Notable 18th and 19th Century Surrenders and Deaths
The notes record Cornwallis’s surrender to Washington at Yorktown in 1781, poet Henry Kirk White’s death in 1906 born 1785, Cedar Creek battle in 1864, and Francis Bunce’s retirement and death in Hartford in 1901. Also listed are sun and moon times with astronomical details including Neptune’s apparent station.
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Lord Cornwallis
George Washington
Yorktown
Henry Kirk White
Battle of
Cedar Creek
Francis M. Bunce
Hartford
Conn
Balkan Tulsup Statement on Turkish Eviction from Europe
A terse remark asserts that the Balkan region should not settle until Turks are expelled from Europe, with a claim that Meyer plans to return. The text appears as a fragmented partisan line referencing ethnic and geopolitical hostility.
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Ile
Balkan
Europe
Meyer
Peru President Eyes Modernization Push and Castro Jolt
A Peru leadership drive to modernize prompts discussion of Cipriano Castro's role. The plan suggests renewed pressure on Castro amid political tensions and reform momentum.
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Peru
Cipriano Castro
Airship Turbines Push Speed Limit Record
The gungie passenger airship Ocean Iners aims to break speed records with steam turbines powering forward at thirty miles per hour for a quarter hour, racing the clock as authorities permit.
Penny postage sparks cross‑channel requests for humor
The note notes that with penny postage in effect, English readers can afford to ask for explanations of jokes in the comic papers and paragraph columns sent across the sea.
Tom Marshall Backed by Brewery Trust in Local Option Fight
Kokomo Tribune accuses the candidate Tom Marshall of acting as a tool for Tom Taggart and the brewery saloon combination. It claims he obstructed the county local option law, pledged obedience to state gamblers and the brewery trust, and promises to repeal the law if elected.
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Tom Marshall
Tom Taggart
Brewer and Saloon Combine
Brewery Trust
Kokomo Tribune
Denatured Soil and Wood Alcohol from Farm Waste
The agricultural expert Dr. Wiley demonstrates turning farm waste into wood alcohol not denatured alcohol. The stem mentions using melons corn and potatoes and notes risks to soil fertility if crops are sold rather than fed back to land.
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Agricultural Department
Wiley
Hazing as a universal scourge across institutions
The article argues hazing persists nationwide from Amherst and West Point to army recruits and workplaces. It portrays hazing as a universal barbaric trait, with novices subjected to humiliations until they conform, and laments authorities fail to keep it in check.
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Hazley
Amherst
West Point
Decline of the Brig in American Maritime Life
The article notes a shift from brigantines to schooners in the U S merchant fleet over the past thirty years with only five brigs still sailing from the Atlantic. It argues schooners handle storms better and have displaced the brig, once a pride of American seafaring that carried the flag worldwide.
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Fern
Cape of Good Hope
Hall's Ostarrh Cure and Testimonials Noted
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable Ostarrh case and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo claim trustworthiness from 15 years of business. The catalog promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally with blood and mucous membrane action, priced 75 cents per bottle, with free testimonials and accompanying constipation pills.
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Hall
F.J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Spew
Wear & Truax
O. Watome
Konan & Marvin
O. Hall
Mall
Side Lights From the Campaign With Taft and La Follette
Campaign notes highlight Coleman Du Pont resigning as Republican national committee chair and powder trust links. Taft and La Follette share a Wisconsin appearance. Hearst aids Independence party with beard cartoons. Prohibitionists pick a camel mascot replacing fountain and rising sun insignia due to eight day drink abstinence.
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Coleman DU Pont
Repubican National Committee
United States
Powder Trust
Capitass
Hhis
Hitchcock
du Pont
Henry A. du Pont
Delaware
du Ponts
T. C. du Pont
Wiliam R. Hearst
Haskell
Oklahoma
Foraker
Ohio
Independence Party
New York
People's Party
Hearst
William R. Nearst
Michie RR
Hughes
Finois
Agonzo KE. Wilson
Witton
Taft Leads Isthmian Canal Efforts And Labor Reforms
The piece praises William H. Taft as Secretary of War for driving the Panama Canal project, improving labor conditions, sanitation, and health on the isthmus. It cites a 1907 longevity wage order increasing pay for continuous service up to 25 percent, plus four weeks vacation, and argues Taft’s leadership has made the project a model of efficiency and American ideals.
