Cumberland's Will's Mountain: A Historic Resort View
Historic Cumberland Maryland framed as a resort on Will's mountain. The piece recalls Fort Cumberland, Braddock's march, Lover's Leap, and a German settler’s failed tramway. It details the Narrows, Will's creek, the Hawk Rock cliffs, and a laudanum mystery of a missing local. It notes urban growth around coal-rich George's Creek valley.
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Meridian
Sebastopol
Maryland
Will's Mountain
Frederick Baehr
Cumberland
T. Hi. Holvshu
United States
Wellington
The
Alleghenies
William Makepeace Thackeray
George Warrington
Braddock
Will's Creek
Lotomac
Will
George’s Creek
Narrows
Will’s Mountain
Baehr
Famous Woman Bookbinder of London Showcases Skill
Miss Johanna Herkenruth, famed royal bookbinder, is praised for her craft and devotion. Modern Society notes watching her work as a treat. Her shop on New Bond Street draws nobility, sightseers, and buyers, with the Countess of Warwick selling school produced goods.
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London
Johanna Herkenruth
Seelety
Cobden, Sanderson
Roger de Coverly
New Bend Street
Countess of Warwick
They Know What's What Not a Male Hero
A humorous exchange from Aly Sloper features a fair girl recounting her escape from an un muzzled mongrel. Her sympathetic friend notes the fright and the narrator jokes about fainting without a decent-looking man nearby.
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Aly Sloper
The Wreckers Two Men Dwell World Apart
The poem fragment notes a fate driven meeting as two men live apart for years and finally converge. It preserves a Chicago Record style line about destiny and encounter. The passage centers on distant lives and an impending gathering.
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Tate
Collice
Chieceasgo
Playing for Safety in an Old World Exchange
Dialogue between Ned and Ted about money and marriage reflecting social attitudes of a past era. Ned warns about spending on a girl while Ted asserts saving money proves dedication. Newspaper tone implies a humorously moral conversation among neighbors.
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Ned
Ted
Cleveland streetcar strike halts 900 workers
Cleveland Ohio June 12 1910 street railway strike ties up the system as 900 motormen and conductors walk out. President Henry Everett of the Big Consolidated vows to run only mail cars until Monday. One superintendent William Steffin was assaulted. he lies seriously ill at home. Strikers threaten to block any return to service.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
The
Big Consolidated
Euclid
Wade Park
Cedar
Central
Scovill
Wilson
Broadway
Jennings
Brooklin
Henry Everett
Mr. Everett
William Steffin
Prospect Street
Steffin
Lake View
Eferts
Arbitration at stake as nations weigh conference plans
From Washington and The Hague reports June 12 note grave fears that arbitration schemes before the conference may fail. Germany resists the principle, seeking support from weaker powers, while German delegate Dr Zorn defends the plan but argues it limits royal prerogatives and would deny Emperor William a say in court decisions.
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Washington
Lingue
Germany
The
Hague
Zorn
William
Sunday Baseball Law Upheld by Judge Fremont Alford
Fremont Alford of the criminal court instructed the county grand jury that if evidence shows a professional baseball game was played in the county on Sunday the jury must indict the players. He cited the supreme court ruling upholding the law and noted the 60 day rehearing period. The Kansas City and Indianapolis game may face serious legal trouble despite initial police noninterference.
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Indianapors, Inc
Fremont Alford
Criminal Court
Mon- Gay
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Indianapolis
John W. Kern
Indiana anti trust ruling vows to crush gas trusts
Indiana Attorney General Taylor hails the Indiana supreme court decision against the Little trust formed by Portland gas companies as far reaching in anti trust scope. He predicts action may break up trust combinations in the state and notes the Eel river case involves the same issue, with potential orders against the Wabash to divest the Eel river branch and its Detroit link.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Supreme Court
Little Trust
Portland
Indiana Court
Taylor
Eel River
Portland Gas Trust
Wabash
Logansport
Butler
Detroit
Portland Natural Gas & Oil Co
Miners Ordered Back to Work After Agreement
In Terre Haute Indiana on June 9 miners in the northern mines walked out seeking a 25 cent daily raise but the March agreement forbidding local strikes held firm President Van Horn pressured over 200 workers to return and honor the pact under threat of expulsion from the union.
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Terre Haute
Ind
van Horn
Office Robbers Busted in Indiana Post Office Burglary Case
Sheriff Dan McKahan brought two professional post office burglars from Gas City to Wapasa. They identified as John Doe and Edward Johnson, selling postage stamps to merchants. After confessing to the Treaty post office theft, 20000 stamps were found in Johnsons pockets, triggering raids on other targets.
