Life of the Beasts and Siberian Struggles Across Continents
A World correspondent reports on Siberian colonists facing dire poverty and scant farming knowledge despite government grants of land. The piece contrasts harsh winters and pests with settlers preferring rough factory labor in Europe. It also cites Major Roche on American air death rates, listing seven causes of fatal accidents.
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Elysium
St. Petersburgh
New York
Ead
Siberian
Irkutsk
Europsan Russia
Roche
Saya Popular Mechanics
de Onda
Jvidea
Great Sculptor's Masterpiece Replica Bought by Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn museum purchases a Trodin replica of La Panside to join its permanent collection. The statue portrays a woman in prostrate form, symbolizing endless tragedy. A French critic hails it as one of the tender female figures molded by this renowned sculptor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trodin
Brooklyn Museum
Kno
Fragmented Critique of Writers in a Colleague’s View
The author mocks Emerson, Dickens, Jane Austen, Scott, and Shakespeare as failing to capture the true essence of literature. He argues the real greatness lies beyond external labels and individual styles, seeking a deeper unity beyond the familiar names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Jane Austen
Scott
Shakespeare
Colilor
Wise Joan and a Postman Sack At The Office
A fragment from a witty exchange about a neighbor and a postal worker. Stamps, the postman, is said to have been fired for carrying letters. The humor centers on a supposedly strict and quiet resident and a slangy misread of a name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bmart
Slack
Weekend guest exchange echoes quirky exchange
A fragment shows a playful dialogue about a hostess and a motor loan, then a second guest’s remark about waking her for a string. The excerpt hints at casual social banter and humorous miscommunication in a Life magazine style vignette.
Aviator Peck Dies In Drone Crash At Cicero Field
Aviator Paul Peck and his Columbia biplane plunged from about nine hundred feet after a sharp gust. Spectators watched as the machine veered and struck the ground, pinning Peck beneath wreckage. He was rushed to St Anthony de Padua hospital with multiple fractures and critical injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paul Peck
Columbia
Cicero
St Anthony de Padua Hospital
Jaymet
Peck
Bus
Chauncey M. Vaught
Howard Gil
Pack
Vaught
St.Anthony de Paana Hospital
Cicero Field
Becker Gains Delay in Murder Trial
New York defense for Police Lieutenant Charles Becker secured a three week delay in his murder trial of gambler Herman Rosenthal. Judge Bischof ordered a commission to take testimony of three witnesses in Hot Springs Arkansas, delaying the trial to early October. The witnesses include Acting Mayor Thomas Patt editor J L Hotchites and George Sullivan, who had Sam Schepps in custody.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman
Rosenthal
Becker
John F. McIntyre
Bischof
Hot Springs
Ark
Mrs John R McLean Died in Bar Harbor Pneumonia
Mrs John R McLean of Washington died at her Bar Harbor summer home after a week with pneumonia. She survived eleven hours after Dr L B Barker of Johns Hopkins arrived, brought from the North Carolina mountains in a special train at record breaking speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
John RX. McLean
Washington
Pnaumonia
Mra
McLean
L. B. Barker
Johns Hopkins Hospital
North Carolina
Republicans Victorious in State of Maine
Portland Maine Sept 11 the political overturn in the Maine state election shows Republicans winning the governorship three of four congressmen and a majority on a joint ballot to control the legislature and back Edwin Burleigh as United States senator. Haines won the governorship by 3657 over Democrat Platsted with 70072 to 63056 in towns reporting. several districts remain unreported. The new assembly will tilt Republican with 94 to 78 on joint ballot and the senate 22 to 8 as districts report, enabling Burleigh to succeed the late Obadiah Gardner for the Senate.
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Portland
Maine
Nasira
United States
William T. Haines
Waterville
Frederick W. Platated
Anguata
Haines
Platated
Bert M. Fernald
W. Platsted
Ashgr
Hinds
Flist
Frank
Quernsey
Forrest Goodwin
Samuel W. Gould
English airmen killed near Oxford in aviation crash
Two army flying corps lieutenants C. A. Bettington and B. Hotchkiss, recently certified aviators, died when their aircraft failed near Wolvercote after touring over Oxford. The plane fell 500 feet, with one body recovered from the river and the other found on shore. Both officers were young and newly certified.
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Oxford
England
Army Flying Corps
C. A. Bettington
B. Hotchkiss
Wolvercote
Ecient
Knox Receives Audience With Japanese Ruler in Tokyo
In Tokyo on September 11, Philander C Knox the American secretary of state and his wife were received in audience by Emperor Yoshihito and Empress Sadako. They lunched with dignitaries including Viscount Uchida Baron Kurino and Charles Page Bryan.
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Tokyo
Japan
Philander C. Knox
United States
Muteshito
Knox
Yoshihito
Sadako
Charles Page Bryan
Viscount Uchida
Baron Kurino
France
Abbott to Succeed Valentine as Indian Affairs Chief
Washington Sept 31 2 Fred H Abbott the assistant commissioner of Indian affairs is likely to replace Robert G Valentine as commissioner. Valentine is leaving to work for the Progressive party.
