American firms eye concessions in Turkey amid telephony and road plans
The Washington Post reports American interests seek a road from Alexandretta to Aleppo and a broad telephone concession across the empire. Negotiations with U S firms could cost about 100 million dollars and may yield government purchase or private arrangement.
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Aleppo
Euphrates
Jn Po
Constantinople
United States
Turkey
Washington
Alexandra
Ally
Goodsy
Bally
Dally
Praise for Our Fire Fighters in Washington Dispatch
An 1909 broadside praises Washington fire fighters for courage, efficiency, and solidarity amid varied dangers. It lauds their physique and readiness, compares them to demigods, and salutes their service to the Philippines relief efforts, while commending honesty and happiness as guiding virtues.
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Hitivasd
Philppine
Osether
Apollo
Ules
Hipmer
Melssenter
Glynapus
Washington
Democratic party sins and tariff talk amid 1900s commentary
A dense, opinionated column comments on Democratic discipline, tariff policy, and politics, noting infighting in the party and a critical view of factions. It references Fairbanks, Cook, and President Roosevelt era concerns in a broad rhetorical style.
Awakening of China Examined by Chicago Professors
Prof T C Chamberlain and Prof Ernest De Witt Burton return from a 1800 mile inland tour in China and report on Chengtu city. They describe clean streets, an American-like lighting system, organized sanitation, and a ban on begging with beggars sent to workhouses. They note educational reforms and new mining and engineering instruction, predicting possible military modernization and questions about whether China will fight again. The piece contrasts coastal travelers with interior experiences and discusses Chinese attitudes toward war and modernization.
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Clyde Fitch
Clyde Fitsh Amerton
Mr. Fitch
Augustia Thames
Arthur Wing Pinero
Snepshull
Victorien Sardou
Fitch
Sardou
Haan Brymmel
Richard Mansfield
Mr. Glyrm
Beverly
Mags
Lenox
Hitchcock
Mr. Glynn
Milwaukee
Areney Wixtnsk
T. C. Chamberlain
University of Chicago
Orient
Ernest de Witt Burton
Middle Kingdom
Chentu
Chicago
Berlin
Paris
America
Farreed
Seaboard
Burton
Chamberlain
China
Gen. Grant
Fragmented Dialog From an Odd Classroom Exchange
A garbled dialogue excerpt presents a teacher reading about a Roman figure who crosses the Tiber three times before breakfast. Students react with confusion and a jokey prompt about a trained swimmer, while one pupil questions why four crossings were not made and reflects near the wall.
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Didutt
Dimere
Jiminte
Blundering Peer Falls From Grace in Historic Row
The article recounts a long-standing feud within the British peerage centering on Lord Curzon and Lord Midleton, detailing past clashes, personal slights, and political fallout. It covers Midleton’s career moves, a public scandal involving Kitchener, and a series of anecdotes about his conduct and alliances, then shifts to King Edward’s expected stay at Rufford Abbey with Lord and Lady Savile, and the abbey’s historic lineage and ghost lore.
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Lord Curzon
Lord Micheton
St. John Brodrick
India
House of Lords
Midleton
Orient
Eton
Lora Midleton
Rominigus
Lord Kitchener
Lord Carson
Vincerey
Germany
Lord Midtatou
Lord Roberts
John French
van Hamilton
Thomas Kelly- Kenny
Ruford Abbey
Edward
Marienbad
Youal AL Rutford Abbey
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Scarborough
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Savile
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Tuford Abbey
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Queen Elizabeth
James I
Charles I
Charles II
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Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood
Lord Savile
Charles Stuart
Darnley
Mary Queen of
Beots
Bess
Hardwick
Charles
Cady Savile
Rutford
Redderburn
Fifty-third Regiment
Cocker Court
Godfrey Henesge
DR ‘Cabyreleht
Safety in Aerial Flights and Zeppelins’ Safety Claims
A New York Press piece argues zeppelins offer safer travel than airplanes, citing a German inventor’s damaged craft returning safely after a battle from Friedrichshafen to Berlin. It notes multiple gas compartment punctures and contrasts with heavier-than-air craft which lacks emergency schemes, claiming dirigibles provide quicker repair options and greater security on long routes with few block signals.
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New York
Friedirichshafen
Berlin
Zeppelin
Garth
Mauretania
Cera
Partinepte
Beex J
Hermits Electric Home and Other Island Tales
A London and Philadelphia compiled patch reports a hermit parading modernized life on an isolated island and hosting over 2,000 visitors, wired home gadgets, and a logbook register. It also recounts a Montclair dragonfly fight with a sparrow, a Wallace Knob landmark, and a London vegetable price list. A Kauai islet stake in a poker game sparks ownership questions, plus a London misprint correction about a poet and a Philadelphia monkey hospital tale ending with a bob-tailed cat graft.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Universite of Pennsylvania
Woodland Avenue
Hip Tall
Capt
Thompsin
Lieut
E. Tall
Battle of Boston Town allegory mocks war rhetoric
From the Chicago Evening Port an extended, satirical piece lampoons war imagery and moral bravado. It parodies strategic terms with mathematical metaphors and references to Euclid, calculus, and a mocked battle, ending with a sharp mockery of Southern claims and a Spokane apple feast image.
Must Not Plate Lincoln Cents
The Chicago Record Herald reports Capt Thomas F. Pater of the United States Secret Service states it is illegal to gold plate Lincoln memorial cents or mutilate them in any form. The law prohibits such actions and authorities will act to stop violations.
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Aweller
McCount
Chicago
Promhe Chicago None Haven't you often wondered why the grocer carries so many things
Fragmentary paragraphs humorously probe social roles and material excess from a vintage column. Observations on mothers, daughters, and the burdens of domestic life mix with odd phrases about love poetry, drought, and fashion. The tone hints at satirical musings on everyday life and gender expectations.
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Chicago
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A garbled column offers fragmented musings on trust and embarrassment. It notes a man’s restraint and a woman’s pleasure in compliments, with scattered, nonsensical phrases about bees canaries haystacks and a crowbar. The piece reads as a satirical or whimsical pastiche lacking clear narrative.
State of Franklin excursion and a sun observatory talk
In Jonesboro Tennessee residents recall the State of Franklin era led by John Sevier while Smithsonian scholars announce a Mount Wilson solar observatory and related notes by Prof. Reynolds. Visitors discuss Cuba’s financial woes and Cuba’s army, with calls for American intervention and potential annexation. Massachusetts suffrage activism grows with open-air meetings and petitions to Congress for a constitutional amendment. Prominent voices debate Judge Gaynor’s integrity and New York politics. Mexican oppression under Diaz is condemned, with discussion of political prisoners and media censorship in Vera Cruz.
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Tenn
Abla P.M. Bherrill
Knoxville
New
Willard
Tennensen
Frank- UN
United States
Nort Carolina
John Sevier
Tennessee
Caroline
Gov. Sevier
Smithsonian
Mount Wilson
Cal
I. M. Reynolds
Los Angeles
Raleigh
Mount Whitney
C. G. Abbot
Smithsonian Astrophysical Work
L. F. Ingersol
University of Wisconsin
Earth
H. B. Moulton
New York
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Cuba
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Cuban Congress
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Allregettes
Massachusetts
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Lawrence
Arlington
Boston
Congress
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Bemne
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Diaz
T. W. Ladue
Mexico City
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Vera Cruz
San Juan de Vitoa
Maximilian
Momarchy
Mexico
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Eussia
Duiis
San - Juan de Ulloa
Dias
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