Roosevelt's whirlwind campaign ends in New York
News dispatch from Ithaca and New York details Theodore Roosevelt's final campaign stops in western New York and Jamestown area. He assails crooked politicians and finance linked to Tammany Hall and Wall Street, denouncing Dix while praising Stimson and urging voters to back the Republican ticket. Crowd reactions range from enthusiastic to mildly subdued as the trip closes in Jersey City.
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Haim
Tammany Hall
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Brooks Locomotive Works
Roosevelt
Fredonia
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Jamestown
Congress Vreeland
Wellsville
N Theater
Hornell
Tsira
Roosevelt Hammer Ammany
Congressman Fassett
Jersey City
Taft to Quit Summer Home After Vanderbilt Race Crowd
President Taft plans to leave Beverly Massachusetts for New York then Washington this week. Harry J the Vanderbilt winner called at the Taft cottage to congratulate him and wish him luck in Savannah. The president will have no more visitors at Beverly as he heads to golf and travels to Washington for the fall.
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Masy
Harry J
Taft Cottage
Savannah
New York
Washington
Claude Grahame-White Engages U.S. Flight Probes
English aviator Claude Grahame-White tours the United States undertaking aviation trials and demonstrations. He headlines early flight displays, meeting engineering officials and local spectators while promoting pilot training and aircraft advances.
Exchange Firm Minzenheimer & Co. Goes Under
New York October 15. The stock exchange firm of Charles Minzenheimer & Co. assigns to Bainbridge Colby. A bankruptcy petition is filed by Stern Singer Barr claiming act of bankruptcy. Judge Holt names Edward G. Benedict receiver with $30,000 bond. Liabilities exceed $1,000,000. About $30,000 cash and stocks on hand, with over $100,000 in customer stocks held in trust.
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Stock Exchange
Charles Minzenheimer & Co
Arthur. W. Joseph
Frank D. Maguire
Herbert A. Rosenfeld
Allen F. Cohen
Bainbridge Colby
Broadway
Stern, Singer & Barr
Holt
United States Court
Edward G. Benedict
The White Wash and Lord Strathcona aboard Hudson Bay steamer
An old Hudson Bay Company voyage tale says no women sail with the company yet a visible wash line sparked gossip. The captain afterward revealed Lord Strathcona, aboard for the trip, kept a daily white shirt and London paper at breakfast, explaining the apparent scandal.
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Lord Strathcona
London
Pearson
When to Eat Fruit for Maximum Benefit
Medical note from a family doctor advises eating fruit after the main meal for most fruits, with bananas as an exception. Stewed prunes figs and apples are beneficial before breakfast, while grapes should be eaten after the chief meal as they can be harmful on an empty stomach.
The Modern Idea. Roman Guide in Seattle
A Seattle man is astonished by the Coliseum ruins as he recalls photographs from twenty years earlier showing the heap being removed and a modern Coliseum erected. The exchange highlightsearliest views versus present landmarks in a vivid, period tone.
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Moderm Coliseum
Orleans
Tragic Cranford Wreck Off Hartlepool With All Aboard Lost
Twenty on board the Cranford are believed drowned after the steamship went down in a gale in the North Sea. Bodies washed ashore wearing Cranford life belts, suggesting rapid foundering. Coast guards and life boats failed to locate survivors despite wireless messages and rescue attempts.
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Hartlepool
England
Cranford
North Sea
Coast Guards
Gray Shipbuilding Company
M. Linn Bruce Named Chief Counsel in New York Graft Committee
M. Linn Bruce appointed chief counsel for New York's Legislative Graft Committee. He assumes duties overseeing investigations into corruption and related legal affairs. Officials expect rigorous oversight and procedural reforms.
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Legislative
New York
Airship near White House flight to honor General
English aviator Claude Grahame-White flew from Bennings race track to Washington covering three miles and landed on Executive Avenue between the White House and the state war and navy building. The trip honored General Allen chief signal officer of the army, and official business in the government building was paused to greet him.
