Flurry of World Notes and Witty Quips From Across The Globe
A杂集 of brief items and quips touches on Brazil’s flour trade and nickel coins in France, Marroquin’s status, Castro’s revolution, Filipino marriages, Manchuria, and fashion bans. It also notes a Missouri water diet, English golfers, racing hazards, and cucumber securities asides.
French Woman Emerges From Twenty Year Trance Then Dies
A French woman who had remained in a trance for two decades woke recently and died shortly after revival. The incident sparked debate over meddling with prolonged comas and the risks of awakening patients in curative experiments.
Turkish sportsman seeks open sea season in Macedonia
A Turkish sportsman exploits the open sea season in Macedonia as only forty eight of the village's five hundred inhabitants escape.
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Simon
Macedonia
Brooklyn Bridge image shows coun tess plans jump in bold stance
The paper features a photograph of a woman reportedly planning to leap from the Brooklyn Bridge, asserting she will not be deterred by attire or conventional constraints.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Sultan seen as future political figure in a western context
An Ann Arbor professor cites the line Now politician makes money honestly while in office and notes the old question Where did you get it as evidence, while dispatches claim the sultan of Turkey accepts wrongdoing but resists surrender until forced. The passage implies the sultan would thrive as a politician in this country.
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Ann Arbor
Turkey
Mars Projection Echo Sparks Extraterrestrial Reply Speculation
A fragment suggests a Mars projection device may be an instrument for a response to Tesla era messages, sparking speculation about communication with inhabitants or signals from the red planet.
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Mars
Nicola Tesla
Mrs Hetty Green Wealth Described as Burdensome
The Kansas City Star notes Mrs Hetty Green’s wealth as superfluous and burdensome but suggests she does not share that view. The item presents a contrast between the columnist label and Green’s possible financial stance.
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The
Kansas City Star
Hetty Green
Yonkers Tragedy Hints Artist With Sketch Pad Lost
A man killed by a train near Yonkers carried a pad with several sketches and five dollars in cash plus a twenty five dollar gold watch, suggesting he was an artist. Sing Sing required five shocks to execute a condemned murderer. New York may face offering automobiles to murderers if electrocution continues as the method.
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Yonkers
Sing Sing
New York
Memoirs of Princess Metternich Not Yet Published
The memoirs of Princess Metter nich progress to completion but will not be released until after her death. Critics mock the Washington likeness on a new two cent stamp envelope while discussions arise about a late special car for drunken men to the police station. Pneumonia continues to claim victims as some ignore common cold precautions.
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Metternich
Washington
Boston
Washington notes and appointments of early 1900s
King Victor Emmanuel sent a gift of rare books to President Roosevelt. Nordkaard appointed postmaster at Strip Minnesota. First National Bank of Henning organized with 25000 capital. FR Finley Johnson named associate justice of the Philippines Supreme Court. Rumors of post office dismissals circulate as officials review records. Various military and maritime plans discussed, including a Pacific cruise and harbor reports.
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Washington
King Victor Emmanuel
Roosevelt
Staal S. Nordkaard
Strip
Marshal County
Minn
Andrew Opseth
First National Bank of
Henning
Finfey Johnson
Supreme Court of the Philippines
G. Fletcher Ladd
Dreadful City Accidents Reported In Early News
John Fisgus fifteen of Cincinnati mauled by kennel of fifteen hounds. Jesse Miller and Frances Moore University of Chicago student drowned at Jackson Park lagoon in Chicago. Pittsburg railway car derails near Glenwood bridge injuring sixteen passengers. Two cars of Santa Fe freight explode near Phoenix Arizona injuring Engineer Chambers and Fireman Shipp, both expected to recover. Robert Menaker five died after swallowing sixty grains of quinine at Passaic New Jersey family home. He climbed chair to medicine box and consumed contents.
