Notables Featured in Snapshot Profiles and railroad leaders
Representative Cordell Luh of Tens Nessen discusses provisions of a proposed measure amid tax policy debates. The piece highlights Charles S. S. Mellen, president of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad, praised for transforming the road's fortunes and leadership.
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Charles S.S. Mellen
New York, New
Elaydoy
Northeeuw Railroad
New Bluuwyshbire
Laishk
Bustub and
Lowell
Pucou & Poylog Bale
Coluu Pucite Ae Beneral Vale
New York
New Eagland
Road Below Heads
Mort Bund
Tess Han
New Haven
Gartford
Tomb of Jonah Said to Be in Mosque Near Nineveh Rite
Christian Ferral reports on the tomb said to lie in a mosque adjoining the Rite of Nineveh where Jonah is buried. The tomb’s age is uncertain, but visitors describe sacredness deterring access, with Christians allowed a rare glimpse through a narrow doorway into a dim chamber.
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Nineveh
Alasha
Neti Yunus
Jonah
Pilerima
Rondo
City of Change moves inland from ancient Ephesus
Christian Herald describes Ephesus as the City of Change noting the harbor’s erosion by the Aegean Sea. The port faded centuries ago, forcing residents to relocate inland near the site of the ancient city as dredging and natural shift altered coastlines.
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Ephesus
WH Iim
Ratmeany
St. Paul
St. Joseph
Aegean
Ephesiun
St John's
Ayasolock
Ephesian
St. John
Christian Herald
England’s Bread Crisis Recalled Amid War and Famine
The London Standard recalls a 1800 bread shortage when France wars and poor harvests pushed England toward famine. An 24 hour rule for bread after baking, price controls on dust and forestalling laws provoked riots. A royal grant aided Thomas Foden to pursue a substitute paste for wheat.
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England
France
FO OW. Hackwood
Mogiind
Thomas Foden
London Standard
Quixotic Train of Phrases From the Boston Transcript
A fragmentary note from the Boston Transcript parodies 19th century prose on social scenes and manners. The brief excerpt contrasts odd spellings with a witty aside about loving two things in succession, reflecting lighthearted newspaper humor.
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Boston Transcript
It Happened In Beaton Beaton Car Incident
A brief court transcript records a Beaton incident where a visitor asks to be let off at the nearest corner. The conductor declines but agrees to stop the car to assist the passenger. A judge is present, clarifying the exchange.
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Beaton
Equally So Jack-Its Proposing Point With a Girl
A fragmentary dialogue notes suspense in courting and references expense. The text cites Tom, Boston, Benjam, Franklin, and a script about hardship and torture.
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Jack
Tom
Boston
Joe Jackson Aims To Outshine Coble In 1915 Batting Race
Joe Jackson of the Cleveland Naps declares his goal to top Ty Cobb in batting and base running. He has shown early promise after two years as a runner-up, aiming to surpass Detroit’s star and claim the season’s top honors.
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Joe Jackson
Cleveland Naps
Ty Cobl
Joseph
Jackson
Cott
Cleveland
Detroit Wonder
Dr. Sharpe
Cornell University
RH MM. Rose
Ust
Fast
Jacobson
RAVENOUS ESKIMOS Digest Food That Kills an Ordinary Man
War Per a Weekly reports on Eskimo digestion and appetite, claiming natives defy dyspepsia by consuming raw or minimally cooked arctic fare. The piece notes their tooth and jaw strength, the ability to eat large portions of walrus and other blubber, and the idea that even a child would digest such fare without dyspepsia.
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America
Esekimo
War Pera Weekly
Bearded Cartoonist Cast Out for Barroom Ways
A Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post item describes a comic artist in a New York paper whose heavy brown beard and drinking habit led to a talk with the managing editor. He quit for two weeks and returned to discover his beard sent back in a pasteboard box with a single rosebud in the center.
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New York
Vol Tran
Philidelphia
The London Pocket Handkerchief Theft Tragedy
In old London a group of four men attacked a keeper in the dock area and stole a pocket handkerchief from a turnkey. Officials ordered restitution of the item while the prisoners showed indifferent manners. The court sentenced all four to death, a harrowing display that shocked judges and onlookers.
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London
Animal Register
Ponder's End
Justis
Changing Death Rates Across Generations
The Chicago Journal notes a shift in mortality with lower deaths under ten and rising rates past forty. It suggests temperance, diet, and work as key factors, while praising broader community improvements that enable individuals to advance personally.
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Meerape
Chicago Journal
Looked Like It from a New York Sun snippet
A fragment from the New York Sun depicts a traveling salesman's son remarking on his father's absence and a cryptic line about gold and a front tovip dying with him. The dialogue alludes to a mischievous pun about a tooth and buttons in a casual street exchange.
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New York
Pop
Ube
New York Sun
Made Them Laugh by a Politician Tasking Honest Speech
A politician told the crowd I will be honest in a moment but only drew laughter. The burst of applause that followed disrupted the orator’s intended point, as reported by the Loudon Telegraph.
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Loudon Telegraph
Discontented Twins and Mocking Lines From London Punch
A fragment cites The Trouble with a wry remark about rotten luck and facial looks, pairing quotes from London Punch and Massingen. The tone suggests satirical social commentary on appearance and empty vanity.
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Wwe
London
Fashion Origins From Accidents and Pranks Across History
The article traces how fashion trends from wigs and panniers to beauty spots and feather boas arose by chance or small accidents in European courts and London workshops. It cites a French king’s long ringlets, a servant’s misstep revealing a wig, a dancer’s torn neckline leading to a new silhouette, and later the origin of the feather boa in a Boston shop. It concludes fashion remains capricious and ever changing, born of chance as much as design.
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Cotte Haven
Europe
France
Chirty
Gaspel
Hil
London
Duchess de Montmorinon
Montmerillon
Ames
Koston
New York Sun
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Ofth Judicial Circuit
Tetbhusser
Varin & Paine
Challas
B Mellen
City OF Change
Due
Benjam
Franklin
Thorpe
James Thorpe
Amateur Athletic Union
Stockholm
San Francisco
James WH. Sullivan
Sullivan
Bslason
Dartsmouth
Bulinga
Princeton
Margeson
Dartmouth
Snow
Msalated
Cornell
Cross
Teste
Reisher
Pemu
O.oo
Haeberle
Cornel
Jacques
Columbia Gil
Handtos
del Gattier
Detroit
California
Michigan
University of California
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pacific Coast College Stars
University of Michigan
Deeda
Massingen
Edmund Burke
Soper F. R.allen
R. Alexander Soper
Alexander Attorneys At
Law Real Matute
Emmet County
Rathargiltea Town
Albert H. Nash
Omer
Rick
E. Wilson Phyelcan
Taylor's
E. W. Bachman
First National Bank
C. Gaard
USA
Sinericnn Drag & Prera Association
Menobera
J. J. Klopp
Cashel
Boots Feed and Lead
Chichester
Manus Desiina Tvvyis
All Newsdealers
Munn & Co
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Foley
Bright
Dray Line
Jake
C, E, Lucas
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