The Russian Road in China
Feature essay outlines Mongolia as a land of medieval splendor and squalor. It describes feudal lords, priestly hierarchies, Mongol hospitality and brutality, and markets with Han traders. It notes Russian eastward push and a potential rail link via Kalgan, shaping a historic eastward route to China and beyond.
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Mongolia
Holy Urga
Volga
Tibet
Genghis Khan
Hansatown
Pacific
Russia
Pekin
China
Europe
Gobi Plateau
Kalgan
Pale
Great Wall
Where Dickens Saw Life on Gadshill Roads
Oscar Fritch et al notes Dickens residence near Gadshill shaped his view of tramps and showmen. He drew on encounters with gypsies and loafers on the roads around Gadshill and used them in The Uncommercial Traveler with the chapter on tramps reflecting his visits.
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Gadshill
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Oscar Frichet
National Magazine
New York pupil defines escort in reading lesson
In a public school on the East Side a boy defined escort as a fellow who has a girl and takes her out walking, illustrating a vernacular understanding in class.
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New York
East Side
Glamor of the Great anecdote in Worlds Work
Joseph Jackson recounts Dickens hosting a dinner with guests Washington Irving William Cullen Bryant Fitz-Greene Hallack and Dickens in one room. A hotel clerk marvels at the literary company and the four walls that hold them.
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Joseph Jackson
Dickens
Adulteration on Old Crime
The Zaondon Chronicle notes champagne and claret will be produced in large quantities despite a French vineyard failure. It claims wine can be made without grapes, dating to 1427 when London seized a hundred pipes for grape juice absence. Public interest followed the stirring of the pipes and watering of the streets.
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Zaondon Chronicle
London
Custom Eunuchs and Fashion Echo Old Monarchs
The passage recalls ancient practice of making eunuchs linked to Semiramis and Assyrian queens, noting its possible origin among Oriental rulers guarding harems. It also comments on fashion, noting clothes as the focus and a modern singer's performance prompting a wish to view styles again.
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Ander
Angle Sam Ready to Invade Mexico
Washington reports a War Department plan to hold 5 000 troops in readiness for a border expedition with a second 5 000 as reserve. Reinforcements to El Paso and mobilization of the Mobile Army are ordered amid alarming Mexico conditions and possible U.S. intervention over American prisoners.
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Washington
Republic of Mexico
War Department
el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Wilson
Mexican Republic
State Department
Madero
Diaz
Soa
United States
Three Are Killed in Beds in Delaware Burned Home
Oklahoma City reports a brutal double murder and arson. Harvey Hurst, his wife, and Elsie Adams a sixteen year old girl were found dead with severe head wounds in their home at Delaware. Bodies were recovered from the burned ruins.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Harvey Hurst
Elsie Adams
Delaware
Hurst
Bride Claudia L Hains Weds Reginald F Rolies in Milton
Claudia Libbey Hains, tied to the army tragedy involving Capt. Peter C Hains and the murder of William Annis, married at her Milton home to Reginald F Rolies a noted Boston artist in a private ceremony attended by relatives and close friends.
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Boston
Claudia Libbey Hains
William Annis
Peter C. Hains
Sing Sing
Milton
Reginald F. Rolies
Sinclair to Get Divorce
New York on February 6 Marshall S. Marden, referee in the second hearing of Upton Sinclair's divorce action against Meta Fuller Sinclair, recommended that a decree be granted. The first hearing under Referee W. S. Kelly was void due to Sinclair's testimony about the Kemp marriage.
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New York
Marshall S. Marden
Upton Sinclair
Meta Fuller Sinclair
Harry Kemp
W. S. Kelly
Sinclair
Kemp
Jewelers Warn Of Fake Elk Teeth In Circulation
Reports from the Maiden Lane wholesale district indicate jewelers are flooded with offers of elks teeth at low prices. Expert examination reveals the teeth are likely fakes, probably doctored walrus grinders, not real elk teeth.
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New York
Maiden Lane
Four Die In Wisconsin Farmhouse Slaying Mystery
In Appleton Wisconsin four members of the Mallahn family die in a suspected murder suicides case. Lewis Mallahn, 66, shot himself. William 21, Dora 16, and John 8 died by throat slitting. George, Walter, and Edward are relatives who discovered or assisted. Authorities suspect William’s responsibility amid suspected family grievance.
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Appleton
Wis
Lewis Maillahn
Binghamton
Lewis Mallahn
William Mallahn
Dora Mailahn
John Maiilahn
George Mailahn
Walter
Edward
John
William
William Matlahn
Italian aviator Monte wounded in Tobruk strike
Captain Monte an Italian airman was severely wounded during an air battle above an Arab encampment near Tobruk Cyrenaica. He and an army officer bombed the Arab camp, returned to base with the mission results as their plane took four hits and Monte was struck.
