Serenading the Notions of Progress and Caution
A collage of whims and warnings on language politics aviation and crime. The piece juggles Esperanto jokes, seismographs and quick quips about safety and society while noting Boston as a port of entry for smuggled people and a sleepwalking accident.
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Boston
Boston claims oldest shop girl for chorus work
A Boston report claims the city has the oldest shop girl in the world who should be ready shortly for musical comedy chorus work.
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Boston
New Yorkers Spend $6000 Year on Dresses
A note on New Yorkers who allocate about $6,000 annually for apparel. It highlights the challenge of finding space to store numerous garments and suggests this reflects substantial spending by well dressed residents.
Powder and Cream Seems Aids For Girls In Cellar Life
Fragmentary lines describe powder and cream as necessities for girls living in a cellar, highlighting scarce living conditions and the need for basic personal care. The item notes a harsh, cramped setting with minimal resources.
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Theros
Princess Mary of England learns to run a typewriter
A brief quip notes Princess Mary of England has learned to operate a typewriter and hopes the nobility will take up honest toil. The fragment suggests a satirical nudge at dukes and lords toward productive work.
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Mary of England
Peace Advocates Cite New Gun To End War
A line says peace advocates claim a new gun that fires 10 000 times a minute will halt warfare. The remark reflects a provocative view on weapons as a peace instrument.
Moonlit verse and math collide in professor’s quip
An amusing line ponders whether a university professor who links mathematics and poetry has ever tested mathematics on a romantic moonlit muse. The remark blends academic wit with playful romance.
Maine man recalls deer leaping into his buggy lap
A Maine man recounts a frightened deer jumping into his buggy while he drove. He questions the spelling of words in the tale, unsure if his memory captured them correctly.
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Maine
Typewriter Poem of Motion Queued to a Woman
A learned professor claims the typewriter is the poetry of motion and implies the motion must be supplied by a skilled young woman operator. The remark frames mechanical writing as art guided by female dexterity.
French Side Manager Holds Line On Paris Shop Visit
The manager should ensure she does not travel to shops in Paris, keeping the French side from extending beyond set limits. This caution aims to control access and actions while in France.
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Paris
Universal Peace Argument Beset by Agitators and Weapons
The statement contends the new gun will heighten agitation for universal peace and serve as a weapon in the hands of a nation that rejects the existing order. It frames the firearm as both a symbol and tool amid political tension.
Airship Travel Expands Despite Earlier Disasters
Airship travel remains under active development as preparations in Europe move toward regular schedules. Despite past disasters, ongoing discussions and tests indicate serial navigation is becoming a permanent feature of travel.
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Europe
One Struck Dead and Other Happenings Across Nebraska
Summary of Nebraska state news items includes two lightning deaths near Kimball Peter Larson and George Jorgenson, both homesteaders. Larson killed instantly on a stack. Jorgenson burned with his horses after hay stack fire. Also reports Fontanelle charter revoked dissolving village status. Other items note mosquitos in Lincoln and a three day Nebraska Christian Endeavor session at Aurora.
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Kimball
Peter Larson
George Jorgenson
Here
Larson
Jorgenson
Drowned Child Near Fullerton in Water Jar
An eighteen month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pancoast five miles west of Fullerton wandered away and fell into a twenty gallon water jar. The family was occupied and the drowning was not noticed until later. Doctors could not revive the child.
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Fullerton
Pancoast
Peru M E church passes resolution to reduce districts
At the quarterly conference members request the bishop to cut the number of districts and district superintendents in the conference. They also unanimously ask for the return of their pastor Rev. W A Tyler for a sixth year.
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Peru
M.E. Church
The
W. A. Tyler
Trapeze Performer Falls In Beatrice Practice
A young trapeze performer about twenty years old named Carroll Arnold lost his hold during a practice in Beatrice. He fell twenty feet, struck his face and right shoulder, and was found unconscious with facial injuries and a broken arm. He narrowly escaped death.
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Beatrice
Carroll Arnold
Nebraska Briefs From York to Omaha and Beyond
The Methodist conference met in York last week and Cortland bank opened for business. Weeping Water hosted a large Modern Woodmen picnic while Omaha hosts the bankers association meeting. Gage county inherited over 400 dollars in an estate last week. Lincoln youths plan aeroplane club. Rabbi G H Loewenstein to lead Jewish Reform in Lincoln. Franklin Sutton, longtime resident and homesteader, died of cancer in Minden. County Superintendent H Story of Cherry county died of typhoid in Valentine. Omaha deaf school opened with nearly 200 pupils. A Cass county burglary suspect fled penitentiary and remains missing. Louisville merchants organize to curb bad accounts. Rev Charlies Becker of Geneva has Roman e a sumeng in recent months. Tecumseh to hold a November 8 bond vote for 13000 water extension and 7000 for another project.
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York
Farmers State Bank
Cortland
Weeping Water
Nebraska Bankers’ Association
Omaha
Gage County
Lincoln
G. H. Loewenstein
Franklin Sutton
Minden
F. Story
Cherry County
Valentine
Nebraska School For the Deaf
Harrison
Cass County
Merchants of
Louisville
National Retailers’ Federation
Charlies Becker
Geneva
Roman Ea Sumeng
Tecumseh
Labor Commissioner Maupin Fled Complaints Against Omaha Firms
State labor commissioner Will M. Maupin fled complaints against three Omaha business concerns for alleged violations of the woman and child labor laws.
