Austrian Spy in U S Forts Affects Indianapolis Scout
The Army recruiting officer in Indianapolis sought a warrant to arrest Private George Peters of the 135th Coast Artillery, alleged as Austrian spy Windiswitz from Prague. Fort Totten officials denied knowledge of the spy charge while noting the case would go to Washington for official handling. Peters had a fine record, and his past remained unclear per Fort Totten commander Colonel Dela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
Fort Totten
Willet'’S Point
Stro
United States Coast Artillery
George Peters
Owever
Washington
Spy Case Involves Private Peters At Fort Totten
The War Department received a report from Captain James Watson of the Indianapolis recruiting office about Private George Peters of the 135th Coast Artillery at Fort Totten New York in a suspected espionage case. No arrest had been made and the department would refer the matter to the Department of the East.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
James Watson
United States Army
Indianapolis
George Peters
One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Coast Artillery
Fort Totten
N. Y
Peters
Department
Pope Suffers Fainting Spell at Vatican
Rome Special Pope Pius faced a severe fainting episode that caused anxiety at the Vatican. Cardinal Merry Del Val and doctors were summoned to the bedside and ordered rest as the Pontiff rallied. his caregivers Petacci and Marchilava remained nearby.
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Rome
Pius
Vatican
Merry del Val
Dynamite Used to Cover Cash Shortage in Jersey City Fire
Samuel Brown a cashier at Long Beck Building Company confessed to Police Captain Richards that a safe was dynamited to cover a $2,000 shortage. Brown accused accomplice Frank Welsh, who died today at St Francia Hospital from injuries.
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Jersey City
N. J
Samuel Brown
Long Beck Building Company
Arvonia Avenue
Richards
Brown
Frank Welsh
Welsh
St. Francia Hospital
Mysterious Alley Death in Grafton Under Probe
A well dressed stranger was found dead in an alley in Grafton West Virginia with a stained paper funnel in his mouth and poison poured down his throat. Finger marks on the wrists indicate he was held while the poison was administered. Three Black men have been arrested as suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
W. VA
Turkey to rebuild 10000 homes burned in Constantinople fire
An official report to the State Department states the Turkish Government plans to reconstruct 10,000 houses destroyed by the recent Constantinople fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Washington, S. C
Mae
State Department
Constantinople
Wise talk and legal intrigue in Wiley controversy shown
Washington August 7. Solicitor McCabe admitted he drafted the language of the 1911 appropriation act and General Order 140 that gave him sole power to recommend prosecutions under the food and drug act while curbing Dr. Harvey Wiley. Attorney Davis pressed for full authority as he questioned McCabe about department power and legal scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Harvey M. Wiley
Department
Davis
For Service
McCabe
Scotty's protege nabbed by police in Richmond
Officer Frank Sweet arrested a swarthy young man named Arthur Elm on vagrancy charges. The man was linked to a pretense involving "Death Valley Scotty" and was identified as the son of a noted figure, raising questions about the case.
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Richmond
Frank Sweet
Arthur Elm
Death Valley
Indian youth held by officer in case tied to Death Valley Scotty
An 18 year old Indian, identifying as Stone Heart, claims link to the treasure of Death Valley Scotty. He says his benefactor carried a vast gold hoard, and that they traveled through Funeral Mountains guarding a hidden cave. Authorities kept him in jail for days before deciding his fate.
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Death Valley Scotty
Scotty
Arthur Elm
Elm
Carlisle
Reno
Nev
Antigo
Wis
John Elm
Black Bear
Arthur
Lucy Elm
Laughing Sunshine
Stone Heart
Scoty
Funeral Mountains
End of the World Fears Across History
The article recounts repeated doomsday panics from 1842 to 1916, detailing London prophecies and public reactions. It cites Prophet Spangler, Professor Falk, and Mohammedan leaders, noting mass preparations and evasive outcomes across Russia and Africa.
