Toledo mother of ten bears quadruplets in remarkable birth
Mrs. Spychalski, 22, of Campbell Street Toledo, a Polish immigrant and mother of ten, gave birth on Jan 4 to quadruplets two boys and two girls. The family includes a previous set of twins and triplets and a single boy Reno. The quads Theodore Roosevelt Sam Jones Helen Dorothy are thriving and the tale draws attention from doctors and locals.
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Roosevelt
Stanislaus Spychalski
Spychalski
Campbell Street
Toledo
Reno
Theodore Roosevelt
Sam Jones
Helen
Dorothy
Poland
The Tavern Poem by Ethel Watts Mumford
A vivid poem from Lippincott's Magazine portrays a tavern as a bright crowded haven where travelers mingle and seek love amid jokes politics and music. Figures pass in tatters and gold while life and death circle the door as guests drink the stirrup cup in a somber farewell.
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Death
Ethel Watts Mumford
Lippincott’s Magazine
Delores Drummond and the Secret Sorrow Ensuing
Dolores Drummond is haunted by a concealed sorrow linked to her past romance with Jabez Marx. Dr. Dick Richmond challenges her silence at a family wedding, urging her to speak of Marx. Dolores confronts memories, discovering she cannot openly name him, and the ceremony proceeds with renewed resolve.
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Delores Drummond
Drummond
Dolores
Daugher
Seth
Marx
Dick” Richmond
Drummonds
Dolorés
Jabez Marx
Duke of Veragua Telegraphed Chicago Visit
An Italian paper retells a Chicago tale about the Duke of Veragua descendant of Columbus who asked a telegraph office for ten words to Columbus and paid fifteen cents for the charge. He then sent a telegram to Columbus saying Mayor will visit Chicago next Monday or Tuesday and signed a lengthy noble title.
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Duke of
Forster's Work in Office New Assistant Secretary Promoted
Rudolph Forster of Virginia has been appointed assistant secretary to the president. Born in Washington in October 1872, he is a Columbia Law School graduate who began as a clerk in the United States commission of fisheries in 1894 and came to the White House as a detailed clerk in 1897. He was promoted to executive clerk in 1900.
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Rudolph Forster
Virginia
Washington
Columbia University Law School
United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries
White House
Absurd Indian Names Listed From Dawes Rolls
A newspaper item lists exaggerated names drawn from Chickasaw and Choctaw rolls in Indian Territory as recorded by the Dawes commission. Examples include Excellent Love Uple Eogle Corn Tug gle Indian Territory Spears Chick and Chock twins and other fanciful appellations.
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Indian Territory
Dawes Commission
Excellent Love
Spears
Chick
Chock
Okla
Homa
Evil Kiel
Smile Hancock
Hate Fabb
Mealey Tecumseh
Hilly Wolf
Lying Hampton
Sweet Magnolia Brown
Sweetann Cole
Selly Brate Smith
Antwerp First Newspaper Claim of 1605 Surface in 1905
Antwerp asserts it printed the world’s first newspaper in 1605 and will mark the tercentenary in 1905. The paper was issued by Abraham Verhoeven and allegedly predated the first English newspaper by seventeen years.
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Antwerp
Abraham Verhoeven
Harvard Arts Degree Trimmed to Three Years
Harvard College announces a three year arts degree plan reducing the former four year course. The program aims to streamline study while preserving core requirements and faculty oversight for the humanities and creative disciplines.
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Harvard College
Baltimore Mayor Promises Marriage If Re-Elected
Mayor Hayes of Baltimore 59 and a bachelor pledges to wed if re-elected. He spoke at a banquet claiming support from a woman he once promised marriage, suggesting that woman would become mayoress if he wins. Hayes, a lawyer and ex US district attorney, has led Baltimore since 1899.
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Baltimore
Hayes
United States
Cleveland
Ancestor Smooth Roosevelts Early Political Start
Nicholas Roosevelt, an ancestor of the President, began in New York City as alderman in 1700. He pursued a second term despite objections to his 1700 record, showing early political skill.
