WOPCo Note on Public School Religion and New York Stay
The piece argues against government involvement in religious instruction in public schools while urging moral education and lawfulness. It notes that cities like New York attract country jobseekers, warns against leaving rural homes, and suggests waiting for autumn when employment opportunities surge again as early as next season. It also discusses Vice Presidency history, Secretary Taft, and American merchant marine concerns.
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Woral
United States
Prince
Tongland
Atetea
Lns
Shim
Gang
Buddha
Banafield
Whiteliow
Reid
New York
Lester
Tikka
Posike
Sinas
Landreas
Prohibition Threat Seen in Democratic Presidential Race
The Leslie’s Weekly analysis warns that the prohibition movement, led by Oklahoma Governor Haskell, endangers Bryan’s Democ ratic bid. It notes dry states across the South and anti Bryan sentiment in the North and West, suggesting a conservative, balanced candidate like Gray to hold Northern and Western states and counter prohibition gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Gov Johnson
Denver
M. N. Goss
St. Paul
Minn
Raleigh
Minnesota
Johnson
Taft
Boston
Jordan road to travel in old Atlanta poem and era notes
A jumble of verse and clippings traces the hard road metaphor for Jordan and a mix of notices from the era. It relays political commentary on trusts and politicians, a 1907 lynching record, and social quips about milk, royalty, and public life, ending with travel notes on German trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Jordan
Pointed Paragraphe From Chicago News Quirk Unclear
Fragmented OCR text cites Chicago News with jumbled phrasing about lending trouble to Alou and poverty driving actions. Notes on wisdom, school needs, and entertaining a woman, but details are garbled and names unspecified.
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Chicago News
Alou
Ibbetson Baronetcy Claim Highlights Crown Limits
The London Times and other English papers report George Broun Ibbetson’s claim to a baronetcy, urging that honors pass only to male descendants and outlining the historic Ibbetson line. The piece notes the absence of a current court to adjudicate baronetcy claims and discusses revived procedures once handled by the Earl Marshal.
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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 a belief among vegetarians that fruits hold strong medicinal value. Grapes are cited as a remedy for anemia and nervous conditions, apples as a blood purifier, currant leaves for gout, and black currant jelly for throat infections. Pineapples, strawberries, mulberry juice, elderberries, and lemon juice are linked to various illnesses.
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London
Switzerland
Cheating at Bridge at Charity Party Sparks Scandal
In a Brooklyn Eagle report, two women at a charity bridge game were accused of cheating with a prearranged signals scheme. A confrontation erupted as accusations of tapping signals and inconspicuous bets surfaced, leading to one pair leaving the room with unresolved winnings and widespread discussion among high‑profile players.
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Thug Chambers
Brooklyn Eagle
Manhattan
Renunciation
What Chased Old Erastus Fort Jervis Mystery Beast
Fort Jervis Dispatch to the New York World reports an elderly man Erastus Warfield aged about seventy five aided by a neighbor as he fled a pursuing animal after leaving his shack to fetch medicine for a sick mule. He ran three miles in darkness believing a large beast tracked him, similar to a boar previously shot nearby.
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Czarowitch
Stephen
Aother
Nicholas
Alexis
Edward
United States District Court
New York
Oscar Reid
Regro
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Brownsville
England
Lieut. Woods
Lerpek Regiment
Grenadier Guards
Jent. Woods
Court of Inquiry
Marquise DE Fontenot
Brentwood Company
Fort Jervis
New York World
Erastus Warfield
Erastus
London Chronicle
Wellington
New Zealand
Orm
Bronk Zoo
Sydney
Melbourne
Go Tang
Butte
Mont
Pythagoras
Winter Delight In A Nashville Auto Party
A nostalgic verse from the Nashville American evokes a red fast auto, sleigh rides, and a keen sense of winter romance as a lone couple share the music of bells beneath crisp air. The poem contrasts merriment with intimate, cozy moments on a winter outing. Then a Chicago Inter Ocean note and an Ohio dispatch recount a quirky financial problem solved by bartering ax and hammer handles, involving John Mitchell in Hast Springfield and a shopkeeper, illustrating a slice of turn of the century commerce.
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Nashville American
Vonneaut
Ohio
Chicago
Inter Ocean
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Springfield
Here
Toola
New Zealand's Windy City and a London penny shortage
The piece notes currency strains from New Zealand to London. It highlights American gold payments, London copper scarcity, and bank cashier resistance to large penny withdrawals, portraying a cash crunch affecting everyday transactions.
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London Mail
America
London
Roosevelt
Congress
New York
Reflections of a Bachelor Humorous Fragments From London Chronicle
A collage of quirky observations and antiquated curiosities from the London Chronicle. It highlights windy Wellington and absurd anecdotes about a toad regaining sight, a Butte mine creature, and light social maxims about marriage and courtship.
A Century of Progress in America Over 100 Years
A New York World essay contrasts 1808 America with 1908, noting vast gains in health, industry, and national power. It recalls embargoes, war threats, and frontier life, then celebrates a nation now 95 million strong with enormous growth in foreign trade and a peaceful, strong union ready to project power.
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America
New York World
South
Panica
Congress
Chesapeake
Aaron Burr
Republic
Mississippi
Pacific
Laughterland theme song and Cromwell body tale mix
Laughterland verse celebrates happiness and optimism for children and grownups seeking joy. The article shifts to legend about Oliver Cromwell with rival accounts of his burial or removal of his body from the abbey and the fate of his head, eventually linked to a Tyburn gallows display and the Fauconbergs.
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Cromwell
Naseby Field
Mary
Fauconberg
Newburgh
Yorkshire
Tyburn
Ireton
Bradshaw
Westminster Hall
Horace Wilkinson
Sevenoaks
Fauconbergs
Washington Encounters with Col W H Parker and Dakota politics
Col W H Parker of South Dakota, longtime Congressman, recalls Civil War service and a perilous solo ride to relay orders to Early’s forces near Poolesville. Capt. Seth Bullock discusses South Dakota politics, Warren taft prospects, and state races with Crawford and Kittredge while touring Washington.
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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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Washington Post
Ffice
Ansylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Washington Post Co
Washington, c
Washington, D. C
Offic
Flatiron
Paul
Hartford Building
HUSH
Casalus M. Clay
Kentucky
Thomas Jefferson
George Clinton
John
C. Calhoun
John C. Brecknridge
Thomva
Webster
Daniel Webster
John Tyter
Millard Fillmore
Tafiys
Cao
McKinley
Knox
Foraker
Cannon
Elijah
Hughes
Refae
Philander Co. Knox
Mr. Roosevelt
Senator Knox
Cortelyou
Hej
Walter C. Hamm
Hull
Groga
Buenos Aes
Beef Trust
Nebraska
Syracuse Herald
Hoboken
Pennsylvania
Andrew Carnegie
Bryan Ant Prohibition
Jordan Road
Senator Davis
Boston Transcript
I×
Louisiana
Florida
North Carolina
London Paper
M. Metchnikoff
Bob Evans
Bis
W. J. Bryan
W. J.bryan
Hall Caine
Preas
Booth Tarkington
Earth
Duke of Portland
Haul
Undertakers’ Journal
Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
Benedict Arnold
New York Press
Bendict Arnold
Arnold
Virginia
Weill
Quebec
John J. Kenney
Germantown
Barliner Taggblatt
Dover
Wea
Eta
Rena Prrrachive
Old Erastus
Windy City
Birmingham Age
Laughterland
Tia
Oliver Cromwell
Philadelphia Bulletin
Lewepa
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