Mark Twain Life Beset by Fortune and Fame
A biography chronicles Samuel Langhorne Clemens born in Hannibal Missouri in 1835, his steamboat pilot years, Virgin ia City journalism, and rise as Mark Twain. It covers his Nevada era, major works, marriages, debts, famines of fortune, and the deaths of Olivia and Jean Clemens.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
America
Mark Twain
Hannibal
John Marshall Clemens
Virginia
Elizabeth Lampton
Kentucky
Alleghanies
Mississippi River
Mediterranean
Olivia L Langdon
Elmira
N. Y
Mr. Clemens
Buffalo
Buffalo Express
Hartford, Conn
Charles Dudley Warner
Arthur
Joan of Arc
A Big One on Receivership Advantage for Phone Firms
A newspaper quip notes a telephone enterprise has a unique edge: if a receivership is ordered, they can simply hang up the receiver. The line plays on the pending peril for the industry and suggests a stark, dry humor about crisis control.
Palm varieties in Liberia highlighted
Liberia hosts several notable palms including fan palm and raphia bamboo palm, with cocoanut and oll palms among the important species. Their uses and habitats reflect Liberia's diverse flora.
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Liberia
Quote on tenant character from cautious visitor
A narrator notes a potential renter who avoids boasting about being a good tenant, contrasting with previous applicants who bragged about their reliability. The remark reveals a preference for humility in choosing a renter.
A Cruel Program Ends Trusts With Speech
Senator Sorghum warns that a powerful orator could ruin trusts by sheer words. He quips the orator would “talk them to death” if his plan passes, signaling alarm over proposed reforms.
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Senator Sorghum
Narrowing the Field In Marriage Prospects
A flirtatious dialogue notes indecision among suitors due to many candidates for marriage. A witty suggestion proposes a primary to determine the preferred partner.
Oberlin College Faces Rising Racial Tension
Oberlin undergraduates and alumni report growing race prejudice across campus. Professors acknowledge the issue as protest letters flood Oberlin, with literary societies church choirs and dining halls enforcing segregation and black athletes told to seek separate hotels in Columbus this spring.
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Oberlin, O
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Columbus
Perry centennial bill allocates 75000 for memorial fete
Ohio lawmakers approve the Clevenger bill directing 75000 to the Perry centennial commission with 5000 for expenses and a permanent monument at Put-in-Bay including a lighthouse wireless telegraph weather life saving station and aquarium. The action anticipates a 250000 national appropriation and cross state support.
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Columbus
Senate
House of Representatives
Clevenger
Put-in-Bay
Ohio Assembly
Ohio Commission
Harmon
General Assembly
Students Stage Protest at Marietta College Prexy
Juniors suspend all members after they eject the "proxy" from the chapel during a clash with President Perry. He notes drastic action may follow as faculty remain unsummoned and a three-class structure is planned for now. Seniors appeared in cap and gown while juniors mocked the event with green posters and burlesque regalia.
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Marietta
Perry
Marietta College
Chapel Hall
Love Notes Pass In Jail In Canton
In Canton Ohio Katie Manz a Massillon girl held on a poisoning charge carried on clandestine correspondence with men prisoners via a hole in her cell floor. Warden Slusser censored the notes after discovering her letters and orderly laughter followed discovery.
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Canton
Katie Manz
Massillon
Elizabeth
Slusser
Katie
New Trial Ordered in Tax Sale Contest in Ohio
The Ohio Supreme Court orders a new trial in the Olmsted Falls property case bought at a delinquent tax sale in 1887 by Valentine Christ for $45.23. Jane Lay, administratrix of Samuel Lay, had secured a probate and common pleas judgment, and the circuit court ruling for a new trial was upheld. Edith Lydick failed to obtain title to a Wayne county farm claimed to be bought for her by her late uncle Judge Martin Walker.
