Ships, strikes, and trials in a turbulent era
Baltimore receives Cardinal Gibbons from Europe as Atlantic City hosts a national conference of Christian churches. A Swede named Samuel Swenson was stopped by Secret Service at Sagamore Hill while seeking Roosevelt. Niagara Falls hosts the Farmers' National Congress and a Kentucky murder case sentences Curtis Jett to death. Impeachment moves target Theodore Shaffer of the Iron Steel and Tin Workers' Union. Philadelphia's Pencoyd Iron Works to close until January 1, affecting 3,000 workers. Old naval veteran William MacKabee celebrates his 100th birthday in Philadelphia as legal battles loom over District Attorney Young. A Sailors' Mission tale recounts quick-acting harbor heroes aiding a fallen shipman. In Vienna the Supreme Court orders typewritten documents to speed proceedings.
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Cardinal Gibbons
New York
Europe
Conference of
Christian Churches
Atlantic City
Samuel Swenson
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Farmers’ National Congress
Niagara Falls
Curtis Jett
Cynthiana
Thomas Cockrill
Theodore Shaffer
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers’ Union
Pencoyd Iron Works
Philadelphia
George W. Beavers
Young
Electric rail links Cleveland and Pittsburg in year claim
News of the Day notes a proposed electric railway between Cleveland Ohio and Pittsburg Pa covering 137 miles. Promoters insist success despite rough terrain while experts predict glacier extinction remains a matter of time as seventeen Dauphine Alps glaciers shrink up to fifty feet daily since 1890.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Pittsburg
Dauphine Alps
Protest by messenger boys halts work in Chicago
Unanimous Opinion notes a quip about Gayman as a church vestryman. About 400 messenger boys employed by Illinois District Telegraph Company stopped work in Chicago in protest against employing colored boys, signaling racial tensions in labor.
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Philadelphia Press
Gayman
Illinois District Telegraph Company
Chicago
Peaches Are Peaches and Civic Wit in Summerville
In Summerville Georgia the local column contrasts light banter about dogs and reform with wry maxims on cynicism and a playful line about Georgia peaches and girls. The piece blends social quips and small town humor reflecting regional concerns.
Not Obliged to Smoke at West Point Cadets Rule
The St. Louis Republic notes a new West Point rule allowing cadets to smoke pipes. It clarifies smoking is not compulsory and is unlikely to affect peace, but may foster generalship. Parents are reassured that no obligation to smoke exists.
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St. Louis Republic
West Point
Traction engines plow vast fields on Western ranches
A seventy power traction engines pull seventeen fourteen inch plows on Western ranches, enabling sixty acres daily. They can plow drill and harrow simultaneously with proper tools, covering thirty five to fifty acres per day.
Linen table fashions and thrift at market end urged
The Washington Star notes Irish crochet centerpieces on colored linen for luncheons and white cloths for evenings, plus decorative tabs like Noahs arks in silver. It stresses economy in buying, marketing per season, and storing perishables, advising fresh meat and seafood, and favoring large stores with quick turnover to limit waste.
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China
Washington Star
Renaissance of interior decoration and drapery trends
Harper's Bazar notes a revival in interior decor as English and European styles influence modern fabrics. It highlights draperies echoing sixteenth to seventeenth century motifs, moire damask and lilting greens, and ornate garlands, lovers knots, and basket designs seen in brocades, damasks, lace embroideries, wallpapers, and cretonnes. It also mentions Venetian and Florentine ornament in high end textiles and embroidered nets.
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Harper’s Bazar
Breakfast Dishes and Savory Egg Stuffed Eggs
A collection of old fashioned recipe notes describing frying sausage croquettes with mashed potatoes and crumbs, Highland scone dough baked on a griddle, kidney toast with lamb kidneys and butter, and sardine stuffed hard boiled eggs with lemon and aspic, served on lettuce.
Lament of the Lay Brother in Kerry and Iona
A Kerry peasant laments exile on Iona longing for Kerry fields and kine. He hears no voice of his, misses his herd, and sighs for home while Saint Iona sleep. Seagulls and swallows move between places as he yearns to tend cattle again.