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London
Hampstead
Spangler
Archangel
Falk
Russia
Siy
Africa
Washington Herald
Nine Five Year-Old Crandall Says One Drinking Moment
Rev. Crandall of Ridgebury aged ninety five claims a single drinking incident in boyhood, credits lifelong health to outdoor life and positive thoughts, notes he stopped using tobacco forty years ago. He is described as the oldest active clergyman in the United States who still preaches and marries locals.
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Middleton
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal
Ridgebury
Here
P. Crandall
Mr. Crandall
United States
West Pike
Potter County
Clever Bird Anecdote About a Cuckoo
A light quote features Pele Mele asking why the cuckoo is the most intelligent bird. The joke answers that it can pronounce its own name, highlighting a humorous self reference.
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Cukoo
TOGO VISITS THE NAVAL ACADEMY
Special Admiral Togo and Assistant Secretary Hale visit the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Captain M Potts and the admiral's staff accompany the party by car from Washington. Togo plans to dine with Secretary Knox and attend a reception at the National Press Club tonight.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Togo
Chandler Hale
M. Potts
United States Navy
Washington, Baltimore and Anamapole Electric Railway
Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
Toge
State Knox
National Press Cheb
Admiral Togo Visits United States Naval Academy
Admiral Togo of the Imperial Japanese Navy arrives in Annapolis to inspect the United States Naval Academy. He is greeted at the gates by Captain John Gibbons and officers, saluted by the academy band, and escorted to luncheon with Superintendent Gibbons and Hanihara. He observes the country from the carriage and does not engage in conversation.
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Annapolis
Admiral Togo
Washington
United States Naval Academy
Naval Academy
John Gibbons
Adolphus Andrew
Owen Wister's Pet Monkey Runs Rampant in Philadelphia
The author Owen Wister owns a pet monkey that escaped its cage and attacked the staff, then roamed York Road causing chaos with a group of girls. The monkey dodged trolley cars for hours, shredded dresses, and finally returned to the keeper after a window ledge meal. Wister plans to ship Billy back to Africa.
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Philadelphia
Owen Wister
Wister
Old York Road
Billy
Mr. Wister
Africa
Elbow on the Bell Push Irks Sleepy Household
A weary voice from a doorway pleads with a visitor to stop resting his elbow on the bell push. The speaker grants permission to stay but asks for quiet so the rest of the household can sleep. The line is attributed to the London Opinion.
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London
Do We Sleep Too Much
A discussion on whether modern life wastes sleep and if eight hours are needed. The piece contrasts sedentary brain work with heavy physical labor and notes many great figures reportedly thrived on four to five hours of sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Monthly
Nickerson Death Not Self-Inflicted, Boston Special Says
Private detectives report Mrs. Lillian C. Nickerson disappeared from the steamer Georgic en route to New York from Providence on July 20. They found she was choked and struck before her skull was fractured. her wedding ring is missing, suggesting a homicide. Coroner Eugene H. Lincoln of Providence confirms the death was not by her own action.
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Boston
Mass
Lillian C. Nickerson
Georgi
New York
Providence
Accused of Poisoning in Revenge in Fulton Missouri
Mrs Edward McPheeters testified that Jefferson Wood placed a poisoned chewing gum package at her home claiming it was for her children. Wood and the Boyds are under arrest accused of poisoning several other children with arsenic laced gum in revenge for testimony in a slander suit.
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Fulton, MO
Jefferson Wood
Edward McPheeters
Wood
Lee A. Boyd
Boyd
Boyds
Pensions Debate Highlights House Session
In Washington special reports the House transacted routine business awaiting conference reports on wool and farmers free list bills. The unanimous consent calendar was opened featuring private bills and a speech printing request. Representative Berger urged old age pension legislation in a lengthy prologue.
