Bourne Again Becomes Candidate Under Oregon Corrupt Practices Act
Jonathan Bourne Jr will run for office without speeches or literature and no spending, under Oregon’s corrupt practices act. The law allows a public pamphlet of up to four pages for each candidate, with opposing views, mailed to voters eight days before the election. Penalties include up to $5,000 fine or one year imprisonment, plus forfeiture of the office.
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Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Oregon
Secretary of State
Navy Plans Even Split for Battleship Fleet After Canal
The Navy Department plans to move the Atlantic and Pacific fleets about six months each after the Panama Canal opens. Secretary Meyer opposes dividing the fleet into two commands and favors keeping the fleet intact. The strategy aims to use the canal to improve fleet mobility with regular ocean from ocean cruises.
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Navy Department
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
Meyer
Navy
General Board
Mack benches McInnes to shake slump and field
Connie Mack benched Jack McInnes amid Detroit disasters to boost club effectiveness. He returned to Harry Davis as plan lasted two days, while McInnes hit .361 in 62 games, a rare move in baseball history.
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Connie Mack
Detroit
Jack McInnes
Harry Davis
McInnes
McInness
How Corhan Broke Into Baseball
Roy Corhan a youngster with the Chicago White Sox is profiled as a fast fielder and emerging hitter. The piece recalls Frank Selee who discovered Corhan in Albuquerque and mentored him from Pueblo where Corhan showed early promise alongside Casey.
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Corhan
Roy Corhan
Chicago White Sox
Frank Selee
Selee
Pueblo
Albuquerque
N. M
Casey
Running to First: Burke Sets Bunt and Run Record
John Rabbit Burke of the Columbia South Atlantic league team reportedly broke the world record for bunt and run to first base with three bag touches in three seconds. The prior record of 315 seconds was set by Thoney of Boston in Cincinnati in 1907. Burke achieved the mark at a field day benefit in Columbia.
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John “Rabbit” Burke
Columbia South Atlantic League
Thoney
Boston
Cincinnati
Burke
Columbia and
Albany
Columbia
New Ball Aims For Speed On Cork Center Ball
Neal Ball comments that the cork center ball travels off the ground like a billiard ball and speeds toward fielders. He notes outfielders struggle with bounding balls and recalls instances when he could not get down in time.
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Neal Ball
Columbia Renews Coach Jim Rice With Ten Year Pact
Following a stellar showing by Columbia crews at the recent Poughkeepsie regatta the university signed coach Jim Rice to a ten year contract and raised his salary by 500 dollars per year. The raise is reported to make him the best paid rowing coach in the nation.
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Rice
Columbia
Poughkeepsie
Columbia University
Jim Rice
Jennings Shows Interest in College Players
Hughie Jennings has begun scouting eastern colleges and identified six promising players. They will be tested for potential use next season if needed.
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Jennings
Hughie Jennings
How to Give a Birthday Party for Children
A practical guide for planning a birthday party. Start with neat invitations two weeks ahead. Decorate seasonally, greet guests, seat them, and organize activities. Offer suitable refreshments by season and provide a decorative napkin as a keepsake. End with music and songs from guests.
Paper Washing Fun: Cardboard Garments Hung to Dry
On warm mornings try a playful activity by cutting out paper clothes from stiff white brown or striped sheets to resemble garments on a line. Hang a cord between posts, pin the paper outfits, and enjoy the quirky sight of many different clothes silhouettes.
A Queer Kind of Bank Finds Hoard in Illinois Farm Cellar
Jacob Zeis of Monroe county Illinois was found dead after being ill with a note claiming he could not fetch a doctor. A hidden cellar hoard behind a carved oak log yielded gold coins and 300 dollars later turned over to county authorities.
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Jacob Zeis
Monroe County
Ill
Queer Bank
A Playful Wolf Hides in New York Suburban Menagerie
A gray wolf kept in a private menagerie escapes and joins children at play in a New York suburb. The children treat him as a street dog, tug his tail and feed him candy until the owner reclaims the animal later.
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New York
The Game of Wink Circle Game Description
A circle arrangement has chairs for girls with a boy behind each chair. If sixteen boys and fifteen girls, the extra boy stands behind an empty chair. All girls look at him and the one he winks at jumps up to the empty chair while the former chair holder shifts to a new position.
