Laundering Our Paper Money Aims to Save Millions
The Treasury Department reports successful tests of a money laundering system that cleans worn currency on a wholesale scale. A Washington plant could process 100000 bills daily, stretching life of bills and trimming replacement and labor costs, with banks encouraged to run local laundries to cut transport and printing expenses.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Unels
Sam
Treasury
United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Trip
Chicago
Ina
Uncle Sam
Alligator Shoots Chutes At Novel California Farm
A bizarre scientific feature describes a farm in California with 400 or more alligators in varied sizes from large bulls to hatchlings. The alligators are raised for hides and the grounds attract visitors, pets, and sales revenue, illustrating an unusual business.
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Ion California
Saurlen
Scientific Americra
Kentucky Chivalry and a Queer Parlor Predicament
A Kentucky colonel, Past Commander Shackelford, faced a humorous social mishap after politeness at a Knights Templar reception led a caller to trap him with a playful phone flirtation. He admitted repeated assurances to meet a companion in the hotel parlor, leaving colleagues curious about the encounter.
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Kentucky
Knights Templar
Shackelford
Congress Hotel
White rainbow observed at Montouris observatory Parla
An extremely rare white rainbow, called Ulloa circle, was seen at Montouris observatory Parla by M Lous. The bow appeared almost colorless with pink outer and violet inner edges, about three degrees wide and 40 degrees high, lasting five minutes before fading.
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Montouris Observatory
Parla
M. Lous
Uffe
Palar
Mascart
Alry
Scientific American
Inventors Fail to Replace Glass Blowerrs With Machinery
Machinery plays little part in the glass trade as visitors note the antiquated processes. Inventors have long sought machines to supersede the glass blower’s lungs, but no solution has prevailed.
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Glayaworks
Nature Aid Becomes Weight Cure for Plump Patients
A New York specialist touts using Mother Nature to aid treatment with autumn mushroom foraging at dawn and light meals. He notes early season weeding as another weight loss method and collects rare botany specimens from patients who roam the countryside. He instructs patients to compare hats in Plaza and Washington Arch windows to prompt results.
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New York
Plaza
Washington Arch
Avenue
At His Worst and a Weekend Country Trip
A fragmented joke from The Merry Minstrels quotes a doctor describing a nephew traveling to the country for a Sunday stay as merely beginning a weak end trip. The dialogue features a professor approving the plan and a caricatured exchange about a headache and concussion from a fair crowd.
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Ming
Merry Minstrels
7Bones
Dascoco
Aplain
Youngstown Telegram
Picnic Age Limits Spark Old Fashioned Picnic Debate
A fragmentary notice from the Atchison Globe hints at age based picnic rules. The text parodies social norms by claiming bones crack with sitting, suggesting exclusion of older attendees in a satirical or critical tone.
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Atchison Globe
Money, War, and Morality in the Modern Face of Finance
The passage argues money matters reveal primitive traits yet to mature into chivalry and honor. It links the game of money, war, and hunting as interconnected through shared brain functions. It urges charity toward those exhausted by severe specialization and financial strain.
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Pip
Making the Best of It Uncle Jack’s visit and tale
Uncle Jack visits the family after recovering from whooping cough. He recalls playing Indians with another boy, making war whoops as a child, and comments on quick tempers among people, as noted in a New York source.
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Jack
Saka
Revolution in Lisbon brings king to captivity and palace seized
London and Paris dispatches report a Lisbon revolt with King Manuel II imprisoned in his royal palace as the army and navy side with rebels. Warships bombard the palace above the Tagus while telegraph lines are cut and markets note a drop in Portuguese bonds amid growing republican sentiment in Portugal.
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London
Manuel L
Tagus
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England
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Tondon
Joel Hestretion
Bombarda
Republican Party
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Fit
A. Parlagiere
Stock Exchange
Trusty Burned At Stake In Alabama Mob Action
Six hours after he allegedly attacked Mrs. Hiram Stuckey a Black convict named Bush Withers was seized from a garden near Henderson convict camp and tied to a stake by about 400 men. He was burned as authorities moved him toward Andalusia.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hiram Stuckey
Covington County
Bush Withers
Henderson
Andalusia
Boston and Maine directors approve ten million for equipment
The Boston and Maine rate road company board appropriated ten million dollars for equipment purchases and improvements. About three million will be spent on additional equipment. In St Petersburg the newspaper reports the assassination of Evne Axzeff, described as head of the fighting Russian Socialists and a political spy, at Welzbad en.
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Boston & Maine Rate Road Company
Purc Huse
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Evne Axzeff
Welsbaden
Lawrence renomination pledge ends Crunon bid at First District
Congressman George P. Lawrence announced he would not vote for the reelection of Speaker Crunon at the First District Republican convention in Holyoke Massachusetts.
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Carinon
Holyoke
Mass
George P. Lawrence
Crunon
King Manuel Faces Peril of Revolt in Portugal
The Portuguese monarchy under King Manuel confronts a renewed revolt amid clashes with the clerical party. A papal secretary of state ordered the suppression of a Catholic review run by Franciscans, seen by Lisbon as royal prerogative interference.
