Numerous World News Items From Diverse Regions
A roundup notes Daoniel Kelley accused of wife murder and a man found guilty at Gann Valley South Dakota, railway accident fatalities from recent government reports, and the International Association of Press clubs planning a Denver convention. It mentions Mr Pierpont Morgan's tour, Sir Anthony MacDonnell and a severe operation, and Daniel Maloney’s death near Santa Clara. It covers crop figures, resignations, appointments, a Denver suit verdict, a boxing arrest, and planned river coal mining tests in Pittsburgh, plus foreign notes from Vladivostok to Spain.
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Daoniel Kelley
Mur A
Gann Valley
International Association of Press Club
Denver
Pierpont Morgan
Aly
Anthony MacDonnell
Moretary
Jordieutenant
Ireland
London Daily Telegraph Maya
Vladivostok
Southwestern Crop Bulletin
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
John Hyde
Bureau of Crop Statistics
Washington
Edwin
Holmes, Sr
Jackson Smith
National Railroad of Mexico
Panama Canal
Supreme Court of the District of Colombia
David H. Moffat
Colo
Chesapeake Beach Railway Company
Jim” Hall
Australia
Robert Fitzsimmons
Chicago
United States
Pittsburg
Joseph Buffington
Queen Margharita
Spain
Portugal
London Daily Telegraph
Whiteworth
Neat
South Wales
Appcal
Nebraska
EB. M. Pollard
Cass County
Brown
J. T. Bradley
Topeka
T. P. Kane
First National Bank
City
C. J. Delvin
Henry T. Clarke
Omaha
Portland
Oregon
Harold Powell
United States Department of Agriculture
War Department
United States Army
Mississpp
Aitkin
Tagsca
Minnesota
Paris
Emile Arion
Noah W. Chever
Ann Arbor
Mich
New England Baptist Young People’s Convention
Boston
Acetylene Light Boosts Plant Growth Beyond Sunlight
Cornell University experiments show acetylene light can double radish weight at night and trigger pea blossoms, suggesting acetylene as a viable growth aid for crops. The gas is cheap to produce, easily installed, and already used in urban lighting and various buildings.
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Cornell University
Lavinia Hopper Named in Health Misdiagnosis Exchange
A speaker mentions Lavinia Ann Hopper amid a dramatic dialogue about mistaken diagnoses and chest pains likened to a steam engine. The exchange centers on how doctors may misinterpret angina pectoris while the patient asserts the realism of symptoms.
Arable translation of Iliad published in Cairo
Suleiman Vistani a Mohammedan student at Khartum college has published an Arable translation of Homer s Iliad in Cairo. The work has been enthusiastically received in Moslem circles.
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Cairo
Suleiman Vistani
Khartum College
Close Quarters
The Atlanta Constitution reports a defense attorney noting the defendant faces a tight trial with a divided jury. Jurors split on penalties, with about half favoring hanging and the rest doubting the rope’s use. The piece illustrates high tension and ambiguous prospects for justice.
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Reat
Atlanta Constitution
Especial Interest Case for Women in Mich July 24
Mrs A Wellett wife of a well known photographer in Champion Mich describes her five year kidney trouble. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she reports relief including better sleep less cramping and no nighttime awakenings. She credits the pills for her recovery and improved health.
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Champion
Mich
A. Wellett
Dodd
Landlord Gets One Third in New Zealand Capital
In Wellington one third of a worker or clerk’s income goes to rent. The note describes the heavy burden of housing costs in the capital city as rents consume a substantial portion of wages.
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New Zealand
Sprague to Present Second Paper on The Electric Railway
The August Century will publish the second of Mr. Frank J. Sprague's papers on The Electric Railway. He will examine later experiments and current state of the art, asserting that each road has unique problems and electricity adoption depends on thorough analysis of conditions.
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Frank J. Sprague
Stone Explores The Associated Press In Wartime Century
Mr. Melville E. Stone presents his fifth paper on The Associated Press in the August Century. He explains how the news cooperative operates during war and examines the claim that the AP is a monopoly.
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Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
Stone
A Man Defined by What He Seeks Not Finds
A reflective adage notes that a person is measured by his pursuits rather than by the treasures or outcomes he encounters, emphasizing intent over results.
Here Is Relief for Women Monthly Regulator Ad
A garbled ad claims a monthly regulator relieves female troubles and backache. It references a product named Mother Gray and a distributor in New York. The text is distorted but suggests a patent remedy marketed to women.
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Mother Gray
York
Austicatlan
Fay Kharmon
N. On
No Reed May Be More Bigoted Than One Creed
Smokers find Lews Single Binder of better quality than Sea Ades SS est Ton hen pose.
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Reed
Awakening Interest in Beauty in American Homes
The Cleveland Plain Dealer argues Americans have neglected ideals of beauty in homes and cities, noting historic reliance on practicality. It credits recent urban and domestic adornment efforts to European-origin populations and shifts toward turning short-term homes into lasting artistic environments.
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Europe
America
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Rented wedding gifts shock New York store owner
A Harlem silverware dealer describes a scheme where a concert singer rented wedding gifts for a niece and lent them for use on the wedding day with security and payment. He notes he read of similar rentals in Paris and London, but had not heard of such practices in New York.
