Wireless talk across seas from New York tower to Paris Eiffel
Readable notes describe Metropolitan Tower at 7000 feet enabling experiments by Dr De Forest to transmit wireless conversations to the Eiffel Tower in Paris and shipboard across the Atlantic as a future use, alongside a timetable for burglars hours and a flood of other city tales.
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New York
Metropolitan Tower
Eiffiel Tower
Paris
Great Tower
Acros
Atlantic
Nereseary
Manhattan
Abdul Aziz Still In Fight Despite Defeat
The 5 cent Morning Journal report from Casa Blanca Aug 30 notes Abdul Aziz the sultan of record shows signs of recovery after defeat by Murat Halq. Caig Glaoul is said defeated by Shragna tribesmen and Mtougal, who recently joined Aziz, is sweeping toward Morocco City. Aziz claims the setback is minor and hints at returning to Morocco City.
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My Morning Journal
Casa Blanca
Abdul Aziz
Murat Halq
Caig Glaoul
Hatix
Mtougal
Morocco
Abdu Aziz
Kasbah Behebid
Fee
Aged Newspaper Man Arrested for Rioting
Edward Ferris, 60, was arrested in Springfield on suspicion of involvement in a riot tied to a lynching. Police found silverware engraved with the name HW T Leper in his room. Ferris claimed to be a journalist from Menzies, Illinois, writing about Photarcite results and keeping the silverware as a souvenir. Grand jury probe into the riots resumes tomorrow.
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Springfield
Edward Ferris
Land Opening in Canadian Northwest
Winnipeg reports a sweeping land opening in Alberta and Saskatchewan with vast Doukhober lands to be opened for settlement under a new protection law. The measure allows a second homestead and aims to curb a rush by barricades and chutes at land offices, with many applicants already awaiting entry.
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Winnipeg
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Fire Destroys Darby Montana. four-hour blaze
A large fire wiped out most of Darby Montana a Bitter Root Valley town of about 1900 people. The blaze started in the Tanner Water and burned for four hours without a fire department to stop it. Dynamite saved the three remaining buildings, and losses are estimated around 54000 with little insurance.
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Montana
Missoula
Mont
Pire
Darby
Senator Aldrich in Berlin Investigates German Banking System
Senator Nelson W Aldrich of Rhode Island leads a monetary commission inquiry in Berlin assisted by Reynolds and Davison. They meet Imperial Bank managers to compare banking methods and public revenue practices with Europe. Afterward he will holiday at Aix-les-Bains.
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Morning Journal
Berlin
Nelson W Aldrich
Rhode Island
National Monetary Commission
Roosevelt
Messrs. Reynolds
Chicago
Davison
New York
Aldrich
Imperial Bank
Aix-Les Bains
American Committee
Europe
Interior Department
Germany
United States
Pnelish
London
Monetary Commission
Kerlin
Messrs. Davison and Reynolds
Alp Andrews
Harvard
Irish Athletes Set New World Records at Celtic Park
Fifteen thousand spectators watched Irish athletes set marks at Celtic Park on August 30. John Flanagan threw the 16 pound hammer 179 feet 6 3/4 inches, beating prior records. Ralph Hose of California won the 16 shot put with 48 feet 1 1/2 inches, while Melvin Shepard and John Hayes performed in a half mile event.
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New York
Celtic Park
L. L
Orrder of Hibernians
John Flanagan
Lta
Ralph Hose
California
Melvin W. Shepard
John J. Hayes
Marethen Fame
Rockefeller Gives 150000 To College In Richmond
New York reports John D Rockefeller through the General Education Board offers Richmond College Virginia 150000 on condition that Baptists of the state raise an additional 250000. The aim is to aid a major southern education movement under Baptist auspices.
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New York
John B. Rockefeller
General Education Board
Richmond College
Richmond
Rockefeller
President Roosevelt Sees Official Business at Sagamore Hill
Acting Secretary Forster visited Sagamore Hill on a Sunday night for official business to be submitted to President Roosevelt. He remained at the executive home for a time before returning to the executive offices, with details of the activities not disclosed.
