Lincoln lore and Springfield farewell speech excerpt
A reminiscence recounts Lincoln and Grant whisky stories and a Springfield farewell address. It notes Lincoln asking for front news in 1861 and cites his appeal to divine aid, praying for guidance and support before leaving for Washington.
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New Approaches in School Hands Skill Training
The article notes a western school policy where students alternate between a week of classes and a week of factory work. Manufacturers praise the quick, useful help from youths while teachers report faster progress, despite critics fearing constant experimentation.
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Women rally in Chicago for suffrage in cold weather
In Chicago tens of thousands of women braved cold Sunday to shout for the vote while observers debate how many stayed home hungry. The scene shows activists loudly demanding suffrage as part of a broader social discussion.
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Stethoscope Gift Binds Sweet Notions in Verse
A playful prose poem in the New York Sun serenades Eugenia a healthy maid. The speaker offers a brand new stethoscope as a birthday gift and blends affection with humorous medical allusions. He predicts future ailment cures and urges cautious eating with romantic pledge.
Lincoln never spoke or rode in modern tech yet died long ago
A historical quip notes that Abraham Lincoln never said hello to Central or interacted with automobiles phonographs or trolley cars and never appeared in a motion picture though he died 48 years ago.
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Why Is a Church Boss Described as Tasteless and Selfish
The passage criticizes church leaders as as tasteless as political bosses. It argues church bosses often misuse wealth, hoarding money instead of funding church coffers, and questions why such figures hold church authority.
An Old Love's Valentine
A nostalgic poem from 1914 recalls a past sweetheart through three love verses. The speaker cherishes faded ribbons and memory, imagining a reunion in life’s gloaming as he rereads the old valentine and envisions shared moments and kisses. The piece uses gentle, romantic imagery to link past and present.
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Gore Suit Highlights Attack Claim Against U S Senator
Mrs Minnie Bond sues United States Senator Thomas P Gore for 50000 alleging an assault in a Washington hotel. Gore denies the charges calling them a plot by political enemies as jury selection proceeds in Oklahoma City court.
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Homewood Sanitarium Burns for Five Thousand Five Hundred
Fire destroyed the Homewood Sanitarium north of Liberty Street near Tanner Hill on Saturday morning. The hillside site housed four patrons who escaped with only the clothes on their backs as neighbors provided temporary shelter. The open air camp by T. Daii Allen for tuberculosis care was largely destroyed with small insurance.
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Radium Trial Mirth Turns to Notoriety for McDevitt
News of the Week notes a comic stunt in Statuary Hall that backfired into widespread newspaper attention for McDevitt. It also covers the death of Congressman Robert Bremner of New Jersey, whose radium treatment for cancer drew global interest and ended in a Baltimore hospital death on Thursday.
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Burleson Pushes Government Ownership of Telegraphs
The report by a postal official committee urges Congress to declare a monopoly over all means of communication and consider government ownership of telephone and telegraph systems. It argues for unified rates and post office control with revocable private licenses, noting U S leadership in privatized systems abroad.
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Is There a News Trust A Run Through the Press War
A New York Sun complaint to the Justice Department accuses the Associated Press of restraining trade by boycotting the Sun and other papers. The report cites 35,000 miles of telegraph lines and daily usage of up to 60,000 words.
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Labor and industry report spans strikes and wages
Secretary of Labor W H Wilson blames mine operators in Michigan and Colorado for ongoing strikes and mediation failure. United Mine Workers adopt a 5 cent per ton wage rise and 10 percent boosts with a half Saturday holiday. Massachusetts Industrial Accident Board reports 89695 accidents and 474 deaths, with 165255 weeks lost. Business conditions show expansion but low money rates and rising failures. Clarion Normal School opens March 4 under Andrew Thomas Smith.
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