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Tena
Iona
Kerry
Opium smoking warned by French doctors spreads to Paris
Sharps and Flats notes doctors in France warn of the opium smoking craze spreading from Indo-China expositions to Marseilles Toulon and Paris as authorities report wider societal reach amid rising health concerns. Italy Gazette cites a 1903 law banning export of antiquities from excavations and art valued items held by private parties with two year enforcement.
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France
Indo-China
Marseilles
Toulon
Paris
Official Gazette
Italy
Bulletin Bubbles. A pennsylvaniabulletin whimsy column
A brief jumble of witty phrases reflecting the Philadelphia Bulletin style. Observations on heat and hats, dead letters, post mortems in headlines, fashion wrappers, stingy men, and men between two fires when taking jobs. A compact, light column tone.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Potter’s Field
The Worm Turns in Silent Quarrel Between Henpecks
Mrs. Henpeck accuses her husband of playing the martyr while he insists he suffers in the perpetual absence of silence. He laments that a little quiet would be a positive pleasure to him.
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Philadelphia Press
Mrs. Henpeck
Mr. Henpeck
Reflections of a Bachelor in New York Press
A satirical piece notes that women lack a place to scratch matches on. It mocks luncheon with married women, jealousy at a rival’s funeral, and suspicion when a husband works late, implying distrust and social quirks in relationships.
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New York Press
Peruna Touted By Brooklyn Woman For Summer Health
Sres Morris of 236 Carroll St Brooklyn endorses Peruna as a fine year round tonic that helps withstand hot weather. She credits it with keeping malaria at bay and reducing the worn-out look in women. The ad compares Peruna to bath for mucous membranes and urges frequent bathing with occasional Peruna use to ease summer suffering.
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Sres Morris
Carroll St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ji Hine Morris
Peruna Promises Relief From Heat Mood and Malaria
The ad claims Peruna cures low mood from hot weather and rigors by clearing mucous membranes, and suggests writing to Dr. Hartman for advice. It states Wickly’s malaria-like symptoms improve with Peruna and references The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
Dean's Kidney Pills advertised relief for kidney and rheumatic pains
An advertisement claims Dean's Kidney Pills dissolve calculi and ease back, hip, joint, and rheumatic swelling while improving urine. reader testimonials praise quick pain relief and overall well being after free trials, noting kidney trouble in a child and recovery in adults.
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Dean
Orry
Ino
Stephen Schaefer
Appre Andrews
Bropueap
Wis
Deann
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Baltimore
Boston
Jake
Supreme Court of Law
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Ayer
J. Early Finley
Ironton
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell
Soutine
Suck
SS College
Mec. a.Ga
Ehall
Amae Bazinet
Osborn Mill No. 2
Fall River, Mass
Sterling Remedy Co
N.Y
The
Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Bridgeport
Relance
Cowes
Beeliges
A.J. Tower Co
Mast USA
Green's Sons
Atlanta
Pepprey
Yaas
Summerville
Georgia Girl
Georgia Peace
Dr. Kline
Kurse, Ltd
Phila
Catarra
Hall
Cwesex & Co
Toledo
Atchison Globe
Jamsure Plso
Africa
Reiki Ett
Bulletin Bubbles
S Robine
Ase
Buckingham
Es College OF Virginia
Christopher Tompking
Hichmond
Virgina
Tressie Nelson
Nashville
Tenn
Peruna
Gres
Gressie Nelson
Hartman
Repeating
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
New Haven, Conn
United States
Oliver Ciean
J.E
Crayton
Charlotte
Washington
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Milk Commission of
New York City
Foster-Mibourn Co
Buffalo
Acone
Scpa
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Corona Co
Corona
Brockton
Mass
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Carolina Millstone CO
Cameron, N. C
Moore County
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Mitron Works
Winston-Salem
N.C
Carpenter's
Carpenter & CO
Louisville
American Fairlane
Tarrant CO
Jay Street
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