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Harlem
Atlantic
Broadway
Paris
London
New York
President's College Honors Increase Roosevelt Degrees
Theodore Roosevelt already surpassed all prior presidents in honorary degrees with ten titles plus eight LL D and one L H D. Harvard awarded his BA twenty two years ago and he now holds a total twice the highest figure for any former president. Washington Jefferson McKinley had five, John Adams and Hayes four, Grant three.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Harvard
Washington
Jefferson
McKinley
John Adams
Hayes
Grant
Bridegroom backs out wedding over dress bill note
A Lincolnshire village tale tells of a woman who sought a husband and planned to wed. On the wedding day she waited at the church to find the groom had sent a note, saying he would not marry after receiving a dressmaker bill. The remark, More haste, less speed, echoes the outcome.
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Linecolnshire
London Telegraph
The Eloquence of Money in Higher Education
A critical note on large gifts from John D Rockefeller and others to American colleges and universities. The piece mocks funding influence, cites $100,000,000 proposals, and suggests Yale and Harvard engage with wealthy donors, while urging restraint and comical detachment from such finance driven academia.
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John D
Great American College
Congregationalista
Miss Tarbell
Mark Hanna
Hadley
Yale
Harper
T. Roosevelt
Harvard
Rockefeller
Collier's
Epic Poem by Hermann Lingg Longer Than Most
The late Hermann Lingg wrote a 20000 line epic poem on migrations of peoples gathered from hospitals taverns and military camps where he once served as an army surgeon. His seventieth birthday was celebrated in Munich 1890 with noble honors.
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Hermann Lingg
Munich
Mall
Byron
Knew His Own Capacity
Abe Gruber a New York lawyer tells of a southern friend visiting him. He poured whisky and found the guest about to drink from a water glass filled to the brim. The guest jokes he would not drink that much cider, revealing a cultural quip about judging by the glass.
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Abe Gruber
New York
Doctor's whispered summons after Paris guillotine
An eyewitness account describes a Paris guillotine execution where the attending doctor called the condemned man's name as his head fell into the basket. Two times the eyes opened slowly then closed, but on the third call there was no response. The doctor claimed tissue sensitivity after death lasts longer in those executed in health.
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Paris
France
Senator Clark Undergoes Brain Abscess Surgery At Home
Montana Senator William Clark, long plagued by ill health, had part of the left temporal bone removed after surgeons trephined his skull in New York. An abscess formed from diseased bone near the middle ear following pneumonia and a mastoiditis, with recovery expected to take days.
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William Clark
Montana
New York
Hines
Butte
Mont
Clark
Senator Clark
Paris
Morris
Time of Cuban Prosperity Rapid Population and Trade Rise
Harper's Weekly notes Cuba's population rose from 1.6 million in 1899 by about 300000, with 15000 immigrants last year mostly from Spain. Sugar output grew from 300000 tons to 1000000 last year, projected 1250000 this year, while raw cotton, fruit, and vegetables expand. US imports from Cuba rose to about 75000000 in 1904 and exports reached 32644000, outpacing prior year gains.
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Spain
Department of Puerto Principe
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and
Cuba
Island
Harper’s Weekly
Prolific French Canadians and the Twelve Children Act
The late Mercier government policy granted government land to each father of twelve children. It reveals French Canadians are more pro life than other races in the dominion. Only a small share of beneficiaries are English Scottish or Irish.
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Canada
Mercier
Dominion
Countess to Auction Jewels From First Marriage
The Countess Longay plans to auction all jewelry and Valuables tied to her first marriage to Rudolph of Austria in Paris. A leading jeweler holds the collection already. It includes a lace veil from Brussels marking Belgium Austria unity and an amethyst parure gifted by Flume.
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Ountess Longay
Rudolph of
Austria
Brussels
Belgium
Flume
Lion Fears Ostrich Tactic in Curious Habitat Tale
An odd fable describes a lion terrified by an ostrich. The bird proves swifter and can deliver a powerful kick, then escapes. The tale notes how such tactics irritate the lion, highlighting instinctive fear and cunning in animal confrontations.
A City's Charm and City Life Reflection
A London resident, Mr. H. Hill, favors city life over rural governance. He prefers clerical work amid urban noise to ruling an isolated country life and values studying human nature in London above nature.
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City of
London
H. Hill
Hailstone Size Matches Local Legends in Oregon Turmoil
A vivid weather account describes hailstones feared as large as cherries in Oregon and claims New Algeria reported even larger stones. The text alleges a territory about 120 miles long and six wide suffered devastation from the storm.
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Oregon
New
Algeria
French Doctor Claims Potatoes Cure Some Diabetes
Dr Mosse a French physician affirms the good results of administering potatoes in certain forms of diabetes and states that he has effected cures by this means in his practice.
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Mosse
Two Points of View in Aged Perspectives
A young man recalls events from five or six years ago while an older man places them forty or fifty years past. The Atchison Kansas Globe presents the differing tempos of memory across generations.
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Atchison, Kan
Globe
Grape-Nuts Defends Its Prepared Breakfast Process
The piece argues that rival flakes fail to pre digest starch while Grape-Nuts properly transforms wheat and barley starch to sugar. It explains a long, controlled preparation from soaking to baking, yielding a digestible product designed to rebuild brain and nerve tissue, and notes openness of factory tours.
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T. J. O'Keefe
Angina
Lavinia Ann Hopper
Henderson
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