Blind switchboard operators gain in New York
A parade of examples shows blind workers thriving in telephony and editing. A New York Association for the Blind notes blind stenographers and operators perform tasks with fewer errors, while five blind switchboard operators serve in hospitals, offices, and a major newspaper. The piece argues lack of opportunity, not ability, holds them back, urging sympathy and support.
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New “York
Hilo
Netw
York
New York Daily
Collier’s Weekly
Cheap Board for Students at Valparaiso University
The McClure quote describes Valparaiso University in Indiana offering board lodging and tuition for 38 cents a day or 120 dollars upfront yearly. With 162 professors and 5,000 students the institution funds itself through energy intelligence and strong business capacity, according to the Boston Herald.
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Harvard
McClure
George Kennan
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso
Ind
The
Boston Herald
Northwest Mounted Police Keep Vast Territory Guarded
The Northwest Mounted Police cover from Herschel Island to Kenora, the world’s largest police area, with under 700 men and 250 horses. Once mainly chasing horse thieves and smugglers, they now tackle nearly every other task, though horse theft remains stubborn in the region.
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Northwest Mounted Police
Herschel
Kenora
Man 83 Predicted Death After Giving Away Wealth
An 83 year old Massachusetts man predicted his death after six months and donated his substantial property to friends and charity, only to survive. He later ended in an almshouse, while the beneficiaries refused to help. The Star notes two morals: do not prophesy without certainty, and avoid giving away assets without strong conditions.
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Massachusetts
Indianapolis Star
Beginning of regulation for moving pictures introduces dual path
The piece suggests reforming worst exhibitors in isolated jail sections while rewarding success in moving pictures with prestige and money. It notes a St Louis Republic view praising high performers and mentions a Wellesley professor condemning bridge as mental chewing gum. It also accuses Mexicans of sending Yaqui to sea and drowning them, and hints Mexico’s questioning of its own approach to indigenous issues.
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St. Louis Republic
Wellesley College
Community Notes and Legal Snags Across Iowa Towns
Inland items report a jailed kidnapping scare in Imogene, a contested Sioux City tramway vote, a Coralville graveyard move, and Davenport mayoral landslide amid liquor debates. Other notes cover a Mason City drowning incident, a Mason City engineer’s death, and local efforts to enforce state laws against illegal saloons.
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Phe
Cai
Constructios Company
Ferris
Boge
Alfred
Knoll
Kandwha
Bank Datha
District” Court
Kenint
Albert
Berger
Keokuk
Federal’ Court
Ottumwa
John W. Baldwin
Shenandosh
Smith “McPherson
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Baldwin
Shenandoah
Pocahontas Harris
William Harris
Daldwin
Coralville
Ezekiel Clark
Sioux City Traction Company
Wall Street
Commercial Club
Sioux City Real Estate Men's Association
Charles A. Kneedler
Traction Company
Dyerett Craig
Imogene
Justice Depp
Savanna
Craig
Thayer County
Neb
Correctionvilla
Noybody
Clyde Lantia
Ye Pyar
Ajlug
Young Landa
Willie Wetcher
Little Willie
Willie
Lantis
Charley Angerson
Mason City
Lemon
Maréhall
LaGtrand
LeGrand
Marshalltown
Union
Marsailtown
Gomne
Nichols
Council
Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Law Enforcement-Leignen
Town’ Anti-Saloon League
Ilegally
Charles M. Hall
League
Davenport
George W. Scott
Federation
Iowa
Ety
Jis
Order of Hiks
Iowa State Association of Elks
Cornell Biuffs
Anda
John Berg
Iowa Soldiers' Home
Beulah Bandfeld
Iowa River
Berg
Beulah Bandfield
Iostesq
Sur
Fas
James McCarthy
Vinton
McCarthy
Roel
Mt Hinnois
Tiller & Smith
Avira
Erga
Cage
Burlington & Quincy Company
Skool
Fateful 1908 headlines mix crime, politics and disaster
A chaotic roundup reports arson and shootings in Indiana and New York, a British torpedo boat sinking with dozens dead, a Panama crisis flare, labor unrest and the Vanderbilt divorce case, amid wide political maneuvers and disasters across the era.
