Cocktail fiasco at Cafe Madrid sparks Broadway clash
Midgar Belwyn dined with George Rector and Mike Simon as a New York correspondent recounted a chaotic tasting of a signature cocktail. Rector mixed ingredients while Simon tested the brew, culminating in Simon leaving dazed, claiming the drink failed to please.
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Midgar Belwyn
Madrid
New York
George Rec
Selwyn
Caid
Mike
Rector
Simon
Br. Rector
Mr. Simon
Mr. Slay
Mr. Rector
Mr. Simon Crously
Where Women Divulge Their Age in Dinner Plans
A new waiter reports a trend of women telephoning hotels to check if they may dine solo without an escort. They reveal ages from 30 to 50 to gain admission, hoping to seem sedate and desirable guests. The proprietor notes confidences are daily fare as women weigh social risk and public rebuff.
Hair Trade Alters Immigrant Women in America
An article notes immigrants selling their hair to fund arrivals in the United States. It explains buyers clip hair from the center of the head while leaving front and back sections, and describes how unveiling newly sold hair can draw attention and social envy among peers. The piece portrays the hair sale as a source of money and a boost to the sellers’ prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Tome
America
Fragmentary Political Quotation From Beveridge Style Speech
The passage presents a fragmentary quotation attributed to Senator Beveridge in Indianapolis. It references a political fight and a steward on a steamboat with a humorous exchange about Havana cigars. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or full attribution.
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Himeolf
Beveridge
Indianapolis
Timber Protection and New Australian Process Claim
A brief notice describes a novel timber protection concept involving a protected fram éry tot and a method to boil and cool it while absorbing a saccharine solution. The process is attributed to sources from Australia and claims protection for the timber treatment technique.
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Australia
Pointed Retort Seeks Scientific Fight in Comic Exchange
In a lively exchange, Bulldog challenges science expertise while Porcupine offers a playful bout. The banter reads like a quirky editorial riff from the Cattiolle Standard and Times, hinting at a humorous clash of intellects.
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Cattiolle Standard and Times
Improved Check Rein For Horse Comfort
A Philadelphian has invented a side mounted check rein designed to improve horse comfort by operating from the sides of the head rather than the top, aiming to reduce pressure and improve control.
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Philadelphian
Mutinous Sailors Win Amnest y and Demands in Rio
In Rio de Janeiro the Grezil navy mutiny ends after Congress votes 114 to 22 to grant demands. Sailors win higher pay shorter hours larger crews and abolition of corporal punishment. Four officers killed including the Minas Geraes captain. Amnesty conveyed by wireless. city tense but no pro litful outcome. Brazil’s fleet heads remained under mutineers control with dreadnoughts Mina Geraes Sao Paulo and coast ships ready to act if needed.
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Rio de Janeiro
Grezil
Fonseca
Congress
Senate
Chamber of Departies
Hovse
Minas Gueras
Enorter
Darbar
Great Britain
Brazil
Mina Geraes
Sao Paulo
Marshal Floriano
Marshal Deodora
Babla
Enda
Ehort
Amealler
Minas Geraea
Wastelsoon
Indict Four In Illinois Central Case In Chicago
Grand jury indicts four ex Illinois Central officials in Chicago on charges of conspiracy to obtain about 4.9 million dollars through fake salary pretenses and a conspiracy count. Defendants Harriman Ewing Taylor Baker face bonds set at 20000 dollars. Indictment names Ostermann Manufacturing Bius Island Car and Equipment Memphis Car American Car and Equipment.
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Chicago
Illiande Central Railroad
Frank G. Harriman
Charles L. Ewing
Joan M. Taylor
Joseph TE. Baker
Inois Central Railroad
Ostermann Manufacturing Company
Bius Island Car and Equipment Company
Memphis Car Company
American Car and Equipment Company
Gypsy Queen Elephant Executed With Cyanide
A New York paper reports the execution of Gypsy Queen, a trick elephant, for murder. It required 600 grains of cyanide to end her life after starving her 24 hours. She took the poison in three bran mash portions, with hundreds of grains in each, and died after a tense 40 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert
Senter
Jury Divided on Kiting in Dallas Murder Case
Dallas, Tex. The jury in the case of Mrs. Fannle L. Flanary, accused of murder, was discharged after four days without agreement. Mrs. Flanary shot and killed her husband. Her defense was temporary nearity.
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Kiting
Dallas
Tex
Fannle L. Flanary
Flanary
Favora Irish Home Rule Debate Sparks Lords Support
London Baron Loreborn the lord chancellor spoke to the House of Lords on Thursday and declared himself in favor of home rule for Ireland while discussing the Lansa downy resolutions.
