Farmers Turn to Science Fueling a New American Aristocracy
A Washington Post excerpt discusses the shift from labor to science in farming, noting farmers use soil prep and machinery while relying on nature for growth. It argues this change creates a leisure class of landowners, potentially fostering a new American aristocracy based on wealth and production rather than labor.
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Piani
Opera
Maine
Carolinas
Nature
Imachinery
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Baron von Sternburg Remembered as Diplomatic Peacemaker
The death of Baron Speck von Sternburg, German ambassador to the United States, is mourned by Americans who valued his appreciation of US affairs and efforts to foster good will. His successor faces a difficult choice, with the German government urged to select a high minded, clear seeing envoy. The piece notes tariff revision debates and a national demand for cheaper living, highlighting how policy shifts could impact the upcoming election.
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Holland
Venezuela
Netherlands
Gelderland
Jacoban Heemskerk
Birmingham
United States
Castros
England
Irance
Italy
Castro
Ts Tanister
de Reus
Ventemuela
Hou En Trouw Society
Amsterdam
Tortesse
Canaletts
Dupuy de Lome
Washington
Lord Sackville West
Ths
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Unite States
Baron von Sternburg
Bidin
Germany
Sternburg
Maine
Speck von Sternburg
Snate
Flouse
Tacit
Intic
Kamplink
Ted
Old Merlo
California
Massachusetts
The Farmer's Work Progress and Farmer Prosperity
The farmer’s work is described as increasingly prosperous with a transformed rural landscape. Farmers adopt modern perks, urban interest grows, and the image shifts from mere survival to wealth and leisure. City observers wonder when the farmer actually works, yet harvests continue and the farmer appears content.
Hand of Destiny and Carleton’s Canadian role
The piece reflects on Sir Guy Carleton's military skill and its impact on Canada during the Revolutionary era. It notes how Carleton’s leadership might have changed British fate, while Washington’s influence shaped the final treaty, and comments on historical views of Canada’s place with the colonies.
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Marquise de Fontenoy
Guy Carleton
Canada
Burgoynes
Gage
Howe
Chnton Cornwallis
Carleton
United States
Washington
Silence and Speech for Presidents in Nineteenth Century
The Indianapolis News contrasts early restraint in presidential campaigning with later bold public speaking. It notes Scott’s defeat partly due to distant remarks like a supposed fire on the rear and a “hasty plate of soup” note. Lincoln avoided public appeals, while Garfield Harrison McKinley and Bryan popularized modern campaigning.
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Indianapoliia News
General Scott
Mexico
Solsier
Polk
Scott
General Scotts
Abraham Lincoln
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
Bryan
Higley Copper Coin Shocks Collectors At New York Sale
A colonial era Higley copper piece sold for 275 pounds in New York, drawing attention amid superior specimens. The crude deer design, crude engravings, and the motto Value Me As You Please marked a notable early American currency, with the obverse showing a deer and crescent, the reverse a broadax. Higley, a Connecticut blacksmith, worked with home made dies around 1737 1788 or 1739 amid early copper mining efforts near Granby.
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New York
Connecticut
Joan Higley
Higley
Granby
Connnedr Oy
Demand for Clean Coin Declares Banks Refuse Tarnished Tokens
Washington dispatch reports New York banks and others refuse worn coins, delaying mint work in Philadelphia. The Treasury faces coin shortages as painters slow in the mint, while demand grows for fresh year coins including small gold pieces. Only limited high relief $20 and scarce $10 and $20 coins circulate.
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Washington Dispatch
New York Tribune
Phiadelphia Mint
Treasury Department
Philadelphia
New York
Denver
More Sense Than the Judge In Old New York Anecdote
An anecdote recalls Chief Justice John Marshall returning from his farm near Richmond Virginia when his wheel snagged on a sapling. A Black man approached and offered help for a dollar, saying 143 wut a dollar to larn come folks sense. The judge paid nothing. the man earned a dollar for teaching sense.
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New York
John Marshall
Richmond
Record Coal Shipment in Monongahela Harbor
Pittsburg Dispatch notes a record coal inventory on the Monongahela River awaiting high water for export to the South. About 15,000,000 bushels are stored in 68 boats and barges, valued near 1,500,000 dollars, with half the fleet already hitched. Rush orders from New Orleans will be filled this week by train. If loaded, the coal would require a 473 mile long train or stretch from Pittsburg to beyond New York eastward or beyond Chicago westward.
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Pittsburg
New Lor Times
Monongahela River
New Orleans
New York
Chicago
Why He Couldn't Tell From is New York Sun
A New York Sun reader notes a Players Club member who enjoys collecting old blue china and hides the source of new finds after trips to England. When pressed, he reveals a cryptic parish name Myhyddysiwyn, describing it as the true name of a parish in Montgomeryshire near Ponty-pog.
