Sidelights on World Affairs and Oddities From A Century Ago
A collage of brief items including comments on China and Taiwan, King Edward’s long work days and good wages, fears about Japanese expansion, Wu Ting-fang’s frankness, American egg production aiding pure food, and crimes by plumbers on a Kansas City street car. Also notes on Count Boni, Hoch’s death, political talk, Vanderbilt autos, London Punch, a three word will, a Moroccan war cloud, nasal towel incident, marriage during drunken rumors, rail speed wars, Commander Hosley and the Dewey, Newfoundland whaling, and more across global and domestic scenes.
Marks on remorse and good government in Markham’s view
The text argues remorse is a healthy come-down for conceit and notes Edwin Markham’s belief that good government equals good housekeeping and that women are as needed as men in governance, questioning why this isn’t in a poem.
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Edwin Markham
Boston pedagogue flogging 524 times in five months
A Boston teacher has administered 524 floggings over the past five months to an average school attendance of 500 boys. The report notes the regular curriculum at his school is almost as exciting as football, highlighting the harsh discipline.
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Boston
War Rumors and Imperial Ambitions Reported
A wartime column claims Japan seeks greater power, plans shifting rice and fish use, and warns many people may be forced from their homes. The piece implies expansionist aims and harsh consequences for ordinary Japanese citizens.
General Wood Defends Mount Dajo Slaughter Criticism
A cable from General Wood replying to Taft claims many Moro women and children were killed as they occupied works during Mount Dajo fighting. He says Moro women wore trousers and that some children were used as shields, while the president accepts Wood's explanation as satisfactory.
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Washington
Wood
Mount Dajo
Jolo
Taft
Atention
Tillman Reports on Hepburn Rate Bill
Senator Tillman cites the Hepburn railroad rate bill in a Senate report noting railroads’ gross earnings near 2.0 billion and net earnings about 700 million annually. He claims every dollar in circulation touches railroads every three years and equates net earnings to annual federal expenditures. He warns outcomes affect self government and heritage.
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Washington
United States
Sen. Tillman
Senate
Congress
Fire Engineers Board Sets Dallas Convention Dates
Paterson council notes preparations for the International Association of Fire Engineers of America annual convention in Dallas from October 9 to 12. The main topic is improving fire fighting for towns with populations from 5 000 to 20 000.
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Paterson
N. J
International Association of Fire Engineers of America
Dallas
Tex
Stage Anniversary for Ella Tory Fifty Years On
London marks a plan to celebrate Ella Tory debut fifty years ago on April 28. A committee forms to organize the event and seeks cooperation from American admirers.
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London
Ella Tory
Officers of 1st Artillery Guards Resign En Masse
ST. PETERSBURG confirmed rumors that officers of the 1st regiment of artillery guards quit the service in a body after orders to proceed to the Baltic provinces for pacification duties.
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ST. Petersburg
Regiment of Guards
Baltic
1St Regiment of Artillery Guards
Nova Scotia Vice Governor Jones Dies Suddenly
Halifax report states A G Jones vice governor of Nova Scotia died suddenly this morning. Officials memorialize him as a long serving public figure with ties to provincial administration. The death comes as a shock to government circles in Halifax.
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Halifax
A. G. Jones
Nova Scotia
Funeral of Anthony Seen by Hundreds at Central Church
Mourners filled the Central Presbyterian church as Susan B. Anthony lay in state. Clergy including Rev. Dr. Charles C. Albertson and Rev. Dr. William C. Cannet led the rites. Notables Carrie Chapman Catt and R. Jerome Jeffrey attended alongside other city and out of town figures.
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Lawrence
Mass
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
Ansa Shaw
Philadelphia
R. Jerome Jeffrey
This City
Would-Be Lynch Mob Scattered by Police in Omaha Jail
In Omaha Nebraska a large mob tried to storm the county jail to lynch four white defendants accused of killing Nels Lausten a saloonkeeper and three Black suspects accused in a streetcar conductor murder. About 40 officers intervened dispersing the crowd with clubs. no arrests or firearms used.
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Omaha
Neb
Nels Lausten
Hamilton accuses NY Life trustees as trial opens
Andrew Hamilton, called by an insurance investigation committee in Albany, denounces the board of trustees of the New York Life Insurance Co. He claims the legal fees paid to him were improper as he denounces the trustees, calling them curs and traitors. In Washington, Mr. Babcock condemns a statehood bill as a major legislative outrage.
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Albany
N. Y
Andrew Hamilton
Insurance Investigation Committee
New York Life Insurance Co
Hamilton
Babcock
House
Washington
Wisconsin
Senate
Gasoline Prices Rising in Cleveland Market
The Standard Oil company advanced the price of gasoline by half a cent per gallon. Odorized stove gasoline is now quoted at twelve and one half cents per gallon, 74 to 76 degrees gasoline eleven and one half, and varnish makers naphtha eleven and one half cents.
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Cleveland, O
Standard Oil Company
Scrub Women in Brunswick Organize Union
In Brunswick the scrub women voted to form a union led by President Mrs Delia Nelson and Secretary Treasurer Mrs Cyrus Cobb. They adopted a uniform wage scale of twenty cents an hour and planned a state union soon to be formed.
