Huerta Reported to Have Resigned in Mexico
Vera Cruz June 2 report says Huerta has resigned and left a written pledge with General Blanquet. His wife and four sons reportedly sailed on the Ypiranga, with palace guards escorting to Puerto Mexico. Mediation progress at Niagara Falls and talks in Washington also noted amid uncertain terms of a settlement.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Huerta
Congress
Blanquet
Jiminez Castro
Senora Huerta
Puerto Mexico
City of
México
Niagara Falls
Herman O. Stickney
Ypiranga
Canada
Havana
Stickney
Florida
Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Nome
Huerté
Speech on language and physiognomy at Fermoy debate
Lord Ashbourne criticizes English as deformed and decaying while praising German as vigorous in a Gaelic league speech at Fermoy. A student claimed English pronunciation relates to jaw movement and facial traits, suggesting science should study links between speech and physiognomy, noting taciturnity and loquacity may be influenced by language.
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Lord Ashbourne
Gaelic League
Fermoy
Boston Transcript
England
Relic Jim Rogers Echoes From Juniper Hunting Club
Captain Brinton B. Davis returns from the Juniper Hunting Club outing on Lake George Florida with anecdotes about Jim Rogers described as a survivor of the days foh de wah. Rogers leads the Juniper reserve and supposedly pilots the Louisville Indians. A tale recalls a possum track made by a tail dragging, explained by Rogers in humorous fashion.
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Brinton B. Davis
Juniper Hunting Club
Lake George
Fla
Jim Rogers
Foh de Wah
Juniper
Louisville
Jim
Mr. Nevin
Another Ghost Laid John McGuire
John McGuire, a skeptic of ghosts, woke to a frightening sight when a shirt he had left on a chair back near a window appeared to rise and point at him. He seized the arm, discovering the wind had blown his shirt into the sleeve, creating a ghostly illusion.
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John’ McGuire
Spectre
McGuire
Costly Ancestors
Two Missouri brothers sued a neighbor for 375 dollars over a land deal. Their county lawyer won the case, then quoted 200 dollars for his fee. One brother waited outside while the other entered and learned the amount. The outside brother quipped that the lawyer did not know their grandfather as well.
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Missouri
George
Grandpap
Old Memories and a Hair Joke in Washington
Representative Simeon D. Fess of Ohio met an old friend in Washington. They joked about aging and hair loss, with the friend quipping about being elected while lamenting baldness. Fess retorts with a cartoonish tale of the big fly and the little fly on a wide boulevard once a cowpath.
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Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Washington
Fess
Monkeys in Tropical Lands and Local Catch Methods
A traveler describes how tropical natives trap monkeys using clever methods. The narrative notes the chapters walk about in short steps, illustrating practical tricks observed in the region.
Federal court voids Taft oil lands withdrawal order
Judge Maurice T. Dooling in San Francisco invalidated President Taft's 1909 withdrawal exempting California oil lands from entry. The decision awards Midway Oil and Standard Oil undisputed possession, denying a temporary restraining order or receivership. The ruling challenges executive power to suspend mineral laws and withdraw public lands without clear constitutional basis.
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Los Angeles
William H. Taft
California
Maurice T. Dooling
United Stattes District Court of
San Francisco
Dooling
Olin Wellborn
Midway Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Duoling
United States
Kansas Girl Wins a Prize in Road Essay Contest
Washington June 2 A national essay contest for dirt road repair and maintenance drew nearly five thousand entrants. Fourteen year olds Amy Coon of Scammon Kansas and two other youths earned prizes by submitting standout essays. Amy’s work impressed officials with clear road engineering fundamentals, earning a medal from Logan Waller Page and selection by the American Highway Association to attend the American Road Congress in Atlanta in November with all expenses paid.
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Washington
United States
Logan Waller Page
United States Office of Public Roads
Amy Coon
Scammon, Kas
American Highway Association
Page
American Road Congress
Atlanta
Ice covered Atlantic north of Grand Banks halts Cape Breton
Glascow reporting officers aboard the steamer Cape Breton say the Atlantic north of the Grand Banks is a vast field of compact ice. The ship scraped ice causing extensive damage to her bow as she reached St John’s Newfoundland.
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St. Johns
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Grand Banks
Cape Breton
Glasgow
Dow
London Author Jack London Ill in Vera Cruz
London author and war correspondent Jack London, long stationed in Vera Cruz, is reported very ill in a Vera Cruz health notice dated June 3. The brief item notes his extended stay and deteriorating condition while continuing to write.
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Vera Cruz
Jack London
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful in Butler
A Butler Missouri resident Mrs John Stewart of 404 Vine Street testifies to relief from year long kidney trouble. She reports back pains headaches and disturbed kidney secretions improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Clay’s Drug Store. She praises the medicine and urges others to try Doan's. Price 50 cents. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo New York sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's. adv.
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Butler
Dean
John Stewart
Vine &J
Clay
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Easy Walk in Water Claim At St Ignatius University
Rev Father Fred Odenbach, astronomy and physics professor at St Ignatius University, states it is as easy to walk in water as ride a bicycle. He explains the body’s buoyant offset and demonstrates balancing to prove the discovery, claiming the body is one eleventh lighter than the water displaced. Demonstrations showcased stable head and hand positioning.
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Cleveland
Fred Odenbach
St. Ignatius University
Odenbach
Father Odenbach
Special Election Called for Butler Water Works Bonds
Notice to qualified voters of Butler Missouri announces a special election on June 9 1914 to decide a proposed debt increase of 75000 for a water works plant. Polling places include court house basements in four wards with ballots voting For increase of debt or No. If two thirds approve, bonds issued at par to bear interest semiannually over twenty years. Tax to fund interest and a sinking fund to repay principal. City officials H G Cook mayor and J F Smith city clerk.
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Butler
Missouri
Court House
Butler Water Works
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H. G. Cook
Conway Grayson
Myrtle Grayson
Recorder's Office
Barre County
William H. Adame
Roa
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William AH. Adama
Elbert R. Bruce
B. Weeks
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