The Vine of Kindness and Temperance Essays
A poem extols kindness healing broken walls and life's pain. The piece from Christlaan Advocate frames benevolent action as a healing vine. A second section reports on Great Men Talk Temperance praising Sir Frederick Treves for calling alcohol a poison and linking drinking to poor health, reduced work capacity, and social costs.
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Christlaan
Frederick Treves
Church of England Temperance Society
Ladysmith
William Joynson-Hicks
Women’s
W. H. Rutherford
T. W. Russell
M. P
Evils of the Saloon Prompt Local Letter to Times
A reader urges opposition to liquor sales, recounting a sufferer from saloon effects. She cites addiction, lost wages, and family hardship from alcohol, arguing the saloon as a social evil and asking readers to voice duty against it. The letter attributes blame to open doors and social drinking for economic and domestic strain.
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Los Angeles
Drink BIN and temperance among businessmen
The author notes astonishment at the amount friends spend on what they call refreshment and at the number who are temperate or total abstainers. Once temperance was seen as a key business trait. now it is viewed differently as a defining quality.
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John A. Howland
Chicago Tribune
The White Ribbon Open Letter Circulates for Prohibition
A West Washington Bulletin reader urges wide circulation of the White Ribbon pledge. A mother travels fourteen miles to pay dues, wearing the ribbon proudly for her children. A daughter recalls finding the ribbon in an old moth worn dress, symbolizing enduring dedication to the cause.
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W. C
Emma E. Page
West Washington Bulletin
Florida Times-Union
All Intoxicants Poison says alcohol a deadly poison
A Chicago American editorial argues alcohol is a deadly poison and that abstinence strengthens the body for emergencies. It contrasts drinking with water for soldiers and athletes, links poverty to drunkards, and urges starting temperance by self restraint and improving national prosperity.
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Madison C. Peters
Chicago
The First Essential Message Against Saloon Temptation
A moral exhortation argues that extinguishing saloons stops sin and ruin, urging removal of temptations to protect youth and elders. It claims evil cannot arise from nonexistence, and that liquor traffic schemes ruin young men and erode old men.
Accept and Be Glad Amid Restlessness and Fate
In the midst of present stances, urge to accept what you cannot alter. Others have different circumstances, but your path remains yours to face with resolve and calm.
Protective coloration in birds study noted in June Atalantics
John Burroughs provides a readable, humorous century study on the protective coloration of birds in the June At lantic s. The issue also highlights major pieces in American Boy Harper s Magazine and The Woman s Home Companion with reviews of fiction by Booth Tarkington and David Ransom and features on Sacajawea and a diver.
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John Burroughs
Burroughs
Boston
Sprague Publishing Co
Detroit
Mich
Harper's Magazine
Norman Duncan
Grace Ellery Channing
van Tassel Sutphen
Abby Meguire Roach
Nelson Lloyd
Annie Hamilton Donnell
Mmerty Postle
Clark B. Wakefield
Booth Tarkington
Canaan
David Ransom
Watch
G. R. Alden
Pansy
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company
Ife
David
Fosberry
Woman's Home Companion
de Longpre
Great Lakes
Martha
Larry
Stillson Mill
Margaret W. Sangster
Christine Terhune Herrick
Crowell Publishing Company
Springfield
Ohio
Lawson
Amalgamated
National City Bank
Henry H. Rogers
James Stillman
Mr. Lawson
Waldorf-Astoria
South Sea
Cosmopolitan
Mr. Burroughs
Deshler Welch
Good Housekeeping
Jown to Injure Trade Rivals Breaks Strike Conspiracy
Chicago report outlines grand jury testimony alleging a wide forming conspiracy among employers labor leaders and union pickets to call strikes injure rivals and possibly face manslaughter charges twelve deaths are linked to the strike and a plan to end the stoppage moves forward as Teamsters seek a quick settlement with employers and a full authority to call off the strike
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Chicago
Healy
Grand Jury
Fake
Tenamsters
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Shea
T. B. Beebe
van ‘Team- Sters
Anti- Shea
Beebe
West Point appoints new commandant of cadets
West Point New York June 19 Capt Robert Howze 6th cavalry famed in the Philippines Friday assumed the duties of commandant of cadets at West Point succeeding Lt Col C G Treat United States artillery who has been ordered to join his command.
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West Point
New York
Robert Howze
6Th Cavalry
Lclieut
C. G. Treat
United States Artillery
Tetanus Case Tied to Grief Surfaces in Harlem Hospital
A New York hospital reports the first authentic tetanus case linked to grief, seen in a young Italian patient who had been swiveling. Doctors identify grief as a possible trigger in this rare instance of lockjaw.
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New York
Harlem
Tunnel project let for Sierra Nevada by Southern Pacific
To Tunnel Mountains, Omaha, Neb., June 19. Announce ments made that a contract of five tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains has been let by the Southern Pacific company and that work of them will begin within a month.
