The News Campaign Fund Contributions Nurture Campaign Homes
The News reports a national campaign fund drive led by William J Bryan and lists donors who sent contributions to The News Bryan Campaign Fund, Prescott Arkansas, with instruction to mail checks to support legitimate campaign purposes. The piece includes a long portrait of a socially prominent woman, her virtues, and how she navigates society across ages from youth to maturity.
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Wm. J. Bryan
Bryan
Prescott, Ark
News’ Bryan
Bank OF Prescott
T. C
Portrait of the New Woman as a Clever Lady
A dense portrait praising the new woman who wields discretion and wit. She masks her ambitions, studies society, and rules with calm resolve, guiding life with judicious humor while wielding social influence over men and women alike.
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Hell
Meetiny
Peer
Prates
Easter in Montenegro festival hospitality and eggs
A traveler describes Montenegrin Easter customs with a shared table and hosts. Families set a white cloth, color eggs red and blue, and welcome friends as kin. The narrator and Petar test pointed egg tips, tapping to crack none.
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Montenegro
Petar
Montenegrin Egg Tap Fades Into Military Rite
In a Montenegro domestic scene a group taps eggs to test strength while a veteran narrator recalls a rite marking soldiers’ identity. The game, linked to youth and tradition, echoes schoolyard rivalries and reflects a broader martial culture.
Charitable Act Trial Turns Into Honest Gaffe for Barr
Joseph H. Barr of Bruceville, a Republican state committee member from the Second district, recounts an embarrassing night in Indianapolis. He helped a neighbor home after an evening with friends, but his deed led to a mistaken household tale about being taken home by Barr.
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Joseph H. Barr
Bruceville
Republican State Committee
Indianapolis
Barr
Warr
Joe Barr
Indianapolia Star
Enviable Life Of A Mountain Sheep Herder
The writer visits a secluded canyon camp of a sheep herder and, amid a phonograph, records, magazines, and novels, finds envy in his solitude and access to culture, contrasting it with the city’s driven work pace. The piece reflects on loneliness, freedom, and artistic immersion in the hills.
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McKay Creek
Patty
Caruso
Schumann Heink
Bryan
Caesar
Oregonian
Wind drives air movement as heated and heavy air collide
The wind results from uneven heating of land and sea. Warm air rises and lightens while cool air stays heavy and descends, drawing the lighter air toward the ground and causing movement as bodies cannot share space.
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New York American
Continental Army and John Brown Helped Cambridge Ammunition
A historical note describes how the American army at Cambridge faced ammo shortages in the revolution until Providence merchant John Brown saved the day. Brown, a wealthy Rhode Island merchant from the Brown family that inspired a university name, contributed supply funds.
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Cambridge
John Brown
Providence
R. I
Brown
Rhode Island Merchant Aims for China Trade and War Prep
Early Rhode Island trader sent ships to China and the East Indies anticipating conflict. He instructed captains on return voyages to load powder, supplying the army after rations fell to under four rounds per man.
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Rhode Island
China
East Indies
Paper as fish preservation method praised in Brussels report
Experiments by Alfred Goldes show Ostend boats packing fish in special vegetable paper preserved freshness and flavor after 16 days off the Portuguese coast, outperforming ice packed cargo. The Ostende fishery congress of 1907 recommended the paper as low cost and space saving.
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M. Alfred Goldes
Brussels Chamber of Commerce
Herr Solling
Harper's Weekly
Animal Sympathy in a Paddock Verse
A reader reflects on a pony four sows and a willow wren nest guarded by unseen birds. The untouched clump of grass amid cropped turf prompts questions about animal communication and care for the weak and helpless.
Model Displaying Washington Dignity Turns Drugstore Runt
A famed sculpture model sits for three hours in a heroic pose but appears in ragged clothes after the session. The artist pays him with a wad and notes the model is down and out with no lunch money. The finished sketch shows a regal senator’s dignity despite the real man’s poverty.
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Washington
Bear on Train Ravages Luggage Van In Saxony Trip
A large brown bear owned by Count Schoenborn broke from its cage on a train to Saxony, wrecking egg boxes and butter casks, smearing the van, and attracting other animals. The bear and poultry loots caused delays as officials fled in fear while authorities recaptured the animal.
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Count Schoenborn
Saxony
Braf
Halle
Bruip
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the News’ National Campaign Fund
Jove
Ea Hood
Thomas C. McRae
H. J. McKenzie
M. M. Symth
Nat Martin
G. R. Hayn
Waller
Bluff City
By Minna Thomas Antrim
Sana
Parisienne
Iolulang
Dever
Nita
Indiana
Continental Army
Pyratry
Ozan Mer.co
Bear
Brain
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