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Columbus, O
Supreme Court
Olmsted Falls
Valentine Christ
Cleveland
Jane Lay
Samuel Lay
Common Pleas
Circuit Court
Edith Lydick
Wayne County
Martin Walker
Wooster
United States
Ohio Wheat in Good Shape
New York City report says Ohio wheat shows a marked improvement over last year with increased acreage and a good stand. Farmers and traders optimistic. abandonment expected to be small and a possible surplus may occur this year. Weather and drought earlier years contrasted with a promising outlook for 1909.
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New York City
Thomas Gibson
Ohio
Escaped convict Potter recaptured near Radnor
John E H Potter one of the Ohio penitentiary escapees was nabbed at Radnor eight miles north of this city by Officer Frank Vining as part of a penitentiary search party. Potter was lame from a fall and nearly famished after the escape.
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Delaware
John EH. Potter
Ohio
Radnor
Frank Vining
Vining
Potter
Death Again Vacates Oberlin Mayor Office
Oberlin Ohio mayor O F Carter dies at 72, the second consecutive Oberlin leader to die in office. Carter, serving his third term, followed Mayor Wolf who died last year after about a year in office. The duties pass to C P Doolittle, president of the village council, as Carter had also served two Lorain County treasurer terms.
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Oberlin
O. F. Carter
Wolf
Carter
C. P. Doolittle
Lorain County
Former Penitentiary Warden Coffin Dies in Springfield
Elijah G. Coffin aged 80 longtime warden of the Ohio Penitentiary and Clark County ex sheriff died at his home in Springfield after a yearlong decline. Native of South Charleston he rose to prominence in local politics and was a key figure in the abolitionist Underground Railroad activity he claimed to have narrowly escaped punishment for.
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Springfield
Elijah G. Coffin
Ohio Penitentiary
Clark County
Mr. Coffin
South Charleston
Employers Are More Particular
Fred Lange, superintendent of the state free employment bureau in Cleveland, says between March 25 and April 15 inclusive 748 men and 418 women were furnished employment. He notes superintendents are more exacting in demands for labor preferring workers up to the mark in abilities and temperament and, when possible, those of the same nationality.
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Cleveland, O
Fred Lange
State Free Employment Bureau
Lange
Western Canada As A Grain Producer Gust Anderson’s Rare Grain Tale
Gust Anderson of Maidstone Saskatchewan, formerly of Minnesota, writes of years in Central Canada showing how a small starter can build wealth through farming. He notes high yields on 25 acres in 1908 and strong crops in 1909, with quality wheat highlighted in February inspections.
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Gust. Anderson
Maidstone
Sask
Minnesota
Canada
Anderson
Dominion
Getting Even
A short anecdote describes five year old William reprimanded by his father for interrupting and replying to his mother with a witty line about the telephone during a family discussion. He then tells his mother he loves her and, when asked if she loves him, quips that the wire is busy.
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William
Strength of Legs Varies with Left Often Stronger
A report finds in 54 cases out of a hundred the left leg is stronger than the right. The observation highlights a consistent asymmetry in leg strength across individuals.
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Nevada
Orion
Clemens
Sam Clemens
New York
Middle West
Great River
River Pilot
Horace Bixby
Territory of
Virginia City Enterprise
Virginia City
California
Sacramento Union
Twain
Calaveras County
Alta California
Europe
Orient
Miss Langdon
Pudd’nhead Wilson
C. L. Webster & Co
Globe
Olivia S. Clemens
London
Florence
Italy
Rogers
Standard Oil
Pleasure Company of America
Brooklyn
Joy
Detroit
Mich
Massachusetts
Eve
Redding
Conn
Stormfield
Clara
Jean
Leopold II
Kongo Free State
Children's Theater
Ralph Ashcroft
H. H. Rogers
Bermuda
Wark
Liberian Palme
Real Liberal
Little Ostend
Little Brother
News OF Ohio
Perry Fete
Ohio Supreme Court
Sait
Western Canada
W. L. Douglas
Siael
W Douglas
Brock Lon
Mage
Bae
Phanes
Bend
Olsave Company
Savannah
Georgia
Thompson
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