Roosevelt Usurps War Power and Constitutional Oath
A critical, partisan view accuses Theodore Roosevelt of seizing Congress’s war powers during a Central American crisis, arguing it violates the Constitution and his oath. The piece urges Congress to curb executive overreach and frames Roosevelt as undermining checks and balances while praising dissenting voices and opposing imperial actions.
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Rooeevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
Isthmus
Republic
Shuimite Palnk
Ho Republic
W&fhe
United States
Himsell
Memssin
Executive Department
Stoosevelt
Wehalt
Shengo Ghroniele
The Turkey's Downfall Poem of a Humble Bird
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph poem laments a turkey's fall from pride to peril. The bird, caged and altered, eyeing passersby, mourns past plumage glory as readers sense a grim fate and the weapon of destruction looms.
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Hen Neeler
Turkey
Pitteburg Chrosielu Telegraph
Elizabeth Pollard and the River Tragedy in Lancaster County
Elizabeth Pollard, a New England transplant living on a Lancaster County farm, faces unfulfilling domestic life and philosophical restlessness. After her husband Stephen Pollard and infant child die in a river accident, she confronts sorrow and the community’s compassionate response, revealing how love and loss redefine her.
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Lizabeth Martyn
Pennsylvania
New England
Elizabeth Martyn
Stephen Pollard
Pollards
Lancaster County
Mrs. Martyn
Connecticut
Elizabeth
Mrs. Pollard
Martyn
Stephen
Thien
Mrs. Polidrd
Betty
Thanksgiving Rescue: Pollard Family Reunited After Fire Rescue
Elizabeth Pollard faces despair as her husband Stephen and child vanish after a boat accident. Rescued from the water, both return alive by morning. Neighbors celebrate with gifts as the town's quiet day turns to relief and renewal. Elizabeth prays, admits fault, and redeems her family.
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Stephen
Elizabeth
Turna
Fragmentary dialogue from old Philadelphia story
A garbled excerpt presents truncated dialogue and scattered names. The text mentions characters such as Jess You, Sinjor Bragg, Phil adelphia, Brown, Green, Wederly, Bingleton, and Wonderly. The passage hints at personal reminiscences and disputes from thirty years past without clear context or narrative structure.
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Jess
Sinjor Bragg
Philadelphia
Every day shall be Thanksgiving in healing faith
A woman, touched by faith, tells Ret eald Stephen she will give thanks daily as a healing fountain flows. She gazes toward the blue heaven, seeing God’s listening presence and a bright world beyond, the rock of faith now touched. Congregationalist note.
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Stephen
Thanksgiving Turmoil Ends In Humbling Dinner
A discouraged politician recalls a Thanksgiving episode when his campaign relied on a brilliant stenographer who learned voters’ secrets. A reception with his rival exposed the affair as his opponent’s wife revealed the deception, leaving the host to taste a corked turkey and a bitter memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Detroit
Thankegiving Reflections From a Southern Clerk
In a humorous Atlanta Constitution column Brother Dickey narrates a Thanksgiving sermon about gratitude for simple blessings. He praises stable homes, neighbors, ten children and a stable wife, honest work, and a straight road ahead despite rheumatism, while mocking government talk of taxation and charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickey
Chile
Atlanta Constitution
Incubator Chicks Spark Thanksgiving Reflections
A mother turkey rebukes incubator chicks for lacking instinct and feathering skills, calling them artificial. The duck questions the bias, and the incubator birds ponder mortality, recalling Death levels all ranks from a New York Journal line.
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Tiowever
New York Journal
Thanksgiving Pie Admonition by a Philosopher
A fragmented, archaic-sounding passage features a quoted adviser urging against relying on a cookbook for cutting a pie. The text weaves in references to the Buffalo Express and Thanksgiving imagery, producing a garbled stream of phrases about favors, gifts, rain, and discontent without clear, coherent context.
Remarkable Woman and a Daring Carriage Ride
A Kokomo Indiana report recounts a dramatic street chase as two frightened horses pulled a carriage with an elderly woman and her niece. The elder, noted for parsimony, urged to hurry after nearly losing control, while the niece fainted near the final corner. The piece also features Mrs. Anne M. Willis, 74, praising Dodd’s Kidney Pills after twenty years of kidney trouble, claiming renewed vigor and ability to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Kokomo
Ind
Anne M. Willis
Dodd
G. B. Meek
Knight’s Rheumatic Card Sold Despite Patient’s Interest
An ad fragment touts a drug claim claiming to cure quickly, with misdirected rhetoric and odd letters. It cites A. P. Knight in Chicago and references Piso’s Cure for Consumption praised by Mrs. Morgan of Berkeley. The text includes testimonials and scattered product lines like Putnam Dyes.
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Knigit
Andie
A. P. Knight
Chen
State Firet
Ciicago
Lydian E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mrs Mae Uaure
Mrs Mae Uaure of Edgerton Wisconsin credits Lydian E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with resolving years of female troubles. She reports rapid relief from back and side pains during menstruation, weight gain, and overall renewed health after two months of use, and urges others to try the medicine.
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Edgerton
Wis
Pres
Household Economics Club
Haule
Edgerton, Wis
Lydia £. Pinkham
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