The Chukchees Suicide Customs Revealed by Russian
A Russian correspondent describes Chukchee practices in Siberia noting a prevalent tendency toward self inflicted death. He details death rituals including a death coat with hood and delegated killers, family pressures, causes such as jealousy or illness, yet labels the people as happy and temperate despite these customs.
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Siberia
Siteria
Chukchee
Sebels
Thes
St. Louis
Globe-Dem- Detae
Pointed Paragraphs on Going Forward and Decisions
A fragmentary passage by Atarin Glabe argues that after effort one must fight to keep gains and that promises from friends often overstate available help. It notes the unreliability of “any time” invitations and cautions that mature reflection can mislead, suggesting respect for chance outcomes like heads or tails.
Anatomy of Abuses Quoted On Football From Brabhes
The text cites Master Brabhes 1583 view that football is a violent form of sport rather than recreation. It describes players colliding on hard stones and risking broken bones wounds and injuries as the game pits opponents against each other in rough play.
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Brabhes
Nobody in New York Walks Straight Says Gray Haired Citizen
A New York citizen decries sidewalk zigzagging by pedestrians during rush hours and even on clear sidewalks. He notes most walkers veer from curb to stoop line, doubting crowding is the sole cause of the habit.
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New York
Metropalis
Queer Recipe From Albertus Miusznus Chronicle
An old black letter translation presents an extraordinary recipe listing ingredients such as an old man's skin pig mantum greene pitch Reupiri Seam wax from bees and donkey fat. The method describes boiling the mixture in water over a low flame, cooling and shaping into a tipper. The text warns that anyone who witnesses it will appear headless.
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Albertus Miusznus
Popular Book Sparks Reader Debate at Philadelphia Leger
A lively exchange centers on the current best seller, described as the most popular book of the day. Mrs Nuritebh objects, seeking something more exclusive, while the clerk touts broad reader interest and appeal.
Do You Owe Bilker Money A Cleve Leader Quip
A brief Cleveland Leader exchange quotes a person denying debt to Bilker and explaining avoidance of meetings to prevent him owing money. The dialogue centers on mutual financial tension and social tension around repayment.
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Bilker
Cleveland
The Right Ring. Sir. Gusher-Darling!
The dialogue hints at romantic pursuit with playful mischief and a request for a kiss tied to a ring as a symbol of true love, though the ring remains elusive on the finger.
Death Ends Long Career of Senator Mitchell
United States Senator John H. Mitchell died at Good Samaritan hospital in Portland Oregon at 11 40 am following complications after four teeth were removed. He had a long career in law and politics including two stints as U S senator and a conviction in federal court for a public land fraud. Governor Chamberlain named to appoint his successor within a week.
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Portland
Ore
United States
Jonn H. Mitchell
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mitchell
John Hipple Mitchell
Washington County
Butler County
Butler Academy
Pennsylvania
Samuel A. Purviance
United States Senate
Senate
A. H. Tanner
Chamberlain
Oregon
Washington
Senator Mitchell
Capitol
Ramsdell
Supreme Court of the United
Fairbanks
Fulton
C‘scou
Mutiny Spreads in Manchurian Forces and Russian Empire
Describes rebel troops in Harbin and censorship from Manchuria. Reports mutinies across the empire causing hundreds of deaths, thousands wounded, and market chaos. Predicts possible collapse of autocracy as loyal Cossacks are outnumbered. Mentions Gen Maximovitch as potential imperial envoy in Saratoff.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Warsaw
Russian Poland
St. Petersburg
Maximovitch
Sakharoff
Saratoff
Secretary Taft Reports Army Strength and Costs
Taft’s annual War Department report shows October 15 standing army at 59,814 with 3,750 officers and 56,064 enlisted. Costs for year ending June 30, 1905 totaled 115 million dollars. 1906 estimates 103.69 million. 1907 estimates 104.99 million. Militia totals 121,908 with 9,154 officers. Taft urges 5,000 more seacoast artillery with officers, costing about 3 million yearly. no cavalry reduction recommended.
