Prophets Without Honor in Almanac Predictions
Opinion piece noting the decline of credibility for professional forecasters who publish annual almanacs. It cites British and American circulation, mocks failed predictions from Zadiel and Old Moore, and argues prophets gain no honor when exposed by perfunctory accuracy checks.
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Missouri
Great Britain
Pittsburg Gazette-Times
Zadiel
Old Moore
London
San Francisco
Avalanche Claims Six Smugglers Crossing Alpine Pass
Six Swiss to Italy smugglers perished in a Forcola Pass snowslide as a shout sent a massive snowbank crashing down. The 65 foot deep burial blocks rescue until spring melts the snow. The episode echoes the warning Beware the awful avalanche.
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Italy
Switzerland
Forcola Pass
Tiny gnat weighs six micro pounds and pps area noted
The article notes a gnat weighs 0.0000006 pounds with a 0.0003 square foot wing area yielding 0.0204 pounds per square foot. The scientist provides no pounds per horsepower. It laments lack of data on the mosquito’s suction and claims the saltatory flea is the most powerful wild beast per size.
London Lords to Yield Power as Public Grows Urgent
A string of reforms signals rising freedom for the oppressed as British lords may concede power. In New York, police face new limits on force, and a janitor is jailed for tapping a tenant on the head with a monkey-wrench in a playful act.
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New York
Chauffeur to be tried for first degree murder for deadly speed
A New York chauffeur who killed a child with a speeding automobile and fled the scene faces first degree murder charges. The court will consider endangering life by speed as a deliberate risk deserving of the murder statute, reflecting concern over leniency toward public danger.
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New York
Wisconsin professor favors kissing despite risk say lecture
A Wisconsin university professor and medical scientist argued in a recent lecture that while kissing carries risk it is a worthwhile risk to take. He champions human nature and heart interests over abstract science, urging openness to affection despite potential dangers.
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Wisconsin
New York Man Refuses Care Home Entry Over Mother-in-law
An 85 year old New Yorker declines admission to a senior home claiming his 115 year old mother-in-law is inside. The remark is labelled as prejudice against the mother-in-law, a claim the writer disputes as excessive.
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New York
Death of Justice David J. Brewer in Washington D C
Supreme Court Associate Justice David Josiah Brewer died at his home on Sixteenth Street in Washington D C shortly after 11 o clock from heart disease. The 73 year old jurist had served on the court since 1889 after being appointed from Kansas and was born in Smyrna Asia Minor.
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Washington, D. C
David Josiah Brewer
Supreme Court of the United States
Sixteenth Street
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Yale College
Supreme Bench
Kansas
Victory for union labor in Buck case ruling
Clarence J. Shearn secured from supreme court Justice Fitzgerald an opinion making permanent the injunction against the Building Trades Employers' Association. The ruling holds that if unions cannot blacklist workers the same applies to workers blacklisting each other, a victory for labor nationwide.
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New York
N. Y
United States
Clarence J. Shearn
Supreme Court
Fitzgerald
Buck Store Company
Enterprise Association of Steam Fitters
Shearn
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Tragic triple murder near Scandia on Republican river
In Scandia Kansas a motor boat drifted ashore with the murdered Lindbal father and his two children ages eight and ten. Buckshot killed the trio and a club or butt of a gun battered the boy and spared the girl. The assailant lay in wait near brush where the father’s body was found while attempting to defend the children.
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Scandia
Kansas
Republican River
Here
Alexander Lindbal
Lindhal
Hoth
Sindhal
Senator Jotham F. P. Allds Found Guilty
Albany New York State Senator Jotham F P Allds of Chenango County was found guilty by a 40 to 9 vote in the senate of accepting a 1000 bribe from bridge interests in 1901. The verdict followed his resignation and ends the seven week hearing sought by Senator Benjamin Conger revealing sidelights of the legislature nine years ago.
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Albany
New York
Jotham FP. Allds
Chenango County
Senate
Benjamin Conger
Coal Miners Strike Widens Across Multiple States
About 300000 coal miners quit in a broad strike stretching from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma as operators refuse higher wages and concessions. In Kansas City Missouri the dispute centers on a 400000 dollar fund for 25000 miners and a 60 day coal supply, with about 3000000 tons stored in the southwest district amid normal monthly demand of 500000 tons.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Miners Strike in McAlester District Over Wages
About 13,000 coal miners quit work at three o clock in McAlester Oklahoma district after failing to reach a compromise with operators on higher mining prices. Engineers and pump men normally stay on to protect property but many miners now demand they be called out as well.
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McAlester
Oklahoma
Miners in Pittsburg District Prep for 30 Day Strike
In Pittsburg Kansas miners across the district clean up as a 30 day suspension looms. About 12000 miners in Cherokee and Crawford counties are affected while engineers firemen and pumpmen stay at work for now.
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Pittsburg
Kansas
Cherokee
Crawford
Mines Halted by Midnight Fire Draws in Leavenworth Strike
Leavenworth Kansas midnight fires under most boilers at the North Shaft Riverside Home and Carr coal mines were drawn due to a miners strike.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
North Shaft
Riverside Home
Carr
Miners to Strike for Five-Cent Wage Gain Nationwide
Indianapolis reports that 200000 organized miners in the United States coal fields will strike at noon to demand a five cent per ton wage increase.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
Bevier Coal Miners Suspend Work Over Wage Talks
Bevier Missouri mine laborers numbering about 5000 in Bevier suspend work awaiting developments in a new wage scale as county coal miners press for a settlement.
