Future Housewives Organization Transforms Domestic Training
The London School Board advances domestic subjects into a fully devised system training girls as wives and mothers. It expands cookery laundry and later housewifery across centers and residential hubs, teaching budgeting, shopping, and care for families, with thousands enrolled and hundreds of teachers qualified.
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London
Board of Education
Rourge
London School Board
Iidy
Board of Etimtation
The Jews of Kibef
Pall Mall Gazette sketches Kievs Podol Jewish district and its residents. It notes a rising, thrifty Jewish population in a three-hill city center, with a rough but lively market scene and a promising youth cohort. The piece contrasts Jewish prosperity with Russian neighbors and mentions Zionist appeals for funds.
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Kieff
Podol
Rewtal
Kleff
Duieper
Russia
Kiefs
Irael
Jerusalem
Pall Mall Gazette
Port Arthur workers discharged amid Japanese exodus
A dispatch from Pokio reports Japanese workmen at Port Arthur docks have been discharged as part of a broader exodus from Manchuria. Tokio shows no excitement, with authorities asserting confidence in government policy. In Ohio Carnegie Steel plans a one week plant shutdown affecting 9,500 workers, possibly extended if markets do not improve.
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London
Port Arthur
Tokio
Youngstown, O
Ohio
Carnegie Steel Company
Hearing in Schwab case opens on incorporation and dummy directors
In New York on October 16, the hearing into the United States Shipbuilding Company investigation focused on its incorporation in New Jersey. Frederick Seward, Homacs Gould, and Kenneth McLaren were examined about their roles as directors or corporators, and whether they acted as dummies under counsel’s orders. Seward disputed being a mere figurehead, stating he voted independently on key matters, while bondholders’ counsel questioned his shareholding and knowledge of the acquired properties. The session explored considerable stock increases and securities issuance as part of alleged invalid transactions, with further testimony scheduled for next Wednesday.
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New York
United States Shipbuilding Company
New Jersey
Frederick Seward
Homacs Gould
Kenneth McLaren
Corporation Trust Company of New Jersey
Seward
St Samuel Untermyer
New Trust May Be Formed In Galicia Oil
Berlin reports twelve small independent oil producers in Galicia have bored wells that threaten the Austria-Hungary petroleum syndicate’s plans. Refining firms unite in one syndicate while raw producers form another under Schodaka influence. Deutsche Bank lent 2,000,000 crowns to the Scho wica company with a two year no-sell clause.
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Berlin
Galicia
Standard Oil Company
Austria-Hungary
Schodaka Company
Deutsche Bank
Scho@wica
Honda
Illinois Y M C A meeting opens in Rockford headline
Rockford hosts the Illinois Y M C A state convention drawing several hundred delegates. Mayor Jackson delivered the welcome address followed by Dr. Jostal Strong of New York City who spoke on Men of the Twentieth Century. Eminent speakers are on the program for sessions running through Sunday.
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Rockford
Jackson
Jostal Strong
New York City
Mysterious Bomb Plot at British Legation Ball
A Pekin dispatch reports a suspected attempt to bomb the British legation magazine during a military ball. Wires were laid but not connected to the battery. breech blocks and sights of a 4.7 gun were stolen and later recovered. In Berlin, Rear Admiral Von Prittwitz departs for Shanghai to command the German East Asiatic Squadron amid war‑risk signals.
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London
the Times
Legation
Berlin
von Prittwitz
Emperor William
Kiel
Salid
Shanghai
Geissler
Navy Department
Russia
Japan
South Ching
China
Perjury Charge Against Colorado General John Chase
Denver reports that Brigadier General John Chase of the Colorado National Guard is summoned for a military court on charges of perjury and disobedience of orders related to the release of strike leader Davis at Cripple Creek. Charges also allege loaded weapons drawn by Cols Cross and Kimball on Major Williams and two orderlies.
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Denver
Col
John Chase
Colorado National Guard
Davis
Cripple Creek
Chase
Frederick Cross
Frank Kimball
Arthur H. WitNams
General Chase
Cros and Kimball
Williams
Sherman Bell
Chage
Dowie Arrives in New York City with Zion City Plans
John Alexander Dowie and the Restora tion Host arrived at Madison Square Garden after a long rail journey. About 400 Crusaders reached the city first with more trains following, as Dowie and family moved from Grand Central to the Plaza hotel amid some confusion. A thief stole a $1,600 diamond and pearl brooch from Mrs Dowie in the reception room. Dowie denied plans to raise $50 million in New York and refused to confirm any Zion City foundation here.
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New York
John Alexander Dowde
Madison Square Garden
Crusadera
Grand Central Station
Plaza Hotel
Zion
Residents object to report from St Thomas
A large public meeting in St Thomas adopted a resolution to cable the Danish finance minister in Copenhagen expressing deep dissatisfaction with the royal commission's report. They oppose increased import duties a bonded warehouse and a heavy spirits tax, warning measures would ruin the island and urging consideration of inhabitants' views before implementation. The telegram was sent.
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St. Thomas
D. W
Copenhagen
Neary Defeats Nelson in Six Round Milwaukee Bout
Charley Neary of Milwaukee defeats Battling Nelson of Chicago in six rounds, dominating every round except the second. Nelson endures severe punishment, groggy in the fifth, and is knocked down in the sixth as Neary forces the action to win. Eddy Santry beats Jack Dougherty in six rounds.
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Battling Nelson
Chicago
Milwaukee
Charley Neary
Nelson
Neary
Eddy Santry
Jack Dougherty
Perjury confession rattles New York walking delegate case
Henry Farley, a walking delegate awaiting trial for perjury in Sam Parks trial, confesses to District Attorney Jerome that perjury was incited by a prominent lawyer. He cites numerous cases of walking delegates who allegedly conspired to extort money from contractors to avoid strikes, reflecting a corrupt web behind labor and legal troubles.
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New York
Henry Farley
Sam Parks
Jerome
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