Ancient library origins and a climbing flying squirrel
The oldest libraries trace to Assyrian clay tablets around 650 B C. Pisistratus may have founded an Athens library about 537 B C., though evidence is unclear. Aristotle is cited by Strabo as the first known library collector, with his bequest to Theophrastus and eventual transfer to Rome. A flying squirrel descended a chimney at William C. Leavitt’s home in Norway.
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Pisistratus
Athens
Strabo
Aristotle
Theophratus
Rome
William C. Leavitt
Norway
Bomb Hidden in Her Tresses Foiled Moscow Plot
A woman sought entry to the governor general of Moscow, Donbassel, by praising personal ties and hair coils. A bomb concealed in her hair was found after staff noticed her agitation. The suspect’s identity remains unclear amid related protests and a high level of political tension in Saint Petersburg and Minsk Lithuania.
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Donbassel
Moscow
Ao Alde
St. Petersburg
Doubassoff
Council of the Empire
Chouknin
Cookmin
Father Gapon Labor Organization
Sechoff
Father Gapon
Major Cuignet Denounces Delay in Dreyfus Case
Paris By Cable Major Cuignet writes an open letter to denounce the delay before the Court of Cessation and accuses officials of manipulating secret papers in the case He is the officer who uncovered the Henry forgery while examining Dreyfus documents under Minister of War M Cavaignac and who clashed with the late General Andre.
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Paris
Major Cuignet
Dreyfus
Henry
M. Cavaignac
Andre
Tahiti Storm Report Amid Claims Of 1600 Lost
The Evening Post reports 1600 persons perished during the Tahiti storm and nearby islands with several unaccounted for and damage pegged at 5 million dollars. Officials aboard the Mariposa dispute the figures, saying the disaster news originated in Papeete remains unconfirmed.
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San Francisco
The
Evening Post
Tahiti
Mariposa
Papeete
Three Die in Baltimore and Ohio Wreck at Smithfield
News from Fairmont West Virginia reports three men burned to death in a wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Short Line at Smithfield. B and O officials relay that a freight train on the Short Line division turned over and the engineer fireman and brakeman were burned under the engine.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Smithfield
Short Line
Pocketbook Found Sparks Hasty Theft Suspicion
Miss Irene Wright of Mount Washington discovered a pocket book on her department store counter. A stylishly dressed woman then rushed to the counter and claimed the find, glancing through the roll before claiming the tape was hers, raising suspicions of a potential theft.
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Pittsburg
Irene Wright
Mount Washington
Miss Wright
Latest News In Short Order From Diverse Local and National Items
Anson Phelps Stokes discusses reform no political lines. Lipsitz endures a brutal demonstration to prove railroad injury. Hubert sues Kings Park hospital after wife’s accidental oxalic acid death. Boise City theft of powder sparks outrage. Kansas freight fare debate grows. Fort Worth merchant clashed with a waiter. snuff thrown at a Boston theater. Longworths return from bridal tour. New Orleans offers yellow fever mosquito prizes. Tacloban city fire causes $600,000 loss. Harmsworth urges Fish to stay for reforms. Pittsburgh rail and gas assets shift toward United Railways. Hearst fights charter annulment. Taft backs Alaskan railway bonds. Dolan fracturing under strain. Pratt warns universal blindness from electricity. Hoch buried. Henderson funeral with honors. Closson sentenced to death for poisoning son. Southern Bank in Fort Smith closes. Norfolk and Western forgery case movers plead guilty. Hill ore properties to US Steel deal near execution. Daughters of Storer fatally poisoned by canned salmon. Pennsylvania Railroad announces appointments. Chicago plans 110 mile elevated road network.
