Cuba and Cape Morris Jesup in Old Threads of Time
Cuba is inching toward self government with U S supervision likely until fair elections in four years. Cape Morris Jesup, the most northerly land, was found by Peary in 1900 and named for Morris Jesup. New York City is described as healthy and growing faster than European capitals. Edison sends Tokotov a phonograph. London Truth doll competition raises funds for London hospitals. Mrs Rylands leaves 2.365 million dollars to charities. Rockefeller’s income reportedly exceeds one million per month.
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Cuba
United States
Palma
Roosevelt
Congress
Cape
Morris Jesup
Greenland
Commander Peary
Peary Arctic Club
Morris K. Jesup
Jesup
New York City
Nineveh
Tyre
Babylon
Sodom
Mr. Dooley
London
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Paris
New York
London Truth
Albert Hall
Francis Barry
New Automatic Noiseless Gun Supposed to End War
A New York inventor hides a gun that can fire up to two million bullets per hour without powder, flame, smoke, or odor. It operates automatically from a motorized carriage traveling up to 60 miles per hour, with two clutches to start and fire, and can fire while in motion.
Inventor touts portable gun that fires 60 mph rated bullets
Fred Bangerter of Brooklyn unveils a self contained gun truck with five muzzles elevatable for rapid spraying capable of delivering 20,000,000 bullets per hour. The device aims to deter war by overwhelming force yet avoids powder or shells, raising carrying capacity by 50 percent. Bangerter, Swiss born, 39, long active in machinery, proposes selling the secret or destroying it if terms fail.
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Fred Bangerter
404 Avenue T. Flatbush
Switzerland
Rangerter
United States
Brooklyn
Bangerter
Steamer La Touraine Delayed By Kiss On Gang Plank
A French couple delayed the La Touraine’s sailing by three minutes when a dramatic kiss on the gang plank halted the departure. A cab-hailing French girl cried Francois as a young man aboard met her, then they embraced and kissed before he returned to the ship.
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New York
Mary Garden
Kiss
la Touraine
Francois
Senators Who Are They and What They’re Worth
A survey of the Sixty Congress finds most are public officials and lawyers. It catalogs professions in both houses from farmers to bankers, merchants, editors, and journalists, noting 46 millionaires hold about $293.5 million while still drawing salaries and perquisites.
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Ashington
Congress
Sixtieth Congress
Senate
House
Teller
Bacon
Heyburn
Borah
Hopkins
Hemenway
Beveridge
Frye
Nelson
Depew
la Follette
Foraker
Penrose
Culberson
Bailey
Legion
Nicholas Longworth
South Carolina
Latimer
Tillman
Aldrich
Perkins
Buckley
Connecticut
Lodge
Platt
Express Company
Warren
Wyoming
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Elking
West Virginia
MW Hansbrough
North Dakota
J. Adam Bede
John Sharpe Williams
Hts
Hobson
Champ Clark
Washington
Guggenheim
Express
Supreme Court backs eight hour day for women workers
The Oregon eight hour law for women employees is upheld by the Supreme Court. Justice Brewer notes women may be entitled to greater protection than men and that legislation for their protection can be sustained when not needed for men. A laundry operator who paid women ten hours faced prosecution under the law.
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Susan B. Anthony
Supreme Court of
United States
Oregon
Brewer
Tufts Student English Lord Heiress Claim Made
Boston reports Hugh Fitzgerald Lovering an 18 year old Taft College student living with his mother in Lowell is identified as Lord Hugh Fitzgerald Gooch of Ireland with imminent rights to English titles and estates near Goffstown Ireland. King Edward reportedly backs his claim to displace the current holder, cousin Charles Gooch Lovering.
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Boston
Hugh Fitzgerald Lovering
Taft's College
Lowell
Lord Hugh Fitzgerald Gooch
Ireland
England
Hughey Lovering
Goffstown
Edward
Massachusetts
Gouch
Hertfordshire
Charles Gooch Lovering
American
Aortic Wire Supports Heart After Baltimore Operation
Benjamin T. Harrison of Virginia underwent a delicate procedure at Johns Hopkins Hospital to reinforce the aorta with 19 feet of silver wire. After two prior insertions totaling 19 feet, surgeons used a hypodermic needle and careful coiling to prevent rupture. If he recovers, the metal will brace the vessel walls until scar tissue forms, averting instant death.
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Baltimore, Md
Benjamin T. Harrison
Virginia
Joins Hopkins Hospital
Salvation Army anti-death by own action bureau report
A London based bureau reports 1125 men and 95 women applied in the last year. Most applicants were middle class. over 60 percent of men cited financial hardship or poverty, 2 percent from accidents or illness. Two-thirds of women suffered melancholia from poverty, others from drugs and drink. No direct financial aid offered. aim is advice and encouragement.
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Salvation Army
London
Senators Probed for Wealth in Congress Debates
Senator Elkins dismisses press lists placing fellow lawmakers in the millions, joking that actual fortunes are far smaller. A colleague estimates about one quarter of the 92 senators rely mainly on salaries, with others in ranges from 20 000 to 60 000 up to 500 000 or more, and only 10 to12 perhaps millionaires.
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Stephen BR. Elkins
West Virginia
House of Lords
Senator Guggenheim
Colorado
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Senator Elkins
Elkins
Senate
Monstrosities Shown in Capitol Paintings
A magazine critique of rotunda artworks prompts renewed Capitol guides attention. Observers spot oddities in John Trumbull’s scene of Washington resigning command with two girls seemingly having five hands and in Pocahontas baptism with a six-toed Indian.
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Capitol
Capitol Guides
Washington
John Trumbull
Ture
Pocahontas
His Choice and a Joke on Parables
A country clergyman questions a boy about Bible parables during visits. The lad, prompted by his mother, chooses the tale about loafing and fishing as his favorite. A separate gag line has a wife accusing her husband of marrying for money and his witty retort about not being a fool.
Music Students End Nervous Strain With Postum Use
A Michigan music student reports severe nerves hindered practice until coffee was replaced by Postum. After a trial begun last September the student regained focus, resumed eight hours of daily study, and found less anxiety. Father, a physician, also recommends Postum to patients. There's a Reason, Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Goshen
Indiana
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Leo Tokotov
Tolstoy
Lyman Abbott
Rockefeller
Hayti
Walden Fawcett
Jacques Nicolas Leger
Republic of Hayti
Mr. Leger
Legation
Flatbush
Warden Fawcett
Supreme Court
Oman
Alil
TUFTS
California
Desler
Alabastine CO
Grand Rapids, Mich
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