Deepest Coal Mine near Sam Pelgium and Cardiff Dock
The text notes a 3 500 foot deep coal mine near Sam Pelgium, a dock at Cardiff, Wales, the tallest electric light at Sydney Lighthouse, Australia, and the largest lighthouse at Heary, Virginia. It also references a memory for dates and a quip about spring chickens, followed by a test for tinned fruits and a line about market readiness for girls.
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Sam Pelgium
Cardiff
Wales
Sydney Lighthouse
Australia
Heary
Virginia
A New Napoleon Statue and Related Paraphrase
A fragmentary item reports a bronze Napoleon statue by Seurre with a replica in the Invalides and an onsite removal of a phase to replace with the original. The text, from a periodical page, mixes dialogue and miscellaneous snippets about society, literature, and personal crisis with no clear narrative coherence.
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Napoleon
Seurre
the Invalides
Presa
Spreading Happiness Inspires Mutual Good Nature
A noted quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson extols happiness as communal and contagious. It emphasizes that joy relies on others and prompts kindness, urging universal encouragement of humane and benevolent acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lonta Stevenson
Molding the Sunshine Cheer for a Brighter Morning
A short piece extols starting the day with cheerful courage, framing daily routines as a key to sustaining bright outlooks and resilience. It emphasizes a positive mindset as a habit to keep the sun shining.
Boxing Children's Ears and Head Injuries Warned
Medical experts warn of serious harm from boxing children's ears and striking them on the head or face. The article urges laypeople and teachers to understand the dangerous consequences and take precautions.
Nap Stint in Quizzical Exchange Between Miss Gabbles and Mr Blunt
A playful exchange features Miss Gabbles declaring she weighs her words and Mr Blunt teasing that she has never been accused of giving short weight in a lighthearted dialogue likely from a local column.
Clock’s fast as fan spins at restaurant
A diner notices the electric ventilator fan whirring near the yali as he finishes a meal. He complains to the waiter that the clock seems fast, adding a touch of humor to the scene in this Punch-era vignette.
Timid Lover Bids Farewell Amid Noted Tension
A fragment shows Timid Lover checking his watch and telling Miss Dora he must go as time presses. Dora scolds him for pressing and accuses him of rushing. The exchange hints at underlying tension and social expectations.
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Dora
George
Sown Oats
Augustius Frederick twelve rebukes his father after punishing Sebastian Claude fourteen for possessing a packet of Rose of the Prairie. The father recalls he stopped stealing at age eight, reflecting on childhood mischief.
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Augustius Frederick
Sebastian Claude
London Globe
The Reward. He That Minds His Own Business
A brief Life aphorism notes that those who focus on their affairs may be asked to mind others’ business, reflecting on prudence and social boundaries.
Squirrel’s Destructive Home Trick Costly to Owner
A Montana boy kept a pet squirrel that roamed the house. The rodent tore a roll of $100 to pieces during a later spree, making the animal costly as a pet and a nuisance. The story ends with the boy finding the torn money the next day.
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Montana
Card game mystery ends with a warning about identity
In a tense moment four men play cards when the stranger replies John Potter. He warns no one should call him Jack Potter, threatening to change a face if nicknamed. The exchange heightens the sense of danger in a small gathering.
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John Potter
Jack Potter
Richboy’s marriage and exes teased as satire
A playful exchange mocks Richboy’s nuptials and former flames. The bride is humorously accused of turning the exes’ “racks of bait” into fashion puffs, a light gossiping quip from a social page.
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Richboy
His Unfortunate Reputation and the Odd Tale
A man named Opie Dilldock struggles for thirty minutes before landing a seven pound black bass. He sighs that no one will believe the story, and reflects that fear follows fear. The quoted line from Cox adds a cautionary note: be fearful to be fearless.
