Cutting a Dido and Australia's Great Rabbit Fence
A digest recounts the tale of Dido queen of Tyre who used a hide trick to enlarge her realm and the origin of the phrase cut a Dido. It also notes Daft Tam’s dog bite incident and a story about Australia’s vast rabbit fence in Western Australia, describing its 1200 mile span, inspection system, and gate breaks that help control rabbit incursions.
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Dido
Tyre
Ghout
Africa
Carthage
Belig Ta Owantoof
Australia
Western Australia
Tropics
Right Course Dowden Discussed in Franksin Philadelphia
The Detroit Tree Press quotes a sonneteer on Edward Dowden author of Life of Shelley. Dowden’s style is described as ponderous and somber yet his Dublin conversations show Irish wit. A bemused remark recalls Dowden’s respond to a vow to quit drinking and try again.
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Edward Dowden
Shelley
Franklinton
Philadelphia
Professor Dowden
Detroit Tree Press
Kentucke Jewel Seen From Mountain Borders
The text recalls Kentucky as the country known to Indian traders long before Virginians, unvisited by settlers in 1709 until Colonel Daniel Boone and companions embarked westward to explore it. After a long march through amountain wilderness they reached its borders and the speaker viewed the “beautiful jewel of Kentucke” from a high point.
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Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Money Problem Beats The Tariff In Washington News
Currency legislation proves harder than tariff work as President Wilson pushes for stable conditions and full steam ahead. Secretary Bryan uses influence to reward loyal supporters, with Metcalfe, Garrison, and Lane getting postings. Congress debates currency while internal snubs and patronage color the scene, and naval secretary Dawes plans education boosts for enlisted men.
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Bryan
Tie
Garrison
Aml
Metcalfe
The
Commoner
Panama Canal Zone
Lane
Post Office
Department of Justice
What Made Him Skid A Baseball Tale of Disbelief
A spectator recounts a baseball game where a player profanity slips and slips into a charged moment. The crowd roars while a woman nearby voices concern about a fumbled slide. The tale blends humor and anxiously observed reactions as the star’s sheeted misstep shocks the audience.
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Ble
Jack
Washington Star
Coolly admits murder on stand and is freed
Witness Lee Cage, Wheeling ironworker, confessed to killing Pittsburgh detective John J. Reardon in Steubenville after an acquittal. The revelation ended a $5,000 damages suit against Jefferson County while prompting Judge Sater to call the case a miscarriage of justice.
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J. BE
Columbus
Lee Cage
Union
Wheeling
W. Va
David J. Reardon
Jefferson County
Reardon
John J. Reardon
Pittsburgh
Steubenville
la Belle Ironworks
Cage
Iron Workers’ Union
Sater
Sun Power for Irrigation Plant
Frank Shuman, renowned engineer, travels to Egypt to install and operate a sun powered irrigation plant near Cairo. He explains parabolic optics concentrate sunlight to heat boilers, powering a low pressure engine that drives a pump irrigating 1000 acres, with costs comparable to coal over time and long lasting reinforced concrete, glass, and iron structure.
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Frank Shuman
Egypt
Shuman
Nile
Cairo
Tropics
France
Spain
Italy
Lipton backs Burton as amateur skipper for America's Cup
Sir Thomas Lipton declares confidence in W P Burton to captain Shamrock IV in the America's Cup races. He notes Burton's shown skill against pros, cites the Octavia 1911 season top finish, and says Nicholson will sail as designer and Burton will receive professional support if desired while Lipton covers the costs.
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W. P. Burton
Sir Thomas Lipton
London
Burton
England
Sir Thomas
Nicholson
Idaho Turnip Alchemist Promises Steel Rails From Roots
William J. McLaughlin of Camas Idaho claimed to have perfected methods to make steel rails and ties from turnips and opals from radishes. He said Germany-grown radishes produce the opals and claimed American rights for a million-dollar English venture. Arrested in Cincinnati on stock selling suspicions, he offered to take over the Cincinnati Reduction Company and convert city garbage into railways and buildings, possessing suitcases of pulverized radishes and turnips.
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Idaho
William J. McLaughlin
Camas
Ida
Cincinnati
McLaughlin
Germany
Cincinnati Reduction Company
Plan Tilden Celebration Committee Named for Centenary
Governor Sulzer appoints a commission to arrange the centennial observance of Samuel J. Tilden's birth on February 9 1914. Members include Herman Ridder Ralph Pulitzer Alfred B J Henschel Charles R Miller George Wilson Smith Augustus Thomas and Talcott Williams. No bill for a $10 000 appropriation has been approved.
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Sulzer
New York
Samuel J. Tilden
Herman Ridder
Ralph Pulitzer
Alfred JB. Henschel
Charles TR. Miller
George Wilson Smith
Augustus Thomas
Talcott Williams
Laziest Man Found In Court For Heavy Fine
Edward Dunn twenty eight year old Armourdale Kansas City native was dubbed the laziest man in the world by a municipal court judge in Kansas City Kansas and ordered to pay a five hundred dollar fine or serve time in the work house while his sixty year old ragpicker mother supported him through the ordeal.
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Edward Dunn
Armourdale
Kansas City
Municipal Court of
Kow
Movies Minute News Reel Capsule
The senate postponed the reorganization of the customs service effective January 1. Keuka belt New York grape crop expected 26 to 60 percent below normal. A Pittsburgh physician’s $40 pocketbook found inside a slaughtered east. Icebergs drifted south into steamship lanes then turned northward per Seneca cutter report from Newport Rhode Island. Former French premier Meline warns population growth risks food supply. Lachute Quebec shaken by a two minute earthquake. Brownsburg area especially affected.
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Keuka Belt
New York State
Gifts Concealed in Food Fascinate English Banquets
An American hostess in Belgrave Square entertained twenty five guests with a fad of hiding gifts in each course. Silver toothpicks in bread, jewelry in trout mouths, an enameled thimble on lamb, amber cigarette holders in mutton molds, jeweled scent bottles in jelly, and enamel brooches in fruit desserts drew astonished notices from London papers.
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London
Belgrave Square
Massacre Plot in India Uncovered in Bengal Conspiracy
Authorities reveal a nationwide society aimed at overthrowing British rule in India. In Midnapur, 44 Bengalese of good family were arrested on charges of planning wholesale massacre. seized documents proposed corrupting Sepoy centers and executing mass murder. A house search uncovered a society roster and extensive evidence of a large network.
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Bri
India
Midnapur
Bengal
Kidneys Gone Boy Livers Scarred by Scarlet Fever
Russell Edwards, 14, of Freeport, N Y, survived after scarlet fever destroyed his kidneys. Doctors note the case is unique as several physicians study the lab findings. Family, Mr and Mrs K M Edwards, report he lives without kidney use and doctors fear his survival may be brief.
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Russell
K. M. Edwards
Freeport
No Refuge Now for Crooks Extradition Pact With Paraguay
The foreign relations committee ordered a favorable report on an extradition treaty with Paraguay, closing the last escape route for American fugitives. Two years ago Honduras was a favored refuge, but that treaty closed that option.
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Paraguay
Foreign Relations Committee
Honduras
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