Colonel John S Mosby Dismissed From Duty
Washington special reports Colonel John S Mosby was removed as Special Attorney in the Department of Justice for not aligning with the current administration. He had detailed land frauds in the West, especially Nebraska, and implicated officials. Roosevelt backed him in jail plans, but red tape hindered prosecutions. Mosby may now reveal what he learned. Major Carson, head of the Bureau of Manufactures, was also fired.
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Washington, D. C
Mel John S. Mosby
Department of Justice
Coloniel Mosby
West
Nebraska
Colonel Mosby
Roosevelt
Wheels of Justice
Mosby
New York Publiccs Houser
John Carson
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce and Labor
Carson
Newell
Reclamation Service
Ballinger
Newells
Army Engineers
Mosby Loses Government Post After Civil War Fame
Colonel John S Mosby aged seventy three has been dismissed from a Department of Justice position amid reports age as the reason. Once a famed Confederate guerrilla, he was later a special attorney under Roosevelt and helped in cattlemen land issues in the Middle West. No appeal has been filed and sources say the President and Attorney General may intervene. Mosby may write a Civil War book.
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Washington, D. C
John S. Mosby
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Mosby
South
General Grant
Middle West
Friends question Mosby dismissal motive in Richmond
In Richmond veteran colonels and associates doubt the stated reason of old age for Colonel John S Mosby's dismissal. They recall his recent praise from President Roosevelt for West cattle operations and say Mosby remains pale and hearty. A public official recalls Roosevelt's admiration and a 1907 visit, noting Mosby’s long service and alleged disqualification claims as part of the debated context.
Stanley and the Dogs caricature tale from Harper’s Weekly
The article recalls long running jokes about human likeness to animals. It cites Louis Napoleon Darwin Kruger and Sir Henry Stanley. Karaguas observers compare Stanley and his bull dog to Englishmen and dogs, noting their facial traits and humor. It ends with Stanley appreciating the shared amusement.
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Stanley
Louis Napoleon
France
Charles Darwin
Paul Kruger
Henry M. Stanley
Karaguas
Harper’s Weekly
Gould Renews Marriage Ties With Edith Kelly in Paris
New York reports Mrs Helen Kelly Gould and Ralph Hill Thomas obtained a city marriage license after announcing their plans. Meanwhile friends disclose Frank Jay Gould and Edith Kelly wed in Paris five weeks earlier, with secrecy expected. The Goulds plan to reside in Paris. Helen Gould’s details list Park Avenue address and Sands Point summer home. Mr. Thomas, aged 28, cites sugar as occupation and ties to American Sugar Refining Co. Rumors of a late joining ceremony circulated.
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New York
Helen Kelly Gould
Frank Jay Gould
Ralph Hill Thomas
Washington B. Thomas
American Sugar Reining Company
City Hall
Mr. Gould
Miss Kelly
Paris
Gould
Thomas
Plaece
Trust
American Sugar Refining Company
Mr. Thomas
A History of Sumer and Akkad by Leonard W. King
The New Discoveries in Habytounns from Frederick A. Stokes publishes a royal octave history of Babylonia and Assyria. Leonard W. King, MA, assistant in the British Museum, presents an account of Mesopotamian dawn, early city states, and the influence of Babylonian culture on Egypt and the West, with photographs from official expeditions and British Museum pieces.
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Habytounns
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Sumer
Akkad
Babylonia
Assyria
Leonard W. King
Britishh Museum
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Asia
West
British Museum
Leroux
Japan Toy Shops and Childrens Bazaar Culture
A World Wide Magazine note describes Japan's abundance of toy shops in towns and villages. Temples attract crowds with stalls of amusements for children during festivals. Street itinerant shows and toy sellers employ hundreds, including theatrical performances and telling singers.
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Japan
Wide World Magazine
Factories to rise on site of dock in Richmond
Richmond, Va. plans to fill in the old dock basin and build manufacturing plants valued at millions. The bondholders’ petition asks the state corporation commission to remove the easement that kept the canal public, arguing the site can be repurposed for industry and city revenue.
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Richmond
R. E. Byrd
William R. Trige Shipbuilding Company
Corporation Commission
Ulis
General Assembly
Trigg
Richmond City
Richmond Dock Company
James River and Kanawha Company
Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
William R. Trigg Company
H. G. Lloyd
Virginia Street
Dock Street
Twenty-eighth Street
Virginia
Fourteenth Streets
Southern Railway
Fourteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Byrd
Taylor
City of
Walter Wellman to Fly to England
Walter Wellman leader of an American air expedition plans to cross the Atlantic in a dirigible. Wilhelm Rettig designs a wooden balloon aimed at a regular air passenger line from Berlin to New York. The party includes Melvin Vaniman and a crew of four, with New York to London as the target in late summer or early autumn.
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Atlantic
America
Germany
Edgar Allan Poe
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Wilhelm Rettig
Berlin
Rettig
Wellman
Melvin Vaniman
New York
London
Arctic
Atlantic City
Aero Club of
Paris
Wealthy family seeks to adopt boy under secrecy
A World newspaper ad describes a woman wishing to place a child with a wealthy New York family. The 26 West Thirty-first Street letter-box, a Western Union clerk, says he cannot reveal names and will only pass along letters. The family contends they lost a baby and want to keep the matter private during the adoption process.
