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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1914
Page
3
A literary discussion centers on Enoch Wentworth Isabel Gordon Curtis and the actor managing roles in a theatre season. It covers opinions on Miss Paget and Mrs. Eeterbrook and explores themes of women in stage melodrama and evolving theatrical reputations.
In a New York theater, Wentworth and Oswald push for changes to The House of Esterbrook as Merry resists. Dorcas’s Cordelia could outshine a mother figure, while Merry considers replacing Katie Durham with a natural child actress. Andrew confronts pressure over the second act and recalls George Volk and the Volk family story.
The article explains using dense smoke clouds as a frost preventive method. Tar, resin, or petroleum are burned to create cloudlike smoke over crops. Immediate results depend on rapid, coordinated application. Wagons, stations, and wired lines deliver the flame across large areas.
A jumble of anecdotes describes nobles and magnates who kept or used huge sums at home or in odd ways. Lord Dysart retrieves a missing £100,000 note from a desk drawer, while a banker notes only three notes exist. Other tales recall Vanderbilt’s temperance wit and a colored uncle famed for sermons and a pillar turn.
Captain Oscar Bjork and a 60 man crew raced seven miles to save 250 passengers aboard the excursion steamer City of Chicago after fire lit in the hold near the government pier. Despite flames, no lives were lost as U.S. Lifesaving Station crew assisted rescued passengers.
New York reports aboard the Henrig Clay from Copenhagen recounts Russian patriotism as crowds rally for the czar in St Petersburg. Dr Howard Henzel describes mobilization during the siege, with 70 000 kneeling figures. Mrs C C Witt recalls a harbor incident at Hango and mine explosions, while Tolato’s son Tolato Tolato travels from St Petersburg with Tolato’s peace teachings.
Five thousand men and women stormed the private bank of M. L. Jurtiul owaky at 165 Haat Broadway. They deflected police reserves from two stations and rushed the criminal courts building to see District Attorney Whitman. The disturbance ceased after several were arrested. The Jar mulowsky bank soon fell under state banking department control.
Washington reports on the twenty second peace conventions led by Secretary Brian, detailing the treaty negotiation with Paraguay. The State Department notes progress from the American legation in Asuncion as of early September. The item covers diplomatic talks and the ongoing peace process.
St Petersburg reported Lieutenant Sedoff, commander of a Russian polar expedition begun in 1912, perished after reaching Franz Josef Land while aiming for the North Pole. Two sailors survived, with the party having endured the 1912 13 winter in newly discovered lands before their return to Archangel.
Ten companies of the Montana National Guard departed Helena aboard an armored train bound for Butte. Two machine gun platoons accompanied the troops under Maj. D. J. Donohue. Governor Stewart gave the orders to the commanding officer as the train pulled away.
Detroit witnesses a Veterans Day march with nearly 200 of 10000 G A R veterans forced to retire from the parade midway as the mile and a half procession wrapped up amid ideal weather with cool breezes countering the sun.
Paris Kentucky report states City Jailer B J Parris shot and killed Eugene Houston a prominent citizen during an attempted lynching of a negro suspect Henry Thompson after Thompson was caught robbing Henry Mead Houston wounded fled with hatchet during melee Mead survived. Other items note cotton mills in Providence and political developments in Washington.
Cardinal Giacomo della Chiesa archbishop of Bologna was elected pope after the ninth ballot succeeding Pope Pius X. The selection, praised by Cardinal Gibbons and Cardinal O Connell, followed a tense conclave with candidacies of Cardinal Muli and Cardinal Ferrari. The American cardinals supported della Chiesa, who was elevated to pope amid Vatican ceremonies.
Fragmented report notes advances at the Vatican with a new pope named Benedict XVI expected. It mentions Cardinal Svampa’s successor, and a previously offered Madrid court post rejected by the Vatican cleric. Salazar remains prisoner at Fort Wingate as U S judge rules. Other items record mine drownings, train crash injuries, a Butte news censor appointment, and war tax talks in Washington.
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