Narka Returns Safe After Fierce Winter Ocean Trek
In a brutal gale off Chebucto Bay the Narka, a 60 ton fishing trawler, battled nor westerly seas and ice encrusted dories. Crew steadied by alert skipper and steady hands, hauling trawls through blizzards, and finally steered into Herring Cove to celebrate Christmas Eve.
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Narka
Chebucta
Herring Cove
Sambro
Fo'cast le
Cook
Chebucto Bay
Yarmouth
Halifax
Montreal Star
Navy Surgeon General urges employment of women nurses
The surgeon general of the navy urges Congress to authorize trained women nurses for the naval medical service. He argues women nurses are superior in many duties and would assist hospital staff, teach hospital corps, and free men for sea service. The bureau requests establishment of a nurse superintendent and suitable expansion in war or peace. Washington Star reports.
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Navy
Naval Medical Service
Army
Naval
Secretary of the Navy
Bureau
Congress
Department
Washington Star
Ages of railway chiefs and the Osler theory
The New York Evening Post notes that seventeen major U S railroad presidents mostly exceed the retirement age per Osler. Oldest James J Hill born 1838 leads a list, Cassatt 66, Marvin Hughitt 64, others 50s and 60s. The piece argues railroading is exhausting and questions age limits for leadership.
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Osler
United States
New York Evening Post
James J. Hill
Great Northern
A. J. Cassett
The
Pennsylvania
Eadward T. Jeffrey
Rio, Grande
George J. Gould
Northwestern Railroad
A. J. Cassatt
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Mr. Cassatt
H. T. Jeffrey
Roswell Miller
St. Paul
Thomas Lowry
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Frederick D. Underwood
Erie
W. H. Truesdale
Lackawanna
C. S. Mellon
New Haven
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
James M. Barr
Seaboard Air Line
Cherokee Nation’s Rise Through Education and Valor
The Cherokee Nation reports seventy five new schools established in the past year funded by the community and run largely by teachers of Indian descent. The tribe’s perseverance includes a long struggle for existence and a constitutional government seated in Tahlequah. An 18th century embassy to England saw Cherokees kneel before King George II with offerings of five eagles’ claws and four enemy scalps acknowledged by the monarch.
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Cherokee Nation
Georgia
Tahlequah
England
George II
One Enough in New York Dining Tale
Uncle Reuben’s wife recalls a big New York hotel where meals were costly yet unsatisfactory. She notes the first course nearly $2.50 and adds that they left after one course, finding that one course enough for them.
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New York
Reuben
Charity at Home Belief on Tainted Money for Missions
A Baltimore American excerpt questions accepting tainted money for foreign missions. The speaker rejects spreading infection through charitable funds and condemns aiding causes tied to contaminated sources.
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Baltimore
The Pie Division Sparks Family Reflections Across Generations
A fragment explores parental distribution of resources and the enduring impact of unfair sharing on children. It contrasts maternal pie cutting with paternal division and reflects on burdens beyond immediate hunger. The tone hints at social critique through metaphor and religious imagery.
Painting the Lily in a New York Town
A five year old Negro boy named Rastus in a New York town is invited to usher in a church benefit. While peers mock his dark skin, the manager and an older brother insist that Rastus may black up as others do. The boy ends up enjoying the event.
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New York State
Rastus
New York Tribune
Tom Babcock
Tom
Smailes
Mother and son discuss charity over found money
A mother accuses her son of taking ten cents she left on a bureau. Tommy admits giving it to a lame man with a wife and four children he saw selling popcorn and candy in the street.
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Lee
Narka
Sambro
Gulf Stream
Cap
Oan
Ta Nor’eaat
Tommy
Catholic Standard
Tommy Twaddles Sparks Family Language Debate
The Cleveland Leader quotes a boy and his mother arguing over language use. The exchange shows the boy resisting swearing while the mother chides him and references his father’s quieter speech.
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Tommy Twaddles
Cleveland
Wedding Details Amid Parade With Orchestra Guarded
A simple wedding described with a parade featuring at least six participants and an orchestra. A detective guarded the route or venue to ensure safety during the ceremony.
