Princeton and the graduate college controversy in the Wilson era
The article traces Dean West and donor Proctor attempts to fund a graduate college at Princeton. President Wilson opposes a donor driven plan and advocates a democratic, integrated graduate system. Alumni divisions reveal a clash between democracy and aristocracy in shaping the university's future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graduate College
Wilson
Andrew F. West
Dean West
Europe
J. A. Thompson Swann
William O. Proctor
Cincinnati
Proctor
Board of Trustees
Mr. Proctor
Princeton
Andarera Duetas Ana
Salem
Maass
Isaac C. Wyman Isaac
College of New Jersey
Pittsburgh
Tsaue C. Wyain
Princeton University
John M Raymond
Andrew F West
Viganutie
M. Taylor Pyne
Woodrow Wilson
Biography notes by William Bayard Hale discuss Woodrow Wilson's rise to prominence and political career with emphasis on the era's reform movements and Wilson's stance on national issues. The piece frames Wilson as a central figure shaping early 20th century policy through leadership and intellectual approach.
They Pretty Nearly Tasted Mr Taite
Robert O Taite arrives in New York recounting eight months in equatorial Africa with Gordon Campbell of Glasgow. They survive fights with natives and hippopotami while crossing the Kongo and reach Zanzibar with three of ten men alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Taite
Robert O. Taite
New York
Lapland
Red Star Line
Equatorial Africa
Rider Haggard
Evening Post
Taite
Gordon Campbell
Glasgow
Scotland
Campbell
Zanzibar
Big Tom
Obo
The Enemy Within the Gates
The piece traces how major European capitals faced incursions and occupations over two centuries. It lists Berlin and Rome under various powers, Paris under allies and Germans, and other cities such as Copenhagen Athens Belgrade Sofia Bucharest with dates of occupation or bombardment by French Russian Turkish British and Austrian forces.
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Berlin
Rome
Vienna
Moscow
Lisbon
Madrid
Paris
Copenhagen
Athens
Belgrade
Sofia
Bukharest
New York Declared World Opium Capital by Tribune
The New York Tribune reports New York City has become the world's largest consumer of smoking opium. It cites an estimated 60,000 opium smokers, with intense daily use and a city heavily addicted to cocaine morphine and opium derivatives, rivaled only by Paris.
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New York
New York City
Paris
New York Tribune
Limestone wool used for men’s clothing produced in electric furnaces
Limestone wool not from sheep is used abroad for men’s clothing. Powdered limestone mixed with chemicals is heated in an electric furnace to form fluffy white wool. The material is dyed and woven into lengths like cloth and claimed to resist burning or grease damage.
New York Woman Locked Overnight in Paris Pantheon Crypt
Miss Margaret Gove of New York spent a nocturnal hour in the Pantheon crypt in Paris with her sister and uncle Archibald Gove editor of the Rochester Bulletin. She wandered behind the group, was left inside when the door was locked, and faced a night among France’s famed tombs until the party returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pantheon
Paris
France
Margaret Gove
New York
New York Herald
Helen Gove
Archie P. Gove
Bulletin of Rochester
Minn
Discovery of America Through Norse and Greenland Lexicon
The Athenaeum notes Cordier argues for early Norse and Greenland linguistic links to North American dialects. It cites Mikino phrases, Wilden Johnson on a Ria expedition, and Stefansson’s notes of Norse traces on Coronation Gulf shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Heard Cordion
Journal Des Sevenins
America
Phorfin Karlsefiue
Markhind
Greenland
Nove Land
Skraelings
M. Cordier
Wilden Jochnson
St. Petersburg
Porpoise Kidnaps Girl at Ocean Park
Miss Caroline Kimball of Chicago fainted after being knocked from her feet by a porpoise in the surf at Ocean Park California. Friends say she was carried briefly on the animal’s back before crew revived her two hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Park
Cal
Caroline Kimball
Chicago
