Sharpest letter ever sent to a foreign nation addressed to California people
President Roosevelt sent a personal message to the people of California. Secretary Loeb initially said he had no knowledge of a Congressman speech but then promised an official statement on the Japanese matter. Roosevelt and Kermit were shown reading Paul du Challlus adventure stories aboard a steamer, planning a lion and elephant hunt next spring.
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Pan
California
Loeb
Roosevelt
Kermit
Paul du Challlus
Beautiful New Edifice Opened For Public Worship
A grand dedicatory service marked the opening of Trinity church built to accommodate growth from forty to two hundred seventy members. Rev. Galloday urged steadfast worship and duty, while Prof. Pfeiffer spoke at the evening program. Clergy from Columbus, Michigan City, Eason, West Alexandria and Dayton attended with a schedule of services for the week.
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T. W. Druley
H. Wickemeyer
Michigan City
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Beck
Trinity Church
Interstate Synod
B. Pfeiffer
Capitol University
Lutheran College At Columbus
Ind
G. Weber
Eason
S. Schillinger
West Alexandria
Mr. Baum
Dayton
Eaton
Oilo
C. J. Loehr
Cleveland
Ohio
A. J. Feeger
St. John's
City
Knollenberg's Store Waist Advertisement Highlights Forgiveness
Read our Suit and Shirt Waist Advertisement in to day's paper. Knollenberg's Store. Forgiveness quotes contrast true mercy with a torn note that can never harm again. The piece also notes humor on forgiveness and a quip about kindness, linking to historical kitchen lore about apple charlotte.
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Knollenberg’s Store
George III
Taft Train Narrow Escape Prompts Presidential Plans
Taft faces a narrow escape from a bad wreck in Taft Springs, Virginia, prompting a schedule shift. He will be in Cincinnati around July 20 to receive formal nomination notices, with post-September plans to remain there. Secretar y Taft lauds Hitchcock, noting his loyal service while delaying a decision on the national chairmanship until leaders nationwide reach a consensus.
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Hitchcock
Republican Party
Taft
Tables of Stone and Moses Size Calculations
A reader questions a curious calculation based on Talmudic and Biblical dimensions of the tables of stone. Using an eight inch cubit, the blocks would be nine feet by nine feet by four and a half feet, weighing about twenty eight tons, prompting doubt about the figures.
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Moses
Sardines Cooked and Prepared for Market
Sardines are net caught washed heads removed lightly salted then arranged on grids and fried in boiling olive oil. Oil is replaced as it darkens. Cooled sardines are packed in boxes sealed with oil, boiled in water, then ready for sale.
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Pearson’s Weekly
The Wearing of Hats Across Eras
The passage traces hat wearing as a long standing habit from the 18th century. Horace Walpole notes that customs shift with foreign fashions and warns that a change in headgear by chance could set a new trend, reflecting social influences in attire and personal style.
Vicar recalls visit to town where illness is rare
A Devonshire association contributor recalls asking if locals were ill in a town called Berrinarbor. The reply: no one is ill, only one elderly man recently bedsided, but nothing serious. The vicar compares this to a scotsman’s joke about being dangerously old rather than ill.
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Devonshire Association
Berrinarbor
Quarrel Over Telegraph Wire Ends Matrimonial Hope
A telegraph operator bragged of silencing a rival by opening the key, prompting a bystander to quip about using the same method in marriage. The exchange, printed as a joke in the New York Tribune, reflects wartime wit and workplace banter.
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Ker
New York Tribune
Court Session With Fist Marks On William Horner
Judge Converse presided as William Horner appeared with blue marks around his eyes from a Saturday night fight with Harry Jones. Horner denied assault and battery while Jones pled guilty claiming self defense. The cases were postponed to summon witnesses. Also, Levi Snediker and Frank Carter were arrested for drinking, fined one dollar plus costs. Bailey released suspect B. J. Stevens after questioning. Ad Miller, formerly a Langdon saloon bartender, was fined and Langdon jailed for liquor law violations.
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Converse
William Horner
Harry Jones
Court House Yard
Horner
Jones
Levi Snediker
Mather Brothers
Frank Carter
Carter
Main
Tenth Streets
Snediker
B. J. Stevens
Bailey
Stevens
Ad Miller
Langdon
East Germantown
Miller
Washington as a Fireman and Friendships Fire Company
Washington joined the Friendship Fire Company organized in 1774 in Alexandria. He was an honorary member and studied engines in Philadelphia. He bought a small engine for 1800s and sent it to the company before Boston Heights. He helped extinguish fires and once urged idle gentlemen to assist, leaping from his horse to man the brakes.