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John Fisgus
Cincinnati
Jesse Miller
Frances Moore
University of Chicago
Jackson Park
Chicago
Pittsburg
Glenwood Bridge
Engineer Chambers
Shipp
Robert Menaker
New York
Passaic
N. J
Global items from 1900s newspapers
President Loubet visits London for three days starting July 6. Berwick makes 24.6 knots in speed trials as fastest in its class. Gauss reports new land from Simonstown Antarctic voyage. Assotan dam doubles Nile summer supply aiding crops. Dr Sachs dies of plague in Berlin isolation hut. Belgian auto club delays Ostend meeting due to protests. Moana reports murder of crew on labor-recruiting steamer in New Hebrides. Czar permits Polish language instruction in middle schools. British Jewish councils split over anti Russian actions. Rothschilds urge patience policy. Hong Kong plague reaches alarming stage. Enige village massacre reportedly by Bash-Bazouks. Irish cattle to eastern England to cheapen beef. King attends hospital Sunday at St Paul’s Cathedral. Standard vs Discento oil wells interest in Roumania. Oyster Bay readies for Roosevelt. village’s 250th anniversary June 21-23.
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Berwick
Gauss
Simonstown
Cape Colony
Polar Circle
Assotan
Sachs
Berlin
Belgium Automobile Club
Ostend
Moana
Australia
New Hebrides
Poland
St. Paul Cathedral
London
Standard of Company
Discento Gesellschaft of
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Crime and riot incidents across the nation and legal actions
Reports describe a wide range of violent events including mob executions in Georgia and Indiana, killings in Illinois and New York, a prison sentence for James Wilcox in North Carolina, a murder inquiry linked to Lorain and Rochester, a farmer mob raid in Dearborn County, a fatal distress case in Indianapolis, an Italian shooting in Mulberry Street New York, and corruption-related bail and arrest activity surrounding former NY police chief Samuel Parks.
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James Wilcox
Nellie Cropgey
Elizabeth City
Raleigh
N. C
Monroe County
N. Y
Toledo
Agatha Reichlin
Lorain
Ohio
Rochester
Arttur Lyons
Shoals
Ind
Dearborn County
Kathleen Sheehan
New York
Sanford Love
Marion
Nora Miller
Love
Miss Miller
Mulberry Street
William S. Devery
Police
Samuel Parks
Herman Lobel
Lobel, Andrews & Co
JL. Brandt
Brandt Bros
Parks
Notable Deaths and Donations Highlight Murky New York Ledger
James Clews dies of heart disease in New York. Lieutenant Colonel John George Leefe dies in New York from pneumonia. Proclamations create two Utah forest reserves Logan and Manti. Edward Beyer of Chicago alive after neck fracture and internal injuries three days after. Edward G. Byrnes assigns liabilities $68,000 with five New York stores. Miss Gwennie Harvey marries Shedwick J. Snow, a coal-black man, in Pottsville. Mormon church funds to steer youth to church schools. Allegations of cruelty free Mrs. Lutie M. Swift from marriage vows linked to Charles H. Swift. Edward McIntyre fasts forty-one days for paralysis. Gov. Hunt heads to New York. resignation rumors denied. Andrew Carnegie buys European fossils from Baron de Brayer for Carnegie Museum. Perry Heath debuts as actor in Baltimore. David J. Barr located at Fordham hospital. Rev. George N. Howard wins libel case but pays costs.
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Henry Clews
New York
John George Leefe
United States Army
Utah
Logan and
Manti
Edward Beyer
Chicago
Edward G. Byrnes
Gwennie Harvey
Pottsville
Shedwick J. Snow
Charles H. Swift
Packer
Gustavus H. Swift
Lutie M. Swift
Edward McIntyre
Moosic
Andrew Carnegie
Baron de Brayer
Brussels
Belgium
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburg
Perry
Heath
Balt Lake
David J. Barr
San Francisco
New York Memorial Day
Fordham Hospital
Czar Ends Internal Rising Threat To Peter’s Reign
The czar’s decisive action neutralizes an internal uprising, stabilizing King Peter’s rule as officials prepare for the reception of the influential topic of conversation.