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Roosevelt
Nicholas
New York City
Lord Minto May Resign As Dominion Governor
Rumor resurges that Lord Minto will resign the lieutenant governorship of the Dominion of Canada. He admits personal failure in Ottawa and trouble understanding elite social demarcation.
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Lord Minto
Dominion of Canada
Ottawa
Millionaire's Speculation Account Reveals Modest Estate Profit
A New York financier who died left an account book showing $2,000,000 in purchases and sales over three years. The estate realized $260 in profit, illustrating minimal gains from his speculative activity compared to legitimate investments.
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New York
Inventor Tests Street Car Fender Design
Benjamin Lee of Cleveland demonstrated a new rubber edge fender for street cars by allowing a car moving at twelve miles an hour to strike him uninjured, showing confidence in the invention.
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Benjamin Lee
Cleveland
Parke Godwin Celebrates His 87th Birthday
Parke Godwin the veteran editor and son in law of William Cullen Bryant just celebrated his eighty seventh birthday. He spends most of the year at Roslyn Long Island the former home of the poet.
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Parke Godwin
William Cullen Bryant
Roslyn
L. I
Wealth in Share Companies Across Germany
A historical note reports that one twentieth of Germany's wealth rests in 6,900 share companies. The figure reflects the concentration of capital in corporate entities and the scale of private enterprise within the nation.
Dolores Drummond’s swift wedding shocks family
In a surprising ceremony, Dolores Drummond marries Dr. Dick as her parents separate. The minister reads the vows and Dolores’s father gives her away, while onlookers whisper that Dolores moves quickly, possibly toward an early married life.
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Dolores Drummond
M. A. Taft
Philadelphia Ledger
One on Mr Bowen and His Missing London Clothes
A Western senator relays a tale about Minister Bowen lacking proper attire in Washington. Bowen explains he arrived with no suitable clothes after being sent north suddenly and ordering London garments en route. Delays due to war-blockade left his London wardrobe stuck away, awaiting shipment via Atlantic routes.
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Bowen
Washington
London
Atlantic
South America
Caracas
Washington Post
Indignant German School Protest Over Half Day Classes
A German district parent protests half day school, objecting to seating and dinner timing as her son Rudolf begins his first class. She laments beer availability and disruption as her household battles the schedule.
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Herman
Rudolf
Indignant Mother Opposes Liquid Refreshment Plan at School
The mother of Rudie and Rudolf defies the principal who proposes using nourishing drinks to ease a dispute. The school chief refuses to grant discharges so the boys can attend a different school where the family could drink beer together, straining relations between the visiting lady and the principal.
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Rudie
Herman
Rudolf
Philadelphia Ledger
Where are they The Boys by James Whitcomb Riley
The poem laments vanished childhood friends and lost youth. The speaker recalls laughing eyes, warm fingers, and meadow joys then smiles sadly at time's drift. A nostalgic meditation on innocence, memory, and sorrow.
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Palma
Making a Lawn Foundation for a Healthy Ground
Country Life in America urges lawn success starts with deep land preparation and rich soil. A sod patch should improve annually through fertilizing and re-sowing, ensuring deep grass roots. Overwatering weakens shallow roots and invites failure, so encourage root depth for lasting lawns.
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America
Stringing the Old Folks
Si Oatbin says his son is in the city working in a large foundry described as a hash foundry. The report notes he carries nearly everything before him and asks about his job.
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Harix
Maybrick pardon promised by British home secretary
The British home secretary pledged to free Mrs Maybrick, the American woman convicted fourteen years ago of murdering her French husband. She is to be released next year amid a large transatlantic campaign for pardon led by many prominent figures and public supporters.
