Horrific Armenian Massacres Revealed by Viscount Bryce
Viscount Bryce reports further Armenian massacres with details from Tiflis. Turkish forces expelled military governor Djevdet Bey, who fled south with battalions. In Van and Mush, men were seized, women attacked publicly, and victims tortured to death. Many women driven to madness.
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Viscount Bryce
Tilla
London
Publc
United States
Tiflis
Jevdet Bey
Van
Djevdet
Sairt
Mush
Arme- Diane
Deserting German Soldier Held for Inquiry at Immigration Station
Heinie Schultz claims to have deserted the German army and is detained at Elite Island immigration station for inquiry to determine if he will be granted refuge in America. He says he fought at Liege Antwerp and in the Marne battles, part of a division ordered to retreat where many were killed. He recounts little engagement duty and that his father and brother were killed for their country.
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New York
Heinie Schultz
Tron
Elite Island
America
Schultz
Smaner Noorderdyk
Lieze
Antwerp
Marne
Thousands Witness Franks Hanging at Bnow Hill
Thousands of spectators gathered in Bnow Hill to witness the hanging of Frank Qrano, convicted of murdering three people near the town last September. The scaffold stood in the county almshouse woods, with every accessible tree crowded for a view. Veteran Paris banker Il died at 84 after decades at the Wiret National Bank of Paris. Tobacco export restrictions to the Netherlands are lifted for now. Abbeh Hilmi, former Egyptian khediv, arrived in Geneva for tongue operation. In Chicago, Judge Carpenter declined to halt Sunday closing law enforcements, denying an injunction against saloon keepers.
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Bnow Hill
Frank Qrano
Chicago
Carpenter d Rove
Liberty Bell Homecoming in Philadelphia celebration
The Liberty Bell arrived in Philadelphia from the Pacific coast amid a fourfold welcome. Patriotic exercises were held at Independence Hall as crowds greeted the historic symbol on its homecoming.
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Philadelphia
Independence
Hall
San Francisco man linked to German bomb conspiracy
Federal officials charged C Crowley a former Southern Pacific Railroad secret service head with involvement in a pro German bomb conspiracy that allegedly included placing bombs at munition factories and ships. He was arrested by federal officers and had been trailed for months on mysterious trips across the country. Evidence ties him to bomb plots in Seattle New York and incendiary fires in eastern plants while shipments to allies show escalating wartime exports.
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San Francisco
California
Robert Fay
New York
C. Crowley
Crowley
Fickert
Southern Pacific Railroad
Secret Service
Washington
Seattle
French Steamer Tania Shelled by Submarine in Med
Paris reports the French steamer Tania was shelled by a submarine in the Western Mediterranean. The captain steered into head seas to escape, the sub abandoned the chase after firing three shells, and some passengers and crew, defying orders, lowered boats which were swamped. The Tania arrived safely at Marseilles.
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Paris
Erincé
Ministry of Marines In Communication
Mediterranean
Marseilles
American official resigns from Joint Land Commission
M Kagy, an American member of the Joint Land Commission, announced at a commission meeting that he has presented his resignation, citing ill health as the reason.
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Panama
Tevi M Kagy
Joint Land Commission
Yukon Governor Resigns to Join French Front
Yukon Governor Black wires resignation to prepare for acceptance of a commission as captain in France next spring. He to serve as a field officer amid rising war demands.
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Yukon
San Francisco
Gov Black
Territory of
France
Bald Headed Men Sane
Monroe Wis report quotes Dr Robert B Clark who studied mental diseases and insan ity asserting bald headed men are not insane. The excerpt notes his lifelong research and stance on mental health puzzled readers in the era.
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Monroe
Wis
Robert B Clark
Bank seeks loan rate tied to rouble yen
Russ Bank advertises a 10 year loan at an interest rate equivalent to 14 percent. The rate reflects depreciation of the Russian rouble against the Japanese yen and is offered by the Raw Asiatic Bank.