Peter I Crowned King of Servia in Landmark Reign
Belgrade and Geneva report King Peter I of Servia pledges to protect moral and material life, banish past acts, and restore order. He thanks God and aims for a peaceful era with the army and church allied. The manifesto promises adherence to legality and invites civil and military leaders to continue in office.
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Geneva
Peter
Belgrade
Servia
Peter I
Cheers for Chamberlain in South African tariff debate
Premier Sprigg, speaking in parliament in Cape Town, praised Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's preferential tariff proposals amid a debate on the South African customs convention. He admitted being a free trader, but favored imperial consolidation as a greater aim. his remarks were cheered from both sides.
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Cape Town
Sprigg
Chamberlain
Russia and China agree on Dalny customs management
Russia and China reach an agreement to run the Dalny customs under a system modeled on the German arrangement at Kian Chou. Gov. Alexieff’s financial secretary will manage Dalny customs and receipts will be deposited in the Russo-Chinese bank.
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Dainy
China
Pekin
Russia
Dalny
Kian Chou
Alexieff
Miss Ankrom Killed in Porto Rico Runaway
Jean Ankrom formerly of Waynesburg Pennsylvania was the only woman school supervisor in Porto Rico. She was thrown from a carriage in a runaway accident at Ponce last night. She died within fifteen minutes from a broken neck.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
P. R
Jean Ankrom
Waynesburg
Ponce
Buffalo herd needs larger forage crop this year
Scotty Philip plans a large forage crop to feed his buffalo herd through winter. Pierre, June 19. The river homestead settlement reduces hay acreage, leaving less winter forage, forcing new provisions for sustenance.
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Scotty Philip
Pierre
Murder in Ashland Claims Madison Student H W Ibbings
The body of H W Ibbings of Madison Wisconsin was found on Wagner hill last night. He had evidently been murdered. Ibbings had been a student at Rush Medical College and came west recently.
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Ashland
H. W. Ibbings
Madison
Wis
Wagner ‘Hill
Ibbings
Rush Medical College
Hotel Strike Settled by Arbitration Agreement
Chicago reports an amicable adjustment of the hotel and restaurant strike. Strikers will return to work Friday morning as differences are to be settled by arbitration.
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Chicago
Bursting Heppner Flood Toll Leads Burials Rush
In Heppner Oregon Willow creek flood devastates town killing hundreds missing many. About 500000 dollars of property destroyed and 300 bodies found with burial work sped to prevent epidemic. Rescue crews from 65 miles away dig through debris to recover remains.
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Heppner, Or
Willow Creek
Heppner
Jane
Lexington
Royal Captive: Serbia moves to military rule under revolution
Belgrade reports King Peter II will be a royal captive as Col Maschin and Col Mitachuck lead a military dictatorship. The army controls prefects, communication, and policy while suppressing republic advocacy. Ljubomir Schickovics yields to support and becomes justice minister. Public opinion is mixed outside the capital. The army seeks secret terms to keep supremacy. the king's agreement remains uncertain.
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Belgrade
Peter II
Maschin
Mitachuck
Ljubomir Schickovics
Belgian Steamer Rubens Capsizes En Route to East Prussia
The Belgian steamer Rubens bound from Sunderland England to Pillau East Prussia capsized and sank on June 10 off Christiansand. The captain and mate and six crew members drowned. Seven crew drifted in a small boat for twenty two hours, three died from exposure, the rest were rescued.
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Christiansand
Rubens
Sunderland
Eng
Pillau
East Prussia
Strike Near End as Hotels to Arbitrate Dispute
Chicago June 18 indicates the hotel and restaurant strike started last week will be settled by arbitration. Strikers are expected to return to work tomorrow morning as outside organizations press the joint board of the unions into accepting the proposal that virtually ends the strike.
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Chicago
Arrests Likely in Post Office Probe in New York
Warrants issued for two post office suspects with arrests expected. Postal inspectors in New York and Chicago operations face delays as officials seek a comprehensive haul. The investigation targets promotion schemes and sales of post office machines with arrests anticipated this week.
