Suffragette given three months jail in London note
Seventeen suffragettes remanded after the Commons incident appeared at Tow Street court. Mrs Mary Leigh, a Scottish suffragette who had served two months for window smashing at Downing Street, received a three month sentence the heaviest yet imposed on suffragettes. Defendants refused to post sureties and faced various jail terms. The magistrate condemned the ongoing disruption and stressed the need to end the state of affairs in the capital.
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London
House of Commons
Tow Street
Mary Leigh
Doessey
Asquith
Downing Street
Mendel Law Hint At New Heredity Principle
A November issue of Technical World Magazine discusses W Beach Thomas and English scientists near publishing a new deep law of heredity. It claims pure strains crossed yield a fixed proportion of offspring with dominant tall traits and recessive dwarf traits across generations, with one quarter pure tall, one quarter pure dwarf, and two quarters mixed, reflecting a mystic proportional pattern in grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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W. Beach Thomas
Mendel
Technical World Magazine
A Contrary Father and Suiter Scene in Dialog
A dialogue sketch titled A Contrary Father shows Suiter asking Edith if she will accept him as a son-in-law. Edith doubts, noting Edith’s dither and Vapa’s contrary nature. The piece includes a polite expression and a motorist’s minor accident exchange with a caller.
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Suiter
Edith
Indians Kill Warden in Montana Shootout During Arrest
Deputy game warden Charles Peyton was killed in Swan River county while arresting Indians for violating game laws. A 13 year old Indian fired from behind horses, Peyton shot him as others drew weapons. Peyton then killed another attacker before succumbing to wounds. Deputies Beyton and Rudolph escorted Peyton’s body as authorities hunted the tribe.
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Thute
Mont. Ort
Minecula
W. BE
Scott
Henry A. Vaes
Charles Th Peyton
Swan River
Beyton
Herman Mudolph
Porton
Peyton
Rudolph
Deat
Warden Toton
Fleeing Squaws Guard Bravery on Icy Frontier
A fragmentary report notes Indigenous women and their companions aiding braves by managing ice and guarding a critical path. The wording reflects period-era phrasing and omits graphic detail while highlighting communal resilience amid peril.
Abruzzi Duke’s Secret Plans Spark Smoke of Disappearance
Reports from Paria and Naples detail the Abruzzi Duke’s secretive movements. Officials deny substantiation of a diake plot and indicate no passenger passage yet taken on a French liner. The Duke, long linked to a rumored U S trip, visits Princess Clotilde amid ongoing engagement secrecy.
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Paria
Tome
Naples
Duke of the Alirucei
Capadi+numite
Aosta
Dhike
Katherine el Tons
Aid for Tschaikovsky Seeks Bail or Imprisonment
In St Petersburg on October 23 a government demand of 625000 is set as condition for release. Nicholas Tschaikovsky’s supporters in England and America are urged to raise 25000 to secure bail. Technikovaky has been confined for about a year and faces return to fortress if bail is not posted. Family and friends fear the elderly prisoner’s disappointment.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas Tachaikovsky
England
America
Stobypin
Technikovaky
Reorganization of Catholics and American bishops
Rome reports a Vatican reorganization of congregations under the pope in June. The Senatusitorial Congregation will oversee American bishop nominations with Cardinal De Sal as secretary, joined by fourteen cardinals including Merry del Val Moran Onegin Serafin Vannutelli Martinelli Rampolla and Gotti. The Rota Romana Tribunal has ten members led by Monsignor Prior. Semigature court includes cardinals Vannutelli Avant Satelli Mathieu Gaaparr and Segna.
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Rome
Osservatore Romano
Vitican
Martinelli
Rampolla Amd Gotti
Rota Romana Tribunal
Tribute to Burke memory in Bath England
Whitelaw Reid the American ambassador unveiled a tablet in Bath to Edmund Burke the famed statesman. The ceremony occurred at the house Burke lived in and followed with a speech praising Burke's career and his sympathy with American colonists during the events leading to the American Revolution.
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Bath
England
Whitelaw Reid
Edmund Marke
Crater
Burke
Math
Mgr. Reid
Anreler Turke
Saxony Quakes Hit Plauen Area In Two Tremors
Thirty earthquakes jolted the Achokau region near Plauen Saxony yesterday with strong underground rumblings causing widespread alarm. A second severe tremor struck today as residents reported aftershocks and heightened concern.
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Plauen
Saxony
Achokau
Missing residents feared after Oklahoma cloudburst
In Muskogee Oklahoma on October 22 a severe cloudburst between McLoud and Benson Park caused a major flood. About 409 Sharmee and Pottawatomin Inialls are missing and may be victims. Communications are cut and no further details available at this hour.
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Muskogee
Okio
Sharmee
Pottawatomin
McLoud
Benson Park
Vanity in a World of Fashion and Foolishness
A poem lusts after Vanity as the lure of wine and wealth. It laments the crowd chasing her allure, the cruelty veiled by urban polish, and the paradox of admiration that grows with each ornament and gown.
Built Up The Blood Anemia and the Pink Pills promise relief
A 19th century advertisement explains anemia in growing girls and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure. It cites a testimonial from Mrs B Wolfe DeWit of Erie PA describing symptoms of weakness headaches and suffocating spells and claims cure after taking the pills. It notes free information and sales through Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
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Williams
B. Wolfe DeWit
Reed
Eric
Second Baptist Church
Anginia
Dr. Williams
Eaid
Arena
The Powder Test Grimly Told by Georgia Evangelist
A Georgia evangelist narrates a rural tale of an old darky who asks for gunpowder in a store. He inspects a powder sample, touches it to his finger, and ends up declaring the powder damaged by his finger, claiming the bit has already been shot off. The piece preserves a dated, anecdotal voice with racial stereotypes.
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Lincoln Ll
Georgia Evangeliat
Darky
Georgia
Secret practice tips reshape open football plays
Walter Camp notes in the Philadelphia Press that early October secret practice signals a strategic turn in the new game. He cites Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Michigan, and Chicago preparing concealed plays to outmaneuver defenses, with forward passes and onside kicks becoming central elements as formations evolve.
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Walter Camp
Philadelphia Press
Harvard
Haujing
Yale
Syracues
Syracuse
Princeton
Lafayette
Michigan
Stace
Chicago
Possibbe
Banks Show Improvement in National Bank Deposits
The October 23 report on national banks shows loans and deposits rising from 4.282 billion to 4.751 billion since February 1908, with total resources up 67 million. Individual deposits jumped 443 million, and the Bureau of Engraving printed 1.207 billion in new money, including a 500 million currency note issue with about 10,000 engraved plates.
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Washington
Ssa National Banks
Treasury
Bureau of Engraving
Breau of Engraving and Printing
Ralph
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