Baffle the Tax Gatherers on Donegal Island Refusals
A Donegal county council discussion reveals chronic rate nonpayment on Tory Island and neighboring islets Inishmore Inishkeel and others. Boat access is blocked and summons servers refused, with one case where a collector had to reenter only after promises. A councilor jokes of stripping islanders on the mainland. A separate vignette shows a mother predicting her son’s future as a bricklayer rather than an artist.
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Donegal
Ireland
Girl Dances With Skeleton At Hopkins Academy
A French dancing master skeleton mounted on a wheeled base is moved into the anatomy room during a school dance. A young girl writes Monsieur the Skeleton on a card and dances with it on the polished floor, declaring she dances with death as others watch. No incident occurs and the event ends with the band continuing.
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Hopkins Academy of Art
Monsieur
San Francisco
Saloonkeepers Arrested in Sunday Closing Crackdown
The Chicago Heights Star reports six saloonkeepers were arrested for keeping venues open and selling liquor on Sunday. Names include Miss Florence McCabe and Thomas Bonick along with Rogan and Green and others, warrants issued by multiple local justices. Inquests and trials set for January with officials seeking unbiased juries. A Blue Island Anti-Saloon League letter presses enforcement amid ongoing Sunday closing fights. A Cook County deputy coroner led the inquest into Charles Orr’s death, verdict: accidental death.
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Chicago Heights
Florence McCabe
Fourteenth Street
Center Ave
Otto Sauter
Thomas Bonick
Sixteenth Street
Wentworth Ave
Dosh Carcunt
Someventeeniti Street
A. B
Municipal League
Pastors Association
Hook
Blue Island
Milan Reynolds
Palatine
Cook County
Charles Orr
Dalton Yards
Neidon’s
Dolton guests mingle with Chicago friends and wedding plans
Mrs H M Packard and Miss Ella Rudloff of Dolton visited Chicago friends for several days. Chas Pieplow of Baldwin County Alabama will wed Emma Vollbrat of Chicago on February 8 with local invitations issued. Crossings in Dalton repaired with cinders and crushed stone. Chicago Tribune notes rail shrinkage in 1907 totaling over 3.24 billion dollars across railroads and industries. Mrs Harry Lucken celebrates birthday January 6 at 13306 Prairie Ave Riverdale with fourteen guests at a six o'clock dinner.
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H. M. Packard
Ella Rudloff of
Dolton
Chicago
Chas. Pieplow
Baldwin County
Alabama
Emma Vollbrat
Dalton
Harry Lucken
Prairie Ave
Riverdale
A Sham Love of Country and Corruption
A Christian Register quote contrasts love of country as an ideal with citizens who practice graft and bribery in national business. It argues some abuse the nation for personal gain while others honor the flag by sacrifice. The piece highlights tension between national ideals and corrupt conduct.
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Christian Register
Fifty Kinds of Headache
A physician explains there are more than 50 headache types and outlines common forms and self care. He notes forehead dull pain from dyspepsia, back head pain from the liver, temple bursting pain from malnutrition, top-head ache from overwork, and brow ache from eye strain.
The Wise Old Boy Declines Presidential Campaign
The man expresses inability to leave home for a presidential bid saying he could not consent to such a campaign. Molly remarks on the decision as a matter of personal choice and duty.
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United States
California Sweet Peas Demand Surges in Flower Industry
California grows about 350000 pounds of sweet peas yearly with 86 divisions and 300 subdivisions. A single 500 acre farm specializes in sweet peas and high demand outstrips supply despite other farms. Sweet peas top home garden popularity, rivaling nasturtiums in some cases.
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California
America
Remarkable self built wagon from 1863 endures in use
J B Beyer of Schola township Pike county PA built a wagon in 1863 in a Barryville NY wagon shop while an apprentice. He did all wood work by lamplight and has used the wagon ever since on his Shohola farm. It has never needed tires or repairs and remains well preserved due to being housed when not in use.
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J. B. Beyer
Schola Township
Pike County
Pennsylvania
Barryville
N. Y
Beyer
Shohola Township
Golf Gne at Shinnecock Hills Axioms of Slowness
A New York athlete watches a golfer retire to the dressing rooms at Shinnecock Hills. The New Yorker asks how many rounds he has played. the response: only three or four in two hours. The punchline: it takes him long to put the turf back.
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Shinnecock Hills
New York
Orker
New Yorker
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F. A. Reich
Son Riverdale
Irish Islands
Fie
Vol. Fire Co
Rippe
Ill
Halil
DR. C. Braun’s
Lake Side Drug Company
Leyden Avenue
Chicago Tribune
Wisconsin Lime & Cement Co
Dolton, Illinots
QO E. Cook
Riverdale Fresh Bakery
South Holland
Thornton
Homewood
WM. Krueger
Chicago Street
Dolton, Ill
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