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Virginia’s New Politics Shift in Virginian Voters
The piece notes growing Republican sentiment in Virginia, challenging long Democratic dominance. It cites Taft’s appeal, President Roosevelt’s influence, and shifting loyalties across cities like Richmond, with Virginians’ evolving attendance at rallies and a drift from traditional party lines toward a new white party in the South.
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This American Star debut noted with praise and hope
The Latimers American Star appears for the first time, praised as vigorous and well nourished with promising public life. Critics hail Baltimore's newspaper launch as an event worthy of celebration akin to major national milestones, stressing a press that serves public interest.
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Rail rate question looms over campaign and business
The piece argues railroads will not raise freight rates now. it questions the 2 cent passenger fare and a 1 cent Virginia rate as potentially unconstitutional. It notes President McCrea's view that current conditions discourage broad rate hikes, though rising costs could force carriers to seek higher rates if income grows.
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Oklahoma and national politics mix with songs and satire
A wide-ranging 1912 era column blends political theater and culture. It rails at railroads for seeking higher rates, praises Gov. Haskell’s singing diplomacy for Bryan, and riffs on literary elections, hotels, and a future powered by new flight technology. The piece laces critique with humor, highlighting campaigns, poets, and inventions shaping public discourse.
Alderman Harman Faces Disturbance Case in Philadelphia
Alderman Joseph Harman was attacked while subduing a belligerent Loucks in Philadelphia. Harman sat on the farmer’s face to quell the disturbance, leaving tooth marks and a tobacco plug in his pocket. Loucks was jailed in default of $300 bail after a hearing.
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Observers Question Boarding House Loyalty in War Time
Reverend George Bailey warns the nation’s integrity falters as boarding houses replace homes. He cites a weak will to strike for boarders and notes Americans in hotels show similar indecision, doubting readiness to defend their own lodging amid wartime pressures.
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Midnight and sleep advice from a medical chatty essay
The piece argues that midnight work and late brain activity harm sleep by overloading brain blood flow. It cites Galen, notes healthier sleep lowers brain blood pressure, and suggests practical remedies such as quiet evenings, light reading, or playing games with a spouse to reduce insomnia.
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Buried Plunder Hunter Snakes Wilson Still At Large
Ex burglar James Sanderson alias John Wilson known as Snakes Wilson roams Lawrence county seeking the hidden jewels worth 25000 buried seven years ago after a spree robbing 30 dwellings in Newenette Pennsylvania. He spent 87 days in a dungeon but escaped and resumed crime, earning a fearsome reputation as the best dressed burglar in the world.
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Fiddle Church Vane at Great Gonerby Church
A large fiddle and bow vane tops Great Gonerby church in Lincolnshire. A peasant who played an old violin near the village emigrated to the West, became rich, and funded the church with a metal replica of his fiddle on the summit under a stipulation that the vane remain as a memorial.
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Water Damage Watchcare From Popular Mechanics
A veteran beach watchmaker offers home advice for water in watches. Do not open until you secure kerosene to submerge and clean the movement, then rinse in kerosene to prevent rust and save expense. Includes unrelated notes on Alphonse and Gaston accidents, church sidewalk funding, and a temperance fundraiser in East Alton Illinois.
Marmier Witty and the Marmier Family in Paris Society
Francis Marquis de Marmier, heir to the Duc de Marmier, is a 46 plus year old soldier and potential husband to the Count and Countess de Gullant’s daughter. The piece recounts old Besancon injuries, theft of papers, and a pattern of assaults on officers tied to secret documents. It also covers a notorious Marmier lawsuit over the Countess de Contades dementia case with doll obsessions, and a settlement naming Anne de Marmier and the Duke as administrators. Finally it notes the Marmier led Opera Comique case, where dukes claimed a perpetual royal box and the government rebuilt the theater to settle the dispute.
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African Marriage Customs and Dowry in West Africa
From the London Standard. West and Southwest African marriage customs show coastal tribes asserting higher status than inland ones. A man marries by a sequence of visits and gifts, including a dowry paid in installments with gin. Polygyny is common. a man may divorce at will, but a woman cannot easily obtain divorce and must return the dowry. The bride’s arrival features a nkanga dance and three months of relative rest before shared labor begins.
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Witchcraft of Luisenos in Rincon Culture Note
A New York Sooping Post piece discusses Luiseno culture from Philip Stedman Sparkman’s work. It covers shamanism and witchcraft beliefs, body-part talismans, image charms, and the medicine men who blend plant remedies with spiritual powers. Sparkman’s notes reflect native beliefs on illness, death, and magical practices.
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Wrecked Ship Lights Town In Guatemala Coast
The Sesostris, a 4000 ton freighter, ran aground near Ocos Guatemala in dense fog last March. Local residents wired the ship to light the town using its dynamo. Underwriters later planned to remove machinery and sell the hull to a railroad company as a coffee warehouse.
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Townsend Begins Odd Cross-Country House Journey
Ira Townsend loads his house on a wagon to travel from his current home to his former Iowa residence twenty miles distant. He plans to cook and sleep inside the house during the trip, believing the journey will provide shelter and safety from local house stealing crowds. A crowd of settlers saw him off and wished him luck on the unusual trek.
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Flagstaffs and Towers Face Lightning Hazard Warning
Boston electrical experts warn against pricing flagstaffs atop tall structures and urge removal to prevent catastrophe. They advocate equipping high smokestacks and chimneys with epiders, a new lightning conductor, to mitigate risk.
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Needle in Neck Surfaces After Ten Week Siege
Miss Maggie Shields, 35, of Philadelphia, felt a needle pierce her hand while washing in June. An abscess swelled her hand and forearm, doctors urged amputation, but the needle later traveled to her neck. Dr. John H. McCreary removed the needle, deeming the case highly unusual in medical history.
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Old fashioned love stories echo in modern digs
A collage of literary and social musings from varied papers laments the decline of old style romance and virtue. It imagines Wilkie Collins or Hugo and Lytton as saviors, critiques urban noise and manners, and notes Governor Hughes as a ceremonial aristocrat in correspondence.
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Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A cheeky column notes social quirks and gender stereotypes. It remarks that most girls prefer red hair, extols the bragging bravado of loud men, mocks millionaire offspring, and jokes about a woman's vivid imagination shaping a unborn child’s marriage.
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Reminiscences of the West and 1901 Train Robbery Tale
James T. Jackson recalls Christmas Eve 1901 train robbery by the Dalton boys near Taral at the Texas Indian Territory boundary. He describes being robbed of $85 after a shotgun and Colt threatened passengers and crew, and notes the era of lawlessness giving way to civility.
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