Japanese War Veterans in Hawaii Fear Citizenship Rush
A Honolulu dispatch warns that Japanese veterans form about 40 percent of Hawaii's population and oppose U S citizenship. Officials note possible regiments in Honolulu and cite disquiet over assimilation plans, with Hawaiians fearing loss of territorial control if Japanese become citizens and pledge to defend America.
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Hawaii
Congress
Honolulu
New York Herald
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Amiecdt
Hiewalian Islands
Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Ha Wien Islands
Little Brown
United States Regu
Island
Sime
Hawaitian
Twain and the Telharmonium in New York
Mark Twain adores the telharmonium heard in a Broadway music room and muses on its potential effect on public life. He recalls his early telephone troubles in Hartford and jokes about cursing on wires, praising New York’s lenient language clause for subscribers.
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Mark Twain
Telharmonum Music
Upper Broadway
New York
New York Times
Times
Hartford
New England
Bellamy and Maria Named for Roosevelt Kittens
Samantha the White House cat gave birth to a pair of kittens the Roosevelt children adored. The youngsters urged Father to name the male Bellamy and the female Maria, and the president consented with a cryptic smile. Bellamy Storer and wife sign the note.
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Samantha
White House
Roosevelt
Washington
New York
Bellamy
Maria
P. S
Bellamy Storer and
Ellis Island Declares New Chapter in American History
An anecdote from Dr. Darlington in the January North American Review recalls a New York schoolteacher who asks where Ellis Island is. Students respond with swift insight, challenging the notion of Plymouth Rock as the sole origin point and suggesting a revised American history centered on Ellis Island.
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Ellis Island
Plymouth Rock
North American Review
Darlington
Board of Health of
New York City
New York
United States
Hillis Island
Flags Proposed For All Post Offices
The New York Tribune reports Representative Cocks of Long Island has introduced a bill to provide flags for every post office in the United States. Currently only first and second class offices receive flags, while smaller country and remote post offices would gain government flags if the measure passes.
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United States
Representative Cocks
Long Island
Congress
New York Tribune
Washington
Postoffice Department
Oyster Bay
New Light on Sandy Hook Visit Creates Harbor Hook Tale
An English infantry captain touring the United States aboard the steamship Amerika learned a tale of Sandy Hook as a harbor hook rendezvous. Passengers recounted his awe at the supposed tug hook that guides ships to port and his long watch on deck until dawn to witness the Hook meeting arriving steamers.
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New York
South Africa
New York Times
United States
Sandy Hook
New York Harbor
Amerika
Irish Lace Ball Promises Brilliant Vice Regal Season
London dispatch to the Kansas City Star says Lord and Lady Aberdeen return from Rome in January to lead a Dublin season. A lace ball will showcase gowns trimmed with Irish lace or crochet, court dress for men, lace jabots, and lace quadrilles with dancers wearing varied laces.
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Lord
Lady Aberdeen
Rome
Dublin
London
Kansas City Star
Ireland
Aberdeen
Japanese Scholar to Explain East West Relations at Clark
Dr. Toshi Yasu Kuma and Clark University president G. Stanley Hall plan a year of study to interpret China and Japan for the West. Kuma will assess influences from the West on the East, noting good and bad effects and seeking objective, prejudice free conclusions to guide future intercultural conduct.
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G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Toshi Yasu Kuma
Worcester
Mass
New York Sun
Kuma
Leland Stanford University
Hall
China
Japan
Kuna
United States
Iacs
Peck of Money for a Bride
A Indiana farmer secreted coins for twenty years to honor a vow about his son Walter Sheets. He gave a peck of United States coins to his daughter-in-law, stored in jars under an apple tree, later deposited in Clinton County bank. The sack weighed over seventy-five pounds and contained pennies to silver dollars.
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Zimri Sheets
Owen Township
Ind
Walter F. Sheets
Frankfort
Sheets
United States
Clinton County
Missouri Adopts New Coat of Arms with Chickens
A Columbia Missouri correspondent reports the Missouri Poultry Association favors replacing the old bear emblem with two chickens on the state’s seal. The change, proposed as the great seal, reflects Missouri as it stands today while the rest of the seal remains unchanged.
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Missouri
Columbia
Kansas City Star
Missouri Poultry Association
George Burckhartt
General Assembly
Missouri Pealtry Association
Lingering. First Centiped and Brother Jones in trouble
The dialogue notes Brother Jones is in a bad way and near his end, with a second Centiped confirming the distress in a grim exchange. The line echoes a sensational or coded phrase typical of the era.
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Brother Jones
New York
Long Ride for a VW Al 2S and a 20000 Dollar Wager
William S. McBeth, from Scottdale Pennsylvania, aims to visit all state capitals on a horseback journey to Washington. The trek, a $20,000 wager, requires 28 miles daily with no buying food or offering sales, relying solely on souvenir postcards for sustenance and no compensation for gifts. He has four years to finish, and no mercy is given if the horse falters.
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Willian SK. McBeth
Scottdale
Uribe States
Yeceutis
Washington
Pilludeavas
McBeth
White House
Guarding the Blind Man at Broadway and Astor Place
A bustling New York scene shows a large traffic policeman helping a blind man onto a car at Broadway and Astor Place. The cop asks for the way back and promises to watch for the return, resuming his duty amid the traffic tangle.
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Broadway
Astor Place
New York
New York Times
Reductions That Mean Something Bargain Event in Sullivan begins
Two men recall buying suits at Woods in Sullivan and Terre Haute. An ongoing sale offers heavy overcoats at 25 percent off, cravenettes at 4 off, and entire lines of H. S. & M. suits at 25 percent discount to clear stock.
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Sullivan
Woods
Terre Haute
H. S. & M. Cravenettes
New upstairs store ad offers vast suit sale and freebies
The ad promotes a second floor men and boys wear clearance with 25 to 40 percent discounts on 375 plus suits and overcoats, ages 3 to 19 categories, plus gifts for buyers and a watch or bracelet incentive. It advertises low prices on shirts, socks, sweaters, and underwear, urging customers to mention the ad for a bonus.
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Woods
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