End of Siberian exile era urged by Russian Duma
London reports the Duma approved cutting the Siberian exile budget to 34500 dollars yearly, signaling the end of a system blamed for centuries of bloodshed. Exiles endure famine and harsh journeys, with thousands suffering in Turukhansk and Obdorsk regions. counts suggest 74000 in exile, and recent revolutions pushed exiled workers and peasants to the forefront.
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Duma
Budget Committee
Siberian
Russia
Htas
Covered Pictures Unearthed Beneath Church Wall Painting
In Sandonato near Debuta in Perugia province a parish priest found bright frescoes under church wall whitewash after removing a nail. The murals run along the entire wall with inscriptions naming the painter and date, including a signed Depaftillo 1430. The works are softly layered under three coats and still undeciphered.
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Sandonato
Debuta
Perugia
Depaftillo
Hero Ravenel Saves Comrade on Chamonix Descent
London reports a professional guide named Ravenel carried a frozen and injured comrade down from the Chamonix area. Despite a dislocated shoulder, he bore the man on his shoulders for four hours to reach safety, with a doctor summoned and Favret expected to recover. This marks Ravenel’s third documented life-saving rescue.
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London
Chamonix
Ravenel
Favret
Morgan to send pictures to Rome for 1911 exposition
The Pierpont Morgan art collection will be showcased at the 1911 exposition in Rome with key pieces displayed in the Baths of Diocletian. American collectors will lend works alongside items from English and German owners as Rome notes America’s rising role as a global art center and discusses efforts to curb the loss of Italian masterpieces.
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Pierpont Morgan
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Telegraphic pictures by electric wire described
Brussels reports that at the world’s fair this summer television will be featured. A new method wires images from a sending station to a screen, reproducing shape color and shade with high fidelity. Belgian and German electricians share the invention but keep details secret.
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Brussels
Eggs Forty Years Old Served Guests in Dublin
In Dublin on March 22 the Irish Zoological Society served Eggs Forty Years Old at a weekly breakfast. Brought from China by Sir Charles Ball the eggs puzzled members until a guest vouched for Chinese delicacies saying they were harmless. Courageous zoologists tested them and found them excellent to eat as the age gave the egg a jelly like texture and delicate flavor.
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Irish Zoological Society
China
Charles Ball
Plan Large Resort at Lake Hudson Westwide Venture
LaPorte Indiana March 22 Chicago men are credited with financing a project to establish a mammoth resort at Hudson Lake in this county. Options on about a thousand acres are said to be taken. The plan aims to create one of the largest resorts in the west and will see extensive spending on buildings and improvements.
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Laporte
Ind
Chicago
Wudson Lake
Nobleman Trades Boots for Mills to Prove He Works
A nobleman agrees to wear overalls and a jumper and take an ordinary helper job in his father-in-law’s steel mills. He will earn $2.56 a day and live in a laborer’s cottage while being called Mike Beaufort. He undertakes the bet to show Americans that a nobleman is not afraid to work.
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Mike
Beaufort
Black Hand Threat Targets Clipper Chief in New York
Frank Winch, general manager of The Clipper, received a menacing note demanding 1000 dollars or a diamond ring by Friday. A revolver was kept in his desk top drawer and a police investigation was launched with Detective Bil Pasano. The case connects to Winch’s past exposure of a China loot smuggling plot aboard the Oregon in April 1906.
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the Clipper
Este
Mike Lanch
Caruso
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Soldier Tried 10 Poison Forty Men in Paris
A corporal of the Eighth Hussars named George Saraco was sentenced to 720 years penal servitude for attempting to poison more than 40 comrades. He borrowed $41 from creditor Thomas, then procured cyanide to contaminate cooking pots intending to kill Thomas’s squadron, but the poison was detected as the meat had decomposed. Saraco confessed.
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Eighth Hussars
George Saraco
Saraco
Thomas
Credi
Tor
Bogus Paintings Sold at Auction in London
London reports reveal dealers profiting from fake artworks bought back at Christie’s for small sums. Supposed masterpieces by Correggio Rembrandt and Van Dyck brought by Sir Earle Drax were resold cheaply, eroding authenticity and enabling future profits through high priced re sales to wealthy buyers.
