Price of farm land and relics in old news
Illinois notes describe vast abandoned farmland, 10 million acres, due to overuse and cityward migration. Taft church relic thefts prompt jokes on a protective plank for presidents. New Orleans grocers seek a law against lagnappe, a century old practice of small gifts, as a misdemeanor.
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Utica Boy Dies Laughing At Sunday Paper
A Utica boy died while laughing at the comic supplement of a Sunday paper. The incident is noted as a striking example of the dangers of humorous content and humor in print media, reflecting broader debates over Sunday supplements and public appetite for jokes.
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Edison Street Car Battery May Replace Trolleys
Edison storage battery for street cars could render trolleys obsolete though predictions of dramatic progress should be tempered. The article notes future inventors may develop a convenient strap or device to hang, yet cautions against overoptimistic expectations.
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Wizards of Science
Boston expert warns women to wear rats in hair
The columnist urges women to use ratting or rat traps in their hair to avoid baldness, noting that many fashionable coiffures resemble dense rat nests and suggesting a drastic approach.
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Boston
Tariff platform yields first Democrat in 32nd district
In Rochester, Monroe County, James S. Havens won the Thirty second district seat with a tariff reform platform, defeating George W. Aldridge who led the county Republican machine. More than 16,000 voters changed party, turning a normally Republican area into a Democratic victory aided by anti-boss sentiment and national Democratic support.
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Veteran Maine Senator Hale to retire after 1911 term
Washington reports Senator Eugene Hale of Maine will retire when his term ends on March 4 1911. He plans to see his son Frederick Hale elected to Congress from Maine while Senator Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island also announces he will not seek re election. Old age and a difficult re election fight drive the decision.
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Washington
Illinois wets victorious again in liquor elections
Thirty three Illinois cities voted on liquor, wets winning 22 to 11. Naperville and Effingham produced key wins for the wets as saloons will open in Naperville soon. New mayors were elected in Canton John M. Fox La Moille J H Showalter New Minden H F Wilbrook Tamms J H Rausch with many towns not voting the liquor question.
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Roosevelt Welcomed by Multitudes Across Three Hungarian Towns
Crowds greeted Colonel Roosevelt with fervor at Pressburg and on the Hungarian frontier. Nine addresses and nine thanks dominated his third Sunday in Europe, with local orators in English and Magyar, a Longfellow quotation, and the famed Budapest reception capping a day of festive fiddlers and patriotic fervor.
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Wets Win In Illinois Saloon Votes
Illinois towns voting on saloon questions show 15 wet and five dry. some wet towns elected officials opposed to licenses, ensuring no saloons. Assumption and Decatur illustrate wet fronts met by dry councils, producing no licenses despite margins.
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Mrs Scott Indorsed in Dramatic D A R Vote
In Continental Memorial hall Washington D C the regular faction won a close vote to endorse Mrs Matthew T Scott for president amid cheers groans and derision from insurgents. The crisis followed Mrs Scott s annual report as Mrs Donald McLean of New York aided the regulars and Miss Wilcox was ruled out of order while Mrs Scott called insurgents microbes.
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Siamese Twin Rosa Blazek Becomes Mother in Prague
Prague dispatch reports Rosa Blazek, one of the famous joined sisters known as Siamese twins, entering a Prague hospital where she gave birth to a healthy boy. The birth marks a remarkable moment for the Blazek sisters widely regarded as successors to the famed pair.
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Robbers Wound Policemen in City Battle
In a desolate block at Ohio and Minkner streets Indianapolis patrolmen Krupp and Groves were shot and seriously wounded during a confrontation with robbers. The incident occurred in a deserted part of the city.
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Liquor Clubs Must Pay Under IRS Crackdown
Washington Agents target fraternal and volunteer societies selling liquor at dances and social events. Representative Sabath pressed Internal Revenue Commissioner Cabell for leniency, but the department will not create a preferred list and will enforce the law. Societies that sold liquor at past events are to pay license fees for each entertainment.
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Night Riders Convicted in Covington Ky Trial
Eight of the alleged Grant county night riders were found guilty by a United States district court jury in Covington Kentucky. Three others were acquitted. Fines ranged from 100 to 1000 dollars with John F Sheers the top finisher at 1000 dollars. Perry Simpson A R Webb and Jere Carter faced 500 dollars each. Frank K Conrad H L Conrad and R Lee Conrad paid 300 dollars each while John Caldwell was fined 100 dollars. Those acquitted were Marion Bennett John Callender and Isaac N Conrad.
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Perry Simpson
Balloon Falls Kill Four in German Storm
In Bitterfield Prussian Saxony the balloon Delitzsch crashed near Richensachsen about 20 miles northwest of Eisenach after flying through a thunder storm. Four crewmen died, the craft likely struck by lightning. The envelope and car were wrecked.
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Many Miles First Manager Discusses Long Run
The exchange shows a humorous contrast as one manager recalls a lengthy journey while the other notes only a long walk. It captures a light office moment about enterprise endurance.
Hands Cracked Open No More After Cuticura Cure
A 70 year old man details years of painful cracked hands with bleeding and itchiness. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for about a week his hands healed completely and have remained free of sores. He credits his daughter for introducing the remedies and notes a neighbor’s child also improved.
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Windy tale stirs memory of Easter eggnog事件
Senator Depew recalls a March Easter anecdote at a Washington dinner. An old-fashioned man, after many Easter calls and cups of eggnog, becomes inebriated walking home. A girl watching from a window points to the wind blowing him about, prompting amused commentary.
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Irish Characters in Shakespeare Cited by Irishman
An Irishman and Englishman dispute Shakespeare's Irish presence. The Irishman names Miss O Phelin and Corry O Lanus as Irish figures, then recalls Hamlet's friend and the moment “Now, would I do it Pat while he is praying” as a remembered quip from the Springfield Republican.
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So you are going to marry Mr Grimson
Two women exchange witticisms about a broken engagement with Mr Grimson. One recalls he wept when the engagement ended, while the other adds he cried tears of joy at the news of a forthcoming marriage.
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Mischaef Maker A Surprise in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn man shares a letter praising Grape Nuts as a nourishing, easily digested food for babies and grown ups. He says his eleven month old son thrived on two servings daily, abandoning breast milk in favor of Grape Nuts. The note touts Grape Nuts as a brain and body builder and cites The Road to Wellville.
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