Diverse 1900s quotes highlight press, politics, and daily life
The Chattanooga Times laments hiring trends while the Atlanta Journal notes ongoing mill mergers. Edison touts four hours of sleep. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat riffs on plano fiends and milk wagon drivers. The New York Herald warns against visible daggers in hats. Oregon bans campaign solicitations on election day. The Louisville Courier-Journal endorses simplified spelling driver. Weary coal expenses loom as Wiagera predicts electric heat. Buffalo is hailed as a future world hub.
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Thomas Edison
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Plano
Butterine Debate Refined by Tribune and Dispatch
In scholarly terms the Chicago Tribune questions whether good butterine outperforms butter while the Pittsburg Dispatch argues that selling it honestly at its value, rather than claiming inferiority, is wiser.
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Chicago Tribune
Pittsburg Dispatch
National reproach over church music in England
Dr H Walford Davies argues in the London Record that most churches rely on simple renditions while concert music and festival performances show high standards. He says this contrast harms national taste and church choral life.
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H. Walford Davies
London Record
Fights Over Trivial Ties Do Misjustice to City
The Argonaut laments wasted energy in petty disputes, warns that small quarrels distract from major issues of right and expediency, and urges common sense and good faith from municipal leadership to serve the public.
Milk producers campaign reviews Boston market standards
The American Cultivator critiques the extended campaign of Massachusetts milk producers. It argues the abolition of the double milk standard and winter reductions could simplify the standard. Advocates for guaranteed purity without a definite standard remain unsatisfied and may renew the contest next year.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Meat consumption figures spark calls for reduction
A fragmentary note discusses high meat intake with per capita figures for the United States and several countries. It hints at possible reductions but is incomplete, citing statistics like 385 pounds in the U S and lower totals in Britain France Belgium and Sweden.
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Philadelph
U States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Sweden
Italy
Society panel defends dancing through history of greats
A society panel argues that dancing links the modern man to classical and biblical eras. It cites figures like David Socrates Plato Sullivan and Richelieu to defend the value of dance against claims it is undignified.
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New York
David
Socrates
Plato
Sullv
Henri IV
Cardinal Richelieu
The Journalist Hero in Modern Conflict
Fragmentary verse contemplates heroism in contemporary war, reinterpreting ancient idealism. It questions the crown, fate, and the role of the hero in a perilous age, suggesting the hero lives only as he is written in the reader’s page.
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Offe
Mne
Husband reads aloud Keats as wife sleeps through the recital
A husband reads Keats aloud to his wife as she dozes off in bed. He imagines her lack of appreciation and redoubles his efforts until he discovers she has slept through the entire performance. The couple exchange playful, bemused dialogue about reading and sleep.
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Keats
Allah
Ruth
Lfe
Childe Harold
Ozf
Jackie
Nod
Washington Star
Shocking confession of a deceitful husband and his victim
A Washington Star item recounts a marriage hidden in plain sight. The husband ruses nightly reads to lure his wife to sleep then sneaks out to meet his friends. She finally confronts him and learns of the infidelity, yet appears unfazed about the ruse and its consequences.
The Bundle of Sticks parable on unity and labor
An old man tells his son a tale about a bundle of sticks that cannot be broken, illustrating unity as capital when tied together but cautioning that tying labor sticks together would represent a union. The boy questions and the elder insists the parable shows the proper balance of cooperation and independence.
Fragmented 1829 American journal excerpt on English news
The passage quotes early American journalism noting English papers filled with crime and poverty. It laments limited domestic news until spring ships bring reports on court and cabinet actions, expressing a pragmatic attitude to reader expectations.
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England
Universal Instructor
Pennsylvania
Parliament House
Sessions House
London Chronicle
Oddities of New York City Growth and Wealth
An essay notes New York City rapid construction at about one and a half buildings per hour and residents using vast water as 500 028 000 gallons are consumed. It claims Manhattan offers unmatched land value and endless profits per acre.
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New York City
Manhattan Island
New York Herald
The Field on The Baffling Ess and protective bird dupe
In a clipped Field note, the piece questions the value of a protective measure for birds within natural phenomena, labeling the diet theory as untenable and highlighting an ongoing mystery about the issue.
