Federal action eyed to halt school segregation order
Frisco Gage reports the United States aims to restrain the San Francisco board of education from enforcing its order segregating Japanese pupils. Assistant U S Attorney James McReynolds and United States Attorney Devlin met to plan possible injunction proceedings in federal court, with Washington to issue formal instructions imminently.
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United States
Board of Education
San Francisco
Cal
Federal District Attorney's Office
James McReynolds
Washington
Devlin
European Powers Fear War As Japan Tensions Rise
Berlin reports growing interest in possible conflict between the United States and Japan. Emperor William discussed the issue with officials and is informed on Roosevelt's views. Russia resists Japan on trade and fishing rights on the Amur and Siberia, while German officers foresee Japan seizing the Philippines and forcing a long Pacific war for the United States.
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Berlin
Dec
United States
Japan
William
Roosevelt
Russia
Amur
Siberia
California
Philippine Islands
Pacific
France Sees Quiet Sunday After Church Separation Law
Paris reports show only minor clashes over religion despite expectations of trouble from the new law. Clergy led large congregations, rowdy interruptions were few and arrests rare, while provinces reported excitement and counter demonstrations in Perpignan and Amsterdam. Bishop de Briy endured a nervous shock but recovered.
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France
Paris
Perpignan
Amdens
de Briy
Meaux
Fined for Shooting Boys in Watermelon Scrape Case
William Coleman, connected with the Fraver watermelon scrape last summer, was fined for firing buckshot at boys. Boone was among those implicated, amid a chaotic dispute over melons and money.
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Boone
William Coleman
Fraver
Baltimore offers 26000 for Francis Scott Key monument
Baltimore December 16 offer to raise 26000 by Charles Li Marburg to erect a monument here to Francis Scott Key composer of the Star Spangled Banner. city to provide a patriotic site. Text also notes Marburg is a Baltimore native with prior business ties.
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Francis 8. Key
Baltimore
Francis Scott Key
Charles Li Marburg
Marburg
Baltirore
The man with the shovel and five million shovels
A Boston manufacturer recalls selling 350 000 dozen shovels in 1905 to railroads mining firms and large users and forecasts 400 000 dozen this year. The piece argues the shovel boom signals broader prosperity and labor, with five million shovels seen as a basic economic indicator. It notes related fiscal gains and suggests the era be called the year of the five million shovels.
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Boston
Minneapolis Journal
G. A. Park
Fenerale Immigration and Industrial Agent
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Louisville, Ky
Squirrels on Thanksgiving Attract Guests Inwood
A Pennsylvania host trained about fifty squirrels to gather nuts and present them at a Thanksgiving dinner. Squirrels walked a board from the window to a nut bowl, delivering chestnuts and walnuts on command, then a veteran scatters crumbs with his tail. The piece blends odd humor with a travelogue tone from a local household scene. The second fragment promotes Brandreth's Pills as a longstanding laxative remedy for constipation and blood impurities, claiming a century of use and continued availability.
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Walters
Fisk Goodyear
Burchtown
Mr. Goodyear
Brandreth
General Rucker in early retirement in Washington
A fragment recalls General Daniel H. Rucker born in Belleville Illinois who served in the frontier Mexican and Civil Wars and was father in law of Phil Sheridan. The item notes his long Washington residence and likeness to Sherman. It blends with ads and light dialogue on starch usage and literary pen names.
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Rucker
Washington
Daniel H. Rucker
Phil Sheridan
Ehuro
Sherman
Belleville
Na J
Kit Carson
Attractions of Western Canada Draw Settlers With Rich Soil
The Canadian West draws settlers from Europe and the U S due to rich soil and favorable climate. Wheat and other cereals yield large harvests while free homesteads, rapid rail access, and a strong school system entice families. The piece notes a 160 acre free entry with $10 fee, and 189,000 added Western population last year, including 67,796 from the United States. It also mentions orderly law and ongoing rail-linked development. A second item reports the high arching SU8- Pension bridge over the Arkansas river in Colorado, 267 feet above water, with plate glass floor and electric railway plans.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
United States
Avery
Arkansas River
Colorado
Important to Mothers and Miscellaneous Notices
Examine bottles of Castoria and other items, note a Kentucky memoir gift to Louisville Commercial Club. Mentions Defiance Starch care, Half Pay for British officers, and the Pure Food and Drugs Act. Lists German city populations, and advertising notices from Hide & Fur Co. Census cites 1) female well-borers in the United States.
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Adresa
Mary Anderson de Navarro
Commercial Club
Louisville
Commercial Club of
Kentucky
United States
TRYING EXPERIENCE PRAISES DEAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
Miss Frances Gardner of Chicago writes she recovered from years of kidney trouble after taking Dean's Kidney Pills. She spent over 100 dollars on ineffective remedies before five boxes cured her in weeks. She reports improved appetite digestion and sleep. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Frances Gardner
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Ill
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Vision of Son Dead Arouses Milan Telepathy Case
In Milan a war veteran named Lazzarani awoke at three thirty and told his son John that Leopold Lazzaroni, a dairy owner, lay dead outside town. At dawn Leopold was found murdered, with doctors certifying the death occurred at three. The mother’s vision is authenticated and sparked widespread discussion.
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Milan
Italy
Lazzarani
Joln
Leopold
John
Leopold Lazzaroni
Eczema sufferer touts Cuticura remedies for relief
A woman from Sweetwater Oklahoma describes severe eczema torment with relentless itching that bled at times. She credits Cuticura remedies with rapid improvement and endorses them for others. In Philadelphia ice trust trial a juror is questioned about his consumption of ice. The judge rules the man competent. the trial continues.
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Ice Trust
Philadelphia
Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as internal medicine that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces to cure catarrh. It claims a physician endorsement, blends bear tinctures with West blood parlors, and urges readers to send for testimonials. Also promotes Takeat's Family Pills for constipation.
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Dlenga
Hall
Takeat
Fine Silver Service for Cruiser Exhibition
Fine silver service for a cruiser will use fifteen hundred ounces of metal in a silver series named after the ship Washington. The set costs six thousand dollars and includes a punch bowl shaped centerpiece with a Triton figure. Also notes progress in patent starches and various trade ads from Minneapolis suppliers.
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Washington
Neptune
Mre Winslow’s Soothing Syrup and Odd Notices
An eclectic clipping mentions Mre Winslow’s Soothing Syrup selling claims with doctoring hints and ads for PUTNAM PACE LESS DYES promising easy success. It reports Munich beer consumption dropping from 120 to 70 gallons per head in seven years. Also notes a Hindoos Day Of Prayer observing Partition Day by fasting and bathing in the Ganges. A pugilist nicknamed Kid Wedge in Arkansas supposedly converts to religion and mails a New Testament to rival Guy Buckles ahead of a proposed Omaha bout.
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Munich
Bengal
Ganges
Puglist
Kid” Wedge
Arkansas
Guy Buckles
Omaha
Mr. Buckles
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