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London
Baron Loreborn
House of Lord
Ireland
Hitchcock Urges Rural Parcel Post Expansion Plan
General Hitchcock proposes a limited parcels post for rural free delivery routes in his forthcoming annual report. He expects congressional authorization to deliver parcels up to eleven pounds on rural routes as a step toward a general parcel post system, pending studies on business value and a special appropriation for costs.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Livestock Exposition Opens In Chicago At Union Stock Yards
Record crowds attend the Internations Live rock exposition at Union Stock Yards Chicago with a $6 admission. Exhibits list 3191 horses 1194 cattle 1162 sheep and 807 hogs in pure bred and fat classes. Evenings feature horse shows and driving contests for trophies. An agricultural college exhibit and intercollegiate stock judging contest are slated. Numerous breeders and stockmen associations plan annual meetings during the week.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Apecia
Agricultural College
Storm at sea pits two liners against fierce waves
A Atlantic storm on Wednesday battered two liners the Koenig Alber t of the North German Lloyd and the White Star Roman ic. Captain David tried to steer clear but a massive wave toppled the Roman ic to port, funnel tips brushing another wave. The steerage carried 1161 passengers as panic spread through the hours of the storm.
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New York
Atlante
Koenig Alvert
Lloyd
White Star
Romanic
David
Pool Wins Secretary of State in Nebraska Election
Nebraska elects Charles W. Pool Democrat to the secretary of state post after vote totals in Douglas County show Pool ahead by 220 votes over Addison Wait. The statewide Republican ticket also did well.
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Charles W. Pool
Omabs
Net
Douglas County
Addison Wait
Pool
Suffragettes Sentenced at Bow Street Court
Twenty suffragettes arrested for smashing windows in government offices were sentenced to two months each at Bow Street police court. Sir Albert de Rutten, chief magistrate, said the women had been treated with too much leniency in the past.
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London
Bow Street
Albert de Rutten
Metropolitan Police Course
Grange Calls for Absolute Government Rail Control
In Atlantic City New Jersey National Grange members endorsed placing railroads under total government control or ownership. They argued Congress must empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce its rulings if it cannot compel railroad obedience.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Natieal Grange
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Two Hurt In Hotel Fire at Winthrop Beach
A hotel fire at Young's hotel in Winthrop Beach Friday left a mother and her son fatally scarred by burns after leaping from windows. Officials report 60 frightful injuries with unlikely recovery. 38 other occupants escaped without harm.
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Young's
Winthrop Beach
Spain Alarmed by Quake Felt Across Coastal Cities
A series of earthquakes were felt Friday at Corunna Vigg and Ferrol in Spain causing great alarm among residents. No damage was reported, and no injuries were noted. Local authorities said there were no immediate warnings or aftershocks.
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Spain
Madrid
Corunna
Vigg
Ferrol
Trenton Pastor and Wife Murdered at Dutch Week Home
Trenton New Jersey a pastor Rev Ann L Armstrong aged eighty and his wife were slain at their home by robbers. Their son in law Joseph Sears was arrested after claiming he was out hunting. Both victims died instantly from breast wounds as detectives and villagers pursued suspects through the countryside.
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Trenton
N. J
Ann L. Armstrong
Dutch Week
Here
Stid
Joseph Sears
John Sears
Seara
Two Big Chicago Fires Kill Man and Wreck Property
Thanksgiving day saw two devastating fires in Chicago area. Swift & Co grease and bird refining plants burned killing John Juday, while Harlem Race Track in Forest Park suffered heavy damage to stables and a residence. Water pressure complaints emerged as crews battled blazes.
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Chicago
Forest Park
Themen
Austin
Oak Park
Swift & Co
John Juday
Harlem
Man Kills Wife and Her Friend then Surrenders
Ina Anderson, driven by jealousy over separation, had been restrained by court from contacting his wife. Frank Rick, a 27 year old mechanic, fatally shot Ida Rickets, 24, and her friend Mrs. Nettle Britton during a Thanksgiving dinner at Ida Rickets' rooms. Rick then attempted suicide by gunshot to the head, but only pierced his hat, and he surrendered at police headquarters.
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Anderson
Ina
Frank Ricket
Ida Rickets
Siso
Nettle Britton
Rickets
Police
House Crushed In Five Die In Cleveland Collapse
A Cleveland home was crushed when an adjoining building collapsed. Mrs J E Jack of Lakewood is reported dead. Mrs Simon Frutin, two young children, and servant Helma Lenyon are missing and feared buried in the Frutkin building at West Thirtieth Street and Lorain Avenue. Frutkin and four others were seriously injured.
