Parker Accepts the Nomination for President
Alton B. Parker declares in a lengthy letter his commitment to tariff reform civil service oversight and opposition to executive overreach. He outlines views on constitutionalism reciprocity with foreign nations independence for the Philippines and national expenditures calling for reduced waste and ethical governance.
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Judge Parker
Mom
Champ Clark
June Parker
Wemocrate
Tari
United States
Toms
Dent McKinsey
Democratic Party
Panama Canal
Congress
Post Office Department
War Department
Crtmens
Washington
Nm Bey HS
Alton B. Parker
Back Talk on Intuition and Common Sense
A brief exchange comments on gendered notions of intuition and sense. A woman mocks male common sense while a man retorts that any sense in a man would be uncommon, reflecting a witty dialogue from the Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia Press
Just Like a Woman Joke From Chicago Daily News
A witty exchange cites a Kansas man marrying a spinster who kept 90 chickens. Diggs comments that a woman will find a husband by fair means or by fowl, reflecting a humor piece in the Chicago Daily News.
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Biggs
Kansas
Diggs
Chicago Daily News
Louise Learns Wit From Autograph Quest
An enthusiastic Louise returns from an autograph hunting expedition and remarks that Miss Learned has a bit of sense, as auntie confirms. The brief exchange highlights social chatter around fan encounters and notable polite wit.
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Miss Learned
Louise
Picayune
Weary Man Listens as Summer Return Woman Calls
Weary man notices a returning summer visitor seeks the one he misses and the exchange shows who truly listens. The poem-playful line from Somerville Journal hints at social dynamics of meeting and attention.
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Somerville Journu
Aftergame Run and Hide, Blue-Clad Man Spotted
At a baseball game, Mrs. Torkins quips that a man in blue clothes runs, while the laughter turns to a punchy remark about him running only after the game ends and then hiding, as printed in the Washington Star.
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Charley
Recognized His Style by Name and Style Clue
A dealer notes recognition of an artist’s style from a chromo. The dialogue hints at recalling the artist’s identity as implied by a Detroit scene.
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Mra Newrich
Detroit
Elixir of Life Claims Spark Celebrity Endorsements
A Chicago Daily News note reports chatter about Dr Quackem's elixir of life praised by friends who allegedly gained vitality. One user claims increased energy after one bottle, another says three bottles led to dramatic, unspecified effects.
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Meeks
Dr. Quackem
Chicago Daily News
Feel to Coral Judges of Core
Fragmentary text describes a tactile sensation of coral and marble with references to a New York Pont. The passage contrasts a genuine article feel with an inferior imitation and mentions three ways feeling.
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Core
N.Y. Pont
Proposal Memory Sparks Quiet Jest In Courtship
Miss Oldun recalls keeping suitor in suspense for ten minutes while Miss Critle counters that it felt longer. The exchange unfolds in a playful dialogue report from a St. Louis Republic item.
Lives of the Literary Quip on Versely’s Death
A brief marketable quip from the N O Picayune notes poet Versely died peacefully in his sleep after a long life of struggle. The cartoonish exchange highlights a wry obituary tone about Versely’s passing.
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Versely
N. O Picayune
Japanese Emotion Rules Strain As War News Arrives
A Tokyo dispatch notes Japanese restraint on public emotion frays when reports say three transports were sunk at Kiehima and Admiral Kamimura captured the Vind loetok Bret. A mob gathered in Shite park. police intervened to prevent violence amid wartime news.
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Kiehima
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Shite Park
Fearful Fatality on Southern Railway Wreck
News from Knoxville Sept 24 reports a head on collision on the Southern Railway near Hodges Newmarket causing 60 plus deaths and about 120 injured. Authorities investigate orders given to trains No 15 and No 12 with blame placed on failure to keep to meeting point.
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Tthis Road
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Iride
Farmer Moen Knight Shot in Ambush Near Smithville
Moen Knight, farmer and teamster from Smithville, was wounded in a face and chest ambush while driving from Kin tems to Morgantown four miles north of Smithville. His mule was shot and likely to die. Knight rode to Sam Morgan's nearby for help and is in critical condition.
Train Strikes Wagon Carrying 750 Pounds Dynamite
A Baltimore & Ohio fast freight hit a dynamite wagon at a North Branch West Virginia crossing. Two trainmen killed and nine injured as the locomotive and several cars were demolished. Engineer Pike trapped under debris, slowly dying, until rescued.
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Baltimore & Ohio
North Branch
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Laing
Pike
Hunter Bowen
Four killed by train in Braddock incident
Pittsburg report says four people including two men three women and a baby were struck by a Pennsylvania Express train after exiting a street car near Braddock on a Friday night. The event details remain incomplete due to partial OCR text.
