Government pushes coordinated hog cholera stamp out
The agricultural department seeks a cooperative experiment with Tennessee and Iowa to stamp out hog cholera. Secretary Wilson has written to state governors requesting aid. If accepted, the bureau of animal industry will send representatives to select counties to test an economical control method and report findings from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Tennessee
Iowa
Wilson
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington
Salmon Industry in Peril as Columbia River Canning Fails
The eastern salmon market falters and packers warn of total demoralization of Columbia River canneries. Packers scuttle fishing, seek alternative catches, and some plan to close operations unless prices rise above four cents per pound. Fishermen's union to meet over the four-cent rate, with likely no canneries operating by May first if prices stay low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia River
Fishermen’s Union
Packers’ Association
Seal Question Studied by Beltish and American Commissioners
The president will appoint another expert commission to work with Britain on Behring Sea seal life. Last year’s British appointees Thomson and Hamilton return. American members are President Jordan of Stanford and Professors Stegnagen and Lucas. Negotiations seek a modus vivendi to suspend all sealing on land and sea during expert work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Parrot Sets Off Fire Alarm At Small Chicago Blaze
A candle in a closet starts a fire in a Chicago flat at 477 Wabash Avenue. Mrs. Ritter’s parrot screams Fire Fire as the blaze is confined to one room. Detectives respond quickly, firemen arrive, parrot talks to firefighters amid the scene.
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Wabash Avenue
Chicago
John Ritter
Ritter
Harrison Street
Woolridge
Hermit of Smoky Mountains Visits Gainesville in Odd Oration
A Ga. resident reports a man living as a hermit in the Smoky mountains of South Carolina who traveled from Atlanta with 40 pounds of books. The wanderer, aged and bearded, speaks of army service, war privations, and a life in the woods while delivering a dry, curious discourse on Rome, heroes, Shakespeare, religion, myth, philosophy, and geology. He is called a “diamond in the rough” yet remains banished from society and speaks in a peculiar, uncouth manner.
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Gainesville
Smoky Mountains
South Carolina
Atlanta
Itc
Rome
Mrs Hammond's Book Reveals Johannesburg Revolt Stories
Mrs John Hays Hammond wife of an American engineer and reform committee member in Johannesburg writes A Woman's Part in the Revolution. The volume details personal experiences the Jameson raid and Kruger visit with frank views on Churchill Chamberlain and British protection. She says she would rather see her sons plowing than become statesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
John Hays Hammond
Joseph Chamberlain
Colonies
Great Britain
Hammond
Joke on amateur hypnotist at Northwestern University
Northwestern University sophomore William N Webb, a liberal arts junior, conducted a self stated hypnotism experiment in Prof Coes mental philosophy class. He attempted to hypnotize prep students beginning with S A Tyndall who remained unconscious after being told to eat candy coded soup. The prank persisted for hours until the supposedly hypnotized student woke laughing, leaving Webb convinced of his own rare powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilitsin H. Webb
William N. Webb
College of Liberal Arts
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Webb
Coe
S. A. Tyndall
Prof. Coe
New Copper District Opens in Mashell Pierce County
Prospectors flock to the Mashell copper district in Pierce County Washington thirty miles south of Tacoma after bonding for 175000 to a Denver syndicate for ten claims. Two Lake Superior copper experts endorsed the district prompting another bond of 40000 to San Francisco men. Development on a large scale not yet started as prospects rush in from the world beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierne County
Wash
Denver
Mashell
Pierce County
Tacoma
Lake Superior
San Francisco
Niagara Falls Water Flow Estimated At 620000 Tons A Minute
Officials estimate the volume of water tumbling over Niagara Falls at 620000 tons each minute, a figure spanning day and night, reflecting the falls' massive and constant flow.
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Niagara
Wheat in the Bible Repeats Across Testament Texts
The word wheat appears over 100 times in both the Old and New Testaments, appearing in diverse contexts from agricultural references to symbolic uses in prophecy law and parables, reflecting its central role in ancient daily life and religious imagery.
