Abernathy Boys Ride to New York in Rodeo Style
The Abernathy family, led by Marshal John R. Abernathy, brings five children and two young riders Louis and Temple, aged ten and six, to greet Roosevelt after riding cross country from their ranch. He trains them with discipline, aims for Harvard education, and notes their Mexico trip as equally bold and self reliant.
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Harvard
Roosevelt
Mexico
John R. Abernathy
Oklahoma
Louis
Temple Abernathy
New York
Abernathys
Temple
Marshal Abernathy
Colonel Roosevelt
Abernathy
Air travel may cause worse airsickness than seasickness
The Lancet foresees aviators and travelers facing airsickness potentially more severe than seasickness due to high altitudes and abrupt maneuvers. It notes some people feel uneasy in elevators or swings and cautions that airship travel remains not yet common daily practice.
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Lancet
London Medical Journal
Hoodee Buddha and Lady Nevillas Dragon of Doom
Lady Dorothy Nevill records tales of a Burma Buddha blamed for a run of misfortunes after its arrival in her drawing room. The miniature figure supposedly affected family business, pet deaths, a paralyzed pony, and a crashed chimney before being loaned to the Indian museum where it settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Nevill
Giamond
Burma
Lady Dorothy
Indian Museum
Postponed Bath Note From Miss Flora Shaw
London Times correspondent Flora Shaw, travelling through Africa, reaches a frontier town eager for a bath. After a dusty reception she orders hot water, only to receive a steaming milklike liquid from a tin vessel, the hotel short of water, with fish boiled in it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Shaw
London Times
Africa
Miss Shaw
The Victorious One and the Third Term Constable
An Indianapolis businessman marooned on election night in an Illinois village learns no results by 8 pm. The next morning a passerby proclaims victory and jokes that he was elected constable for a third term. The tale appears in the Saturday Evening Post.
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Indianapolis
Illinois
Saturday Evening Post
Roosevelt
Mr. Parker
Dassent and meaning in speech in court room scene
A bridge policeman debates word choice with a magistrate over a foreign born resident charged with a minor offense. The magistrate insists the man must not repeat the act while the officer says the man understands the admonition better than the judge’s phrasing. The prisoner appears to agree.
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Dassent
East Side
New York Sun
Riding Away With the Bride Reappears in English Border Counties
In many English border counties old bridal customs endure where parents avoid attending the ceremony. The groom is believed to ride off with his bride on a foaming horse, a practice preferred by brides over the modern altar giving away.
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Border
England
Fragmented dialogue recounts flirtation scene
A playful exchange unfolds as a man compliments a woman and she coyly replies that many gentlemen claim she is attractive. She adds that their words lack proof, underscoring a witty, teasing tone in a social moment.
He Got It. A Pair Share a Box of Chocolate Kiss
Eva recalls strolling with Belinda as he offered a box of chocolates. The moment passed without the kiss, and Eva admits she could not say the word. He whispered and took the word from her lips.
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Eva
Belinda
Shadow in Food Cited From Hair’s Small Shadow
A note notes that even the smallest hair can cast a shadow over appetite when found in food, highlighting a minor yet striking effect on perception and desire to eat.
Good deeds and kindness yield lasting friendships and love
The saying notes that courtesy sown grows into friendship and kindness planted reaps love. It emphasizes that generous acts are never wasted and kindness returns as strong relationships.
Sugar tariff blamed for high living costs and industry harm
The piece argues American families pay about 8 dollars yearly due to raw and refined sugar duties controlled by the sugar trust. It claims the tariff inflates prices, harms fruit canning and preserving, and damages beet sugar refiners while noting unsupported benefits to Hawaiian and Porto Rican producers. It cites figures on consumption, trust influence, and a 20 percent dividend on capital.
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Sugar Trust
Frank C. Lowry
New York
Lowry
Great Britain
A. J. Heinz Company
Pitsbury
England
Edward Atkinson
Dundee
Scotland
National Canners’ Association
Congress
Claus A. Spreckels
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Louisiana
California
Utah
Colorado
Five congressmen replaced after Aldrich tariff passage
Elections were held to fill vacancies caused by the deaths of D Armand Missouri Lassiter Virginia Griggs Georgia Lovering Massachusetts and Perkins New York. Not one winner supported the tariff law in their platform. Kansas City Times notes trusts and combines blamed for high living costs and credits the tariff for their vitality.
