Various Global Trends and Local News Features
The piece surveys rising costs of living, debates on U S German relations, and British trade pressures alongside tuberculosis death rates in rural versus urban areas. It notes a booming automobile market with second hand vehicle trade, large London population figures, and two Massachusetts social rivals importing foreign palaces. It mentions misers’ traits, Asian coin hoards, a Royal Packet steamship line linking Java and America, and a New York Hundred Years Club proposal to curb city noise and food adulteration.
The House and the Vine Poem by S. W. Gillilan
A desolate old house is overgrown by a clinging vine that bears bright blossoms. The piece links decay and ruin with a lover’s memory and a cherished, perennially fragrant presence through changing times.
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S. W. Gillilan
Los Angeles Herald
The Kaufman Murder Case and a Green Detectives Rise
A rookie detective recalls his first major case in Cedar Grove involving banker Kaufman. The killer used a fox terrier and fake burglary, but the crime unravelled when the detective traced a missing payout and a pistol sold to a nervous buyer. The culprit, an embezzler, took his own life. the detective earned only momentary fame and a small reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaufman
Dexter National Bank
Cedar Grove
Heckburg
Kaufman House
Papa
Denny
Cap'n
John I. Trattery
Chicago Record-Herald
Electrical Possibilities in Wide Area Transmission
William Stanley discusses the potential of alternating current power transmission across large US regions. He notes that six stations could serve the continental belt from Atlantic to Pacific, covering about 200000 square miles or a 500 mile diameter, and foresees further expansion through improved apparatus and new generation methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
William Stanley
The
Electrical Review
Tennyson's Father's Flight and John Colter's Remarkable Escape
A pasted excerpt recounts Tennyson's tale of his impulsive father fleeing Russia after the Emperor Paul assassination with warning from Lord St Helens and a safe return to England. Also retold is John Colter's seven day white man escape from six hundred Indians, surviving naked through prickly terrain to reach a trading post.
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Tennyson
W. Gordon McCabe
Paul
Russia
Moscow
Lord St. Helens
Cambridge
St. Helens
England
Mikhailovsk
Count Zoboff
Benningsen
Pahlen
Count Pahblen
Zobotf
St. Peter and St. Paul
Seotech
Odessa
Indias
John Colter
Colter
Suers
Bighorn River
Cowboy Evans Saves Companion in Stampede Rescue
James Evans earned fame in Northeastern Arizona for steer tying, but a recent incident near a cliff proved his heroism. During a night storm, a 1500 head stampede endangered Evans and fellow cowboy Davis. Evans fired into the herd and, lifting Davis, rode to safety as the herd cleared the trap. The outfit awarded Evans a medal. the steer was pensioned for life on alfalfa. Additional notes report a grizzly kill in Rivers Inlet and wolves stalking a St Cloud carrier, plus a remark on Hawaii’s snakes.
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Cowboys
Arizona
James Evans
Kansas City Star
Evans
Davis
Muse
Ufe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Freeland
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
R. G. Dun
Prince Henry
Germany
United States
Philadelphia Record
Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
France
Paris
City of London
Metropolis
Greater
New York
Massachusetts
Boston
Italy
London Spectator
China
Java
America
Royal Packet Company
San Francisco
Hundred Years Club
Ile
Old Kaufman
Middle Ife
Rivers Inlet
British Columbia
St. Cloud
Minn
St. Paul
Sherburne County
Allen
Hawaiian Islands
Ireland
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