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Univerel
George “Hackengehurdt
Frank Gate
Chicago
Elizabeth Highill
Artsfields Lake
Lafayette Park
St. Louis
New York City
Carlao
Peru
New York
Albert Young
Harry Bloch
Henry F. McDonald
Terra Haute
Ind
William ©. Dwyer
McDonald
Sanford
Fairbanks
J. E. Watson
Rushville
Tiger
Jurado
Republic of Panama
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Minnesota
North Dakota
Ellen French Ve
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
Vanderbilt
Europe
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Gus Johnson
Kenmare
N. du
Noah
Fai Coyle
Smith McPherson
Kansas City
Missouri
Percy M. Houston
Yazoo
Mississipp Loves Board
Fedlana
Wiliam J. Br
Democrats of Sees
Wald Presid
Kansag Eye
Ganns Rooeevelt
Mt Bo. Follette
Fragmentary notes on alcohol policy and European affairs
A confused summary notes a shift in alcohol measures reducing a tax or price to under a prior level, with cantons urged to cooperate and fund enforcement. It mentions a German inventor of fish transport in water filled tanks and a Tyrolean scholar Wahrmund facing papal restraint and rising public support. It also describes German politics with Tyrol voters backing Wahrmund for the Reichstag and a party dispute over a ministerial stance.
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Frony
Strate
Tlis
Prussian State Ralkways
Berlin
Germany
Lyons
France
Roumania
L. Wahemund
University of Innesbruck
Tyrol
Wisk
Gelchstag
Tak
Bruel
Velchatag
Iunalietn
Waa
Herr Groehay
Nny Ter
negraeRalo
Long Senate Session Votes Budget and Appointments
The House passed a total appropriation of 11 503 366 for agriculture amid Democratic opposition threatening a filibuster. In executive session the Senate confirmed David Jayne Hill as ambassador to Germany Spencer F Eddy as minister to Argentina and Arthur M Beaupre as minister to the Netherlands. Also noted were charges about mistreatment of Indians on the Crow reservation by agents and the resignation of Charlemagne Tower as ambassador to Germany effective June 1.
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House of Representatives
Ened
Senate
David Jayne Til
Germany
Spencer F. Eddy
Argentina
Arthur M. Beaupre
Netherlands
Montana’ Crow
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Helen Pierce Gray
Roosevelt
David Jayne Hill
Berl
Charlemagne Tower
Multiple 1900s US News Items Mixed
Admiral Evans improves at Paso Robles Hot Springs. Panama canal labor study declined by John Mitchell. Evelyn Thaw sues over cafe ejection for 50000. Guards placed after threats to Mrs Harold F McCormick. Gov Toole resigns. Edwin Norris becomes MT interim. Taft tours midwest. Chancellor Day charges dropped. Senator Davis fined 25. Senator Jefferson Davis in street altercation. both arrested. Chester Gillette electrocuted for Grace Brown murder.
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Admiral Evans
Paso Robles
John Mitchell
Panama Canal Zone
Evelyn Thaw
J. B. Regan
Knickerbocker
Harold F. McCormick
Chicago
J. D. Rockefeller
Joseph K. Toole
Edwin Norrig
Chst
Montana
Taft
Washington
Middle West
Day
Syracuse University
Roosevelt
Moore
New York Methodist Episcopal Conference
United States
Davis Wre
Little Rock
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Rein
Chester Gillette
Auburn
N. Y
Grace Brown
Delaunay Arrested In Mountaindale After Theft Claim
Daniel R. Delaunay cashier for a New York law firm was arrested near Mountaindale New York on a $26 000 theft allegation. Captain Lang of the Twenty fourth Cavalry reported a guard killed by a fall at Port Ontario. The czar dissolves the Finnish Diet.
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Daniel R. Delaunay
New York
Mountaindale
N. Y
Albert Lang
United States
Port Ontario
Hennepin Canal
Montana
Rockland Total Couise
Marie Lehman
Louly
J. W. Isbister
Chicago
Foster
Ron
New York Central
Buffalo
Russia
Federal Grand Jury
Bay Jugo
Porto Rico
George Worley
Collie Sherenda
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