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Scrub Women
Portland
Scrub Women of
Brunswick
Delia Nelson
Cyrus Cobb
District Attorney Ridicules Packers Immunity Plea
In Chicago the district attorney Morrison compared Mr Garfield to a policeman and the defendants to law breakers who seek to escape by claiming intimidation by a policeman talking to them as they plead immunity.
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Chicago
Morrison
Packers
Garfield
Blizzard Still Raging in Missoula Montana
A three day blizzard in Missoula intensifies with a dividing snowstorm, winds up to forty miles per hour, and dropping temperatures since noon.
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Missoula
Mont
Denver Rio Grande Trains Meet in Snowstorm Wreck
Pueblo Chieftain reports at noon that thirty nine died in the Denver and Rio Grande wreck thirty miles west of Pueblo. Of the dead about thirty four were injured, a relief train brought in sixteen bodies, two engineers identified, fifteen others injured at St Mary's hospital.
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Denver
Rio Grande
Pueblo
Col
Pueblo Chieftain
Denver & Rio Grande
Here
Sixten
Causlett
Hollis
St. Mary’s Hospital
Memphis Negroes Flee in Terror Over River Prophecy
In Memphis, Tennessee, hundreds of Black residents flee amid fear sparked by Aunt Ginne Cole a Black elder who prophesied the Mississippi River will flood the city on March 25. The tale includes a dog leaping from the courthouse and two ominous days beforehand. Officials and skeptics have not comforted believers.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ginne Cole
Mississippi River
Court House
Bloodhounds to Trail Outlaws in Oklahoma Territory
Marshal Darrough leads a posse from Vinita toward Spavinaw to trail the Wickiffe outlaws. Sheriff C A Thomas of Cassville brings two bloodhounds. Twenty five men comprise the posse and will not depart Kansas until tomorrow. The search may take several days.
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Vinita
I. T
Marshal Darrough
Spavinaw
Wickiffes
C. A. Thomas
Cassville
Kansas
Three men tied to church liquor sale in dry Waverly
In Waverly Tennessee three men may face penitentiary time for running a blind tiger in a church. The sexton confessed to selling liquor there and implicated two others. Waverly remains a dry town. The report adds details of the Ohio leaving Manila to head for Shanghai with Admiral Train aboard.
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Memphis
Tenn
Waverly
Ohio
Shanghai
Manila
Train
Asiatic
Raleigh
Cincinnati
Wisconsin
Olongape
Bankers Begin Prison Terms for Bank Wreck Conspiracy
In Denver Leonard B. Imboden and James A Hill, convicted of conspiracy to wreck the Denver Savings bank, began serving nine to ten year terms in the state penitentiary at Canon City.
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Denver
Leonard B. Imboden
James A Hill
Denver Savings Bank
State
Canon City
Statehood Caucus Postponed in Washington
Washington reports the Republican statehood caucus has been postponed until Thursday afternoon at 3 oclock due to the reception honoring Governor Penny Packer of Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Senate passes bill to create Kiowa Comanche Apache townsites
The Senate approved legislation directing the establishment of townsites on the Kiowa Comanche and Apache Reservation in Oklahoma, outlining the creation and governance of these new communities for the tribes involved.
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Washington
Senate
Oklahoma
Actor Estelle Reynolds Shot by New York Man
New York actress Estelle Reynolds was shot dead by Louis Nowser, a New York race track man, in his apartment on Thursday. Nowser then killed himself.
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New York
Estelle Reynolds
Louis Nowser
Nowser
Grounds of Opposition to President Roosegats Rise in States
Fragmentary text shows opposition to President Roosegats amid protests in various states. Mentions a death claim, a record, and accusations of killings tied to being agnostic. Sparse readable names or dates. overall unclear.
Woman on Manta in Paris Scene Sparks Controversy
A fragmented report describes a woman aboard a manta and a bizarre Paris connection, noting a passion described in vague terms and a claim of payment for a case. The text then hints at missing items from Shon flat and a theft accusation with unclear details.
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Strane
Paris
Meerse
French Eye Color Method Attracts Attention
A Paris physician claims a technique to change eye color by injecting liquid behind the pupil. He says blue eyes can be transformed to deep violet in five seconds with no apparent injury to the patient.
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Paris
Bey
Youngest Governor Hagerman Inaugurated In Milwaukee
Herbert J. Hagerman named youngest governor in the territory history and inaugurates in Milwaukee. The unmarried wealthy leader, praised for a pleasing personality, already receives many letters from young women in New Mexico society as he assumes office.
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Herbert J. Hagerman
Milwaukee
Yoya
New Mexico
Balloon Keeper’s Confusing Trial in London District
A misheard London magistrate hearing features a balloon-keeper discussing visions of a different reality and shifting beliefs about drinking, with unrelated domestic questions about sobriety, coal, and home heating. The dialogue touches on race, religion, and social change, ending with a perplexing rural query about wealth and nature.
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Browning
Missouri
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Wu Ting-fang
Land
Kansas City
Johann Hoch
Mr. Vanderbilt
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Hosley
Dewey
Canary Islands
Canaries
Newfoundland
Dajo
General Wood
Tillman
Board of Fire Engineers
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Rusela Officere
Anthony
Insurance Trustees
Carl
Blizard
Roosegats
Friends
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Ridney
Carters
Teal Gaia Dd
Mfrs
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