The Marshal of Paradise A Tale of Runty Smithers
In Paradise Arizona Archibald Anstruther recalls Aunty Smithers a timid scholar who becomes marshal after an election prank. He faces a violent outlaw raid at Three-Fingered Pete’s saloon and dies defending duty, as Lonesome Linthicum exacts swift revenge.
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Smithers
Paradise
Ariz
Archibald Anstruther
Richmond
Ind
Middle States
Pompeii
Arizona
Lonesome Linthicum
Runty
Billy Earle
Billy
Runty Smithers
Pat Johnson
Pap
Jake Sweeney
Big Bill Jernigan
Aunty Smithers
Pete
Runty Marshal
Lonesome
Er’s Gulch
Jernigan
Windy
Pap Johnson
Tucson
Dutch Henry
Dutch
Jake
Jerry
Marshall Smithers
Linthicum
Aunty
Marshal
Newcomer Politician Encounters Courtly Refusal in D.C.
A Western politician new to Washington recalls hunting for lodging and meeting an elderly hostess of refined manners. He asks for a room, she rebukes him with a crisp correction, declaring Miss Blank from choice. This anecdote appeared in Sunday Magazine.
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Washington
Thoughtful remark on Helen of Troy in Houston Post style
A brief quotation captures a husband asserting Helen of Troy as the most beautiful woman, prompting discussion on perceived beauty in a Houston Post context.
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Helen of Troy
Houston Post
The Reason About a Writer and Her Busy Life
A reader muses on how a writer finds time to craft vivid depictions of childrearing while another quips she has none. The exchange reflects admiration and wit in a Baltimore American style.
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Baltl
Wright’s 1007 Scriptural Authority Compilation
A compact note references eS Wright and the author at 1007 with a citation to Jud 11 1 33, indicating a scriptural authority discussion.
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Es Wright
Vows to God and the Jephthah lesson on restraint
The sermon warns vows must arise from genuine understanding not impulse. Jephthah showed sincere worship yet erred by thinking God could be bought or limited by human concepts. True worship comes from mountain top devotion and vows should be made after contemplation and then fulfilled with restraint. Delaying vows aids faithful fulfillment.
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Jephthah
God
Jephthah Reaffirms Faith Before Ammonite Threat
Jephthah returns to Mizpeh to lead the Gileadite army against Ammon. A captured Ammonite spy boasts of offerings to Chemosh, prompting Jephthah to declare that the God of Hebrews will accompany them and resolve the looming confrontation.
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Ephthah
Tob
Gilead
Manasseh
Mizpeh
Jephthah
Chemosh
Jephthah’s Homecoming and Tragic Promise
Jephthah returns with his victorious army to Mizpah and plans a joyful reunion with his daughter. He recalls the vow made before battle and the horror of his words as his daughter appears leading a celebration, realizing he cannot backtrack.
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Jephthah
Gilead
Mizpah
Babies and Mammas Welcomed at Bible School
Mothers are invited to bring their babies to the First Christian Bible school in Jacksonville Florida. The effort brings many women to the class who might stay home. In Verona New Jersey a nursery has been started at a small Methodist church and young women of the church care for babies during Sunday worship.
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First Christian Bible School
Jacksonville
Fla
Verona
N. J
Proposed Mission Inspection Tour by Laymen's Movement
A New York dinner chaired by ex mayor Seth Low announced a plan to form 100 American business men who will travel together around the world at their own expense. They will visit Asia mission lands and inspect chief missionary stations in each country.
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New York
Seth Low
Asia
Scare Over Tariffs Prompts Call for Preparedness
The March 6 Associated Press statement signals tough stance on tariff strategy with France and Germany. It argues Congress must decide on reciprocity or risk retaliation, urging calm executive response and warning against premature extra sessions or reciprocal concessions.
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France
Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Congress
Pronunciamento
Entrenched interests block tariff bill for Philippines
The Rochester Post-Express notes that despite the president’s push for a Philippine tariff bill, entrenched special interests, notably American sugar farmers, prevent passage. It argues senators and representatives prioritize salary increases over aiding Filipinos and elevates the farmer as a dominant influence in politics.
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Rochester Post- Express
Philippines
United States
They Listen. France Rules Respond I Listen
A new French ruling requires telephone operators to reply with I listen. The text notes Americans object to the phrase and mocks the idea as an infringement on speech.
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France
Difficulties in the Way of German American Tariff Talks
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes that a renewed understanding with Germany is planned to extend beyond next June. The North commission report guides the treaty, which raises thorny questions on reciprocity, protection, and how to avoid harming American manufacturers while keeping Britain as a principal customer.
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Germany
United States
von Sternburg
North Commission
Berlin
Garman Tarif
Senate
Congress
Great Britain
Philadelphia Inquirer
Salton Sea Calamity Reprising Reform Shovel Quip
A terse Sunbiting quip frames another potential Salton Sea disaster as a tariff reformer boasts of triumph with a reform shovel, mixing satire and imminent peril in a single bristling line.
