Thomas F. Marshall for June Republican primary Senate bid
A long personal political declaration by Thomas F. Marshall seeking the Republican nomination for United States Senator in the June primaries. He touts eight years in the House, sympathy with Roosevelt’s policies, tariff reform, railroad regulation, national charters, post office and court buildings in small cities, improved wagon roads, and stronger prohibition and Pure Food laws. He pledges allegiance to the people against corporate influence and bossism, asserting party loyalty and readiness to serve.
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United States
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Express and Telegraph
Party of Progress
of Action
Thomas F. Marshall
Dorr H Carroll Seeks Ward County Public Administrator Post
Dorr H Carroll, a native of Allamakee County Iowa, moved to Ward County six years ago and has lived near Donnybrook since, until recently joining the Blaisdell Bird Company at Minot. He holds a college education and is considered fit for the Public Administrator office. He has never before sought public office.
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Ward County
Allamakee County
Iowa
Carpio
Donnybrook
Blaisdell Bird Company
Minot
Candidate for District Judge Nomination Promises Impartial Court
The author seeks the Republican nomination for District Judge of the Eighth Judicial District. He pledges to keep the court out of politics and politics out of court, ensuring equal interpretation of law and fair treatment for all. He solicits support from friends.
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Eighth Judicial District
Ican
Logical exchange on cleverness and perception
A dialogue captures a debate on wit and influence. One speaker praises cleverness while the other questions how such cleverness shapes thought and actions, highlighting social perception.
Blessings on New Buildings and a Scoffer’s Sentence
A religious dedication is traditionally used to bless new buildings and businesses, with a wooden cross atop scaffolding serving as a symbolic plea for divine favor. In Kishineff, a new opera house opened with such a ceremony, provoking censure from the local paper Bessarabian Life, and the editor was sentenced to four months in prison.
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Lanor
Kishineff
Bessarabian Life
Cutting Sermons Short Makes Them More Readable
A veteran pastor notes that modern listeners reject long sermons. He began limiting sermons to about thirty minutes and saw a dramatic rise in attendance within two months. The Cleveland Plain Dealer cites this as a lesson in outreach and impact.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Woman Keeps Mexican Leopard Kitten As Pet In Alton
Mrs. G. J. Grommet, a prominent Alton society figure, owns a four week old Mexican leopard wildcat gifted by her husband in Mexico. The creature, a mix of leopard and wildcat, is kept in captivity and handled for guests with plans to chain or restrain it as it grows to prevent wild behavior.
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G. J. Grommet
Alton
Mexico
Mignonette Promises Fly Deterrent For Early Bloomers
The article extols mignonette as a natural fly deterrent, noting its pleasant aroma when hung in rooms. It advises sowing seeds now and applying gentle heat for early blooming, contrasting it with messy flypapers and sticky solutions.
Englishmen in Canada and social stereotypes
Winnipeg correspondence to the Manchester Guardian argues that only a broken-down dandy is disliked in Canada. It asserts most Englishmen are liked, except those who cannot work and borrow on connections, while the Englishman of the right sort holds his own in the climate.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Manchester Guardian
Railway Bridge Built to Match Owner’s Stone House
A landowner required a stone bridge matching his house and of three elliptical arches before consenting to a Great Western Railway bridge across his property. The completed structure, described as the only one of its kind in England perhaps the world, faced construction challenges but succeeded.
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Great Western Railway
England
world—Railway Magazine
The Modern Feminine. Kitty and Claire Dialogue
In a brisk exchange Kitty urges Claire to smoke and keep pace with modern ways. Claire resists, claiming she has learned to swear bet drink and has a safety razor, highlighting contrasts in attitudes toward modern femininity.
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Kitty
Claire
Massage by the Blind: London and Japan Practice Noted
The piece notes that in London massage by the blind is an accepted profession with some doctors employing only blind masseurs. It adds that in Yokohama Japan, historically only the blind were allowed to practice massage, with a claim that 900 of 1,000 masseurs earning livelihoods there are blind.
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London
Japan
Yokohama
Hang It Becomes Muddy Trek in a Timing Year
Subbubs, returning from the station, laments the heavy mud while Backlots notes the year as a pivotal presidential season. The exchange captures a town’s weary mood amid persistent grime and political headlines.
