Book Notices Highlight International Editions and New Works
Bookers and publishers announce Up from Bravery will appear in Chinese this year after releases in Germany India Holland Spain Poland England Norway and France. The Revell company plans Tokala Noni by Calkins for 1908 while Rex B Beach gains notice as Olympic swimmer turned author and Chicago Athletic Club secretary.
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Booker T. Washington
Germany
India
Holland
Spain
Poland
England
Norway
France
Rcan Tract Society
Naor
Mamilla Company
Gertrude Graley Peterson
Presten Dork
Eck’ Hoiméa
Doyle
Boa
Dinburg
Ayer
Bobbs-Merrill
Ss. Com
David Graham ‘Phillips
Poe Franklin Welles Calkins
Revell
Revélls
Calkins
Northwest Plains
Rex
BH. Beach
McClure-Phillips
St. Louis
Beach
Chicago Athletic Club
John Robinson
Robinson
Superstitions of Engine Drivers Revealed by St Louis Republic
The St Louis Republic notes engine drivers hold curious beliefs about rail operations. Some distrust engines that have been in accidents and insist on rightward table turns and right foot first in cab exits to avoid mishap.
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St. Louis ‘Republic
Elas
Uci
Poeiadiss
Cross-eyed tracklayer superstition linked to rail accidents
A fragmented report recounts a superstition among track workers that a cross-eyed man among a gang brings misfortune. It notes several accidents during ten months with one man killed by the cross-eyed man, and others harmed while retracing a rail path.
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Sealy
Pt G
Disregandé Ca
Vision of a Future Without Household Drudgery
A discussion argues for replacing domestic chores with public or cooperative systems. It envisions men designing labor-saving devices and public utilities taking over home tasks, while questioning how poor women would access such benefits and who would pay for these changes.
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Adelptiln
Jomes
Caine
Seana
Rapidledven Clog Tie Cooperative
Pavia
The Student Strike in Russia
The article describes Russian university students largely aligning with the Libéral party and opposing the government. It notes police censorship, uniform subinspector presence for each faculty, and spies tasked with recording student names. Gymnasia have stricter rules and organized protest is minimal.
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Russia
Libéral
Aid
Prehistoric Cave Dwelling Found Near Lake Lucerne
A cave near Winznau at Lake Lucerne in Switzerland has yielded Stone Age remains after entry was cleared. Artifacts include knives, axe-heads, spears, elaborately decorated shells, drinking vessels, and dishes. Animal bones were found in one chamber while another area shows evidence of an ancient family dwelling and toolmaking workshop.
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Winznau
Lake Lucerne
Switzerland
Fragmented OCR Note Inside Cleveland Leader
A damaged clippings fragment shows confused dialogue and names like Mrs Bryde and Cleveland Leader. It hints at a domestic incident or public notice formation but lacks clear events or dates. The readable bits suggest a tense exchange about a ruined pie and a strained relationship.
State plans for many new political jobs and commissions
Governor Deneen outlines post July 1 employment shifts under the forty fourth General Assembly. The reform package creates to be appointed posts in forest preserve districts, civil service, dental inspections, highway and fish and game oversight, a state department of justice commission, and more.
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Fortyfourth General Assembly
Chicago
Gook-county
Souk County
State Civil Service Commission
Deneen
Civil Service
Board of State Dental Inspectors
Dental Board
New
To Highway Commission
State Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
General “Assembly. Ly
Geological “Survey
Nate sucUinder
Antite Tate
of Health
Cine A
Norway Storthing Promotes Peaceful Dissolution of Union
The Storthing issues a conciliatory address to King Oscar and Sweden's Riksdag, reaffirming Norway's resolve to dissolve the union with Sweden while seeking peaceful negotiations for a sovereign Norwegian state. It notes Swedish pressure and calls for fair terms safeguarding Norway's independence and integrity.