Reminiscences and notices on authors and editors
The obituary notes George Lillie Craik of Folkestone England, longtime Macmillan executive, and recalls Edwin Lefevre and tom Masson literary profiles. It highlights Masson’s career, Greenaway’s limited fame, and a new Life of Kate Greenaway with illustrations and Ruskin correspondence.
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George Lillie Craik
Folkstone
England
Dinah Maria Mulock
John Halifax
Craik
Macmillan Company
Edwin Lefevre
Wall Street
Richard Dawson
Young Grinnell
James R. Stillman
Mellons
Rockefellers
Isaac Herzog
Jacob Schiff
Lefevre
Tom Masson
France
Russia
Norway
Sweden
Spain
Lyman Abbott
New York Sun
Charles A. ,Dana
Masson
Life
Glen Ridge
N. J
Ixate Greenaway
Temple of Fame
Miss Greenaway
Putnams
Ruskin
Rejected Poe Inspires Hall of Fame Verse
Poet John Tabb writes a stanza titled Rejected in response to Poe being barred from the Hall of Fame. He asserts the dead should enter the hall and living names like Edgar Allan Poe should not be inscribed.
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Edgar Allan Poe
American “Hall of Fame
John
Tabb
Channel Hall of Fame
Proposal for a six propeller Atlantic crossing ship
London inventor R Painton unveils a vessel with six propellers arranged along the keel to drive a ship across the Atlantic in three days or less. The design promises breaking existing speed records and aims for a crossing of three nights and two days.
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R. Painton
London
Atlantic
American drummers in Mecca surprise English pilgrim
English traveler John F. Keane, on a pilgrimage to Mecca, met two American drummers in Arabia. Disguised as a Mohammedan, Keane feared danger while the Americans traveled openly in flannels and Panama hats, promoting American oil with leaders of the faithful.
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John F. Keane
Arabia
Keane
Mecca
Mohammed
England
A Good Start Mamma-Gracious Harold Joke
A brief comic line features a child named Harold telling his mother he will be a doctor and plans to start by cutting out the appendix. The exchange captures a playful, parent–child moment with a pun on medical ambition.
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Harold
Double Surprise Party Plan Aimed at the Victim
A note describes a twofold surprise for a person, suggesting visiting the victim’s home as Surprise No 1 and delivering refreshments as Surprise No 2, though the plan is informal and poorly structured.
Diplomatic Row Over Venezuelan Envoy Taigny Expulsion
Paris reports say France ordered the expulsion of M. Taigny the Venezuelan charge d’affaires after diplomatic tensions with Venezuela. The note cites measures to move him to the frontier as relations had deteriorated, with Maubourguet to handle the matter and the frontier security tightened. The action follows the severing of Venezuelan ties and creates a tense stand official in Paris and Caracas.
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Paris
Ary
Martinique
Lamaira 4
Agen
Ilique
M. Taigny
Venezuela
Jury Gravier
la Guaira
Susyu
M. Ta
Tra Maubourguet
Ronvier
Taigny
Allie
Cation
Russell
Betaces
M. Taigny Waas
Crumr
Chasseloup-Lauhata
Carara
Bri
Amouns
Perfe
France
Indicted Man Ends Testimony in Grand Jury Case
An indicted man testifies before a Kansas City grand jury investigating alleged malfeasance in stock dealings. The trial of Miller proceeds as jurors consider weighted yards and transfers among stockmen, buyers, and sellers.
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Kansas City
Erima
Miller
Fré Kelly Eludes and Faces Indictment Issues in Courts
A fragmented report notes Kelly from the house of delegates, indicted in a graft case, fled to Europe then was captured in Philadelphia and brought to St. Louis. The indictment was quashed, a court dismissal followed, and the final charge was reportedly dismissed as a member of the press group faced related proceedings.
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Kelly
ST. Louis
House of Delegates
Haveling
Europe
Philadelphia
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Rixey
Charity
Sweet Charity
Indiqy
Talgny
Vauge
Jan Charro
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