Roosevelt heir joins Maine hunting trip at Sewall camps
Washington reports Kermit Roosevelt will travel with a cousin to Sewall camps on Mattawamkeag lake in Maine. Sewall, a former guide and district official, has built six camps and canoes 24 miles in a day. Also noted is a classroom incident at Force School where Quentin Roosevelt mocked the teacher by ordering students to stand for champagne at lunch.
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Washington
Kermit Roosevelt
Maine
William Sewall
Roosevelt
Old Maine Woods
Sewall
Kermit
Mattawamkeag Lake
Island Falls
Mattawamkeag
Hook Point
Aroostook
Aroostock
Quentin
Force School
Massachusetts Avenue
Alfalfa Found in Siberia by Prof Hansen
Prof N J Hansen of the South Dakota experiment station reports finding a Siberian alfalfa suited to arid Northwest conditions. The yellow flowering plant tolerates 30 to 40 below zero and thrives in dry steppes. seed is being tested after his expedition and return.
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N. J. Hansen
South Dakota
Department of Agricultural
Siberia
Hansen
Wilson
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
United States
Turkestan
Norway
Sweden
Great boom in shipbuilding may lift output for half century
A government summary by Commissioner Chamberlain predicts a record year for U S shipyards if current rates hold. It cites 1 221 vessels and 418 745 gross tons built this year to November 19 with Lakes output at 49 steamers 232 366 gross tons and overall tonnage near 203 000 so far. The report urges merchant marine bills to boost American lines to South America and end coasting discrimination, noting 25 000 documented vessels at 6 674 909 gross tons as of July 30.
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United States
Commissioner of Navigation
Chamberlain
Great Lakes
Merchant Marine Commission
Senate
South America
Virginia
Texas
Rio de Janeiro
Postal Treaty With Canada To End
The post office department will follow congressional legislation regarding Canada’s withdrawal from the second class matter provisions of the postal treaty. The expiration date is May 7, 1907, risking a switch to international union rates unless new terms are agreed. A Senate and House joint commission led by Senator Penrose has studied the issue since October 1, with possible legislation likely.
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Post Office Department
Canada
Senate
House
Penrose
International Union
International Postal Union
United States
Post Office
Aleresta
Canad@ism
Comanche the Last Survivor Mounted at Kansas University Exhibit
The University of Kansas displays Comanche, the lone living survivor of General Custer's 1876 defeat, in a Natural History building exhibit. Capt. Keogh's horse survived the battle, was cared for by Reno's men, and later mounted by Prof. J. L. Dyche after dying at Fort Meade and Fort Riley. The preserved skin, saddle, and skull are shown, with taxidermy recreating the horse's appearance though some debate remains on mounting accuracy.
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Kansas City
Natural History Building
University of Kansas At
Keogh
Mulvaney
Comanche
Custer
Maj. Reno
Reno
Lincoln
Neb
Fort Meade
Fort Riley
Kan
the Little Big Horn
Capt. Keogh
J. L. Dyche
University of Kansas
Little Big Horn
Texas
Indian Territory
United Statees
Dyche
Seventh Cavalry
Honors Lord Carrington Knight of the Garter
Lord Carrington is decorated with the Garter in London. Edward's personal friend since boyhood and a favorite of Queen Victoria, he is 63 and has long served as joint lord great chamberlain of England. He has supported tenant farmers on his estates and previously led the New South Wales governorship. He headed the 1901 royal mission to France announcing Queen Victoria's death. His wife is a daughter of Lord Lufield.
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London
Lord Carrington
Edward
Queen Victoria
England
New South Wales
France
Victoria
Lord Luffield
Writer Made Head of School at MIT
Dr. Andrew Fleming West, chosen president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been since 1901 dean of Princeton University’s graduate school and earlier a Latin professor. Born 1858 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Princeton in 1874 and earned fame as a writer on classical education.
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Boston
Andrew Fleming West
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Allegheny
Princeton
University of Oxford
West
Terence
Richard de Bury
Institute of Technology
Henry 8. Pritchett
Carnegie Committes
Practical Montenegrin minister host hatch of nine chicks
The Montenegrin minister of agriculture shows practicality by keeping a hen in his office to hatch a special brood. Nine chickens now chirp around his chair, illustrating hands on approach to poultry breeding.