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Russ Bank
Tokio
Asiatic Bank
Two New Buildings Formed From Panama Exposition Figures
Gets Exposition Furniture of Mount Vernon Missouri reports Missouri State Sanitarium plans to form two new buildings using figures from the Missouri Building at the Panama Pacific Exposition.
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Mount Vernon
Missouri State Sanatorium
Missouri
Freight Blocks Terminals In New York Port
Freight congestion halts movements into New York as thousands of loaded cars wait. An immense influx floods terminals while ships idle, threatening staple food supplies locally. Sixfold backlog looms. port capacity strained by record freight volumes amid looming shortages.
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New York
NS Y
Sidine
New Yorks
Pope Benedict Pledges Aid to Poles in War-Torn Lands
Pope Benedict XVI vowed to do all in his power to aid Poles suffering in Russia and Austria after an audience with Ne D Pietrowski, former Chicago city attorney who described Polish hardships during six months of travel in Poland and Austria. The pontiff called himself an old friend of the Poles and promised moral and material assistance.
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Rome
Italy
Pope Benedict
Russia
Austria
Ne D Pietrowski
Chicago
Piotrowski
Poland
Cave
Peruvian Embargo Bans Hides and Related Goods
Peru restricts exports including rice awna hides and alpaca hides and articles made from them. The government issued an embargo aimed at limiting outbound shipments of these animal products to protect domestic supply. Officials cited economic and trade stability as the rationale for the measure.
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Lima
Peru
Statue Found by Trench Diggers on Lemnos
In Lemnos a small statue of Eros was unearthed by French troops during trench digging. The piece is reported as not likely to be of major archaeological importance despite its antiquity.
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Athens
Eros
Lemnoe
Hunt for Merowiljne Survivors in Central America
The state department orders all representatives in Central America to search for survivors from the steamer Merowijne, believed lost in the August hurricane.
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Mobile
Ala
State Department
Central America
Germany ends Serbia campaign asserts goals met in victory statement
Reports from Chihteo on the Swiss Italian border say Gorizia falls as German troops reoccupy Rudnik and capture 200 prisoners. The official staff statement claims the campaign opened lines to Bulgaria and the Turkish empire, with over 100000 Serbian prisoners taken and German losses described as moderate. An enemy airship was shot down near Buechof, southwest of Jacobtadt and recovered at night by German patrols.
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Buechof
Jacobtadt
Ertman
Canada seizes wheat crop under wartime act
Ottawa reports the government seized 110,000 to 1,000,000 bushels of wheat from Fort William to Atlantic ports. The action targets American grain dealers and uses the War Act to control grades one hard and other Northern wheat. Surplus would have altered the wartime balance at public elevators in multiple ports.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Fort Willame
Lake Superior
Fort Williams
Port Arthur
Midland
Tiffin
Collingwood
Iiterich
Kingston
Port Colborne
Prescntt
Quebe
St John Montreal
Ilalifas
Mas 67 Wece a Girt 17 Heres to Mine Misia Severson
Fragmentary obituary note records a marriage match and relation between Mas, 67, a person with garbled name, and Misia Severson in a local context. The readable fragment hints at a ceremony or union referenced with ages and locations, but essential details are obscured.
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Sheiden
Mextona
Pla
Misia Severson
Snorer Fined After Dispute At South Wales Theater
In Aberavon South Wales Ernest Juse wee paid a 26 fine after angrily snarling during a rebuke to a theater attendant. Georgetown editor Tet Len J. Rowntree urged the National Editorial Association to hold its 31st annual convention in New York from June 19 to 38, 1926. About 66 workers and patrons were detained in a raid on a Southport fetty shop, a Jefferson parish suburb, by state militia on orders from local authorities.
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Snorer
Aberaven
South Wales
Ernest Juse Wee
Georgetown
Len J. Rowntree
National Editorial Association
New York
New Cipleane
Southport
Jefferson Paried
Ior Mall
Drunk Husband Faced Divorce After Repeated Drinking
Mrs Hridget J Bendall a 67 year old from Aurora sought divorce from Lawrence Bendall 75 years her junior claiming years of unhappiness due to his drinking. She stated he was drunk 700 times in two years and cited constant quarrels and hardship.
