Widespread Debate on Public School Religious Teaching
The Washington Post discusses maintaining strict separation of church and state in U S public schools. It argues government must remain aloof from religious instruction while promoting morals, health, and citizenship through secular education and civic training. It cites views from leaders and observers across the country and notes shifting opinions on religious influence in schooling.
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Woral
United States
Prince
Tongland
Atetea
Lns
Shim
Gang
Buddha
Banafield
Whiteliow
Reid
New York
Lester
Tikka
Posike
Prohibition Threatens Bryan at Democratic Convention
The movement to back prohibition for the 1908 presidential race challenges William J. Bryan within the Democratic Party. Oklahoma Governor Haskell as a prohibition advocate could attract Southern Democrats, while Bryan’s strength remains strongest in the South. A conservative nominee like Gray of Delaware might harmonize North and West to offset potential prohibition defections.
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Leslie
Gov
Haskell
Oklahoma
William J. Bryan
Maine
Kansas
North Dakota
Georgia
Alabama
Tiw Bouth
United States
Bryan
Rocky Mountain
Roosevelt
Prohibition
Ryne
Canyasa
Frantz
South
Cansass
Gray
Delaware
Boston Transcript
Hughes
I×
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida
North Carolina
Jordan Road Hard Road to Travel in Atlanta Sun
A fragmented feature links the song Jordan is a hard road to travel with drought and water scarcity across the South. The piece references senators, trusts, and political disappointment, and touches on lynching statistics for 1907 across Southern states, plus cultural notes on figures like Metchnikoff and public figures in Britain and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Jordan
Pointed Paragraphe From the Chicago News
A fragment from the Chicago News discusses borrowing trouble and Alou, noting selfishness and denial. It mentions poverty forcing simple acts, and ponders what is needed in schools to turn around provisions, claim of time wasted, and entertaining a woman by feeding her. text is garbled and partly nonsensical.
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Chicago News
Alou
Ibbetson Baronetcy Claims Stir Royal Titled Dispute
The London Times and other papers publish George Broun Ibbetson claiming the baronetcy tied to Henry Ibbetson of Leeds granted in 1748 by King George II. The note argues such claims expose Crown limits, outlines remainder rules, and notes the extinction of Sir Henry Ibbetson’s line with the 1892 creation of Lord Rookwood and its inheritance. It also mentions revived Earl Marshal court ideas to adjudicate baronetcies amid historical quirks.
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George Broun Ibbergen
London Times
Henry Ibbetson
Leeds
York
George II
England
Baronet
Birt
Henry Tbbetson
Yorkshire
Hon
George Hroun
Bbetson
Henry John Ibbetson
Lord Rook
Woody
Sussex
Asender
Treasury
John Selwyn Calverley
Ibbetson
Sibyl Disraeli
Ralph Disraeli
Lord
Beaconsfield
Coningsby Disraeli
Hughenden
George Broun Ibbetson
Lord Rookwood
Committee of
House of Lords
Earl Marshal's Court
Duke of Norfolk
the College of Arms
Law of Arms
Medicinal Value of Fruits From London Answers
The article notes widespread belief in fruits as medicine among vegetarians. Grapes are cited for anemia and nerve issues, apples as blood purifiers and aids against intoxicants, currant leaves and jelly for gout and throat pain, pineapple for diphtheria, strawberries for rheumatism, mulberry juice for fevers, elderberries for chills, and lemon juice for colds and internal complaints.
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London
Switzerland
Cheating at Bridge at Charity Party Sparks Outcry
The Brooklyn Eagle reports a bridge scandal at a charity party where two women allegedly used prearranged signals to cheat. A confrontation arose when one player accused the others of deliberate trickery, prompting resignations and public denouncements amid a spill of incriminating phrases observed by attendees.
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Thug Chambers
Brooklyn Eagle
Manhattan
Renunciation
What Chased Old Erastus Near Fort Jervis Night Run
Fort Jervis Dispatch to the New York World tells of Erastus Warfield, a 75 year old man with rheumatism, chased three miles by a mysterious beast. He fled from his shack to a neighbor’s home to fetch medicine for his sick mule, the creature closing in as he ran.
