National university plan urged by late Senator Kyle
Special Washington Letter notes Senator James H. Kyle of South Dakota promoted a national university envisioned by Washington. The proposal called for a nonsectarian, highly endowed institution with a governing board of 15, faculty councils, and access to federal resources while preserving public service. It cites Washington and Jefferson era advocacy and asks who will carry the work forward.
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James H. Kyle
South Dakota
Kyle
Board of Regents
Senate
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Smithsonian
University Square
National Observatory
United States
Treasury
Manent
Harvard University
William R. Harper
University of Chicago
National Educational Association
Detroit
Associa
Congress
Jefferson
Geneva
Madison
Monroe
John Quincey Adams
Jackson
Columbian College
Grant
Hayes
L. Q. C. Lamar
Secretary of the Interior
Academy of the College
George Washington
Smith D. Fry
Raeburn portrait sells for 10220 and other notes
Foreign Gossip reports a Sir Henry Raeburn painting selling for 10220 at a Cunliffe Brooks sale, with earlier sale prices listed. It covers German officials scouting army drafts, Mexico vs Brazil populations, a Serbian marriage market sign, Constantinople typewriter bans, and a Janffrau climb tale, plus a Mayflower flag discrepancy in the House of Commons fresco.
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Sir Henry Raeburn
Cunliffe Brooks
Germany
Mexico
Brazil
Servia
Constantinople
Ndd
Hardy
England
Switzerland
Janffrau
House of Commons
James I
Graduation Essay Delayed in Government Advice
Mr. Comrox laments to Ethel about the delay since her graduation essay and the lack of adoption of her advice on government. The Washington Star quotes the exchange as a light remark on civic expectations.
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Ethel
Quote exchange highlights bids and vows in Senate race
In a Washington Star excerpt, Senator Sorchim defends friendship and fiscal solidarity, asserting it will be many years before he reaches his last dollar, while his rival claims steadfast support and shared sacrifice. The dialogue underscores campaign tension and loyalty among political figures.
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Sorchim
Washington Star
Youth's Ice Prank Backfires on Father in Yonkers
A Yonkers story recounts a boy who dropped a chunk of ice down his father's back hoping to cool him. The prank backfired, making him hotter and prompting the boy to recount the misadventure in a local dialogue.
Dinner table of thirteen leads to two marriages
A dinner party with thirteen guests prompts the Bachelor’s remark that two attendees married within a year, reported by Puck.
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Puck
Dandelion War Sparks Water Hatred and Nearby Chaos
A Second Avenue man waters his lawn, spraying dandelions, when a weakened hose bursts, drenches his wife, and sends water through a neighbor’s window. A bystander notes a man’s fear of women, while a dogged horse driver prompts a debate on gentleness and cruelty.
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Second Avenue
Detroit Free Press
Society For the Prevention
WNY Sun
A Church Lottery Ticket Reported in Wilkinsburg
A Wilkinsburg resident holds a lottery ticket reading No. 247 for a Presbyterian church lottery authorized by law. The prize must be claimed within 12 months after the drawing with 20 percent deduction. M. Wilkins, president of the board of managers, Pittsburgh. June 3, 1807.
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Wilkinsburg
Presbyterian Church
M. Wilkins
Board of Managers
Pittsburgh
Jung
N. Y. Sun
A Crucial Test
Harlem Life notes a stuttering moment as McCorkle-Dobbins attempts to say Sing Sing, highlighting the awkward difficulty of the speech and its impact on the speaker.
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McCorkle
Encouragement to Uplift Those Near You
A short, aphoristic saying by Feneton urging readers to stimulate potential in others. It highlights emulation and encouragement as catalysts for hidden talents to rise from obscurity through active support.
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Feneton
Priest’s woodsy descent spans Adam to Brian Boru
Delaware County pastor Rev. Matthew P. O’Brien can trace his lineage back 130 generations to Adam, claiming 5905 years since creation. He names ancestors from Brian Boru to Milesius, with a scope that stretches to biblical and classical figures.