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Tripoli
Monte
Tobruk
Cyrenaica
Jay Gould Becomes Father as Daughter Born in New York
Mr and Mrs Jay Gould celebrate the birth of a daughter. Mrs Jay Gould is Annie Douglas Graham former Mrs Hubert Vos daughter. The Goulds wed at St Thomas Church last April making the baby a member of the Gould family.
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Jay Gould
New York
Annie Douglas Graham
Hubert Vos
George J. Gould
St. Thomas Church
Royal Arcanum Seeks Return of Reserve Funds
Boston officials report the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum will have returned to it 5,902,100 dollars, the amount of a reserve fund on deposit with the state treasurer by order of Supreme Court Judge Braley.
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Royal Arcanum
Boston
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Supreme Court
Braley
Senator Grady Dies in New York Democratic Leader
Senator Thomas F. Grady known as The Silver Tongued Orator of Tammany Hall has died in New York. He was a prominent figure in Democratic councils in state and nation.
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Thomas Grady
New York
Thomas F. Grady
Tammeny Hall
New Edict Signed As Fears Of Massacre Spread In Peking
Chinese rulers in the besieged Beijing palace sign an abdication edict as Manchu troops vow vengeance on the empress dowager and princes. Martial law, panicked officials, and defections mark a chaotic scene with hundreds fleeing to legations for safety.
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Tientsin
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
United States Steel Files Answer To Government Suit
United States Steel Corp filed its answer denying government claims that the company and its subsidiaries violated antitrust laws. The reply argues the subsidiaries were a normal development, not a restraint on trade, and notes Roosevelt’s statement about not blocking the transaction. Gary and Frick returned to New York to complete the purchase.
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Trenton
N.J
United States Steel Corporation
Roosevelt
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Frick
New York
Seidel Libel Suit Settled in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Mayor Emil Seidel reaches a out of court settlement over a $50,000 libel suit filed nine months earlier by Circuit Judge Franz Eschweller. Seidel states the allegations were misrepresented by newspapers and never spoken by him.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Emil Seidel
Franz Eschweller
Stove Explodes Burn Woman In Mount Carroll
From a gasoline stove explosion Mrs. C. W. Wilson, wife of a local merchant, had her clothes ignited and burned severely. Her physician stated she cannot recover as the burns cover most of her body.
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Mount Carroll
C. W. Wilson
Prominent Mason Francis M Moore Dies in Marquette
Francis M Moore a leading Mason and the only thirty third degree Mason in the upper peninsula of Michigan Wieht gen died suddenly at his home in Marquette at age sixty four.
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Marquette
Mich
Francis M Moore
Upper Peninsula
Wiehtgen
Pair End Lives After Flight From Millionaire Husband
The former wife of Walter L. Suydam and Frederick Noble, the Brooklyn plumber, died by gas asphyxiation in their West Twelfth Street apartment. The couple, who wed last September after she left Suydam, left no notes or farewell messages and staged the scene to appear orderly. Witnesses say they were unhappy and that she never loved anyone but Suydam.
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New York
Walter L. Suydam
Frederick Noble
Walter Lispenard Suydam
Fred Noble
Brooklyn
Stenographer contempt sparks Senate upheaval over notes
Milton W. Blumenberg official stenographer to the senatorial committee on Lorimer election was held in contempt after admitting he privately questioned the authenticity of notes claimed to prove perjury by Charles McGowan. The incident followed his public remark that the notes might be faked.
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Washington
Milton W. S Blumenberg
Lorimer
Charles McGowan
Blumenberg
E. L. Cornelius
Senate
Edward Hines
McGowan
Arthur C. Bailey
Burns
Harry E. Kerr
Detroit
King Edward Hotel
Toronto
James E. Sheridan
William J. Burns
Sheridan
Bailey
Kerr
C. F. Wiehe
Niagara Ice Bridge Breaks Claiming Three Lives
A winter ice bridge at Niagara Falls broke from its moorings and drifted away sending a male youth Burrell Hecock of Cleveland and a Toronto couple, Mr and Mrs Eldridge Stanton, to their deaths. Hecock died while trying to rescue the man and woman as the bridge shattered. Ignatus Roth of Cleveland may have reached safety before the breakup. The disaster occurred on the lower gorge near the American Falls and the steel arch bridge.
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Niagara F Falls
American Falls
Burrell Hecock
East One Hundred and Seventh Street
Cleveland
Eldridge Stanton
Huron Street
Toronto
Ignatus Roth
Hecock
Rush to See Morgan Art Before It Leaves England
Public crowds rush to glimpse J Pierpont Morgan treasures at the Victoria and Albert Museum as the withdrawal is announced. The collection draws eager visitors hoping for a last view before departure from England.
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Morgan Art
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
Victoria Albert Museum
England
Military aviator falls 200 feet in Versailles crash
Captain Le Magnet, a military aviator, crashed during a flight in Versailles France. He was pulled from the wreckage in critical condition after plunging about 300 feet.
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Versailles
France
le Magnet
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