Castro Would We Fight America War Pamphlet Urges Venezuelan Invasion
Copies of a Venezuelan pamphlet from Willemstad report President Castro seeks to move against the United States with Bolivar’s shade as motive. It calls for 30,000 Venezuelans to attack New Orleans, asks Columbia to aid and notes the army mostly from the Andes wearing rough uniforms.
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Willemstad
Island
Curacao
Castro
United States
Bolivar
Juan Baptistin Zarmede
New Orleans
Venezuela
Mississippi Valley
Carabombo
Bombona
Ayacucho
North America
Mississippi
Colombia
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Mexico
Juarez
France
Europe
Wilmely
Washington
Spanish America
Andes
Casitolas
la Guaira
Porton Cabello
Asto
Caracas
Girls Bar Cigarette Smokers in KiXeesport High School
Keystonesport Pa March 17 Young men who part their hair in the middle and smoke cigarettes are banned from accompanying the girl graduates. A class meeting at KiXeesport High School declares it improper to walk with such boys in the town as graduation events proceed.
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Amekeesport
Indiana appoints three lawyers to railroad commission
Indianapolis March 17 Gov B Haunty announces the appointments of Union B Hunt of Winchester Charles B McAdams of Williamsport and William J Wood of Evansville as the railroad commission members. All are lawyers.
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Indiana Railroad’ Commission
Indianapolis
Ind
B Haunty
Union B. Hunt
Winchester
Charles B. McAdams
Williamsport
William J. Wood
Evansville
Railroad Commission
Diamonds Worth $1000 Seized in Bank Case Examinatio
In the German-American bank case examiner Mr Emmons, attorney for the trustee, reported obtaining diamonds valued at $1000 from cashier Reed during the probe in Sidney Ohio dated March 17.
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Sidney
Ohio
Emmons
Gashier Reed
Unclear archival note on Berkeley official John Magill
Fragmentary OCR mentions Berkeley California and John Henry Magill connected to an auditing department. Details are unreadable. cannot determine role, date, or exact event.
Japanese Jiu Jitsu Demonstration Stuns New York Police
Higashi a 120 pound Japanese wrestler demonstrated jiu jitsu at police headquarters in New York at the request of Commissioner McAdoo. Ajax Whitman and Charles Kammer tried to counter with brute strength but Higashi threw them repeatedly using holds learned in Japan. Inspector Cortright watched and praised the display while noting the Japanese method could be taught to officers.
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Higashi
New York
McAdoo
New York Times
Ajax” Whitman
Charles Kammer
Cortright
Ajax
Whitman
Kammer
Prominent Cincinnati Woman Praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound
A Cincinnati woman reports severe womb trouble with pain headaches and nervousness ending after five bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says the remedy regulated her periods and cured her uterine distress and recommends it to others with similar female weaknesses.
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Cincinnati
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia
Sara Wilson
East d-Street
Ohio
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Cob Grinding at Adamsville Mill Promises Better Stock Health
Cob grinding now offered at Adamsville Mill with three reductions to render cobs perfectly soft. The system claims to prevent injurious granulated cob residue and accepts any quantity. Grinding priced at 4 cents per bushel, with Bartholomew inviting trials to prove superiority.
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Adamsville
Ss. A. Bartholomew
Portrait of Togo and officers at sea
Frederick Villiers, the English correspondent, recalls a meeting aboard Admiral Togo s flagship. He notes the admiral s distinctive stance with hands on hips and reports that officers from the chief of staff to middles mirrored the pose in a curious coincidence.
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Frederick Villiers
Togo
Cupid's Mirror Health Advice for Women from Dr Pierce
An advertisement promoting Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo New York as a specialist in women's diseases. It claims his root and herb remedy cures most female disorders without alcohol and offers a $500 reward for unsolved cases. Readers are urged to mail 1 cent stamps for Dr Pierce's Medical Adviser.
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R. V. Bierce
Buffalo
N. Y
R.V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
N.Y
Dr.Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Pierce
Two Mine Explosions Kill Fourteen More Miners Near Thurmond
In West Virginia near Thurmond fourteen miners died in a second explosion after rescuers sought bodies of ten workers entombed by the first blast caused by fire damp. A naked flame ignited gas and damaged the drum and fan, halting air supply and worsening the disaster.
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Charleston
W. Va
Rush Run
Red Ash
Thurmond
Five New Buildings Collapse In New York
Faulty work and a sudden cold to warm weather change are blamed for five buildings under construction collapsing in New York on Sunday. No deaths occurred but residents near damaged homes had narrow escapes as walls and floors failed at multiple sites on Lexington Avenue East 88th Street 135th Street Fifth Avenue 168th Street and East 103rd Street.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
Eighty-eighth Street
135Th Street
Fifth Avenue
East 103d Street
168Th Street
Latest Cash Market Reports Chicago Produce Prices
Chicago market report lists Butter Creamery prices for prints firsts seconds and dairies with various cents per pound. Eggs fresh stock and prime firsts. Cheese full cream daisies twins and cheddars with price ranges. Live poultry including turkeys chickens ducks and geese. Potatoes with Burbanks rurals kings price per bushel. Onions home grown yellow and red priced per bushel.
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Chicago
Young Americas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Burbanks
Grain and Livestock Quotations Across Markets
Grain prices listed for wheat corn and related futures in Chicago New York and other markets with figures for various grades and destinations. Live stock prices show cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Omaha Kansas City St Louis and New York with ranges and averages.
