Washington Post 1009 New York parade flags courage in peace
Long dispatch on the Hudson Fulton celebration notes 26000 troops from seven nations, bluejackets and U.S. soldiers, 2 million spectators. It lauds New York for order and hospitality while urging Congress to fund the Metropolitan Police and modernize the force. Also discusses European tensions and Mr Jeffries payroll comparisons.
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Sarit
New York
Deny Smtr
Zoorine
New Tally
York City
Hudson- Fulton
America
Thun
New York City
Immigration studies show shifts in immigrant occupations
The congressional immigration commission traces how new arrivals in America shift into farming and other sectors while Italians gain in clothing and Greeks in the barber trade. Germans decline in shoemaking, and Russians Germans dominate farming patterns, with Greeks, Italians, and Jews influencing other trades. The piece notes political intrigue in New York and historical echoes of Jewish commercial roots.
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Congressional
Immmigration Commission
America
Titus
Palestine
Herod
Italy
Italang
Homogeneity of the American People Across the Nation
The New York World notes President Taft's remark on cultural uniformity from Seattle to San Francisco. It describes identical fashion, language, humor, and public concerns from New York to Butte and Galveston, highlighting standardized manners, morals, and political debates as evidence of national fusion.
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New York World
He West
Bouth
Taft
Seattle
San Francisco
Treadway
Fifth
Michigan
New York
Butte
Galveston
St. Pat
Rovion
Spd
Solome
Dr Cook
Tenneskes Mountain
New England
Tfords
Go Large
Presents for Presidents and historic cheese gifts
The report notes President Taft received curious gifts from many states, including pumpkins and even live animals, while Roosevelt kept a miniature zoo at Oyster Bay. It recalls famed farces like Jefferson paying for a giant cheese and Van Buren’s gift causing damage in the White House.
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Trom
Closelann Kysueweller
Taft
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
White House
Jackson
Oswego County
Presidents Mansion
Capitol
Jefferson
Washington
America
Martin van Buren
Comic Moment at Chicago Baseball Gate Aide Scene
A garbled Chicago baseball page shows Comlakey of the White Box shouting about an umpire with two friends. The gate keeper hurries, and the exchange hints at a humorous or chaotic incident at the game. Names and details are unclear due to OCR errors.
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Chicago
Comlakey
Horst da
Shay Tgs
White Lodge and Royal Palaces Hauntings and Repairs
A long account traces White Lodge's ownership by royal circles from Queen Alexandra’s circle to the King. It notes insolvency forcing return to the Crown, then details Windsor and Hampton Court renovations by Edward VII, plus tales of haunted corridors, ghostly apparitions, and former residents fleeing the palace over the years.
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Men Hartman
Cable
Queen Alexandra
Steiner
Edward VII
White Lodge
Richmond Park
Bie
Royal Park of
Richmond
Sir Walter Scott
Jeanie Deus
Caroline
Bille
Richmont
Lord Bute
George III
Whitelodge
Addington
Duchess of
Klong Edward
Windsor
Salmoral
Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Hus
Hampton Court Palace
Cardinal Wolsey
Attess
Charing Cross
Nun
Henry VII
Wiliam III
Christopher Wren
Lany Wastlake
Cavendish Boyle
Cathy Jerine Howard
Henry West
Tower of London
Henry Viel
Jane Seymour
Will
Spell Penn
Baward XT
Marquige DE Fontenot
Cogprignt
Brentwood Company
New York Provincial Stirs in Manhattan Over Evening Clothes
A New York Sun report notes Hon. J. Warren Kelter observed at an uptown hotel wearing evening attire at lunch. The piece mocks local fashion constraints and parochialism while contrasting New York with Latin nations and referencing American fashion norms and social status.
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Kester
Manhattan
New York Sun
J. Warren Kelter
Oh'o
Harrow Miles Higinbothar
Latin America
Countriea
New York
London
West Hurley
West Hinley
West
Railroad Abandonment Shocks Mid-Atlantic Region
A 2 mile section of the Central New England Railroad between Mudloy and nearby stations will be abandoned at midnight next Saturday. The line, part of the New York New Haven and Hartford system, cites the Poughkeepsie and Eastern as a better outlet for freight and passenger service to the Poughkeepsie Bridge. The move follows a report of rising receipts and a heavy property valuation, while the broader regional rail landscape includes debates over historic burial grounds and local sentiments about preserving relics and memories.
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Poughiketvals
Central New England Railroad
Mudloy
Central New England
Rai
Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railroad
Russell Saga
Strangest funeral of poet John Davidson at Mounts Bay
In Mounts Bay near Penzance the funeral of poet John Davidson, age fifty two, unfolded with unusual ritual. The coffin was placed in a longboat and towed by steam launch, weighed down and sunk about ten miles offshore to a spot where the sea floor lies deep and still. Local superstition and legal questions delayed plans to bury him ashore, but finally the body was committed to the deep in calm conditions with his two sons and several friends aboard.
