Consular reforms praised amid global notes and aims
The piece reviews consular service reforms begun two years ago with traveling agents reporting conditions at posts, praising Secretary Root and President Roosevelt for backing the program to boost profitable foreign trade. It also covers Japan’s magnanimous postwar tribute to Russians, the rise of matchmaking as a big US industry, and a perilous New York to Paris race by automobiles.
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Troy
N. Y
Root
Roosevelt
United States
Mass
New York
Paris
Pola
Wilds
Siberia
Georgia lawmaker seeks to curb women beauty aids
Atlanta reports George Glenn of Whitefield county has introduced a bill to bar married men from being deceived by cosmetics and beauty aids Used while single a woman could use any aids but if she entices a man into marriage with makeup or padding the union would be void The measure was sent to the ways and means committee amid suspected wife lobbying for changes.
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Atlanta
George Glenn
Whitefield County
Committee On
Dyott sought guardian as guardian over estate debated
Philadelphia report on Marian B Dyott age 48 with 4000 dollar yearly income. Judge Martin postponed guardianship while noting eccentric traits including large milliner bills and theater parties. Brother Charles Dyott sought guardianship citing extravagance and recent income spending.
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Philadelphia
Marian B. Dyott
Martin
Charles
Dyott
Baltimore
Baby blocks Cupid in Detroit to Rochester wedding chase
Charles St Charles of Grand Rapids, en route to wed in Rochester, nabbed a departing thief who stole his two bags with 80 dollars and wedding garments after he briefly held a baby for a stranger. He pursued the gang through Windsor and Walkerville, was beaten, and lost his clothes beyond trousers and underwear. The ceremony was postponed, and he plans a new attempt once healed and resupplied.
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Detroit
Mich
Rochester
N. Y
Charles St. Clair
Grand Rapids
St. Charles
Ferry Dock
Windsor
Walkerville
Owl Gouges A Man's Eye In Terrific Attack
In Parkerford area of Pottstown Pennsylvania farmer David Bergey faced a fierce owl that swooped on him in an orchard. The bird clamped talons in his hair and jabbed its beak into his clothes and eye. He pulled feathers to loosen the grip and sought medical help as doctors feared loss of sight.
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Pottstown
David Bergey
Parkerford
Bergey
Eyrie
Condor
Bees swarm trains and bees fill idle locomotives
In Altoona Pennsylvania bees swarm the smokestacks of idle locomotives while whippoorwills nest under stored cars near the Juniata shop. The note highlights a curious feature of hard times as an immense bee swarm occupies a smokeless smoke stack and related equipment.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Juniata Shopa
Butler Learns He Inherits German Count Title
Theodore von Thien, a Butler in Richmond, will share 6,000,000 marks with his brother August when their father Count Peter von Thien is officially declared dead. The will grants him the title Kronfels-Thien and a future inheritance tied to a vast European estate. The Count disappeared 42 years ago aboard the yacht Fargue. German records delay death certification until age 70. The story traces the family’s moves, estates, and the butler’s unexpected rise from servant to noble claimant.
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Richmond
Theodore von Thien
P. P. Ryan
August
Peter von Thien
Germany
Theodore Charles Kronfels-Thien
M. de Louvrier
August von Thien
New York
America
United States
Mme
Maurice Chamberdoule
Paris
Missouri fisherman tricks fish into net for 160 pound haul
U S district attorney A S Van Valkenburgh recounts an odd Blue River fishery ruse. An old fisherman used a weighted barrel with windlass and beating water by his sons to drive fish into the trap. The barrel surfaced with 28 shad 40 carp 17 catfish and nine jack salmon totaling 160 pounds.
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Kansas City
Blue River
A. S. van Valkenburgh
United States
Desolate Leesburg Idaho Echoes a Vanished Gold Rush Town
The old Idaho town Leesburg near Spokane once flourished in 1887 with about 6000 residents and gold production of 10 million dollars. Now it hosts only a postmaster and a Chinese prospector with his wife, while Main Street splits Grantville and Leesburg shadows as federal troops and Confederate towns fade. The site lies within Salmon River forest nursery, with no patented lots remaining.
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Spokane
Wash
Goldsmith
Leesburg
Idaho
Main Street
Division Street
Grantville
Jefferson Davis
Salmon River Forest Nursery
Training school for new consuls at state department
A training school for newly appointed consuls has been established at the state department to prepare consular appointees for their duties before posting. Students spend about seven hours daily attending lectures by various government officials and faculty.
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Washington
State Department
Return of Regulars: Flick and Turner to Cleveland Lineup
The piece weighs whether Flick and Turner’s return to the Cleveland lineup will lift the club’s winning percentage. It notes past frenzied returns by Scrappy and Isbell disruptions to teams, and warns that mainstream success hinges on players adapting to established signals.
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Flick
Turner
Cleveland
L Lneup
Yankees
Ball
New York
Elberfeld
Yankee
White Sox
Isbell
Fielder Jones
Fick
Naps
Dane Richest of Fighters Nelson Crowned Lightweight Champion
Dane Richest of Fighters Nelson defeated Joe Gans in San Francisco to become the world lightweight champion. The bout, a seventeenth round knockout, followed his Goldfield loss to Gans almost two years prior. Nelson’s earnings surpassed $100,000 with a peak $22,500 for the Goldfield fight and about $15,000 for the recent bout, while he builds real estate holdings in Hegewisch and vineyard property in California as he plans lucrative coast battles.
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Nelson
San Francisco
Goldfield
Nev
Joe Gans
Dane
Hegewisch
Buroham
California
Gans
Nevada
Slever Three Times with Detroit and Other Teams
Eddie Slever, now in Indianapolis, has a storied major league career. He started in Detroit under George Btallings, developed into a solid left hand twirler, then hurt his arm in an extra innings duel with Rube Waddell. He played in the association and with St. Louis before returning to Detroit under Bol Armee for a third stint.
The Epicurean and Christian Choice in Modern Life
President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale argues the current clash between epicureanism and Christianity. He warns that selfish happiness risks individuals and institutions, urging a steadfast Christian philosophy to sustain liberty, resilience, and global civilization.
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Arthur,t. Hadley
Yale University
Christ View Of Heaven As Eternal Activity And Continuity
The text argues that Christ envisions heaven not as repose but as a dynamic realm of ongoing effort. It contrasts this with contemporary theologians who claim a completed state at arrival. It asserts life’s continuity after death, the persistence of character, and the enduring value of human capacity and achievement beyond mortality.
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Eaven
Christ
Why Women Seem Frivolous by Lester Ward
Dr. Lester Frank Ward argues women appear frivolous because their experience centers on home and fashion. He contends ideas expand only with broader experiences and access to science, philosophy, law, and politics. He asserts communities grow when residents gain diverse shared opportunities and instructive environments.
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