Davis Called Off the Bet
In a tale recounted by John Kendrick Bangs in the New York Evening Post, he claimed to have bet Richard Harding Davis that he could imitate the Van Bibber style and have a story accepted by a New York editor. Bangs wrote the piece in ten hours, submitted it, was paid $100, and then confronted Davis at Franks Square, joking that Davis could afford his own dinner with the cash.
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John Kendrick
van Bibbers
New York
Yonkera
Franks
Aquare
Davis
Dillers
When She Grows Up Compositions Spark Youth Vision
A Franklin building hosts a public schools prize entry by an eight year old girl who imagines future plans. She says at 19 she will be a teacher and at 25 she will marry the boy across the aisle, naming her future child Freida Egbert or Lucius and ends with a wistful line about becoming an old maid. The piece reflects hopeful, humorous views from a child on love and career.
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Franklin Putding
Tocagehoo
Jolly
Jan
Prade
Freida Egbert
Lucius
Washington Star
English Sailors Turned Pirates in Shakespeare’s England
The passage recounts English seafaring prowess and alleged pirate tendencies with satirical notes. It cites that about 200 were hanged in London for treachery, praises martial vigor, and mocks Englishmen after cannon fire and bells. It mentions drunks in Belfries and crowds cheering foreigners, plus remarks on beauty provoking prideful bias.
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London
Tor
England
Pistol Champion Harris Recalls Live Pigeon Shooting Tale
In San Francisco a supper event featured amateurs attempting live pigeon shooting. A dealer’s letter notes thirty pigeons cost fifteen cents each and two strays returned home. The tale contrasts with Harris’s remarks and a court moment where a suspect seeks time to consult counsel.
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Rick
A. Harris
San Francisco
Lesaid
Hoods Ahead. Bacon-The superstition in 1932 tale
A fragmentary item references Ogures and Egbert in a quirky 1932 exchange. The text hints at superstition and a playful debate about happiness tied to a calendar year. Details are unclear due to damaged wording.
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Bacon
Egbert
Foreign troops guard Pekin as unrest swells in China
News dispatches from Tientsin and Pekin report foreign consuls coordinating with allied forces to restrain violence amid riots and looting. U.S. Marines and the cruiser Cincinnati head toward Tientsin to reinforce troops. meanwhile German guards are strengthened in Pekin as mutinous soldiers and rioters target banks, churches, and rail lines.
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Tientsin
Ching
Ketoua
Badge
Pe Ip
Shanghai
China
United States
Ner Abarenga
Cincinnati
Omciajs Appos
Tientatn
Poldiera
Pelyang
Pekin
Legation
Port Arthur
36Th Infantry
James M. Arrowsmith
Yuan
Yuan Shih-kal
Pokin
Paotingiu
Moutineers
von Tungebow
Wom
Germany
Berlin
Foreign Office
Tsingtao
Schrayjer
Trentalo
Five ships fight ice on Lake Michigan near Racine
Five ships including two passenger steamers and three tugs battled a thick ice fold on Lake Michigan about sixty miles from Chicago within sight of Racine Wisconsin. Crews endured discomfort yet kept well supplied, while the fishing tug Langleis struggled to break free after becoming beset.
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Chicago
Maren 7
CWO
Lake Michigan
Racine
Wis
Langleis
Thace
Wind Point
Plan Hudson Bay Water Route Conference Held
Grand Forks March 7. Mayors from Red River valley cities in Minnesota North Dakota and Manitoba met here to discuss uniting the Red River to the Hudson Bay Navigation association. The aim is to promote a through waterway from the northwest plains to Liverpool.
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Hudson Bay
Grand Forks
Nld
Red River Valley
Minnesota
North Dakota
Manitoba
Red River
Plains of the Northwest
Liverpool
Osborn Blames Lobby For Blocking Presidential Primary
Lansing March 8 Governor Osborn denounces coercion and intimidation used by lobbyists to defeat a proposed presidential primary law. He cites Senator Moriarity's change of stance after pressure from Corrigan McKinney Co and the Chicago Silwaukee and St Paul Railroad, describing threats to Moriarity and his iron mining interests. He warns the public to defend lawful measures.
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Lansing. Mich
Chage
Osborn
Michael H. Moriarity
Thirty-First
Charles H. Watson
Corrigan, McKinney & Co
Flitsburg
Chicago, Silwaukee and St Paul Railroad Company
Wg. Richards
Michigan
Carrigan, McKinney & Co
United States
Steel Corporation
Hig
Hunger Strike by Suffragettes at Old Bailey Prison
London reports one hundred suffragettes confined at Old Bailey began a hunger strike in protest at not being housed with their leader Mrs. Pankhurst. They refuse meals, prompting officials to consider forced feeding using rubber tubing as in past cases. Two prisoners received two months with hard labor. 150 cases remain unresolved.
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London
Old Halley
Bridge Collapse Traps Train. Seven Hurt Near Saskatoon
A Canadian Northern bridge near Saskatoon collapsed as a passenger train bound for Winnipeg crossed. All cars cleared the span except the rear sleeper which fell 34 feet into the river. Seven passengers were injured. doctor says patient may die.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Northern Railway
Saskatoon
Sask
Bparling
U S Judge May Quit Post After Tub Bath Trial Strain
Detroit March 1 Federal Judge Alexia Angell reportedly considered resigning due to overwork while presiding at the bain tub trust case. The strain was cited by observers, including connections to President Emeritus James B Angell of the University of Michigan.
