Fragmented Clipped News Snippets From Various Papers
A collage of curious lines notes style tips, stray facts, and short anecdotes from historic papers. It references an emergency feather dusting trick, wool records led by Australia, blue moods for propriety, a family scene with Billies, a church census, rhinoceros horn growth, North Carolina’s first woman dentist, Valparaiso reconstruction funds, and a New York Times quip about a bar scene with art and corned beef free lunch chatter.
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New York Times
Naval Chief Metcalf Resigns. Newberry to Succeed
Washington reports Secretary Victor Metcalf resigns for health reasons effective December 1. President Taft appoints Assistant Secretary Truman Newberry as his successor, noting Newberry’s naval service and business background in Detroit and Michigan links.
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Washington
Victor H. Metcalf
Truman H. Newberry
Metcalf
Commerce and Labor
Navy
Newberry
Bernstorff Named German Ambassador to the United States
Berlin reports Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff has been chosen by Emperor William to succeed the late Baron Speck von Sternburg as ambassador to America. Born 1862 in London, he began diplomacy in 1899 at Constantinople and has since served in Cairo Belgrade London and St Petersburg among others. He is noted for improving German relations during his London tenure and is the fourth son of Count Albercht von Bernstorff.
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Berlin
Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
Egypt
William
Baron Speck von Sternburg
America
Countess von Bernstorff
Edward Luckemeyer
New York
Count von Bernstorff
Cairo
Albrecht von Bernstorff
Bismarck
London
Court of St. James
Constantinople
Turkey
Foreign Office
Belgrade
Dresden
St. Petersburg
Munich
England
Germany
Ernst von Bernstorff
Reasons of the Druggist for Not Stocking a Patented Article
A customer seeks a patented item across five drug stores in one neighborhood. Store two cites no demand from locals, only agents of the company. store three recalls intermittent supply and long wagon waits, leading to quitting stock. The piece mocks unaccountable druggists and the chase for in demand goods.
Extermination of Rats in Honolulu Prompts Cat Breed Plan
An official of the Marine Hospital Service works on developing a cat breed with strong ratcatching ability to aid Honolulu rat control efforts. The remark about fashion and society precedes the note on the program. The report frames the plan as part of wartime public health measures.
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Honolulu
The
Marine Hospital Service
Hammond Seeks Cabinet Place For Taft
Friends of John Hays Hammond the mining engineer and publicist from Massachusetts plan to petition President Taft to appoint him to a cabinet post. They describe Hammond as a capable administrator and public figure with broad business and civic credentials.
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Washington
John Hays Hammond
Massachusetts
Mr. Taft
Ham
Mond Seeks Department of Commerce and Labor Reform
The text indicates Mond aims to reshape the Department of Commerce and Labor to aid the country's commercial interests especially manufacturing. Hammond backed the recent campaign and funded the National League of Republican Clubs from his private fortune. He plans permanent headquarters and to grow the league's reach over four years.
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Mond
Department of Commerce and Labor
Hammond
National League of Republican
National League
Language Diversity Across Global Regions
The text cites authorities listing 3424 languages or dialects in use today with regional counts of 937 Asiatic 578 European 276 African and 1624 American. It characterizes most as belonging to certain tribes and nations described as savage or semi savage.
Illinois Game Wardens Boost pheasant supply in Carlyle county
Local reports say state game department efforts to increase pheasants are succeeding after two years of releases by the county warden. Farmers cooperate to protect birds as quail remain abundant but scarce for shooting territory.
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Carlyle
State Game Department
Runaway Fatal to An Aged Man in Sparta
Funeral held for John Watson Sr 88 business man of Sparta who died from injuries after being run over by a team. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church. In Bloomington Bert Picker now a Hoopeston Chronicle printer was then orderly to President-elect Tait when governor of the Philippines in 1900. Pickerell served in Company D Twentieth Infantry. Sleeping Man Burns In Saloon Fire in Springfield Tony Jesukevich burned to death while sleeping in a rear room after likely overturning a lamp starting a bed fire. Illinois Bank Closed for Examination in Pittsfield private bank of C A Manker Pearl Ill posted closed for examination. report to depositors later by William Munford attorney
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Sparta
John Watson
First Presbyterian Church
Watson
Bloomington
Tait
Philippines
Bert Picker
The
Hoopeston Chronicle
Pickerell
Twentieth United States Infantry
Springfield
Edward Kunger
Tony Jesukevich
Illinois
Pittsfield
C. A. Manker
Pearl, Il
William Munford
Springfield acquittals stir fear of riot case collapse
The acquittal of William and Mabel Stout on burglary and larceny charges linked to recent race riots signals weakening prosecutions. Elsewhere in Springfield, other local notes report a $65,000 pumping station contract for Spring Lake Drainage Levee near Pekin, two inmates escaping jail by sawing bars in Harrisburg, and a barn fire in Eldorado with no insurance.
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Springfield
William and Mabel Stout
Spring Lake
Pekin
Liberty
Harrisburg
W. ©. Harris
W. C. Goodman
Sky” Dickey
Charles Geralds
William Larowe
Smile’s Face Value and the Modern Smile Critique
An essay debates the modern smile as a depreciating currency that neither illuminates nor bridges silence. It contrasts the past value of a woman's smile with today’s cruder, imitative social gesture. A cigar advertisement for Lewis' Single Binder from Peoria, Illinois, appears within the text.
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Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
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Indianapolis News
Australia
United States
Philadelphia Bulletin
Billie
Robert
Mother
North Carolina
D. Z. McGuire
Asheville
North Carolina Rental Association
Valparaiso
ST. Louis
ITE
ST. Louis, MO
Sansun
Barnes
Business College
Standard School of
Board of Education
Chenoweth Ron Voc
Oaé
Chenoweth Dyeing & Cleaning Company
Chenoweth Bulldine
Washington Avenue
Wohler
North Sixth Street
Meyer Bros. Coffee and Spice Co
Yosemite
Naval Department
Detroit
Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Railway Company
Roosevelt
Kaiser
Washington Post
Cleveland
Commerce and Labor Department
John Hays Haimtond
News OF Illinois
Hubby
Anagry
Mount Vernon
Lulu Rote
Frank Rote
Rote
Sam Hull
Mr. Hull
Patoka Township
J. W. Workman
Maxwell, Ill
Workman
Sangamon
Babe
John Mullen
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wabasha
Jin St
Taft
Eldorado
John Cash
Dodds
Dr. D. Jayne
Carters
Canada
Hudson Bay
Western
Ottawa
U. S. Crawford
W. Ninth St
Kansas City
C. J. Broughton
Quincy Bldg
Chicago, Mh
Wl.douglas
W. L. Douglas
McIntosh
Hastings & McIntosh
Walnut St
Philadelphia
Sloan’s Liniment
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
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