Coal Miner to Secretary of State Behind Taft Campaign
Carmi Alexander Thompson of Ohio rose from coal mining in Ironton to law, politics, and national service. A West Virginia native aged forty two, he earned a high school education, attended Ohio State, taught briefly, studied law, and joined the Ironton bar. He served as city solicitor, led the Ohio House as speaker in 1906 07, and became secretary of state before later serving as assistant secretary of the interior and joining Taft's campaign management.
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Taft
West Virginia
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Ironton
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Judge Dillon of Ohio Withdraws From Governor Bid
Judge Edmund B. Dillon of Columbus nominated by Ohio Republicans for governor but withdrew from the ticket to support the Roosevelt party third ticket. He resisted at first, then was nominated on the fifth ballot. Dillon, 43, a judge of the common pleas serving a third term, is a native of Ohio and educated in Portsmouth and Ohio Wesleyan. He practiced law in London before joining the bench in 1902.
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Elizabeth Paxton
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Maggie Blair
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Jones County
Iowa
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Plaintiifs
Humorous Exchange Over Tips In Chicago
A short Chicago Tribune anecdote shows a vendor insisting a ten dollar bill is all the change available while brushing a hat. The exchange highlights streetwise banter and currency quirks in a city context.
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Chicago Tribune
Profit and Loss Remark in Birmingham Age Quotation
A Birmingham Age notice records a brief exchange about Dibble playing golf for health with a positive note on health but a negative remark on language. The casual dialogue hints at personal habits affecting well being.
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Dibble
Birmingham
Plucky Englishman Fights Python in Antwerp Zoo
An English visitor at Antwerp Jardin Zoologique tried an ointment on a fourteen foot female python despite a Flemish keeper’s absence. The snake struck during the struggle, twisting around the man and nearly crushing him, leaving him dazed but alive after escaping the coils.
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London Zoological Gardens
Antwerp
Jardin Zoologique
Harper’s Weekly
Dieting the Seals Question At Aquarium
A new assistant asks why seals are on reduced rations at the aquarium. He is told the seals fatten quickly and without diet control they could become unable to swim. The exchange highlights concerns about animal welfare and diet management at the facility.
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Aquarium
New York Times
Home of Wisdom Tub of axle grease tale in Athens
A witty exchange ponders Diogenes and his famed sayings. The joke imagines his wisdom delivered from a tub on a porch, joking that it could be a tub of axle grease on an Athens shopfront.
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Diogenes
Kansas City Journal
Sailors' Snug Harbor Orchard Grows Into Cityland Value
A century ago a New York sailor left a twenty one acre apple orchard to support aged and infirm seamen. The Sailors' Snug Harbor on Staten Island grew from that gift and now its land value in New York City is about 20 million dollars with nearly 900 veterans cared for.
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New York
Staten Island
New York City
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