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Alexts G. Ange
Hla
Detroit
Alexia
Angell
Taft
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
Mrs Taft Observes Testimony on Lawrence Textile Strike
Washington March 6 Mrs William Howard Taft wife of the president listened intently as testimony on oppression and brutality at the Lawrence Massachusetts textile strike was presented to the house rules committee Representative Victor Berger read a telegram from William D Haywood noting two female witnesses could not appear due to injuries from police actions Miss Tema Cumitta Philadelphia vocal student testified about police clubbing women at the railroad station and a crowded patrol wagon Mrs Taft arrived during Cumitta's testimony and remained throughout Simon Knebel Philadelphia organizer of the Industrial Workers of the World warned that the practice of removing children from strike towns would spread in future labor struggles
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Lawrence
Maas
House Rules Committee
Tts
Victor Berger
Wisconsin
Sucinnat
Willam D. Haywood
Gtrika
Berger
Haywood
Polles
Tema Camitte
Philadelphia
Shildren
Mre. Taft
Miss Comicta
Knebel
Law and order clash in Lawrence protest hearing
Representative Hardwick questions the use of force after police clash with protesters in Lawrence. Knebel defends the system as acceptable and cites European tests, while witnesses recount police beatings of women and children and claim violations of the Interstate Commerce Act.
Medal Fifty Years Late Awarded to Battle Creek Vet
The Battle Creek, Michigan man Drapers Greeny or Greene received a service medal decades late after enlisting at seventeen to serve in the marine service for the Northern cause. The report notes his years of service and the now overdue recognition.
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Battle Creek
Mich
United States
Drapera Greeny
Batte Creek
Marine Service
Greene
General Andrade slain by his own soldiers in Quito
Guayaguil March 7 Gen Julio Andrade military commander at Guayaquil was assassinated at Quito by elements of his own army. He led forces against insurgents including Flavio Alfaro and helped quell the revolution after President Estrada's death. General Plaza emerged as candidate as the country moved toward a new four year presidency.
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Guayaguil
Ecuador
Julio Andrade
Guayaquil
Quito
Estrada
Leonides Plaza
Flavio Alfaro
General Montero
General Plaza
Ilbersis
Roosevelt juror role interrupts Mineola court day
Colonel Roosevelt served as a juror and earned three dollars a day at the county courthouse in Mineola after arriving from Oyster Bay. A crowd greeted him as the Supreme Court opened and Justice Putnam announced a lengthy case, with jurors not excused if the case stretched late.
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Mineola
Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Supreme Court
Justice Putnam
Nej
Grand Jury Room
Pankhurst Group Held for Conspiracy in Bow Street
London March 7 Mr and Mrs Fredericy Rathie Lawrence editors of Votes for Women were arrested along with Mrs Emm e Way Pankhurst and Mrs Tuke brought from Holloway for arraignment at Bow Street on conspiracy and inciting damage to property. Christabel Pankhurst though named was missing and police have yet to trace her. The four were remanded for a week with bail refused.
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London
England
Fredericy Rathie Lawrence
Votes
Emme Way Pankhurst
Tuke
Holloway
Bow Street Court
Misa Christabel Pankhurst
Bally
John Mitchell Stands Firm Over Decrees
Fehn Nitch, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, declined to pledge future adherence to judicial decrees before Judge Welgat at the district supreme court. Mitchell said he would prefer contempt conviction to being freed on any other basis than the facts of the case.
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Washington
Fehn Nitch
American Federation of Labor
Welgat
District Supreme Court
Judicial Tribunals
Mitchell
Delegates Exempt From Wisconsin Corrupt Practices Act
Atty Gen L H Bancroft advised that delegates and delegate-at-large to national party conventions are immune to Wisconsin’s corrupt practices statute. He argued the act’s expenditure cap, $25, applies only to certain statewide offices and not to convention delegates, making no expenditure limit for delegates and upholding the rule of reason over the statute. The opinion hinges on interpreting the act as not limiting delegate spending, leaving ethics and reason as governing forces.
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Wisconsin
Bancroft
Fresh Air for Convicts at Wisconsin Penitentiary
State board of control in Fond du Lac backs Warden Woodward’s reform plan. Sunday relief guard will escort prisoners outside for military drills, boosting sunshine and exercise. School year to stretch by two months, afternoon Sunday classes added. Khaki uniforms to replace blue wool. honor system extended as laws permit. Officers for fiscal year named: Chaplain Rev J J Dowling, Dr L R Sleyster, Matron Mrs M H Schilting.
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Fond du Lac
State Penitentiary
State Board of Control
Woodward
Wisconsin
J. Dowling
LR. Sleyster
M. H. Schilting
No Candidates Plague Neenah Election Preparations
An unprecedented situation grips Neenah two months before the municipal election as no candidate has announced on any ticket. Officials and residents watch for signs of organized opposition or cross endorsements amid growing civic interest.
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Neenah
Fatal fall from roof at Da Voin flats during blaze
Charles L. De Voin, proprietor of Da Voin flats and a familiar figure to travelers, was killed when he fell from the roof while fighting a fire. He sustained a fractured neck in the incident.
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Fond du Lac
Charles L. de’ Voin
da Voin
Lumber Market Improves at Marshfield Boom
The lumber market shows a decided improvement over the first months of the year with large operators experiencing an unlocked boom.
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Legre
Intereate
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Baxk
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Simon Knebel
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Mr. Henry
Stetlon House
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Mexico
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