The Grand Tour Versus Staying Home Says Johnson and Goldsmith
Fragmentary prose contrasts travel for culture with staying at home. Dr. Sarousl Johnson argues travel inflates imagination by reality and warns against misusing trips to chase empty thrills. Goldsmith quips the best country is at home, urging contentment and productive pursuits.
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Plirne
Wells -Atockad
Ieras Honsi
Sarousl Johnson
Philadelphia
Raying
Goldsmith
Debate Over Existence of American Humor Sparks Column
Prof Prentiss C Hoyt argues there is no such thing as American humor claiming it is only individual satire. The dispute with Prof Oscar Lovell Triggs in Milwaukee letters questions whether a distinct American wit exists beyond Ar temus Ward and Mark Twain.
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Prentiss C. Hoyt
Clark College
Oscar Lovell Triggs
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sen+tinel
Clark
Artemus Ward
Mack Twain
People Rule Prominent In Royal Pageantry And Lords Gamble
Opening of Kritigh Parliament showcases grandeur while the Liberal government seeks royal guarantee for creating new peers. The contingency hinges on Lords accepting or rejecting the veto provision enabling two general elections as a direct appeal to the people.
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House of Lords
American schools praised for public playgrounds in London talk
Charles Trevelyan, Parliamentary Secretary for Education, said the United States leads England in providing public playgrounds and youth exercise. He urged England to follow the American example while noting England's strong outdoor country status. A French duel challenge to a jailed Frenchman was mentioned in a unrelated schoolbag incident, highlighting propriety in civic life.
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British Institute For Social Bergice
London
Charles P. Trevelyan
United States
England
Trevelyan
Uncertain Patient Tales From A Distant Hospital
A fragmented reminiscence mentions Dr Copp of a Pennsylvania hospital and notes cryptic derangement ideas tied to billing and daily life. The text also references a New Yorker and a theater connection with a long lost beloved, weaving a confused scene of love and folly.
Freight bandits strike Pullman car during stolen train raid
Passengers flee in fear as a gang robs an express car on a St Louis Iron Mountain line freight train near Lenapah Oklahoma. Gunfire and nitroglycerin blasts scare travelers while robbers take cash and valuables totaling about 20000 dollars. No passengers are harmed.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Gita
St. Louis
Iron Mountain
Rathyay
Prairia
Ite-Valfo
Lenanah
Oklo
Shraman
Lenapah
Whros Otter
Express Cara
Japan envoy calls on Taft to arrange ratifications
Baron Uchida Japanese ambassador visited the White House at President Tafts invitation to arrange mutual exchange of ratifications for the American Japanese treaty. The talks occurred at the state department and involved formal copies for each government and a third for the archives.
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Washington
Taft
Baron Uchida
White House
State Department
Baron Uebida
Jaupen
Mexico
Bla
Four Die and Twelve Hurt as Roof Collapses in Fire
Milwaukee report says five framen were killed and twelve injured after a roof gave way in a Middletown Manufacturing building blaze. Fire burned about thirty minutes before the upper section collapsed, sending workers to danger and firefighters scrambling to escape.
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Milwaukee
Middletown Manufacturing Company
Bank in New York closes causes panic in Oneonta
First National Bank in Oneonta suspends business amid panic in the city. Reported resources near 86000, deposits about 500000, with loans and discounts equal. Expect shrinkage in collectable loans and discounts and full deposit payout anticipated.
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BANK
New York
Oneonta
Thia City
Not Guilty Verdict in Broderick Bribery Case
Springfield reports the jury found Senator John Broderick of Chicago not guilty on bribery charges related to the 1912 effort to elect William Lorimer to the U S Senate. State Senator D W Wolstlaw was allegedly involved in the bribery scheme.
Roosevelt Praises Rugby At Berkeley Rally
Roosevelt spoke at a Berkeley rally praising the Pacific coast rugby game and condemning the exile game as university students disrupted the event on Friday.