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William H. Taft
Taft
Panama
Tle
Isthmus
Department of Sanitation
Department of Municipal Engineering
Building Department
Roosevelt
Isthmian Canal Commission
New Orleans
New York
Special Commission
Trop Tew
Mr. Taft
United States
Central
South America
Panama Canal
Sea voyage caprices and heroic horses sinking
The New Orleans Times-Democrat recounts a captain recalling a voyage where troop horses, lightened from a sinking ship to reduce weight, swam for miles in a heavy sea until they perished. The captain laments the deaths weighing on his conscience in a somber sea tale.
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New Orleans
Tmes-Democrat
Fleming man praised Foley’s Honey and Tar cough remedy
A letter asserts a husband’s neglect for allowing family to use any remedy except Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs and lung trouble. It claims the genuine product has no opiates and comes in a yellow package, signed O. D. Knopfel.
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Foley
O. D. Knopfel
Rat control and voter duty urged in seasonable terms
An old column urges early campaign against rats as colder weather approaches, detailing traps and poisons like barytes and arsenic batter. It notes farm losses from rats and ties civic duty to voting, praising farm progress and urging households, especially women, to vote and insist on election participation.
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Federal Department of Agriculture
United States
Danish farming wealth rooted in small plots and cooperative systems
The passage notes Denmark’s wealth among farmers arises from landholding patterns and intensive farming. It cites nearly 200,000 farms under ten acres and 160,000 between ten and fifteen acres, with under 1,000 farms above 500 acres. It highlights 1,085 cooperative dairies with 158,170 members and a 500-center egg exporting society, illustrating a "Multum In parvo" ethos inverted to show meager results from extensive farming.
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Denmark
Two Kitchen Ranges Highlight Buy Versus Cost
A reader contrasts two stoves, a $19 cast iron range that rusted and failed after five years with a $48 steel range that after fifteen years remains like new. The piece urges buyers to compute yearly costs and extend the steel range life by ten more years for a fair comparison.
Foley's Orinco Lastative Cited As Life Saver
A Wisconsin parent credits Foley's Orinco Lastative with saving his three year old son from a severe constipation and fever. The mother states the fever disappeared after two doses and the child recovered entirely by the next day. The testimonial appears to praise the laxative’s lifesaving effect.
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Foley
A. Welkush Casimer
Wis
O. D. Kuecfel
Republican nominees named for New Albany Township races
DRT. H. Love is the Republican nominee for Trustee for New Albany Township. John A. Hinds is the Republican nominee for Assessor for New Albany Township. The text notes candidates are subject to voters at the November election.
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New Albany
Thomas B. Love
John A. Hinds
Fred M. Jackson
Drt
H. Love
New Albany Township
John A Hinds
Charles W. Long
Floyd County Democratic Tickets Highlight Treasurer and Sheriff
William Sloemer is the Democratic candidate for Treasurer of Floyd County and Claude Sittason seeks re election as Sheriff, both subject to voter decision in the November election.
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William Sloemer
Floyd County
Claude Sittason
Walter W. Bulliet
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Pearl Street
Pus Tainuxe Company Publishers
Jasper Packard
Ind
Rall
Evening Tribune
Gov
Official City Paper
Epoxee
Earth
Neptune
Yoo
Hitde
Castro
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Bingoohamton
Swamp-Root
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N.yy
Republican County
Oscar Deshler
Walter N. Millican
Albert J. Sigmon
Harry E Draper
Louis P. Sicer
John W. Edmondson
William Morton
Georgetown Township
Jessen
Franklin Township
Neremiah Bowman
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Judge Taft
Robert Mo Ja
Senator LA Folultte
Agron
Watkins
Khte
New England
Middle West
Urey L. Woodson
Democratic National Committee
Io Bill
Mr. Bryan
William Hayward
Republiccan Committee
Partes
Belo
Wolfert
Bennett Hill
Wiliam J. Bryan
TLMVS
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Hilly
Hin
Bryan
Taft the Builder
Krow
Mammoth Construction Project
Taft Halees
Prohibition
Castoria
What Is
Spany
West Seventh
West Tenth
Floyd
Ree
City
Spring
Reel House
East Fourth
Culbertson
Reel
Fast Eighth
Upper Sixth
River Glass Works
Vincennes
Beeler
Main
Oak and
Oak
State
Poplar
Thirteenth
Eighteenth
Lower First St
Railroad
Chartres
Cherry
Constitution
Market
East Tenth
Elm
Fifteenth St
Culbertson Avenue
Robinson’s Pants Factory
East Third and Railroad
Vincennees and
Elm Avenue
Spring Street
Vincennes and
Silver Street
RK. R. Silver
Willow
Prosecuting Attorney
Froyit County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
West Main Street
Eard
Opto
Bennard Marlow
East Fifth Street
Geo. S. Grae
Faliaietlibs Siti
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