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Chicago
New York
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Duluth
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Liverpool
Peoria
Omaha
St. Joseph
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Senate Adjourns After San Domingo Treaty Talk
Washington March 29 The special Senate session adjourned at 3 39 without day Much time was spent on the Santo Domingo question and a treaty to place financial control of the Dominican government in U S hands to service its debts The treaty remains pending for executive session when the Senate next convenes
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Washington
Senate
Santo Domingo
United States
Missouri elects Senator Warner after riotuous session
Jefferson City March 20 The general assembly of Missouri adjourned late after a riotous session. Major William Warner won the United States Senate seat by a margin of three votes on the seventh ballot amid throwing bottles books and spittoons as tempers flared.
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Jefferson City
General Assembly
William Warner
United States
Roosevelt Nominates Three Federal Judges
President Roosevelt on Saturday named Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat for the United States Circuit Court and Sol Bethea as district judge to fill the vacancy created by Kohlsaat. He also nominated Kenesaw M. Landis for the new district judgeship at Chicago.
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Washington
President Roosevelt
Christian C. Kohlsaat
United States
Sol Bethea
Kohlsaat
Kenesaw M. Landis
Chicago
Norwegian prisoner escapes custody during deportation run
A Norwegian prisoner en route from Duluth to New York to be deported for evading immigration laws escaped from Minnesota marshal custody in Evansville while being moved.
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Janesville
Wis
United States
Duluth
New York
Minnesota
Evansville
Rebecca Jones Dies After Declining Surrogate Court Questions
Ballston New York March 20 Rebecca Jones who rose to fame twenty five years ago in New York by refusing to testify in the Gordon Hamersley will contest and served time for contempt died here Sunday. Born in Ballston in 1822 she served the Hamersley family for over thirty years and was called as a witness in the will case before the family fortunes went to the widow Louis Hamersley later duchess of Marlborough and now Lady Beresford.
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Ballston
N. Y
Rebecca Jones
New York
Gordon Hamersley
Louis Hamersley
Duchess of Marlborough
Beresford
Beloit student wins Wisconsin intercollegiate oratorical contest
Ripon Wisconsin March 20 Franklyn B Snyder of Beloit won the intercollegiate oratorical contest and will represent Wisconsin in the interstate contest at Monmouth IL May 4.
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Pick
Wisconsin
Ripon
Wis
Franklyn B. Snyder
Beloit
Monmouth
Woman Stabs Man in Terre Haute Saloon
In Terre Haute Indiana on March 20 a woman named Bess Morley stabbed a man known as Curley Walker in a saloon after he struck her for speaking to another man. The wound is described as potentially fatal.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Bess” Morley
Curley” Walker
Minnesota Exhibit Bill Passes in Lower House
St. Paul March 20 The Minnesota lower house passed a bill appropriating 25000 dollars for a Minnesota exhibit at the Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Lewis and Clarke
Portland
Editor Dies of Blood Poisoning in Kingston
Kingston Wisconsin March 20 editor Robert Williams of the Kingston Spy died after scratching his finger on a latch allowing infection to set in. The illness proved fatal and ends his editorship.
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Kingston
Wis
Robert Williams
Baby Dies in Spencer Shup Incident
A three year old child died in Spencer Indiana on March 20 after an alleged incident described as boiling in a shed. Police are investigating the fatal accident as details remain incomplete.
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Ees Spencer
Ind
Rockefeller Donates 25000 to Women and Children's Free Dispensary
Cleveland reporter notes John D. Rockefeller has given 25000 dollars to the Women and Children's Free Dispensary of the city. The March 20 item records the philanthropy and its local impact.
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Rockefeller
Cleveland
Ohio
John. D. Rockefeller
Theater Collapse in Santiago Kills Several
A partial report from Santiago Chile dated March 20 notes the Lyric Theater collapse causing multiple deaths and injuries. Officials investigate what caused the disaster.
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Santiago
Santiago. Do
Chile
Tihany
Questioned Thrones of Europe and Margaret of Connaught
The article notes that only Servia Turkey and Sweden Norway lack a James I descendant on their thrones. It suggests Princess Margaret of Connaught may marry Crown Prince Oscar, potentially making Sweden-Norway throne occupied by a James I descendant in the future.
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Europe
James I of
England
Servia
Turkey
Sweden-Norway
Margaret ‘of
DeWitts Little Early Risers Promote Gentle Relief
The tonic pills claim to act as a safe cure rather than a drastic purge for headaches constipation biliary issues. A hotel clerk, Mack Hamilton of Valley City North Carolina, says two bottles cured his chronic constipation. Sold by all druggists.
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DeWitt
Mack Hamilton
Valley City
N. C
Cavities Found on Irish Farm Said to Be Ancient Dwellings
Workmen at Markstown Cullybackey County Antrim Ireland uncovered two large cavities beneath a farm. Reportedly subterranean dwellings from before Christianity with unhewn stone walls and narrow entrances to deter invaders. The chambers span about twenty feet in length and five feet high and are described as perfectly formed.
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Markstown
Cullybackey
County Antrim
Ireland
Pleasant and Harmless Cough Cure Advertisement
An old advertisement claims One Minute Cough Cure cuts mucus and inflammation in the throat lungs and bronchial tubes. It touts a quick cure for group and whooping cough and notes it is sold by druggists.
Five-masted sailing ship Richters to be world's largest
The five masted sailing ship Richters, being built for a German firm, will be the largest galling vessel in the world with a tonnage of 8 000 and displacement 15 350. It will be fitted with auxiliary engines of 1 000 horsepower for use in calms.
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Richters
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