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Rooasvelt
Berkeley
Fal
Roosevelt
Rughy
Pacific Coast
Diaz Cabinet Resigns as Mexican Crisis Grows
Mexico City reports the Diaz cabinet resigns at a special meeting as Diaz faces war tensions and U S intervention fears. Officials say resignations aim to restore peace and push reforms amid rebel pressure. In Texas reports insurgents claim a Chihuahua victory over federal troops with heavy casualties. Washington probes four Mexican executions and orders consular investigations.
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Mexico City
Diaz
United States
Limantour
Presidio
Texas
Jose Lal Crud Sanchez
Oguta
Vriday
Chibuehus
Agua Prieta
State Department
United States Coneular
Mrs Cleveland Not To Wed Professor West
New York reports clear that Mrs Grover Cleveland will not marry Professor West of Princeton. Hastings, executor of Grover Cleveland’s estate, says the engagement gossip is unfounded and notes that Dean West already has a wife and their son is a student at Princeton University.
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New York
Hastings
Grover Cleveland
Stolypin to Retain Post After Dinner Audience
Emperor Nicholas granted Stolypin a private audience at Tegre itoe Belo. The Bourse Gazetta cites a telegram from Trarskoe-Sela claiming Stolypin did not resign. Cleveland report notes Stanley Robison, owner of the St. Louis baseball club, died of blood poisoning.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Tegreitoe-Belo
M. Stolypin
Blanky Robben Paasgey
Cleveland
Stanley Robizon
St. Louis National Ishgue Baseball Club
Frank de Haas Robieon
Maple Leaf II Sets Speed Record at Bolent Friday
English Motor Boat Maple Leaf II owned by McKay Edgar demonstrated remarkable speed on Bolent Friday, reaching 49 knots per hour and breaking the 48 knot world's record.
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Speedy
Youdon
Eng
McKay Edgar
Greene Freed on Pauper Oath in Harbor Fraud Case
Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor were convicted in Savannah harbor frauds with fines totaling $576,000. Greene's pauper oath release reduces his liability. Gaynor has completed his sentence and awaits his pauper oath decision. The affair, tied to Captains Carter and Gillate, spanned a decade and drew strong legal attention.
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Atlanta
Benjamin
Greane
John F. Gaynor
Hue
Savannah Harbor
Greene
North Io
Gaynor
Savannah
Barber
Oberlin M. Carters
Carter
Court of St. James
Army
Cagsing H. Gillatte
Leavenworth
Dix Urges Inheritance Tax Report To Legislature
Governor Dix sent a special message urging the legislature to report on the progressive inheritance tax law passed last year. He argues the tax has driven capital from the state and that benefits in revenue are not sure, while capital outflow nears $400,000,000 according to financial officers in New York City.
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Albany
Dix
New York City
Funde Bue
Patten Must Stand Trial On Monopolistic Trade Conspiracy
Federal court overruled motions to quash indictments against James A. Matten Wagene M. Geales Frank Hayne William P. Brown and Robert M. Thompson. They face trial for conspiracy to monopolize interstate trade in the mous cotton pool last summer. Judge Noyet ordered trial after rejecting the defense.
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New Yort
Judge Noyet
United Stated Cligins Court
Jomea A. Matten
Wagene M. Geales
Prank 3
Hayne
William P. Brown
Robert M. ‘Thompson
Cour
Vreeland Chosen Navy Envoy for King George V Coronation
Washington reports Rear Admiral Charles I B Vreeland designated to represent the U S Navy at King George V's coronation. The appointment, said to be by Admiral Dewey, follows Vreeland's service in the Atlantic division.
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Vreeland
Washington
Charles
Penond Atvision
George V
Admiral Dewey
Avlater Loulg Bre Bugt Flies With Eleven Passengers
Avlater Loulg Bre Bugt completed an eight forered flight carrying eleven passengers on Thursday. He piloted a monoplane over a distance involving two fallen obstacles.
