Cold cash in campaigns and Pittsburg preacher rants
A Washington Post page from March 9 1907 comments on campaign financing and the press on public funds. It critiques corporate contributions to parties noting Republicans benefited from such gifts and argues directors cannot use stockholders money for campaigns. It also rebukes a Milwaukee preacher who slanders Pittsburg and Sodom with broad generalizations about society women.
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Philadelpha Reech
Congress
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Corporation
United States
Cleveland
Herrizon
McKinsey
McKinley
Giacuss
Freaks of Figure Nine and the Gymnastics of Math
A fragment discusses numeral tricks from a 8 Nicholas setting. It asks to write in a row all numerals except percent and to pick one to multiply by 9. The example uses 3 and hints at results involving bold figures and general arithmetic play.
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Nicholas
The 1089 Trick and Its One Exception
A jumbled note discusses a number trick where any three digit number, reversed and subtracted, yields a result whose middle digit is 3. It claims the final result is always 1089, except when the first two digits are the same and the last is in regular order, producing 99, then returning to 1059 after further steps.
Curious Nine Trick and News From Winsted
A Chicago style nine trick is described using reversal subtraction and digit rubbing to always yield the missing number to make nine. The piece then shifts to dispatches from Winsted Connecticut including a sleigh accident involving a dog aiding its owner, a fire at the Helen Whitney House in West Sheffield, and a fifty two year reunion of sisters Jessie Mundry and Clara Van Horn with family history details.
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New York Herald
Torsington
Wiliam Martinez
Helen
Whitney
West
Sheffield
Miss
Charles Connell
Berkshire Hills Company
Connell
New York
Timon
Jessie Mundry
Robertaville
Clara van Horn
Williamstown
Mess
Mundry
Jessie
Clara
Cannan
Neitther
Albert Sage
Massachusetts
van Horn
John Dee and the Doe name change pursuit
A man nicknamed Dee sought a name change arguing the surname Doe ruins his business and public image. He claimed others associate him with the joke of the family name, noting the Doe label hampers his need to avoid poverty and maintain respect in society.
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Doe
Davila
Fragmented Chicago notes reveal stray aphorisms
The fragmentary Chicago News text presents stray maxims on success politeness and memory. It jokes that men rarely admit trouble and that friends often influence fortune. A bemused voice hints at social advice through clipped temple phrases.
Scions of Royalty Wise at Early Age
Bulgaria's Parliament votes 200000 for a palace in Sophia for the young crown prince as he nears his teens. The piece reviews royal upbringing, succession, and whether monarchs may or must restrain powers, citing Alfonso, Edward, and Bulgaria's future regent.
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Bulgaria
Sophia
Ferdinand
Gatpoltes
Russia
Pope
Joseph
Aince I
King of
Pain
Isabella II
Alexander
Servig
Belgrade
Regenta
Alfonac
Alfonso
Borie
Prussia
Great Britain
Belgium
Scandinavia
Wdawerd
Wales
Royal Naval College
Osborne
Albert
Prince of Wales
London
Midland
York Cottage
Sandringham
Bucks
Berks
Herts
Edward
of Lords
Hdward IV
Duke of Bedford
Howard VII
Hari Ferrers
Europe
Ladies by the Load at Stittville Firm Contest
A Stittville firm offered prizes for the largest loads of ladies brought to the store before Saturday night. George Bifll arrived with thirty-one ladies on Thursday, Thomas Cathcart with forty-eight on Friday, and Otto Boyd won first prize Saturday by unloading seventy-one ladies from a tandem sleigh in front of hundreds of onlookers.
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Ottaws Winten
George Bifll
Thomas Cathcart
Otto Boyd
Huntley
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A humorous observation on farming life and bachelor habits. The piece contrasts farming as a livelihood with social companionship, noting that too much vanity can provoke the sharpest rebukes. It reflects on manners, youth, and how people are perceived when they claim good company.