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Tunnel Mountains
Omaha
Neb
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Southern Pacific Company
Ship magnate’s wife sues after penniless abandonment
New York June 19 James Street organizer of Street Steamship company backed by Morgan is convalescing after appendicitis surgery and has resigned the presidency. He is accused of abandoning his wife and six children for a 17 year old typewriter, Edna Miller, daughter of the late Dr. William Turner Miller. The deserted wife, Mrs Street, now penniless, sought shelter with a sister after vacating her Highwood New Jersey home. Mrs Miller lives with her daughter in Street’s Gresham Court apartments. Street’s salary was about 7000 dollars with a 20000 dollar commission potential.
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New York
James Street
Street Steamship Company
Morgan
Polyclinic
Street
Steamship Company
Stemuship Comepany
Henry Gassaway Davis
Highwood
Mnglewood
N. J
Edna Miller
William Turnbull Miller
Palisade Park
New Steamship Company
Mysterious death verdict ties Pyle case to murder claim
Freeport Illinois June 19 The coroner s jury says Media Jane Pyle died from injuries enough to render her unconscious and her body was forced into the Pecatonica river by unknown parties. The finding implies murder and points to Mrs Young in a disputed death by own action pact.
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Freeport
Ill
Jane Pyle
Pecatonica
Oliver Trunck
Miss Pyle
Mrs. Young
Increases Cable Company Tax Proves Newfoundland Prorogation
The Newfoundland colonial legislature was prorogued as the governor signed bills including a higher cable tax and other levies despite protests from those affected by the tax measures.
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St. Johns
N. I
Newfoundland
Death of Susan Atwater Gillette Original DAR member
Susan Atwater Gillette widow of Judge Gordon Gillette and original Daughter of the Revolution, died in Kenosha Wisconsin at age 95. She was a daughter of John Atwater, an aide to General Washington.
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D. A. R. Kenosha, Wis
Susan Atwater Gillette
Gordin Gillette
Gillette
John Atwater
Washington
Sleeping Sickness Reports Reach Africa Mission
The Amerify board of foreign missions reports from its African mission that sleeping sickness has caused multiple deaths. Four recent reports indicate alarming death tolls, underscoring the severity of the outbreak and the urgent need for aid and study.
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Boston
Amerify Board of Foreign Missions
Vn 4
Grandson Held for Liquor Law Violation in South Bend
In South Bend Indiana a juvenile named Johnson was reported to have been aided by his grandfather J ng in obtaining liquor unlawfully. Authorities state the case involves a purchase of spirits and a claim of intent to supply underage drinkers. The incident highlights enforcement actions against underage alcohol access.
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South Bend
Ind
Juno
Johnson
J. Ng
Fig
Albany Wage Talks Spark Extra Session Office
An Albany bureau has issued a wage measure to convene an extra session starting January 22. The proposal seeks up to 4 million dollars in charges and refers to a roving inquiry or fiscal action amid ongoing relief and labor discussions.
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Albany
N.Y
Gins
Veteran Heller touts Doan’s kidney pills in 1899 claim
Joshua Heller of Urbana Illinois says after using Doan’s kidney Pills in fall 1899 they relieved kidney trouble and back pain. He notes continued satisfactory results when re testing the pills. The ad cites Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as proprietors and 50 cent price. The closing line pivots to a joke about learning judo.
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Joshua Heller
South Walnut Street
Urbana
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
WN. Y
Those Who Have Tried It Defiance Cold Water Starch
An item notes Defiance Cold Water Starch 16 oz at 10 cents, claims no equal in quantity or quality, compares with 12 oz brands. It then shifts to curious facts about global war costs, Norwegian drowned-body rituals, Japanese auctions, and a quip about the White River versus the Jordan.
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Defiance Cold Waster
Harrisburg will read in rhyme grants widow daughter
A probate filing in Harrisburg Pennsylvania presents a rhyming will that declares the widow shall inherit what remains and, after her death or end of her career, the heritable portion passes to the daughter. The instrument has been declared legally valid.
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Harrisburg
Australian black swans rescued after 400 mile sea drift
Two Australian black swans were picked up near Norfolk Island in the Pacific after likely traveling about 400 miles. The exhausted birds revived after a fresh water bath and ample food. Black swans are strong swimmers, but 400 miles at sea is a long journey.
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Norfolk Island
Pacific
Remarkable Oroyo Railroad of Peru Ascends Fiery Elevations
An overlooked Peru railway, touted as the world’s mightiest uphill line, runs from Callao to Cerro de Pasco. It climbs a narrow cliff face near 5,000 feet, threads Sierra passes for fifty-six miles, and tunnels to a height around 15,645 feet where steam power reportedly operates the rails.
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Peru
Callao
Cerro de Pasco
Frog
Thenes
Sierras
Food in Serstokt and the search for efficiency
Fragmentary OCR excerpt discusses food, efficiency, and social critique with unclear names. It mentions a Dominie figure and pleas for better meals as part of a broader societal effort. The text is garbled, containing mismatched words and diacritics, but hints at valuing practical sustenance and efficiency.
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Chicago Grand Jury
Henry Gassaway Davis Saga
Girl Typewriter
Japan
Jordan
White River
Arkansas
Serstokt
Ago
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