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Aurora
Hridget J Bendall
Lawrence Bendall
Bendall
Dunne Rejects Additional Special Session for Illinois
Governor Dunne declined to call a supplemental extraordinary session despite petitions. He said current emergency measures would be addressed during the ongoing special present session.
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Springfield
Dunne
Mrs George Washington Jopp Donates 10 Million Cigarettes
In Paris, Mrs George Washington Jopp contributes a vast tobacco gift to the French army totaling 10,000,060 cigarettes along with 240 pounds of pipe tobacco and 0 pipes in an imposing shipment that underscores wartime aid.
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Paris
George Washington Jopp
Stabbed in Strike Riot in Greenville Mill Opening
A riot at the Judean rootten mill's opening sparked a strike extended over weeks. David Freece, a striking operative, was fatally stabbed amid clashes between workers and authorities in Greenville.
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Greenville
David Freece
European War Chronicle A Year Ago This Week 1914
A compact retro-coverage noting Allied advances near Ypres and Polish fronts. Reports Montenegrin victory in Bosnia, Russian success against German forces near Lowicz and in the Carpathians, and German bombardment of Lodz. Also notes Egypt banishment, indemnity to Luxembourg, and shifting Allied naval actions.
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Ypres
Bosnia
Gombin
Lodz
Abbas
Oeman
Egypt
Germany
Luxemburg
Poland
Lowicz
Darkehmen
Carpathians
Galicia
Zeebrugge
Petrograd
Dickens drew from life in Smike portrait says author
The writer notes that Smike in Nicholas Nickleby seems drawn from life and criticizes Yorkshire schoolmasters for their lax discipline. He claims to have kept truth and added humor to avoid repulsive details, aiming to balance realism with reader tolerance.
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Dickens
Life
Smike
Charles Jickes
Nicholas Nickleby
Leiter
Case of Hating Oneself and Concert Party Proprietor
In dialogue between Miss Deerly and the proprietor, he insists on a united family feel for his performers saying he likes no quarrels or jealousy. Miss Deerly responds that she has never seen cause for jealousy in the work of any other singer.
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Miss Deerly
Cirla
Fool’s Paraadine and the Borderland of Hope
The term derives from Christian myth as a region near the abode of the biexeed not part of it, a borderland where praise laws and the blameless dead dwelt. Today it labels a mental state of those whose vain hopes fool Ubemecvea.
Stretching Steel by Metal Spinning Process Reach 70 Miles
The article explains that through the modern process of spinning metal thread a single pound of steel can be stretched to cover about 70 miles, illustrating remarkable material engineering potential.
La Creole Hair Dressing Ad Claims Natural Darkening
An advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as the original hair darkener without dye, promising a natural look. It claims counterfeit imitations lack value and sets the price at 1.00. The copy urges readers to choose the authentic product over imitations.
Coal Resources Reserve Vast Across Worlds
The 1913 International Geographical Congress report on world coal resources reveals an unmined coal reserve of 7,298,561,000,000 tons. About two thirds lie in North America between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians. At 1.2 billion tons annual use, supply would last nearly 6,000 years. South America and Africa remain largely unexplored.
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International Geographical Congress
North America
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
South America
Africa
Fragrant skin care line promotes Cuticura samples
An advert touts these fragrant emollients as cleansing purifiers for skin scalp hair and hands. It claims economical benefits and urges readers to sample free by mail via a postcard to Cuticura Dept XY Reston, noting availability everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept
Reston
Adv
Negotiating A Family Florida Winter Ordeal
A speaker notes the strain of budgeting as his wife and daughters plan a Florida winter. He jokes about negotiating a loan to fund the clash of family and finances, hinting at jokes about the hungry wolf and rising bills in a lighthearted, but pointed, tone.
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Florida
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