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Opie Dilldock
Cox
Crippen Given Death Sentence For Wife Murder
Dr. Hawle eh Crippen American physician found guilty of murdering his wife Belle Esmere after a 30 minute jury deliberation. Chief Justice Alverstone condemned Crippen to death, urging no hope for pardon and to seek peace with God. The condemned man remained calm despite the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crippen
London
Hawle Eh
Belle Esmere
Mies
Lory Chee
Alverstone
Harvey Crip Palelan
Roosevelt Denounces Judge in Standard Oil Controversy
Indianapolis crowds and political elites debated former President Roosevelt's harsh attack on Judge Albert B. Anderson. The event followed Anderson's role in the second trial of the Standard Oil case, where Judge Landis had imposed a 29 million dollar fine on the corporation, halting much government evidence.
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Indianapolis
Tod
Albert B. Anderson
Federal District Court
Roosevel
Roosevelt
Anderson
Standard Oil
Landis
Jikgi Landis
Senator David Bennett Hill Dies in Albany After Illness
The New York statesman David Bennett Hill died at 3 15 Saturday morning after a three week illness from Brights disease and a heart dilation. He served as governor then U S senator from 1891 to 1897 and was a respected figure in state and national politics. He never married and hosted many distinguished guests at Wolferts Roost. Governor White ordered flags at half mast and called for Memorial observances. He was born August 29 1845.
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Albany
N. Y
David Beneet Hii
Hig Bedsire
Hill
Bright
Los
Judge Parker
Inket
Senator Hill
Wolferts Roost
White
Senator Hills
David Bennett Hil
New York
David Bennett Hill
Hhis
David Bennett II
Long Haul Rate Fixed Formal Order Names Fee
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a formal order under section 4 of the updated act. No changes occur before February 17, 1911, and carriers may file rate changes while preserving current rights. Higher through and intermediate rates are allowed if discrimination against intermediate points does not exceed August 17, 1910 levels. All rates remain subject to complaint investigation and possible correction.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Combina Zone
Commixeion
World Series Receipts and Player Shares
Total receipts reach 173,980 with players sharing 9071.92. Winners receive 444.15 per share and losers 315.77. Each of 23 players on each side gains 2.42 or 1.475. The two clubs receive 48,755 each and the national commission gets 17,090. Attendance totals 125,219.
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Chicago
Philadelphiacs
National Commission
Morrell sermon on Deltz case sparks bold defense of flag
Minneapolis pastor Rev. H L Morrill of the People's Church urged that the American flag remains the beautiful banner only as long as it protects the rights of all people. He recounted a talk with Deltz claiming he was the victim of a vast conspiracy.
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Minneapolis
Mian
HL. Morrill
People’s Church of
Mr. Morrill
Deltz
Oklahoma and Kansas oil wells count falls amid September output
Tulsa reports September saw 421 wells drilled in the mid continent field spanning Oklahoma and Kansas, with 326 producers 34 gassers and 64 dry. Estimated production stood at 15 178 barrels daily down from 25 393 in August. The Financial item notes NYC clearing banks record a $5 206 200 drop in specie and legal tenders, offset by loan reductions and a large deposits contraction.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mid
Oklahoma
Kansas
New York
Clearing House Banks of
Friends Rescue Murderer in Lovington Va Event
Report describes a mob of about seventy five armed men from the mountain area storming the Nelson county jail in Lovington Virginia to free John Moore who had been sentenced to electrocution for the murder of Frank How. Authorities fear bloodshed if recapture attempts occur. Separately, word from New York notes the death of Rev Dr Jarred W Scudder in Palmanes India.
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Lovington
John More
Frank How
Nelson County
Ami
Moore
Richmond
New York
Cabel Dispatches
Palmanes
India
Jarred W. Scudder
Roosevelt attack sparks uproar at Ithaca rally
In Ithaca at a Cornell rally, Prof. B E Woodruff attacked Theodore Roosevelt as unmitigated liar and asserted Bellamy Storer was sent to the Vatican. The hall erupted with calls for Parker as the next speaker and mixed reactions followed before quiet returned.
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Ithaca
BE. J. Woodruff
Corneil University
Roosevelt
Hirses
Pres Woodraf
Prof. Woodruf
Celene Rousselt
Eleon
Bellamy Storer
Vatican
Farmers Union Sets Cotton Price at Sixteen Cents
In Galveston Texas a canvass of Farmers Union of Texas members representing about 95 percent of the state cotton crop approved a 16 cent price pledge. Officials report over one million bales are included in the pledge and union warehouses are full of cotton.