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Cleveland
J. EE
Jackomy Lakewood
Simon Frutin
Helma Lenyon
Simon Frutkin
Frutkin
West Thirtieth Street
Lorain Avenue
Capital Girls Are Walkers at Luncheon Parties
Washington reports that girls follow Helen Taft by walking to afternoon functions. The trend marks a shift from carriage arrivals to strolling to luncheons and teas, reflecting a democratic habit in social routines at the White House era.
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Washington
Helen Taft
Misa Helen Taft
White House
Record grain cargo on lakes carries flax worth $583,220
Fort William Ontario saw the largest Great Lakes grain shipment as the steamer Ireland began carrying 241000 bushels of flax valued at 583220. In London two suffragists were jailed two months each for smashing government office windows.
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Fort William
Ont
Great Lakes
Ireland
Jack Johnson Arrested in New York for Assault Charge
Jack Johnson, the world heavyweight boxing champion, was arrested Friday in New York on an assault charge involving Emily Cooper, a white actress in the troupe presenting The Prize Fighter. He faces immediate legal proceedings and potential penalties.
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Jack Johnson
New York
Emily Cooper
Aghter
Crippen Innocence Claim Painted In Letters
London report recounts Dr Hawley Crippen’s letter to Miss Le Neve claiming innocence and promising future facts will prove he did not murder Belle Elmore. The piece details Crippen’s marriage to Belle Elmore in Philadelphia, their move to London, and growing tensions with Le Neve before Belle Elmore vanished in February 1910.
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London
Hawley Crippen
Miss le Neve
Lloyd's News
Crippen
Wif
Miss la Neve
Hawley H. Crippen
Belle Bimore Crippen
Pentonyille
England
Crippent
Philadelphia
Harvey Hawley Crippen
Cora Makomeski
Brooklyn
Belle Elmore
Eulc
Engiard
Hilldrop Crescent
Quiet Tension Across the Mexican Border Eases
In Laredo Texas Gen Lauren Villar reports no new clashes along the border with forces from Matamoras to Ciudad Porfirio Diaz. Rumors of a battle near Eagle Pass and Madero’s wound are denied by Colonel Pena. News from El Paso confirms Chihuahua residents deny fighting reports. a wreck near San Andreas is linked to rebels.
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Pena
Madero
J. H. Rogers
Texas Rangera
Minera
Tex
Mexico
Rangera
Captain Rogers
United States Army
el Paso
CG. M. Newman
Chihuahua
HJ. Collins
W. C. Stewart
Madera
San Andreas
Stewart
Rutledse
Francesco Medero
Riot in Tailors Strike Turns Violent in Chicago
In Chicago three nonunion garment workers were shot and wounded amid a riot at a strike scene. Police say Vincent Belleno, forty, and his wife Aura Hellend, thirty nine, were arrested after a revolver was found on them. Witnesses report attackers used firearms as striking workers clashed with nonunion staff and bystanders were endangered.
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Chicago
Ericka
Vincent Belleno
Aura Hellend
Nonunion
Chicago Avenue
Countess Tolstei Stricken in Petersburg Dispatch
A dispatch from St Petersburg reports Countess Tolstoi stricken with a high fever. The late Count Tolstoi’s will names his daughter as legatee of his unpublished works.
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Countess Tolstei
Petersburgs
Tila
Tolstoi
Count Tolstei
Eleven Trapped After Explosion in Stine Mine
In Providence Kentucky eleven miners were trapped 100 feet underground in Mine No 3 of Providence Coal Mining Company after an explosion on Friday. Rescue teams worked through the night amid fear that all may have perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stine
Providence
Providence Coal Mining Company
Stin
Calumet Baking Powder Safer Leavening Claim
An advertisement extols Calumet Baking Powder as pure and uniform for reliable leavening. It argues cheaper powders require more product and may vary in strength, urging readers to buy Calumet and return it for a refund if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buc Litte
Lida Buvn
Nary
Lary Walt
Much Fondacuis
Ugur
Atreuight Rana
Letter published praises Lydia E Pinkham's remedy
Minneapolis resident Mrs. John G. Moupan declares relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter promotes the product and invites others to seek expert, confidential guidance from J Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Jom G. Moupan
Que
Second St
North
Inn
Lydia
Pickham
J. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Don Healtate
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Postmaster General
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Hlvins
Pierce
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