Elbert Hubbard Attacks College Bred Lawyers and Wickersham
The Painter and Decorator prints Elbert Hubbard’s harsh critique of the college bred lawyer and the claim that lawyers and graduates should lead society. He mocks Attorney General Wickersham for saying industrial and economic problems would be solved by non producers. He quotes Shakespeare and urges “Please pass the Wickersham.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Hubbard
Wickersham
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Shakespeare
New York Hosts More People and Plagues of Prodigious Variety
The article contrasts New York with London and Rome, noting New York's higher counts of nationalities, Italians, Germans, and abundance of newspapers, millionaires, and diverse social scenes. It asserts New York exceeds other cities in wealth, vice, virtue, labor, and misery, claiming more people earning high salaries than anywhere else on earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Rome
Italy
Berlin
Newspaper ethics and private ownership rights
The Chester Times editor argues newspapers are privately owned and must charge for services, not obliged to attack local evils. He notes critics who demand editorials must accept the consequences, comparing press duties to how a shop or hotel operates and warning against expecting free services or protection from brick-throwing anger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Times
Thompson and Mook Named to Run for County Commissioner
Republican primaries will feature E. E. Thompson and A. C. Mook as candidates for county commissioner. Both notices authorize their campaigns and indicate party affiliation and eligibility for the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Thompson
A.C. Mook
John Sig Declares Candidacy for Associate Judge
John Sig of Tidioute announces his campaign for associate judge in the upcoming Republican primaries. He seeks party support to advance to the general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sigwins
Tidioute
Advertise in the Mail and Get Results
A brief notice promotes advertising in the Mail and promises measurable results for local merchants. It urges businesses to place ads to reach a broad audience and boost sales with timely placements and effective rates.
Allen and Wood Listed as Candidates for Register and Recorder
EF RK Allen is announced as a candidate for register and recorder. Frank A Wood of Grand Valley is named as a candidate for Register and Recorder and Clerk of the Orphans court at the forthcoming Republican primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EF. RK. Allen
Register
Recorder
Frank A. Wood
Grand Valley
Orphans’ Court
Edward D. Stewart Named Republican Candidate For County Treasurer
The MAtu reports Edward D. Stewart of Conenango township is a candidate for County Treasurer, pending decision of Republican voters at the upcoming primaries.
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Matu
Edward D. Stewart
Conenango Township
Pa's Boy Poem of a Family Tillers
A nostalgic verse by Elizabeth Clarke Hardy contrasts a father's hard labor in his boyhood with a mother's current chores. The speaker imagines growing up to marry someone like his mother who handles housework and allows him to rest after work. The poem reflects family roles and generational work ethic.
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Elizabeth Clarke Hardy
My Son I Traveled The World With Many Maids
The speaker warns there are two kinds to avoid the blond and the brunette, reflecting a moral or humorous catalog from an old document. The lines imply travel and encounters with women as a cautionary tale from a fatherly voice.
A Criticism First Angel Meets Second Angel
A humorous exchange from Harpers Bazaar where the first angel questions a spirit and the second notes her hat pins protrude beyond her halo turning onlookers into a lighthearted vignette.
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Harper’s Bazar
A Defense of Meat Eating
A Rossville Reporter feature argues meat eating as the key to vigor and success. It cites anecdotes about wars and politics ruined by lack of hog meat, contrasts vegetable diets, and urges meat to keep vitality for men and boys.
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Adam
Napoleon
Waterloo
Appomattox
Ingalls
Senate
Rossville
Knowledge as a guard and vessel of virtue
A Montaigne reflection warns that knowledge alone cannot preserve virtue. If the vessel is tainted, clear sight may exist without guidance or use. Mindful study requires ethical conduct and action to yield true value from knowledge.
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Montaigne
Print Shop Promises Prompt, Quality Printing Services
A local print shop pitches itself as a fast and reliable choice for customers seeking high quality printing. It emphasizes prompt service and a customer friendly approach.
A Memorable Watch Meeting A Revival Sparks From a Church Door
A late night watch meeting in a northern Indiana church ends in an unlikely revival as a stern Deacon crowding two youths to kneel triggers a wave of penitence. The scene draws two more youths forward, inspiring a historic revival born from stern discipline and heartfelt prayers.
