Express Companies Firm in Refusal to Back Strikers
Chicago reports final rejection of union demands by employers in the express drivers strike. No peace steps succeed as the lumber district strike spreads, halting most business. Police surge precedes 1,000 extra officers. deputies and U S marshals seize on contempt rulings with show-cause hearings set for May 31.
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Chicago
Ti Whe
Lowst
Barrett
United States
Nixty
Koblsaat
Missouri Supreme Court limits policy revocation by fraternal insurers
The Missouri Supreme Court rules that fraternal and assessment life insurance firms cannot revoke a policy after three annual payments have been made. The case involved a policy issued May 1896 with payments up to June 1899. the insured died January 1900 and the company initially denied the claim despite lower court findings of net policy value beyond death.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court of Misouri
Ife
Southern Presbyterian Assembly Reports Pledges Reach 300000
In Fort Worth Texas the twentieth century assembly shows 300000 pledged with about half received. The assembly did not sustain N E Thurmond versus the Missouri synod. Federation debates will resume after committee reports.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Southern Presbyterian Church
N. E. Thurmond
Synod of Missouri
President urged to back probe into Equitable affairs
Clarence Whitman of the Merchants' Association of New York met with the president to seek active government action on the Equitable Life Assurance Society. It was unclear what details emerged but Whitman reportedly pressed for either a government investigation or congressional recommendations on insurance legislation.
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Washington
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Clarence Whitman
Merchants’ Association of New York
British Women Triumph in Golf International Match
London witnessed a 18 hole ladies international match between British and American players. The British team won six games to one, with seven players per side.
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London
The
Ladies’ Golf Union
Hunts
Cody divorce case moved to supreme court on appeal
Cheyenne Wyoming Judge Scott overruled the motion for a new trial in Colonel W. F. Cody's divorce suit. The case will go to the supreme court on appeal.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Scott
W. F. Cody
Supreme Purt
Peace prospects fade in Chicago Teamsters strike
The last peace talks between Jamon Barry of the express drivers union and seven express company managers failed. Explanations show drivers across Lumbermen's associations are ready to strike, with 2000 drivers expected to join, while Edward Hines pushes for continued fighting over reinstatement and boycotted deliveries.
Japanese Victories Reported by Tokyo Imperial HQ
Imperial headquarters reports Russian cavalry detours and defeats. On May 20 the enemy regrouped near Tafangshen before moving to Siaotatzu, twenty six miles from Fukumen, then retreated to the Malien river. Remaining forces on the left bank were defeated and withdrew northward.
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Tokio
Fukumen
Liao
Tafangshen
Siaotatzu
Malien
Liberal convention nominates Gomez for president Zayas for vice
Havana reports the national Liberal convention nominated Jose Miguel Gomez governor of Santa Clara province for president and Alfredo Zayas senator for vice president.
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Cuba
Havana
National Liberal Convention
Jose Miguel Gomez
Santa Clara Province
Alfredo Zayas
May corn price rises on stampede to six cent advance
Chicago reports a stampede of short sellers lifting May corn six cents per bushel to 59 cents as traders rush to cover. May wheat also gains on shorts, advancing four cents to open at 99 cents, with later profits booking some of the move.
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Chicago
Shorts
Starvation Report Targets Eastern Siberia Coastline
The Russky Slavo in Moscow disputed a Vladivostok dispatch claiming the maritime region of Eastern Siberia including Sakhalin and the Kamchatka peninsula faces famine due to wartime disruption. Reports from Khotsk say Bakhalin fish stocks were exhausted last winter and residents even ate dogs to survive.
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T. Petersburg
Russky Slavo
Moscow
Vladivostok
Martime
Siberia
Sakhalin
Kamechkata
Vladiveetok
Khotsk
Bakhalin
Beware the Conceited Man
A young woman dismisses a conceited man noting he and others with matching attire. Her friend reveals a hidden interest in a similar “match” type, agreeing no such uniformity suits her. The dialogue mocks vanity and social pretense in fashion.
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New York Sun
This Prophetic Soul Kindly Stranger Says The Boy Fears A Catastrophe
A small boy confides his anxiety about an impending catastrophe. The kindly stranger engages with him as the boy worries about weeds in the garden and plans for fishing on Saturday, revealing a moment of childlike imagination and concern.
Gator Swallows Man. Villain Threatens Return
Regular Jonah recalls a tale from the Atlanta Constitution where Brer Thom is knocked over by a mule, a gator rises from the mill pond and swallows him. Onlookers say the gator may return as it crawls ashore looking sick and hungry.
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Thoma
Mill Pond
Eick
Atlanta Constitution
Reflected Greatness in a Collar Size Discovery
A Port land Telegram item notes humor as a seeker asks what makes Bjones proud. Mr. Conn remarks Bjones wears the same collar size as Roosevelt, highlighting a playful comparison of shared traits or coincidences.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Conn
Portland Telegram
The Lingering Kind and Newlywed Dinner Banter
Mrs Newlywed asks if pie or cake suits dinner and Chum jokes both last about the same. Mrs Newlywed responds that one is as bad as the other. Detroit Free Press humor caption captured in casual banter.
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Detroit
No Good for a Touch
A quip about a man named Jones described as a sharp character not in skill but in constant shaving and strapping. The exchange hints at a humorous portrait of a cautious, practical friend amid casual banter.
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Jones
Inquest Hears Cheese Deaths Stun English Coroner
An English coroner reported a striking number of sudden deaths after eating cheese at an inquest. The discussion mentions a peculiar cheese described as having life in it and prompts debate about consuming such cheese.