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Will M. Maupin
Omaha
Soil Sampling Trip by Professors Near State Station
Professors Alway and Bishop with McDole travel to the western region to collect soil samples for analysis at the state experiment station.
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Alway
G. R. McDole
State Experiment Station
Appointment of Hawthorne as battalion quartermaster
The appointment of J B Hawthorne to battalion quartermaster with rank of second lieutenant on Major W F Sammons staff of the Second Nebraska National Guard has been approved.
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J.B. Hawthorne
W. F. Sammons
Nebraska ‘National Guard
Brick manufacturer seeks equal freight rates in Minden case
George H Wemrmer of Minden, a brick maker, filed a complaint with railroad commissioners asking freight rates on brick be adjusted so Minden would be on the same basic as Holdrege and Hastings.
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George H. Wemrmer
Minden
Holdrege
Hastings
Special federal term opens in Lincoln to hear old state matters
A federal court term starts October 10 in Lincoln to hear cases dating prior to the state division. No other matters will be tried. Fifty petit jurors are being drafted to form the venire.
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Federal Court
Lincoln
State board approves $10000 sewer grant for Grand Island home
The state board of public lands and buildings votes to spend $10,000 allotted by the last legislature on a sewer for the soldiers' home at Grand Island. The appropriation requires no funds be used unless a connection is made with Grand Island city sewer system.
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State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Grand Island
Nebraska commission recommends Judge Mills for commerce court
The Nebraska railway commission writes to President Taft proposing Judge Ira B. Mills of Minnesota for the new commerce court. Mills sits on the Minnesota warehouse commission and has served on the state commission for seventeen years, and was formerly a district court judge. The Nebraska commission had previously protested against another appointment.
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Nebraska Railway Commission
Taft
Ira B. Mills
Minnesota
New Commerce Court
Congress
Mills
Minnesota Warehouse Commission
Minnesota Commission
District Court
Nebraska Commission
Opposition to Gaynor grows in Democratic state race
Report outlines division within Hearst influenced anti Gaynor forces across western New York and New York City as they prepare for the Democratic state ticket contest. It notes fear of overreliance on popular sympathy after the attempted assassination and flags Hearst and the progressive wing as key obstacles to Gaynor’s nomination.
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Rochester
Gaynor
Friends of
James S
New Fork City
The
Tammany. Ead
William R. “Hearst
Hearst
Conference on Labor Discusses Wage Policy and Eight-Hour Shift
Lausanne Switzerland hosts the international association of labor legislation convention. The agenda centers on a minimum wage policy for home work and an eight-hour uninterrupted shift. Labor King attends as official representative of the Dominion of Canada during a three day session.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
International Association
Ster
King
Dominion of Canada
National Banks Report Deposits and Reserves Increase
Washington national banks report total resources of 9 826 181 52 and reserves of 1 347 713 686 as of September 1 with 7178 banks responding, up 196 from a year earlier. Deposits rose by 135 000 000 and surplus and profits by 72 000 000 since September 1, 1909.
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Washington
United States
Bodies to be brought home from Granada for burial
It was decided to bring the bodies of Americans Cannon and Grace executed by order of ex President Zelaya to Nicaragua for burial. David Arehane, the new Nicaraguan minister to the United States, presided at the meeting. A monument will be erected in memory of the two Americans.
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Granada
Nicaragua
Cannon
Grace
Ofder
Zelaya
David AreHane
United States
Cabinet Gathering at White House Ends Near Four
Washington cabinet house party shows eight of nine official family members present for a formal cabinet room session and an informal luncheon that ran from 1 30 until nearly 4 in the afternoon.
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Washington, D. C
Cabinet House
White House
Wages Raised for Southern Pacific Car Workers
Officials of the Southern Pacific railroad and car repair department employees announce a wage increase of 2 cents per hour after weeks of conferences. The agreement also includes shop rules demanded by the car men and applies to Houston area workers.
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Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific Railroad
Mayor to be Removed as Ohio Governor Receives Petitions
Petitions to Governor Harmon seek suspension of Mayor Marshall over alleged gross misconduct in handling the car strike crisis. Readiness to remove the mayor follows formal delivery of the petitions to the governor’s office in Columbus.
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Columbus
Harmon
Marshall
Bisbee-Naco on Border Site Hit by Fire
Fire destroys a town on the international boundary nine miles from Bisbee and near Naco as reported by customs officials. The incident involves Bisbee-Naco, a border area, with officials noting extensive damage.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Naco
Petrified jaw rumor stuns Podkins and wife
In a quiet domestic scene Podkins learns from his wife that a petrified jaw two yards long has been found in Cornwall. He realizes she has kept a family secret about ancestors from that region, triggering surprise and a renewed argument.
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Cornwall
Podkins
No Healthful Cure for Severe Skin Disease
A mother recounts her five year old son’s brutal skin eruption that resisted three doctors and a medical college. After repeated applications of Cuticura Ointment the sores dried, skin peeled, and the child recovered, now a healthy twelve year old in Chicago.
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Robert Wattam
Forty-eighth St
Chicago
Miss Oldégtri Recalled In Vivid Salad Days Quote
Fragmentary dialogue recalls Miss Oldégtri with a sharp quip about her early days. The exchange contrasts salad days with vinegar and peppery zest, hinting at personality and reputation in a playful, nostalgic tone.
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