Mingling With The People In Swiss Alps
Billy Biggs and I travel incognito through Switzerland meeting two Swiss farm girls in Lauterbrunnen. They identify our nationalities, teaching English phrases while we joke about their cleverness. A week later in Lucerne we discover the girls again, ending with lighthearted sting.
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Billy Biggs
Paris
Switzerland
Fioth
Europe
Americus
Inter
Grindelwald
Scheidess
Lanterbrunnen
Billy
Eiger
Alps
Lauterbrunnen
Jove
Anit
Biily
Lucerne
Womin
Carnegie Yacht Completes Two-Thirds World Voyage
The non-magnetic yacht Carnegie, now at Brooklyn, completed three years at sea, two-thirds of a globe-spanning voyage. Built largely from brane in water, it offers ship masters worldwide true compass readings.
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Washington
Carnegie
Brooklyn
Globe
President Wilson Attends Quiet Christmas Service
In Gulfport Mississippi on December 20, President Wilson marked his fifty seventh birthday by attending a small Pass Christian Presbyterian church service with Mrs Wilson. Reverend Horbert Jones preached on personal accountability to God as the president received warm congratulations including a bouquet presented by a village girl and a message from King George.
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Gulfport
Miss
Wilson
Pass Christian
R Hlorbert Jones
King George
Deputies Repel Mob at Chestertown Jail Standoff
In Cumberland Maryland on December 29 a mob gathered to lynch Nermin Mabel jailed for murder of farmer John Colemat. Deputies and State Attorney Vickers fought the crowd with drawn revolvers and volleys, firing over heads to deter the attack. Former Sheriff McKee intervened, grabbing the hammer from the leader and ending the assault for the moment.
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Cumberland
Kent County
Chestertown
Nermin Mabel
John H. Colemat
TH. W. Vickers
W. K. Brown
Vickers
Mabel
William H. McKee
Secon
Brown
Sherif Brown
Mr. Vickers
James Alfred Pearce
Radiu m Treatment Gives Bremner Hope For Cancer
Baltimore report says Robert G. Bremner of New Jersey, undergoing rad ium therapy at a local sanitarium for a malignant cancer on his left shoulder, felt better yesterday. His sister Helen Bremner, secretary to the representative, cautioned that results are unclear but hopeful, following his first radium treatment on Christmas Day using 11 touches valued at $100,000 embedded in the growth.
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Baltimore
Robert G. Bremner
New Jersey
Helen Bremner
Bremner
Gatun Spillway Opens After Long Closure
Panama reports Gatun spillway opened for first time since June 27. Water level had risen from 4 to 84.7 feet above dow level during the closed period. Maximum level allowed is 87 feet, with one gate opened briefly daily to maintain current level and aid removal of floating vegetation from the lake basin.
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Panama
Gatun
Atun Lake
Dow
Thin Io
Peasnt
Hair and Ringworm Cure Prompts Brush with Cuticura
A Rhode Island reader recounts a months long ringworm ordeal on a Utule girl at 161 Harrison St Pawtucket. After trying various aids without relief she uses Cuticura Soap and Ointment and within four weeks hair regrows and the infection heals, with a testimonial from Mrs Corbett dated 1912.
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Harrison St. Pawtucket
R. L
Kier Hal
Abe
Cuticura
Dept
T. Bostan
Mic
Two States Cut Mine Deaths In 1912
The U S Bureau of Mines praised Michigan and Minnesota for sharply reducing deaths in metal mines in 1912. Michigan lowered iron and copper mine fatalities from 144 in 1911 to 66 in 1912, while Minnesota cut iron mine deaths from 7A to 1. The report notes dramatic safety gains and credits state campaigns, operators, inspectors, and rescue crews for the progress.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Michigan
Minnesota
Ountry
Savery
WNL
Ysa
Joseph A. Hohnes
Bureau
Mirlian
Agenera
Brom
Snread
Minera
Huresu
Lees
Wnt
Burewn'n
Wec Eidents
Alaska
CHAMP CLARK SAYS A BOOM IS COMING
Speaker Clark predicted a vast business boom after tariff and currency bills pass. He argued five percent tax on gold would attract foreign trade and aid merchants, insisting currency reform will give small merchants funds to do business and avert panies.
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Clark
Heston
Maine
Tome
Musrine
Emigration from Italy Surges in Early 1912
Bonn reports a sharp rise in Italian emigration with 385,225 leaving Italy in nine months, 252,000 heading to the United States and total remittances of 35,225 dollars. The year shows 131,066 more departures than the previous year, signaling a strong cross‑sea movement from Daly.
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America
Bonn
Daly Te Jhorwarlyy
Italy
United States
Ais
Warning to Emigrants: Don't Sail to United States Now
Viennese officials warn emigrants to delay departure to America citing unstable economic conditions and unsettled affairs in Hungary. The advisory urges postponement until the situation improves and travel risks lessen.