Brodnax Case Moved to Court En Banc in Futures Law
Jefferson City Missouri The Brodnax case challenging the legality of the law regulating futures dealing has been transferred to the court en banc for final decision. Division No 2 upheld the law requiring all futures delivery contracts to bear a 25 cent stamp bought from the state auditor.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Brodnax
Japanese Colony Rumor Aims at Philippine Island
General William P. Duvall investigates a report of a large Japanese colony on a minor Philippine island with arms and ammunition allegedly smuggled by Japanese boats.
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San Francisco
William P. Duvall
Philippine Islands
Express Chief Levi C Weir Dead at Plaza Hotel
Levi C Weir president of the Adams Express company died at his apartments in the Plaza hotel New York. His death follows a string of notable executives from leading express firms dying in the past six months including M J O'Brien of Southern Express Thomas C Platt of United States Express and Col Dudley Evans of Wells Fargo.
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Levi C. Weir
Adams Company
New York, N. "Y
Adams Express Company
Plaza Hotel
M. J. O'Brien
Southern Express Company
Thomas C. Platt
United States Express Company
Col
Dudley Evans
Wells Fargo Company
Total Prohibition Seen Coming In United States
Gov Stubbs predicts nationwide prohibition within ten years after returning from Chicago where he spoke on the issue. He says Chicago will have prohibition within eight years and that the movement is rapidly advancing.
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Gov
Stubbs
Topeka
Kansas
Chicago
Hungarian Horror Grows in Dekocrite Disaster
Budapest reports a mass tragedy at the Dekocrite event with over 500 dead and 25 more dying of injuries. A burned barn collapse during a dance revealed the scale of the catastrophe as investigators expanded the death toll and details emerged.
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Budapest
Austria
Hungary
Percy Welcomes Probe Into Mississippi Election Bribery Charges
Senator Leroy Percy said he would welcome a thorough investigation into bribery accusations tied to his election. He reiterated denials that he or his friends used money in the race.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi State Senate
Leroy Percy
Taft Plans St Louis Speech Tour For Farmers Union
President Taft continues a busy travel schedule and will attend a Farmers Union meeting in St Louis on May 6. The trip underscores his active lecture tour strategy as evidence of tireless efforts among presidents in public speaking.
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St. Louis
Farmers’ Union
Washington
D. C
Taft
Ohio Potteries Shut Down With Thousands Furloughed
East Liverpool Ohio reports a shutdown of twelve large potteries affecting three thousand workers. Plants in the city and nearby West Virginia halted operations, leaving many families facing unemployment.
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Ohio
East Liverpool
West Virginia
Root Defends Railroad Bill in Senate Speech
Senator Root spent three hours addressing the Senate in defense of the administration railroad bill and again did not conclude his remarks. The lengthy speech aimed to secure majority support for the measure in Washington, D. C.
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Washington, D. C
Root
Senate
Dean's Kidney Pills Promise Backed Cure for Weak Kidneys
Endorsed by Rev. Abram Weaver of Georgetown Texas who cites a Baptist conference fall as causing disordered kidneys with painful passages and blood in urine. The advertisement claims Dean's Kidney Pills cured the trouble completely and lists Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as the seller at 50 cents a box.
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Dean
Abram Weaver
Georgetown
Tex
Baptist Herald
Jackson
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Unpublished Utterances of Famous Writers
A Puck quotation catalog lists humorous baby talk attributed to Emerson Carlyle Shakespeare Bacon Hume Dickens Newton Eliot and others. The piece presents invented utterances in a playful voice with no clear historical sourcing.
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Emerson
Carlyle
Shakespeare
Sir Francis Bacon
David Hume
Charles Dickens
Sir Isaac Newton
George Eliot
Marriage as a Game of Chance and Diplomacy
A humorous judicial remark compares marriage to a high stakes game of chance where the husband often trails the wife after the altar. The rules seem confusing and the contrast between robbery and diplomacy is noted as a witty reflection on marital power dynamics.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Offered Reward
A notice offers one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The claim implies a test of the remedy's effectiveness and invites proof from users seeking payment.
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Hall
Futile Dissension in a Quarrel Leading to Blame
A family lawyer probes a young woman and her husband about their constant quarrel. She recalls the first argument is forgotten, but the dispute persists over who bears the blame for it. The exchange highlights a futile, cyclic conflict.
Woman Seeks Novel Gowns Spark Interest in Plays
A remark notes that women rarely find a play dull when the leading actress changes gowns in every act, implying fashion influences audience engagement and theater trends.
Light to Banish Sorrow in Florida Times-Union Motif
A motto-like line proclaims light as a remedy to sorrow and notes sorrow lingers where the gun is barred. The phrase reflects editorial sentiment from the Florida Times-Union emphasizing peace.
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Florida
Census Takers Use Watermah pens for ready data collection
A humorous adage notes census workers will rely on Watermah s Ideal Fountain Pen for dependable results. The quote emphasizes human intellect as a privilege of reason per Leigh Hunt.
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Watermah
Leigh Hunt
Pettit's Eye Salve First Sold In 1807 Remains Popular
An old advertisement notes Pettit's Eye Salve began selling in 1807 and grew yearly, touting it as a wonderful remedy that cured millions. It lists Howard Bros. in Buffalo as vendors and underscores time's consequences. A separate ad critiques dishonest women exaggerating their husbands' earnings.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Bromo Quinidine Cure Ad Parcels in Vintage Patent Note
An old advertisement fragment touts World over to cure a cold in one day with Bromo Quinine and signs off as B W Grove. It lists Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething and Lewis’ Single Binder cigars, promoting a square deal and rustic humor about in law in laws.
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B. W. Grove
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Louisiana
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