South Seas Rome: German Rule and Native Life
Walter Seater surveys German Pacific possessions like Kaiser Wilhelm Land and the Bismarck Archipelago, contrasting German and British governance, native labor under copra production, arranged marriages and widow rules, missionary work, and the impact of colonization on indigenous societies.
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Germany
Pacific Ocean
Columbia
Missouri
Pompeii
German New Guinea
Kaiser Wilhelm Land
Bismarck Archipelago
Marshall Islands
Caroline Islands
Mariana Islands
South Sea Islands
Papua
Puntiah
Rabaul
Maron
South Seas
Heroic German Missionaries Quietly Change South Seas
The article lauds selfless Christian mission work in the South Seas, highlighting German Methodist missionary Rev. H. H. P. Wenzel on New Pommer Island. It portrays Wenzel enduring hardship, loneliness, and danger for eight years, converting six thousand natives and stamping out cannibalism, slavery, and polygamy, while emphasizing disciplined baptismal process and genuine faith over “rice Christians.”
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New Pommer
HH. P Wenzel
Merlin
Germany
Wenzel
South Seas
Sees Problem for England in Ulster Crisis
The article compares British army officers in Ulster with French precedents, noting rumors on attitudes toward the crisis. It cites French events where officers disobeyed orders during unrest and mentions General de Gaulle telegraphing support for arrests. It warns the situation could echo an Irish Vendee and threaten discipline.
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Ulster
France
England
General de Galiet
Petit Parisien
Alpine Mountain Accidents 1913 In Patala Region
The 1913 Alpine mountain accidents totaled 118, with 112 men and 6 women among the victims. Causes included avalanche 11, storm and snow 6, unintentional descent 2, slipping 3, struck by ice 1, breaking rope 1, and 69 with no definite cause. 1 person disappeared. Among the victims were 3 guides.
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Patal
Time for Bird Study Brings Students to Sky
In the last decade a growing student interest in birds has formed an army of learners. Birds fascinate many, but access for study varies. This month marks peak spring migration and the sky becomes the schoolroom.
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Chicago Post
DIY OF MEXICO PLACE OF TERROR
Medill McCormick reports Americans held incommunicado in Mexico City amid tense climate as Huerta regime falters. Arrests of Walter Whiffen and others. diplomats seek protection while rail and trade collapse and censorship clamps down.
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DIY
Mexico
Adrift at Sea for Days Four Saved After Steam Disaster
Fifteen men left the burning freighter Co lumbia in an open boat, with one dead from exhaustion and exposure, while two other lifeboats carried survivors. Twenty seven crewmen were saved by the Cosard Liner Francesia and the steamer Manhattan after two days at sea. The Seneca reported seeing no signals from distant steamers as they drifted amid gales and scarce rations.
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Heaton
Mase
Columbian
United States Revenue
Seneca
Cable Island
Columbia
Francesia
Manhattan
Ver a Cruz Bridge Destroyed by Dynamite Blast
Waelagtoe Airig Gen Porston reported from Vera Cruz that the new team had dynamite and destroyed the San Francisco bridge on the line of the Interoceanic railway 15 miles from Vera Cruz. The bridge was vital on this route, greatly hindering American advances toward the city of Mexico.
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Richard Narding Davie
Frederick Palmer
Vera Crom
Mexico City
Palmer
Davis
Inter
Sam Davis
Jobn Drew
Theodore Roosevelt
Ianwar
Adam Weimar
Itapeo National
Vera Cruz
Javie
Ceneral Mass
Moercutio’s
Waelagtoe —Airig
Porston
Vera Cros
Mewteane
San Franeciere
Intererwanic Raleay
Interatwanic
Mesicn
Ford to lay off about 7,000 workers in plant downsizing
Ford Motor Company plans to lay off roughly 6,990 employees in its port plant over the next three weeks. Treasurer James Cousens attributed the action to ongoing downturns in the automobile industry and reduced demand.
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Tretralt Midh
Ford Motor
James Cousens
Five drown in Mississippi river pleasure boat capsizing
In Minneapella Minnesota five members of a pleasure party, part of nine aboard, were drowned when the passengers boat capsized in the Mississippi river. The dead include Otto Joytmance and two of her children and two children of Jotin Buekhals.
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Minneapella
Minn
Renalszing
Mississippi River
Mere Otto Joytmance
Ring Found Inscribed "T A Lincoln" in Indiana
In Franeville Indiana a ring bearing the inscription T A Lincoln was found near the old home of Thomas A Lincoln father of Abraham Lincoln. The finder was a laborer digging near Lincoln City about 25 miles east.
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Firde
Lincoln
Franeville
Ind
T A. Lincoln
Lincoln City
Peero Federman
Thomas A. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Utah Cattle Queen Beth Poncemart Dies at 20-Year West Trek
Salt Lake City mourns the death of Beth Poncemart known as the cattle queen of Utah. She arrived in Utah at age 20 and built a fortune estimated at 2 million dollars while becoming a prominent West figure.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Mra
Filebeth Poncemart
Mra Bonnemart
Car Hit Auto Three Killed in Indiana Collision
Three members of a family were killed and four others injured when an Indiana Union Traction car struck an automobile near Indianapolis. Victims named include Thomas Stout, his son Claude, and his grandson J Shafer. Medical responders and local authorities investigated the wreck at the scene.
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Indianapolis
Lad
Indiana Union Traction
Thomas
Stout
Claude
Indlow
J . Shafer
Army Basket Ball Men Balk in Minneapolis War Drift
Seven basketball players defy the First Minnesota field artillery by reporting for drill and risking court martial as tensions rise over military duties in Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Minneapolis
Snipers Freed From Mexican Merchantman
Washington reports that Secretary Garrison secured the release of five snipers captured from a Mexican merchantman after an incident in Versorum on orders from President Wilson. Admiral Pletcher supervised the transfer and agreed on the disposition.
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Washington
Wilson
Garrison
Anr
Admiral Pletcher
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