Limuel Jacklin on Horse Sense and Mother Wit
In a crowded smithy Limuel Jacklin argues common sense, or mother wit, outvalues book learning. A schoolmaster challenges him on education and genius, while Brizantine and Elihu debate inheriting sense, with rural folks sharing views on practical wisdom and intellect.
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Limuel Jacklin
Old Lim
Bacon
Brizantine
Limuel
Gabner Hightower
Creek
Elihu
Jim
Hoss Sense
Opte Read
The Presidency as Lottery and Life Path
A speaker argues most Americans never reach the presidency and few older insights offer guidance. He reflects on personal choices, cites Emerson and Bryant, and urges readers to forgo presidential fantasies, pursue honest work, and accept occasional leadership by a small, chosen few.
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Emerson
Bryant
United States
Andrew Johnson
Prohibition
Labor
Wagner
Cincinnatus
Horace Greeley
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Pott & Co
The Only Man Who Can Keep a Promise
A brief quotation from the New York Press notes that the only man who can keep a promise is the one who never has to make one.
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New York Press
Venezuelan Charge Quits Washington Closing Caracas Legation
Senor Veloz Goicoa the Venezuelan charge d affaires called at the state department to present his government’s notice that he would quit his post and close the Venezuelan legation in Washington. Officials express regret at his departure while stressing no imminent war risk despite severed relations.
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Washington
America
Venezuela
Senor Veloz-Goilicoa
State Department
Bacon
Root
Senor Veloz
Atlee
Huntington Wilson
France
Paris
American Minister Fired On In Bolivian Paraguay Crisis
In La Paz reports say the American minister Edward C. O'Brien was fired at three times by government troops near Asuncion while offering mediation during the Paraguayan revolution. He escaped unharmed as troops ceased fire after realizing the error.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Paraguay
Asuncion
Edward C. O’brien
Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan wed in London ceremony
Mme Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan married at a registry office in Henrietta Street with a later service at the French Protestant church. The civil rite was simple with few witnesses while a porters’ crowd watched outside. The registrar issued the license after proof of two weeks residence.
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London
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
Henrietta Street
Covent Garden
Soho Square
Prince Helie
Mme. Gould
Prince Helis
Goulds May Be Reconciled After Court Action
Reports circulated Wednesday that Frank J. Gould and his wife have reconciled following the striking from the court calendar of the action Gould versus Gould. The note signals a possible settlement or renewed harmony between the estranged spouses amid ongoing legal proceedings.
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Goulds
New York
Frank J. Gould
Gould
Watson Nominated for President by Populists at Mass Meeting
Thomas E. Watson was formally notified of his nomination for president by the Populists of the United States at a mass meeting held Thursday night in Atlanta Georgia.
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Atlanta
United States
Lusitania Beats Atlantic Record Arrives at Sandy Hook
The Lusitania arrived at Sandy Hook lightship after a record Atlantic crossing of 4 days 18 hours 36 minutes, breaking previous records.
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New York
Atlantic
Lusitania
Sandy Hook
Robert Mather Hurt in Wagon Accident
Robert Mather former president of the Rock Island Railroad Company was jolted from a wagon while leading a saddle horse in Redding California and sustained a broken left wrist.
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Robert Mather
Redding
Cal
Rock Island Railroad Company
Aged Couple Cremated in North Rose Fire
Rochester New York a fire destroyed a Farr Road residence killing Mr Ed mund Smith and his wife both 50 years old They perished Monday in the blaze authorities reported the couple were the only occupants of the home and the cause of the fire was not immediately known
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Rochester
N. Y
Edmund Smith
Farr
North Rose
Fatal Wreck Claims Dickinson Man in Rail Yard Incident
Dickinson North Dakota. Jack Great died in a local hospital Thursday from injuries sustained in a wreck in the railroad yards. Harry Nettinger suffered both thighs injured and several ribs broken in the same incident.
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North Dakota
Dickinson
N. D
Jack Great
Harry Nettinger
Hitchcock Made Chief. Vorys Heads Ohio Campaign
Hot Springs Virginia action reports Frank H Hitch cock named chairman of the Republican national committee and national campaign manager. George R Sheldon of New York elected treasurer and Arthur I Vorys of Ohio placed in charge of Ohio headquarters in Cincinnati. Executive committee vote was unanimous.