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Washington
Taft
United States
States
Territories
President removes U S Marshal Matthews over fencing case
The president summarily removed United States Marshal T. R. Matthews of Nebraska for misconduct in the Richards and Comstock case. The court sentenced the defendants to six hours in custody, but Matthews allegedly handed them to their counsel.
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Washington
United States
T. R. Matthews
District of
Nebraska
Richards & Comstock
Matthews
Spaughs Found Guilty in Sheriff Polk Killing Case
Centerville Missouri December 9 The jury convicts William Spaugh of first degree murder and his mother Mary Spaugh of second degree murder in the Ironton sheriff killing case. Mary Spaugh sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Sheriff Polk was shot dead at the Spaugh home when the warrant was served for William Spaugh for a misdemeanor.
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Centerville
Mary Spaugh
William Spaugh
Polk
Ironton
William
Spaugh
Murderer Angus McPhael Hanged in Washington Prison
Angus McPhael was executed at the state prison in Walla Walla for the murder of Fred Alderson at Darrington on May 1, 1903. He defended himself on insanity and said he believed he killed Alderson but claimed no knowledge of the crime.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Angus McPhael
State Prison
Fred Alderson
Darrington
McPhael
Alderson
Offer Rejected by Philadelphia Carpenters Union
The Master Carpenters' Association of Philadelphia offered 45 cents an hour after May 1 next year, a five cent raise, to journeymen agreeing not to join sympathetic strikes, but the district council of carpenters rejected the proposal.
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Philadelphia
Master Carpenters’ Association of Philadelphia
District Council of Carpenters
Ryan Refuses to Answer Hariman Talks Before Insurance Inquiry
New York December 9 The legislative committee investigating life insurance conditions asks District Attorney Jerome to prosecute Thomas F Ryan for refusing to answer questions about meetings with Harriman and plans to share Equitable stock. Ryan said he bought Hyde stock to avert financial disaster and that voting power would be placed in trusted hands.
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New York
Wiliam T. Jerome
Thomas F. Ryan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Ryan
B. H. Harriman
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
Armstrong
Harriman
Hyde
Equitable
James H. Hyde
Mr. Hughes
Equitable Society
Cleveland
Mrr
Hughes
New Counterfeit $10 Note Reported by Secret Service
Washington announces the discovery of a new counterfeit $10 United States note (Buffalo) series 1901 Lyons register Roberts treasurer. The note is described as deceptive with a left eye that casts upward and a punctuation irregularity between Washington and D. C. The signature’s H lacks a period.
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Washington
Secret Service
United States
Buffalo
Lyons Register
Roberts
D. C
Des Moines Man Sentenced to Death for Family Slayings
William McWilliams pleaded guilty to murdering his wife and five children in a single act last week. At Independence the judge sentenced him to death, describing the crime as one of Iowa's most shocking. The killer claimed his motive was that they were better off out of the way. The judge broke down during sentencing.
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Des Moines
William McWilliams
Independence
McWilliams
Return to Church Draws Baroness to Peoria Reconciliation
Baroness Schwitz sister of Marquise Demontiers, raised as wards of Bishop John Lancaster Spalding, visits Peoria to see the bishop and seek re admission to the Roman church after renouncing Catholicism a year ago. Semi official word says she will sue for reconciliation.
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Peoria
Ill
Baroness Schwitz
Marquise Demontiers
John Lancaster Spalding
Spalding
Kuroki Enthusiastically Greeted In Tokio Arrival
General Kuroki and his staff were greeted with a triumphal entry into Tokio this morning. A large crowd showed enthusiasm marking his status as the victor of the first land victory in the recent war.
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Kuroki
Tokio
Fatal Explosion at Fairbanks Quarries Kills Child
Fatal explosion in Marion C Ohio at the Fairbanks stone quarries Friday leaves Joseph Coon five dead, William Phillips eighteen dying, and Henry Hector forty five severely scalded.
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Marion
Joseph Coon
William Phillips
Henry Hector
Fairbanks
Fire damages Union Dry Dock and Erie facilities in Buffalo
A Friday fire destroyed the Union Dry Dock shops and the Erie railroad transfer and freight house on Ganson street in Buffalo New York. Authorities estimate the loss at about 131000 dollars.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Union Dry Dock Company
Erie Railroad
Ganson Street
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