Fragmented Incoherent News Snippets From A Turbulent Era
A garbled page summarizes chaotic events and remarks from an era, mentioning Christmas shopping shortages, price changes, and varied notes on public figures. It references Admirer Beans’ shipboard fortune, Walter Wellman, General Trav, Mr. Lee, and a North District congressional race. The text includes stray observations on newspapers, legal violations, and safety during wrecks, reflecting a collage of disparate items rather than a single story.
Telling About Texas in an Appleton Lecture
An unvarnished lecture on the Long Star State by Gilbert McClurg in Appleton Wisconsin drew attention to Texas vastness and resources. The local paper noted many statements seemed unbelievable until conviction came from moving pictures. The speaker has faced controversy over public lectures in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Loexas
Long Star
Appleton
Wis
Gilbert McClurg
Wnill
Moving Pictures
Giihnert
Evo Vents Gast
Oloeation
New Yorke
Europe
North
Texas
Kansas
Lone Star
Key Road Dominion
France
Fagini
Texas Emerges As Nation’s Growing Empire Of Wealth
A speaker extols Texas history from six flags era to modern abundance. He praises McClurg’s Nature and forecasts Texas becoming the wealthiest, most powerful state with vast resources, exports, and agricultural bounty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivert McTlurg
Texas
San Antonio
Wien
Expansion debate on a Pacific canal and new territory
A fragment discusses U S strategic aims regarding Pacific expansion and potential possession of a Central American corridor. It mentions Panama, Puget Sound, and Caribbean bases, arguing such holdings would strengthen national power and supply lines, amid references to Asian powers and naval planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower
California
Jana
Pacific
Eauwit
Moreoven
Crill
Cape San Tat
Interlia
Puget Sound
Toron
Rander
Bondsecured notes and the shift in American currency
Tendon Economist warns that the current bond secured currency lacks automatic plasticity and stable value. If the trend continues, there may be a need to revisit historic monetary schemes like Landed property backed systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lrw
Foundattion
Icelandic Life and Letters From a Land of Ice and Myth
A vivid portrait of Iceland’s culture, literacy and hardy people. It praises Icelandic sagas, education, printing, and a robust literary life despite harsh conditions, noting Elders, clergy, and rural folk preserving Greek and Roman knowledge through Homeric storytelling and seasonal gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tevluad
Willian
Greece
Goldey Ae
Figland
France
Seyera
Ywking
Shakespeare
Ol Jessory
Umea
Iceland
Rome
Sond Nf
Saiires
Acher
Eeland
Europe
Nominating Conventions and the Public High Hysteria
The Baltimore Sun argues that nominating delegates must prepare candidates in advance amid a mob of 15000 to 26000, making ratification by the convention essential. It cites 1880 Chicago as setting a precedent of loud confrontations and argues reforms favor prework and controlled proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Gomling
Chicago
iLeays
Anan
One Meaning of Tammany in Early City Finances
The article compares municipal finances across major U S cities in 1905 and earlier eras. It reports New York had about 1646 million dollars, Philadelphia around 22 million, Chicago roughly 41 million, Boston near 28 million, and cites totals for New York and other cities like Boston and Philadelphia in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
Teor York
Philadelphia
Boston
Phildelphia
Chicare
Old Medicines Unsafe and Other World Notes
A digest of unsafe medicines, clothing heat tests, bees in cold storage, a West Point chain feat, a wealth tale, and sensational sleep records. It covers medicine failures, a Louisville observer’s heat test with white cloth, Indiana bees bound for the Philippines, a century old harbor chain at West Point, a Milwaukee bank scare, a Chicago man’s cash haul, and endurance sleep records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Louisville
Cooluc
USA
New York World
Indiana
Philippine Islands
Bureau of Entomology
Washington
Assadn
Philippines
Wikely
Manila
Incoherent Civic Cartoon Debate Shapes Local Democracy
A ragged fragment notes cartoonish criticism amid civic discourse. It mentions a group called Morath and a push for democratic renewal, with unspecified supporters agreeing on a path for the town’s democracy to renew itself.
Effeminates and Sleep Fasters Across Time
The text discusses early slang usage labeling someone as effeminate for various behaviors and attire. It quotes a New York Press piece describing social reactions and a separate New Orleans Times-Picayune remark on sleep fasting as a once common sport, noting its popularity in the 1850s and 1900s. The tone mirrors a period newspaper card with casual editorial commentary.
Fragmented 1912 era notes on population and oddities
A garbled collection of facts and anecdotes ranging from population figures in the United States and Oklahoma to railway, streetcar, and automobile usage in Chicago. It mentions King Edward, a Baltimore composer, and various cultural notes, with scattered references to German words, railway markings, and a Paris pavement trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nomsal Jy
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Metcopolis
Chicago
Belgium
Edward
British Museum
George IV
Tower of London
Denman Thompson
Wyoming
Prat
Joseph Pache
Baltimore Oratorio Society
Nas
William of
Germany
Ernest Thompson
Lily
Wyndyeoul
Worl
Europe
England
Charles 1 Dawes
Central Trust Company
Iinois
Insic
New York
Rue St. Marti
Paris
Thias
Wenn
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The
Menbers
Associated Press
SAN Antoni Light Publishing CO
Inc
Frederici¢ Logan
Seen
Ott
Pune
Morsl
the & & Desigaith Special Gener
Hepresestatty Navn Jeulduis
Snowly Dellysry
Piifiren
Whlely
Beans’ Dlagship
Walter Wellman
Colt
Trave
Corlelyou
Wiliam Greene Stael
Tulluy District
Mora Fon
North Errs
sCaleago
Imaniiant
Stanadarh
Federal Court
Moncy
Turing
Crescent
McClurg
Dayalopad
Fiessage
Scor
PING
Ote
Afonzy Murphy
Newton
N. J
Mirghy
Mr. Muryky
West Point
Kengay City
Hudson
West Poin
Brian Chet
Hingston
Albany
Peter Calehan
Chistga
Miwaukee
Calahan
Milwaukee
Calafan
Woodford
San Franciato
Henry K. Jackson
Netron
Jane Adolph Mueller
Miwaukes
Strand Magazine
Aviatus
Neerned
Waghinston
Morath
New York Press
Tian
Ipakein
Nick
Thiverty
John L Schivan
John
Zexema
Ain Rlaesen
Heishell
Eth Ruins
Muntoh
Cait Ting
China
Board of
Rade
Castoria
Haufitlies
the State Bank and Trust Co
East Houston Street
San Antonio, Texas
McCampbell
Briam, Jr
A.J. Beil
J. H. Maile
Gaahler
Alamo National Bank
Gan Antonio
E. B. Chandler
East Crockett Street
Kerrville
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