Adventure in Tiger Land: Elephant Rampage at Camp
In Tent Life in Tiger Land, a tusker charged a camp under a fringed canopy. The elephant crushed the dining tent and canopy, killing Mac beneath debris, then paused before a daring rescue to free him as the men worked to pull him free.
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Mr. Inglis
Tiger Land
Sahibs
Tiss
Mac
Old Mac
QO Mac
Bathing in the Dead Sea Trials By Mir in Jericho
The account recalls Mir later Sir Gray Hill of Ecsland describing his attempt to swim the Dead Sea and the Jordan. He notes heavy seas from storm and strong brine that knocked him down, and he and companions struggled to regain footing before moving to the Jordan for another try.
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Dead Sea
Mir
Gray Hill
Ecsland
Jordan
Jericho
River plunge leads to near fatal chest injury
A narrator recalls diving into a river to reach a bathing place, only to strike a hidden stake and be knocked hard on the chest. He crawled out bruised, fearing a heart injury, and spent a month with a blackened chest, noting the lesson learned from danger.
Be Mean Bronco Breaks Treats With Brutal Training
A rugged bronco named Mean is broken by a legendary trainer using a riata rope, twisted neck holds, and endless circles to bend his will. The method, described in vivid frontier detail, ends with a subdued, rideable horse after a grueling session.
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Sprone
Twhco
Brone
Coid and the Skin in Sharp London Weather
Sharp frosts and cutting winds test skin health at London Hospital. Poor hygiene of the skin leads to discomfort and possible suffering, urging attention to protective care.
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London Hospital
Charles Martens Secures Springfield Police Post
Charles Martens earned a Springfield Massachusetts police appointment after enduring a strict regimen of five weeks of progressive weight lifting guided by a tearful mentor, culminating in a neck-stretching test reported as a remarkable strain.
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Charles Martens
Springfield
Mass
Labor News Across Cities and Unions
Labor groups form and grow in cities from Chicago to Wheeling. unions organize in Maraques Porto Rico La Crosse Wisconsin and Shreveport. Paris faces a sewer crisis as streets fill with debris. Walla Walla backs a street commissioner candidate. Denning Arkansas passes a street labor ordinance. Wage gains reported for Wheeling car men. Southern factories in Tennessee reopen within 30 days affecting about 159090 workers.
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Chicago
Maraques
Porto Rico
la Crosse
Wis
Wheeling
W. C A
Paris
France
Montana
Billings
Photo Engravers’ Union of North America
State Federation of Labor For
Louisiana
Shreveport
Walla Walla
Wash
Trades Council
Bartenders’ Union
Pittsburg
Waiters
Iron Molders
Scotland
Denning
Ark
W. Va
St. Louis
Timois
Dixie S. defender named in Harmsworth Cup roster
Sporting notes list Dixie S. as a Harmsworth Cup defender. Other items cover chess world championship matches for $1000 in Berlin, harness titles at Atlantic City, Dorando the Italian long distance champion, and race-track attendance trends amid anti-betting campaigns.
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Dixie S
Lasker
Tarrasch
Berlin
Vanderbilt
Selwenk
Phoebe Watton
Atlantic City
Dorando
Cappri
Vesta Tiller
New York
Philadelphia
Plainfield
Kentucky Queen
Gans
Nelson
Ely
Nev
State Fair Grounds
Detroit
Mieh
Jack Leyburn
Salt Lake City
F. A. McFarland
Iver Lawson
Hares
United States
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Chattanooga Times
The
Atlanta Journal
Oregon
Louisville Courier- Journal
Wiagera
Seattle
Brooklyn Eagle
Buffalo
Teer
Ellis D. Jones
Oddities of
Center Square
New Oxford
Cuarter Hoese
Proreieros
Oxford Pitt St
W.M. Depot
F. L. Fines Man
WM. McSherry, JR
Gettysburg
Adams County
Wil
Ofice
Court House
Jons B
McPurcesen
Doxaty P. McPeansep
McPhersom & McPhersom
At-Law
Star
Wuilding
Cham
Labor World
Niewspapen Bre
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