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Christie's
Earle Drax
Pretty Blue Eyes Cause of a Duel in Paris
Paris March 22 Galhant Monsieur Payer a Paris merchant won a duel over a pretty Parisian dancer and a Spaniard living in London. They fought in a Parc des Princes railway car with swords in rain and mud. Payer wounded his opponent in the sword arm. the Spaniard withdrew unreconciled.
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Boy Still Missing In Huntington Cigar Theft Case
Police continue to search for 15 year old William Clinton who stole about 120 pounds in cash and valuables from Seffert Bros cigar manufacturers after days of failed clues. He had been employed and housed for six months prior to disappearance on a Friday night.
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Seffert Bros
Lady Tramp Is Shelbyville Guest
Shelbyville Indiana on March 22 witnessed an unusual sight a woman hobo nicknamed wandering Tillie riding a west bound Big Four freight. She sat on a coal car with feet dangling in the breeze wearing a dusty long black coat ragged shoes and a grime covered face. The brief visit contrasted with the police reputation for harsh treatment of hobos and underscores the citys welcoming stance for wanderers only briefly.
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Ind
Tillie
Lost Goethe Manuscript Found in Berlin Discovery
In Zurich a 600 sheet manuscript of Goethe's Wilhelm Meister was unearthed from old papers once belonging to Barbara Schulthess. The nonautograph text differs from the published version but is recognized by German authorities as genuine, clearing prior identity doubts.
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Zurich
Goethe
Wilhelmmeister
Barbara Schulthess
Spare the Tree Plea by Middletown Women
A federation of Middletown women urged preservation of shade and fruit trees on a site for a new post office. Although business leaders opposed cutting the trees, federal plans were altered to spare them. Encouraged, the group asked authorities to extend tree protection across the city.
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Flana
Uncle Sam
Nightmare at Bloomington Hotel Ends With Self Harm Attempt
At the Tourner hotel in Bloomington Indiana March 72 guests cried murder. Night Clerk Stone found L G Slader a traveling salesman from Columbus Ohio in a nightmare state. He tried to leap from a window tearing the pane and cutting an artery in his wrist, suffering heavy blood loss until a doctor arrived.
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New Tourner Hotel
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Oldest Woman in World Celebrates 123rd Birthday
Frau Dutkiewicz of Posen, aged 123, is officially the world’s oldest woman. She is frail, nearly blind and deaf, with white hair and rheumatic pains, a pensioner of Roman Catholic charity. Her 89-year-old son, once a priest, died suddenly during mass on her 125th birth day. She has ten children and over two hundred descendants, and recalls the Napoleonic wars.
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Berlin
Frau Dutkiewicz
Posen
Wife Gets Drunk Like Husband in Police Court
Mrs Dora Bates failed to appear to testify against husband Marshall Bates who was arrested Saturday for striking her at their rooming house on 32 East Louisiana street. The case was postponed as a witness confusion arose. Bates and Mrs Bates were found intoxicated by Bicycle Policemen Hall and Sion, with Mrs Bates later found helpless in the rear yard. They face Police Judge Collings Tuesday morning.
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Marshall Bates
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Louisiana Street
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Brighton Siamese Twins Celebrate Second Birthday
London March 22 Brighton's own pair of Siamese twins have just celebrated their second birthday. Medical men in the seaside resort follow their progress with interest. The inseparable bond does not affect health or happiness. They are up to normal size for their age and show signs of intelligence. They play and quarrel like separate sisters each with a teddy bear. Mobility is good but standing unaided has not yet been achieved. A wooden framework is in place to help balance later.
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London
Brighton
Widow Receives 125000 From Gillett Will Probate
The will of Arthur Gillett was probated before Judge Ross on Monday. His widow Theresa Gillett served as administratrix after giving bond. The estate valued about 100000 in personal property and 25 in real estate was left to the widow.
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Ross
Mrx
Theresa Gillett
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