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Fle
Friendahie Fire Company
George Washington
Friendship Fire Company
Alexandria
Washington
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Gibbs
Boston Heights
Friendship Company
King Street
Woman and the Law Have Changed In Half Century
A reprint discusses vast shifts in women's legal status over the last fifty to sixty years. It notes that husbands previously controlled debts, wills, income from lands, and even confinement. The piece cites historic England and colonial cases, including 1866 rulings on chastisement and late 19th century guardianship, highlighting evolving rights for mothers and daughters.
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North Carolina Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Judicature
England
Nawab of
Bengal
Everybody's Magazine
Whims of Ibsen in Courtly Attire and Banquets
The noted playwright Henrik Ibsen enjoyed social banquets and solitude alike. He delighted in dinners and public honors, receiving many decorations from monarchs and wearing insignia in public. He would even carry a small mirror and comb in his hat crown to groom his appearance before the crowd.
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Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Coram Populo
New Auto Concern Formed in Detroit With Million Capital
A new automobile company named the Everitt Metzger Flanders Co. of Detroit has been formed by merging two firms. It plans to build 12 500 cars before the first of next September and has capital of one million dollars.
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Detroit
Everitt-Metzger-Flanders Co
Lobster Claws: Right and Left Carry Distinct Roles
Lobsters have ten legs but only eight for walking. The two front claws are specialized tools for prey capture and shell cracking. The right claw is typically slimmer and toothed for cutting, while the left is thicker with hammerlike tubercles for smashing. In some specimens the roles vary or are not distinct.
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Tulle
Pribilof Islands Land Ban and Arctic Whaling Scene
A travelogue describes Unalaska and Dutch Harbor with warehouses docks and a Greek church as a northern station for the revenue fleet. It notes strict land access on Pribilof seal grounds, distant rock resembles a Russian priest, and ships from many nations frequent the harbor amid a vast fur seal population.
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Unalaska
Arctic
Dutch Harbor
Bering Sea
Vladivostok
Pribilof Islands
Aleutian Islands
Pribilof
Secretary of the Treasury of the
United States
Neatly Turned. Magistrate questions Pat on repeat offense
A magistrate presses an old offender, Pat, about his repeated appearance before the court. Pat briefly cites two policemen as the cause, admitting intoxication on both occasions as the reason for his current visit. The comic exchange highlights a comical tone amid legal proceedings.
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Pat
No Double Track Rumor Denied by Rail Officials
Cambridge City reports a Pennsylvania railroad plan for a Bradford to Richmond double track is unlikely due to cost. Guy Scott, engineer, says Indianapolis division double track needed. Bradford to Richmond not demanded. Meanwhile, over in Madison, the Grays beat theation visitors 7 to 1 at Capitol Hill Park with early scoring and late rallies despite wet grounds.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Richmond
Bradford
Guy Scott
Columbus
Piqua
Indianapolis
Scott
Chicago
Cambridge City
Ind
Capitol Hillbark
Graya
Madison
Grays
Gilbert
Knapp
Ridge
Weaver
Connor
Slarp
F. Roberts
Roberts
Boyd
Caldwell
Reeves
Wise
Harter
Ohio Bunch
Little Giants
Bord
Bad Crop Years And Mating Signals Across Wildlife
A farmer notes that birds and animals skip mating in certain years signaling a forthcoming hard year with grass and seed famines. Quails and squirrels notably avoid pairing, with quails forming unmated bands and squirrels entering dormancy until rains return.
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California
Nationals Rout Shilohs In 25 to 4 Fastball Victory
On North Sixteenth street grounds yesterday the Nationals defeated the Shilohs by 25 to 4. Batteries were Mesker Bricker for Nationals and Holmes Hoffman for Shilohs. Nationals have been playing fastball this season.
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Sixteenth Street
Nationals
Shiloh
Mesker
Bricker
Shilohs
Holmes
Hoffman
Browns Edge Boston In 6 5 Thriller
Boston defeated Richmond Browns 6 to 5 yesterday in Boston after the Browns won the previous week at Athletic Park by the same 6 to 5 score.