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Subbubs
Dance Floor Doubts Echo Through Quiet Conversation
A truncated exchange hints at a tense moment on a dance floor. One speaker confirms the other will have the next dance, while the other questions the meaning of a phrase, suggesting underlying miscommunication or flirtation in a social setting.
Republican electors hear candidate for Supreme Court
A candidate announces for the Republican nomination for Justice of the Supreme Court subject to the June 24 1908 primaries. The letter is addressed to North Dakota Republican electors and bears the name Eadward Wright.
Candidate for Ward County Register of Deeds Files Notice
North Dakota candidate Gunders Reishus announces intent to run for Ward County Register of Deeds. Solicits Republican electors in Ward County to vote in the June 23, 1908 primary in Minot. The notice appears from Minot, Ward County, North Dakota.
Pocket Wireless Boy Telegraphs Home on Road
Walter J. Willenberg, a boy, built a portable wireless telegraph station from a coat button wire and a belt setup. He carried a battery and sending apparatus on a board the size of a hand, sending messages eight miles to his family as he walked a country road.
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Walter J. Willenberg
St. Nicholas
Frantry
How Long Birds Live In a Ringdove Lifespan Case
Observers record a Long Ditton ringdove that entered Whitsunday 1880 from a neighboring house where it hatched. It grew tame and attached to the ladies, its final moult delayed and its feet failing as it spent most time out of its cage. It died December 20, 1907 at age twenty eight years three months.
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Long Ditton
Whitsunday
Pineapple Cider Starts in Australia at Toowooma
The Chicago Tribune reports a new pineapple cider industry beginning at Toowooma with three tons of small pines and ninety gallons produced for aging. The cider is touted as a sparkling summer drink with strong fruit aroma, with plans for six grades from concentrated essence for travelers to milder home use.
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Australia
Toowooma
Sts
Chicago Tribune
Locomotive Warma Depot Fire Supplies Heat and Power
A fire destroyed the plant at the Kansas City Union depot that provided heat and interlocking switch and signal power. To meet the emergency a Chicago and Alton engine coupled to a coal car supplied steam heat and operated the yard switches, maintaining a steady 70 degrees.
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Warma
Union
Kansas City
Chicago & Alton Mammoth
Emus killed by wires in Western Australia
Australian emus are being destroyed by barbed wire fences erected to block a rabbit pest. Each year they migrate from east to west and face death in hundreds when the wires halt their westward progress and dry season thirst ends their journey.
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Australia
Too Free Speech Raises Question of Courtesy in Debate
An excerpt from Licyaa' News argues that ridicule and sarcasm can aid debate but vulgarity and irreverence toward subjects sacred to others are unacceptable, calling free speech a shield not for abuse but for respectful discussion.
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Licyaa
Face-Viewing Device Nears Public Use
In a fragmentary dialogue, a Western genius demonstrates a device to project a person’s face from miles away. Miss Patience Goone notes it could let people see faces far off, if the images can be preserved there.
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Mr. Staylate
Miss Patience Goone
Corm ‘Tably
Nehemiah Davis Seeks Ward County Judge Nomination
To Republican voters of Ward County Nehemiah Davis announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for County Judge subject to the will of the party at the June 24 1908 primary in Minot N D.
J W Fabriek Seeks Republican Nomination for County Auditor
J W Fabriek announces candidacy for the Republican ticket as County Auditor subject to the June 24 1908 primary and respectfully asks voters for support at that election.
Moore Announces Candidacy for 43rd District Seat
A. W. Moore declares his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state representative from the 43rd district. He states that if nominated he will strive to win the election and, if elected, will serve the people to the best of his ability ahead of the June 24, 1908 primaries.
Ward County Sheriff Candidate Seeks Republican Nomination
A P Scofield of Minot North Dakota announces his candidacy for Ward County sheriff on the Republican ticket subject to June primaries. He earnestly solicits voters support and submits his declaration to the electorate.
