Pauline Hendricks a Tale of the Revolution
Pauline Hendricks aids a wounded New Jersey officer and ferries dispatches to General Washington. The girl’s Tory father learns of the mission as Washington rewards her bravery with a trinket from the commander.
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Pauline Hendricks
Paul Hendricks
Manhattan
Pauline
Gen
Washington
Long Island
Lieut
John Sperry
New Jersey
Missy
Tom
Sentinel
Lieut. Sperry
Talkative crow Jim learns to talk in New Jersey tale
Samuel Seager of Bolivar New Jersey owns a tame crow named Jim aged 16 months that talks plainly. Jim was found with a sister in a hollow tree and sold. now he sits on the piano and jokes during coon songs. He answers breakfast with Well I should smile and greets only introduced people.
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Samuel Seager
Bolivar
N. J
Jim
Mr. Seager
Ernest Thompson Seton
Dad
Napa
N. Y. Tribune
Momentous Second of a German Year Revealed
A German observer notes a precise moment on Saturday morning August 2 1902. The time is one minute and one second past one o’clock, marked as the second second of the second minute of the second hour and so on through the second decade of centuries.
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A.D
Dog on Collar Passes Cash For Stranger At Post Office
A Boston man used his dog's collar as identification to cash a money order, after a new clerk refused to honor the request without local recognition. The clerk accepted the inscription on the terrier's collar and paid the order once the dog's name and address were read.
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Boston Herald
Boston
Postal Order Department
Dolly and Deering Exchange Banter on Big Game
In a playful exchange, Dolly grills Mr. Deering about dangerous big game hunting. Cholly retorts with a self-deprecating jab about his own photograph of a beach just fifty yards away, reflecting a lighthearted scene from a period piece.
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Dolly
Mr. Deering
Cholly
Puck
Bryans Declaration of War in Democratic Split
The article portrays William J. Bryan branding a Cleveland faction as enemies within the Democratic Party. He urges Democrats to defend Chicago 1896 and Kansas City 1900 platforms, declaring war on Cleveland-Hill-Olney-German elements and their allies while urging precinct clubs nationwide to organize against them.
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Charleston
William J. Bryan
Cleveland
Columbus
Lincoln
Bryan
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Trust legislation moves to curb corporate discrimination
The passage of the Alkins bill and related reforms narrows loopholes by targeting corporate rebates rather than individual agents, while amendments seek broader publicity of interstate operations and faster prosecutions. Critics argue the measures harm trusts, but supporters say the remedy cures rather than exterminates abusively gained business.
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House of the Elkins
Chicago Inter Ocean
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department of Justice
Mr. Bryan
Bryanism divides the Democratic Party and threatens 1904 unity
The piece argues that William Jennings Bryan remains the dominant yet divisive force within the Democratic Party, predicting a schism akin to the 1896 split. It notes Bryan’s past votes, possible 1904 revolt, and the likelihood of bolt or realignment if a Cleveland-style nominee emerges. It also commends Republican restraint and Roosevelt era reforms as a remedy.
Col Ryan Choosy About His Dinner Company
Press opinions note Col Ryan’s selective company at Democratic dinners. Mr Bryan faces two defeats amid party rank opposition. Bryan declines Cleveland dinner invite, symbolizing a demand for control over arrangements and pace of events.
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Col
Ryan
Cincinnati Enquirer
Dem
Bryan
Indianapolis News
Ind
Cleveland
Philadelphia Inquirer
Lincoln Birthday Speech Sparks Democratic Split
An Indianapolis Journal report argues that Bryan and Budd attacked Lincoln supporters at a Columbus event. It claims Bryan warned against Wall Street training Democrats and signaled continued party rifts as he presses for leadership and a new creed ahead of the next election.
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Tom L. Johnson
Gov. Budd
William J. Bryan
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Columbus
Indianapolis Journal
Budd
California
Hearst
Bryan
Wall Street
Afr
Fr Bryan
Cleveland Democrats
Virginia opens small land tracts lure after war
The article notes Virginia, once slow to recover from the Civil War, now offers land in small tracts at low prices due to changed conditions. It highlights climate soil and transport, suggests tobacco cotton fruits and truck farming as profitable, and advertises M E I Ry Industrial Department to aid site selection with a mailed information book. It also quotes proverbs and promotes three daily trains from Chicago to California and the Pacific.
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Old Dominion
Virginia
Union
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Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Party
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MDA
N Dakota
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Ton
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L Pass
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I’. Ry
Wainwright Bldg
St. Louis
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Union Pacific
North-Western Line
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Ram
Oregon
Johnson
Carter
Carters
Arciy
NEW York Evening News
Joseph Howard, Jr
America
New York
Howard
Walter Scott
Broadway
J. J. Hi
Marbichead
Mase
Cer
Moston
Claes
MIE Vose Piano Company
Boyleton Serent
Mass
Wabash Avng
TDL
Vose Piano Company
Macbeth
Pittsburgh
Salzer
Gether
Teosinto
Harley
Brora
Hope
Big Ady
Sulzer
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Onca
Speltz
Telis
Norfolk and Western Hallway Company
W.g.bevill
Paul Scherer
Agt
Geos Acy Lands and Immigration
Roanoke
Vee
Sower
A.J. Tower CO
A. ‘Tower Canadian CO. Linee
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Western Canada
Ly, Ang
Canada
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Atlas
Ottawa
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Wis
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Big Your Bldg
Indianapolis
Piso
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