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Washington
D. C
Alendar
Baron von Steuben
Berger
Senate considers drastic immigration bill targeting Chinese
Special Senator Dillingham introduces a sweeping measure in Washington that would nearly bar Chinese immigrants, repeal existing Chinese exclusion statutes except for naturalization, and extend exclusions to foreign male aliens over sixteen who cannot read a language. The plan retains contract labor rules and adds penalties for corporations or individuals who recruit contract laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Dillingham
Senate
United States
Sells Her Brain for Forty Thousand Dollars
Miss Celeste S Parrish a mathematics instructor at Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg sold her brain to a northern medical research institution for 40000 dollars after death. The story claims she could read a chapter and repeat it from memory. She was a leader in pedagogy and a Mothers' Congress figure with plans for a young women's settlement.
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Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg
Athens
Celeste Parrish
State Normal School
Muscocee
Miss Parrish
Mary Marshburn
Hall County
Mountain View
Mises Parrish
Ecurne
Mothers’ Congress
Lydiie Rose
Atlanta
Simplicitty
Training Methods Stir Controversy In Danville Schools
Miss Sh served as an instructor in the public schools of Danville for a time, raising concerns about the manner of training afforded to students and staff amid lingering questions about educational practices.
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Miss Sh
Danville
Robs Hostess Treats Detective as a Flirt
Miss Editha Hall of Uniontown is arrested after allegedly stealing a diamond locket bracelet wedding ring and a diamond ring from guest Mrs Bertha Grol of East Liverpool Ohio. Detective Robert Patten questions her as he cracks the case in Pittsburg.
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Pitsburg
Robert Patten
Editha Hall
Uniontown
Pittsburg
Bertha Grol
East Liverpool O
Migs Hall
Miss Hall
Mrs. Grall
Miss Mall
Senators Push Arizona and New Mexico Statehood
In Washington Poindexter urged statehood for Arizona and New Mexico while Senator Borah defended unity as the governing principle. He warned that majority rule cannot override independent courts and the rights of the people. Nelson then moved to strike the recall provision and approve New Mexico’s constitution.
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Washington, D. C
Poindexter
Senate
Arizona
New Mexico
Borah
Idaho
Nelson
Indemnity Demanded Over Mexican Murders
United States officials press for indemnity after Mexican federal soldiers killed three Americans in Alamo Mexico on June 11. Consul Frederick Simpich reports to President Taft detailing the killings of Dr A Ila Poster merchant Halyeck G Menn and John Carroll and Frenchman Constance Dubois.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Alexican Federal
Alamo
Mex
Taft
Frederick Simpich
United States
Ensenada
Mexico
A. Ila Poster
Halyeck G.menn
John Carroll
Constance Dubois
Henrico County Personal Notices
Mrs. R. C. Garnett is quite ill at her home in Henrico county. Mrs. L. H. Kemp, who has been ill at her Henrico home, is now recovering. Mrs. E. F. Spencer of Lunenburg county visits her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Garnett, in Henrico county.
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Henrico
R. C. Garnett
Henrico County
L. H. Kemp
EF. T. Spencer
Lunenburg County
Beattie Death Question Sparks Prayers in Prison Discourse
Henry Clay Jr. and Dallas Wright, a Buckingham County murderer, join a colored preacher in a half hour theological talk at Henrico County jail. The group ponders immortality as Beattie offers a mercy tempered view. Rev. George F. Williams calls the exchange wise though Beattie remains accused. Williams notes Beattie did not engage during prayer and shows no visible sign of guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Henry Clay , Jr
Henrico County
Dallas Wright
Buckingham County
Beattie
George F. Williams
Ex-Prisoners’ Aid Society
Heattie
Mr. Williams
Tsar Beattie Wright
Magistrate Bars Life for Abuser Bohre in Philadelphia Case
Judge Mulqueen in General Sessions court sentenced Joseph Bohre, 30, formerly of 208 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, to one to two years in singling prison and a $1900 fine for abandoning his wife and child after refusing a life of shame. He warned the sentence could be harsher but not life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mulqueen
Court of General Sessions
Joseph Bohre
South Fourth Street
Philadelphia
Singling
Bohre
Colonel Button Exonerated by Virginia Grand Jury
Richmond special edition reports the Virginia grand jury exonerated Colonel Joseph Button and the State Insurance Department from negligence or removal concerns. The panel affirmed it did not intend to investigate the Insurance Bureau, noting a rumored August 4 statement was unfounded.