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Salton Sea
Root proposes German style tariffs to ease trade
The Pittsburg Chronicle discusses Secretary Root's support for a double tariff system inspired by German practice. It argues Germany gains nothing by complaint if the US offers a universal minimum schedule, while Britain remains a major buyer of American and German goods.
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Germany
Root
Great Britain
Pittsburg Chronicle
Best Possible Subsidy Debate Claims in West
Chicago Daily News notes Roosevelt will back the ship subsidy bill in the west though corn subsidies might be more popular there. It argues western corn raisers enjoy subsidies already via tariffs and rich soil, urging Roosevelt to praise such a subsidy by highlighting western farming advantages.
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Roosevelt
Chicago Daily News
News
Burlington Hawk- Ieye
Hat Found Inside Monk Fish at Scarborough Pier
A large monk or devil fish opened at Scarborough fish pier yielded a near intact lady's hat and a sole inside the mouth. The Daily News reports the hat likely blew from a young woman aboard a ship, explaining how it traveled to the sea creature.
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Scarborough Fish
London Daily News
T D Buhl Falls Dead on Street Near Waldorf Hotel
Theodore D Buhl, 64, president of Buhl Iron Works Detroit National Bank and Parke Davis Co, collapsed and died of apoplexy Sunday on Thirty fourth Street near the Waldorf Astoria after a hotel visit. He was a noted steel magnate and multimillionaire.
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Iron Works, A National Bank
Parke, Davis & Co
New York
Theodore D. Buhl
Buhl Malenable Iron Works
Detroit
Detroit National Banks
Parke, Davis& Co
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Buhl
Middle West
East
F. H. Walker
Mr. Buhl
Boston
Holland House
Bahl
Waldorf-Astoria
Mexican Editor Jailed Over Chihuahua Governor Claim
Paso Texas reports Sillvestre Terrazay editor of El Correo Chihuahua was jailed for urging that Enrique C Creel Mexico ambassador cannot be elected Chihuahua's constitutional governor. The arrest shocks northern Mexico and fuels agitators against the Diaz government on both sides of the border.
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Paso
Tex
Enrique C. Creel
Mexico
United States
Chihuahua
Sillvestre Terrazay
el Correo
Judge Josiah Turner Dies at 96 in Oweas0 Michigan
Judge Josiah Turner longtime Seventh Judicial Circuit judge and former Michigan Supreme Court member died at his home Sunday night at age 96. Born in New Haven Vermont he helped sponsor the 1854 Jackson oak convention that formed the Republican party.
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Oweas0
Mich
Josiah Turner
Seventh Judicial Circuit
State Supreme Bench
Turner
New Haven
Jackson
Sailors Save Crew After Schooner Grounds
Norfolk officials report ten people aboard the four masted schooner Louis Bossart were rescued near Nag's Head by Capt Etheridge and his life saving crew after a heavy northeast gale battered the Virginia Carolina coast for 48 hours.
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Norfolk
Etheridge
Nag's Head
N. GC
Louis Bossart
Virginia-Carolina
Taft and Party Arrive at Havana Aboard Mayflower
Secretary of War Taft and his party arrived in Havana Sunday morning aboard the Mayflower. The trip from the isthmus passed without incident and all members of the party are reported well.
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Taft
Havana
Isthmus
Ex-President of Guatemala Slain in Mexico City
Ex-President Jose Baré rillas of Guatemala was assassinated in Mexico City at the house of commons by a young Guatemalan named Cabrera, 18 years old.
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Guatemala
Mexico City
Jose Barérillas
House of Commons
Cabrera
National Civic Federation selects Chicago for Trusts Conference
The executive council of the National Civic Federation set Chicago as the site and May 28, 29, 30 and 31 as the dates for the national conference on combinations and trusts.
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New York
The
National Civic Federation
Chicago
National Conference On Combinations and Trusts
Vandals Destroy West Side Carnegie Library
Waterloo police arrested Orville Jones and Willard Smith for despoiling the West Side Carnegie Library. They confessed to the vandalism causing damage estimated in the thousands of dollars.
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Waterloo
Orville Jones
Willard Smith
West Side Carnegie Library
Senator Heyburn Improvement Report From Illness
United States Senator W B Heyburn of Idaho, seized by acute indigestion Saturday, showed marked improvement by Sunday night. The Senator remains under medical observation.
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Heyburn
Philadelphia
United States
W. B. Heyburn
Idaho
Bitlis Quakes Ebb as People Recover
In Bitlis Armenia Rev Royal M Cole head of the American mission reports via telegram that earthquake shocks are abating and residents are recovering from the fright as the city begins to resume normal life.
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Bitlis
Constantinople
Royal M. Cole
Armenia
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Judson
Ammon
Miny
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Said Creel
Michigan
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Carolina
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