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Vorys
Ohio
George R. Sheldon
New York
Hot Springs
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
Arthur I. Vorys
Cincinnati
Republican National Committee
Docks Fire Grips East Boston Front
A fire along Boston harborfront in East Boston, likely sparked by spontaneous combustion or a locomotive spark and driven by wind, caused about 1.5 million dollars in damage, hitting the Boston and Albany railroad hardest. Watchman Daniel Sullivan is missing, believed to have perished. A separate blaze at College Point, New York, damaged Zehden’s hotel and casino and other buildings, near 200 thousand dollars.
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Boston
Boston & Albany Railroad
Daniel Sullivan
New York
College Point
S. 1
Zehden
Dondera
Taft Backing Shapes Republican Campaign Leadership
The meeting endorsed Taft’s choice for president and selected Hitchcock as campaign chair. Vorys was named to lead the Ohio national campaign to ease tensions over Hitchcock’s appointment. Sheldon’s selection came on Bliss’s recommendation and has Roosevelt’s approval, linking campaign funds to Bliss’s guidance.
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William H. Taft
Republican Party
Hitchcock
Taft
Vorys
Ohio
Sheldon
Cornelius N. Bliss
Roosevelt
Harvard
Bliss
Danville Attorney Seized in Major Counterfeit Plot
Charles E Brown a 35 year old attorney and social figure was arrested Friday in Danville by secret service agents Porter and Wilkie on counterfeiting charges. He awaits action by a United States grand jury in 5000 dollar bonds. Agents found a complete counterfeiting setup in his desk and cellar ready to produce various denominations.
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Danville, Ill
Charles BE. Brown
Secret Service
Thomas J
Montana Battleship Arrives for Formal Delivery in Norfolk
The battleship Montana arrived at the Norfolk navy yard from Newport News builders for official government delivery after naval authorities conduct the required checking up.
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Montana
Norfolk, Va
Norfolk Navy Yard
Newport News
Naval
Rebels Capture Choluteca in Honduran Revolt
Report confirms that the Honduran Urduran revolutionists seized the fortified town of Choluteca. The victory displeases both American and Mexican governments, according to a Nicaragua minister.
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Washington
Choluteca
State Department
Ugarte
Nicaragua
Uprising of Nav ajos prompts troop dispatches to New Mexico
An uprising of Navajos in New Mexico triggers the dispatch of 30 soldiers with machine guns from Fort Huachuca to Fort Wingate to assist in quelling the outbreak. In Medicine Hat Saskatchewan seven people died and four were injured in a head on collision between a Spokane flyer bound for Coleridge and a Crowsnest passenger train near the city.
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Bisbee
Ariz
New Mexico
Fort Huachuca
Fort Wingate
N. M
Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Coleridge
Prohibition Party to Hold National Convention in Columbus
The national Prohibition party will convene at Memorial Hall in Columbus on July 15 and 16 to discuss platform and candidates for the coming election.
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Drys
Columbus, O
National Prohibition Party
Columbus
Memorial Hall
Bergh Plans Tests of Humane Cattle Killing Devices
Henry Bergh authorized to travel to Chicago stock yards to test about 40 proposed humane killing methods for cattle. Fewer than a dozen deemed worthy, with air and noiseless guns and several cutting devices favored for trial for a $500 prize.
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New York
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Henry Bergh
Chicago
Bergh
Mr. Bergh
Two Men Killed by Train Near Pine Station
T F Tremaine aged 25 of Delta Ohio and E B Williams aged 28 of Hicksville Ohio were killed by a passenger train on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad near Pine station Hammond Indiana.
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Hammond
Ind
T. F. Tremaine
Delta
E. B. Williams
Hicksville
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Pine Station
Jurymen Sue Paris Matin Over Libel Verdict Critique
Jurors in the Humbert libel case sue the Paris Matin for 20000 damages alleging the paper printed a critical article the day after the trial. The suit contends the report harmed the jurors by inaccurately judging the verdict.
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Paris Matin
Paris
Humbert
The
Matin
Operator Charged with Manslaughter in Train Crash
Sedalia Mo Charles Taylor tele graph operator at LaMonte on duty the night two Missouri Pacific trains collided near Knobnoster was arrested at Dresden on a charge of manslaughter.
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Sedalia
Charles Taylor
LaMonte
Missouri Pacific
Knobnoster
Dresden
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Prince de Sagan
Watson
Iowa
Republicans
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Frank Alphitchcock
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St. Paul
Minn
Great Northern Railway
Naples
Idaho
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Robert Roman
Fides Shixir
Senna
Ectua Uys
Pacific Coast Borax Co
Rockies
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VIA
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Chicago, Ill
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Paxton Toilet CO
Masa
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Santaglara
California
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Chamber of Commerce
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Brooklyn
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