Acetylene Lighting Lights Chickamauga Park
The United States government operates a large acetylene gas plant at Chickamauga Park Georgia May 11 illuminating about six and a half miles of mains and sixty five street lamps. The post near the historic battlefield hosts about one hundred buildings with seventy five main ones illuminated by this system. The War Department also installed plants in Indian schools and other government sites citing acetylene as simple safe and economical.
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Chickamauga Park
United States
Chickamanugs
War Department
Fort Mayer
Virginia
Chickamauga
Fatigue of Work Feels Good Says Railroad Man
A railroad worker argues that fatigue from work is preferable to that from idleness noting that tiredness signals accomplishment and the daily effort yields personal satisfaction. He insists the eight hour day does not dim this sense of achievement.
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised as nerve relief for feet
In a Pinch use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE powder to cure painful smarting nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It makes new shoes easy and relieves sweating feet. Sold by all druggists 25c. Trial package free. Address A. 9 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Cure for Consumption Tour Promoted by London Doctor
A six months' tour by bullocycle in South Africa is pitched as a cure for consumption by a London doctor. The itinerary blends slow travel at two miles per hour with plentiful provisions including vegetables butter meat fowl and eggs. Total cost quoted is 525 dollars.
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Bullocyle
South Africa
London
Salute at Siberian Theater Stuns Traveling Visitor
A traveler visiting Kansk recalls a theater incident where the first actress bowed to the audience and the entire crowd rose to return the bow in a unified, polite gesture during the show.
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Kansk
Boston Tot Prays for Cat Blessings in Child's Prayer
A Boston child offers a heartfelt prayer asking heavenly blessing for a pet cat. The child speaks of loving the cat with vivid imagery including whiskers, emerald eyes, and a strawberry tongue, asking for protection and care.
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Boston
Shortest Novel Title From 19th Century Britain
The piece notes E Dyne Denton’s three volume work titled B An Auto biography and Whyte Melville’s 1869 novel M or N? tied to a Church of England catechism reference. It highlights unusually brief titles used in that era.
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E. Dyne Denton
Whyte Melville
Lengths of World’s Longest Rivers
The Nile leads at about 4 000 miles as the world’s longest river. The Volga in Europe runs 2 114 miles and the Yangtze Kiang in Asia about 2 160 miles. In America the Mississippi-Missouri totals 3 666 miles while Australia’s Murray is 235 miles. the Thames is a short 215 miles.
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Nile
Europe
Volga
Aala
America
Australia
Murray
Thames
Ham Dinner Joke Sparks Courtroom Wordplay
A facetious cannibal jokes about bringing home a ham for dinner. A shipwrecked victor mutters insult to a jury. The scene unfolds with dark humor in a Louisville Courier-Journal snippet.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Catalpa Growth Rates Noted by Country Life Writer
A writer in Country Life in America notes catalpa can grow six inches in a day on strong soil and even on a stump sprouts show rapid root growth. The tree’s diameter can expand by about a third of an inch per year, with vivid summer days described as observable growth.
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Catalpa
America
Lavish Rooms Described in Czarist Palace near St Petersburg
A palace in the czar’s domain near St Petersburg features a lapis Lazuli lined room with ebony and mother of pearl inlay, another with carved ember walls, and a third room whose walls are thick with beaten gold.
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Tsaikoe
St. Petersburg
Dean's Kinders Story of Jefferson Act at Drexel
A Philadelphia Record account recalls Joe Jefferson granting a shut-in art student a theater visit. President McAllister introduced Jefferson, who learned she had never seen a theater. They arranged access before the show, and Rip Van Winkle greeted her at the stage door as the curtain rose.
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Jefferson
Drexel Institute
Joe Jefferson
Saya
Philadelphia Record
McAllister
Nation of Chauffeurs to Train French Boys in Automobiles
France aims to teach every boy about cars with school courses and technical schools offering automobile instruction. Paris leads in support for motoring with public hospitals to receive self propelled ambulances and a fast car to the municipal laboratory for bomb findings and destruction.
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France
Philadelphia Record
Paris
Might Have Been Worse Catherine’s Bright Side Amid HammER Misadventure
A young girl Catherine keeps cheerful in a nursery misadventure after she tries hammering a tack to hang a doll hat. Her resourceful miscue ends with a bandaged finger and a witty line about holding the hammer with one hand.
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Katharine
Catherine
Tobacco in Olden Times and Social Smoking Habits
The 1633 Puritan Master Prynne attacks stage tobacco use noting actresses offered pipes with apples. French traveler Torevin de Rochefort 1677 confirms widespread smoking in England among both sexes. Women then favored snuff as smoking declined, with snuffboxes praised and Lord Bolingbroke linking Queen Anne to snuff culture.
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Prynne
M. Torevin de Rochefort
England
Bolingbroke
Queen Anne
Grace of Marlborough
Call of the Wild Noises From the Clover Field
Fragmentary verses describe animals and voices in a rustic scene. A repeated line mentions a bird, a bee in clover, and a mix of playful sounds as a tide rises and a trout waits.
Cure Catarrh Anywhere With Poruna, Says Doctor Hartman
The article argues catarrh is a single disease across organs and that Poruna cures all forms by addressing the underlying catarrh. Dr. Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio invites readers to write with their case for free advice.
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Poruna
Aou
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Defiance Cold Water Starch Offers 16 Ounce Pack
Housekeepers are urged to buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use claiming it saves time since it never sticks to the iron. Each 16 ounce package costs 10 cents, unlike competing half and quarter pound sizes. The ad warns grocers may push smaller packs to clear stock and emphasizes the starch is chemical free.
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Defiance
Belief Over Heard Words Cited In Norwich Note
A fragment from a Norwich dated note quotes Mina Tiros praising Piso's Cure for Consumption. The item mentions a three year claim of life saved and includes a street address on Mapilo Street, Norwich.
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Mina Tiros
Ronni
Mapilo Street
Norwich
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