Costly crown and cash shortfalls haunt Kaiser Wilhelm
A New York Sunday World report outlines Kaiser Wilhelm's money woes as German Emperor and King of Prussia. It notes his official income of about 650000 plus 4 million as king, yet claims the amount falls short of past sums and compares royal funding with other European rulers. The piece details lavish expenditures, dozens of castles, palace upkeep, and legacies that buoy his finances, contrasting with richer monarchs like the Russian czar and Austrian emperor.
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Prussia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Berlin
Hanover
Cassel
Herr Wilhelm Hilderbrand
Oppenheim-Cohn
Herr Henckel von Donnersmarch
Europe
Russia
House of Romanoff
Soverign
Imperial House
All Ireland
Czar
Siberia
Edward
King Edward
Austria
Italy
Greece
Great Britain
France
United States
New York Sunday World
Hawaii’s Goats Threaten Mountain Forests and Farms
The wild goats of Hawaii, established in rugged cliff regions, menace agriculture by destroying mountain forests that conserve rainfall for irrigation. Hunters sometimes kill hundreds in goat shoots, but carcasses are left as there is little market for skins. The animals, a backyard tin can eating variety, were introduced years ago and have multiplied after escaping control.
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Hawaii
California
Australia
Western
Mar
Force of Habit Shocking Airship Accident
In the Bohemian Marie and Lillian discuss Charlie Worthington’s fall from a stalled airship about half a mile high. He misjudged his craft thinking it was his automobile and tried to push it, causing the fatal plunge.
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Marie
Charlie Worthington
Lillian
Charlie
Manhattan Post Office Sets World Revenue Record
The Manhattan post office reports receipts higher than any other in the world due to its vast territorial coverage. Officials project annual earnings exceeding 18 million dollars.
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Manhattan
Little Girl Seeks An Extra Foot In Playful Yard Tale
A girl sits on a curb crying, asking for another foot so she can have a yard. Her father explains that three feet would make a yard, while she lives in a flat and plays in the street, capturing a whimsical urban dilemma.
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Washington Star
Boy Refuses Dinner With Tears Hanging Out
A Brooklyn Eagle fragment recounts a boy named Arthur crying in the kitchen at dinner time and asking how he can sit at the table with tears hanging out. The brief vignette reflects a child’s distress at mealtime.
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Arthur
Dorothy B. Stan
The
Brooklyn Eagle
A Physician's Messengers Use Carrier Pigeons in Maine
In a Maine town a physician trains forty carrier pigeons to return home. Patrons receive notes on emergencies such as croup falls or calamities, sent by pigeon to the doctor’s door. The system reduces stone-throwing by boys while teaching safer, precise signaling.
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Maine
Willie Smith
Grandma Jones
Christian Register
How Dot and Jack Won a Friend
Mother Robin fears two local children watching her breakfast. Dot and Jack rescue a fallen robin, place it back in the nest, and the robins and children become friends.
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Dot
Jack
Robin
Mother Robin
Little Dot
Jennie B. Smith
Kindergarten Review
Tiger Lily Teaches Bessie to Save Blossoms
A dream tale shows Neddie and three cats at play then shifts to a garden lesson by a talking tiger lily. Bessie reflects on flower life and consequences of pulling blossoms, pledging to protect them and place them in water to preserve beauty. Washington Star. The National Game notes follow with baseball insights.
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Neddie
Ned
Tabbie
Tim
Blackie
Bessie
Mamma
Tiger Lilly
Tiger Lily
Washington Star
No Smoking on the No Smoke Car Dream
A whimsical scene unfolds aboard a car as Mouser and Miss Kitty cradle a whispered affair while Mr. Ratcatcher smokes. The conductor orders ref to extinguish the pipe, a fight erupts, fares vanish, horses are unhitched and run, and the smoking car breaks apart as passengers flee to an empty space.
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Mouser
Miss Kitty
Mr. Ratcatcher
Sporting Brevities From Diverse Venues
John Sanford's Mohawk II failed after leading at Saratoga. Spanish Queen won the $10,000 M. & M. trot in Detroit in a 2.07% best time. Beals C. Wright and W. J. Clothier triumphed at Seabright lawn tennis. Sheppard of America set a Scottish half mile record in Glasgow games. Vanderbilt Cup guards numbered 1200 troops. Sir Thomas Lipton hosted sixty American athletes on his yacht Brin. Jack Gilday swam five and a half miles through Hell Gate in 1 hour 22 minutes. Leander and Belgian eight qualified for Henley final. German and American Sonderklasse yachts to race off Marblehead next year. Haggin to dispose of Elmendorf Farm thoroughbreds, details to follow in New York. Parley Giles set world amateur unpaced mile record at Saltair. Wright and Alexander expected as American challengers for the Davis Cup.
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John Sanford
Saratoga
Detroit
Beals C. Wright
W. J. Clothier
Seabright
N. J. M. W. Sheppard
America
Glasgow
Sir Thomas Lipton
London
Jack Gilday
Hell Gate
Fete Leander Boat Club
Henley On Thames
England
Sonderklasse
Marblehead
J. B. Haggin
Lexington
New York City
Elmendorf Farm
New York
Parley Giles
Salt Lake City
Saltair
J. B. Hume
Australia
Frederick B. Alexander
National and world brief highlights from new Gleanings
Items include Turkey's sultan granting a constitution and calling Parliament, a national aerial society plan in Washington, Governor Hughes open to renomination, Portugal moves to expel religious orders, $500 million emergency currency ready by Congress, Taft on swift justice, New York's Tower Building to be replaced, khaki procurement criticism, New York Traffic Squad anti-odor drive, Russia preparing for Volga cholera, and U S battleships Maine and Alabama sailing from Manila toward Singapore.
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Turkey
Washington, D. C
Hughes
Chamber of Deputies
Congress
Taft
New York City
Textile World Record
Philippines
Traffic Squad
Russia
Volga
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Maine
Alabama
Manila
Singapore
Atlantic
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Bobby Byrne
Cardinals
New York National
Lajoie
Jack O’connor
Highlanders
Walter Johnson
Washingtons
Boston
Tom McCarthy
Tom
Thomas
Matthewson
Brooklyn
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
New York Nationals
Polo Grounds
Providence
Barney Dreyfus
Fred Clarke
Polo Ground
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