Child Nine Escapes Police Court Publicity Trial
A Yeovil case reports Dorothy Dodge nine charged with ringing a vicarage bell to disturb Hilda Hole. The vicar Rev C A W Robbins sought a public outcome, the magistrates dismissed the case after age considerations, the piece criticizes publicity and socialistic teaching.
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Wifskh
London
Oslergyman
Yeovil
Dorothy Dodge
Hill Trinity Vicarage
Hilda Hole
H Andle
W. A. Dodge
C. A. W. Robins
C. A. W. Robbins
When Tea Was Forbidden at a Patriots Party
A Boston Globe summary recalls colonial tea resistance with stories of fashionable ladies rejecting India tea for substitutes like Labrador and liberty tea. It notes Captain Page’s wife serving tea on a roof, the Bell tavern frog gag, Isaac Wilson forced to proclaim his Tory stance, and post revolution tea licensing in New England towns.
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Flymouth
England
Boston Globe
India
China
Boston
Beto
Capt. Page
Danvers
Bell Tavern
Isaac Wilson
Peabody
Sons of Liberty
New England
Salem
David Mason
Salem Common
Word Wanderers and Chess Talk Across History
A compact essay traces chess terms to Persian Shah and French eschec leading to check and checkmate from Shahmat, notes on eschequier origin for checker and exchequer, and ends with a remark on the rising ubiquity of automobiles and machines.
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Shah
Sunshine Grahams Seal Promises Clean Pure Food
Sunshine Grahams advertises the triple seal protection on every package to assure customers of clean pure and wholesome Grahamstil goods. The Sun shine Seal at the end confirms authenticity and urges buyers to seek the mark.
Public Service League Fights Ordaining Brewery Feed
Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker and the Public Service League of Women challenge a Denver ordinance aimed at feeding brewery swill to cows. The piece notes broader social items from suffrage debate to local charity events and odd curiosities.
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Sarah Platt’ Decker
Public Service League of Women
Denver Board of Aldermen
Aboard the Ship Two Hearts Plot a Secret Union
Mathilde Thorne and Captain Stewart navigate a staged marriage plan amid a tense voyage. He probes her modest Paris life and Canadian ambitions while she weighs a drastic life change and the safety of a prepared deceit. The couple debates timing and methods as the voyage continues.
Ten-Year Eczema Sufferer Healed by Cuticura Remedies
Charles T. Bauer of Volant Pennsylvania describes twelve years of eczema on hands arms and feet with swelling itching and peeling. After trying salves and doctors he used Cuticura Remedies and reports rapid healing with no return trouble. Statement dated March 11 1908 from Potter Drug and Chem Corp Boston.
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Jexema
Charles T. Bauer
Volant
Health statistics show Germany's hospitals and ill population
In Germany there are about 7,600 hospitals treating 1,200,000 patients annually. Including private homes, an estimated one in sixty people is seriously ill at any given time.
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Germany
Allen's Foot-Ease Relief for Aching Feet
Mrs Matilda M Holtert of Providence Rhode Island reports lasting relief from sore and tired feet using Allen's Foot-Ease. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents. Ask today.
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Allen
Matilda Mholtert
Providence
R. I
Canton arsenal adopts rifles matching foreign patterns
The Canton arsenal now produces rifles and rapid-fire guns nearly on par with foreign imports in make and finish. At the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific exposition mothers of Seattle babies born in June are invited to christen their infants on the exposition grounds in July.
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Canton
Seattle
Exposition Grounds
Industrial Growth and Social Notes in 1908
The United States rail road mileage reached 230000 at year end 1908 up from 136883 in 1883 and 184648 in 1898. Net capitalization stands at 13000007012 up 39.8 percent since 1898. Prof Lloyd Morgan recalls a student’s remark on psychology’s clarity. Among 6 million working women nearly 1 million widows 800000 married without support and 100000 divorced workers are noted. War Dept denies troops held for Cuba expedition. In 1908 US publishers released 9254 books, 366 fewer than 1907.
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United States
War Department
Cuba
Talk Between Captain Kerr and Miss Thorne on Landing Plans
On the voyage Captain Kerr offers Miss Thorne help and a home if she needs a change, as they discuss landing, distance from Calgary, and future letters. She accepts his kindness with restrained gratitude, knowing she must maintain caution. The exchange marks a moment of fragile trust amid an environment of secrecy.
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Hudson
Mr. Stewart
Charlie Hudson
Stewart
Thorne
Northwest
Orkville
Mrs. Herbert
Calgarry
Montreal
Plymouth
London
Baye
Miss Thorne
Mathilde
Chelsea
Paris
Walt
England
Captain Kerr
Yorkshire
Calgary
Kent
Clifford Howard
Lipplincott
New York
United States
Frog Farm Confession Sparks Strange Business Talk
An exchange between an optimist and a tall stranger reveals a quirky business scheme. The stranger boasts that more croakers in his venture means greater profits, prompting the punchline that he runs a frog farm.
Dentist Warns Of Large Cavity Needing Filling
A patient named Chaily is advised by a dentist about a sizable cavity requiring a filling. Ethel asks if any special course of study was recommended, reflecting a London Public Opinion exchange.
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Chaily
Ethel
London
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