Massasoit’s Son King Philip Defies English Rule
In 1665 Nan tucket faces murder and blood feud as Metacomet known as King Philip avenges his father Massasoit by killing the insulted Indian. The ensuing wars devastate Swansea Hadley and villages in the Connecticut valley. Philip is cornered near Mount Hope and killed on August 12 1676 his head displayed at Plymouth.
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Nantucket
Pokanoket Sachem
Massasoit
Metacomet
Philip
Narragansett Bay
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Mass
Namsutta
Alexander
Sachem
Bristol
Tiverton
R. I
Swansea
Ry Mouth
Hadley
William Coffe
Bloody Brook
Connecticut Valley
Springfield
Northfield
Brookfield
Mount Hope
West Indies
Taft Urges Tariff Framed for Business Needs
President Taft in Grand Rapids calls for a tariff designed to protect business interests and resist political manipulation. He criticizes extra session measures and the wool schedule as harmful, urging a data driven approach via a permanent tariff commission to avoid ill advised revisions.
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Grand Rapids
Taft
Tariff Board
Tariff Commission
Congress
Pontiac the Great Indian Chief and the Detroit Siege
A detailed account recalls Pontiac born 1720 who united Ottawa Ojibway and Potawatomi into a major Indian alliance against English settlers. He led plans to seize twelve frontier forts and besiege Detroit in 1763, but an Indian girl warned the garrison and the plot failed.
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Detroit
America
Pontiac
Detroit Stockade
Ottawa River
Canada
France
Braddock
Pittsburgh
Pontiac Ws
New Hampshire
Rodgers
Troit
Pontize
Pontian
Woman Opens Checking Account After Cash Pile Debut
A young woman in the Wade building bank opens a checking account at Mr. Purden's window after depositing numerous items from a large shopping bag. She explains she wants to avoid cash payments for household bills and asks how much to leave as initial deposit. Purden spends twenty minutes clarifying the idea.
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W. D. Purden
Wade
Parden
Cleveland
Women and Love Letters Preserve Affection Through Time
A quaint western observation notes how men write love letters and women keep them as cherished keepsakes. The piece likens letters to a mirror and powder puff, with a woman kissing and storing them for bed and morning rituals. The author suggests marriage as the safest outcome for the writer.
Outsiders fret over Republican affairs and platform moves
The piece argues that hostile outsiders and rival newspapers urge the Republican party toward unwelcome actions. It contends their urgency reveals weakness and fear that Republicans will continue to dominate national policy.
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Republican Party
Fooling Death with Scalpels and Serums Across Time
A retrospective essay recounts dramatic medical advances from heart surgery to brain repair, typhoid vaccination, and nerve-saving treatments. It highlights cases like Lawles and Andrew Ceraiito, advances in sterilization, vaccines, and the rise of autogenous responses by white blood cells, framing medicine as progressively outwitting death.
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St. Louisan
Lawles
Andrew Ceraiito
Sore Metchnikoff
Edward Schneider
United States Army
Deth
Taft Deems Cotton Bill Vicious Free Trade Measure
The speech denounces a Democratic cotton bill as a harmful free trade plan that would alter cotton classification and impose broad duties. Taft argues amendments would affect 80 items, raise costs, and threaten revenue, while praising Taft for vetoing the measures as a public good.
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Mr. Taft
Revenue Service
Taft
Grand Rapids
Who Gets the Profits in Woolen Industry?
The letter argues that American Woolen Co with 34 mills cannot earn 10 percent profit or $6 million yearly on a $60 million turnover. It calls for congressional investigation into alleged savings for 90 million people and accuses woolen manufacturers, brokers, and conspiracies of overcharging. It suggests the clothing maker, landlord, tailor, and cloth merchant as remaining beneficiaries.
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The
American Woolen Company
United States
Congress
Party Strength Should Be Taft's
A Chicago Record-Herald editorial argues the Republican Party should back Taft and his tariff commission plan for tariff revision. It condemns political pull and privileged unions influencing tariff policy and urges sound, statesmanlike action to base tariff reform on solid principles.
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Taft
Tariff Commission
Republican Party
Chicago Record-Herald
Domestic economy and marriage timing in the era
An American Medicine view notes a shrinking supply of housewives and delays in marriage among young men due to lower purchasing power of the dollar. The piece hedges by recalling men who only understood buying power after marriage.
Treat Fear as an Enemy Teach It Not to Fear
A directive urges stamping out fear in children by teaching them not to fear. It argues that reducing fear in youth will produce sane, normal adults. The message centers on cultivating courage as a social goal.
