Canada Poised for Growth as Coal and Wheat Prosper
A Dominion Mines report projects Canada holds 73% billion tons of bituminous coal 461 million tons of anthracite and over 100 billion tons of sub bituminous and lignite. With 12 million tons mined annually the good coal could last 6166 years and total supply 14575 years. Immigration to 1912 likely to rise with vast agricultural lands and rising rail and market opportunities.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Mines
Department
United States
Uniforms and Diplomacy in German Imperial Circles
The gazettes note Germany’s Emperor appointing M mon de Eiderlen-Waechter to the Seventy-first Thuringian infantry. The minister jokes that his colleague M Poincare would look more ridiculous in artillery dress. Prince von Buelow, hussar colonel, led a grand review with his regiment. Earlier at Strasburg the emperor commented on moving squadrons.
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Germany
de Eiderlen-Waechter
M. Poincare
Prince von Buelow
Hussars
Strasburg
Noted Diplomatic Tactics of Buelow Cited in Paris Satire
Excerpt mentions hussars of M. von Buelow and William II saying with Buelow comes the crooked ways of diplomacy. The line from Le Cri de Paris reflects a critical view of German diplomacy as zigzag and evasive within a historical European context.
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Hussars
M. von Buelow
William NI
Buelow
le Cri de
Paris
Hungry Herbert Seeks Work Amid Theatrical Decline
In a brisk exchange a man named Hungry Herbert explains his occupation has vanished. He would work but finds little demand in his line while the Housewife questions his trade. He says he once took care of galloping horse effects in theater and blames automobile plays for ruining his business.
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Herbert
Squirrels At Pocantico Hills Golf Like Humans For Nuts
Gray squirrels on John D. Rockefeller's Pocantico Hills estate are described by Hiram Revere as golfing on the greens using their tails to putt. Revere, observing from near the estate, reports a sight of two squirrels in a lively match with a nut-rich prize, and notes the humorous “gallery” chatter as nuts change hands after each hole.
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Canada
Hiram Revere
Pocantico Hills
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Revere
Rockefeller Estate
County House Road
Mr. Rockefeller
Father same age as his son in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis a weather bureau employee, Alex Reynick born February 29, 1872, is the same age as his son Gerald who just turned nine. The article notes a birthday anomaly and a claim that the Missouri river has claimed his birth place, while a race to run off in four years will leave the son three years older by natal anniversaries.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Alex Reynick
Weather Bureau Office
Reynick
Ionia
Nob
Gerald
Missouri River
Maniac Sailor Apprehended Upon British Steamer Arrival
In Pensacola Florida the British steamer August Belmont docked with a violent sailor chained to the deck. Struck during the voyage he escaped handcuffs and picked two locks before authorities secured him by chaining hands and feet. The ship’s papers list him as an American citizen.
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Pensacola
Fla
August Belmont
Yale
Therghip
Husband Stole Wife’s Teeth In Jealous Plot
In Phillipsburg New Jersey John Vanner stole his wife’s false teeth hoping she would stay home. She found him at the silk factory and beat him. She obtained a warrant from Mayor Firth. the mayor offered a mild rebuke and no further punishment.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
John Vanner
Banner
Firth
Polar explorer Amundsen's Fram crew heads for north pole bid
Fourteen officers and crew from Captain Amundsen's Fram arrive in London en route to Norway and a planned return to join Amundsen for a projected north pole expedition. The group praises his leadership and recalls the successful south pole voyage with no serious trouble.
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London
Amundsen
Fram
Norway
South Pole
North Pole
Peary
Thames
Buenos Aires
Europe
Cape Horn
Frisco
Gored Keeper Narrowly Survives Bronx Zoo Elephant Attack
At the Bronx zoo a 15 year old bull elephant named Gunda went insane with heat and gored keeper George Thuman through the thigh. Thuman was saved by another keeper who braved the enraged animal to pull him to safety behind the enclosure bars. Thuman remains in precarious condition.
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New York
George Thuman
Bronx Zoo
Gunda
Thuman
Mangle Death Tragedy At Newark Bark Mill
A laborer identified only as Kuehne, living unknown, fell or jumped into a grinding bark machine at S. Stacy Smith bark works while shoveling bark and was mangled to death. Fellow worker Charles Swan reports Kuehne said this would be his last day on the job amid rumors of personal crisis.
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Newark
N. J
Kuehne
S. Stacy Smith Bark Works
Charles Swan
Burglar's Pupil Lured to New York Trip by Two-Galveston Pair
Milford Lindsay an 18 year old from Galveston says he studied burglary under a man known as Casey Jones. They robbed two Galveston houses stealing jewelry worth about $1,545 and planned a New York trip after pawning the goods. Lindsay and Jones were arrested as they boarded a steamship to New York with Robert Montel, 36, who traveled to Houston to meet them.
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New Orleans
Milford Lindsay
Galveston
Lindsay
Casey Jones
New York
Milford
Jones
Galveston, According To the Warrants, and Young Lindsay
Robert Wayne Montel
Young Lindsay
Houston
Montel
Missing Boy Americus Trodoro Found Safe in Brooklyn Yard
Three year old Americus Trodoro of 1018 Dekalb Avenue Brooklyn was believed abducted by Black Hand kidnappers. A Gates Avenue sergeant found him asleep on the lawn with a foot wedged between fence pickets after he wandered away while searching for a pet cat.
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New York
Americus Trodoro
Dekalb Avenue
Brooklyn
Americus
Reynolds
Gates Avenue
Stuyvesant Avenue
Kosciusko Street
Trodoro
Making Himself at Home
Doris announces a new baby brother with radiant pride and rushes to tell a passing neighbor. The neighbor asks if he will stay, and Doris answers thoughtfully that he is settling in with his things off.
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Doris
Tie
Awful Porch Scene Highlights Child Neglect Claim
A West End woman drew her husband’s attention to a baby on a porch across the street. He notes the bare boards, lack of rug, and unfinished paint, sparking a discussion on the child’s neglect.
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West End
Youngstown (O
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