Roosevelt Heads to Saratoga For G O P Direct Primaries Showdown
Oyster Bay Sept 26 Roosevelt departs for Saratoga amid factional strife in the Republican ranks. He denies plans to compromise the direct primaries plank and vows to back a progressive ticket, aiming to unseat Sherman as temporary chairman and deliver a keynote. He expects continued fights but believes progressives will prevail.
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Oyster Bay
Saratoga
Roosevelt
Bigs
New York
Upstate
Mr. Roosevelt
Ananias Club
Guy
Hughes
Taft
Sherman
New Plow Champion Emerges At Big Rock Farm Match
William Fairweather, once world champion, loses the title to Maurice Williams of Big Rock at the sixteenth Big Rock plowing event held on Bert Fountain farm near Big Rock Illinois. Three thousand spectators endure rain as Williams wins the sweepstakes with Willado Thomas second and Fairweather third. George Sanders wins open field and Lester Minard seconds. Justine Kayser tops the 1 1 2 year old class. William Hippo takes the 16 year old boys contest with Ben Edwards placing second.
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Aurora
Ill
William Fairweather
Maurice Williams
Big Rock
Fairweather
Cyrus Stark
Bert Fountain
Illinois
Williams
Willado Thomas
Wheatland
George Sanders
Lester Minard
Justine Kayser
William Hippo
Ben Edwards
100 Year Old Eleazer Fisher Celebrates Century Birthday
Eleazer Fisher of Sandwich Illinois turns 100 today after living in Illinois fifty years and voting since 1832. He remains in good health and works daily on his land attributing longevity to total abstinence from tobacco and intoxicants.
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Sandwich
Hil
Eleazer Fisher
Deceitful Prank Ends in Unintended Lesson at Office
A fresh young stenographer fends off a comic prank by a Wig who boasts of a funny story. After the joke, she asks for the mate to the Noah’s Ark punchline, revealing a wry twist in the office humor.
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Mr. X
Noah
Ark
Loss of Youth and the Vanishing of Sweetness
A reflective verse fragment by Richard H. Stoddard laments that youth and its dream depart, leaving an ache that never fades. The speaker notes gains through adulthood but mourns a vanished beauty felt in every place, now gone and unattainable.
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Richard H. Stoddard
Judge Pennypacker Refuses Five Dollar Loan In Court
The scene recounts Judge Pennypacker being asked by his brother Harry for a $5 loan during a court session. The judge, sans smile, directs the request be written and presented to the court, then reads and refuses the application as improper.
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Pennypacker
Harry
What the Sandwich Was For
A student tells a professor a riddle about London on a foggy day and a haw sandwich. The exchange ends with a pun about the sandwich being what you bite on. The humor hinges on the miss and mist motif and a playful student–teacher interaction.
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London
Remark on Fame Sparks Lambs Club Dialogue
A prominent actor recalls a Lambs club anecdote about a New England poet and a Scot arguing fame. The Scot dismisses notoriety while the poet defends the itch for notoriety, and the actor ends the exchange with a sharp rebuke to stop the quarrel.
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The
Lambs Club
New England
Heroic Courtesy and a French Noble’s Deceptive Toast
A French writer notes heroic courtesy in a tale where Percy, Lord Beverly, feigns hospitality to a Marquis of the Condé army. The host sends a 100 year old wine and bids the guest drink to the health of the king. The Marquis accepts, only to discover the wine is castor oil after the host drinks.
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Percy
Beverly
Conde
Warquis
Lord Beverly
Frith Finds Own Portrait Hidden in London Shop
The artist William Frith discovers a self portrait painted by himself forty five years earlier in a Great Portland Street shop. A shopkeeper explains the painter is deceased and that the work is valuable. Frith buys the canvas after a surprised inspection and recollection fades.
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Hero
Frith
London
Great Portland Street
High roller business tycoon mocks chandelier plea
A prominent New York businessman nicknamed a high roller recalls a chandelier falling at his home. A friend explains the incident and his wife replies she thought he was delayed on business and quietly moving upstairs at dawn.
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New York
George Ham Bets On A London Times Figure
The Canadian Pacific railroad host George Ham courts English journalists during visits to Canada. He predicts a London Times dignitary will call him George and win a dinner bet. By nine thirty the man greets him by name and has his arm around his neck calling him Georgie.
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George Ham
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Canada
Ham
Quebec
London Times
George
Jose
Georgie
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Regimental Flag Restored by Wife After War Return
A general returns from battle and shows his family a regimental flag ruined by bullets he captured. The next morning the flag is to be presented to the Commander in Chief. His wife, who spent the night mending it, proudly presents the repaired banner and says it now looks almost as good as new.
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James
Bright Cheerfulness Demands Self Management
A brief reflection on maintaining happiness through deliberate self discipline and emotional regulation. The author implies happiness is an art requiring effort and mindful conduct.
A Chemistry Professor Quiz Ends With Spiritual Consolation
A medical college chemistry professor asks how to treat a patient who swallowed oxalic acid. Silence falls on the class until the youngest student suggests spiritual consolation as a response.
Uncle Walt the Poet Philosopher on Cruel Times
The piece, attributed to Walt Mason and dated 1910, rails at Guggenheim financiers and political indifference while depicting a penniless widow with many hungry children. It contrasts public concern for capital and forests with personal acts of charity on a city block.
Poland Ghina Hogs For Sale
Pure bred pigs for sale. sows and boars from March and April litters. Sired by Keota Chief and Lonefellow with Jonetson Chief on registry. Hogs described as big boned and smooth, a solid farmer’s herd. Six years of satisfied customers. Breeder Longfellow two years old is also offered.
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Farrow
Keota
Lonefellow
Jonetson
Longfellow
Van Kleeck Event Near West Chester
G. B. Van Kleeck is noted five miles west of West Chester in a brief local item.
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West Chester
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Erie
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Cook & Sherman's Drug Store
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