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Roosevelt
Forster
Sagamore Hill
Imminent bombardment of Tabriz by royalists warned
The Tabriz correspondent reports Persia may face a decisive crisis as Anjuman faction led by Lata Khan controls the city. Armed men roam freely yet law and order persist with swift retaliation for recent assassinations. Dowleh's envoy warned Europeans to depart.
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Iimlon
Tabriz
Times
Dinate
Persia
Anjuman
Ytabrix
Lata Khan
Pour
Aiu- Ha Dowleh
Ultimatum to Sheh Demands Iran Reform Move
A dispatch from Tabriz reports revolutionists have sent an ultimatum to the sheh with five days to answer. They demand a ministry from their party, exile of reactionaries from Teheran, full amnesty, and the immediate convocation of a national assembly.
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Viimatum Sene Shah
St. Petersburg
Tabriz
Sheh
Teheran
Proof that Continents Were Joined Shown in Seattle Exhibit
Special Correspondent reports that Alaska and Siberia were once joined along the Aleutian chain. Fossil invertebrates found in Yukon valley by EF M Kindle and J M Barnett of the U S Geological Survey indicate austral connections and will be displayed at the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition in Seattle.
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Morning Journal
Seattle
Wash
Siberia
Alaska
EF. M. Kindle
J. M. Barnett
United States Geological Survey
Valley of the
Yukon
America
Progress Slow in Chinese Empire
Pekin Aug 30 An edict outlines yearly milestones for changing China's government to a foreign system and promises a constitution nine years hence despite earlier promises of a decade. Delegations from the provinces discuss the move in Pekin while grand council members maintain formality amid regional interest and comparisons to Persia and Turkey.
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My Morning Journal
Pekia
China
Pekin
Grand Council
Persia
Turkey
San Francisco Carpenter Held in Jealousy Murder Case
A 55 year old carpenter Gus tave Arkell is jailed in Oakland on suspicion of murdering Mrs. Alice L. Donohue. Police say jealousy sparked the crime and found loaded weapons at Arkell’s home. The body was found near the Donohue residence, partially clothed, two blocks away, with police asserting possible prior disappearances and shifting theories.
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Morning Journal
San Francisco
Cali
Gustave Arkell
Oakland City
Alice L. Donohue
Peterson
Arkell
Donohue
Selling Municipal Bonds at Retail
The city of London Ontario sold bonds over the counter by popular subscription proposed by Mayor Stevely. Citizens tendered in $100 increments, oversubscribing the issue about threefold with all bids at par or above. Debentures bear interest and run one to ten years. The method, though pricier, shows citizens prefer direct purchase to brokers. A concert by Albuquerque’s best musical talent is announced for Congregational church Tuesday evening.
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City of
London
Ont
Canada
Stevely
Keeney
Citixens
Municipal Journal and Engineer
Prominent Oakland Woman Murder Case Develops
The decomposed body of Mrs. Allee L. Donahue of Oakland, missing since June 1, was found near her home. Gus Allstead is arrested for murder after a 24 hour public search located clothing tied to the case under a factory and a dog led to more evidence including a shawl and a brooch found in his possession.
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San Francisco
Allee L. Donahue
Second Street
Oakland
Gus Allstead
Western Furniture Company
Sixty-fourth Street
The
Bay
Emeryville
Moerest Hanesr
Frank Walsh
Walsh
Sailors Barred From Oyster Bay Pavilion
Sailors from the president’s yacht Sylph were refused admission to the Inside Inn dancing pavilion in Oyster Bay during a summer visit. An attendant blocked entry for uniformed sailors, who argued navy apparel should not bar them. The incident followed a public opening advertised in posters and involved no prior trouble from the ship’s crew.
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Oyster Bay
Sylph
Roger Williame
Oyster May
United States Navy
Missing ship news reaches Auckland from San Francisco
The steamer Lold Sefton arrived from San Francisco and reported no tidings of the British ship Aeoni, which last sailed from San Francisco July 6 to Sydney. Aeoni was overdue, and the Sefton did not confirm any sighting of the freighter bound for Sydney.
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Auckland
Lold Sefton
San Francisco
Aeoni
Sydney
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