Three Chinamen Attempt to Assassinate Yuan Shi Kai
Reported attack in Peking shows three Chinese men arrested after bomb and pistol seizure. One bomber aimed at Yuan Shi Kai's carriage. two soldiers among the dead and many wounded. Premier and city guards respond as rumors spread of further uprisings and possible abdication fears amid martial mood.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Allbhe
China
Guan
Yuan
Premier
Shi
Kai
Streste
Ager Express
Sweden to give women equal political rights
King Gustave opens the riksdag announcing women will be placed on the same political footing as men. He states it is right and in the state’s best interests to grant equal rights to women.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Jan
Woaen
Wen
Gustave
Riksdag
Expert in Aah culture and the memory trout tale
An Aah culture expert claims fish love memories. A large trout in a hatchery pool would flee when a night trout rod appeared, but not when a cane was raised. After using a berblesa hook, the trout was hooked and later feared the rod for years, dying never to forget the experience.
Cuba Warned by U S on Island Military Influence
Washington reports that the United States warns Cuba to prevent a military party from forming as veterans press into politics. Arthur Dupre, the American minister at Havana, conveyed the note urging Cuba to enforce laws and avert intervention as Cuba’s leaders debate political engagement.
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State Department
United States
Gomez
Washington
Cuba
Arthur M. Dupre
Havana
Dupre
Congress
Republic of Cuba
Eald
Knox Regarns
Army
Gones
General Nunez
Veterans' Association
American State Department
For Sale Farm Wanted by Cash Buyer
Short classified note states a cash buyer seeks a farm sale. Contact H. Ke. Limberlake at room 303-304 Savings & Trust Building for details.
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H. KE
Limberlake
Savings & Trust Building
How long can a moth miller survive in captivity
A reader recalls finding a moth miller in a century-old library book. The insect lay unmoving for minutes and then wriggled free after being flicked. The question is how long the moth miller had remained entombed, as staff cannot trace the last reader in the reference department.
Clock mender pretends to be dentist in clock shop
A Sunday school teacher seeks dental care for a tooth and visits a clock shop. The clock repairer explains he is not a dentist and only fixes grandfather clocks, humorously arguing that his work involves “teeth” from clock gears, not human teeth.
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Nentist
Scott
Reversion of Pittsburgh Spelling in Britannica History
A historical note traces the spelling shift from Pittsburg to Pittsburgh from the ninth to the tenth Britannica edition. It recalls General Forbes renaming Fort Duquesne to Pittsburgh in 1758 and cites Arthur Les describes the early city as Scots and Irish dominated, with few professionals or clergy, deeming it unlikely to become significant.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
Encyclopaedia Britannica
America
Forbes
Fort Duquesne
St Pittsburgh
Arthur Les
German Trade Advancement and Dye Industry Shift
The county of Lancashire in England once dominated sulphuric acid production. German and other foreign efforts, using a process originally English, have eroded English trade in this area. Germans have also transformed artificial indigo production and are poised to impact the cotton dyeing industry, with about six fifteenths of the world dyes now produced in Germany.
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Lancashire
England
Germany
Stomach Trouble Prompts Vinoy Remedy Testimonial
Vinoy praised by Mrs L D Cook of Vineland New Jersey who says five years of indigestion improved after taking Vinoy. She reports relief from heaviness and knotting, noting renewed appetite and strength while endorsing the medicine. Indiana druggists Tom and Hildebrand guarantee the remedy.
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L. D. Cook
Vineland
N. J
Vinci
Vinot
Tom
Hildebrand
Indiana
Steel trust behind Perkins in Roosevelt boom denied
Washington reports via Republicans that steel interests are not backing George W. Perkins in his Roosevelt campaign push. Officials say Perkins’ activity is a personal matter and Taft advisers were briefed within the last day. A separate item from Cleveland notes Worcester B. King, 30, died after freezing in a snowdrift near his home.
Coal firm manager shot in Memphis incident
Memphis Tenn Jan 17 John T Bertenstein manager of a local coal company's wholesale department was shot and killed by W T Avery formerly a real estate dealer Also in Steubenville a Pollan miner Michiel Supico aged twenty six was electrocuted in the La Belle mine after contact with an overhead wire
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Shot and Siam
Memphis
Tenn
John T. Bertenstein
W. T. Avery
Steubenville
Michiel Supico
la Belle
Henry Labouchere Dies in Florence
Henry Labouchere, the English statesman and editor of London Truth, died in Florence after a period of illness. He succumbed to bronchitis and passed away on January 17 in his residence. Labouchere was renowned as a political figure and journalist in London.
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Henry Labouchere
Florence
Haly
Henry Lyouchere
Wan and
Eister
London
Labouchere
Home Endorsement And An Invention In Kansas City
A letter from Indiana Pa cites decades of Dean’s Kidney Pills relief for back and kidney pain with public endorsement. The ad notes two box relief in 1897 and 1904 and urges buying only Dean’s, 60 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents. A Kansas City inventor claims an unfallible aeroplane, promising to remove risk from flight.
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J. B. McKean
Ninth St
Dean
Don
T. B. Hildebrand
Doan
Donn
Ricn
Foster Wilburn
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