Leopold Gift Brings Congo Wonders to New York Museum
The New York Museum of Natural History receives King Leopold's Congo collection including a six foot iron currency bar, iron tools, marimba pianos, drums, ivory horns, and carved boxes. Ethnological expert Robert Lowie notes the exhibit will form a premier display when the full gift arrives, with two halls prepared but not yet open to the public.
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New York
Congo Free State
Robertf. Iomvic
Congo
Leopold
New Rapid Fire Gun Claims Unlimited Firing Time
The Daily Graphic notes Major W H Fitzgerald, said to be the first machine gun inventor, unveils a new eight-barrel gun with a patent cooling chamber allowing unlimited firing. It allegedly fires eight shots per second and can operate from any angle, with tests by officers including General Tweedle and Colonels Maude and Rogers.
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Daily Graphic of
London
W. H. Fitzgerald
Europe
Major Fitzgerald
Nadir
Fitzgerald
Tweedle
Royal Artillery
B. N. Maude
Royal Engineers
BE. Rogers
Coleman
J. W. Vickers
Reigning Queen Victoria Eugenie’s Quiet Court Life
The article notes Victoria Eugenie of Spain, formerly Ena of Battenburg, lives a simple, quiet life under strict court etiquette. Nobles guard her privacy even at night and theatre visits are rarely allowed, reflecting time honored royal customs.
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Victoria
Eugenie
Spain
Prin- Ena
Battenburg
Anterigan
Secret Congo Society Rites Featured In Exhibits
A Congo secret society likened to the Masonic order includes hemp smoking as a key rite and valued pipes among its displays. Rich fetiches carved from wood show the natives reverence for images found in many homes. The Belgian king's gifts are seen as invaluable for future study of race relations in the south.
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Congo
Leopold
South
Four Aces End Game in Cleveland Poker Fatality
Thomas Sachs a 53 year old laborer on the Belt Line Railway project in Newburg Cleveland collapsed at midnight after drawing the fourth ace in a quarter limit poker game. Despite medical warnings about his weak heart the excitement proved fatal with a final pot of 3.76 dollars. Sachs had recently retired from strenuous camp activities and joined colleagues in a bunkhouse for an evening of poker.
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Cleveland
Thomas Sachs
Sachs
Belt Line
Newburg
Remonstrants Fight to Close Saloons in Terre Haute Third Ward
A heated battle unfolds as Anti-Saloon league plans to file remonstrances January 3 to bar retail liquor licenses in Terre Haute Third Ward. Brewers counter with public ads arguing closure raises taxes and hurts jobs while temperance backers push for broader dry wards.
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Terre Haute Apecia
Terre Haute Brewing CO
Indianapolis Brewing CO
Anti-Saloon League
Antis
Tenderloin
Senator Mattingly
Felix McWhirter
Chautauqua
Mattingly
Crawford Fairbanks
Brookville Democrat Begins Seventy-First Year in Indiana
Brookville Indiana December 28 The Brookville Democrat enters its seventy first year with its next issue. Its files almost entirely bound and kept in the county courthouse records except for four years All Franklin Ripley and Dearborn counties papers are cited as part of the local press landscape as the era opens.
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Brookville
Ind
Brookville Democrat
Court House
Franklin, Ripley, and
Deas
Eeauties
Eft Advances
Subepely
Senate May Act On Navy Staff Rank Clash
Washington reports Senator Hale plans a bill to grant positive rank to staff officers while preventing them from commanding ships. The move follows Admiral Brownson’s resignation over the hospital ship policy. Surgeon Charles F. Stokes is slated to command the Relief with a merchant crew if possible, else a line officer may take command.
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Washington
Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Hale
Naval Committee of the Senate
Rixey
Congress
Admiral Brownson
Senate
Dr. Stokes
Charles F. Stokes
Metcalf
Naval Administration Implements Permanent Feature
A statement notes that the reform will become a fixed element of naval administration, ensuring ongoing procedural consistency and authority across departments.
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Naval Administration
Dr Rixey's Stand Indorsed by 140000 Physicians
Cincinnati December 28. Dr Charles A L Reed head of the AMA legislative committee telegraphs Surgeon General Rixey that the Navy medical corps should have actual control where it has responsibility. He says the demand and president's order have the grateful approval of 140,000 physicians nationwide.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles A. L. Reed
American Medical Association
P.M. Rixey
Washington
Medical Corps of
Navy
United States
Condition Improving But Slow Convalescence For Empress
An official release from Tsarkoe-Selo today says the empress of Russia is not in critical condition but recovering slowly. Doctors warn months remain before she can participate in court ceremonies.
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St. Petersburg
Tsarkoe-Selo
Russia
Queen Maud of Norway Prefers Humble Royal Life
The article quotes Queen Maud of Norway saying she often thinks how simple it would be to live as ordinary subjects. It highlights her unpretentious nature among European royals and her refusal of lavish excess.
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Quen Maud
Norway
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