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Richmond
Reformers’ Bank
Insurance Department
Joseph Iton
State Insurance Department
Grand
Button
Rand
Grand Jury
Judge Witt
Colonel Button
Insurance Department of Virginia
State Department of Insurance
Srand
Virginia
Grandury
Utton
True Reformers
Insurance
Auniler
True Reformers’ Bank
Insurance Bureau
Colored Bank
Oregon Blue Rose Falls Short of Expectations
The Oregon blue rose, touted as a crown jewel of the modern rose, disappoints with small blooms and late color change. Despite two years of care and a Nebraska origin, the pink bloom turns purplish blue only near petal drop, leading florists to deem the flower a fake and question its value alongside traditional roses.
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Oregon
London
England
Nebraska
Portland Oregonian
New York Sun
The Irish Boy
The piece notes the Irish families as poor ambitious and intellectual revealing a national character in the era's view. It contrasts poverty with drive and hints at cultural identity shaping their place in society.
Bright boy and the costs of university study
Text from Yeats discusses a diligent boy mentored by family, learning about scholarships and expenses to attend university. It contrasts English and American boyhood, noting curiosity, conversation, and the drive to pursue knowledge with family support and social expectations.
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England
Pet
Busine
J. B. Yeats
Hasper
Agony is Over as Tennessee Legislature Closes
A Toledo Blade editorial reflects on the Tennessee Legislature's close noting the session's angst and widespread criticism of filibuster tactics. It argues against pigeonholing lawmakers as a single cynical type and urges patience for honest progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Kumom
New York
Ohio
Lance
Toledo Blade
Question on figures sparks heated exchange at lecture
An audience member challenges the speaker about immigration wealth and trusts. The orator coolly asks for the greatest common divisor, then fires back with a sharp rebuke. The crowd erupts as the questioner leaves exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stralyte
Congressman Arrested in Baltimore for No Maryland License
Congressmen Reyburn from Pennsylvania was arrested in Baltimore for driving without a Maryland license. He said he had just reached the city en route to a gas station and would obtain the license afterward. He was released after paying a $5 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Stewart Reyburn
Pennsylvania
Reyburn
Philadelphia
Maryland
Tee
A Golf Story Between Scots In A Sheep Stray
Two elderly Scottish golfers play four close games. In a key moment the winner’s third shot rolls to a green edge where sheep browse. He tells his caddie to drive away the lambs, but the opponent objects, citing a strict rule of gowff.
Virginia Briefs and scattered clippings from old papers
Vague notes mention a plan to build cofferdams around a friend named McDonald and whether he was blowing from outside or inside. Texas denominational press urges boycotts against secular papers. Various absurd lines touch on email causes, a chicken in New York, a girl tied to a Virginia murder, and a Louisville mention.
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McDonald
Emai
New York
Virginia
Promotion recommended for Portsmouth officer
A policeman praised as a credit to Portsmouth and a patriot is recommended for promotion after deferring rest until his team won. The note appears in Landmark. The item contrasts Spain's King Alfonso at Cowes, and a wool bill forecast, in other papers.
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Portsmouth
Alfonso
Spain
Cowes
Herald-Courier
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Austria
Ind
Capain
Count Windiswitz
Prague
Pope
Mrs. Nickerson
Lionel
Seruce
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
Crleste S. Parrish
Magistrate
Virginia Briefs
Texas
Virginiemkedt
Chickstone Courier
Gate City
Soumelodky
Pittsylvania Tribune
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