Rock Island Introduces Phonograph Concerts Aboard Trains
Rock Island railroad will equip its limited trains with phonographs and offer two daily concerts per train including grand opera performances in the evenings. A dozen machines, nearly $5,000 total, will be placed in observation cars following prior success on the Mountaineer.
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Rock Island Line
Chicago
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
Denver
Seattle
Burlington
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Caruso
Sembrich
Scotti
Penwomen Plan Yearlong Forestry and Mountain Study
The League of American Penwomen in Washington outlines a twelve month program. One study group will focus on forestry and another on Tennessee mountaineers. Each group has twenty members and will publish reports in book form. They will work with government officials and gather cabin life experiences to spread education among the mountaineers who lack educational advantages.
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League of American Penwomen
Washington
League
Tennessee
Tennessee Mountains
Rug for the President From Georgia Tech Decorates White House
Georgia Tech textile students made a 7 by 10 foot cotton rug in gold and white for the White House. Centered with a large YT, the piece honors President Taft who visited Atlanta in January and requested a souvenir. Designed by H. H. Rogers of Milton County, the rug involved all senior textile students and class members in its crafting.
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Georgia School of Technology
White House
Taft
Atlanta
Tech
H. H. Rogers
Milton County
Dress For Suffragettes Suggests Gowns League
Miss Gertrude Kingston, famed actress, told a London meeting of the Women’s Social and Political Union that men listen to outrageous argument if spoken by a woman in a smart frock. She proposed a league to supply suffragettes with French gowns to aid persuasion.
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Gertrude Kingston
Women’s Social and Political Union
London
Union
Feather Flowers to Delight Women at Hats
Feather blossoms, the new millinery craze, are artificial flowers made of feathers. They will soon decorate hats with exquisite coloring and near perfect form. rain cannot spoil them as their tints come from birds, manufactured in Brazil from brilliantly plumed species. Wilda daisies honeysuckles and tomato red flowers are produced by skilled artists.
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Brazil
Budapest and Pest through a thousand years of change
A passage cites Marie Van Vorst in Harpers Magazine describing Budapest and Pest as twin Danube cities, with Buda on the hills and Pest on the riverbank. It recalls their medieval origins, modern growth, and a millennium celebration, contrasting past and twentieth century vitality.
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Budapest
Westminster
Pest
Buda
Danube
Black Sea
Mediaeval Times
Marie van Vorst
Harper’s Magazine
Cloves cultivation and card games described in Fry's Magazine
The article explains clove trees grow from age ten to seventy five with two crops yearly and describes harvesting and drying processes. It then defines cards as pasteboard business instruments and outlines card games, marking, and evolving fashions in games per Fry's Magazine.
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Old Maid
Fry’s
Rhineland Legend of Three Robbers and a Fatal Pact
A Rhineland legend tells of three German outlaws who share a huge booty then plot to murder one on return with provisions. The two killers poison the provisions to claim all. The trio are soon found dead together, betrayed by their own greed and mistrust.
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Rhineland
Salt Cod and Cracker Bake Method From Boston Post
Soak a six inch square salt codfish overnight. Soak six crackers in cold water. In the morning shred the fish and mix with the soaked crackers, three eggs beaten, and a piece of butter. Add salt and pepper. Stir in one quart milk with one dessert spoon flour. Boil five minutes and pour over the dish. Bake twenty minutes.
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Boston Post
Regatta Origin in England Relished by London King
The first regatta in England dates to 1775 and was introduced by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu after admiring Venice water shows. A procession of city barges went to a temporary octagon for revelry lasting into the next day. Seven from the company drowned on the return trip, a note on crowd sobriety.
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England
Mary Wortley Montagu
Venice
London
Breakfast time in Greenland hotel puzzle
A traveler at a Greenland hotel asks the clerk the breakfast hour. The clerk replies with a riddle about the date range from half past March to a quarter to May, reflecting the region’s extreme seasonal daylight.
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Greenland
Harper's Weekly
Bores Flee When Baby Talk Starts in Office
Quip from the Detroit Free Press notes a boss’s tactic. Upon bore entry the manager begins with anecdotes about their baby to end the conversation. The line captures a humorous office dynamic.
I saw him kiss you and was terribly shocked
A dramatic exchange reveals disbelief as a mother proclaims her surprise at an implicit kiss and challenges the daring act, while another character confirms skepticism. The dialogue suggests social tension and the bet over the courage of the involved party.