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Anson Phelps Stokes
Brick House
Darien
Oseph Lipsitz
New York
Henry G. Hubert
Brooklyn
State Hospital For the Insane
Kings Park
L. L
Boise City
Idaho
Ohio
Kansas
Philadelphia
United Railways Investment Company of
San Francisco
Mayer
William R. Hearst
Interborough Metropolitan Holding Company
Taft
House Committee On Territories
Lovering
Patrick Dolan
Pittsburg
H. Preston Pratt
Chicago
Johann Hoch
Potter's Field
Elmwood
Henderson
Dubuque
Gustav A. Closson
Morrisville
Southern Bank and Trust Company
Fort Smith
Ark
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Charles T. C. T. Colmey
James J. Hill
Mesaba Range
United States Steel Corporation
George Storer
Camden
Michigan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Illinois
Indiana
Warship visits proposed by German and American leaders
Various 1905 era items note professors proposing exchange visits on warships between Emperor William and President Roosevelt, Russia’s serf emancipation anniversary yielding no peasants’ concessions, Tavernola cliff destruction in Italy, massive Finnish ice floe danger, Venezuela releases political prisoners, Japanese Diet rail nationalization opposition, new Austro-Hungarian treaties and tariffs, Russian railroads sale proposal, Nanchang massacre blame on French Catholics, and a Tammerstors Finland bandit fight with Russian losses.
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Albrecht Wirth
Munich
William
Roosevelt
Russia
Tavernola
Lake Iseo
Italy
Gulf of Finland
Castro
Ramon Guerra
Venezuela
Strom
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Belgium
Witte
Shanghai
Nanchang
Tammerstors
Finland
Hsin Thst
Tornado Toll Hits Nineteen in Meridian Mississippi
Meridian Mississippi reports nineteen killed and twenty four injured as a tornado devastates the city around 6 p.m. Estimated damage reaches $1 million with many structures destroyed. Relief funds are raised by local citizens and state authorities, while convicts assist in rescue efforts.
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Meridian, Miss
Meridian
Mississippi
Jackson
Vardaman
Hunter George
Board of Trade
General Relief Committee
J. W. Donovan
Front Street
Twenty-second Avenue
Gen John M Schofield Dies in St Augustine Fla
Gen John M Schofield United States Army retired died at 830 PM of cerebral hemorrhage following a morning attack. Interment in Arlington not yet fixed. General Wherry and William P Ennis with Mrs Schofield. Last Civil War Union Army commander to pass away. Loyal Legion and Grand Army guards of honor to oversee remains.
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St. Augustine
Fla
John M. Schofield
United States Army
Arlington
Wherry
William P. Ennis
Schofield
Loyal Legion
Grand Army of the Republic
Guards of Honor
Professor Snead Dies by His Own Fire
A dispatch from Christiansburg Virginia reports Professor Snead of the Montgomery Female Institute set himself afire after saturating his clothing and bed with oil. He returned from a Southern trip and during his room's blaze his screams woke faculty and students. He died several hours later. His mind is thought deranged by his wife’s long incurable illness.
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Washington
Christiansburg
Snead
Montgomery
Navy estimates show world naval spending up 50 percent
London dispatch notes that since The Hague Peace Conference the naval outlay of major powers has risen by 50 percent to 507,500,000 dollars. Financial Secretary Robertson warns such inflation threatens global peace and favors a league of peace.
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London
House of Commons
Robertson
Plan to Honor Franklin Paris Celebration Unveiling Statue
Ambassador Mc Cormick and Premier Rouvier plan a Franco American celebration for the Benjamin Franklin statue unveiling on April 20. Former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia will be chief speaker. It is likely Grover Cleveland and ex-President Loubet will be asked to head the American and French honorary committees.
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Paris
McCormick
Rouvier
Benjamin Franklin
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
Loubet
Roosevelts Sponsor Infant William Loeb III Christened
Washington special report notes William Loeb III, infant son of Secretary to the President and Mrs. Loeb, was christened Saturday afternoon at Bishop Satterlee's Washington residence. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt served as sponsors. the child was born December 26.
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Washington
William [Loeb 3d
George Small Indicted for Murder in Morestown Case
Burlington County Grand Jury returns true bill of indictment against George Small for the murder of Miss Florence Allinson at Morestown in January. Rufus Johnson, also colored, arrested in Baltimore and confined.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Burlington County
George Small
Florence Allinson
Morestown
Rufus Johnson
Baltimore
Prominent Colombians Arrested in Conspiracy Case
A Bogota dispatch reports Fernandez ex Secretary of War and Chief of Police Ramirez among those arrested for conspiracy. Fernandez exiled to Curacao, Ramirez subjected to court martial. The president’s would be assassins remain at large as police patrol the city armed with rifles.
