Americans Prefer Romance Over Realism in Novels Says Editor
The Titonka Topic cites reader taste favoring adventure and romance over realism. It notes works by Norris and Zola faded, while Barr McCutcheon and similar stories endure for incident. The piece suggests a healthy moral sign in leisure tastes, yet questions pessimism in a prosperous nation.
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Mr. Mangasarian
As & Rile
Zola
George Moore
Atlantic
Frank Norris
Chicago Journal
George Barr McCutcheon
Perhans
Erge
Lfe
Daring of the Past Train Robbery Reported in Gallup NM
A Gallup New Mexico report describes a recent passenger robbery yielding several hundred dollars. The piece notes earlier decades saw express car loot in the thousands, but modern rail line security and quick pursuit have deterred such brigandage and ensured punishment.
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Gallup
N. M
Navy publicity via moving pictures boosts enlistments
The Youth’s Companion notes the navy department’s use of moving picture shows to recruit sailors. The film depicts life aboard ship and ashore, aiding recruiters by giving applicants a concrete view of duties and pleasures. A Nebraska parade drew a large crowd to view the film.
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United States
Navy Department
West
Nebraska
Dictator Yuan Shi Kai Shapes China's Future
A historical note portrays Yuan Shi Kai as the dominant Chinese leader and likely modernizer with the empire under his influence alongside the empress dowager. It mentions anti opium decree impact and repeated assassination attempts. A fragment references Hetty Green’s son and a Dallas farm owner’s stake in Texas roads and cotton amid bellwether crop issues.
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China
Yuan Shi Kai
Tientsin
Peking
Yuan
Hetty Green
Dallas
Prominent Fairfield youth court case and county news
A Fairfield youth from a prominent family was fined ten dollars and costs after laughter during a Free Methodist service. Davenport awarded a $25,000 verdict in a Rock Island railway damage suit for Ed J. O Connor, injured years ago. Andreen Martin of Pleasantville died from injuries in an Oct 4 fall.
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Fairfield
Free Method
Davenport
Stott County
Ed. J. O'Connor
Rock Island Railway
O'Connor
West Liberty
Express
Andreen Martin
Pleasantville
Martin
Citizens’ Bank of Peasantville
Rocksland
Neola
F. W. Eichelberger
Ottumwa
Louis Heckart Ys
Levi Woods
Danbury
Charles Nepper
Mapleton
Nepper
Revenue Service
F. H. Evers
Taylor Woolsey
J. Simons
Frank Noble
Ames
Fort Dodge
Calhoun County
Gaughman
Sioux City
J. F. Reed
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Iowa
Ome
Samuel Randall
Rendall
Germany
von Sternberg
New York
Chamber. of Com
Lakes
American Federation’ of Labor
United States Steel ‘Corporation
Nebraska, Bankers’ ‘Association
American Bankers’ Association
Holt
New York Centras
American, Sugar, Refining Company
Monon Railroad
James Wilson
Philadelphia
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Tom Cooper
Pecos Valley
Texas
Bult
Huebner-Toledo Breweries Company
Toledo
American Federation of Labor
Agnes Wilson
Pullman Car Company
Alexander D. McConnel
Greenburg
Henryk Sienkiewicz
William
Prussla
Poland
Philander H. Fitzgerald
Indianapolis
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Colony Company
Geora
Hearst
Ackefeller
Carneron
Hi Word
Rochester
Pittsburg
Goldax
Christ
Kiaiss
Cincinnati
Pearl Harbor
Mississippi
Bird
Brooklyn
O'Donovan Rossa
Springfield
Maas
John Johnson
J. M. Studebaker, Sr
South Bend
Ind
Milwaukee
Dorothy
Phelan
Ludington
Mich
Wiliam D. Holla
Chicago
Missouri Supreme Court
Mra
Sallie Nephier
Kangas City
Root
Kansas City
Earl Jungbluth
Louisville
American Sugar Refining Company
New York Central Railroad
John “Mullen
Detroit
Uip Np
Thermost
Norfolk
Scandal and polar plans amid world turmoil
A chaotic panorama of 1900s news items ranges from a hush money scandal involving an English countess and Anglo American unit to Peary’s voyage hints. It notes wage hikes for US Steel workers, political denials by Mayor Schmitz, Caruso’s court case, Taft’s reform stance, and multiple international tensions, disasters, and legal actions.
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Honaira
London
Peary
Sydney
W. J. Bryan
Transmississippi Congress
Committee On Resolutions
United States Steel Corporation
Fall River Ruins
New York Central
Schmitz
San Francisco
New York
Europe
Enrico Caruso
Stalion Singer
Hughes
James H. Delaney
Chicago
American Shipping Company
Hamilton
Ont
Torono
Joseph F. Smith
Mormon Church
Laurier
Ottawa
Charles ‘Ayman
Edward L. Cronkrite
Freeport, Ill
Illinois
Democratic Caucus
Nominea
Logan
Morrison
United States
Washington, D. C
Ernest D. Keeler
Henry Sutton
Colwyn
Texas
New Mexico
Germany
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
South Sea
Andrew Crockett
Chesapeake Bay
James A. Whiting
James McLean
Cincinnati
George Scherd
Taft
Roosevelt
Saverio Lagana
Giovanni Rossi
University of
Naples
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Robina Galloway
Waterloo
Canada
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Dunn
Jack Whitney
Purgatory Slough
Manson
Whitney
Hin
Hamilton County
McDonald
Duncombe
Marshalltown
Hamilton Browne
Independence
Jones & Hovey
Marshalltown L. P. & R. R. Company
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Cavass
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Slater
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Jonson
Story County
James H. Eckels
Joint Banking Commission
Omaha
Nebraska Bankers’ Association
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