Thanksgiving Night Rescue on Rocky Butte
Jesse Howard helps a trapped girl and later saves a wounded traveler on a mountain rail line. The mayor tells of a road agent who reformed thanks to Howard, praising him as a friend to workers. The crowd honors Howard, turning a hold up tale into a political rally against monopolies.
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Jesse Howerd
Copperhead Mines
Seoab
Ain Mining
Aif
Heward
Honvard
Martood
Boa
Weil
Pir
Howard
Gettina
Rockies
Chug
Jesse
Little Womarean
Boods
Copperhead
Iwestern
Audi
Silver Gap
Rocky Butte
Hell
Jesse Howard
Candidate Denounces Bribery in Silver Gap Campaign
In a tense exchange, Jesse H Howard rejects bribery to win support from Copper Head ties while defending his clean campaign pledge. The dialogue centers on money talks versus ethical conduct as supporters pressure him amid Copper Head accusations and Northwest loyalties.
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Congress
Mr. Howard
New York
Jesse H Howard
Tie
Boods
Reais
Howard
Washington
Mr. Rboods
Great Northwest
Silver Gap
Butte
Mayor’s rousing speech sparks a Thanksgiving night joke
The crowd erupts in cheers for the Mayor and Howard as they celebrate, then the Mayor drops a wink of confidences about a planned Thanksgiving day highway robbery to steal his daughter Anice, inviting the crowd to witness the event.
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Howard
Great
Ten West
Bach
Anice
Middle distance bicycle pace following dangers noted at Boston
Boston race reports show Bobby Walthour defeating George Leander and Basil de Guichard in a 15 mile event with times of 15:11 for 15 miles and 6:30 2-5 for 5 miles. The piece discusses pacemakers, safety gear, and evolving rules since early cycles, citing past fatalities and the shift from lightweight attire to padded protective gear.
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Boston
Bobby Walthour
George Leander
Congress Cycling Club
Chicago
Basil de Guichard
Walthour
de Guichard
Pittsburg
Leander
Charles River Park
Major Taylor
Garfield
Johnny Nelson
Harry Elkes
Tome
Jimmy Michael
Spoiled Boy Probes Guest Over Drinks
A spoiled boy, Tommy, observes a guest with keen natural history curiosity. He openly declares he wants to see the guest drink to test if he "drinks like a fish," prompting embarrassed remarks from his parents as the visitor remains good-natured.
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Tommy
Forests Turned Into Books Nine Novels Consume 4000 Trees
A statistician estimates that nine best sellers with 1.6 million copies sold required 2 million pounds of paper. With each spruce tree yielding about 500 pounds of paper, the production destroyed about 4 thousand trees.
Healthy living debate stirs patent medicine questions
A Washington Star quote depicts a merchant warning that patent food push risks reducing demand for patent medicines, framing a clash between health trends and medical cures. The remark highlights commercial struggle and skepticism toward rising wellness norms.
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Washington Star
Awkward Exchange Amid Dance Offer Cited by Chicago Post
A young man’s awkward remark about death at a dance is noted by the Chicago Post. The girl replies with a cautious wish for polite behavior as she avoids tripping over him.
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Chicago Post
Man Without It Parody Quips on Earning Bread by Brows
The fragment mocks a figure named Professor Broadhead as the faculty of earning bread by the event of others brows. It features a dialogue with a childlike voice and a satirical tone discussing cleverness and livelihood.
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Elmer
Exec
Broadhead
Puck
Rockefeller Bids Morgan Farewell in Steel Trust Shakeup
Rockefeller tightens grip on the United States Steel Corp by canceling Morgan’s $250 million stock to bond conversion deal. Morgan’s vast profits from the scheme cited as he loses power in Wall Street and the steel trust. Also notes Thompson slated to head US Steel and Gates allied with Rockefeller. Carrie Nation denied Capitol access while Col. Ransdell orders gatekeeping. Reading railway conductor George Willets dies after biting tongue in caboose collision.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
Steel
Wall Street
Rockefeller
A. W. Thompson
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Carrie
Washington
Daniel M. Ransdell
Indianapolis
Senate
General Coxey
Capitol Lawn
Carrie Nation
Capitol
Col. Ransdell
Norristown
George Willets
Reading Railway
Temps critiques Roosevelt Thanksgiving proclamation
The Paris paper Temps laments President Roosevelt's Thanksgiving proclamation. It argues that the Almighty appears in nearly every phrase and says the exhortation resembles a pulpit address more than an official statement, noting it would have troubled even a pious monarch.