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Indiana
Wiley
Mills
Deacon Wiley
Ebenezer Clarker
Sam Wiley
Diddy” Mills
Ebenezer Harker
Wiley Ceased Deacon Mills
Sister Mills
Sister Wiley
Tragic Christmas Days Through History
The article recounts deadly Christmas events and persecution from AD 303 through 1662, noting Diocletian burning a Nicomedia church, 1066 Norman massacres, 1068 uprisings and reprisals, Becket’s murder in Canterbury, Wycliffe’s death, and London’s 1662 plague deaths. It links holiday festivity with bloodshed across centuries.
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Yuletide
England
Harold
William, the Conqueror
Westminster Abbey
William
Thomas A Becket
Canterbury
Henry II
John Wycliffe
London
The Fog Buoy Method for Fleet Safety at Sea
A Wichita Eagle piece explains fog as the greatest maritime danger and describes fog buoys as red casks cast overboard to mark a fleet's position. The buoy remains afloat on a grass fiber rope, helping vessels track each other in mist and prevent collisions.
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Wichita Eagle
Wassailing Apple Trees Still Observed in England
An aged custom in parts of Somerset and Devon, notably at Wooton Bassett near Minehead, involves a Twelfth Night procession to an orchard with cider and toast. The master wields a light and a blunderbuss while a chant begins to bless the trees, followed by shouts and toasted rites amid cider-soaked branches for the robins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Somerset
Devon
Wooton Basset
Minehead
London
Mail Carrier's Narrow Escape near Lackawanna Station
Leon Wagner, a Route 3 mail carrier from the Cohocton New York post office, was riding a new cutter when his horse bolted into a freight car at Maple avenue crossing near Lackawanna station. Wagner was thrown from the vehicle and the horse toppled but rose as a car approached, the cutter wrecked in the incident.
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Leon Wagner
Cohocton
N. Y
Maple Avenue
Lackawanna Station
Wagner
Straighten Out Tangle of Office Tenures in Harrisburg
A bill will be presented to the next legislature to implement the constitutional amendment on terms of city officials councilmen school directors and justices of the peace It covers extending terms for incumbents and starting successors on the first Monday of December The new legislative reference bureau has data to aid in drafting measures for Philadelphia and Allegheny counties and this will be its first test.
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Harritburg
Capitol
Legislative Reference Bureau
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Letter to Santa Demands Two Dollar Postage Prank
A Bradford Star Record letter from Jack Post asks Santa Claus to instruct agencies to raise posted prices from 1.50 to 2.00 as a holiday joke. The notice also discusses possible redrawing of Pennsylvania congressional districts after the 1910 census, proposing Lawrence Butler and Mercer counties join in a new district similar to the old 25th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Bradford Star Record
John D. Santa Claus
Jack Post
Pennsylvania
Lawrence
Butler
Mercer
Beaver
Washington County
Venango, Warren, Elk and Forest
Insurance Experts Hear Fire Risk Regulation Debate
New York observers testified before a legislative committee on state control of insurance rates and commissions and building codes. Experts urged uniform construction in congested districts to cut fire waste, while most opposed state regulation of agents commissions and rates as impractical due to changing conditions.
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New York
Henry Evans
Continental Fire Insurance Company
Child prodigies in classical languages and study
Ennius and Montcalm displayed extraordinary learning early, translating Latin works as infants and reading Greek, Hebrew, and major authors by age seven, before dying before eight.
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Ennius
Montcalm
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Sults
Register and Recorder
Pa's
Diocletian
Nicodemia
California
Emory Blood
Russell
William Pearson
Deerfield Township
County
Warren
Clarence Strong
Jamestown
Bessie Shaver
J. H. West Lumber Company
A. J. Hazeltine
Miss Grace
Frances Morrow Gaughey
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Avenue West
C. A.berger
C. A. Berger
Warren Times
Woodard Theater
Berger
Blanche Jackson
Ernestine Cowan
G. P. Brockway
Earl Morrison
Turkey
Eaton
Berdine
Willey and Haag
Buffalo and Allegheny
Wim. Snaveley
Samuel Snaveley
Limestone Township
Morris School
Santa
Cornplanter Refining Company
Muir Oil Works
Conenango
Bennett Piano Company
Library Theatre
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