Progress of the Russian Revolution from Helsinki to St Petersburg
A letter from Helsinki by Mrs. Isabel Donner describes days of mutiny and shelling, Moscow and Kronstadt turmoil, and the rising anarchist violence in Russia. She notes mass arrests, police pay issues, Red Guard brutality, assassinations, and the government's harsh measures as the revolution shifts paths toward broader civil war.
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New York
Finland
Ereaborg
Mra
Isabel Donner
Herman Donner
United States
Helsingfors
H. Montague Donner
Helsingfora
Socialist-Revolutionary Party
Red Guard
Hagnas
Senate
Droschka
M. Stolypin
Apothecary Island
St. Petersburg
Hagnas Aguare
Longa Bron
Long Bridge
Skyddsgarde
Acera
Uselan
Skyddagarde
Russia
Sveaborg
Kronstadt
Socialist Revolutionary Party
Central Committee
Love and Fortune Defy a Western Town
In 1904 a doctor learns of Bently Chalmers financial ruin and a torn engagement with Helen. Chalmers leaves for the West to begin anew, while Helen, now penniless, endures hardship with dignity. The doctor discovers Helen secretly funds their life, and the pair plan to restore wealth through a shared ruse.
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Helen
House of Cudover & Co
Cudover
Bently Chalmers—the Co
Chalmers
Bently Chalmers
Miss Helen
West
Toare
Bently Chalmera
Great West
Croesus
Chalmera
Dally Story Pub. Co
Mosquito Killer Device Promises Sleep Comfort
A French inventor, M. Maurice Chaulin, unveils an electrical mosquito killer designed to electrocute pests as they contact two live chains connected to a lantern. The device allegedly outpaces a 40,000 horsepower dynamo and could ensure a quiet night by drawing mosquitoes to a shorted circuit.
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New York Herald
M. Maurice Chaulin
M Max Dee Nansonty
M. Chaulin
Minister and banker Kuhn recalls air loves fresh breeze
O H Kuhn of Kuhn Loeb travels on La Provence and insists on ventilated public rooms during the Atlantic crossing. A French critic quips about wind and a minister who preached with windows open until a deacon closed one, prompting a cork joke about preaching in a bottle.
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O. H. Kuhn
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Atlantic
la Provence
Jones
Not Afraid Chippers in an Odd Dick
A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls an exchange about weather savvy Dick, noting his seven years with the weather bureau and his readiness to answer any question with a response.
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Weather Bureau
Detroit Free Press
Indians of Vancouver Island devise rocking cradle
A London Answers sketch describes British Columbia Indians creating a cradle suspended from a tree branch by cords with a third cord to the mother’s foot, freeing her hands to work. The tree is shaped to fit the cradle, illustrating an indigenous labor saving device.
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British Columbia
Vancouver Island
London
Unusual bear tragedy in Trout Run river
A large black bear drowned while attempting to cross a slippery log over Trout Run, a tributary of Fine Creek. The body, weighing several hundred pounds, was found by a woodsman entangled in underbrush after a hard rain created a strong current and a struggle to escape.
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Trout Run
Fine Creek
Lock Haven
Brakes Used by Tyroleans on Steep Mountain Roads
Tyrolean carts rely on a primitive brake method by removing the rear wheels before descending very steep paths. This practice aims to prevent cart runaway on sharp grades though it risks loss of control and danger if the setup fails.
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Tyrol
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Sofie
Mr. Cooke
Stolypin
Kusmin-Karaviev
Military Academy of Jurisprudence
Kalalev
Sergius
Caucasus
Baltic
Poland
Fie
Itla
Admiral Dubassoff
Moscow
Gen
Min
Col. Riemian
Warsaw
Elmer Carnet
Mosquito
Big Bear
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