JAPAN'S HEAVY BURDEN AND DEBT WARNINGS
The piece cites Representative Denby's view that Japan faces a heavy debt, rising taxes, and a draining budget. It notes per capita debt, upcoming deficits, and calls for tax increases while warning that living costs rise. It mentions Tokyo revenues falling, naval build-up pressure, and potential strain on US relations amid broader Asian tensions.
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Denby
Michi
Sam
Massachusetts
Dalty Bunday
Myr
Ching
United States
Tokyo
House of Peers
Europe
America
China
Carrier
Washington
Alexandria
The Town Drunkard and Marriages for Fun
A historical column condemns the Byrd liquor law in Virginia as driving habitual drinkers from taverns and onto emigration or work, describing the town drunkard as an endangered relic. It then critiques marriages “for fun” and notes cases of couples wed for amusement, later seeking divorces amid legal entanglements.
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Virginia
Gov Swanson
Joy Tavern
Virgina
Bess
Prohibition
Coney Is
North Carolina
Gee
Curing a Toothache by a Texas Cowboy on the New Mexico Range
A New Mexico Judge Booth suffers a severe toothache on the Bell ranch. A neighboring cowboy offers a drastic remedy and provokes a tense standoff before deciding to “shoot” the tooth out with humor and risk. The tale ends with the judge declaring relief and a strange triumph.
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New Mexico
Dover
Judge Booth
Bell Ranch
Hed River
Jedge
Pategonia
Sedge
Early Legends On Coins Through The Ages
The article traces religious inscriptions on coins from Hebrew and Roman times to modern America. It notes English monarchs stamped “by the grace of God,” French coins bore Latin invocations, and New England’s early tokens carried “God preserve New England.” It highlights that U.S. coinage first used “In God We Trust” from 1864, with Mormon issues in 1849 using “Holiness to the Lord.”
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Japan
Bester
Hetty Green
Boston Globe
Rome
Iig
James VI
Scotland
New England
New World
Broken Teeth at Weddings In New York Sun
A New York Sun report notes dentists in the East Side say wedding cake often harms guests teeth. They observe broken teeth arise from gritty cake elements despite petitions to bakers to remove such ingredients.
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New York Sun
Big East Side
A New Enemy: warning on a hazardous compound named Jake
A fragmentary notice warns Meridian police about a dangerous illicit mixture called Jake described as one part alecho one part ginger extract and two parts hell. It is linked to whisky thirst and cocaine use and is said to be deadly to those unaware of its effects.
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Varias
West Virginia
West Vireda
Near Est
Lves
Averbuch
Shippy
Jake
Meridian Police Department
Meltin Dalbert
New York
W J Bryan
Oklahoma
Harvey Johnson
Boulder
Ebbitt House
South Dakota
Wyoming
Brean Bs
Nebraskan
Johnson
School for Dogs in Parla Teaches Polite Welcoming
A Parla school trains dogs to greet visitors by jumping up wagging tails and bowing. The animals accompany guests to the door and bid farewell with a bow. They learn to pick up dropped items like handkerchiefs gloves or fans and return them to owners.
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Parla
Cow powered dynamo meter patent shocks readers
A Stroud area farmer patents an electric meter strapped to a cow to power a dynamo. The device triggers an alarm when the cow moves and uses a milk stool mechanism to control the milk harvest. The excerpt also includes jumbled, offensive racial and gender remarks from another source.
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Lincoln County
Stroud
Route 1
Countess Bug King Names Her Title for Prince Schoenburg
The King of Saxony grants the extraordinary title Countess Bug to Francesca von Maison von Lobenstein, wife of Prince Victor Frederick of Schoenburg, in a morganatic match tied to Bamberg. Children will bear minor baronial rank, and the union is noted amid dynastic complexities and prior royal dramas.
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Saxony
Victor Frederick of
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Francesca von Maison von Lobenstein
Countess
Alice of Bourbon
Pius X
Venice
Iscardhal
Dresden
Giron
Toselli
Lina del Irete
Supreme Court of
Vatican
Prince Frederick
Don Carlos
Rome
Naples
Haunted Red Palace Drives Out French Ambassador from Constantinople
Paris cable reports French diplomat M Constans, longtime ambassador to Constantinople, believes a ghost haunts the Red Palace where he summers. He cites mysterious noises, a bed tilting, a fall down stairs, and an attack on the ambassadress. Four embassy staff have died recently in suspected incidents.
