Taft Sails for Home After Isthmus Mission
Secretary Taft left Colon aboard the Prairie Charleston after a six day Isthmus stay filled with meetings on canal zone administration, the Panama Colombia boundary dispute, and relations with Panama and Colombia. He held conferences with President Amador Foreign Secretary Arias Mr Squiers Senor Arango and others, with a satisfactory agreement reported.
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Arias
Squiers
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Panamen
William Nelson Cromwell
Canal Company
Washington
Roosevelt
Root
Centralization Drive Targets Notorious Governors in Russia
Russian Octob erist campaign seeks to curb provincial prerogatives and strengthen Premier Stolypin's control. The effort aims to weed out governors deemed ultra-reactionary whose actions hinder government policy. High-level protection had previously shielded them.
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St. Petersburg
Stolypin
What the Jury Thought at Melbourne Club Trial
During a trial for assault in Melbourne a rail a ax handle a knife and a shotgun were shown as the weapons used. The assaulted man defended himself with a scythe a revolver a pitchfork a chisel a hand saw and a dog. The jury said they would have paid a sovereign each to witness the fight.
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Melbourne
Why Sailors Don’t Learn to Swim
A stated exchange between a sailor and a druggist argues sailors avoid learning to swim to spare themselves prolonged agony at sea. The dialogue suggests fear of dying slowly in cold water and extends to advising youths against following the sea.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
When reverses reveal true friends in Louisville Courier-Journal
The Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a speaker noting that in hard times friends show loyalty while others declare they always knew you were an accident. The remark underscores how perceptions shift after reversals.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Farsighted exchanges in a political economy debate
In a terse dialogue a figure asks for an answer while another refuses to grant a monopoly until competition is assessed. The exchange centers on control and the risk of market dominance in economic policy.
He that comes unbidden will sit down unasked
An Irish proverb notes that an uninvited guest will settle in without being asked. The saying emphasizes social etiquette and hospitality expectations in informal gatherings.
Bank cashier in Allegheny National Bank scandal
George Tener rich manufacturer and bondsman for William Montgomery the defaulting cashier withdrew bail to prevent Montgomery’s death by action. Montgomery confessed to looting the bank amid defalcations estimated at least 1 250 000 and implicated others.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny National Bank
George Tener
William Montgomery
Montgomery
Tener
National Bank
William L. Folds
United States
Richard R. Quay
Newspapers Present Evidence to House Committee
Washington May 13 The case of newspaper publishers is presented to a special House committee investigating wood pulp and print paper costs. John Norris of the American Newspaper Publishers Association finishes his statement and will testify again. The next witnesses expected are paper manufacturers. Norris describes the International Paper company and argues consolidation raises production costs versus individual mills. The Times Company refuses the committee contract request, prompting Chairman Mann to note publishers seek speedy action but many large papers withhold information, suggesting possible bluffing over current contracts.
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Washington
House
John Norris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Worris
International Paper Company
New York Times
Paper
Times Company
Mann
Congress
Dance With Bluejackets at San Francisco Ball
In San Francisco on May 13, the bluejackets and petty officers headlined a reception and ball at the auditorium hosted by the California club ladies. San Francisco society women and officers danced together while officers and wives enjoyed an elaborate supper before ships began disintegrating from the fleet. The Maine went to Mare Island for overhaul and the Missouri to Hunter's Point dry dock as the Atlantic torpedo boat flotilla left the anchorage for Mare Island.
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California Club
Maine
Missouri
Mare Island
Hunter's Point
Atlantic Torpedo Boat Flotilla
Luckiest Man in the Country as Death Farm Tale Appraises
Gust Gun ness of Minneapolis believes he is the luckiest man after twice refusing offers to manage the property near Laporte Indiana known as the death farm Ray Lamphere the former manager now awaits murder charges in Indiana politics explained plurality and majority definitions with example figures and notes from Path finder
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Minneapolis
Gust Gunness
Thirtieth Avenue South
Bella Gunness
Laporte
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Wonders of Water and Its Vast Ramifications
A nineteenth century survey explains how water mingles with bodies, plants, and materials. It notes fluid content in plaster, air, vegetables, and plant sap acting as a transport system, with examples from opal to timber coloring and plant evaporation.
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France
Fairies of Cornwall and folklore linger in rugged land
The piece notes Katherine Lee Bates’s view of Cornwall where fairies and sprites persist as a living folklore. It describes the small people as kind haulers of babies and Druids spirits, mentions spriggans guarding treasure, piskies who ride horses, and miners hearing tapping from imprisoned Jewish souls.
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Cornwall
Britain
Katherine Lee Bates
Gretna Green
Land’s End
Ireland
Two Signatures Guard Against Forgers in New York
A New York business man says he keeps two signatures on file to thwart forgers, noting that one signature on a letter or hotel register would not be recognized by the bank. He believes two distinct signatures make him safer and urges others to adopt the practice after mastering the technique.
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New York
New York Globe
Hard to Do Without Pockets
A yeoman at the navy recruiting station laments the absence of side pockets in uniform trousers. He notes that recruits feel the habit of thrusting hands into pockets, and he has worn the uniform four years, still instinctively seeking pockets.
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Navy
Kansas City Times
Little Clara Hints At Reincarnation In Toy Tales
In a humorous exchange a child named Clara declares her kit tie once was a paper of pins in a previous life. Her mother asks why and Clara explains she can still feel some of the pins in her toes, a playful riff on reincarnation.
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Clara
For Sale Offers on Rural Homes and Dakota Lands
Real estate ads describe several homes on Winona and Lansing Aves with barns wells and good cellars. Promotes weekly Dakota trips and special cash bargains including an 80 acre farm and a six room house priced at 1450.
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Winona St
Dakota Lands
Dakota
Lansing Ave
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