Jewish Flag Flown in Chicago First Time in Centuries
The Hebrew national flag was dedicated Sunday night at the Lessing clubhouse in Chicago with rabbinical leaders and the Uniformed Rank present. Rev. Dr. A R Levy accepted the banner, the first known adoption of a Jewish flag in the United States or Europe, as officers were installed and the emblem blessed by the rabbi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rabbicinal Fraternity of
Lessing
A. Rt. Levy
United States
Europe
King Solomon's Temple
West Side Dens
David
A. R. Levy
Adolph Bondy
Hiccup Cures Generate Wide Family Letter Rush
A New Jersey man relieved after 20 days of hiccups by ice cream triggers a flood of cured ideas from across the country. Suggestions range from butter and vinegar to onions and a staged fright, with notes from Kentucky and other locales sharing odd remedies and cautions about safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawood
Thomas Caywood
New Brunswick
N. J
Kentucky
Portland boy's grocery theft spree shocks grocers
A 16-year-old Portland youth moved from store to store ordering groceries and a pie, then attempted to pay with a bill while demanding delivery to a distant address. He duped multiple grocers into supplying goods, prompting one merchant to warn others and watch for him. The spree ended when drivers compared orders and traced the mischief to him.
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Portlans
Portland
Ore
William Rhodes
Grand Avenue
East Pine
Sthodes
Mr. Berger
Mr. Rhodes
Mr. Thompson
Berger
Rhodes
Indian Lands Open to Settlement on Correct Meridan
The eastern end of the Southern Ute reservation in southwest Colorado may open to settlement this summer by presidential proclamation after the error in the 107th meridian longitude was identified. Secretary Bliss ordered the geological survey director to fix the meridian by astronomical observation, likely establishing it late May, with about 48 000 acres affected in favor of the Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Bliss
Geological Survey
Blinded by Light From Electric Plant Leaves Floridian Blind
At Clearwater Florida J I Nash operator of a Belair Light Plant suddenly went blind after intense glare from electric lights. Doctors in the town could not explain the sudden loss of sight and plan to move him to Atlanta for treatment. The case is described as unprecedented in eye disease history. The victim is from a prominent Florida family and is related to Tampa social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Nan
Calhoun
Atlanta
Clearwater
Fla
J. I. Nash
Belair
J. R. Torres
Tampa
Narrow escape at Senate as inkstand flies past presiding officer
A veteran Washington correspondent played with an empty inkstand in the senate press gallery. The stand slipped from his grip as Senator Morgan spoke on the Nicaragua canal bill and Great Britain threats. The inkstand thudded on the floor, and the two reporters vanished through gallery doors. An sergeant at arms officer searches for them as inkstands will be clamped down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington Post
Senator Morgan
Great Britain
Morgan
Capitol
Sergeant-At-Arms
French baker Blaise wakes from trance after presumed death
Uurnoabas Blaise, a French former St. Nicholas hotel baker in Cincinnati, was pronounced dead but awoke before a post mortem. His wife and three children anguished as undertaker prepared the body. Blaise had suffered boils, blindness, and dropsy, with multiple operations. after revival his health improved and his appetite returned, though doctors fear he may not live long.
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Barnrlas Dlgise Aywakes
Uurnoabas Baise
St. Nicholas
Cincinnati
Blaise
Woman Sweats Blood in Maryland County Case
At a Washington County Medical Society meeting Dr. B B Davis of Boonsboro described a local ailment in a Boonsboro woman who reportedly sweats blood. He showed two handkerchiefs saturated with blood and noted the skin releases the coloring matter though the woman appears otherwise healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Washington County Medical Society
Davis
Boonsboro
Tough Apple Friction Ends With Loose Tooth Incident
A Portland Maine resident bit into an apple bought in a store and broke two front teeth. He concluded the fruit was unsuitable, noting it was the kind used for hard cider.
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Portland
Fun at Students' Expense by Omega Initiates
Coed residents at the University of Chicago watched two freshmen performed the Omega ritual nicknamed riding the goat for about 14 minutes as initiates demanded pennies from dorm residents. After collecting copper coins they joined Omega members and bought peanuts and candy with the proceeds. The hand organ used was returned to a wandering music peddler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago
Edwin Poulson
Charles Ilalsey
Omega Secret Society
Poulson
Omaha
Kelly Hall
Lnds
Woman’s Bachelor Club draw from Edwardsburg sparks criticism
Frances J. Willard visiting New York condemns the Woman's Bachelor club as a misnomer and says it will fail and spread little. Mary T. Burt and Elizabeth Grannis also denounce the Edwardsburg scheme, calling it demoralizing and a pursuit of pleasure for shallow minded women and men.