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Paris
New York
M Constans
France
Constantinople
Foreign Office
Turkey
Ypsolanti
M Conetans
Figo
Pierre
Japanese Wedding Ring Weds Hal I Erminte Rives
Mrs Post Wheeler adopts an Oriental wedding ring in place of a British style band. The American Legation secretary, known as Hal le Erminte Rives, married in Japan with an Episcopal ceremony. The ring features a wide head, intricate chased work, and Japanese characters reading My beloved.
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New York Sun
Post Wheeler
United States
Halle Erminte Rives
Japan
Post Wheelsy
Legation
Southern Republican votes and postmaster power in 1908
Analysis shows Southern states distribute delegates to the Republican national convention via a postmaster rich system. Mississippi, Georgia, Texas, and South Carolina had far more postmasters than votes for Republican Congress candidates, suggesting patronage influences Taft’s delegate strength. The piece also cites a humorous Puck column about social chatter and bridge, indicating contrasting tonal shifts.
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New York
Mora
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Taft
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Chicago
Georgia
Texas
South Carolina
New England
Princess Marie Obrenovitch's Body Unearthed In Romanian Tombs
Remains of Princess Marie Obrenovitch, famed in mid 19th century Europe for her beauty, were found remarkably well preserved during tomb shifts near the church of St Spiridon in Tagsy Roumania. Her marriage to Prince Milosh Obrenovitch sparked dynastic upheavals and international intrigue, with her son Milan later becoming King of Serbia.
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Bojer House of
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Carmen Sylva
Roumana
Marie Catargi
Milosh Obrenovitch
Milan
Servia
Bucharest
Roumania
Prine Alexander John Conza
Princesa Marie Obrenovitch
Demetrius
Bostonian Appreciation and Mountain Tale Echoes
A fragmentary nineteenth century style reminiscence notes Dr David Starr Jordan recalling John Muir leading a Bostonian party into Yosemite’s mountains to reveal the vast valley. The tale pauses amid devious paths and a comic line about crossing a gap before shifting to a courthouse mishap and a probate office quest.
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Mramie
David Starr Jordan
Brooklyn
John Mir
Yosemite Valley
Mir
Muir
Siding Places of Diamonds and Dynastic Ruin in Roumania
Fragmented excerpts recount romance and scandal surrounding Marie Obrenovitch, Couza, and Roumanian aristocracy. The piece links royal dissension, abdication pressures in Bucharest and Belgrade, exile of Couza near Vienna, and a broader portrait of aristocratic intrigue, wealth, and honor in late 18th to 19th century Europe.
Air driven turkey plucking machine eyed in England
A journal from England reports a poultry plucking method using electrically driven air currents. Turkeys on farms in Norfolk are plucked by spinning birds while winds strip their feathers, a practice said to reduce handling. Each turkey costs 18 cents to pluck by air.
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Nanitime News
England
Norfolk
Reflections of a Bachelor and Weather Oddities
A collage of humor and verse notes from the era. It references the New York press and Richmond Times items about school, reform, weather, and fortunes tied to chilly days. The tone mixes whimsy with public discourse and playful lines.
Odd Portents And Signs From The Baltimore Sun
A Baltimore Sun item surveys folk beliefs among Southern colored people about weather signs and luck. It lists superstitions such as a sneezing cat predicting rain, cow movements signaling snow, dogs eating grass or digging foretelling bad weather, figs seeing the wind, money in a man's shoe predicting winnings, and the logust tree linked to lightning and misfortune. It also notes shoe fairs and new shoe mishaps predicting trouble or death, and warns against burning lightning-struck wood.
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Baltimore Sun
South
Judas
Views of Visitors in Washington on Philippine tariff
The Far Eastern Review publisher George Bronson Rea warns Congress to modify the Philippine tariff on sugar or face trouble in Manila. He calls Taft the Filipinos’ sole champion in Washington and argues beet sugar interests block adjustments that could aid the islands, urging a duty free or limited sugar import regime while noting broader regional tensions and political dynamics in the United States.
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Taft
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Rea
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Sager
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