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Mrs. Maybrick
Maybrick Case Recounted in Historic Trial Narrative
The story details Florence Elizabeth Maybrick, an American born in Mobile, who married James Maybrick of Liverpool in 1879. After violent abuse and a controversial death verdict, she was convicted of poisoning and later imprisoned at Aylesbury, while her mother the baroness Roques sought her release with help from friends on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Florence Elizabeth Maybrick
Mobile
Ala
William G Chandler
Maybrick
Alfred Brierly
London
Aintree
Brierly
Aylesbury
Roques
Atlantic
Leré Russell
Killowen
England
M Maybrick
Dean Farrar Remembered as English Church Leader and Author
The Very Rev Frederic William Farrar D D dean of Canterbury who died last week led a storied ecclesiastical career. He served as archdeacon of Westminster chaplain to the House of Commons dean of Canterbury and earlier held master posts at Marlborough and Harrow. He wrote Life of Christ a religious classic first published in 1874 and translated into multiple languages.
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Frederic William Farem
Canterbury
Queen Victoria
Canssistz
Marlborough College
Heal
Harrow
Marlborough
Westminster Abbey
St. Margaret’s
Westminster
House of Commons
Dean Farrar
England
United States
British Justices Named to Alaskan Boundary Commission
The British embassy in Washington announced the appointment of Lord Chief Justice Alverstone Sir Louis Jette and Sir John Las Armour to the Alaskan Boundary Commission under the Hay Herbert treaty. Sir Michael Herbert informed the state department of the appointments.
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Alverstone
England
Louis Jette
Supreme Court of Quebec
John Las Armour
Sit Court of Canada
Michael Herbert
State Department
English Singer Charles Santley Long Career
English baritone Charles Santley born 1834 in Liverpool. Studied in Milan with Gaetano Naro and in London with Manuel Garcia. Debut as Adam in The Creation at St Martin's Hall on Nov 16 1857. Gained fame with Hoel in Dinora at Covent Garden and first Italian opera Il Trovatore in 1862. Travelled to Australia in 1889–90 and the Cape in 1893.
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Charles Santley
Liverpool
Milan
Gaetano Naro
Manuel Garcia
London
St. Martin’s Hall
Adam
Hoel
Covent Garden
Santley
Australia
The
Cape
Irish Language Prevalence Report Highlights Galway Population
The report notes that Irish is the living tongue for many, with Galway alone listing 17 838 residents who can speak only Irish.
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Galway
Daiham Hall Estate Bought by Cecil Rhodes Near Newmarket
Daiham Hall estate spans 3475 acres near Newmarket and was purchased by Cecil Rhodes a few months before his death. The transfer highlights Rhodes's land holdings prior to his demise and the property's size and location.
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Daiham Hall
Cecil Rhodes
Newmarket
Seattle Mayor Hughes Comments After Grand Jury Indictment
Seattle mayor Thomas J. Hughes, indicted for malfeasance in office, remarks that if the grand jury indicted him it might indict every voter who supported him. He asserts he ran the town as promised and stands by his record amid the charges.
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Hughes
Thomas J. Hughes
Seattle
Clark Says Salary Too Small for Congress Members
Champ Clark has signed a contract to lecture in towns across the central West ending in Shenandoah Iowa in May. He notes Congressman Benton’s remark that a member of Congress cannot live on the 5000 dollar yearly salary.
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Clark
Champ Clark
West
Shenandoah
Iowa
Benton
Congress
Retired General Harp Recalled Fights With Fitzhugh Lee
The article recalls Gen. Jack Harp who served forty eight years in the U S Army and fought as a young man with Fitzhugh Lee against the Comanches in Texas under Capt Earl Horn.
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Fitzhugh Lee
No poet Kipling faces critics and publishers pay
The critics call Rudyard Kipling "no poet" yet publishers pay him fifty cents per word for his prose and verse, ensuring his earnings while critics remain unmoved.
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Rudyard Kipling
Archbishop Prohibits Clergy From Accepting Drink Payments
Orders issued by the Archbishop of Volhynia Russia ban clergy from accepting intoxicating liquors as payment for their ministrations, stopping a pernicious practice.
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Volhynia
Russia
Professorship of Railroading at Berlin Technical High School
A regular professorship of railroad engineering is to be created at the Technical High School of Berlin. The plan outlines establishing a dedicated chair to advance railway studies and related technical education.
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Technical High School of
Berlin
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