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Avlater Filee
Dovat
Franee
Avlater Loulg Bre Bugt
Immunity rulings affect post 1908 acts in Packers case
Judge Carpenter ruled the Humphrey immunity decision applies only to acts before the 1908 indictment date. The defense argued immunity covered future acts, but the court held it did not. Defendants named include Louis F Swift F B Swift Charles Swift Francis Fowler Hayward Tiden J Ogden Armour Arthur Meeker Thomas Conners Edward Morris Louis Hayman.
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Chiongo
Carpenter
Packers
Judes Humphrey
Louis F.swift
F. B. Swift
Charles ¥. Swift
Francis A. Fowler
Halyward, Tiden
J. Ogden Armour
Arthur Meeker
Thomas J. Conners
Edward Morris
Louig H. Hayman
Gaynor Blamed For Vice In New York
Mayor Gaynor denounces Magistrate Corrigan s charge that crime runs city police must be blamed. He cites past removals of two Brooklyn magistrates and one resignation to argue overreach. A Newark-based critic details a beating of journalist J R Cowell as lights and trolleys run.
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Corrigan
New York
Gaynor
J. R. Cowell
Harden Wins Over Hoops in Million Dollar Suit
New York editor L. Harden of the Clos Fellow won a verdict of 910,000 against William T. Hoops, once a friend, for alienation of Harden's wife. The suit followed a 1907 Chicago divorce and Hoops’s subsequent marriage to Harden's former wife.
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Chum
New York
Percival
L. Harden
Clos Fellow
Wiliam T. Hoops
Hte
Young Corey to wed Ming Marguerite Johnston in Detroit
Detroit announces the engagement of Allan Lyle Corey son of W. D. Corey and Ming Marguerite Johnston daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston. Corey is described as twenty one and a student at Yale while Johnston is stated as an attractive debutante within Detroit's younger social set. The exact wedding date has not been released.
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Detroit
Mich
Allan Lyle Corey
W. 2D. Corey
Nlted Stater Steel Corporation
Imarriaga
Ming Marguerite Johnston
George Johngton
Corey
Hiangs
Tragic Fire Kills Two Women in North Carolina Home
Grace Haucom and Wilma Davly died in a Friday blaze at the Oliva Branch residence of H. L. Heucom. Reports state kerosene lamp explosion caused the fire, burning the house and tragically claiming the sisters.
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Flanes
Oliva
N. C
Misa Grace Haucom
Misa Wilma Davly
HH. L. Heucom
Ship Lost Near Beatter Rocks in Bruce Wreck
Three persons perished when the Newfoundland mail steamer Bruce struck rocks off Beatter Thursday night. The vessel went down after the collision, and rescue operations were launched as authorities investigated the incident.
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Thres Perlah
Louleburg
G. B
Bruce
Beatter Thurs
Local Ad Fragments Reveal Skimpy Health Remedies
Fragmentary OCR shows an ad style notice referencing Carolina soap and ointment products, a child’s facial condition, and a request to send for a free pace book on skin care. Mentions Albrecht Box 383 and Potter Drug & Chom in Boston Massachusetts.
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Caro
Reault
Gilbert
Albrecht
Potter Drug & Chom
Dona Sole
Boston
Mass
Incomplete Verse Fragments Highlight Classroom Debate
A fragmented church school excerpt reflects a lesson on sacred history with quirky misquotes and a note that a room at the top lacks an elevator. The text shows playful misreadings of biblical lines and references to a dull pupil answering incorrectly.
Free Advice to Women by Lydia E. Pinkham Text
The passage promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s text as free medical guidance for women. It extols confidential letters and personal advice, claiming widespread reader trust and asserting the book’s value for addressing women’s health matters without the writer’s consent or company endorsement.
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Pinkham
Lydiahchae
Gia
Lydig
Pier
Anadl Wri Mj
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