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Willard Ani
Frances J. Willard
New York
Hdwardsburg
Ind
East
Mary T. Burt
Bachelor Club
Elizabeth Grannis
Edwardsburg
King Leopold Lets Ardennes Chateau Become Gambling Hub
Belgium’s King Leopold reportedly rents his Ardennes chateau to a syndicate for years to host a gambling club with a new hotel planned beside it. Promoters aim to rival Monte Carlo and expand gambling dens, while a Charleroi mason won 100000 francs in a lottery as workers flood savings into bets.
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King
Belgium
Leopold of
London
Ardennes
Monte Carlo
Charleroi
How to Grow Mushrooms by Secretary Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson issued a bulletin titled How to Grow Mushrooms. It explains cultivation and notes mushrooms are easy to grow but demand must grow. It cites higher supply and lower prices, urging cleaner handling younger picking careful sorting and packing and wider knowledge of the industry to boost middle class demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
The Queen's Health Determines Jubilees Plans
Reported plans for the diamond jubilee festivities depend on the queen's health. If she is unwell she stays at Buckingham Palace. if fatigue appears she may skip the St. Paul’s cathedral visit or the procession, or limit her participation to St. Paul’s alone.
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Buckingham Palace
St. Paul's Cathedral
Buty on Wheels Reduced Openings in Nicaragua for American Manufacturers
United States Consul Wiesike at Managua reports Nicaragua has cut bicycle duties to 22-100 cents per pound about 2.13 dollars per machine, down from ten cents per pound, opening for American wheels while warning of German counterfeits bearing American names. Disease in Dogs at Paris academy of medicine notes misclassified hydrophobia as epileptic fits, showing dogs and humans prone to nervous diseases. Penny-in-the-Slot Light lets a Londoner buy six hours of eight candle-power light for four pence, either as lump or daily installments. The distance between the eyes is the width of one eye.
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Nicaragua
State Department
United States
Wiesike
Managua
Paris Academy of Medicine
M. Megnin
Elliott Fitch Shepard Bride Captures Vanderbilt Kin
A young New York society figure, Esther Wiggins of Greenport, marries Elliott Fitch Shepard the 20 year old son of Cornelius Van derbilt's sister. Esther, 27, had previously wed Alphonzo Potter, then separated, moved to New York City seven years ago, and has since remained a noted beauty in yacht and social circles.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Murray Hill
Elliott Fitch Shepard
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Esther Wiggins
Greenport
L.T
Esther
Alphonzo Potter
Orient Point
Young Shepard
Harvard College
Snakes Endanger Brunswick Steamer Landing Tale
Two moccasin snakes threatened a Brunswick steam er plying Jacksonville to Mayport during a morning landing near a sunken dock. Captain Brown fired his shotgun, killing the snakes after a tense delay, allowing the crew to secure the vessel before a furious squall.
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Brunswick
Jacksonville
Fla
Mayport
St. Johns
Bhowsers
Capt. Brown
Marvelous Cave Discovered Near Castalia Inlet
Vast subterranean passage uncovered at Castalia near Castalia creek source. Visitors from many towns inspect the new cave over recent days. Entrance hard to locate but interior splendor shown by lights. State geologist to inspect before enlarging opening. Possible connections to Perry's cave and Flat Rock cave suggesting vast extent beyond Mammoth Cave.
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Mammoth Cave
S{xe
Castalia
Castalia Creek
Erie County
Serches
Put-in-Bay
Flat Rock
Oress
Queen Victoria Boots and the Wellington Question
In an early Victorian tale the queen asked the Duke of Wellington why boots were called Wellington boots. She mocked the term asking where a pair of boots would end and if they would reach the tongue. The anecdote reflects royal curiosity over naming customs and the practical look of footwear.
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Queen Victoria
Duke of Wellington
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