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Wilhelmina
Balthazar
Armenia
Delaware County
Garden of Eden
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Matthew P. O'Brien
St. Charles
Kellyville
O’brien
Brian Boru
All Ireland
Phis
Brian
Oliol Olum
Ion
Milestus
Spain
Christ
Milesius
Adam
Father O'Brien
Father O’brien
Solomon the Wise
Sheba
David
Lot
Abraham
Moses
Oiday
Brian Borvimhe
Ireland
Emerald Isle
William the Conquerors
England
Father O'Bien
Adium
Helen of Troy
Babylon
Achilles
Romulus
Capts Sanford Punch Bowl Becomes Bangor Landmark
The four and a half foot granite punch bowl gifted to Capt Charles Sanford became a Bangor watering trough after a shipboard mishap. It was later moved to Front Street square where weary horses now drink, a relic of old Bangor maritime lore.
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Pickering Square
Bangor
New England
Charles Sanford
Boston
Front Street
Sanford
Scots Kaid Maclean Leads Moorish Army In Morocco
Har ry Aubrey de Vere Maclean also known as Kaid Maclean is a 51 year old Scottish general who has led Moroccan forces for years. The M Gr commander in chief reorganized the army and directs punitive expeditions from Rabat to Fez and Marrakesh. His forces number about 200 men armed with European rifles and he divides his time between palaces in Fez and Marrakesh and visits to Scotland.
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Kaid Maclean
Morocco
Maclean
Red River
Mulai Hassan
England
Ahmed Ben Mussa
St. James
Ard -Ben-Mussa
Marakesh
Mulai’Hassan
Abdel- Aziz
Ben Mussa
Rabat
Fea
Scotland
Highlands
Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean
Fes
Flogging Practices in England and Wales Readvised
A House of Commons return shows flogging used last year in 15 cases under the 1861 larceny act. Six sentences ordered three times at Leeds and Liverpool assizes each, with durations from 4 to 40 lashes. Judges Juste Day and others imposed varied lash counts across Durham Newcastle and London courts.
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Great Britain
Chicago Chronicle
House of Commons
England
Wales
Leeds
Liverpool
Durham
Newcastle-onsTyne
Central Criminal Court
Juste Day
Recorder of London
Phe doctors say he is fatally hurt
A Boston Transcript excerpt reports on the condition of Mr Noodle following injuries described as fatally serious. Mrs Noodle seeks clarity on his fate while doctors remain noncommittal, saying recovery is impossible but avoiding a definitive prognosis.
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Mr. Noodle
Phe
Noodle
Boston Transcript
Becomes a Means and Bachelor Question in Jest
A playful exchange in the N Y Journal features a sweet voice asking a savage bachelor if his mean nature makes him bachelor or if bachelorhood causes his mean behavior. The dialogue centers on a humorous personal query about character and status.
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Y Journal
Cleveland Shows Smokeless Furnaces Lift City’s Smoke
A Cleveland study shows dozens of modern blocks with smokeless furnaces cutting soot by up to 90 percent. Observers grade chimney smokiness from eight in the morning through the workday, compare totals, and share owner standings to spur civic pride and profits.
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Cleveland
Cassell
Eaeus
Don’t Punch Express Package Marks Soldiering Toast to Caution
A young expressman recalls handling familiar labels like Handle with Care Keep Dry and Fragile. He encounters a colossal box marked Dont Punch and learns to heed new cautionary signals amid a hazy recounting of mailroom etiquette.
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New York
Lke
Gass
Sane Express
Hurself
Rain Threatens Mountain Valleys With Sudden Floods
The piece explains how cloudburst like rains can drown districts in narrow valleys, where watershed size and saturated ground turn minutes of rain into feet of flood in West Virginia. It contrasts dangers to level plains with rapid river overflows and emphasizes the rarity of such events yet their deadly potential.
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Cleveland
West Virginia
Elkehorn Creek
Weather Bureau
Woat
Mvirginia Ia
United States
History of Cast Steel and Perusian Sea Ponies
The piece traces early steelmaking from charcoal heating to Krupp's crucible process and later large ingots shown at 19th century expositions. It mentions Peruvian sea ponies called caballitos used by fishermen, and a New Zealand hot spring feature near Rotomahana attracting attention.
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International Monthly
Daniel Huntamon
Handsworth
Sheffield
England
Becaume
Alfred Krupp
Essen
Germany
London
Paris
Vienna
Peru
Youth
New Geyer
New Zealand
Rotomahana
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