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Boston
Richmond Browns
Athletic Park
Browns
Correction on Terror Era Wit and Courtroom Irony
An old Revolutionary period letter shows a cautious writer changing a phrase about reigns to republic of a Forethought. A husband and wife exchange quips about letters and a forthcoming revisit of past loves. A prisoner thanks a judge after a thirty day bread and water sentence for attempting simple living.
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France
Mulkley
Philadelphia Ledger
X Y Z Team Seizes Amateur City Championship
The X Y Z team won the amateur city title by defeating the Glen Millers yesterday at Hearlview Park. Wee sel and Zeven starred for X Y Z while Johnson and Hawekotte led Glen Millers in a fast, well played contest.
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Glen Miller
Hearlview Park
Weesel and Zeven
Johnson and Hawekotte
Glen Millers
Thirteen inning tie ends in darkness at Beallview Liberty
The Beallview team battled Liberty to a 6 to 6 tie after thirteen innings before darkness halted play. Both squads displayed sharp defense and strong pitching, with Beallview’s Marine end batter and Liberty’s Hunter Sullivan delivering solid efforts.
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Bealiview
Liberty
Liberty Outfit
Marine End
Beallview Battery
Liberty Battery
Whist Strategy Turns Tumble in Kansas City
A fragmented Kansas City Independent item hints at whist play where a player named Pescreen or similar clinches victory by holding all trumps, countering an unlucky number and reversing odds in a tense card game.
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Pescreen
Kansas City
Diagnosis and Cure Discussed in Sun Cartoon
A satirical dialogue in the New York Sun jokes about health and marriage. Enicker remarks his wife feels worn out like old rags, and Bocker suggests the cure is buying new ones as a light jab in the paper. The snippet ends with a garbled line about a 7m Gold Medal.
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Enicker
Bocker
New York Sun
Baseball results from yesterday across leagues
American League games featured Chicago beating Boston and St Louis defeating Detroit while Washington fell to 2. National League saw Pittsburgh win 5 to 1 over Cincinnati. American Association results included Toledo over St Paul and a second Toledo win over Paul. Louisville defeated Minneapolis 5 to 0. Kansas City topped Columbus 6 to 1 in one game with Columbus edging Kansas City 1 to 0 in another, and Indianapolis beat Milwaukee 3 to 1. Central League action had Zanesville 5 over Fort Wayne 4 and Terre Haute 6 over Grand Rapids 1 with South Bend 2 to 4 Evansville 1 to 5. Dayton Wheeling game postponed by rain.
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Chicago
Seenens
Pittsburgeeee
Cincinnati
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Clevela
Louis
Detroit
Washington
American Association
Indianapolis A
Louisville Ag
Toledo
Columbus
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Ars
Kansas City
St. Paul
Grand Rapids
Dayton Ti
Evansville
South Bend
Terre Haute
Zanesville
Wayne
Wheeling Pando
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Dayton
Wheeling
Tennis tournament seeks more entries this week
More entries are needed for the tax nin tournament and the Hat will not be closed until the end of this week. There is great interest in tennis and tournament is expected to keep alive this summer. It is desired to have eight teams entered in both doubles and singles. At present five teams have entered the doubles and seven the singles.
Fairview Defeats Re serves 14 to 11 in High-Scoring Diamond Game
On the Fairview diamond yesterday the Fairview team defeated the Re serves by 14 to 11. Batteries listed as Fairview Hanna Knight Fesselman Nebour and Ashenfelder. The sluggered play featured hard contact and clean fielding throughout.
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Fairview
Hanna
Knight
Fesselman
Nebour
Ashenfelder
Soft Crabs and the New Shells Rapid Hardening Tale
The piece explains how soft crabs are produced from hard crabs by shedding shells, box packing in moist seaweed, and keeping them alive up to sixty to seventy hours. It notes rapid shell hardening after twelve hours, shipped from Chesapeake to Canada, with ice in summer to preserve freshness.
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Chesapeake
Canada
Epicures
New York Herald
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Lill Fen
Harry
Chicago Record-Herald
Dawson
Somperville
Drummond
Horace Walpole
Holland
LAW
NEW Auto Concern
the Pribilof Islands
Mohammed
Jerusalem
Mecca
Asia
Times of
India
Carl Schurz Hai
Picayune
Mr. Schurz
New Madison
Mrs. Goodheart
London
Boston Aggregation
Bealview and
Jatain
Zabzin
Lowell
Teieed Eisentroi i Fjour Ee
New York Post
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