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New York
Stephen Phillips Accuses Papers Over Haunted House Tale
The New York Times reports poet Stephen Phillips sued papers after claiming his Egham country house was haunted in 1903. He described noises and an uncanny little man seen by his daughter, with a door opening by itself and staff fleeing. others dispute details amid a damages action.
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New York Press
Cleveland
Post-Bellum Times
Ryan
Andrew Hamilton
Big Three
Grover Cleveland
United States
Stephen Phillips
London Cable
New York Times
Stephen Phillins
Egham
Thera
Yang
Mr. Phillips
Miss Phillips
Phillips
F ‘Ie
Talk happiness and faith to ease the weary world
A fragmented speech urges choosing happiness, faith, and health over perpetual grief. It argues that sharing hopeful thoughts can soothe a world worn by woe and illness, encouraging confident, life-affirming words and belief to become real.
Bull Fills a Matador in Mexican Ring Death
Antonio Montes, a famed matador, died after a bull tossed him against the ring fence. The bullfight ended with Montes’ body cremated following a fire caused by a candle in the chapel. A large crowd gathered outside the Spanish cemetery chapel as debate grows over permanent closing of bull rings amid shifting public interest.
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Mexico
Antonio Montes
Spain
Narrow Escape Tale and Shocking Kitchen Jokes
A Chicago social circle recounts a humorous tale about a wife reading headlines while biscuits bake, ending with the cow found in a forty acre lot. The gag hinges on the Thaw trial and a startled dinner party in a library.
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Chicago
Ferguson
English Wedding Ring and the 21 Karat Tradition
A man buying a wedding ring reveals that English wives expect a 21 karat ring. The clerk notes the 18 karat ring is unsatisfactory in England and France where brides would refuse marriage with anything less. The exchange highlights regional wedding customs and standards for rings.
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Hus
England
France
Fewer Britons Wed Declining Marriage Rates in England
London report notes marriages, births, and deaths in England and Wales have fallen over 35 years. Marriage rate down 22 percent with rising ages. literacy high in London but due to foreign residents. Births total 929,293. death rate at 520,081, infant deaths at 128 per 1000. improvements blamed on sanitation though climate also a factor. Disease trends include drops in influenza deaths and rising cancer cases, while dog import rules end hydrophobia risk.
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London
Chiorge News
England
Wales
ING
England and Wales
New South Wales
Royal Commission
Wiven
Europe
France
Great Britain
Remembering the Maine Observance at Havana Harbor
The ninth anniversary of the Maine explosion was marked by the American Club with flowers and a half mast flag on the wreck's turret. American tourists and residents watched as launches ferried people to the ruins near Machina wharf while Kodackera films captured the tribute to the fallen sailors.
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Havana Harbor
American Club
Machina Wharf
Kodackera
Bulldog Attacks Its Image in Mirror
Ernest Bennings of Rutherford New Jersey owns a bulldog noted for combativeness. While passing a house being vacated the dog attacked its reflection in a heavy glass mirror, smashed it with force, and injured its head. A nearby bulldog bit a girl’s pet before Bennings could intervene.
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Ernest Bennings
Rutherford
Bennings
Washington Life and Cabinet Meals Spark Beveridge Critique
A Houston Post reprint notes Senator Beveridge lamenting Washington life tied to fortunes of millions while Secretary Cortelyou defends the capital’s economics. It contrasts high finance with a noon meal routine, joking that cabinet promotion grants cream at lunch. Ends with a cheerful verse urging sunshine and laughter.
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Washington
New York
Beveridge
Cortelyou
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Wall Street
Secretary of the Treasury
Politically Charged Russian Douma Looms Over Reforms
In hotel lobbies, New Yorkers discuss the Russian Douma as a reform-driven force. Kelsog Durland notes the Douma’s radical tilt, potential government capitulation, and the chance of dissolution. Other conversations cover Idaho prospects, West Virginia coal wealth, and wireless music tests in New York.
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Kelsog Durland
New York
Russia
Durland
New
Willard
Ioasa 5O
Mma
Feodor Golovin
Left
iLeft
Golovin
Svereame
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