Fierce Fight in the Air as Blackbirds Battle Sparrows
A flock of 200 blackbirds hovered over Harlem near Morning Side Heights and clashed with about 160 sparrows beneath an elevated platform. After a ten minute aerial battle, six sparrows were dead and the blackbirds claimed victory amid cheering crowds and wagers on the outcome. A Devonshire tale about book post trousers ends with a witty remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Morningside
One
Har Jemitex
Red Cross Ball Bloc ad and fashion quips from Boston Tran
The snippet advertises Red Cross Ball Bloc claiming bright white clothes and a female empowerment quote. It also mentions Putnam Fadeless Dyes as the brightest fast dye and includes fragmented lines about engagement and styling tips from the All the Style line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Russia aims to build a vast state money trust
The article argues Czar Nicholas I plans a sweeping state money trust to seize private wealth and direct Russia’s finances. It details officials like M. Kharitonoff and Count Witte promoting centralized budget power, suppressing local governments, expanding the state bank’s gold reserve, and extending state control over land and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Nicholas I
Russia
Vienna
Ministry of Finance
M. Kharitonoff
Kharitonoff
Witte
Xemetros
Zemstvas
Wittels
Europe
Afanasieff
England
Germany
France
Woman Sues Millionaire Father For Breach Of Promise
Maud Armfield of San Diego sues Bryant H. Howard in Los Angeles for 1.5 million dollars alleging breach of promise. She claims they were married in San Diego in 1909 and that he is the father of her two year old daughter. The suit states a bigamy complaint was filed the following February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Los Angeles
Cal
Bryant H. Howard
Maud Armfield
Howard
Miss Armfield
State moves to control land amid private ownership fears
The article argues that Russia’s land is to be increasingly controlled by the state under a theory of land consolidation led by Krivoscheln and supported by Nicholas II. It cites two Scheremetieff estates in Moscow and Voronezh valuable at $3,000,000 and concerns over Yelkin’s tax disputes. Volkof warns money power, not military force, will govern, turning private citizens into state dependents under a growing money autocracy.
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Devonshire
Book Post
Paracel
Book
Post Office
Post Ofce
Russia
Europe
St. Petersburg
England
Panque de France
Bank of England
Reichsbank
Kokovtseff
Hussia
Witte
Gold Board
Bia
Timashet
Ruseia
Zakrewski
Russian Metallurgical Union
M. Zakrewski
M. Krivos
Chein
Department of Agriculture
Scheremetieff
Moscow
Voronezh
Yelkin
Elkin
Krivoscheln
Nicholas 11
Stock Exchange
Duma
Volkof
At Wian
Volkoff
Plehve
Lipyagine
Ministry of the Interior
Ministry of Finance
Miss Armfield Accuses Howard of Marriage Break Promise
Armfield alleges Howard fled to Mexico to dodge prosecution and later urged an annulment. She says he divorced his legal wife, then refused to marry her. She also claims Howard owns property valued at about 3.008 million dollars. Separately, Chicago reports a new grave at B'nai Moshe, prompting Mrs. Gertrude Cashman to demand an investigation into the grave on her family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Mexico
Miss Armfield
Chicago
Gertrude Cashman
B’nal Moshe
Nation's Tutors Unite Form Organization for College Men
A national association of college professors was formed after a committee of 25 from 9 universities met in Baltimore and New York to plan a national body. John Dewey of Columbia chaired the initial committee and Johns Hopkins professor Bloomfield led the organizing effort to promote regular discussion of educational issues and coordinated action within weeks. The move aims to advance professional discourse and address Vulfareity problems and standards in higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Association of College Professors
John Dewey
Columbia University
Johny
White Cat Onboard Train Leads to Suspended Penalty
Leon Shunkowitz a 30 painter of 164 Fox Street the Bronx faced a suspended sentence in Morristania court after a disorderly conduct charge brought by Harry Taylor. He refused to let the conductor close the gates at One Hundred and Thirty third street station when leaving the elevated train. A man aboard asked him to keep a white cat away from a passenger's wife. The tale mentions a 3000 year old skirt and various unrelated odds and ends from Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania.
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New York
Leon Shunkowitz
Fox Street
The
Bronx
Magietrate Marsh
Mor- Tisania
Harry Taylor
Cone
Shenkowits
One Hundred and Thirty-third Street
Taylor
Agenua
Sekowits
Cassenger
Philadelphis
Max Muller
Egyptologiet
University of Pennsylvania
Shenkewit
Who Are the Hayseeds in New Yorker Ticket Boxes
A New Yorker essay notes subway and elevated station ticket boxes filling with items from lost travelers. It lists false latchkeys, pocketbooks, coins, toothbrushes, baby nipples, fish hooks, cigars, eyeglasses, pins, rings, watches, gloves, bills, and other miscellany. Thousands more items await claim as people misplaced valuables.
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United States
Relief From Rash After Cuticura Use
A Chicago reader reports a year long skin rash that itched and burned, worsening at night. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, symptoms improved in about three months with full recovery. The ad notes Cuticura products and a free sample offer from Boston.
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South Hermitage Ave
Chicago
H. W. Foley
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Unruly diners and flirtatious fortune tales in a comical anthology
A fragment from a periodical features a bibulous trio unable to finish breakfast as they nervously eye the waiter and menu. Interleaved vignettes describe rivals courting the same fortune, stage laughter over a large hat, a jovial grandmother with a cat, and a quip about marriage and love at first sight.
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Tie Cevtaur Company
Pere Ees
Unite
Bears
Castoria
Boston Transcript
Putnam
Adv
Brown
Nature
Dean
Deen
Poster-Milbuen CO
Buffalo
Kach
Dees Et Weal
Canada
DE. Pierce
R.phil Dr
Pierce
Alvier
Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co
Paxton Toll¢et. Co
Boston
Mass
Carter
Iver
Cafp
Parkens
Balsar
Nicholas
Czar
All
Czar Nicholas
Ussian Duma
Azarina
Hob
August Grat
Oak Park
Rob
White Cat
Wrigley’s
Cornstossel
Hve
Wright
Pearl Street
Ian Ti
Cutonae
Aino
Popular Magazine
Japan
Wes
Mandy
Missy
Lippincott’s Magazine
Carolina
Gulf Stream
Wenona
Wenona Farm
Albermarle
Pamlico Sounds
C. J. Millard
Dept
Carolina Farm Association
Hom Par
W.N.Y
Fort Wayne
Iid
Meric
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