Capture of Banker Paul O Stensland From Tangier to U S Prison
The pursuit and capture of Paul O Stensland president of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank unfolds from Chicago to Tangier Morocco. Agents Olsen and Tribune report traced his trail, captured him in Tangier, and arranged return to the United States for trial after a dramatic international chase.
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Small Inventions Made Big Fortunes Across Time
A survey of patent history shows little devices and household novelties yielding immense wealth. From J W McGill’s paper fastener to Lipman’s rubber pencil tip and barbed wire royalties, inventors—including women and even criminals—found fortune in clever, timely creations. Edison’s phonograph and Westinghouse’s air brake illustrate how chance, timing, and demand turn ideas into vast riches.
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Canfield
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California
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Parade to Feature Soldier Wives Drill Team at National Encampment
A Toledo based drill team of 35 to 40 women, wives and relatives of 1898 soldiers, will march in khaki outfits with gray campaign hats and small silk flags. The group will perform near the White House led by a band to honor Comrade Roosevelt at the Washington encampment in October.
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Toledo
White House
Roosevelt
Hat Rumor Sparks Church Gossip in Chicago
A dramatic exchange hints at a quarrel over a rumor about a woman at church last Sunday. The offended party accuses a friend of spreading false sightings while the other defends the remark as a compliment.
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Jack Harkalong
Chicago Tribune
School Children Physical Fitness Tests and Teacher Insight
The article discusses limits of teacher judgment in identifying physically unfit students. It suggests simple screening methods for adenoids and tonsils, hearing, and nervousness, while warning tests cannot replace experienced teachers' perceptive insights in detecting temporary unfitness for work.
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East
Warner
Origin of Brids Cake in Roman Confarreates Ceremony
The bride cake traces to the Roman confarreates ritual of high society. In confaration the bride was escorted by bachelors to the altar but conducted home by married men, with ten witnesses present under the Pontifex Maximus, after which parties shared a salt flour cake.
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Rome
Honors Paid to Animals Across Foreign Lands
A European tour tale recounts brave animals honored by towns and leaders. Nordlingen’s mayor banqueted a dog that halted thieves, while Grenoble's chimpanzee guarding a child was crowned with honors and later memorialized. Luneburg preserves a pig’s salt mine discovery with a granite tomb and crystal coffin.
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Nordlingen
Germany
Grenoble
Spain
Luneburg
Hanover
Pig
Limits of the Arts in Genius and Fitness
The quote reflects on artistic power being constrained not by potential but by method. Mme. de Stael suggests genius aims to surpass worldly fitness, yet its glory lies in discerning and guessing the measures of things. The remark ties creativity to inquiry and judgment within limited means.
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Mme. de Stael
Change Wrought by Fire Fuels New Dry Goods Center
Van Ness avenue in San Francisco, once a street of handsome residences and clubhouses, is evidently destined to become the city’s new retail dry goods center after the fire.
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van Ness Avenue
San Francisco
Sixpence Found in Bullock's Stomach After Killing
A sixpence from the reign of Charles was discovered in the stomach of a bullock killed recently by a Yarmouth, England, butcher.
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Charles
Yarmouth
England
Canada urged to subsidize 43 rail lines nationwide
Government faces plan to fund 43 new railroad lines at 9.32 million dollars covering 2885 miles. The move aims to expand rail service across regions and support transportation infrastructure nationwide.
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Canada
Butter and Egg Market Dull in New York
A quiet trading day in New York sees 5,000,000 eggs and 500,000 pounds of butter not received, keeping prices steady amid limited activity.
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New York City
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