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New York
Washington
Postoffice
Postofice Department
Cochran
Bristow
Payne
Department
Mr. Payne
Chicago
Post Office Department
Acquittals Likely in Jackson Arson and Murder Cases
In Jackson Kentucky on June 18 Crawford and Tharp, teamsters for Hargreave, were freed with no indictments by the grand jury. It is hoped Jett and White will share the same outcome. Some claim Breathitt county influence shaped the panel, while jurors for Jett and White come from a different county, making a conviction possible.
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Jackson
Crawford
Tharp
Hargreave
Jett
White
Breathitt County
Roosevelt Greets Alumni at University of Virginia
President Roosevelt wraps up his national tour with a June 18 visit to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Alumni Day drew many public figures and graduates who cheered him during speeches in the public hall and a luncheon in the gymnasium.
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Roosevelt
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Family outing ends in tragedy as boat capsizes
Pierre Suay a Montreal carter with wife two children and neighbor’s child went to Butte Island for an outing. The flat bottom boat overturned drowning Suay his wife and two children. One child and the neighbor’s child survived the accident.
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Montreal
Pierre Suay
Butte Island
Suay
Ranchman Patrick Donovan slain in Montana highway robbery
Patrick Donovan a well known ranchman and Clinton politician in Missoula Montana was fatally wounded by three highwaymen. He fired back and killed one assailant while wounding another before the robbers rode away with the dead man.
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Missoula
Mont
Patrick Donovan
Clinton
Mexico Pays Up on Pius Fund Award
Ambassador Clayton reports to the State Department that Mexico deposited 1 622 628 dollars for the Pius fund award. The prompt payment sets a record in arbitration and the funds will go to Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco as the titular claimant with no assignments to attorneys of record.
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Washington
Clayton
State Department
Riordan
San Francisco
Parasites Across Living Creatures Noted in Brief
A Lealie's Monthly excerpt explains parasites in animals from ostriches to pigeons and fish. It describes the slender pigeon louse thinning plumage and a pike louse adapting legs into suckers to move between fish, possibly benefiting hosts by cleaning mucous secretions.
Florence Burns Emerges From Murder Case Spotlight
The New York Press notes Florence Burns, famed blonde and suspect in the Walter Brooks murder, draws attention at a Fifth Avenue hotel with striking gowns and social outings. Once jailed in the Tombs for six weeks, she now parades the corridor life as a Protege of fortune amid ongoing sensationality.
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Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Carter
Florence Burns
Florence
Dame Fortune
Walter Brooks
New York Press
Queer Ruling Declares a Woman's Carriage a Castle
Magistrate Pool rules that a woman's carriage is her castle. Two fashionably dressed women on Fifth Avenue were charged with disorderly conduct after police described them shouting from a carriage with a silvered coachman and footman. They were discharged.
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Pool
New York
Holland House
Fifth Avenue
The Millionaire Malady
Quotation discusses men who sacrificed youth and health for wealth and now resent public notoriety and fatigue from riches. It cites Eliot Gregory on greed and its consequences, comparing moneyed fortune to a boy overeating apples and facing an avenging stomach.
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Eliot Gregory
Uncle Sam's Expenses and National Budget Surplus
The piece outlines annual government expenditures at about $651,000,000 with $132,000,000 for postal service and revenues near $694,000,000. It notes a projected surplus of $43,000,000 and cites last year's $91,000,000 surplus largely used to redeem government securities. The pension account dominates spending at $138,000,000 annually.
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Postal
Veteran statesman assures no early German trouble
A constituent asks if Germany may threaten. The veteran senator Bevenridge says the idea is absurd and that Beveridge will give at least two years notice before any action, noting no alarm has been sounded yet.
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Germany
Beveridge
Chicago Tribune
Real Crank Converts to Postum Over Coffee
A New York City manufacturer's agent recalls switching from coffee to Postum after a store tasting. He credits improved health and energy, noting family skepticism turned to adoption as the coffee was replaced with Postum. Battle Creek based Postum Co. promotes the beverage as a healthier alternative.
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Postum
New York City
New York
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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