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Paris
Temps
Roosevelt
France
Paris Balloonist Reaches Century Flight In Snowstorm
The Comte de la Vaux marks his hundredth balloon voyage this week, enduring a snowstorm and dense fog. Across a hundred flights he has traveled half the earth’s circumference and spent thirty six days and sixteen hours aloft, using 144000 cubic feet of gas costing 29000 francs. His record stands unmatched among living aeronauts.
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Paris
Comte de la Vaux
Paris Louvre Seeks Restoration of Lost Splendor
Excavations in the Rue de Rivoli garden reveal about a third of the palace lies underground. The Societe des Vieux de Paris plans to restore the ancient moat and drawbridges to enhance the palace’s majesty and aid preservation.
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Paris
Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Societe Des Vieux de Paris
Rockefeller alleged plan to control steel firms
A Dover Delaware special reports an evening paper citing Pittsburg information that the Colorado coal strike a steep dip in United States Steel stocks and a prolonged bear raid on Colorado Fuel and Iron stocks were engineered by Rockefeller to gain control of the firms and pursue consolidation.
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Dover
Del
Pittsburg
Colorado
United States
Rockefeller
General Young Urges Canteen System Reestablishment
Lieutenant General Young, though months in office as chief of staff, reports to the Secretary of War urging the re establishment of the canteen. The recommendation reportedly compiles input from subordinate officers.
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Washington Special
Young
Secretary of War
Discovery Steamer Believed Lost After Nome Departure
Seattle special reports the steamer Discovery left Nome on October 14 with 31 passengers and has not been sighted since October 28. Shipping men fear it will never reach port.
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Seattle
Discovery
Nome
Oldfield Breaks Mile Auto Record on Oval Track
Barney Oldfield Friday broke the world automobile record for a mile on an oval track in 55 seconds at Los Angeles California. The event set a new standard for speed on an oval course with Oldfield achieving the distance in record time.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Barney Oldfiel
Salazar predicts doom from Panama crisis and urges reflection
General Victor Salazar, former Panama governor and Colombian forces chief, cables from Palmira urging Panamanian leaders to reconsider the isthmus movement. He warns the road leads to self-destruction, cites a 100000-strong army planned by Liberals and Conservatives, and notes U S aid marks treason to Colombia.
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Panama Cahie
Victor Salazar
Department of
Panama
Palmira
Department of Cauca
Casey
Salazar
United States
Associated Press
Admiral Casey
New Republic
Forest Fires Rage in Southeast Texas Pine Lands
Forest fires in the southeastern Texas pine lands continue burning with no prospect of control. Prayers for rain were offered in churches at Nacogdoches Lufkin Angelina Newton and other towns as the only hope to quench the flames.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Nacogdoches
Lufkin
Angelina
Newton
Loop the Loop Act Stuns Paris Crowd
American daredevil J. H. Barber electrifies Paris with a bicycle loop stunt. He rides head down, leaps through the air at the top, lands back on the loop, and exits in the usual manner, a thriller deemed possibly dangerous.
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Paris
J. H. Barber
Private rail car Lone Star burns in Terrell Texas
Dallas special reports the private car Lone Star owned by E. H. H. Green son of Hetty Green of New York burned Sunday night at Terrell Texas. The car was the costliest and most ornate private railway conveyance in the United States. Loss I 25 000 dollars.
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Dallas
Tex
Lone Star
E. H. H. Green
Hetty Green
New York
Terrell
United States
Czarina Suffering Minor Illness, Officials Say
A bulletin from physicians states the Czarina is in satisfactory condition with improving appetite and inflammation easing. No further complications are reported and her health is developing normally.
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St. Petersburg
Wicked William Young Convicted for Profanity at Fort Myer
William H. Young, 36, artilleryman with the Fourth Battery, stationed at Ft. Myer Virginia, was convicted in police court Thursday for using profanity in the presence of Mrs. Roosevelt.
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William Young
Washington
William H. Young
The
Field Artillery
Ft. Myer
Roosevelt
Small Boat Crosses the Sea
The Columbia a nineteen foot sailing boat sailed from Boston August 11 for Marseilles and has arrived at Gibraltar Captain Eisenbraun commanded the craft alone during the voyage near record length for such craft and marks a notable sea crossing with a single sailor aboard.
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Gibraltar
Columbia
Eisenbraun
Boston
Marseilles
Gompers Re-Elected President of AFL in Boston
Samuel Gompers won a second term as president of the American Federation of Labor in a Boston vote. He faced opposition from Socialist delegates as ballots were counted.
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Boston
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
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