Exiles Find Siberia Beats Russia in Emigration Wave
May 12 Petersburg. Workers from Dambrova mining towns flee Russia for Siberia, drawn by free land, better living, and independence. Over 600 families left a single town in four months. But skeptics warn of heavy taxes and crowded plots as manufacturers do little to stop the exodus. Some backers plan an anti emigration group to curb the flow.
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Berta
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Dambrova
Siberia
England
S&ilberia
Australia
Rats Served as Sanitary Rats in Michigan Copper Mines
In Roughton Michigan miners accept rats as sanitary agents in copper mines. Rats scavenge waste food, tolerate human proximity, and are kept fed during strikes to preserve them for resumed work. The practice highlights grim underground sanitation and company reliance on vermin for cleanliness.
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Roughton
Mich
Quincy
Snoopy Professor Thrown Out Of Dance
Spearfish, South Dakota May 12 Eight students from the State Normal school—four boys and four girls—were expelled for dancing without Prof. Cook head of the school granting permission. Professor Cook was refused entry at the hall and was roughly handled before the eight were sent home the next day.
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Spearfish
S. Dak
Black Hills
State Normal School
Cook
Saloons Must Care For Drunk Patrons Ordinance
Morrison Illinois May 12 The city council passed a strict saloon ordinance forbidding expelling intoxicated patrons. Violations risk license revocation. Keeps intoxicated individuals in a designated area until sober and cared for by the keeper or bartender.
Copper finds near Cochrane fuel mining boom on Grand Trunk line
The Ottawa report notes a copper seam uncovered in a rock cut on the Height of Land about 100 miles east of Cochrane as the Grand Trunk Pacific railway advances. Other discoveries of silver and gold near rail routes spur hopes of large mining camps in Ontario and Quebec as new railways tighten access and laws ease.
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Ont
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Cochrane
Abitibi
Temiskaming
Northern Ontario
New Ontario
Quebec
Ontario
Rand forges a selfless stand amid a web of corruption
Rand confronts Hannock over bribe schemes and his own exposed crooked past as Eleanor and Vorhees witness the unraveling of Rand's political and family life. Rand refuses Hannock's plot to hide the truth, destroys the pistol, and resolves to face the law and consequences. The scene shifts to Vorhees's somber reflection as the chapter ends.
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Bannock
Rand
Haunock
Cicely
George
Hannock
Eleanor Vorhees
Hugh
New York
s—Hannock
Eleanor Vorhes
Eleanor
Miss Vorhees
George Rand
Heleanor
Henry Bodes
Bodes
Vorhees
Elmer Gaston
Amsterdam
Parker Jennings
Hancock
Railroad hit hard by heavyweights on half fare trip
In Seattle Henry Horrigan, 12, weighing 323 pounds, and his sister Helen, 8, at 190 pounds, rode half fare from Seattle to Portland on the Northern Pacific. The siblings’ combined weight equaled four full fare passengers, triggering a protest when conductor Charles Strong challenged their seating. The company faced losses as Henry needed extra berths and accommodations, revealing issues with half fare sizing and space.
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Seattle
Wash
Henry Horrigan
Helen
Portland
Northern Pacific
Henry
Charles Strong
Evansville Arrest Ties to Local Creamery Theft
Jacob J. Buell was returned to the city Wednesday night by Detective Dawson after allegedly embezzling 158 dollars and 24 cents from Blue Valley Creamery, where he served as a salesman.
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Evansville
Ind
Blue Valley Creamery Company
Jacob J. Buell
Dawson
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