Adaptable Tris and a Traveling Actor Tale
The text recalls three women sharing a flat and the peculiar routine of separate breakfasts and papers. It also recounts an actor’s comic misadventure with a second class ticket on a Seattle to San Francisco steamship and a prison cell image during a meal, ending with the waiter noting meals were included in the ticket.
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Tris
Chitage Inter Ocean
Ford
Seattle
San Francisco
Uva
Sud
Secont
Leading a Double Life in a Nature Workshop
A quirky exchange unfolds as a speaker mocks a nature faker who claims to have caught a fish while another fish clung to its throat. The speaker rebukes the claim, labeling the other a faker and a member of the Vanius Club in a playful confrontation.
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Vanius Club
Bishop Potter Decries Church Indifference to Social Unrest
In an address at Chautauqua Bishop Benny C. Bee of New York denounces church neglect of mental moral and physical needs of the masses. He cites extravagant wealth and institutionalism as root causes of unrest urging sympathetic curiosity and personal service to aid the poor and afflicted.
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Benny
C. Bee
New York
Chautauqua
N. X
Potter
Christ
Republicans of Massachusetts to meet for State governor race
The Massachusetts Republicans plan a state convention in Boston on Oct 6 to name candidates for governor and other state offices. Other items note candidates Wesley L. Jones for U.S. Senate, Joseph M. Terrell to be U.S. district attorney in Georgia, and Taft endorsement by the Ohio Republican State committee amid intraparty tension.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Wesley L. Jones
Washington
United States Senate
Levi
Ankour
Joseph M. Terrell
Georgia
United States
Carter Tate
Foraker
C. TE. McCoy
Republican State Committee
Uny
Watft
State Central Committee
Columbus
Taft
En Dive
Dick and
Notier
Ohio
Nemillicans
Beryl F. Carrell
Laws
State Senate
Pennsylvania
J. Eugene Harding
Congress
Capt. Wilson
Middletown
Harding
Barton
Cleveland
Cole
Findlay
Sam Murphy
Oklahoma
Destructive Tornadoes Leave Losses Across Midwest
Storm damage and loss reports sweep Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois with property losses reaching 500600 dollars. Deaths occur as a tornado wrecks Mason City Iowa and Joite Iowa. Injured include victims near Winona Minnesota and Marshaltown. Lightning hail and high winds devastate crops and buildings across Peoria and Knox counties Illinois and other towns.
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Trenty
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Hiinoig
Mason City
Green Bay
Wis
Winona
Alinn
Joite
Marshbaltow
Clear Lake
Rockwell
Reckwel
Winuna
Peoria
Knox County
Pouriz
Knox
Havana
Margaret Leininger
Jon Leininger
Meson City
Pana
Frank Flenderson
Frank Mattusen
Titchfield
Tress
Voliva to Leave Zion as New City Plans Rise
Sarr gains co receiver role with Fudge Landis and John C. Hately to manage Zion City assets. He aims to build a new city while Voliva, who ousted Dowie, resists the sale of Zion City race industry and asserts defiance.
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Sarr
Fudge Landis
United States District Court
John C. Hately
Zion City
Fion City
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
John Alexander Dowie
Contests End in Court as Zion City Plan Unfolds
Forces gather against Tatiya who vows to abandon Zion City and form a new colony after his petition is denied and the sale of the face factory is ordered. He aims to rally followers to depart and establish a fresh settlement elsewhere.
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Zion City
Tatiya
Rivalry Between Spreckels and Calhoun Divides San Francisco
San Francisco reports a bitter feud between Rudolph Spreckels and Patrick Calhoun amid street railway control after the 1906 disaster. The battle lines form before November elections as graft investigations and city politics intensify.
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San Francisco
Sen Francisco
Custiki
Francisco
Enid
Pro
California
San Francisto
Eugene Steinnitz
Thrbce
Abe Keni
Patrick Callen
United Railroads
Rudolph Spreckels
Patrick Calhoun
John Calhoun
Pittshurs
Calhoun
Catlin
Spreckels
Issie
Calleun
James D. Phelan
A Restful View After Lecture Debrief
A neighbor recounts a lecture by Ms. Dodd and Mr. Dodd. They discuss the value of viewing pictures on a screen and the relief found in quiet time at home after a long day. The speaker notes the talk was engaging but taxing to monopolize.
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Sureckel-Phelan Street
United Railraads
Ludolph Spreckels
Committee of Fi
Chargs
United Tailroads
United Stalroads
Agin
Spreckels
Calhons
Cafioni
San Francisco
Calhoun
Alasiy
Didi
Mr. Dodd
No Orange Eagerness in Public Feasts Cited
In a comic remark a waiter notes most men avoid tasting an untouched orange, fearing embarrassment in public while women are less wary. The exchange ends with a quip about trimming a speech to 260 words, with editors deeming it not worth the effort, leaving news frozen in a snide exchange.
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Chicago
Egun
No Relief From Eczema After Years of Treatments
A reader reports long illness from eczema lasting more than two years. After trying medicines, cures, and various remedies with no relief, relief came after using Cuticura products. The note dates November 24, 1900, and mentions travel and rail construction estimates in South Africa.
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C. VY. Beltz
Guns and gear at low prices in free catalog No 2
A brief notice promotes a free catalog offering guns traps decoys and related wares at low prices from a side and fur company in Mennerpolis. It mentions the National Woman Suffrage Society receiving about $1,000 a month for its work and includes garbled text about Mrs Winelger's soothing products.
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NLOW
Side & Fur Co
Ménnerpolis
Afina
National
Wowan Safrage Society
What Charles Dickens Said
Henry C. Robinson recalls an Hartford anecdote about a boy pressing to see Charles Dickens at a hotel window. The tale ends with Dickens supposedly speaking, and a misheard misprint turns the moment into a humorous exchange about a small boy and a Yankee passerby.
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Charles Dickens
Henry C. Robinson
Hartford
Coon
Yankee Bor
Charles Trickens
Mr. Robinson
Mr. Tobinson
Tregedly of a Wooden Leg Tale Said to Linger
A Kansas City Journal tale recounts a wooden legged man wandering all night after falling into an auger-hole on a grub plank sidewalk, confused about his direction home. The editor notes he cannot vouch for the truth of the story.
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Kansas City Journal
Hoodwinked in a Prairie Bluff Play
In a playful quarrel two players recall misreading each other during a blind man's bluff game. They admit being hoodwinked by the other’s feigned innocence and exchange lighthearted remarks about the scene.
Veteran’s kidney cure with Downs Kidney Pills praised
Frank Doremes of Indianapolis recounts kidney trouble after military service. He describes headaches dizziness and dropsy with leg swelling and weight loss. After using Downs Kidney Pills his symptoms eased and he remained well for nine years. The ad notes the product is sold by Foster-Milburn Co.
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Frank Doremes
Roosevelt Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Foster-Milburz Co
Buffalo
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for Women
An 19th century ad promoting Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for female ailments. It claims to strengthen regulate and cleanse the pelvic system, warns against surgery, and offers free confidential consultation by letter from Buffalo New York. It touts a medical advisor and offers mailed copies for a small price.
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Pierce
EW. Pierre
Buffalo
N.Y
Cost of a Lighthouse and Off Shore Beacons
An article by Wm. G. Fitgervild in Technical World Magazine discusses the high costs of offshore lighthouse construction. Estimates place offshore lights at 40 000 to 60 000 dollars before completion, with beams of around 0 000 candle power.
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Bipling
Cits
Wm. G. Fitgervld
Technical World Magazine
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