New York Jews urge Roosevelt aid over Kishinev terror
Prominent New York Jews launch a petition asking President Roosevelt to press the czar to halt renewed massacres of Jews in Kishinef. They plan to cooperate with the Anglo Jewish Association of London to seek intervention by Britain and the United States, fearing bureaucratic delays amid war preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
St. Petersburg
Kisninef
Anglo-Jewish Association of London
Great Britain
United States
Far East
Kishinef
Navy pay office in Seattle to see new chief
Rear Admiral W J Thompson will be detached from duty in charge of the navy pay office in Seattle on January 31 and go to his East home. He has been on the retired list since January 10 but stayed on active duty. He requests relief and will be succeeded in Seattle by Paymaster Eugene Dewey Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
W. J. Thompson
Navy
Thompson
Eugene Dewey Ryan
Klondike Kings Lose Royalty Case in London
A London telegraph reports the appeal by Klondike claimant George Carmack over a $19,000 royalty refund on his Bonanza claim has been decided against the miners. The dispute, tied to the 1897 lease renewal, involved about $400,000 and bands of leading lawyers. The Privy Council of England will hear the final word after lower courts ruled otherwise. the Kane/Canada case has drawn wide attention among Klondike settlers awaiting the full text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dancon
London
England
George Carmack
Bonanza
Carmack
Canada
Klondikers
Klondike
German Foreign Office Flags Britain as War Trigger View
Berlin officials estimate a Russia Japan clash could invite British involvement, with Britain seen as potentially backing war to preserve its far eastern position. Diplomatic notes say Sir Frank Lascelles hinted Britain fears conflict if Russia presses Japan. A reported $125 million Russian loan to Germany is considered unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Far East
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
Associated Press
Frank Lascelles
England
Tageblatt
St. Petersburg
Managing a Man and Western Women Advice Card
An issue of Home Monthly offers guidance on female influence, noting tact and sympathy as keys to guiding men. It includes practical tips from Little Hints on nails and skin to nursing basics and home exercise, plus social notes on Southern women types and baby handling.
Trains Collide Near Paris Kills Eighteen
Eighteen people are dead and 31 injured after a head on collision of two Pere Marquette passenger trains near Paris Michigan half a mile west of Paris and six miles east of Grand Rapids. Officials point to a blown red signal lamp at McCord's by high wind as the cause. they deny a misread order by an engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Pere Marquette
Paris
Detroit
McCord’s
Fox
British recognition of Panama sparks Colon celebration
Colon rejoices as the British government recognizes the Republic of Panama. The foreign community, mainly British natives, join locals in joyous festivities with civil and military governor Senor Porforio Melendez granting unrestricted celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Colon
Republic of
Great Britain
Senor Porforio Melendez
Judge Baldwin Exonerated in Postal Inquiry
Washington December 28 Judge Baldwin United States consul at Hamburg Germany has been exonerated by Assistant Secretary of State Pierce of any connection with the placing of the Brandt Dent Crashers in the post office department as related in the report of Conrad and Bonaparte in their investigation in the post office department
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baldwin
United States
Hamburg
Germany
Pierce
Brandt-Dent Ceashiers
Post Office Department
Conrad
Bonaparte
The Compass Northward Drift Across Centuries
The article disputes the compass north pole drift as unfounded and notes varying directions by location. It cites London’s circa 17 degrees west of north, 76 years earlier 24? degrees west, 1580 eleven east, then moving to north by 1659, later reversing and circling west and north, predicting perpetual motion over centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kishi
Iglau
Moscow
Grigorief
Prince Urusow
Bessarabia
Dr. Mucznik
Mucznik
Kisainef
Foreign Office
Arizona
Kansas
Grandmamma
Myrta Lockett Avary
Gunton’s Magazine
Trains Collider
Michigan
Judge Baldwin
Needle
University OF
Puget Sound
Tacoma, Washington
The
Methodist
Episcopal Church
State of
Edward M. Randall, A. M. D
Tacoma, Wash
Rainier Liquid
H Street
Aberdeen
Montesano
Hoquiam Sash and Door Co
Norm & Hartung
Wishkah Street
A. I. McCall
J. H. McFadden
City Livery and Transfer Company
HERON
Broadway
Aberdeen, Wash
Patterson & Locke
General Insurance Agents
Heron Street
Geo. L. Hilton
San Francisco
R.P. Porter
Choice Brands
F Street
Aberdeey
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!