Old Nursery Rhymes From Elizabethan to Charles Era
The article notes dates for rhymes such as Pussy cat pussy cat and Lucy Locket Lost Her Pocket tracing to Elizabeth I and Charles I eras. It suggests these nursery verses are not known to reference specific persons events or occasions and cites Devon as a regional link.
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Pussy Cat
Elizabeth
Devon
Drake and Raleigh
Lucy Locket
Charles Sr
Merry Monarch
Hindu Boys Learn Sewing Skills for Family Support
The article notes that Hindu boys are taught sewing. as adults they sew for their families and, for poorer households, poor men may be hired to sew for wealthier families.
The Sutlej River Claims World’s Fastest Flow
The Sutlej in India is described as the fastest flowing river. It rises about 15 200 feet above sea level and descends 12 000 feet over a distance of 180 miles.
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Sutlej
India
Letter Enigma Puzzle
A six letter word riddle where each clue points to a letter and the full word denotes mystery. The answer is a common term meaning mystery or puzzling riddle.
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Lake
Pond
Inventive sliding window screen guide from Illinois
An Illinois inventor develops a two section window screen guide with split stationary lower and hinged upper parts. The upper guide pulls out for easy screen insertion and drops to align as the screen slides, simplifying cleaning and adjustment.
Jellied Cucumber Salad Recipe Steps
A detailed method for a jellied cucumber salad using cucumbers, white wine vinegar, gelatin, bay leaf, salt, pepper corns, mace, water, and mayonnaise dressing. It covers soaking gelatin, simmering spices, dissolving gelatin, mixing with vinegar, mold setup, chilling, and serving.
Hollandaise Sauce Method and Serving Tips
A historic recipe for Hollandaise sauce using one third cup butter two egg yolks juice of a small lemon one quarter teaspoon salt and white pepper. Cream butter beat yolks add lemon juice salt and pepper gradually then whisk over simmering water until custard thickens. Finish with hot water then serve with fish or poured over boiled cabbage.
Old Australian Remedy for Cold Relief and Sweating
The passage describes rubbing oil of eucalyptus on the forehead temples nose throat and lungs to treat crown cold and sore lungs. After rubbing, place the patient near the fire and in about twenty minutes induce profuse perspiration, then sleep with natural breathing.
Mucilage Preparation Instructions for Home Use
Instructions describe making a mucilage by mixing one ounce gum tragacanth with a quart of fruit can water, letting stand overnight, then stirring and adding 5 to 10 drops of sassafras or wintergreen oil to prevent souring. The mixture is stirred daily, covered, and stored for later use.
To Wash Silk Stockings
Instructions for silk stocking care emphasize lukewarm water and castile soap, avoiding hot water to protect silk. Rinse in cold water until soap is gone, then stretch stock- ings lengthwise and press with a warm iron, never hot, to restore gloss.
Beet Preservation Sugar Syrup Cooked Beets Flavoring
Prepare beets by boiling until tender then peel and cube them half an inch. Weigh beets and use equal weight sugar with water to make a syrup. Pour over beets and simmer until thick. Flavor with cinnamon or desired spice.
Blueberry Slump Recipe Steps
Instructions describe boiling berries with sweetness, then mixing dough from two cups flour two teaspoons baking powder one teaspoon salt adding water to biscuit consistency. Drop dough into boiling berries and simmer about fifteen minutes until cooked.
Wealthy Newport Elopement Shocks Circles
Miss Julia French, heiress of Newport and Tuxedo, elopes with John Geraghty of Newport. Families sought her whereabouts as her father Amos Tuck French and aunt Mrs Vanderbilt moved to locate the pair. Geraghty’s father runs a Newport livery stable and had tried to end the acquaintance.
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Geraghty
Newport
R. I
Julia Steelerench
Amos Tuck French
Tuxedo
French Vanderbilt
John Edward Paul Geraghty
Herebrt
E. Pember
Miss French
Newport Summer Colony
Jover
New York
Stuyvesant Leroy
John S. Geraghty
Mr. Geraghty
ELOPERS MARRIED AT Central Village Hotel
In Central Village Connecticut a Newport couple Mrs Julia Steele French 21 and John Geraghty 21 married at 3 am after a broken down car incident. Town Clerk H L Adams awakened for a license and Rev L E Perry officiated after breakfast. Witnesses were Anna Adams and I H Cross. They departed by train for Worcester and planned to go to New York.
