Air navigation funding and Lincoln coin in bold national chatter
A 1909 snapshot notes aviation funding for army experiments, homage to Abraham Lincoln on the new half dollar, naval strength questions from Admiral Evans, and a flurry of state politics with Tennessee finances and the Arizona-New Mexico push for statehood. Also reports vandalism in Mt. Washington and the Nashville murder case progression.
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Abraham Lincoln
Tan Cooper
Nashville
Tennessee
Arizona
New Mexico
Senator Foraker
Washington
Ohio
How Exact Position of Heavenly Bodies Are Fixed
Astronomers fix star positions using transit and equatorial telescopes with spider web lines. Automatic timing records star crossings as plates capture the sky, enabling a global effort by sixteen observatories to chart five to six million stars down to eleventh magnitude.
Special pockets suit trades and tricks of the trade
A tailor describes unusual pockets for different professions. Singers use a music pocket to stash items without bulk. Detectives favor sleeve pockets to withdraw a handcuff without alerting prisoners. A customer recalls a dog bite and a wish to avoid a repeat incident.
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Ant
Debt Settled Quietly Eases Creditors Mind
A creditor recalls fear of meeting a debtor who owed him money for over a year. The debtor repeatedly dunned himself to pay, but the creditor hesitated to meet him, fearing the debtor would feel forced to acknowledge the debt. Now the debt is paid and the creditor feels comfortable again.
Snake Panic Halts Archive Work at Parliament
Reported years ago, snakes emerged from dust in the House of Lords archives causing panic among staff. Documents moved to underground ministry of interior archives where a flat headed snake bit a worker and he died hours later. employees remain unwilling to return.
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House of Peers
Ministry of the Interior
Busyness the Refuge of Small Souls
The quote argues that extreme busyness signals weak vitality and lack of identity. Idle time reveals true character, while restless workers pine for offices or studying, failing to enjoy leisure. The passage echoes Robert Louis Stevenson on success and generative living.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Black Cat Causes Crew to Flee Sailing Edrie
The fishing schooner Edrie was ready to sail from port at two pm on Friday when a cross eyed black cat appeared from the hold. A sailor fled the ship after a hatch burst open and the crew, terrified, deserted the vessel leaving the captain unable to persuade them to return.
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Edrie
San Francisco Chronicle
Melba and the Sick Child Tale from the Savoy
A short reminiscence tells of Mme Melba living at the Savoy hotel where a sick child in the same corridor enjoyed her singing. The child, cured and roaming the hall, begged to meet the bird that sang so prettily, and Melba invited her.
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Melba
Mme
Savoy Hotel
Mme. Melba
Beau Broadway
New York
Telegraph
Seeing the Show Sam Shubert’s rustic tale of Buffalo theater
A rustic in Buffalo buys a theater ticket and wanders into a billiard saloon by mistake. He watches a novel performance for about an hour and a half, then leaves to see if the show is over. He is told the show is not finished and that spectators are leaving as if the world is moving.
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Sam Shubert
Buffalo
Home Made Kidney and Rheumatism Medicine Recipe
Readers are urged to try a home made kidney and bladder remedy claimed to ease early kidney trouble and rheumatism. The recipe combines Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparious with dosing after meals and at night, promising purification of blood and relief of pain and urination issues. The ad-style notice ends with a prompt to save the prescription.
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Bright
If I Must Age I Note It In A Photo
A woman recalls keeping an unflattering photograph on her desk as discipline. It reminds her she is past youth, yet she refuses to halt her interests or pleasures, using the image to curb reckless behavior and flirtations.
Love Lock Controversy on Napoleon III Coin
A five franc coin bearing Louis Napoleon’s image was minted with a love lock on his temple. He disapproved and ordered removal after inspectors began striking, but 28 coins already struck remain valuable as curiosities.
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Napoleon
Louis Napoleon
France
Public Eye Draws Crowd as Megaphone Man Preaches
In a bustling open space the megaphone man proclaims The Public Eye drawing throngs and curious onlookers. Women outside chase attention while others cling to the Public Eye, and some men try comical stunts to enter. A note mentions vice presidential candidates.