Notice of Appointment of Estate Administrator
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned is appointed administrator of the estate with the will annexed of John Seger deceased late of Spencer county. William Seger.
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John Seger
Spencer County
William Seger
Notice to Non Residents in Spencer County Divorce Case
Spencer circuit court in Rockport Indiana requires defendant Dora L S Harris to answer by Sept 6 1909 in a divorce complaint filed July 7 1972. Plaintiff Harris through attorney E L Boyd asserts defendant is not Indiana resident and may proceed in his absence if no answer is filed. James A Hopkins clerk.
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Circuit Court
Spencer County
Rockport
Indiana
James A. Hopkins
E.L. Boyd
Spencer Circuit Court
J. A. Hopkins
Quiet Title Action in Spencer Circuit Court 1909
John C. Haines files a complaint in Spencer Circuit Court Indiana to quiet title against William Bannon and unknown heirs and spouse. Defendants, not Indiana residents, are ordered to appear September 6 1909 or answer by demurrer as the case proceeds in Rockport.
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State of Indiana
Spencer County
Spencer Circuit Court
John C. Haines
William Bannon
Notice to Heirs and Creditors in Dane Estate
Spencer Circuit Court September Term 1909. Administrator John Dane presents final account and vouchers for Julia Dane deceased. Hearing Sept 7 1909 at Rockport Indiana. Heirs creditors legatees distributees must appear and show cause or prove heirship. E. L. Boyd attorney for executor.
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Julia Dane
Spencer Circuit Court
Julian Dane
Circuit Court
Rockport
Indiana
John Dane
E. L. Boyd
Retaining Youth and the Tone of Self
A compact reflection urges maintaining a steady personal tone to avoid stagnation and narrowing social circles. The author stresses constant inner work to preserve youthfulness and independence of thought.
Stockings Bright in Mourning Wardrobe Mystery
A remark notes that the cheeriest stockings with bright red blue and green spots are bought by people in the deepest mourning. The underscored irony is that gaiety appears where grief dominates.
Rain Tree Conquers Deserts With Moisture Condensing Leaves
The rain tree Pithe collobium Saman grows up to 60 feet in South America. Its leaves condense atmospheric moisture causing a continual shower to fall from branches and soak soil into marsh, turning barren areas into lush forests.
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South America
Judging Character by Voice Reveals Temperament
The text argues that voice reveals temperament and suggests a heart full of feeling and warmth can be betrayed by tone. It notes people read others through vocal cues, including blind readers who rely on voice to judge character.
Cure for Toothache Proclaimed by London Physician
A London physician at a medical society meeting argued extraction is unnecessary and described a cure for severe toothache. He claimed success in most cases not tied to rheumatism by applying a paste of two drachms of finely ground alum and seven drachms of nitrous ether to the diseased tooth.
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London
The Art of Being Happy and Cheerfulness
This excerpt from Success Magazine quotes Ruskin on cheerful health and the root causes of gloom. It argues children should learn to cultivate the fun loving and humorous side to reduce personal crises and unhappiness.
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Ruskin
Success Magazine
Boy's Essay on Possum Brings Georgia Humor to Fore
A Georgia youngster writes a playful essay about the possum, noting its perpetual grin and good humor. The narrator compares the animal to someone who treats threats as a joke, wondering whether the creature is inherently good-natured or simply born grinning, as quoted by the Atlanta Constitution.
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Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Early Showed Greatness Andrew Jackson’s precocious rise
Sunday Magazine notes Andrew Jackson as a marvel of precocity. He carried a flintlock musket at 14 as a revolutionary soldier, was appointed district attorney of Tennessee by Washington at 23, served as a U S senator at 30, and reached the presidency at 62.
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Andrew Jackson
Washington
Tennessee
United States
Sunday Magazine
Air Weight Variation with Altitude
The article explains air has no fixed weight per volume. A cubic foot of sea level air weighs about 1,700 grains. At 10,000 feet elevation its weight halves, causing expansion to about two cubic feet each of roughly 850 grains.
Financier’s Plea Over Peppermint Change
A Century obituary-like fragment notes a finisher, a customer asks for two cents of peppermint candy as change, claiming his mother sent him to remember what she sent. Local tone hints at a humorous domestic moment.
The Scale of Homicidal Values
A satirical chain equates societal power to mass labor by stacking roles from railroad president to sweatshop workers. Each rung multiplies influence, culminating in an enormous figure for a single miner reflecting vast implied casualties.
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