Popular Verdict at the Ballot Box
Harrisburg dispatch declares Colonel William A. Stone won Pennsylvania governor by 119 326 votes over George A. Jenks marking a decisive Republican victory. It credits Stone’s win to repudiation of Wanamaker Swallow tactics and notes a strong Republican legislature.
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Harrisburg
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Pennsylvania
George A. Jenks
John Wanamaker
United States Senate
Republican Party
Wanamaker
Wanamaker Bureau
Colonel Stone
Colonel Roosevelt
New York
Penrose
State Senate
House of Representatives
Quay
Schuylkill County
Jenks
William A. Stone
Keystone
Silas Co. Swallow
Republican Party of
Stone
Football Rules of 1898 Alter Scoring System
Walter Camp explains in Outing that 1898 rules raise touchdown value from four to five points while goal after touchdown remains six total, lowering conversion value from two to one. Change likely no major impact on play but favors teams without strong kickers.
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Walter Camp
History Of The Week A Chronicle Of War And Disasters
Fragments note naval movements in the Mediterranean and Crete, political talk on Philippine talks, US troop movements, fires, drownings, assassinations, and accidents across the United States and abroad. Notable items include Crete evacuation, Dreyfus case, Honolulu malaria cases, Wilmington race tensions, and the Infanta Maria Teresa wreck identification. Several deaths and political shifts are recorded.
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Theodore G. Sears
Kansas
Washington
Grant
Lake View
Tacoma
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F. C. Metcalf
Chelsea
Mass
Chicago
Clyde
Australia
San Francisco
Honolulu
United States
Cat Island
Infanta Maria Teresa
Wilmington
N. C
Daily Record Office
Lake View House
Edwardsville
N. Y
Luigi Luccheni
Austria
Geneva
Switzerland
George A. Smith
Rochester
Davy——Gardner Towle
Lorraine
Norman Cote
Mathilde Lavigneur
Montreal
William of Germany
Cadet
Spain
Madrid
Lottie Collins
London
Miles
Secretary of War
Camp Meade
Westmeath
Great Northern
Fergus Falls
Minn
Great Lakes
Dall
New York
Erica Kerr
Clyde Nesbeth
Gouverneur
Detroit
Frank A. Williams
Corning
Judson Danin
Quay
Atlantic
Houston
Mich
Dole
Hawaiian Republic
Agricultural Department
Wilkes- Barre
Hanover
Admiral Schley
San Juan
Porto Rico
McKinley
South Carolina
Philippines
Paris
Court of Cassation
Newark
N. J
Ferdinand W. Peck
Duryea
Linganis
Oton
Pavia
Iloilo
Orden Publico
Havana
Gomez
Cuba
Crete
Holland
Oregon
Iowa
Rio
Canyon City
Colo
Hong Kong
Manila
J. C. Breckinridge
Dingley
Congressional Committee On Ways and Means
Congress
Dawson City
Klondike
Dawes
Lafayette Monument Commission
Women’s Christian Temperance Association
Francis Willard
Adam R. Smith
Troy
Laurelbank
Shanghai
Portland
Court of Cassations
Dreyfus
Chicago-Virden Coal Company
Strikng
Ninth
New York Volunteer Regiment
A Funny Anecdote on Liquefied Air in Early Fiction
A New Orleans Times-Democrat note recalls a 19th century tale about a English inventor who uses liquid air in a gravity defying aerial machine. The critic highlights the author overlooked cooling and compression energy, and remembers the story around 1870 but cannot recall title or author.
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New Orleans Times- Democrat
Stage Glints and Broadway Teasers From The Arts Scene
Florence St John reportedly regains health while Sir Arthur Sullivan joins London in embracing Russian music. The Sign of the Cross proves lucrative as Reginald de Koven’s The Three Dragoons heads to New York in January. Barrie’s Two Kinds of Women prompts debate as A Stranger in a Strange Place nears. Jacob Litt plans The Club’s Baby after London success. Jane Hading departs Paris for a major European tour. Lorimer Stoddard rewrites Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush for touring with J H Stoddart. The Ter magant dispute stirs London over Miss Nethersole’s new play with Provencales claimed identical by Graeme.
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Florence St. John
Arthur Sullivan
London
Reginald de Koven
Three Dragoons
New York
Mr. Barrie
Italy
Turkey
Lorimer Stoddard
Bonnie Brier Bush
J. H. Stoddart
Human Nature Observations On Daily Life
A collection of wry maxims about hunger and sleep causing silliness, clients talking after a case, wives and ministers at supper, memory of aches, coffee preferences, aging habits, and gossip masking reform. Each quip reflects common human quirks and social rituals with light humor.
The Kind Have Alwar
The fragmentary text shows limited readable facts about a subject titled The Kind Have Alwar. No clear event date, place, or entities are disclosed beyond the apparent headline style.
Local Quilt and Apparel Reductions Highlight Sale
Shakers receive an 11-4 discount on Blankets at 98c. Pure White Red quilts priced at $1.39. Ladies wrappers at 69c from $1. Ladies dress skirts at $1.98 from $3. Fleeced vests for 48c from 75c. Broad reduction on men’s and women’s footwear and rubbers across sizes.
Witty observations on marriage and gender roles from a bygone era
A collection of humorous lines about marriage, trust, bravery, and women's influence. The speaker plays with stereotypes, praising women while critiquing men, noting romantic dissatisfaction and social norms in relationships.
A Few Plain Truths From an Awkward Era
A set of quips on gender roles and daily life. The speaker jokes that ear trumpets prove women lack success while men enjoy dispute, urging cautious marriage choices. It notes women talk too much, sarcasm replaces sympathy, debt clouds insight, and clocks mock awakenings with recurring half hours.
Short World Facts From The Era
A collection notes diverse trivia from Australia to Berlin. It mentions 10000 camels at work in Australia and tradesmen living two thirds as long as farmers. It also highlights New Zealand workers forming a factory, China buying pig iron from Pennsylvania, and Berlin illuminated by alcohol lamps in parks.
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New Zealand
China
Pennsylvania
Berlin
Thiergarten
Austria
Quotable Snippets on Love, Money and Manners
A series of aphoristic lines on marriage, honesty, and social habits. It satirizes honeymoon tolerance for pets, friendship without obligation, financial restraint, and gendered speech. The musings contrast cynicism with practicality and urge listening and fairness in relationships.
Philippines Squib Reveals Island Life Facts
A terse Manila overview notes societal traits and economy including rice as chief product, more women than men, early marriage, midday siestas, electricity, and modest labor wages. It mentions hemp trade, small cattle, grasshoppers as food, and cocoanut oil as an illuminant. Manila founded in 1571.
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Squib
Philippine Islands
Manila
Hymn to the Flag by Julia Ward Howe
A patriotic poem extols the flag as liberty and national unity. It venerates the flag’s blue field red stripes and white stars, urging reverence even in death and calling for the flag to be kept close as a symbol of freedom and home.
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Julia Ward Howe
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