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Galveston
Texas
Farmers’ Union of Texas
Frost damage report flags higher losses in Texas crops
Dallas reports frost damage greater than first believed with cotton growers noting crops south of Waco are nearly picked and statewide ginning at about 73 percent. In Kentucky, Ulrich Beyer, a Massac county farmer, was mortally injured by dynamite while blasting Massac Creek and died after evacuation to Riverside Hospital.
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Dallas
Tex
Waco
Paducah
Massac Creek
Ulrich Beyer
Riverside Oospital
Death in Metropolis Tied to 1908 Night Rider Beating
Paducah resident Henry Bennett died in Metropolis Illinois, linked to the February 1908 whipping by night riders in Dyersburg Kentucky. Officials attribute his death to the beating and subsequent exposure after he fled. Exaggerated hurricane damage in Jacksonville estimates state losses under half a million with three reported lives lost. In Jackson Kentucky Charles Little chose death by electrocution over mob violence after pleading guilty to the murder of Matthew Crawford at a distillery.
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Paducah
Henry Bennett
Dyersburg
Metropolis
Jacksonville
Fla
Jackson
Charles Little
Matthew Crawford
Snow First Fall Dips Across Western Oklahoma
Clinton reports the season’s first snowflakes Friday with scattered flurries in the town. Snow also fell in Tuttle and areas of western Oklahoma during the day.
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Clinton
Okla
Tuttle
Arapahoe
Oklahoma
Snow blocks trains as Colorado reports heavy depths
Snow covered Colorado from plains to mountain passes with reports of eight to ten feet in places near Tolland. Travel halted as rail lines were shut and weather impeded transportation across the state.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Mountain
Tolland
Warehouse Plan Proposed for Hattiesburg Markets
At a Commercial Club meeting in Hattiesburg President G G R Hightower urged citizens to subscribe to 15000 of stock in the Union Warehouse Company to build a central warehouse and selling agency. The aim is to consolidate marketable crops, deter boll weevil disruption, and support a modern processing facility to handle cane and other regional production.
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Hattienburg
GG. R. Hightower
Minnseipp
Farmers’ Union
Hightower
Hattiesburg
Inlon Warehouse Company
Tmnicht
Evr
Insurance Agents Question Compliance in State
Insurance Commissioner T. M. Heary reports several failing companies may be attempting to do business. He received letters asking if an agency can place policies with nonadmitted firms and whether Indiana Lumbermen Mutual of Boston or Lumbermen of Mansfield are authorized in Mississippi. Heary replied those firms never applied for admission and are not authorized to operate there.
Dawn of a New Era for Mixebetopians Debuts
Javison notes a transformed era of progress as Miselmannpl farmers shift from cotton to diversification including cattle and hog raising. He cites the bell weevil as a lesson in agrarian rights and urges action to raise land values by about five percent over the next five years.
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Javison
Valen
Miselmannpl
Municipal League Endorses State Reformatory Plan
Meridian reports a successful Municipal League session with leaders backing a gubernatorial appointee to report to the legislature on municipal code reforms and approving a move to seek funds for a Mississippi boys reformatory school. A committee of Mayors Hayes Vicksburg Rentrooke and Donald Hattiesburg will push the measure in the next legislature.
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Meridian
Municipal League of
Mie
Iscipps
Crowder
Jackson
Conmitasion
J.D Donald
Hattiesborg
League
Hayes
Vicksburg
Rentrooke
Natcher
Donald
Hattiesburg
Misaiasippi
Plentiful Game Expected This Season in Jackson Area
November opens the season for shooting quail with better numbers than in years. Duck and goose seasons began September 1 and deer season starts November 15 with reports of strong deer abundance due to low river flooding. Doves may be hunted after November 15 but are scarce. turkey season starts January 1.
