Elihu Root Opposes Popular Primaries for Senate
The newly elected New York senator Elihu Root argues that transferring power to public bodies weakens them and warns that using primaries to choose senators could erode legislative authority. He contrasts Hamiltonian checks with the Declaration of Independence and notes a historical pull toward empowering people’s wisdom.
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United States
New York
Elihu Root
Platt
Depew
Lincoln
Mr. Root
Hamilton
Senate of the United States
Elihu
The Secret Writer and Ernestine Smith Reunion
A veranda encounter rekindles ties between Preen and Ernestine Smith, now revealed as Lucile De Lan cey the famed storyteller. Schmitty and the visitor discuss Ernestine’s rise, her challenge to traditional roles, and a plan to prove a point in fiction.
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Selves
Erneatine
Lucile de Lancey
Ernestine
Schmitty
Contagious chicken raising fad discussed in casual talk
Dialogues reveal a muddled exchange about a chicken raising fad described as contagious and a case of chickenpox. The speakers use humor and mispronunciations to convey a lighthearted misunderstanding in a casual conversation.
Seattle Health Chief Crichton Forges Clean City Policy
Health Commissioner J Crichton, in office about a year, led a biosafety overhaul in Seattle. He replaced weak administration, ordered districts cleaned, dairy and street sanitation tightened, and fired and replaced noncompliant operators to protect residents from disease.
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Atery
Dr. Crichten
Crichton
Pate
Tim
Vier
Justic
Seattle
The Barking Names A Puzzle In A Scribbled Tale
A garbled antiquated passage describes a mix up of names Barker Parker Harker in a strange canine wordplay. The narrator notes editors and readers, with indistinct lines about barking and identity, ending with an unclear street notice.
Home Hints From Old Time Magazine Do It Yourself Tips
A set of household tips covers disposing boiled bean odor, sealing range cracks with a wood ash and salt paste, keeping fruit cake in sugar, opening Hubbard fruit with a can opener, brushing doll fringe with a nail brush, airing canned vegetables after opening, piercing sausages before frying, dusting steam radiator crevices with a long-handled brush, and choosing proper cleaning cloths for microbes.
Fragmented Crude Clippings From Denver Note And Advice
A garbled collection recounts a Denver hotel incident with a man named Sam and a mention of seam Dutton, plus a quip about a hotel proprietor and a one drink moment. Also included are disjointed observations about women and brains, marriage, and domestic roles from an old New York item.
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Sam
Denver
Seam Dutton
Bem
Blue Bass Drum Puzzle From The Taft Inaugural Parade
Puzzle editor asks how many blue bass drumes appear in the Taft inaugural parade. Readers submit varied answers from twenty-two to different names and roles. The page notes an upcoming publication of the correct solution on Tuesday and invites more responses.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Kitty Cough Drop
Jimmie
Rydetrom
John Terry
al Morrison
Katharine
A Witching Mount and Wise Poems in Star Dust
A fragmented page features Josh Wise’s Star Dust column with garbled verse and dialogic quips about witchcraft, prophecy, and humanity. The piece interweaves poetic stanzas with stray lines referencing Hiawatha, taxes, war talk, and moral musings. The overall tone mimics a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper miscellany.
Paraphrased Reflections on Poverty and Pride
The columns critique gender roles and domestic life noting a woman’s challenge managing a house for a hired girl. A wife’s pride, a man’s dress, and makeup are discussed as social signals. A magazine claim mocks poverty as disguise while warning against cigarette harms. Chicago shows financial family strain.
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Jon
Acrea
Chicago
Ows
Steamers Depart Colman Docks for Puget Sound
All passenger steamers leave Colman docks for Puget Sound Navy Yard. The schedule notes demand and timing for departures from the waterfront terminal.
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Colman Docks
Puget Sound Navy
Vanity and Vexation in a Kentucky Love Tale
An eccentric tale from Denver, Kentucky, recalls a man aged about six years older than a widow he fell for. A New York reporter, seeking a city desk story, praised the woman as the town’s beauty, then returned to forget her. The widow’s pride rose after the piece appeared, transforming the bachelor into a notorious subject of gossip.
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Barkee
Parker
Herker
Harker
Man Barker
New York
Denver
Kentucky
In These Days of 4A Traelie Behind the Scenes
Fragmentary notes describe a woman with a singing voice and fashion remarks. The snippet mentions Usat and Teasie in a casual backstage context.
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Traelie
Shell
Teasie
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