Morse Denies Flight After Europe Trip Arrest
Charles W. Morse, financier tied to major unions and the ice trust, returned from Europe and was arrested in his steamer stateroom as the Etruria reached Quarantine. Bond set at 20000 dollars to face two indictments for grand larceny involving 100000 dollars. He proclaimed innocence and asked the public to wait for court. He said the trip abroad was for stock sales and rest, not flight.
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New York
Chas. W.morse
Ice Trust
Europe
Etruria
Victor Dowling
Supreme Court
Morse
Fifth Avenue
Suffragists Defy Ban In NYC Demonstration
A suffragette demonstration and a mass meeting occurred in New York on Sunday. Police had warned a parade would not be allowed, yet members of the Progressive Women's Suffrage Union began marching from Fourteenth Street to Union Square and then to a meeting on Twenty third Street, delivering five hours of speeches.
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New York
Progressive Women’s Suffrage Union
Fourteenth Street
Union Square
Twenty-third Street
Two Marines Lost At Sea In Newport Ferry Run
Newport R I Feb 17 Two men, one in United States Marine Corps uniform, jumped from the Annie R Wood en route from Newport to Fort Greble and drowned. Bodies not recovered. identification unclear though thought to be Private Benjamin G Steenerson son of Congressman Halvor Steenerson and Marine John M McTutosh awaiting discharge.
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Newport, R
United States Marine Corps
Tng
Annie R. Wood
Newport
Fort Greble
Benjamin G. Steenerson
Halvor Steenerson
Minnesota
John M. McTutosh
The Labor Us Jone and Representative Watson
The Washington Herald states it holds no preference among Indiana governor candidates Watson Taylor Hugh Miller and Charlie Miller. It defends labor leaders attacking Watson as a Democratic distraction aiming to discredit the Republican party and union labor influence in Indiana.
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Labor Us
Jone
Watson
Washington Herald
Indiana
Herald
Mr. Taylor
Hugh Miller
Charlies Miller
Daviess County
Indianapolis
James E. Watson
The
Jack Gowdy
Mr. Watson
Edgar A. Perkins
Fred Feick
Edgar Perkins
Republican Party
The Demure Brown Maiden In Holiday Attire
A Los Angeles Times feature describes a Japanese college girl preparing for an outing with detailed cosmetic and dress rituals. She explains a custom of freshening up before each holiday and demonstrates makeup, hairstyling, obi tying, and attire, ending with a demure exit.
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Fudge
Fujiyama
Los Angeles Times
Royal Dentist Peter the Great and the Toothache Legend
Peter the Great enjoyed drawing teeth and forced a valet to bring his wife for extraction. The wife claimed no pain, but the czar held her and pulled the tooth. Later he learned the valet used him to punish his wife, who had no rotten tooth.
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Peter the Great
Peter
Good Bridge Qualities for a Strong Maker
Bridge Whist states that most trick success comes from the maker’s judgment. A good maker keeps score awareness, chooses among suits, and weighs hand value to avoid injudicious plays. The article emphasizes steady study to strengthen play and prevent careless decisions.
The Victorian English and Its Country Speech
An essay on how Victorian England spoke and valued nature in language. It notes rural speech such as calling a hen Dame Lartlet and contrasts fluency with abundance of ideas versus routine phrasing in public speaking. It cites Chaucer and reflects on language richness and social use.
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England
Chaucer
Pertolette
London Outlook
Irony in a Rainy Day Conversation
Georgie explains irony as saying the opposite of what is meant. Auntie defines irony with a jokey example and a rainy day being called fine. The dialogue explores recognizing irony in everyday speech and humor.
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Georgie
Ike
Odd Change Grabit Takes Conducting Post
Grabbit leaves banking duties to become a conductor on an unnamed line. The move marks a career shift from clerical work to rail transport, reflecting a broader trend of workers switching to skilled trades in the era.