Aviator Survives 2,200 Foot Fall After Engine Failure
William Kabitzke, a Washington professional aviator, fell from 2,200 feet after engines cut out during a 34 minute flight. He escaped with only a few scratches as the aircraft was demolished in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kabitzke
Washington
Pellivo Voriello Proposes Rubber Wing Shroud for Ships
The Pinezilian inventor Pellivo Voriello suggests fitting ships with inflatable rubber wings or sacks around the hull. Pumps would fill them, keeping ships afloat after iceberg damage so passengers and crew can abandon safely. Naval officials show interest but have not yet endorsed feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pellivo Voriello
Ephor Vy Iy
Portello
Vpperteflo
Naval Ser
Macet
Philadelphia Record
Escaped convict Dan Briggs returns willingly to jail
Dan Briggs who fled a North Carolina chain gang walked into police headquarters and surrendered. He said he only took a leave of absence to whip a man who had been talking about him and that the whipped man could not be located. Briggs had not removed his leg shackles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Briggs
Asheville
N. C
Briggs
Russian musician Slavjanski's rise and tragic fall
The Berliner Tageblatt recounts Averenow Slavjanski who formed an orchestra about twenty years ago and popularized Russian folk music in Germany and Austria. His success bought an estate near Moscow, but after touring Nizhni Novgorod at immense cost he was denied compensation, his estate fell to debt, a heart ailment struck, and his family now faces dire poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thowissia
Berliner Triebblatt
Averenow Slavjanski
Germany
Austria
Russia
Moscow
Nizhni-Novgorod
Tis
Christian Science Church and Reading Room Ad
Sunday school at 10 o clock and church service at 11 o clock with Wednesday evening service at 8 o clock Reading room open daily 1 30 to 6 except Sundays Aberdeen Printing Co offer modern printing at moderate prices
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First Street
Broadway
Finch Building
Aberdeen Printing Co
Guardian seeks sale of minor Eloise Townsend property
In Chehalis County Washington Albert A Townsend guardian petitions for authorization to sell Eloise Townsend minor interest in Lot 2 Block 1 Samuel Benns First Addition Aberdeen city at private cash sale. Hearing set February 22 1918 at Montesano courthouse with four week publication Aberdeen Herald schedule Jan 20 to Feb 17 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Washington
Chehalis County
Eloise Townsend
Frederick A. Townsend
Albert A. Townsend
Washington
Samuel Benn
Superior Court
Chehalis
Charles Seastrand
Mollie Seastrand
Montesano
Aberdeen
Ben Sheers
Mayberry Bros. partnership dissolved by mutual consent
The partnership between C. H. and A. K. Mayberry under Mayberry Bros. is dissolved by mutual consent. C. H. Mayberry will operate the business and handle all outstanding accounts and firm debts. Dated Aberdeen Washington January 10 1913 with publications through February 10 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H
A. K. Mayberry
Mayberry Bros
C. H. Mayberry
Aberdeen
Wash
Co. H. Mayberry
First publication and last publication dates listed
The entry records a first publication on January 9, 1913 and a last publication on February 6, 1913, marking the span of notice or notice period for the item described.
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American Press Association
Woodrow Wilson
White House
William Bayard Hale
Doubleday, Page & Co
All America
Board of College Trustees
Antti- Wilson
Joline
New Jersey
Democratic Party
Trenton
Virginia
North Carolina
Risis
Liggett & Myers Duke
Pansley
St Louis
HAYES @ HAYES Bankers (Incorporated
Oreign & Domestic Exchange
Alwa
Jas, McNamara Brick
Stowe
West Heron Street
T. H. Hill
Public Accountant
East Wishkah
City Messenger CO
BE. Wishkah St
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewitt
Aberdern
Dan Pearsall
U. S. Court Commissioner
Wishkah Block
Merald
Wise U
Stavjanski
Christian Science Church
Municipal Free Employment Bureau
Wishkah
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