Galveston
Stephen E. Barton
The
Red Cross Society
Sacrifice for a sister drives doomed artist in Boston tale
Chauncey Selford gives up wealth and comfort to fund Beatrix's social rise in New York. Beatrix marries Lord Carlton after a costly world tour, while Chauncey sinks into poverty painting for a living. Edythe Fairfax, loving Chauncey, seeks him in the slums where Beatrix’s portrait ends his life. he dies thinking only of his sister.
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Chauncey Selford
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Percy Carlton
Beatrix
Fairfax
Edythe
Edythe ‘Fairfax
Lord
Mr. Selford
Tie
Boston Post
The Covered Bridge Poem Passage
A Washington Star poem reflects on life and death as a covered bridge linking a weary soul to a blissful realm. It speaks of universal toil, transitory gloom, and faith guiding the journey across a dark river toward a shining mount beyond.
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God
Faith
Golden Ridge
Washington Star
Cold Air Health in Winter as Body Restorer
The winter season is a potent stimulant for bodily health and normal activity. Cold exposure increases surface blood circulation, aiding nourishment and skin thickening, and fortifies the body similarly to a fur coat, with indigenous peoples once enduring extreme cold with minimal discomfort.
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Son
St. Louis
Hunting Ostrich Nests in the Sahara
An English traveler Mr. H. B. Tristram recounts how desert hunters search for ostrich eggs rather than skins. Arabs dig with hands to uncover four fresh eggs at a foot depth, noting ostrich tracks are long and hard to follow. Ostrich egg omelets become a welcome desert staple, staying fresh for weeks.
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Sahara
H. B. Tristram
Drake’s Dartmoor Aqueduct to Be Replaced by Reservoir
A 300 year old open aqueduct built by Sir Francis Drake from Dartmoor to Plymouth will be replaced by a large new reservoir as the town outgrows the ancient water supply. The saying about patience and debt hints at a local joke as funding and timing loom.
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Francis Drake
Dartmoor
Plymouth
England
Timekeeping in Mines and Rustic Towns Reveals Odd Clocks
The article describes miners and workers relying on improvised time cues such as Dunlin sticks burning like candles, sun dials, pegs, and chalk lines to mark shifts. It notes managers sometimes left workers alone, and villages without clocks used local methods to signal lunch and end of day.
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Pennsylvania
A. m
Alidley
Enquirer
Eyesight and eye fatigue and a Swiss official tale
Reading fragment discusses eye fatigue and the eye’s accommodation muscles, noting temporary relief from gazing at distant objects and the need for glasses in some cases. It shifts to a Swiss official in the canton of Gas who holds a state salary and duties, then an Italy note about a schoolmaster versus chimneysweep line, and closes with global crisis counts and a June pen decline.
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Vetian Republic
Canton of
Gassentry
Italia del Popolo
All Mail Gazelle
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