For or Against Arbitration
The president proposes appointing joint high commission arbiters subject to senate ratification. This approach would align with executive and legislative collaboration for major decisions and may ease opposition to treaties. The senate could then approve arbitral cases deemed properly arbitrable by the commissioners it helped approve.
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Joint High Commissions
Senate
Political shifts loom in 1912 campaign forecasts
The St Louis Globe Democrat predicts a smaller Republican majority in 1912 than in 1908. It notes Massachusetts Maine and Connecticut shifting to Democratic in 1910, with Plaisted Baldwin Foss seen as fading gains. The piece questions election outcomes and party fortunes.
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Massachusetts
Maine
Connecticut
Plaisted
Baldwin
Foss
Faneuil Hall
Bunker Hill Monument
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Stable Revision in Tariffs Faces Taft and Democrats
The piece contrasts Taft’s call for tariff basing on ascertained facts with the Democratic push for repeating political and vote trading methods after every party change. It questions which approach yields steadier policy over the decennial cycle.
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Taft
Midnight Reflections From Puck Fragment
A dramatic line from Puck shows a wife questioning her husband’s whereabouts at midnight. The man avoids answer, glancing at the clock and sighing as silence falls.
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Puck
Wealth Not Deeply Hidden in Earth
Experts aver that valuable metal deposits are unlikely to be found deep in the earth's crust. The piece notes miners dream of wealth stored far below, but cautions scarcity of such riches.
Uncrossable Chasm Divides Snatchit and Grabit Tribes
A Philadelphia Record item notes an uncrossable bloody chasm at last separates the brethren of the tribe of Snatchit from the brethren of the tribe of Grabit.
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Snatchit
Grabit
Philadelphia Record
The Likeness Cawcuss in a Crowded Political Room
A witty quip imagines crows at a political gathering and teases the scene as a sharp cawcuss. The verse mocks noisy rhetoric by replacing speeches with crowlike caws.
Bees Break Up German Lutheran Church Service
A swarm of honey bees invaded a Chicago German Lutheran church last Sunday, driving out the pastor and congregation. Services were held on the lawn in front of the building.
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Chicago
Too Much Imitation In Our Lives Echoed By Channing
A brief reflection notes how everyday imitation shapes character and behavior in social circles, urging readers to examine personal conduct and authenticity amid constant influence from those they live with.
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W. E. Channing
Nothing is ever lost or totally destroyed
A professor of physics muses that nothing is truly lost and suggests resilience of matter while a simple person questions how umbrellas disappear and are never recovered, prompting a light exchange on loss and recovery.
American shoe makers lead in design and cutting patterns
American industry touts superior skill in last design and pattern cutting, claiming European manufacturers struggle to compete in quality and technique.
Cholera Cure Claims Sparked by Pretenders
A satirical note mocks claims that Russian caviare cures cholera and parodies doctors who overlook simple foods like corned beef and cabbage. The Cleveland Plain Dealer highlights boastful pretensions and broad skepticism.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Had they evidence of the man’s insanity in fishing tale
A fragment notes a question about insanity with an odd fishing party anecdote. The man claimed he always made the poorest and smallest catch when they returned home. The line hints at a humorous or puzzling judge’s inquiry.
Damon and Python as Luncheon Club Pair
The Saturday Evening Post recalls a publisher and editor who clashed at first but grew close. The editor tamed the publisher’s exacting temper, and they became firm friends, pictured walking together into a luncheon club amid the astonished crowd.
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Damon and Python
Damon and
Python
Saturday Evening Post
Luncheon Menu Secrets Revealed by Mrs Jones White and Mrs Smith Brown
In a lively chat two women discuss luncheon planning. Mrs Jones White notes her menus are consistently successful while Mrs Smith Brown explains her doctor advises avoiding certain dishes and guides her choices.
Bibliophile's Vast Library Reveals $50,000 Bank Deposits
A bibliophile amasses a famed book collection suggesting considerable wealth as bank records show deposits totaling $50,000. The exchange highlights the owner's rare volumes and substantial financial stature.
Practice Will Make Perfect for Perseverance
A Marcus Aurelius quote urges steady self discipline in difficult tasks. It compares the ineffectual left hand trained by practice to the right, highlighting persistence and continuous effort as the path to mastery.
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Marcus Aurelius
Edict Banishes Paganism Across Roman Empire
In 391 of the Christian era Theodosius the Great issued an edict abolishing paganism and idolatry throughout the Roman Empire marking a decisive shift in state religion and policy.
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Theodosius the Great
Roman Empire
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