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Pittsburg
Braddock
Pennsyl Venia
Couple, Infant Die After Church Trip in Tragic Loss
The deceased include John Romanowski Joseph Pazlazski and Mrs Antony Augustinowicz infant son of John Romanowski. The funeral party had just left church after the infant’s christening. The infant’s mother was unable to attend due to illness.
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Joseph Pazlazski
Antony Augustinowicz
Admiral Dewey Celebrates Fiftieth Navy Entry Anniversary
Washington reports Admiral George Dewey received congratulations from fellow officers and friends on the fiftieth anniversary of his entry into the naval service. Of 73 midshipmen who entered the academy on September 23 1854 he is the only active list member. seven remain on the retired list. He is in his sixty seventh year as the president sends a congratulatory letter and bouquet.
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Washington
George Dewey
Naval Service
Naval Academy
Admiral Dewey
Vesuvius Active Again at Naples and Nearby News
Vesuvius shows growing activity with crater crust breaking away and red hot ash columns reaching 700 feet as loud detonations and minor quakes are felt. A Friday eruption discharged lava threatening nearby areas, drawing thousands of awestruck onlookers.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Fire at Christian Paper Tobacco Co. factory injures none
Fire swept the Christian Paper Tobacco Co. plant at Main and Morgan streets, starting in the sixth floor drying room. Firemen rescued four girls from the fifth floor as smoke and flames poured from upper windows. The old roof collapsed amid crowds while tobacco valued at 100000 dollars awaited salvage. Naturalization frauds mention appears at end of report.
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Morgan Streets
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Arch Bishop Canterbury Train Wreck Shakes Morgan
A special Boston & Albany train carrying the archbishop of Canterbury from Barnard Bar to Washington collided with a detached locomotive at East Brookfield Massachusetts. J Pierpont Morgan was aboard and shaken but unhurt while the archbishop sustained no injuries.
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New York
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Secret Service Arrests Clerk Over Fraudulent Natualization Papers
Secret service detectives arrested Sebastian Fanacello a clerk in the First Municipal Court on charges of selling bogus federal naturalization certificates. The arrest could uncover the head of a long running syndicate that supplied Italians with fraudulent naturalization papers.
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Secret Service
Sebastian Fanacello
First Municipal Court
Ualians
Jefferson City Gets New Railroad Charter
The Jefferson City Jerviho and Southwestern Railroad Co of Eldon secures a state charter to build and operate a line from Minden Barton county to Eldon Miller county linking with Missouri Pacific Towey. Capital stock is $1,250,000 and incorporators include Julius R. Long W B Allison E R Chappell John B Meyers and Robert B Collins.
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Jefferson
American steamer seized for poaching near Vancouver Island
The American steamer Alert from Bellingham and two large schooners, one loaded with salmon and nets valued at about $15,000, were seized at Cyater Creek by the Ruth, a dominion fisheries protection steamer. Authorities say the poaching occurred about 125 miles from the American boundary. The seized boat has been brought to port.
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Alert
Bellingham
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Dominion Government Fisheries Protection
Beeen
Train mishap halts road traffic injures train workers
A special train wreck blocked road traffic for a period with several train hands slightly injured. The solitary engine was carried about ten yards before derailing onto eastbound rails, causing notable track damage. The Archbishop's special train with a new engine later continued to Washington.
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Trafic
Washington
Katy Flyer Wrecks Near Lewis Station
A northbound Katy Flyer passenger train on the Missouri Kansas & Texas line wrecked at Lewis station due to a misplated switch. The engineer was killed after reversing the engine, and three others were injured. Injured were John Shane Parsons Kansas T L Johnson Seguin Texas Charles Braden Chanute Kansas H Collier Sedalia Missouri. The train was moving 40 mph when it derailed onto a siding into freight cars. the switch light had been removed.
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Chanute
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Sedalia
Freman
Van Schaick Exonerated in Slocum Disaster Report
New York authorities exonerate Capt. Van Schaick of blame for the Slocum wreck that killed nearly 1000. The steamboat inspectors fault the crew’s inexperience and lack of fire drills, blame falls on the master pilot, revoke the chief engineer Conklin’s license, while Second Engineer Brandon is praised for staying at his post.
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Slocum
Board of Steamboat Inspectors
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Brandon
London Death of Kansas City Ranch Heir Reported
George Davis, son of a Kansas City ranch owner, was found dead in a London hotel with a cut artery beside him. Authorities suspect suicide.
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George Davis
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