Truth Telling Prompts Harsh Town Gossip
Readers in an Illinois town critique local papers for honesty. Snippets accuse merchants Bonin and Coyle of laziness and poor business, recount a blunt sermon, report Dave Sonkey’s death by heart failure blamed on whiskey, and mock a local couple Sylvan Rhodes and James Conlin. The governor’s visit ends with vague praise and pie promises.
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Indiana
John Bonin
Belleville
John Coyle
Styx
Dave Sonkey
Sylvan Rhodes
James Conlin
Baptist Parsonage
Dissipation Tales Of President Wilson In A Washington Club
A club description in Washington portrays President Wilson as indulging in what a statesman calls a strange form of dissipation. The anecdote depicts him locking in a library with Jim Bryce to discuss political economics in a late night setting.
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Popular
Sorey
Mar
Barziki Woods
Washington
Wilson
Cracy
Jim Bryce
Christmas Shopping Urged Amid 54 Hour Law Rush
The notice calls attention to Christmas shopping as a bigger rush than ever, aided by the new 54 hour law and the parcel post system tested this year. With two months until Christmas, readers are urged to begin their preparations now.
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Vrey
Roosevelt to visit Pennsylvania to challenge Penrose
At a Bull Moose state committee meeting in Harrisburg on Tuesday the plan was announced that Roosevelt would come into the state next year to down Penrose. Flinn stated this with regret for Penrose, drawing loud cheers. A broad consensus across parties and respectable Pennsylvania citizens supports this view against Penrose-Montgomery Mirror.
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Harrisburg
Roosevelt
Penrose
Advertising as a Town Booster Sparks Local Debate
Aged column argues advertisers lure trade and revive towns. It criticizes merchants who shun ads, calls them dead or parasitic, and urges patrons to support those who publicize goods to attract new customers and grow the local economy.
Fathers Day Poem Praises Working Dad and His Duties
A poem argues for a dedicated Fathers Day praising the hard working father who keeps the family wheels turning amid rising costs. It notes his long hours and gruff demeanor, urging a simple tribute like a small bouquet. The piece references Tom W. Jackson in the New York Times as the source.
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Father
Tom W. Jackson
N. Y
Pastor to open study for despairing men at church
Rev Zeed Hetzel Copp of Cohocksink Presbyterian Church announced that October 1 he will open his church study to men and women who feel death by their own hand is preferable to life. He calls the conferences mental clinics and hopes many despondent individuals will leave cured of the life despair.
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Philadelphia
Poundmaster's Dog Captured and Killed by Rival Catcher
In Tarrytown New York George Heike, a dog catcher, seized William Martin's dog from the street during a quarantine and killed it after taking it to the pound. The incident frames a joke turning into a serious act of dog catching.
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Poundmaster
Tarrytown
N. Y
William Martin
George Heike
Martin
How Ice Is Made In Bengal
The article explains that Bengalis have long produced ice without machinery by using evaporation. Water in shallow basins set on a straw or bamboo pile freezes at night when air is calm, even at temperatures as high as 50 degrees Fahrenheit, yielding small ice in shells scattered on the ground.
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London
Bengal
Monks of Brussels clash with Socialists over suffrage and land
In Brussels clerics, seen as real rulers, face a 400,000 strong Socialist push for electoral reform amid potential government changes. King Albert favors reform, a commission is to decide, and a national strike risk looms if demands are unmet.
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Berlin
Brussels
Belgium
Albert
Antwerp
Godfrey de Bouillon
Province of
Brabant
Germany
Bronx Girl Emerges From Month Long Coma
Jeanette Guttman thirteen year old of the Bronx was pronounced fully recovered after a month in a coma at the Hydropathic Institute. She did not recall events since July 30 though doctors noted fluctuating pulse and brief fevers during the trance.
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New York
Jeanette Guttman
Bronx
Hydropathic Institute
Married Eleven Times A World Record Pair From Hagerstown
Mr. and Mrs. Jank Vernon of Hagerstown claim the title of the most married couple in the world. They have tied the knot eleven times in cities including Columbus Ohio 1909 Montreal 1910 Scotland England Wales Germany France Belgium Russia 1911 Australia 1912 and Mexico 1918. Vernon calls their global marriages a hobby rather than a record.
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Hagerstown
Jank Vernon
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Montreal
Scotland
England
Wales
Germany
France
Belgium
Russia
Australia
Mexico
Vernon
How Uncle Sam Will Collect the Income Tax
Public discussion of the new income tax details featuring Deputy Commissioner Luther F. Speer. The plan includes source collection for corporations and individuals, exemptions, deductions, rates from 1 to 6 percent, and return requirements for citizens and resident aliens.
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Congress
Uncle Sam
Union
The
Treasury
Bancor
State Normal School
Civil Service
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ual
Mr. Speer
United States
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