Little Robert Gross the Mountain Hero of a Family Tragedy
A 13 year old boy shoots his drunken father to protect his mother in Beattyville Kentucky. He is imprisoned in Lee county jail with eight other inmates as his father’s confession frames the event. The article portrays the boy’s motive as defense of his mother amid a brutal mountain household.
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Beattyville, Ky
Robert Gross
Lee County
Robert Gray
Cain
Kentucky Hills
Kentucky
Robert
Bad Boy and Dad recount Greece escapade in comic tale
The bad boy and his father tell of kidnapping in Athens and a daring escape from bandits. They describe wearing Greek women’s attire, bribing a consul, and a chaotic night of wine and songs before fleeing with stolen money and a claim for lacerated feelings.
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Greece
Dad
Athens
Pauline
America
Keeping tubs clean boosts butter sales and demand
The Elgin Dairy Report notes buyers judge butter by the package. Clean tidy tubs with lids in place can command higher prices even if inner quality matches inferior shipments with sloppy packaging. Attention to external appearance drives sales and rewards careful buttermaking.
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The
Elgin Dairy Report
We Must Keep On Building Battleships
A bold advocate cites the power of battleships as essential for national standing. The piece urges rapid expansion of naval forces, detailing targets of 50 battleships and 70,000 sailors to defend territories and secure the Panama Canal, insisting preparedness deters costly defeats.
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Roosevelt
America
Togo
Rojestvensky
Togu
United States
Philippines
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Cuba
Panama Canal
Russia
Japs Show Good Taste In Hotel Music Lineup
A Yokohama hotel menu lists a music program consisting entirely of works by Beethoven Fiotow Haydn Strauss and Liszt, implying Japanese appreciation for high art. The notice contrasts this with American popular tunes like Ragtime Bedelia Smoky Makes and The St Louis Tickle.
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Yokohama
Beethoven
Fiotow
Haydn
Strauss
Liszt
C-Ould
Bedelia
St. Louis
Japan
America
Americans
London's Swell Mobsters Boss at Civic Gatherings
A detective describes swell mobsmen as sharply dressed pickpockets who blend with crowds at openings and civic ceremonies. They mingle with the well dressed, are known to plain clothes officers, and are detained at doors until ceremonies end before slipping away to avoid recognition by nearby constables.
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Hhere
Alcohol in Medicine Decline Cited by Sir Frederick Treves
Sir Frederick Treves asserts that the medical profession has steadily reduced alcohol use over the past quarter century, citing a long term trend attributed to changing standards and professional norms.
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Frederick Treves
Rock Explosions At Hillgrove Mine In New South Wales
An English engineer named Jacquet reports a December 15 1904 explosion at the Hillgrove mine in New South Wales Australia. The blast affected about 100 by 30 meters, with shock felt 2 3 kilometers, raising concern over deeper mining and spontaneous rock explosions worldwide.
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M. Jacquet
Cosmos
New Hillgrove
New South Wales
Australia
Nature
Derbyshire
Straham
Hillgrove
Far-Speaking Auxetophone Extends Phonograph Reach
Invented by C. A. Parsons and Horace Short, the auxetophone uses a small valve and compressed air from a pump to drive a trumpet. The Scientific American compares it to an air relay increasing power and tone, with audible range two to three miles on calm days and clear speech to 500 yards.
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C. A. Parsons
Horace Short
Scientific American
Japan Tops World in Fisheries Development
Dr. H M Smith notes Japan leads in economical and scientific fishing development with more workers than any nation. Sharks are common and sold like beef elsewhere. A National Geographic account describes a yellowtail net over a mile long with a 900 foot bag, 250 foot mouth, 125 foot depth, yielding 10,000 fish averaging 20 pounds in one haul.
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Japan
H. M. Smith
Dr. Smith
National Geographic Magazine
Antwerp's Shipping Prominence Mentioned
Antwerp stands as the world’s fourth largest port by vessel tonnage, trailing only London Hong Kong and New York in entering ships.
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Antwerp
London
Hong Kong
New York
Remarkable Burgenstock Lift Now Takes Sightseers Up Swiss Peak
An electric lift at Burgenstock Switzerland climbs 3 200 feet from a tunnel entrance to an 600 foot high tower. It carries six or seven people in three minutes to the summit with views of Lake Lucerne and the Alps. Engineers Loeple Co and Wust Co built the structure with a grotto entry and Eiffel tower like ironwork ensuring safety.
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Burgenstock
Switzerland
Hammerschwand
Lake of
Lucerne
Alps
Ure
Unterwalden
Messrs. Loeple & Co
Wust & Co
Zurich
First Cast Iron Pot Maker Jenks Pioneered Fire Engine
Joseph Jenks, noted as the first founder in America, cast the country’s first iron pot, a one quart model. He crafted dies for Massachusetts silver coinage, stamping shillings with the colony name and a pine tree emblem. Jenks also contracted with Boston officials to supply a water carrier for fires, marking America’s initial fire engine effort.
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Joseph Jenks
Massachusetts
The Lemon a Berry
A Century dictionary entry defines a lemon as a berry with an ellipsoid shape, knobbed apex, pale yellow rind, fragrant oil on the outer layer, and light colored pulp full of sharp juice. The description emphasizes its acid flavor and clear juice content.
Diplomatic Campaign Planned by Ambassador Reid
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid aims for an unprecedented social and diplomatic campaign in England. Projected costs to support his statecraft are estimated at about 500000 dollars over his term.
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Whitelaw Reid
England
Tricks for a Gas Burner and Bullet Illusion
A mis en scene of simple tricks includes burning through a handkerchief with a metal tipped gas burner, forming bullet stacks, and a fruit skin illusion. The text instructs safe handling and use of props to amuse friends and create surprising visual effects.
Judge Refines Drunkenness Standards in Torrington Court
In Torrington, Judge Walter Holcomb rejected narrow views of intoxication. He argued that minor staggerings on a street do not prove drunkenness and that a man may be on the road to intoxication yet still stagger toward home. He insisted legal drunkenness requires extreme impairment.
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Wirsted
Torrington
Walter Holcomb
Judge Frees Man Arrested for Staggering in Street
The judge discharged Charles Albro who had been arrested for staggering in the street, ending the case with his release.
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Charles Albro
Took Him at His Word
A brief Chicago News note quotes Miss Caustique and guest Mr. Borem in a social scene. Borem asks to be treated as if unseen and Caustique agrees to carry on with her plans for the evening.
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Wisconsin
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Acropolis
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Paul
Socrates
Plato
SWELL
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