Gimme Back the Dear Old Days Poem Fragment
A fragment of Frank L. Stanton poetry from the Atlanta Constitution lamenting memory of bygone school days and rural life with line fragments about a log schoolhouse, bells, meadows, and a distant bridge as nostalgia for youth fades.
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Bingen
Rhine
Frank L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Debutante Ball Sparks Secrets and Rival Hearts
Rose Cantrell recalls a past she kept hidden as Pearl Craig appears at a grand ball with two suitors, Stephen and Lionel. Pearl reveals her parents are traveling and she was raised by Mrs. Weston, while tensions rise over love, family history, and class.
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Rose Cantrell
Stephen
Lionel
Gibsonian
Rose
Mrs. Weston
Tom
England
Pearl
Craig
Ettu
Brute
Miss Pearl
Miss Craig
America's Moral Influence Among World Powers
A historical speech outlines six reasons for America's distinct moral influence. It cites noninterference as power, successful popular government, just actions like the Civil War era and Spanish‑American War outcomes, material strength, rule of law, altruistic aims, and isolation that preserves balance of power as factors shaping global respect and influence.
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Merica
George Rogers Clark
Northwest
China
de Tocqueville
Story of Iowa Twister
A Des Moines Register account recalls a 24 year old Mingo cyclone episode in which a mare and her colt feeding in a field were lifted by the whirlwind and then dropped to the ground uninjured. Neighbors sheltered as the storm swept near, yet the animals calmly resumed grazing after the twister ran its course.
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Mingo
H. W. Robinson
Des Moines Register
Doctor Warns Women On Kissing Beards And Germs
A Washington doctor urges women to avoid kissing unless with men who have smooth faces. He claims whiskers carry germs, a ruling that benefits beardless youths and barbers. The remark appears as a light social note in the press.
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Washington
Prisoners Publish Critique of Immoral Business Methods
A western penitentiary inmates publish a newspaper taking aim at immoral business practices. The Baltimore American notes the phrase the last straw and predicts Mr. Rockefeller will grasp its meaning.
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Satan
Rockefeller
Baltimore American
Out West
The Making of a Christian Scholar Sermon on national character and civic leadership
A sermon argues that Christian scholars from colleges must lead in solving social problems. It praises broad vision, self control, and unselfish living. It envisions scholars shaping government policy, industry, missions, and public service for national betterment.
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United States
Rise of educated women and clubs reshapes society
The essay argues that Japan’s shift to a liberal constitutional monarchy arose from widespread education since 1860, contrasts Russia’s uneducated masses, and notes women’s progress over a century. It credits women’s clubs with widening views while affirming home influence, cautioning that excesses can occur but are exceptional.
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Russia
Death of John Hay Shakes Public Life in Newbury
Secretary of State John Hay died at 12 25 AM of pulmonary embolism after a relapse following his return from Europe. Born October 8 1838 in Salem Indiana he served as Lincoln's confidant and later led US diplomacy including peace with Spain and Britain. A special train carried his body from Newbury to Cleveland for funeral services at Wade Memorial Chapel.
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N. H
John Hay
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Young Hay
Lincoln
Madrid
New York Tribune
Ohio
Cleveland
Clara Stone
Washington
United States
International Sanitary Congress
McKinley
Great Britain
William R. Day
Fells
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Wade Memorial Chapel
Hiram C. Hayden
Old Stone Church
Tunis Hamlin
Church of the Covenant
Mitchell’s trial ends with guilty verdict in Oregon
In Portland John H Mitchell a former United States senator was found guilty of accepting pay for lobbying before federal departments after an eight hour jury deliberation. The verdict was read aloud as fireworks and public noise swelled outside the court.
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Portland
Ore
United States
John H. Mitchell
Mitchell
de Haven
Steiner
Judge Bennett
Senator Mitchell
Bennett
Shooting affray in Americus leaves three dead
In Americus on Sunday near Leslie a shooting by a man named Hicks killed his wife and mother-in-law and another woman while wounding four other Black individuals. The incident ends with three fatalities and four injuries.
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Americus
Leslie
Hicks
Electrical storm wrecks Elmira area causes heavy damage
Elmira New York and surrounding neighborhoods suffered a severe thunderstorm that struck about a dozen buildings. Damage was estimated at 150000 dollars or more. The storm disrupted daily life and triggered emergency responses.
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Elmira
N. Y
Indignation Day Tragedies Run High in Philadelphia
Four people die and more than two hundred injured as Independence Day celebrations turn deadly. Police officer Albert Londgren shoots amid a crowd after arresting Michael Cleary, while a stray bullet kills Mrs. George Clemens. A boy, Louis Ostrow, dies from a revolver mishap, and Henry Black dies after being crushed by a carriage. another eye and abdomen wound are reported in separate incidents.
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Philadelphia
Albert Londgren
Michael Cleary
Cleary
Londgren
Indian pasture lands opened for settlement and leases
Secretary Hitchcock orders opening of half a million acres of Indian pasture southwest of El Reno to settlement. Indian Agent Randlett to prepare leases for 160 acre tracts with five year terms from 1906 and minimum 25 cents per acre. Bids due December 4. each lessee may hold two sections and must cultivate up to 75 percent. Sub-leasing allowed only with secretary consent.
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el Reno
Okla
Hitchcock
Oklahoma
Randlett
Anadarko
Secretary of the Interior
Premature Explosion Wounds Two at Fort Warren Salute
During the national 45-gun salute at Fort Warren in Boston harbor yesterday, the sixteenth round exploded prematurely injuring two privates of the Ninety sixth Coast Artillery, one likely fatally.
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Boston
Fort Warren
Boston Harbor
Ninety Sixth Company
Coast Artillery
Fire destroys ten businesses in Roulette area
Bradford Pa July five ten business houses and one dwelling at Roulette near here were destroyed by an early morning fire yesterday with a total loss of fifty thousand dollars.
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Bradford
Roulette
Here
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