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Puck
Three Sabbaths In Tangier A City Of Diverse Faiths
The narrator notes Tangier hosts Muslim Friday, Jewish Sabbath and Christian Sunday in close sequence reflecting a strong religious observance. He observes flags signaling dawn prayers and notes the day’s markings fade by late morning as locals orient to the week.
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Morocco
Tangier
The Better Part Prosper Merimee Story
A tale from Youths Companion recounts Prosper Merimee at a royal hunt with Emperor and party. While others collected game he had none, explaining that true merit lies in hitting nothing by firing between the birds.
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Prosper Merimee
Markeman
Merimee
Matrimony Ups and Downs Quip From Two Observers
A brief banter features a cynic noting matrimony’s ups and downs while a bachelor asks for the answer. The second speaker suggests wives keep busy with appearances and husbands with expenses as a witty contrast.
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Benedict
Clermont County Sealed Bids for Turnpike Labor and Construction
Commissioners of Clermont County Ohio invite sealed bids for labor and construction on multiple turnpike sections including Bear Creek, Ashton Carter, Belfast Goshen, Merwin Locust Corner, Bethel Salt Air, Burdsall Woodville, and Xenia Round. Bids due to the Auditor Vermont County by noon March 15 1908 with $8000 cash or certified check. specs available ten days prior.
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Mas Commissioners
Clermont County
Ohio
Bear Creek
Auditor’s Office
Vermont County
Auditor's
Legal Notice to Non Residents in Clermont County Case
Legal notice informs Ashlee Hutchinson Serena Autchinson Olive Hutchinson Margery Ward Mary Shaw and others of a 1008 petition filed December 30 1008 in Clermont county Ohio case no 1987 seeking partition of Nevillea Survey No 987 land in Miami township The notice names heirs of Silas B Fitzwater Lucinda Hutchinson and others and directs defendants to answer by a specified date filed by Wilson 8 Fitzwater attorney for the plaintiff
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Serena Autchinson
Olive Hutchinson
East Tenth
Newport
Kentucky
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Daquoin
Timnote
Mary Shaw
Listle Rock
Arkansas
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Himira Frarden
Silas Fitzwater
Seneca
Kansas
Wilson
Fitzwater
Common Pleas Court
Clermont County
Ohio
Miami
John Fitswater
Silas B. Fitswater
Lucinda Hutchinson
Biisaveto Humphreys
Said Wittwater
H. Fitgwater
Eligabeth Humphreye
Carver
A. W. Gilbert Jr
Woemam
A. Taylor
Lena Viers
Amanda Viere
John ¥. Lauman
Alexander A. Ladmanneira
Ann Viers
Lauman
Ann
Viers Lauman
Gusta
Bracken County
State of Keopasky
Amanda Viers
Dover
Mason County
Michigan
John Tf. Lauman
Alexander
Rena Viers Lauman
Tipton
Tipton County
Indiana
Ann Viers Lauman
James D. Taylor
Viermont County
Batavia Township
Clermont Sunniy
Low East Fork
Peter Brunsugh
Georgetown
Portsmouth
Deep
Charles C. Kearns
Subscription Promotion for Multiple Publications
A list offers prepaid subscriptions and renewals to numerous magazines and journals. The vendor promises greatly reduced rates from regular prices and requires advance payment, claiming access to many titles including American Poultry Journal American Sheep Breeder Boston Cooking School Mag and more.
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American Poultry Journal
American Sheep Breeder
Boston Cooking School
Mag’s Breeder’s Gazette
Business Men's Magazine
Catholic News
Children’s Magazine
Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer
Cincinnati Weekly Commercial
Cincinnati Daily Post
Cincinnati Daily Times Star
Colman
Rural World
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Country Gentleman
Educator
Farm News
McCall’s Mag
Ohio Farmer
Woman’s Home Companion
Ladies’ Home Journal
F&Tée
Propars Count Involves Estate Of James D Taylor
Kearns Charles administrator with the will annexed of the estate of James D Taylor files legal action in Clermont County Ohio. The case lists 900 as a figure with 165 Taylor referenced as part of the proceedings.
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Clermont County
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