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Wapasa
Ind
Dan McKahan
Gas City
John Doe
Edward Johnson
Treaty
Waite
Johnson
The Entire Class Suspended After Wabash Prank
Crawfordsville Ind June 10 The Wabash freshmen who decorated the chapel and college with flaming bills posters and paint to celebrate a baseball win over the sophomores faced punishment The faculty expelled one ringleader Henry suspended Layton indefinitely and two others were called before the faculty The freshmen met Thursday and pledged before President Bearr
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Henry
Layton
Bearr
Pingree Will Not Seek Office in Next Election
Detroit June 12 The Free Press reports Gov. Pingree will not run this year or next. Friends say his retirement is desired for social reasons and to show Republicans in Lansing and Wayne County that the Pingree name remains crucial to electoral prestige and taxation measures. He reportedly told a confidant, You can bet I shall not be a candidate.
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Detroit
Mich
Free Tress
Pingree
Lansing
Michigan
Wayne County
Widow and children summoned as man dies after family reunion
Fr Wayxie Indiana. Gottlieb Hettler a widower 6le called his divorced wife and three grown children for a family reunion Wednesday night. He asked them to return in the morning for deeds to all his property. Thursday noon he was found dead in the cellar. Coroner cites probable apoplexy as the cause.
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Wayxie
Ind
Gottlieb Hettler
Chicago Pipe Line plans pumping station in Marion county
Marion Indiana June 9 The Chicago Pipe Line company laying a ten inch line from the gas field to Chicago plans a pumping station in Marion county costing 250 000 It is understood the Chicago line will cost 1 500 000 and is said to oppose Standard Oil interests.
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Marion
Ind
Chicago Pipe Line Company
Chicago
Standard Oil
Coal Price Bids Rise in Evansville Strike News
The coal strike shifts as operators bid for city and school coal with every bid higher by 1.21 cents per bushel while miners demand only a quarter cent rise. The suit of price increases highlights rising costs amid labor conflict.
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Evansville
Ind
Crisis Nears in Transvaal After Johannesburg Meeting
London reports a growing crisis as Transvaal tension increases after a Johannesburg meeting. Sources say war may come if President Kruger does not retreat from his stance, with British leaders seen as unable to back down. A 280-strong Royal Engineer detachment sailed from Southampton for South Africa.
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London
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Kruger
Great Britain
Royal Engineers
South Africa
Southampton
Gas Well Grew Harmful As Leach Orders Closure
State Gas Inspector Leach issued a restraining order to stop gas escape at the Vanvador farm oil well after a fatal accident last week. The case is set for June 19, and it marks Leach’s fiftieth well closure in Madson and Grant counties. A separate note from New Albany reports the drowning of Wm Aulenbacher, Sr. and a son of Mrs Augusta Aulenbacher, who fell from the ferry dock and drowned in the Ohio River.
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Marion
Ind
Leach
Vanvador Farm
Madson
Grant
Ohio
New Albany
Wm. Aulenbacher
Augusta Aulenbacher
West Third Street
Ohio River
Squirrel Hunter Shot in New Albany Feared to Die
New Albany in Indiana reports John Reagan and Wim Henry squirrel hunting when Reagan was shot in the right side and is feared dead. Also Roy Dailey in New Albany fell on a circular saw at work. both legs severed and body cut nearly in two. death expected.
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New Albany
Ind
John Reagan
Wim. Henry
Rezegan
New Alpany
Roy Dailey
Gas injunctive action filed to curb gas waste in Marion
Marion Indiana June 7 Injunction proceedings were begun in the superior court by State Gas Inspector Leach and State's Attorney Taylor to stop a local syndicate operating for oil from wasting natural gas.
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Marion
Ind
Leach
Taylor
Lightning Strikes Oscoop Home Prostrating Family
During an electrical storm the residence of Wm. Schweirs in Oscoop Indiana was struck by lightning. The entire family was prostrated and the daughter Dora was speechless for several hours.
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Oscoop
Ind
Wm. Schweirs
Dora
Theatrical Gossip and Longevity in Opera Circles
Greenroom gossip highlights Henry E. Dixey at 669 Adonis appearances and Stuart Robson logging five decades of stage work. E H Sothern marks forty years in the profession as an insurance note counts his career length. Joseph Jefferson recalls 67 years on stage from age three. Fred Berger cites Sol Smith Russell’s weekly receipts near 7000 this season. An English actor died on the road and was shipped in a coffin for theatrical properties costing four dollars. as a corpse the cost would be sixty dollars. Maude Adams is said to be Joshua Adams’s great granddaughter connected to J Q Adams. A Salt Lake City settler line is noted. A creamery tip warns vigilance when filling cans with skimmed milk.
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Henry E. Dixey
Stuart Robson
E. H. Sothern
Joseph Jefferson
Fred Berger
Sol Smith Russell
London
Maude Adams
Joshua
J. Q. Adams
Salt Lake City
Five Hundred Chickens Stolen From Three Farms
New PittspurnaGu Indiana reports five hundred chickens stolen from three local farms in a single night leaving farmers to inspect coops and tally losses. Police investigate possible suspects and tracks in the rural district after the regional incident.
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New PittspurnaGu
Ind
Clover Leaf Strike Feared to Spread to Entire System
Frankfort Indiana June 7 fear grows that a strike in the Clover Leaf railroad shops may affect the whole system.
