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The Painless Photography Machine Described As Torture
A satirical account critiques a self service photo booth voicing discomfort with its process. The piece narrates coin operation, bells, prompts to turn and smile, and a final card announcing delivery of the portrait in four minutes. It questions the ease and results of instant photographs.
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Sorees
Diversion of Export Traffic Shifts to Atlantic and Gulf Ports
The article notes continued diversion of export traffic from New York to Atlantic and Gulf ports. Recent months show New York losing little, but not gaining, while Boston, Norfolk, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Galveston report sizable gains, up to 100 percent over last year. Officials warn this hurts national balance and risks permanent congestion in one region.
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Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Boston
Norfolk
Baltimore
New Orleans
Galveston
Open air meeting urged to revive civic interest
A public square gathering in the city park is urged as a good influence to engage the public in national and civic issues. The note emphasizes free discussion of the great election questions to counteract forces that divide people.
Old Fashioned Open Air Meeting Aims Civic Unity
Citizens from all parties can vote wiser after open air meetings addressing local issues like coal sugar and food producer consumer contact. Mothers fathers and neighbors attend, hear speakers on foreign affairs, enjoy band concerts and community singing, and strengthen civic pride and unity.
Anniversaries Highlight Leaders and Milestones Across Years
The list recalls milestones from 1831 to 1917 including the temperance society formation in London and poets Thaxter Barrett Browning, dates of births and deaths, the Chinese emperors audience in Pekin, Vaughan laying Westminster Cathedral, and U S Senate drafting militiamen and rail freight rate debates.
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London
Celia Laighton Thaxter
Portsmouth
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Isle of Shoals
Zenas Crane
Connecticut River
Dalton
Mass
Canton
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Florence
Italy
China
Pekin
Cardinal Vaughan
Westminster Cathedral
United States Senate
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Deacon Dobson’s Riplist Missed In The News Columns
A reader laments the absence of Deacon Dobson whose witty verse and daily insights once brightened the paper. The note asks for his return from vacation to once again offer thoughtful, humorous commentary amid the ongoing coverage of distilling busts and other local affairs.
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Deacon Dobson
Minds Make Winners Think Big In Daily Insight
A mixed page of quotes and observations urges self belief and positive thinking as keys to success. It span topics from motivation to local notes about Suburban Day, weather jokes, and civic life, naming New Castle and nearby towns, with brief vignettes on public mood and small-town happenings.
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New Castle
Local couple recalls missing daughter. history notes on Lincoln nomination
Dr and Mrs Spry remembered they had not seen their daughter for a couple of days and notified authorities this morning. The piece also reflects on Abraham Lincoln hypothetically facing popular primaries in 1860, and how history records him as a successful candidate and a great president since Washington.
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Joe
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
The Tire Weight Puzzle Told In Family Conversation
A man and his friend discuss tire weight and air pressure with his wife and daughter. The tale notes the tire weighs fourteen pounds empty, eighty pounds of air adds little weight, and the daughter miscalculates but the wife corrects that eighty plus fourteen makes ninety four pounds. The piece ends with a moral about wind weight and pride.
East Side Drinking Fountain Urged for East Washington Street
A letter from Geo W Gaston urges New Castle council to remove an unsightly East Washington Street fountain and promptly replace it with a new drinking fountain for East Side residents and depot travelers.
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East Side
East Washington Street
Geo. W. Gaston
Depths of the ocean cluster near land and shallow waters
Observations note extreme ocean depths align with land near upheaved earth areas. Claims on leather preference, Koran binding, Bank of England notes, microscopy, Russian sunflower oil use, and its pure nutritious flavor are presented as general insights.
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Bank of England
Russia
Big union conv ention called in Chicago today
A convention in Chicago seeks to perfect a single railroad workers union. Other events include the United Farmers of Quebec meeting in Montreal to discuss preventing rural workers from deserting farms, and the Catholic Educational Association opening in New York City with a pontifical mass at St Patrick's Cathedral.
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Chicago
United Farmers of Quebec
Montreal
Catholic Educational Association
New York City
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Young Women's Conference
Dwight L. Moody
East Northfield
Mass
Norris
Manitoba
International Congregational Council
Boston
United States
Europe
Warnock Bans Carnivals Too City curbs carnivals amid high license fees
New Castle has avoided summer carnivals for years as license costs deter owners. Youngstown followed a similar path after Mayor Fred J. Warnock ordered no licenses without court approval. Objections cite unsanitary grounds and gambling violations at carnivals.
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New Castle
Youngstown, O
Fred J. Warnock
Ohio City
Carter Harrison Seen as Dark Horse in San Francisco
Carter H. Harrison III, former Chicago mayor with five terms, is noted as a possible dark horse candidate in the San Francisco convention. Born in Chicago sixty years ago and Yale educated, he is a lawyer who has focused on real estate. His political life spans state and national circles with a reputation for stability and independence.
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Carter H. Harrison
San Francisco
Chicago
Harrison
Yale
Wonderful Natural Spectacle at Garden of the Gods
The Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs spans about 500 acres with towering red and white sandstone pinnacles. Notable features include Cathedral Spires and Balanced Rock as a gateway formed by two 830 foot high sandstone masses framing a roadway.
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Garden of the Gods
Colorado Springs
Cole
Foley’s Honey and Tar Eases Persistent Coughs
Marie Heisler of Freeport Illinois reports a years long cough improved by Foley's Honey and Tar cough syrup. The ad claims it helps coughs colds croup and whooping cough with no opiates and notes children like it.
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Marie Heisler
Freeport
Ill
Foley
Card of Thanks for Sympathy During Illness and Death
Mr and Mrs Harry G Wallace thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and death of their mother.
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Harry G. Wallace
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