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West Thirty-first Feet
New York
Ant
Seaweed as a Rich Yet Undervalued Resource
The sea contains wealth not yet exploited by the nation. Seaweed could aid agriculture and industry through iodine bromine dyes iodides and chemicals. California leads in marine products with San Francisco ships to China valued at 100000 dollars annually.
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California
San Francisco
China
Ireland
West Coast
New England
Bostopr Globe
James on family size and progress via a joke
Henry James disagrees with Roosevelt about family size. He says France favors small families as a sign of intelligence and progress, while large families signify the opposite. A Thompson anecdote illustrates the embarrassment of a large clan at departure when police confront them.
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Henry James
Roosevelt
France
James
Mr. James
Thompson
Minneapolis Journal
Hog cholera serum in demand at cost price
George W. Koiner, Agriculture Commissioner, reports strong demand for hog cholera serum distributed at cost. About 150 hogs treated, with material for 1,000 more. serum injections provide temporary protection, with lasting immunity if exposure occurs soon after treatment.
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George W. Koiner
General Assembly
National Bureau of Animal Industry
Millionaire widow seeks punitive alimony in separation
Mrs. Vada Van Valkenburgh leaves the St. Regis after a bitter split with Philip Van Valkenburgh. She plans to sue for separation with punitive alimony, claiming he cut her credit, refused to pay bills, and misused funds for fashion and luxury. She vows to pursue legal action rather than divorce.
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New York
St. Regis
Vada van Valkenbergh
Philip van Valkenburgh
Newport
Edward Lauterbach
William H. Chapman
Europe
Mrs. van Valkenburgh
Count de Sonies
Spiridovitch
van Valkenburgh
Maria Smith
Vada
Mrs. Smith
Reno
Hamilton Flyer Turns Fire Fighter at Atlantic City
Aeronaut Charles K. Hamilton volunteered as a fire fighter and used up-to-date methods to save a house near Farmingdale, New Jersey. He encountered a fire engine en route to a blaze, stopped his car, joined the effort, and helped control the fire as the story notes.
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Atlantic City
Charles K. Hamilton
Farmingdale
N. J. Hamilton
Driver Saves Town Fire With Milk Cans
Hamilton and manager P. L. Young hauled water in milk cans from a distant source to fight a fire near a house. They filled, carried, and relayed water until flames were out, then continued to Atlantic City three hours late with Hamilton Roberts.
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Hamilton
Atlantic City
P. L. Young
Hamton Roberts
AIDS MAN IN NEED BEATEN ROBBED THROWN OFF TRAIN
Robert A. Paul a 24 year old chauffeur from White Plains told police at East 126th Street Station he was assaulted and robbed of $64 on a White Plains train. He described two other men who demanded tickets then punched him and the brakeman threw him off at 125th Street. He had temporary facial injuries and the incident was recorded by Lieutenant Porter.
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New York
Robert A. Paul
White Plains
East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Ats
Religious Herald
Gossanacany
Stald
Richmond
Capitol Square
Nevada
United States
Editoria
Telegraphic
Next
Jeffries
Johnson
Pebeenpaen
South
Ovata
In Defense of Tobacco Mightier Minds Fuel Innovation
A reprint from the Chicago Tribune via the Atchison Globe argues tobacco aids invention and civilization. It cites that brains behind modern progress come from the tobacco era and even suggests the Ladies' Home Journal favors marrying a smoker for calmer company and better love letters.
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Chicago Tribune
Tobaco
Ladies’ Home Journal
Havana
Atchison Globe
Jean Moreas and the Symbolist Poets in North American Review
William A Bradley reviews Jean Moreas in the June North American Review. The essay discusses Moreas’s role in symbolist poetry, his rejection of decadence, and his influence from Mallarmé and Poe, noting his obscurity as a stylistic choice and his gift for musical verbal color.
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Quartie
Jean Moreas
William A. Bradley
North American Review
Mallarme
Morcas
Poe
Moreas
Stewed and Soused Puzzles Judge in New Jersey Divorce
In Newark N J Special chancellor Emory heard Jerome Scotto of Brooklyn seek a separation from Gertrude Scotto of Hoboken on grounds of infidelity. Testimony included slang discussions about being stewed and used. No decision was reached.
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New York
Emory
Newark
N. J
Jerome Scotto
Brooklyn
Gertrude M. Scotto
Willow Avenue
Hoboken
Albert Werner
Scotto
Joseph Kahrs
Debauched Public Taste Over Prize Fight Fallout
A Richmond editorial laments the Nevada prize fight crowding out serious news, decrying the media’s glorification of brutality. It warns of racial tensions, moral decline, and the harm caused by sensational coverage that fueled public excitement and division.
Read Some Jokes Sparks a Prompted Remark
A brief exchange notes sameness in life and humor as the speaker mentions having just read jokes. The line hints at a moment of wit prompting a remark about staying cheerful through humor. No public figures or places are named.
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