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Claude Grahame-White
Bennings Race Track
Executive Avenue
White House
State, War and Navy
General Allen
Army
Bie
Borrowed Smiles and Jokes Across the Week
A parade of light newspaper quips and quibbles from the era. A life insurance official defines widowhood to a boy. a father explains juries. jokes about weighty brothers and weighing angels. wife and husband banter. a child’s lie cited against George Washington. The items echo social scenes and humor from urban columns.
Giants and Yankees Battle At American League Park Scoreline
At American League Park New York the Giants beat the Yankees 5 to 4 in a game featuring Wiltse Mesers Warhop and Mitchell.
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New York
R. H.B
Giants
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Mesers
Warhop
Mitchell
Two Tissue Paper Witches for Child’s Party Game
Instructions describe making two black paper witches from four 4 inch straws wired to form a square base. They wear a one piece black paper gown and hood, sway with palm leaf fans, and race to a wall touching or striking as broomsticks touch. They may dance on a table if floor is not smooth.
Halloween Origins and Druids Three Festivals
The article traces Halloween to Druids once observing three major festivals on May 1 June 21 and October 31. Fire ceremonies were meant to guard homesteads, with fires lit and extinguished at sacred altars. Christian influence softened the rite into a merrymaking celebration with fairies goblins and witches blamed for mischief.
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Europe
Exhibition Highlights From Washington ROH B All Stars
Athletics event features Morgan and Livingstone, Johnson and Street among top performers at Washington venue with notable line up.
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Roh
Morgan and
Iivingstone
Johnson and Street
Unlucky Day Fells Robbers Kunkle From Ladder
Hartford City Indiana reports Robbers Kunkle fell from a sixteen foot stepladder on October 18th, suffering a spinal injury and paralysis. The item also advertises Perry Davis Painkiller as a cure for sore throat sudden cold cough and other ailments with prices 35c 25c and 50c.
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Indy
Kunkle
Perry Davis
Game of Months for Seven Players Named by Week
A simple parlor game assigns each of seven players a day of the week named Monday through Sunday. The leader tosses a ball to the wall and must have the named catcher with ball in hand within ten counts. If the catcher fails, they lose a turn and the leader calls another player.
Water shutoff letter likens bureau to Russian regime roils citizens
A water customer, cut off for unpaid bills, writes a fiery missive attacking the utility as a crystallized Russian bureaucracy. He warns that continued pressure by collectors could spark a revolutionary backlash and mass civil unrest, promising severe consequences for prosperity.
Happiness and Sorrow There Is Something More Awful
This fragment signals a meditation on contrasting states of joy and grief. It hints at a deeper claim that happiness can conceal a harsher truth than sorrow, inviting reflection on emotional experience and meaning.
Halloween Candle Test Reveals Years to Wait for Love
Twelve candles burn on a table as guests blow them out over three tries. The remaining lit candles supposedly indicate the years a person must wait for a desired spouse. In a second test, candles named for months are blown out after blindfolded selection. a candle that expires predicts fate timing.
Electric Bitters touted as health booster for daily work
The ad praises Electric Bitters as a health builder that purifies blood and tones the body. It cites a testimonial from Wm Shexnman of Casting Ma and notes J S Lemmon of Lemmon's Pharmacy as a seller.
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Shexman
Lemmon
Jerboa the Jumping Rat Description
Jerboa is a small rat from old world countries known for long leaps using hind feet and tail. Forelegs are tiny leading ancient Greeks to call it two footed. Tail long cylindrical tufted at end. It is a neat creature that twists its body while grooming.
Halloween Revels Rise With Wind and Witching Night
The wind stirs the wan wood as October ends and revelers gather to dance, glide, and float on wings and broomsticks. A black cat beside the fire grows wary as Black Tom dons a wondrous guise and joins the Halloween revels of sprites and demons in the skies.
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Himeef
Black Tom
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