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Great Britain
London Mall
Kent
Ony
Prom
Pa Mall
Gipette
Central News
Pengance
John Davidson
Mounts Bay
Gladstone
Penzance Harbor
Davidsons
Fagan
Newlyn
Aimam
Sunshine After Rain: Abner Wilcox Praises Him
From the New York Timer a phonetic verse recalls a moment when no crowds cheered and no parade occurred yet the sun shone bright. Abner Wilcox exclaims Thats Him I seen him smile as a train passed and the scene stays vivid in memory.
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New York
Abner Wilcox
Peleg White
Talks in hotel lobbies on Wrights and New York politics
Hotel lobby chatter links the Wright brothers aeroplane contracts to a $5000 payment dispute while discussing Mr Gaynor and Mayor McClellan in Greater New York politics. The piece also surveys Mexican progress under President Diez and Michigan Senate prospects, naming Burrows and Newberry as potential successors.
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Mushugbo
New York Herald
Slem1
Wright
Wright Brothers
Army
Eriende
McCiellan
Gaynor
Greater New York
H . Ward
Brooklyn
St the
Witla
McClellan
Gaynor de
Sovernor
Umber
New York
Teety
Wif Lam
Uiye
City of
New Markh
New Light founder’s odd gospel spurs long life dream
A fragmentary feature portrays Rev Dr John Fair of Easton about 6 years old in a satirical mock-portrait of the New Life movement. It describes his admiration for an extreme longevity goal, cites his push toward a Boston-based church network, and mocks the movement’s break with orthodox Bible bounds while noting its speculative theology and the era’s curiosity about new religious sects.
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Leslie
John Fair
Easton
Fair
The
New Cult
Boston
Mine Is Baby's Lucky Number on Ninth Day of Nine
A West Meadows couple near Setauket Long Island welcomed a son born at the ninth hour on the ninth day of the ninth month in 1903 after nine years of marriage. Relatives joke about naming him Nine and discuss luck, with Aunt Anne noting she wears eights. The Johanns family considers names such as Jeasy or Nina Sout Grapes. News also mentions Detroit Free Press commentary by W D Howells on stage criticism and sour grapes from President Grant era.
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Congress
West Ossiah
Sylvester
Washington
United States
Charles
Torri Heey
Grorketown
Newark
Ratoulmey
Aus le Thang
Ness
Énath
Germar
Dirk Whane
Kranets
Joseph
Vienna
Ler
Garon von Aerentha
Frang
Joy
Germany
Balkan
Sesia
Austria
Adil
Fring Berchniod
Hs Uncle
Italy
England
Adriatic
Haa
Cegeiver
Frederick E Johanns
Mount Gray
West Meadows
Setaukel Long Island
Anne
Chi
Siti
Nina
Detroit Free
Howells
President Grant
Tobson
Reflections of a Bachelor and a Distant War Echoes
A garbled Chicago page offers fragmentary scenes of romance and social parody. It hints at a bachelor’s reflections and a wartime backdrop with mentions of proposals, heiresses, and a fatal battle, all shaded by personal doubt and irony.
Wet Goods in a Dry State Sparks Tennessee Loopholes
In Chattanooga, Tennessee after prohibition, wholesale houses cannot sell liquor for home use yet sell to townsfolk. Distillers move liquor to nearby Rossville Georgia, enabling residents to cross the state line for purchases. Express services and streetcar lines boost cross-border sales, revealing loopholes in interstate commerce enforcement.
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Mr & 3
Vernon
Chattanooga
Tome
Georgia
Chattanooma
Rossville
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Henry Watteraon
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James B Beck
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Michael & Kerr
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Dick Bland
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Pittsburg
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Morrisons State Congress
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Jeffnes
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Weyl
Milton
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Sussex
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Baron von Pawel Rawmingen
Hampton Court
Lord Granville
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Government Office of Works
New Haven
Vwculatotr Gazette
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Torgans
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Buckinghamshire
Middlesex and
Buckingham
Prema
Society of Inciends
Metadle
Howard Marah
Luton
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Wiliam Penn
Caduamere
Fordays
Wilkes
Fon Thal
Dun
Odd Surial
Boty
Mexico
Allandra Rose
t+ Pattical Medico Miliary School
Wexne City
Willard
Metta
Werta
Ross
Yucatan
Diez
Burrows
Marrs
Deng Jagyer
Detroit
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Barrows
Mde
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Newberry
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Hns
John Patton Jr
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Aed
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Baby
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Ceca
Jobson
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