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Frankfort
Ind
Miner fatally injured in blast at Rock Run Coal Co mine
Brazil Indiana June 6 Martin Jones, a miner at Rock Run Coal Co, prepared a shot and left the room when the powder exploded tearing him almost to pieces.
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Brazil
Ind
Martin Jones
Rock Run Coal Co
Drowning of Cecil Swarthout in River Near Lawrenceburg
Cecil Swarthout, president of the State Telegraphers' association, drowned when he disappeared in a deep river hole while bathing above Lawrenceburg Indiana. Local rescue efforts followed as authorities investigated the accident.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Cecil Swarthout
State Telegraphers’ Association
Evansville Youths Involved in Handkerchief Dispute
Evansville Indiana June 6 Joseph Mueller a white boy 15 shot Neese Marshall a colored boy 2 Sunday. The boys quarreled over no ownership of a handkerchief. Marshall's condition is serious.
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Evansville
Ind
Joseph Mueller
Neeees Marshall
Marshall
Indiana Governor Mount Il lness Ties to Memorial Day Address
Indianapolis reports Gov. Mount seriously ill from lung congestion after a Memorial Day chill while giving an address at Connersville. Later telegrams from Congressmen Brick and Steele pledge support to Gen. Henderson, making the delegation's stance unanimous.
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Inpianapolis
Ind
Mount
Connersville
Brick and Steele
Gen. Henderson
Accident claims life of Ross Fleming in Muncie crash
In Muncie Indiana on a Sunday morning Ross Fleming 30 a glass worker was found by the roadside with a badly battered head and a broken neck after his buggy overturned during a drive. Police reported he lay by the road about 1 o'clock.
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Muncie
Ind
Ross Fleming
Drowning of June Speyer at Brazi pond near town
Frederick Speyer brother of H E Speyer president of the Indestructible Post Co. Brazi Indiana drowned while bathing in a pond north of the city.
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Brazi, Ind
Frederick Speyer
H. E. Speyer
The
Indestructible Post Co
Heat Prostrations Reported as Midwest Sizzles
In Indiana on June 7 the temperature reached 90 degrees in the capital area with several heat prostrations reported but none fatal. Across the state record highs of up to 100 degrees in the shade were noted in multiple locations.
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Inpranapouts
Ind
United States as a Power for Good and Healers
A historian lauds America as the century’s political conscience and inevitable global influence. The piece promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the universal remedy for indigestion constipation kidney and liver issues nervousness and general toning.
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United States
Dyspeptic jest about illness from Washington Star
A witty line portrays a man claiming not seriously ill but listing all symptoms in a sarcastic flippant fashion. A well meaning friend asks if he is seriously ill and the reply emphasizes theatrics over real condition.
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Washington Star
Grain-O the new grain drink replaces coffee
Ask your grocer to show you a package of Grain-O the new drink that takes the place of coffee. It is safe for children and adults alike and preferred by many. Grain-O has the rich seal brown color of mocha but is made from pure grains and gentle on delicate stomachs. Priced at 15 or 25 cents per package and sold by all grocers.
Suicide of Deacon Hardway's Son Hen in City
A Chicago Times Herald snippet notes Hen, son of Deacon Hardway, who went to study medicine, killed himself days ago. The exchange hints at perceived pressures and lack of outside practice.
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Deacon Hardway
Chicago Times-Herald
Bathing with Soft Water and Oatmeal Soap Bags
A home remedy suggests using soft water and more than a dozen cheese cloth bags filled with oats and Ivory Soap plus powdered orbs root. One bag in warm water makes a cleansing bath to soften and smooth the skin. ELIZA R. PARKER.
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Eliza R. Parker
What to Say About the Baby
A Philadelphia Times quip notes that a bachelor can win favor by praising a newborn with the line that the baby is “a baby.” The remark, though obvious, carries no real compliment and may sound odd or overly effusive to cronies and family.
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Philadelphia Times
Free Allen's Foot Ease Sample Offer
Advertisement offering a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Allen S. Olmsted in Leroy New York. Claims relief for sweating hot swollen feet corns bunions and ingrowing nails and promises easier fitting shoes. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
Leroy
N. Y
Greek God Image Sparks Belief in Ideal Beauty
A New York columnist notes a trend where women describe attractive men as handsome if they lack bowlegs or squint eyes, framing beauty through a rare ideal. The remark reflects casual social judgments and media-tinted standards of male attractiveness.
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N. Y. Ress
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims Effectiveness
An advert promises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure colds in one day with a money back guarantee if unsuccessful. The ad cites testimonials from Mrs. W. Pickett of Brooklyn and notes a 25 cent price. It urges persistent advice seeking and includes a quip about being right versus resident.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a Constitutional Cure
An old Chicago Daily News advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure a constitutional remedy with a price of 75e. The copy hints at skepticism about figures and estimates in advertisements.
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Hall
Price
Chicago Daily News
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