Crime of Peruvian Rubber Fields H report details
Report by Sir Roger Casement on Putumayo abuses cites British and U S concern. Peru sends Dr Romulo Paredes to investigate and report before Jan 1 1913. Boss collectors use machetes jailers and scourges to force natives to tap rubber under brutal conditions. The article notes extensive deaths from disease and violence and the vast rubber trade with the United States consuming large yearly quantities.
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Britiab
Roger Casement
Great Britain
United States of America
Peru
Romulo Paredes
Putumayo
Paredes
Rubber Company
Stewart Fuller
Washington
Lima
Amason Company
Roger
South America
Lina
Panama
Amazon
Mercantile Company
United States
Brazil
Ants as Remedies Across Europe Demand Cautious Note
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports older European practices using ants in cures for rheumatism gout paralysis and colic. Ant baths bite closures and even ant suture methods are described with details on how insects are employed to aid healing in regions from Bavarian villages to Montenegro, noting crude remedies and unverified outcomes.
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Europe
Milwaukee Sentinel
Henseo
Hungary
Bohemia
Brandenburg
Oberwalz
Montenegro
Poor White Misnomer Reflects Advanced Southern Progress
The article argues the term poor white is a misnomer as poverty in the South has given way to a rising, science‑minded farming class. It notes farmers’ land value rising 51.6 percent and crop yields up 924 percent, citing Farrae Newberry in National Magazine to frame the shift from poverty to power within southern democracy.
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South
Farrae Newberry
National Magazine
Sheckard and peers shape major league baseball’s aging wave
The article surveys veteran stars and near legends such as James Sheckard and Willie Keeler, noting long careers since 1905, moves across teams, and lingering impact. It references Johnny Evers, Fred Tenney, Tommy Leach, Arthur Devlin, and Larry Doyle while alluding to Delahanty’s Detroit exit and Donohue’s illness, framing aging as a persistent force in baseball history.
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Cy Young
James Tilden Sheckard
Jimmy
Marlette
Lancaster
Vortasoroth
Brockton
New England
Brooklyn
Baltimore
James
Sheekart
Chicago
Sheckard
Sheckart
Young
Wille Keeler
The Height of the Ridiculous Hard to Settle
A collage of gags and quips from various papers, including jokes about meals, drinking water, social scenes, and light banter. The snippets reference characters like Smithius, Terrible Bill the Avenger, and a tramp, with brief humorous exchanges on topics from antiques to after dinner speaking and everyday misunderstandings.
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Kansas City Journal
Always Wrong in Yonkers Satire Exchange
A Yonkers Statesman brief quotes Mrs Baron and Mrs Exgbert in a humorous exchange about disagreement. The husband is described as always on the wrong side of the question, sparking a light domestic quip about not agreeing. The item preserves the newspaper’s period voice and concise witty tone.
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Baron
Exgbert
Yonkers Statesman
Man at door with bill noted in Boston Transcript
In a brief item the Boston Transcript records a servant saying to Mr. Owens that they are well supplied, noting a visitor delivering a bill at the door and the household’s response.
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Biggs
Diggs
Boston Transcript
Mystery and Innovation in a Quiet Exchange
A humorous exchange from early 20th century papers features Mrs Yeast and Mr Yeast discussing ideas while a joke about a boy in school plays on paternity. The St Louis Post Dispatch vignette contrasts with a Chicago Record Herald quip about parental resemblance impacting a child’s school progress.
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Yeast
Mr. Yeast
St. Louie
Chicago Record Herald
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American Association
Larry Doyle
Breese
New York
Mayor Doyle
Larry" Doyle
James Delahanty
Detroit
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St. Lavale Browns
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Wallace
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