Dorothy and Oz begin tests for return to Kansas
Dorothy visits the Emerald City and meets Oz the Great and Terrible who demands a quest in return for sending her home. She must kill the Wicked Witch of the West, while her friends seek brains heart and courage from Oz in a shifting form. The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman learn their fates as Oz promises rewards.
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Dorothy
Kansas
Aunt Em
Uncle Ienry
Wicked Witch of
Fast
Emerald City
Wizard of Oz
Asansas
Scarecrow
Land of Oz
Toto
Great Oz
Oz the Terrible
Henry
Sam
Lion
Tin Woodman
Wicked Witch of the West
Sand
Great Throne Room
Kicking as a Social Signal and Cremation Rise in Germany
The piece contrasts kicking as poor conduct taught by example and its impact on life choices and partnerships, urging reflection on upbringing. It then notes 1908 cremation figures in Germany rising 36 percent from 1907, with Lutherans predominantly, Catholics present, and Free Thinkers less inclined, per the British Medical Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Yale Professor Bailey Named Connecticut Census Supervisor
Prof William B Bailey of Yale College chosen as the Connecticut state supervisor for the thirteenth census. Born Springfield Massachusetts May 7 1873 he earned Yale degrees including a PhD and has held multiple academic and civic roles in New Haven including editor positions and leadership in local charities.
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Washington
William B. Bailey
Connecticut
Yale College
Bailey
Springfield
Mass
Williston Seminary
Yale University
Yale Divinity School
American Statistical Association
Economic Bulletin
Boys’ Club Council of
New Haven
Organized Charities of
The
Civic Federation of
Council
Lovellhouse
Consumers’ League
National Municipal League
Taft receives solid gold Gunnison Bell in Montrose
The 18 carat gold bell weighing 5% ounces, presented by the Colorado Telephone Company, marks the opening of the Gunnison Tunnel by President Taft on September 28, 1909 in Montrose. Inscribed to commemorate the event, the bell is a ceremonial artifact preserved for the president. Also described are the newly found diamond fields in German South Africa, where tiny stones are plentiful and laboriously dug by native workers advancing on open desert sand.
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Montrose
Col
Taft
Gunnison Tunnel
Colorado
Colorado Telephone Company
William Howard Taft
United States of America
Colo
South Africa
Wide World Magazine
Kimberley
Prison satire on uniforms and privileges
A pair of quips discuss reforms and perks in prisons. One mocks abolishing stripes while imagining dress suits for well behaved inmates. The other notes convicts already receive watches and chains as part of prison life.
Found! Knicker-What is your definition of a gentleman
An OCR fragment lists sentiment lines and patent medicine pitches. It mentions Perry Davis painkiller formula, Lewis Single Binder cigars, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, and a remark on office seekers’ patriotism. No coherent single event.
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Becker
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Meeley Institute
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L. Frank Baum
Bobbs-Merrill_ Co
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Am Oz, the Great and Terrible
Eastern Journal
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Newark
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Yale
Great Gunnison Tunnel
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Fin Coe
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