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Washington
Bogota
Colombia
State Department
Fernandez
Ramirez
Curacoa
Former Governor James Hogg Dies After Illness
Houston special report states former Governor James Stephen Hogg died Saturday at the home of his law partner Frank C. Jones. He had suffered failing health for about a year. physicians did not regard his condition as critical, and he had planned a trip to Battle Creek, Michigan. Hogg returned to Houston Friday night feeling ill and went to bed.
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Houston
James Stephen Hogg
Frank C. Jones
To Turn Down Castro Paris by Cable Revolt Afoot
Information reaching official quarters says a revolutionary movement against Venezuela is under way. Revolutionsists concentrate on Trinidad awaiting arms and supplies before landing on the Venezuelan coast.
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Paris
Venezuela
Trinidad
Financial notes from Rock Island and others in January
January net profit in Rock Island rose by 550648 as cities like San Francisco move toward cheaper gas. Keystone Telephone earned 4960 above fixed charges while renewals. Philadelphia sees 3 to 6 month loans at 5 percent from New York parties amid broad market chatter. A semi official denial disputes a report touching United States Steel and Roloredo Fuel.
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Rock Island
San Francisco
Lehigh Valley
Keystone Telephone
Philadelphia
New York
United States Steel
Fross Goulds Ri A
Education board names and views on book lists for state schools
The six state institutions forwarded candidates for education board selection and the Senate received statements from trustees on single or multiple book lists. Candidates include Tyler for William and Mary and L. Jarman for State Normal, with others at Virginia School for the Deaf and dumb, Virginia Tech, VMI, and University of Virginia. Separate items report a forgery arrest linked to Edward Benson, a marriage-announcement incident, a temperance field day plan across multiple cities, a Fredericksburg farmers institute program, a rear-end freight collision injuring workers, and various administrative shifts and donations to Hampden-Sidney College.
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Ate
Senate
William and Mary Mates
A G. Tyler
Ellyson
Edward Benson
Middle Brook
Staunton
Benson
Joseph Booth
Miss Booth
John Fretwell
W. A. Hall
S. M. Serrett
W. Serrett
Bucher
Ella R. Case
Winchester
Union
Fredericksburg
Pts
State Board
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Sands Smith
ice-Press
P. Nottingham
Cash
L. E. Mumford Banking Co
OLD Dominion Line
Norfolk, Gloucester, and
Mathews Counties
Norfolk
O. D
Portsmouth
North St
Bay Line
Old Point
Philpot’s
East River
Williams
Hicks
Yggs
East Riverstoane’s
Ware River
Smith's
Hockley
Auburn
North River
Dixondale
Severn Wharf
Severn River
Government Wharf
Norflk
A.M
P. AL
Richmond
Berkley
Brandon
Granby Street
Atlantic Hotel
M. B. Crowell
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Chesapeake Line
Augusta
Atlanta
Old Point Comfort
Baltimore Street
Arthur W. Roston
Licht Street
Rivoen Foster
J. Umnsm
T. I. McDawnwxet
Apt
M. S. Foster
Sibley Bros
A. M. Matchant
Mathews
Leslie
Garnettt
Gloucester
F. Theo. Miller
Mathews C. H
Country Life
America
Jto
Nace
India
Association of Industry and Commerce
Minsk
Lithuania
Jewish Bund
National Assembly
Kamas Lyle Grocery Company
Elmira’s
Meyer- Neville Hardware Company
Grand Avenue
Thornton’s Transfer Company
Culpeper
New Orleans
Northeastern
Young Men's Christian Association
Meridan Chair, Company
City
Lowashee
Will Ethridge
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Fifth Street
Lyons & Co
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Second Street
Gen. Schofield
Prof. Snead
Franklin
Japan
Seattle
Wash
Dakota
Nagasaki
W. E. Lampe
Foreign Committee of Relief
Myagi
Fukushima
Hogg
Mr. Ae
Nderson
Genna
Anderson
Andeson
Oficer
Tyler
Marcus Doffemeyer
Page County
Shenandoah River
Cofflemeyer
Doffiemeyer
R. S. Parks
S. P. Lees
Hampton-Sidney College
Richard MelIlwaine
D. D
Hampden-Sidney
Richmond Phosphate Company
Evergreen
City Point
James River
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