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United States
Vienna
Diteriog
Ehreaker Warny
America
Scramble to See Mona Lisa Exhibition in Rome
Crowds packed the museum to view the painting titled Mona Lisa or Mota Lis as authorities limited entry with carabineers. About 4 000 permits were issued, women fainted, and police dispersed the crowd as Dr. Hick and officials managed the day. The painting was later delivered to the Italian ambassador for transport to Palazzo Farnese in Rome for private display before moving to Milan for seven days.
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Rome
Tee
Che Toughess Matseum
Che Qalisente
Fternans
Dr. Hick
Fine Arts
Camry
de. Ricci
M. Marrere
Palazzo Farnese
Mona Tolan
Milan
Railroads Seek More Information On Freight Rates
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission sent interrogatories to eastern railroads requesting detailed data on physical and financial operations to explain diminishing net earnings. The commission notes the need for fuller information to determine causes of reduced profits and the general rate policy.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Dec
Commission
Genesaury
Froim
Raitromly
Omar
Fire Threat Stirs Quincy House Guests
Boston report says four hundred sleeping guests at the Quincy and Crawford house were awakened by a bellboy when a fire in a nearby restaurant jumped toward the building. Men and women fled to the street with belongings for about an hour until firemen contained the flames.
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Boston
Quincy
Crawford House
KITCHENER NOT FOR INDIA Viceroy Rumor Denied
Cairo reporter says British agent Kitchener is not to be named viceroy of India as rumors swirl. In Washington a Dec 29 statement to the House committee on commerce from George M Hormel of the agriculture department declares the South will be the country success story for cheap beef, with northern farmers able to raise cattle.
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Jenial
London
Cairo
Alge
Loni Kitchener
Egypt
Inn
Washington
House Committee On
George M. Hormel
Department of Agricuture
Rommel
Alubarma
Seattle
Home and Household Tips From an Early 20th Century Column
A column of practical advice on cleaning, cooking and fabric care. Topics include stain removal with turpentine and glue, browning sugar removal, insect control on vegetables, summer cooling methods, curtain washing, home laundering of lace and fabrics, and inventive old fashioned confections such as maple cream candy and chocolate caramel. It presents an array of household remedies, recipes, and do it yourself steps with period tone and specifics.
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Rome
A Poor Man's Hell in the Caribbean Tropics
Excerpt from Julius Muller's Caribbean Traveler essay describing the Caribbean tropics as a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor white man from the North. It notes plantation labor pressures, caste systems in Central America, and unique conditions in Panama that enable such disparities.
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Caribbean Tropics
Panama
Duat
Islands
America
Julius Muller
Rumor centralizes around Michigan vs Penn on Thanksgiving
A muddled rumor from Pennsylvania claims Michigan may oppose Penn in a Thanksgiving game next season at Carnell. The chatter centers on who will take the date and whether Poa will stay or part ways, with many rumors circulating.
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Cori
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Penn
Carnell
Farm House School Aims at Freedom and Home Life
A United States Bureau of Education bulletin describes a Winthrop farm house school with no rigid desks or schedules. It emphasizes garden based learning, practical tasks like sewing and soap making, and learning through daily farm life rather than formal subjects. The approach seeks to prepare children for home, farm work, and social life.
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Winthrop
Jeatlegs
Tork
Wnl
Hetty Browne
United States Bureau of Education
A. J. Hontlamd
Lanteru
Heneven
How to Make Homemade Soap
A guide from a nameless contributor describes rendering fat and using lye to make soap at home. It discusses heating fat in the oven, forming cakes, and notes that homemade soap is cheaper than buying readymade soap.
Vermont Valley Railro and loan notes sale plan
The Vermont Valley Railroad faced anticipated notes to reimburse Towton & Maine for construction loans on the Brittichare extension and Montpelier & Welly River line, with ownership tied to Connsellont River railroad. The unit reported 4 percent guaranteed income on 600,000 stock, 10 percent dividends, and a funded debt of 1.5 million on first mortgage bonds from 1910, with extensive track and other improvements noted.
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Vermont Valley
Towton & Maine
New Brittichare
Regent
Montpelier & Welly River
Birr
Barre
Connsellont River Railroad
Bastond& Maine
Conneetiont River Company
Onmust
Veremont Valley
Sullivan County
Ant Axe
Pasei Musicum
Massawippi Viellig Ravironte
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Mrs. Wilson
Natal
Gatun Spillway
Federal Bureau of of Mines
Champ Clark
Speaker
Boston Hotel
Kitchener
India
Latilliheu
Cole
Walt
Chicago Record-Herald
Hell
Eastman Bros
North Main Street
New York
Pasil King
Moat
Tropics
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