Mayor Gaynor’s Testy Hearing Sees Him Withdraw
New York September 1 Mayor William J Gaynor faced an aldermanic committee probing police department staff and threatened to withdraw as a witness if questioned about enforcement lapses He accused Buckner of asking impertinent questions and slammed sensationalist newspapers while complaining he hears only from the police commissioner saying he has no special system beyond that channel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Willam J. Gaynor
City Hall
Curran
Mr. Buckner
Catset
Gaynor
Bucker
Gratt
Becker
Anti-Vice Crusade Expands to Chicago City
A nationwide antivice effort centers in Chicago with Henry Finch of the Department of Justice in charge. Twenty-five investigators work in Chicago compiling lists of players and victims. A similar Baltimore probe was recently completed to prepare legislation to curb the white slave traffic.
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Chicago
Sept. IL
Henry Finch
Trafic
Department of Justice
Baltimore
Red Flag May Fly in New Jersey Emblem of Socialist Party
In Jersey City on September 11 the Supreme Court Justice Francis J. Swayze ruled that socialists may legally display the red flag. The decision cites the emblematic flag as the Socialist Party's symbol and confirms the right to display it without police interference for members in North Bergen and across the state.
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Jersey City
N. J
Social
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Francis J. Swayze
North Bergen
Tdd
Swayze
Socialist Party
Italian fleet bombs near Smyrna port in Asia Minor
A dispatch from London reports Italian forces bombarded Scalaunova a port near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey. In Minnesota Bt Paul Sept 11 Professor Hans G Stub a pastor and teacher in the Norwegian Lutheran Church has been decorated by the King of Norway for forty years of service as president of the synod of Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Churches of America.
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London
Scalaunova
Symrna
Turkey
King of Norway
Bt. Paul
Minn
Hans G. Stub
Synod of the
Mexicans in Texas threaten raids and cross border forces
Rebels and federal troops clash near the Arizona and Sonora border as 1200 Mexican federals move into U.S. territory to intercept rebel bands led by Salazar. Reports say Cananea and Nacozari areas face attacks while Taft policy and U.S. safety concerns loom. secret U.S. routes and troop movements are discussed amid fears for American property and residents.
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Washington, Gort
Mexico
Sonora
Salazar
War Department
State Department
Qauarez
el Pano
Tex
Nogalea
Cananea
Arizona
Orozco
Beould
Quitman
Seldrar Stiil
Gabalones
Oslasge
Douglas
Aziz
Tov
Tait
Madero
United States
Nacozari
Cananex
Anlacar
Bonora
Taft
Madera
el Tigra Mine
U. 3
Mexico City
Senate
Jima
el Paro
Ariz
Atata
National Palace
Puebla
Morelos
State of Mexico
Pitzotlan
Ocatanza
Arrest Attorney Gibson on Murder Charge
New York, Sept 12. Burton W Gibson, a prominent New York lawyer with clients who vanished or died under mysterious circumstances, was arrested on a murder charge. He is accused of strangling Austrian woman Szabo, who died while boating with him at Greenwood Lake about a month ago. The case rests on Dr Otto Schultze’s autopsy and chemical analysis, with a jiujitsu trick alleged to have crushed her windpipe. Judge H B Boyce authorized the warrant for District Attorney Rogers.
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New York
Burton W. Gibson
Hudson Terminal
Roas Menschtk "Seaho
Greenwood Lake
Gibson
Meoza
Otto Schultze
H. B. Boyce
Middletown
Rogers
Orange
Major Arnold Retired From Army Service
Major Daniel W. Arnold of the quartermaster's department ends active duty after transfer to the retired list by law due to age. His retirement leaves Colonel John L. Clem, once called the drummer boy of Chickamauga, as the last Civil War veteran on active duty era records. Arnold joined the regular army years after his volunteer service ended at Appomattox.
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Washington
Daniell W. Arnold
Quartermaster's Department
John L. Clem
Chickamauga
Arnold
Appomattox
500000 Farm for Tramps Albany Site Approved
Governor Dix approved a 1913 legislature authorized industrial farm near Poughkeepsie costing over 500000 to educate and reform tramps and vagrants. Inmates face up to 18 months for first offense and up to two years for subsequent offenses. Institution modeled after English farms.
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Albany
N. Y
Dix
Poughkeepsie
England
Cattle disease outbreak spreads in cattle deaths rise
Washington reports rapid spread of spinal meningitis among horses and cattle in Kansas and Nebraska. Government experts, sent to combat the malady, say they cannot check the disaster and thousands of animals have died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
Nebraska
Hays
Reform School Ends Punishment by Leather Strap
In Minnesota at the state training school for boys, corporal punishment is replaced by moral suasion under new superintendent C. C. Merico. The state board of visitors to Governor Eberhart reports the change for those guilty of gross insubordination at Red Wing.
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St. Paul, Minn
Ntate
Red Wing
State Board of Visitors
Eberhart
C. C. Merico
Nicaragua Rising Fizzle Sends US Forces to Hold Line
Reports to the Navy Department say Nicaragua’s revolution fades as American landing troops hold key rail lines. Admiral Southerland notes fiung dwindles to a size akin to a minor Central American upheaval.
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Washington, D. C
Nicaragua
Southerland
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