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Manuel
bin Whee Hee
Peetin
Edward
Iil
St. Anthony's Voice
Wife kills doctor in duel before coroner's jury
Lake Charles reports a husband and wife duel, the husband armed with a shotgun and the wife with a revolver, result in the death of Dr. B Temple Smith. The coroner's jury heard the sensational story and held Mrs. Smith responsible for her husband's death.
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Lake Charles
B.temple Smith
Illinois Central losses mounting in farming and repair work
The Illinois Central railroad losses were raised during the last hearing as estimates reached nearly 2 million dollars. Prentice heads a New York convention and was chosen as chairman of the Republican state committee to succeed Timothy L. Woodruff.
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Chicago
Ilinois Central Railroad
An-Dioncers
New York
Republican State Committee
Timothy L. Woodruff
Trenton
Waterway League of
New Jersey
Secretary of State
William Sherman Rauch
Dewitt C. Pell
Benjamin P. Morris
George H. Rummiler
Lester H. Vanderhoof
Walter F. Summerton
August C. Volker
Resignation at University of Pennsylvania Cited
Philadelphia reports Charles Custis Ware Rison longtime university official resigns after sixteen years of service. Also notes the death of Mimi-Warda Dodge aged eighteen, daughter of Frank A. and Mrs. Dodge of Le Sueur from infantile paralysis after a brief illness.
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Philadelphia
Charles Custis Warerison
University of Pennsylvania
Tr Sueur
Mimi—Warda’ Dodge
Prank A. Dodge
le Sueur
Interurban Collision Kills Thirty-Six in Illinois Wreck
A head on crash on the Illinois Traction line near Staunton killed 36 and injured 26 when two cars collided at a bottom curve. Officials J E Berry W N Street D W Black were among the dead. Rescue teams, carloads of injured, and hospital transports moved swiftly to aid victims.
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Springfield
Rickerson
Staunton
J. E. Berry
Springfeld
Illinois Traction System
W. N. Street
D. W. Black
Acci As
Granite City
Carlinville
Patten warns on pursuit of showy luxuries
Former grain operator James W. Patten arrives in Philadelphia and blames love of automobiles and yachts for excessive spending. He fears extravagance will lead to disaster as many chase luxuries beyond means, triggering a widespread business downturn unless the craze is halted.
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Philadelphia
James W. Patten
Mr. Patten
Record Altitude Flight Set by Wynmaten at Mourmelon
Paris reports the Aero Club of France officially recognizes a new world altitude record in an airplane by Henri Wynmaten at Mourmelon. The corrected figure places the altitude at 2 800 metres 9 186 feet, slightly higher than initial estimates.
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Paris
Henri Wynmaten
Mourmelon
Aero Club of France
Wynmalen
Justice Moody Resigns From Supreme Court
Justice Moody of Massachusetts resigns from the U S Supreme Court effective November 20 with full pay for life. President Taft has accepted the resignation dated that day, three days before a congressionally set limit.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
William H. Moody
Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court
Tie
Moody
Congress
Blair Blair County senator indicted for forgery and larceny
Hollidaysburg Pa Assembly district Blair and Huntingdon counties state senator Templeton, a lawyer, was indicted in one case for forgery and in two cases for larceny. Doominag Philadelphia club manager Charles Doomin signed to manage next season.
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Hollidaysburg
Chambers
Templeton
Blair
Uuntingdon
Senator La Follette Undergoes Gallstone Operation
Senator La Follette underwent surgery in Rochester Minnesota to remove gall stones. He tolerated the operation well and prospects for recovery are favorable.
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Rochester
Minn
Senator la Follette
Bomb Damages Spanish Town Hall in Wide Blast
A bomb exploded near the mayor's office damaging the town hall with wide window destruction. No casualties were reported. Local authorities investigated the incident and secured the area.
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Biega
Spalin
Sneak thief disturbed by Miss Brown in Montclair home
A thief entered William Brown's house at 136 Union Street Montclair on the second floor stole valuable items including two diamond rings a gold lorgnette and a chain before leaping out a window when Miss Amy Brown appeared The incident highlights a rash of burglaries in the area and an alert moment for residents.
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Montclair
William Brown
New York
Union Street
Amy Brown
Brown
Royal Daughters Learn Trades In Youthful Era
The article notes royal daughters embracing practical skills. Princess Victoria Alexandra, 13, of King George V, shows interest in typewriters and seeks instruction from royal secretaries. The trend highlights had daughters learning duties from sewing to business tasks to aid mothers and households.
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London
Christian
Denmark
England
Empresa
Russia
Germany
George
Victoria Alexandra
Dail Te
Mark
Queer Old Hand Mill Found in Pennsylvania
Reading Pa. reports the discovery of a two part quern or primitive Indian mill in Lobachsville Oley valley now housed at Berks County Historical Society. The 75 pound stone tool shows upper and lower grinding surfaces with handles for turning and a central cavity to feed corn wheat or rye.
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Scotland
Pennsylvania
Lobachaville
Oley Valley
Berlia County
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