Freak Tide At St John River Mouth Baffles Seekers
Boston Globe reports a tidal oddity at the mouth of the St John river where water flows up hill twice daily. The rapid surge from Fundy Bay can push harbor water up to fourteen feet into the river as tides reverse, creating hours of mixed levels and a brief navigational blackout at half tide.
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St. John River
Bay of Fundy
St. John Harbor
Province of
Quebec
Boston Globe
Trollope Testimony Outwitted by Irish Cross Examiner
In Hertford assizes a post office case a clever Irish barrister cross examined Anthony Trollope a government post office inspector. Trollope admitted writing a fiction Barchester Towers and the lawyer mocked that a book with no truth could not convict a man. The jury heard an affronting logic that exposed the witness as a fiction writer.
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J. E. Preston-Maddock
Lord Alverstone
Hertford Assizes
Anthony Trollope
Trollope
Barchester Towers
Lioness Reward Turns Soldier Colonel In Africa Tale
A fearless English lieutenant in Africa spares a wounded lioness. He removes a thorn from her foot, she limps away, and he forgets the incident. The lioness returns that night and eats every officer who outranked the lieutenant, elevating him to colonel by her gratitude.
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Leutenant
Africa
Stage caricatures and foreign stereotypes in travel humor
The passage critiques stage caricatures that lampoon national stereotypes with Irish green whiskers German imbecility and English globe trotter mockery. It notes French stage targets the English traveler while German acts imitate Uncle Sam as travel humor.
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France
Germany
Travel Magazine
Fragmentary aeronaut dialogue fragment prompts curiosity
Readable portions show a dialogue exchange where an aeronaut asks a question and another responds. The garbled text suggests incomplete dialogue about desires or expectations, with no clear event, characters, or setting established.
License Application for Montpelier Liquor Premises
A male resident of Montpelier seeks licenses from Blackford County commissioners and the Montpelier Common Council in 1908 to sell intoxicating liquor in a specified single room on Main Street for one year. The notice includes exact lot dimensions and the building’s front facing Main Street.
Application for License in Montpelier Indianas Ward
Notice to citizens of Montpelier and Blackford County that Henry C. Sleppy will apply in Hartford City for a one year license to sell intoxicating liquors in a designated room on Main Street Montpelier Indiana. Application filed at the March 3 1908 council session per prior ordinance.
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Montpelier
Harrison Township
Blackford County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Court House
Hartford City
Maina Street
Huntington Street
Green Street
Common Council
Council
Seid
John F, Prica
Harrison
Ward Teo
Anid City
Aca
Cnus
Onrty Dasa
Berno
O«Ld
Ehree
Crick
Iodiana
Iown
City of Monttelier Indiana
Main Street
High Street
Asid City
Saia
Henry C. Sleppy
Non-Residents Warned in Indiana Circuit Court Action
Notice to defendants in Bisckford County Indiana for a March 1908 term of the circuit court. The filing lists numerous Twibell and Maddox heirs and spouses as nonresidents and requires appearance March 23, 1908 at Hartford City Court House to answer the complaint No. 5479 filed by William W. Bongeva through attorney John P. Boyd.
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Indiana
Bisckford County
Bickford
William W. Bongeva
Samuel B. Twibell
John P. Boyd
Thomas &. Twibell
Twibell
Thomas S. Twibell
Thomas
Cary W. Twibell
Minnie Twibell
Ellen Twibell
Ellen Twinell
Ellen Teibell
Twiball
Daniel Twibell
Daniel Teibel
Daniel Twinell
Teibell
Daniel Teibell
Rose Twibell
Rose
George W.twibell
Vokvorn
William Twibell
Dagenaed
Daniel C. Twwibell
Margaret Tribe
Elizabeth Clark
Clark
El'zabeth Claru
Court House
Hartford City
Moisture Eases Corn Movement as Drying Improves Crop
Freight agent Frey of the Nickel Plate notes corn moisture has dropped and rail traffic rises. Earlier, moisture kept corn unfit to move, delaying shipments. Citizens educated on drying helped farmers store good seed, improving prospects after last year’s early harvest.
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Frey
Nickel Plate Railroad
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