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Central Village
Conn
Jandlord Riley
Riley
Geraghty
Miss French
Newport
John
State to Establish 83,000-Acre Game Preserve in Perry County
Harrisburg Aug 10 The state forestry commission has given permission to the state game commission to use 83,000 acres of the Toboyne township forestry reservation in Perry county as a game preserve. The site will be surrounded with a wire fence at once.
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Harrisburg
State Forest Commision
State Game Commission
Toboyne Township
Perry County
Game Commission
Mexican interior chief resigns under pressure
E. V. Gomez, secretary of the interior of Mexico, resigns at President de La Barra’s request. In Hayti Antoine Simon leaves Port au Prince aboard a Haytien cruiser and revolutionaries hold control. Joseph Clary survives a White Oak mine cave-in near Joplin after rescue. An American and an English reporter are expelled from Agadir while a German cruiser commander offers mediation.
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E. V. Gomez
de la Barra
Antoine Simon
Hayti
Port Au Prince
Haytien
Republic
Joseph Clary
White Oak
Joplin
Amerian
Agadir
Denver Thermometer Hits 48 Degrees in Brief Cold Snap
The thermometer showed 48 degrees in Denver, 16 degrees above freezing. Arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France were signed in Washington. Lieutenant Charles E. Brillhart of the U. S. Navy died by suicide at the Hotel Astor in New York.Edward Murphy, former U S. senator from New York, died in Long Branch New Jersey. Cotton prices rose sharply on broad buying from Liverpool to U S markets. In Jackson Mississippi ex Governor Vardaman led the Democratic nomination for U S senator by about 20000 votes over Senator Percy and C H Alexander.
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Denver
Great Britain
France
Washington
Charles FE. Brillhart
US. N
Hotel Astor
New York
Edward Murphy
United States
Long Branch
N. J
New Orleans
Liverpool
Jackson
Miss
Vardaman
Percy
C. H. Alexander
Global Officials and Troops in Transit and Conflict
Henry L. Stimson departed Santiga de Cuba for Havana as war secretary. Robert Bacon left Liverpool aboard the Campania en route to New York. Reports say Peruvian and Colombian forces fought with Colombian losses. German metal workers faced mass lockout in Leipsic and Thuringa as reprisals. Captain Felix of the Military Aviation School set a record at Hampnes climbing 11 330 feet in 63 minutes. In Washington, Dr Wiley's counsel examined the agriculture department solicitor amid pure food prosecutions disputes.
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Henry L. Stimson
Santiga de Cuba
Havana
Robert Bacon
France
Liverpool
New York
Campania
Leipsic
Thuringa
Germany
Felix
Htampes
Wiley
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Paralyzed infants lack cure say Dr Flexner in Albany
Dr Simon Flexner told physicians in Albany that no cure exists for infantile paralysis. Rioting continued in Brooklyn car strike with 25 hurt and about 50 arrests as police dispersed crowds.
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Simon Flexner
Physicians
Albany
Brooklyn
New York
Greene Lake
Catskill
Train collision near Utica claims four lives
Four people died when a train struck a wagon near Utica. The same issue notes the approaching retirement of A B Aylesworth as Canadian minister of justice, and reports resignations and health updates including Chief Justice Marcus P Knowlton and Pope's doctors saying the Pope is in satisfactory condition with a full recovery hoped soon. The British armored cruiser Cornwall was refloated from Cape Sable ledges and towed Niobe to Halifax.
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A. B. Aylesworth
Marcus P. Knowlton
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Cornwall
Cape Sable
Clarke's Harbor
Niobe
Halifax
Pope's gout worsens during attack on right knee
The pope reportedly suffers acutely from gout in the right knee. The American practice squadron under Commander R. B. Coontz sails from Gibraltar to Annapolis. The London docks strike escalates with an estimated 70,000 workers out. Admiral Togo ends his Washington visit after briefing Congress and viewing a new 14 inch navy gun. Revenue cutters Seminole and Onondaga return to Norfolk after fruitless search for the yacht Coronet with 30 Holy Ghost and Us members aboard.
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R. 8. Coontz
Gibraltar
Annapolis
London
Togo
Washington
Congress
Onondaga
Norfolk
Coronet
The
Holy Ghost and
Us Society
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Senate
FLEET
Athletics
Young
American Press Association
Julia S. French
New
Port Marries Garage
Elopers
Worcester
Numancia
Lincoln Beachey
Philadelphia
Nassau Boulevard
Charles Mowrey
Kansas City
Utica
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