Garros Sets Mediterranean Flight Record then Delayed
French aviator Roland Garros, after an altitude record of 19032 feet at Tunis, crossed from Tunis to Trepani Sicily in a single day covering over 100 miles. He planned to Rome but damaged his monoplane during a fuel stop requiring repairs. Aero clubs banquet him later with a gold medal.
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Rome
Roland G. Garts
Tunis
Trepani
Sicily
Garros
Mediterranean
Mysterious Minnesota Murder Shocks Stevens County
John King a wealthy farrier is found dead in a chair with a gunshot wound in the back. Authorities report a missing horse and buggy from Kling's barn and have alerted nearby towns to search for it. No motive is known.
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Morris, Minn
Minnesota
Stevens County
John King
Kling
Economy-minded Husband Brings Joy to Extravagant Wife
A witty quip notes that a thrifty husband can be a great joy to his lavish spouse who finally enjoys his savings. The line humorously contrasts frugality with opulence and highlights shared financial happiness.
Sulzer Signals Reform Aims At City Club Dinner
Governor elect William Sulzer attended a reformers dinner at the City club while missing the Tammany hall Speakers' bureau event. He prepared his legislative message in retirement and did not explain his whereabouts. Sulzer promised an honest simple efficient economy driven reform administration in Albany.
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New York
William Sulzer
City Club
Tammany Hall
Sulzer
George F. Shrady
Albany
Cant Count This Classroom Crowd
A kindergarten classroom moment recounts a young south sider, son of a local lawyer, who proclaims he cannot count the children in the room because he can count to a hundred and there aren’t that many present. The anecdote appeared in the Kansas City Star.
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South
Kansas City Star
Brilliant Afterthoughts
A bon mot about ideas you think of the day after a remark. The note reflects on a sharp line you wish you had said and the playful frustration of missed wit in a Boston Globe style column.
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Boston Globe
Envy and character contrasted in moral discourse
The excerpt condemns envy as a corrosive vice that corrupts virtue. It likens envy to a hyena entering a home, arguing the soul should be free of envy to preserve nobility and moral integrity.
Gopher Women Form Plan to Push Suffrage in Minnesota
In St Paul Minnesota the Woman's Welfare league announced a systematic campaign to win woman suffrage at the upcoming state legislature. Each member will contact men in her district and interview lawmakers while church women are invited to cooperate. A 100 dollar stipend funds the legislative committee chaired by Mrs. C C Higbee.
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St, Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Woman’s Welfare League
C. C. Higbee
Vanderzees and visitors share a Dakota weekend
In Dresbach on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. George Vanderzee hosted visitors while Mr. Freq Holtz of La Crosse called in town last Saturday. Local events include a Christmas entertainment by the M. E. Sunday school on December 20 at the M. W. A. hall and Mrs. A. Bateman planning a barn on the James Wilkenson property. Frank Hussman of Nadine bought six acres from Nathan Brown at two hundred dollars per acre and plans spring construction.
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George Vanderzee
Dresbach
Freq Holtz
la Crosse
Ira J. Beach
Will Beach
Pine Creek
M. E
M. W. A. Hall
A. Bateman
James Wilkenson
Hattie Castor
Lucile Helsaple
W. Helsaple
Wabasha
Hiram Beach
Frank Hussman
Nadine
Nathan Brown
Hussman
Serbs Hang Brigand Abdul Shalan Near Guillam
A Serbian company, marching against the Turks near Guillam, hanged Abdul Shalan a frontier brigand who two years earlier treacherously killed a Ser bian schoolmaster and boasted of the act. A gypsy served as hangman after the pursuit traced him to his lair.
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Belgrade
Abdul Shalan
Abdul
Guillam
Hig Lair
Legal Quibble Over Insane Patient’s Window Jump
A man confined in an asylum attempted suicide several times, was restrained, then moved to a new room where he again jumped from a window, injured himself but reportedly recovered. He sued the asylum officers for negligence and was nonsuited. a noted legal quibble about the case comments on the pros and cons.
Tungsten Filaments Illuminate Bright Electric Bulbs
Two pounds of tungsten provide filament material for about 50 000 bulbs. Each filament is one twelve hundredth of an inch in diameter and is heated to a white hot glow by electric current, yielding mellow, clear light of great brilliancy.
Attackers Shot in Chicago After Attempt on Woman
John Wenght, confessed attacker of at least twenty women, was shot by a police officer while attacking Mrs Grace Reichert in a vacant lot. He is dying at the house of correction hospital. Wenght, married with four children, had terrorized the northwest side for a month with nightly assaults and police escorts for women going out.
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Chicago
John Wenght
House of Correction Hospital
Wenght
Frank Wulf
Grace Reichert
Veight
Thirteen Years of a Busy Life anecdote
In Mrs Alec Tweedies memoir she recalls packing jewelry for a New York to Mexico trip then realizing rings and watch chain vanished. Her maid notes the loss, and Tweedie explains she never travels with jewelry, remarking the maid wishes she looked like a lady.
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Alec Tweedie
New York
Mexico
Mrs. Tweedie
Dirty Bottled Water Examined by Light Test
The New York American advises testing bottled water by pouring a glass and inspecting it under light. A myriad of dustlike particles indicates dirtiness, though not necessarily danger, and such water should not command a price as pure.
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New York American
Esperanto Taught in State Schools Across Several Nations
Esperanto is taught in some state supported schools in England France and Germany. The program aims to introduce a universal second language at the K-12 level and reflects growing interest in international communication and linguistic experimentation.
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England
France
Germany
All-Star Baseball Team Is Selected
Milwaukee selection names Schalk catcher and Jones at first base with Williams Indianapolis Lennox Louisville Beau Miller Burns Niles Toledo and Delehanty Minneapolis as outfielders in the All-Association team chosen by a local expert following the American association fielding records.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Association
Schalk
Jones
Williams
Indianapolis
Lennox
Louisville
Beaumiller
Burns
Toledo
Niles
F. Delehanty
Minneapolis
Timeless thoughts on fortune and time from Goethe and Boyle
A reflective pair of maxims on time and fortune. Goethe notes time as endless and full of potential each day. Boyle counters that fortune alone matters little unless the mind deems it enough.
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Goethe
Boyle
Denver bill seeks assistant woman judge for juvenile court
Judge Ben Lindsey has drafted a bill to create the office of assistant woman judge of the juvenile court. The appointee would share jurisdiction with the judge in cases involving women and girls. The proposal aligns with efforts by the Colorado Equal Suffrage association and other women's groups.
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Denver
Ben Lindsey
Colorado Equal Suffrage Association
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