Modernizing Afghanistan Ameer Plans New Industrial Town
The ameer of Afghanistan engages an electrical engineer to install machinery in new factories 39 miles north of Cabul. Arms and ammunition plants with manufacturing industries are expected to move there as part of modernization.
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Afghanistan
Ameer
Cabul
Policemen Learn Yiddish In London Council Class
Thirty six policemen join the London county council special class for instruction in Yiddish. The program aims to improve communication with diverse communities and enhance policing outreach in the city.
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London County Council
Special Clase
The Way a Boy Learns the Word Miss
An Indian teacher explains the word miss to a boy by linking it to failure and misfit, then to a married and unmarried woman. The boy smiles as he realizes the pun when hearing Miss means she misses the man.
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Hoe
Curious Water Clock of Canton on City Walls
The clepsydra uses three tall jars on shelves and a fourth at the bottom with a wooden cover. Water drops from jar to jar while a brass scale on a float in the last jar marks hours. Since AD 1321, each afternoon at six the lowest jar is emptied and the upper jar filled to reset the clock.
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Canton
Mean Slap Scene Sparks Tea Room Gossip
In a clipped exchange Miss Richlay laments a kiss from a man she calls “him” while Miss Cutting dryly notes the suitor could kiss her hand without revealing his real emotion. The brief dialogue captures social sniping and witticisms in a domestic setting.
Gas outage triggers mischief and a promised shilling
A maid screams as her brother Peter flicks the gas off at the meter for mischief. The boy is slapped, causing him to howl. A lover smiles and offers Pete a shilling, promising to turn the gas off again tomorrow for double payment, despite the trouble it causes their father.
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Peter
Tere
Pete
A Hopeless Case and Public Duty Dialogue
An exchange framed as a humorous caution about public duty and posterity. A earnest man urges service to the public while another sharp speaker counters with a sarcastic portrait of past generations and unfinished legacies. The Washington Star quote underpins the satirical tone.
Revised Mythology Snakes Ensnare Laocoon and Sons
The passage notes Loacoon and his two sons being entwined by serpents, with his exclamation about snakes and octopus imagery. It hints at enduring fame and doom across ages and in art museums, as captured by the Chicago Tribune.
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Loacoon
Chicago Tribune
Fragmented confrontation over money and marriage claim
A speaking character challenges a partner about marriage for money, insisting the other did not marry for cash while he admits earning it. the gaze shifts as truth is pressed and faltering.
Not Heroic. A maid rebukes a bold kiss at a flirtatious exchange
A Chicago Daily News snippet recalls a scene where a maid protests a kiss with indignation while a man laughs and downplays the act saying it was not a daring deed and jokes about microbe theory.
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Chicago Daily News
Fleeting Impression In Chicago Tribune Flash Quote
A brief Chicago Tribune item recalls a remark about a lightning strike on a man named Tommy. He says the strike hit him on the head and went in one ear and out the other, leaving memory unclear.
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Tommy
Chicago Tribune
Brown Study Decorated in Deep Brown Theme
Mrs Goldrocks discusses decorating plans for the study with deep brown tones. She notes her husband prefers the deep brown study, and the city paper records the exchange from Milwaukee Sentinel.
A Serious Matter First Guest The Bride Walks Aisle
Second Guest wonders what the bride was thinking as she walked down the aisle. The Detroit Tree Press notes the solemn moment and questions the bride’s thoughts and nerves before the ceremony.
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Detroit Tree Press
Letting Well Enough Atone in Colorful Dialogue
A Washington Star snippet captures two Black women in a lively exchange about marriage and fidelity. One asks who counts as the husband, the other refuses to guess, joking that competition makes life harder.
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Washington Star
Blank has a wonderful memory in Detroit quip
A brief Detroit Free Press cartoon caption notes a character named Blank who appears to remember pleasant things while forgetting disagreeable ones, highlighting a wry take on memory. The exchange suggests a humorous contrast and everyday irony.
