Marriage as a crime under low earnings court view
A judge in an old case ruled marriage could be a crime when a husband earned only $64 a week and refused to support a wife with $2 weekly alimony. He urged separation and self-support, arguing modern costs and jobs strain compel different paths for couples. The piece critiques radical welfare implications and contrasts past versus present living standards.
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United States
Thake
Pate Wat
Minneapolis Tribune
Geronimo Dies at Fort Sill After Pursuit and Surrender
The article recalls Geronimo the Apache outlaw killed by relentless pursuit over three years. General Miles orchestrated his surrender aided by Captain Lawton, who later died in the Philippines. A petition to parole followed surrender, but Miles stood firm against clemency.
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Geronimo
Arizona
Indiana
Crook
Sierras
Fort Apache
Enijen
Miles
Fort Aill
Toledo Blade
Fort Sill
Lawton
Philippine
Geropime
Washington
Sailors from the cornfields prove mettle in a navy voyage
The sixteen battleship crew members, raised on farms and new to the sea, completed a 40 000 city voyage with discipline and precision. They trained hard, mastered modern gunnery, and earned high credit, proving that hayseeds can become expert mariners in the United States fleet.
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United States
Cornfields
Cornfield
Louis Globe
Skating Sails and Wind Runner Detailed for Ice Surfing
Practical guide from the Mongrel Herald and Star explains building skating sails and a wind runner for ice travel. It describes dollface and diamond sails, yard arms, cross sticks, blocks, and rigging, with steps to fabricate from pine and spruce and to wear heavy shoes for balance and control.
Musings on character and vanity from a Times column
A string of homely maxims on judgment, pride, honesty, and virtue. It notes that blessings arrive disguised while adversity tests resolve, and contrasts deeds with words in a wry, New York Times style meditation on human foibles.
Japan's Fish Wealth Facing High Fatal Losses
The New York Post notes Japan's marine industry yields over 50 million dollars annually with about five million people dependent on the sea. In 1906 Japan employed 295,004 native boats under 18 feet, 106,803 18 to 30 foot craft, and 24,622 larger vessels, plus 74 steamers and 559 foreign sails, while 949 vessels were lost and 1,280 lives lost, a surprisingly low death toll given frequent storms and frail boats.
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Japan
BH. J, Hing
United States
Calanial
Hakodate
New York Post
Vienna imposes ban on sending live pigeons into Austria
Frontier customs report an order from the Ministers of the Interior Finance Commerce and Agriculture at Vienna forbidding live pigeon shipments into Austria to hinder enemy communications in wartime. An exception exists only for imports with a special permit after full identification of sender and receiver and purpose.
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Vienna
Austria
Ministry of National Defense
Parlor Noise Sparks Hint About Visitor
In a Chicago News item a character notes a noise in the parlor as a sister nudges a guest to leave. Father questions the disturbance while Tommy explains the hint aims to dismiss the young man.
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Tommy
Sis
Chicago News
Mountaineering Patter Highlights Oddities in NY Ane
Fragmentary OCR yields a quirky note from a New York era column about mountaineering and household items. It mentions a man’s entry into climbing and jokes about a wife and an automobile being capable climbers.
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Stella
Elery
Bella
New
Foley's Kidney Remedy Claims Cures Backache and Kidney Trouble
Foley's Kidney Remedy promises to cure backache and bladder trouble by correcting irregularities and strengthening the kidneys to purify the blood and tone the body. It warns to begin at once to avoid Bright's Disease or diabetes with bottles priced at 50 cents and $1.00. Henry T. Lefferts.
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Foley
Bright
Henry T. Lefferts
Wordsworth on plain living and high thinking in old times
The piece recalls Wordsworth and other American and European figures who embraced simple living. It contrasts Tolstoy’s peasant lifestyle with Thoreau’s Walden experiment, noting Emerson’s remarks and Concord’s reputation for plain living and literary culture.
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Wordsworth
Count Tolstoy
Christ
Henry D. Thoreau
Walden Pond
Emerson
Thoreau
Concord
Henry
Waldo
van Thorean
Hawthorne
Abbotta
Channing
New ‘England
Vermont
New England
Holmes
Unclear fragment hints at Sharon plain mystery
Reads as a fragment noting depths and management near Sharon plain with no clear event or person.
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Ona
Ther
Diagilam
Mongreal Herald and Star
Gerom
Alwig
New York Times
Mountaineering
Board OF Health
C. E. C. Fentzlaff
Charles ‘Street
Montclair
E. E. Faith
Thos. Hayes
Nutley
Giggone Domenigo Confectionary
Plain of
Sharon
Briers
Gosyrichts
Taian
Scientific American
Journal
Fernie
Park School Hall
T. 8. Brown
H. A. Cosnolly
Mawest Vv
Cooxmratr
William .H.’. Parry
Learie
Seagate
Dan Ory
Anders
Model
Howe
Tketch
Pepereeneck
Strest
Mwazshmi Ncton
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