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D’armand
Missouri
Lassiter
Virginia
Griggs
Georgia
Lovering
Massachusetts
Perkins
New York
Kansas City Times
Glad Hand for Canada Urges End to Tariff Barriers
Henry M. Whitney at the New York Economic Club dinner on May 18 urged sweeping tariff removals between the United States and Canada. He argued free trade would unite two nations as one market, boost manufacturing long term, and justify opening American doors to Canadian goods.
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Henry M. Whitney
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Economic Club
New York
Canada
Whitney
United States
Blame Paper Trust And Paper Panics
The article argues that consolidation in the paper industry through the International Paper company has caused three panics in three years, with strikes, higher prices, and uncertain supply. It criticizes the trust for failing to supply reliably and for undertrained labor while calling for free Canadian paper and questioning protection.
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International Paper Company
Committee On Paper
American Publishers’ Association
Paper Trust
The
Association of Paper Manufacturers
Wealthy to Buy Eyes from Poor in New York Operation
Dr. Royal S. Copeland at Flower hospital performs a cornea transplant between a Chinese patient and Mamie Ost, using Von Hippel procedure. The technique could make vision a commodity and provoke ethical concerns about wealth and access.
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New York
Royal S. Copeland
Flower Hospital
Mamie Ost
Copeland
Sing Long
von Hippel
Miss Ost
Piiece
Long Neglected Dads Have Holiday of Own
Spokane leaders launch a father’s day movement to honor the home’s head on Father’s Day June 19. Invitations go to churches nationwide as Mrs. J B Dodd explains aims to highlight the father’s place, training of children, marriage protection, and patriotism. Rev William J Hindley lauds public praise for the “old man” and the father’s deserved honor.
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Spokane
Wash
Dad
Wash) Ministerial Alliance
Young Men’s Christian Association
United States
J. B. Dodd
William J. Hindley
Pilgrim Congregational Church
This Poet in Clouds Sings of Aviation
A Harvard Monthly poem by J. Gordon Gilkey 712 explores aviator thoughts during flight. The verses describe cloud seas and airships above cities, with imagery of steel and silk wings, wandering clouds, and vast horizons.
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Harvard Monthly
J. Gordon Gilkey
Wright Air Injunction Dissolved by Court
The U.S. circuit court of appeals vacated the Wrights’ preliminary injunctions against the Curtiss and Paulhan aeroplanes delaying bond requirements. The ruling affects amateur contests and foreign entrants, noting infringement questions depend on facts about rudder action and preliminary infringement was not clearly established.
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Curtiss and Paulhan
Wright Brothers
Wrights
United States
New York City
Buffalo
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Wright Company
Herring-Curtiss Company
Louis Paulhan
New York
Chicago
St Louis
Whisky Flood Drenches Baltimore County After Warehouse Collapse
Heavy rains collapsed a Gwynn Brook Distilling Co warehouse near Owings Mills releasing 20,009 barrels of whiskey, 8,000 of which tumbled with the building. Whisky odor hung over Gwynn Falls and surrounding towns along the Western Maryland line.
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Baltimore County
Maryland
Gwynn Falls
Western Maryland Railroad
Gwynnbrook Distilling Company
Owings Mills
Ocean Graveyard Becomes Harmless At Sable Island
The so called ocean graveyard near Sable Island off Nova Scotia has been rendered harmless by wireless telegraphy and modern lighthouses. No wrecks since 1904, after a toll of over 250 vessels and many lives lost on the treacherous sandbar.
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Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Four Georges Rise Among Women Writers Pen Names
The piece notes women writers adopting masculine pen names, highlighting George Huot and George Sand as early examples. It adds American author Julia Constance Fletcher using George Fleming and introduces Georg Shock as the fourth George, omitting the final e.
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George
Georges
George Huot
George Sand
Julia Constance Fletcher
George Fleming
Georg Shock
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