Republican Nomination Honor Vows for 48th District Senator
The candidate for State senator in the 48th legislative district at the June 24 1908 primaries pledges to best efforts to win the general election and to represent district residents honestly if elected.
Ward County Sheriff Primary Appeal 1908
Ann Minot requests Republican electors of Ward County North Dakota to vote for William Black in the June 24 1908 primary for the office of sheriff. The notice is dated March 5 in Ward County.
Insurgent Republican Seeks Nomination for North Dakota Governor
To the Republican voters of North Dakota Tam a candidate for nomination at the June primaries for the office of Governor on the Republican ticket and earnestly solicit your support. I am an insurgent progressive Republican advocate of Rooseveltism. If nominated and elected I will live at Bismarck and conduct an honest impartial economical administration. Treadwell Twichell Mapleton N C Announcement to the Republican Electors of Ward County N D of Clerk of District Court Ward County subject to the primary election to be held June 24 1908 O M Champlin Surrey N D.
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R Minot
N. D
Marcel
Ward County
North Dakota
Office of Register of Deeds
Waid County
Gunders, Reishus
Ofice
Nehemiah Davis
Minot
J. W. Fabriek
William Black
Chilcot, Ward Co
Vta
Roosevelt
Bismarck
Treadwell Twichell
Mapleton
N. C
O. M. Champlin
Surrey
A. Sorenson
Sherwood, N. D
Monbells
Register of Deeds
House of Representatives
Stanle Hendrickson
Coteau
Congress
Tsol Leit
A.J. Gronna
Ross announces candidacy for Ward County Clerk of District Court
Don A C Ross of Ryder North Dakota declares his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Ward County Clerk of the District Court and requests votes at the primary election to be held on June 24 1908.
A W Gray Seeks State Senate in 43rd District
A. W. Gray announces his candidacy for state senator in the 43rd district at the upcoming primaries on June 24, 1908. If nominated he pledges to do his best to be elected and to represent the people to the best of his ability.
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A. W. Gray
Candidacy Filed for Ward County Sheriff Nomination
Ward County voters are notified that A. Sorenson of Sherwood North Dakota has filed to seek the Republican nomination for sheriff at the June county primaries. Sorenson solicits support and signs the notice with respect.
Ward County voter notices announce candidacy for county surveyor
To the voters of Ward County I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of county surveyor subject to the primaries to be held June 24 Thos B J Midmas To the voters of the state of North Thereby announce myself a candidate for the office of State Treasurer sub 2th 1908
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Ward County
Lhereby
Thos
B.J. Midmas
North Dakota
George A McG Announces Candidacy for State Senator Nomination
Republican candidate George A McG announces he seeks the State's Attorney nomination subject to the primaries on the 24th, 1908. He pledges to uphold law and public safety and urges party support at the upcoming voting date.
Monbells N 11 April 4 Ward County primary election plea
N Monbells of Ward County, as county register of deeds candidate, requests voter support at the June 24 primary election, urging participation and continued service in the office.
Coleman Announces Candidacy for 43rd District Seat
Hugh H. Coleman of Kowbells North Dakota declares his bid for the Republican nomination for member of the house of representatives from Ward County and the 43rd legislative district. He will seek support from voters before the June 24 1908 primary election.
Hendrickson declares candidacy for 43d District House seat
Stanley Hendrickson of Coteau North Dakota announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 43d Legislative District seat in the North Dakota House of Representatives. He pledges to seek fair treatment for all and to protect district interests if elected, and solicits voter support.
Candidate for Representative Seeks June Primary Support
A candidate announces intent to run for representative from district 3d and asks voters in the June primaries for support. The statement promises to devote best efforts to constituents if elected.
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Dorr H. Carroll
the Supreme Court
Eadward
Wright
Ani
A. W. Moore
Sherif
North Lakota
A, P
Scofield
Minot, N. D
Ent
Tereby
Don Ap C. Ross
Ryder
R. R. Schudar
Bowbells, North Dakota
Drinkwater
Loucks’ Stora
T. O. Hunter
Bondbells, North Dakota
Annou
George A. McG
AN Bueit Creamere
Hugh H. Coleman
Kowbells
Ash
Jens Peterson
Washington, D.C
H. F. Butt
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