Ye Walkynge Delegayte Tale From An Ancient Fable
A humorous fable retold in archaic spelling where animals rebel under a fat grand Lion. The Ass is chosen as Walkynge Delegayte and leads a strike, revealing greed, manipulation, and the dangers of demagoguery. A moral on leadership and prudence closes the tale.
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L. O. Reese
Leslie's
Hector
Jinge
Lion
Ayaa
Loftille
Stryke
Pryde
Hymme
Braynes
New Device That Will Make Night Battles Spectacular
The government tested an illuminated shell idea from a Pittsburg inventor to make naval fire visible at night. A torch attached to the shell would burn along its flight, helping gunners correct range and aiding searchlights in spotting boats. Trials at sea showed the potential to add spectacle and utility to coastal defense and rapid-fire guns.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Schwab Defends Steel Trust Exit Amid Press Criticism
President Schwab protests reporters and insists newspapers misrepresented his forced departure from the steel trust. He says withdrawing was the hardest work of his life and accuses Mr. Morgan of clinging to his coat tails to avoid retirement at Jenat frank in.
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Washington Star
Schwab
Steel Trust
Mr. Morgan
Jenat Frank
Straightening an eye by surgery in a vivid patient account
A Brooklyn Eagle reader recounts an eye muscle surgery to correct wall eyed strain. The narrator details the procedure, sensations, and aftermath, including sensations of double vision, a numb eye, and the gradual return to normal sight after the operation.
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Brooklyn Eagle
John Drew
Hot Winds in Kansas and Nebraska Markets
New York Even notes that rain in the corn belt reduced hot wind reports in markets on Tuesday and Wednesday. Officials say there was no sustained condition justifying hot wind talk. Kansas vernacular hot winds are tied to drought and sun, likened to a sandstorm, with rare past occurrences in twenty years.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Detroit Fishermen Break Records Catch Two Tons of Carp
Detroit Free Press reports the Detroit Shipbuilding Company unexpectedly became a fish supplier when the Orleans street dry dock was emptied to repair the Anchor Line steamer China. A school of German carp, many weighing eight to fifteen pounds, filled the dock as the John Craig was inspected. The carp were hauled away in wagons after two tons were caught and dumped from the dock.
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Detroit Free Press
Detroit Shipbuilding Company
Detroit
Orleans Street
China
John Craig
Hoboes In Joplin Take Breakfast Biscuits Milk
In Joplin several hoboes reportedly scattered sample boxes of wheat biscuits to front yards and chased distribution as townspeople trailed them. They were given a gallon of milk and moved toward the railroad yards to rest.
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Kansas City Journal
Joplin
Boes
Beef prices and cattle market noted by Chicago paper
A Chicago newspaper highlights beef on the hoof and dressed beef at low prices while live cattle prices are stated to have risen by about a third. It argues the consumer is not fully benefiting and urges attention to the disparity.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Chicago
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