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Jackson
Turkey
Delta
Mississippi
Mississippi Cash Runs Strong for Cotton Crop This Year
Jackson and other Mississippi points move cotton to Europe with ample bank funds available. The state expects about two thirds of a crop this year, if the weather holds.
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Jackson
Mississippi
Europe
Milssiesipp
Pigeon problem prompts humane death request at capitol
A Port Gideon woman asks Governor for humane measures to cull pigeons roosting in the capitol building. The issue, connected to an appropriation for chloroform, has been referred to Private Secretary Buck and Engineer Mc Donnell, both noted marksmen.
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Jackson
Port Gideon
Capitol
Buck
Mc Donnell
Mills Shut Down as Creditors Rule Moss Point Plant
W Denny and Company, operating three saw mills and a planing mill in Moss Point with about five hundred workers, have closed indefinitely. The move follows orders from the creditors' committee guiding the firm since the 1907 panic, tied to low lumber prices. Jackson leaders propose a 50,000 pledge to span Pear River above Jackson to enable a Carthage railroad, a 47 mile link. Leake County lacks rail connections and local merchants back the project, hoping Carthage rail access boosts trade.
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Moss Point
W. Denny & Co
Carthage
Jackson
Pear River
J. Numa Jordy and
Kia Associates
Leake County
Healthfulness of the state and public health impressions
The article argues for promoting state resources through health messaging. It counters the belief that the state is full of marshes and that judges are numerous, citing statistics to show a healthy record while noting biases about Black people and illness.
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Jackson
Mos
Confederate Memorial Drive and Hospital Growth Report
Confederate veterans visited Hattiesburg for a reunion and H. Clay Sharkey led fundraising efforts for a Mississippi memorial to Confederate women. Confederate Women’s Day is set for November 21 with school participation urged to boost the fund. Greenwood reports King’s Daughters Hospital expanding with subscriptions for an operating room as citizens back the project. Jackson notes 26 of 70 medical license applicants passed exams, a smaller success rate than usual.
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Jackson
Hattesburg
H. Clay Sharkey
Mississippi
Sharkes
Greenwood
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Greenwoml
Hi, McClear
State Board of Health
Meridian’s Oldest White Man, W. J. Wilson, Dies at 102
W. J. Wilson, claimed to be Mississippi’s oldest white man, died at his Meridian home Saturday. He was 102 years and five months old and remained vigorous until six weeks ago.
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Meridian
W. J. Wilson
Mississippi
Mississippi breeders association to meet in Jackson
Jackson hosts the Mississippi Breeders Association on November 2 to discuss state livestock. Several papers will be read and topics include local farming issues and related agriculture matters.
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Jackson
Mississippi Breeders’ Association
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
An advertisement testifies to the remedy’s cure for women’s ailments. Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts invites sick women to write for free advice, praising the compound as a tonic and invigoration for the female system and urging a fair trial.
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Black Duck
Minn
la FE
Pinkham
Anna Anderson
Hox
Mina
United States
Lydia E. Pinkham
Money for Tuberculosis Work Drives Large Public Funds
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis shows how a small education outlay spurred major spending by New York state, counties, and cities. Since 1908 1910 the Upstate effort raised about 55000 and public authorities have allocated 1500000 to tuberculosis work with plans for more as Red Cross seal sales rise. The aim is 1000000 in sales to unlock further funding and beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
New York
National Association
Red Cross
Ian
A Logical Landlord Story From The Philadelphia Record
A tenant recalls a landlord who refused repairs yet wants higher rent after the tenant improves the house. When asked why the rent rises the landlord cites increased value from painting and installing a new range and bathtub.
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Philadelphia
Jones
Grandma’s rebuke and boxing quip headline style
An elderly woman scolds her grandchild for spilling food, claiming she never drops anything. The child retorts with a defiant remark. The piece ends with a quirky note on boxing and barbers.
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Men Jones
Commission
Dietz
Says
Hopeston
Cannon
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
W. L. ‘Cundiff
Congress
Bryan
Lovingston, Va
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Teddy
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Colonel Roosevelt
Mattesburg
Municipal League
Denny Mills
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Biggess
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Postum Cereal Company, Ltd
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