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New York Sun
Players Club
England
Montsnouthshire
Pontypogh
Vatican Opens Motors to Public View as Cardinal Del Val Rides Out
Cardinal Merry del Val, papal secretary of state, adopts an automobile, a move breaking Vatican etiquette as Vatican gates admit motor traffic. The shift follows earlier papal resistance and mirrors similar use by foreign clergy. Meanwhile Lord Devon announces a sale of ited lands in County Limerick, including Newcastle West, to tenants to relieve finances. The Courtenay lineage and the long English Devon earldom are traced from medieval times through Cromwell and into the modern era, detailing titles, estates, and notable heirs.
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Pontifical
Rome
Castel Gandolfo
Apollinaris
Lake Bracelano
Devon
Lord Devon
County Limerick
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Lamerick
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Powderham Castle
Exeter
Walreddan Manor
Tavistock
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Lord
Mr Courtenay
House of Lords
Earl of
Earl
England
Howards
Nevilly
Robert
France
Barons of Courtenay
Pars
Hietorian Gibbons Descrbes
Euphrates
Reginald de Courtenay
Elizabeth
Peter
Louis le Gros
Courtenay
Yolande
Balawin
Flanders
Constantinople
Henry II
Devonshire
Castle of
Oakhampton
Hugh de Courtenay
Edward VII
Edward I
Crecy
Order of the Garter
Edward IV
Towtom
Salisbury
Weir
Tewksbur
Catherine Plantagenet
Edward Ivis
Philp
Spain
Mary
Lberty
William Courtenay
Viscount Courtenay
Comrigttt
Dresitwodd Company
Digging for buried treasure follows clairvoyant vision near Lebanon
In Lebanon a clairvoyant Mrs Neilie M Titus claimed to see Indians burying a chest of golf coins at a spot on Peter Freedette’s farm three miles from town. Ten laborers dug from dawn to dusk, uncovering a square 22 feet deep but not yet reaching the treasure. The diggers and locals stay hopeful while Freedette takes a quarter of any found.
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Lebanon
New York American
Peter Freedette
Neilie M Titus
Wiliam James
Harvard
Titus
Hypnotized at a Telephone in Collinsville
Roy Flack a 2 year old in Ziegenhein's furniture store near Collinsville was called to a telephone and seemed dazed. He twitched his hand, sweated, cried for help, and slept on a Davenport after claiming someone had hypnotized him. A voice from Columbia Mo claimed to have hypnotized the child as part of an experiment.
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St Louis Post-Dispatch
Roy Flack
Ziegenhein
Collinsville
St Louis
Fred Ziegenhein
St Lowe
A Ziegenhein
Winsted
New York
Highland Lake
John Hail
Hail Say
Hall
Stolen Sword on Bismarck Statue Triggered Night Chase
A trio seized the sword from the Bismarck statue near Wissahickon mansion after climbing the statue and escaping in a car. Policeman Wilde pursued them though his vehicle broke down, the suspects drove toward Wissahickon Creek, a tire puncture slowed the chase, and the thieves escaped with the great steel sword.
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Ise F
Bismarck
Wissahickon Mansion
Wilde
Hermit Lane
Wissahickon Creek
Fountain of Soap Bubbles at Franco-British Exhibition
A soap bubble fountain in the British hall of textile and chemical industries draws crowds. A double basin supports a sculpted figure while 87 outlets spew bubbles in ever changing colors. An electric motor and air pump drive the system, producing a dazzling, jewel like spectacle day and night.
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Gatlewoud
Rattlesnake as a Diet in the South
The Whitedelphis Inquirer notes a supper where rattlesnake was served, arguing the meat is edible and even esteemed in the South. It describes how the snake should be prepared dried or smoked for best flavor, counters prejudice against snake meat, and urges trying rattlesnake stew as a life-affirming, aristocratic delicacy.
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Whitedelphis Inquirer
Pike County
Fair opens as 13th century custom endures in Houston
From Pall Mall Gazete the article notes Houston’s old fair granted by the lord of the manor in 1257 still echoes past customs. A town crier in uniform proclaims the start with oyez and a gilded glove decor, coins tossed to children, and the glove and pole displayed through the fair’s end.
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Pall Mall
Houston
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A fragmentary editorial voice presents aphorisms on courage self-perception and marriage. It argues true bravery hinges on courage not vanity and notes many men excel as husbands yet lack other skills. It closes with a sharp remark about mistaking a partner in darkness for someone familiar.
Interviews with Capitals Visitors Interview in Washington on Taft and Bryan
The report repeats endorsements and forecasts from several visitors. Senator A. J Hopkins of Winds predicts a Taft win with 100,000 votes in Illinois and a Republican legislature, while Rep. A. Stanley prefers Bryan after Denver. Other voices discuss Missouri and Texas support for Taft, trust questions, and concerns about bank deposit guarantees.
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Washington
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Ulinois
Foss
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Union
Taft
Willard
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Gast
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Missouri
Thomas Hackney
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Roosevelt
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DA Ruffman
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Russia
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America
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Ruffman
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