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Walter C. Hamm
Hull
England
Groga
Buenos Aes
Boston
Beef Trust
Nebraska
Congress
Benedict Arnold
New York Press
Bendict
Arnold
Virginia
Weill
Quebec
John J. Kenney
Germantown
Czarowitch
Stephen
Aother
Nicholas
Alexis
Fort Jervis
New York World
Erastus Warfield
Erastus
London Chronicle
Wellington
New Zealand
New York
Bronk Zoo
Inna
Butte
Mont
Pythagoras
Winter Pleasure Lanes And Axe Handles In Trade
A Nashville American verse on winter travel contrasts a red fast auto with a sleigh and a single girl, while a separate tale from Vonneaut Ohio Inter Ocean describes John Mitchell in Hast Springfield trading axes for wages. He exchanges 3½ ax handles for $4.002 and receives 23 hammer handles as change worth $5.45, illustrating a quirky high finance barter.
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Nashville American
Vonneaut
Ohio
Chicago
Inter Ocean
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Springfield
Here
Toola
New Zealand's Windy City and Britain's penny shortage
English pennies are scarce as London and New York banks face currency strain. American problems draw attention much like London cash shortages. Depositors struggle for small change while gold and copper reserves divide, prompting stern refusals from bank brass.
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London Mail
America
London
Roosevelt
Congress
New York
Reflections of a Bachelor in Modern Gossip
A collage of travel quips and odd anecdotes from Wellington to Butte. The piece weaves windstorm humor, a misfired tale of a toad in a mine, and satire on courtship and family life with sharp, nameless observations and playful moralized vignettes.
A Century of Progress From the New York World
A Century of Progress compares America in 1808 to 1908, noting vast changes in technology, sanitation, and prosperity. It recalls embargoes, the Chesapeake incident, Burr’s treason acquittal, westward expansion, and the leap to a nation of about 95 million with strong global standing.
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America
New York World
South
Panica
Congress
Chesapeake
Aaron Burr
Republic
Mississippi
Pacific
Laughterland verses begin Birmingham Age Herald item
A collage of verse promotes Laughterland with lines about happiness and smiling faces, suggesting a sunny region where troubles fade. The piece mentions optimistic travelers and children, ending with a whimsical note on the concept of joy.
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Birmingham Age
Laughterland
Tia
Visitors at the Capital Share Washington Memoirs
Col W H Parker Republican from South Dakota recalls his early life in Washington and a Civil War ride delivering orders to Early’s forces. Capt Seth Bullock and Gov Crawford figures dominate talks of South Dakota politics and Roosevelts influence. Discussions touch on Taft, Johnson, and the Denver convention amid a lively Washington visit mix.
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W. H. Parker
Iste
South Dakota
Hood
Washington
Danville
West Point
Col. Parker
Ebbitt House
White House
Jubal Early
Hirbitt
Gen. C
Early
Angur
Poolesville
Congress
Col Parker
United States
Guy Crawford
Seth Bullock
Shoreham
Bullock
Kermit
Jack Hurd
Capt. Bullock
Civil Service
Missouri
Elkhorn
Rod
Crawford
Kittredge
House
Hall
Republican Party
Kitpeach
West
Mr .Taft
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Casalus M. Clay
Kentucky
Thomas Jefferson
George Clinton
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Webster
Daniel Webster
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Orta
Syracuse Herald
Hoboken
Pennsylvania
Andrew Carnegie
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Jordan Road
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London Paper
M. Metchnikoff
Bob Evans
Edward
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W. J. Bryan
W. J.bryan
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Earth
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Undertakers’ Journal
Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
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Dover
Wea
United States District Court
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Regro
Twenty-fifth Regiment
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Lieut. Woods
Lerpek Regiment
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Court of Inquiry
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Brentwood Company
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Rapa
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Naseby Field
Mary
Fauconberg
Newburgh
Tyburn
Ireton
Bradshaw
Westminster Hall
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Denver
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Minn
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Minnesota
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Philadelphia Bulletin
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