Great records made trails left by Bryan and Roosevelt
The Philadelphia Record notes the vast campaign walks and train journeys of William Jennings Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt. It cites Indiana tour details with miles, speeches, towns, receptions, and audience reach, and discusses campaign fatigue and changes in youthful speech patterns amid pressurized itineraries.
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William Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Cross-Roads
Palace
Papillion
Neb
Roosevelt
Detroit
Mich
Mr. Bryan
Indiana
Fatty
Aesulig
Reed
Eden
Campaign endurance under Roosevelt and Bryan in 1900s era
The article analyzes the vast travel and nonstop speaking demands on Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan. It cites medical experts linking nervous strain and irregular habits to voice fatigue, noting Bryan's intense 1896 experience and Roosevelt's 15,000 miles and 800 speeches.
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Lincoln
Douglas
Roosevelt
Bryan
Rooosevelt
Endurane
Oscar A. King
University of Illinois
Names Spoken in Full in an Era of Lost Nicknames
A correspondent notes that familiar abbreviated given names such as Jims Sams Bills Toms and other old time forms have largely vanished over the years suggesting a shift toward full forms and formal usage in daily speech and records.
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Sams
Bills
How to Choose Good Meat from Ox Beef to Prime
A guide from Woman's Home Companion on selecting quality beef. Ox or steer meat is described as the finest and most economical, with prime being lean flecked by white fat from a heavy young animal. Beef from young cows, well fed, ranks next. immature cattle yield tough, juiceless meat with pale color and small bones.
The Practical Side of It
A wife chides her husband about money in literature and suggests practical trades. She cites various local workers and jokes about the poets’ lack of earnings, while the husband clings to Genius and hints at alternative fate. The dialogue is framed as a humorous skepticism about literary income.
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John
Atlanta Constitution
Starfish Trap Oyster in Hidden Home Dinner
A starfish easily defeats a protected oyster by clasping it with its five arms until the oyster opens to feed. The starfish releases a tiny red poison into the shell paralyzing the oyster, then consumes it inside its own shell and departs, leaving the empty case behind. The Cleveland Plain Dealer adds a grim proverb about inviting danger.
Nashville Gunboat Visit St. Louis in 1899 Sparked City Pride
The Nashville, first ocean-going war vessel to sail up the Mississippi, drew crowds in St. Louis in spring 1899. Railroads ran excursion trains as locals hailed the ship, which then sailed to Hampton Roads and across the globe, prompting locals to claim St. Louis could become a deep water port.
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United States
Nashville
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Gulf
Hampton Roads
Atlantic
Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
Tokio
Japan
New Jacket Design Military Vibe For Winter Wear
The article praises a natty blue cloth military style jacket for women with a fitted back and curved sides, trim bands in cream fabric and gilt braid, using white buttons replaced by gold or silver as needed. It highlights masculine military influence blended with feminine details and practical adjustments. Also describes Mme Alma Keldseth’s endurance walk from Christiania to Paris for a wager, surviving on work for food and lodging along the route.
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Mme
Alma Keldseth
Christiania
Paris
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
France
Tobacco Filling Pouch touted to speed pipe prep
An Ohio inventor David H. Allen of Miamisburg introduces a tobacco pouch with a filling device. The design lets a user loosen a drawstring, insert a charge nozzle into the pipe bowl, shake in tobacco, press a measured charge, and shake excess back. no rear opening, but fingers can reach between folds to guide tobacco.
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David H. Allen
Miamisburg
Ohio
Maffeking Ape Seeks Bright London Home After Siege Fame
A famed ape from Mafeking during the siege is now offered for sale in London. Trained to ring the alarm bell at the first Boers’ firing, it warned residents and fled to its bombproof den when danger pressed. The Boston Herald praises the creature and urges a medal to honor its service.
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Maffeking
Mafeking
London
England
Boston Herald
Canada’s Educational Campaign Reaches English Rural Schools
Lord Strathcona, the Canadian High Commissioner, supplied over 1500 Canadian textbooks and atlases to rural English schools. The government aims to foster knowledge of Canada’s history and geography and offered to supply each schoolmaster with as many books as there were pupils. Enthusiasm across the country greeted the program as an imperial benefit with expected positive results.
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Canada
Dominion of Canada
England
Lord Strathcona
United Kingdom
Tree that Resists Fire in South American Savannas
Native names chaparro the tree withstands prairie fires with thick bark and seeds equipped with wings that spread far by the wind after a fire. The species not only survives flames but also benefits from the fire altered environment.
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South America
Light and Heavy Woods Factoid and Baby Movements
Cork and poplar are cited as the lightest woods while pomegranate is among the heaviest, weighing more than a third heavier than water. The text notes that when the Lord has extra babies, he leaves them with travelers in movers wagons.
Peru's Mineral Wealth Across Regions and Mines
Peru's soil hosts vast mineral diversity from Pluria in the north with many species to Cerro de Pasco in Central Peru's great mining basin for petroleum sulphur silver lead copper and coal. Arequipa Carabaja in the south yields phosphate quicksilver auriferous grounds borax. Currently 2 500 mines are in exploitation employing 70 000 workers.
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Peru
Pluria
Cerro de Pasco
Arequipa
Carabaja
Military Automobiles and the Quest for Better Weapons
Military men prize automobiles as vital assets and large prizes are offered for the best machine. In warfare, as in all fields, the best tools matter. The stomach shield provided by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is touted to cure constipation indigestion and dyspepsia and to help prevent malaria.
Quiet suitor Timrus fails to win consent
Tess and Jess recount Timrus slow to respond as he professes love in the parlor while Tess rebuffs his kiss. The Philadelphia Press notes the exchange as awkward and mentions Mrs. Austins pancakes tease in a separate line.
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Tess
Timrus
Jess
Philadelphia Press
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Jimmy
Sammy
Billy
Tom
Harry
Elizabeth
Margaret
Catherine
Samuel
William
Sam
Bill
Philadelphia Record
Bryan and
Tiryan
Chicago
National Committee
Cumberland
West Virginia
Milwaukee
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Africa
Indian
Ocean
Pacific Ocean
South
America
Mrs. Austin
Carter
Carters
Brice
Libby
Libby, McNeilis & Libby
Popham
ELY
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