The Little Blind God and Golf at Riverton
Grace and Jack, a couple from Riverton, tease and woo amid golf misfires. She sets a fairy tale test, offering marriage if he completes a difficult challenge before winning. He accepts, betting his honor as the stake.
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Grace
Jack
Riverton
Wealthy Widows Reach Quarter Billion in Fortunes
A Chicago Herald list ranks six widows with combined wealth near 250 million dollars. Mrs Sage and Mrs Smith head the group, followed by Hetty Green and Mrs Weightman Walker, with Marshall Field and Field Jr. also among the notable heiresses.
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William Henry Smith
Japan
Mrs. Sage
Smith
Hetty Green
Anne Weightman Walker
Marshall Field
Marshall Field, Jr
Field
Gage
Walker
Green
Chicago
Sage
Wall Street
Field the Elder
Mrs. Field
Mrs. Green
Mrs. Walker
William Weightman
Amber deposits in Santo Domingo and Baltic region
Amber occurs in Santo Domingo near Santiago City with lignite and sandstone in oligocene beds along the north coast and Monte Cristi range. Globules range from pea to fist size, dull exterior with brown crust, similar to Baltic amber found in glauconitic clay beds near Konigsberg.
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Santo Domingo
Konigsberg
Baltic Sea
Santiago City
Monte Cristi
Mental Photography Experiment Stirs Berlin Circa Early 1900s
A Philadelphia Photographic Society member tests mental photography by binding a blank plate to his forehead and concentrating on a friend's face for 30 minutes. The developed plate allegedly shows faint facial traces resembling the friend, amid debate over whether the image truly captures thoughts or is indeterminate.
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Philadelphia Photographic Society
Berlin
Couldn't Disturb Ike In Oyster Request
Mrs Medders asks for a pound of oyster ers but the country grocer declines promising to send later. Huskey, sleeping on top of the bar, has a bad humor today.
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Ike
History in the Balance as Senator Borghi Comments
Senator Borghi quips he is busy preventing laws from being passed up by the legislature while saying names in history will be handed down. The Washington Star quotes the exchange about attention and legacies.
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Borghi
Washington Star
Theatrical Managers Accused of Inconsistency
A fragmentary quote depicts theatrical managers as inconsistent men, reflecting a broader public debate about conduct in the theater world. The brief excerpt highlights scrutiny of managers and audience expectations.
Contending for Abolition of a Protective Tariff
The article questions Woodrow Wilson's free trade stance, citing facts on American industry under protection. It argues tariffs foster growth, using Trenton pottery and southern mills as examples, and suggests Wilson would be a protectionist if aware of domestic costs. It notes Congress favors stability over tariff reform.
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Woodrow Wilson
Princeton College
Free Trade College
Gamaliels
South Carolina Society
New York
John C. Calhoun
Princeton
Congress
The
Republic
Wilson
Trenton
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Saxony Pottery
Hamburg
Chicago
Calhoun
New England
Democratic Party
Protecting American Shoemaking Amid Tariff Debate
A Troy Times opinion argues that tariffs protect the U.S. shoe industry and its leather inputs. It notes American shoe output, domestic buying power, and a strong export showing of 150 million dollars, while warning free trade would lower wages and raise foreign prices.
Reason to Be Thankful for Capital Growth and Tariff
An 1890s New York Journal of Commerce piece notes railroads struggle for capital while industry expands. It argues protected growth and wage payoffs stabilize markets amid Wall Street declines, crediting the Dingley tariff as a defensive measure.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Wall Street
Roosevelt Faces Tariff Question in 1908 Campaign
The passage argues most Democrats and reformers view tariffs poorly as a campaign asset in 1908. It questions why Theodore Roosevelt would align with such an unpopular stance and suggests it would be wiser to leave the tariff issue to his opponents.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
Peruna Believes Spring Catarrh Relief Endorsed
Miss Dora Hayden of Washington DC writes that Peruna gave great relief from catarrh and she will recommend the medicine to friends suffering from catarrh in any form.
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Peruna
Dora Hayden
6Th St
S. W
Washington, D. C
Case of Spring Catarrh in Pittsburg Woman
Mrs N P Lawler of 42334 N Broadway Pittsburg Kansas reports a severe cold developed into catarrh last spring. She credits Pe runa for a rapid improvement noting she felt better in three days and fully restored in two weeks. She calls Pe runa a wonderful medicine and a cure.
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N. P. Lawler
N. Broadway
Pittsburg
Kas
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