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Detroit Free Press
Meant Mercerized Floorwalker Laughing at Cotton
In the Detroit Free Press a clerk notes a woman entered seeking mesmerized cotton, prompting the floorwalker to laugh at the odd exchange over fabric terminology.
Of Little Faith. Nia Dorcas-What happened to your Homemakers club friend
In a terse gossip item from Puck, Mrs Crabshaw-Shegg seeks a divorce. The piece notes a friend who organized a Homemakers club and questions her fate, reflecting society’s tabloidy concern with domestic alignments and personal splits.
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Nia
Dorcas
Homemakers’ Club
How the Cook Fared Mrs Kaicker
A light humorous note on domestic life in a column titled How the Cook Fared. Mrs Kaicker asks if a cook is treated as family while Mrs Smartset replies that her husband kisses them, revealing playful dynamics in a household and the columnist’s gentle social view.
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Kaicker
Smartset
Hereditary quote spins odd burglary line
Fragmentary OCR reads Hereditary and a garbled quote about a burglar and an insurance president. The text is incomplete with unclear attribution and context, offering no verifiable names, dates, or places for a coherent summary.
Reserves and Muldoon Birthday Cigar Prank Tale
A fragmentary dialogue recounts Muldoon receiving a birthday box of cigars with colored rings. A mischiefing party jokes about rings transferred to blood and cabbage leaves while the wife insists he parts with the cigars.
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Muldoon
Charity and church talk mingle with ministers notes
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mrs Bacon and Mrs Egbert discussing charity toward the church and a minister, with uncertain reference to a husband’s benefit and a delayed reply. The men’s reaction remains unclear as the text trails off.
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Bacon
Egbert
Proverb Advice Quoted by Record-Herald In Dialogue
A clipped excerpt from the Record-Herald records a terse talk on wisdom and leadership. The speaker urges teaching a son to handle responsibilities first while debating the merit of the proverb and recognizing the harder tasks others must perform.
Language quirks on early child behavior noted
The piece cites a family scene with a firstborn performing silly floor antics. Mothers and fathers comment on the child’s cuteness, illustrating playful language shifts. The snippet humorously points to evolving English usage and parent child dynamics.
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Mamma
Papa
Pitcher Molly Pitcher Called Greatest By Historian
A quoted Daily News piece recalls an agEd baseball fan asking who was the best pitcher ever. The historian responds that the greatest pitcher ever lived was a woman, Molly Pitcher, prompting the fan’s disbelief.
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el Hved
Molly Pitcher
Chied Daily News
Buncoed by Spalting in a Strange Menu Card
A garbled clipping reports a quirky scene where a church and diners are described with odd phrases about a new appil system and eggs. The fragment hints at a printed menu card featuring anomalous wording and local color from Yonker Sta man.
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Spalting
Gotham
Yonker Staman
Impressed by the Summit Remark From Himalayan Climb
A Chicago Tribune paraphrase recalls a rugged weathered traveler exclaiming the Himalayas are “the world’s summit” as they reached the peak. The dialogue highlights astonishment at the daunting ascent and the rough, demanding effort of climbing.
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Himalayas
Chicago
Neighborhood gossip hints at connected families
The Chicago Call News notes that Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Brown appear to be unusually well informed about local affairs, while Mrs. Jones is described as a neighbor whose household has lived alongside the others in the area. The brief item highlights social ties within the community.
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Brown
Ought To. Lantern-Fawed Orator Prompted By Detroit Free Press
Fragmentary Detroit Free Press item notes a speaker seen as lantern-fawed and pressed for clarity on a subject. The quotation hints at public discourse and this anonymous interjection underscores a skeptical stance toward the orator.
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Detroit Free Press
Fractured City Dispatch Missing Context
A fragment from a Milwaukee Sentinel item reports a quoted exchange about a vehicle strike with unclear timing and attribution. The dialogue suggests a collision where one party asks if the other harmed a man, and the responder claims the man did not realize the impact.
Source of Great Joy at Usher Wedding
Fragment lacks clear event details but suggests a wedding scene with Usher involvement and family questions. No identifiable people, organizations, or locations beyond generic terms. Provides insufficient readable facts to form a proper card.
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