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Storthing Tolla Oscar Union
Christiania
Norway
Oscar
Riksdag
Storthing
The
M. Berg
Sweden
Byeden
Woodmen Biennial Session Opens in Milwaukee
The Modern Woodmen of America held its fourteenth biennial convention in Milwaukee with 600 to 700 delegates. Head Consul A R Talbot urged a by law amendment to bar Sunday picnics by local camps, while Head Clerk C W Hawes reported insurance in force at $1.1867 billion and 7 061 death claims totaling $12.0636 million. Deaths from all causes and rates rose due to new pricing from Jan 1 1904, with farmers prominent among accidental and self inflicted deaths.
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Modern
Woodmen of America
Milwaukee
Rose
A. R. Talbot
Woodmen
Charles W. Hawes
Rock Island
W. Bawes
Census to gather marriage and divorce statistics nationwide
The Federal Census Bureau will deploy many workers to collect data on marriage and divorce across all states and territories. The inquiry, ordered by Congress on President Roosevelt’s suggestion, seeks complete 1889 baseline figures and state by state grounds for divorce.
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Federal Census Bureau
Lyvery
Congress
Roosevelt
Bureau
Census Bureau
Winged Termite Invasion Threatens U S Structures
A traveling entomologist reports termites colonizing in Ban Prancisco and near Lake Erie, with outbreaks at Cleveland and across mountain tops in Colorado. Experts say the insects attack from underground, destroy wooden pillars, and require sealing the colony rather than killing winged termites, with replacement of wood advised in severe cases.
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Deatraya
Wenden
Ban Prancisco
Lake Erio
Cleveland
Ohio
Lana
Fies
Oldenbach
L. O. Howard
Upson Nat and Bolt Works
Wiinos
South Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Washington
C. St. Maffatt
Eniomoibar
Weather Bulletin Shows Favorable Conditions for Crops Across Regions
The weekly weather bureau bulletin reports warm temperatures east of the Rockies with ample heat except in the upper Missouri valley. Rainfall is uneven, abundant in northern districts, scant in central valleys and parts of the middle Atlantic and South, but good in some areas. The week aided crop cultivation with progress in corn and wheat, though drought and frost affect some locales.
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The
Weather Bureau
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountains
Middle Atlantic
Missouri
Illiinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
California
Oregon
Washington
Minnesota
Pacific Coast
Iowa
Ilinois
Mrs Roosevelt Acquires Virginia Summer Retreat
Mrs Roosevelt buys fifteen acres of the Springfield farm in Albemarle County Virginia for a quiet fortnightly rest. A rock chimney and a surrounding porch were added and the lower floor walls removed to form a single large room. The 500 acre Springfield farm belongs to W N Wilmer of New York.
Locusts Ravage Wheat Across Fields and Orchards
A 17 year locust swarm attacks wheat and trees across the countryside. Night emergence leaves trees scored with holes and shed skins. Farmers spray kerosene mixtures while sparrows and other birds aid in reducing the crop threat.
Japan Rejects Armistice Demands Amid Peace Talks
Japan refuses an armistice until plenipotentiaries meet and credentials pass scrutiny. Russia shows no armistice request, while Japan seeks guarantees of good faith from Moscow. Marshal Oyama commands a larger force. a decisive victory could yield better terms. Germany and France urged peace representations. Britain says no coercion will be used.
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Japan
United States
Russia
Manchuria
Marshal Oyama
Gen. Linovitch
Washington
Germany
France
Tokio
Great Britain
Destitution Fears Among New York Laborers
Sociologists warn 100000 respectable English speaking New York families face destitution as cheap European labor crowds them out of jobs. Relief is needed to prevent these proud citizens from becoming a city burden.
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New York City
Retiring American Attache Receives Legion of Honor
Captain T Bentley Mott the retiring American military attaché in Parishas receives the Legion of Honor from France. Abrs Barclay H Warburton of BP Philadelphia recovers a pearl tiara lost by Horace Hy Babler editor of the severidan Pennsylvania newspaper. Babler falls from a Panhandle passenger train near Pittsburgh. one injured, another dies within an hour.
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T. Bentley Mott
Parishas
Légion of Honor
France
Barclay H. Warburton
Delphia
Wrs 50
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John
Nan Patterson
Aingland
Mrs. Roosevelt
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