Umbrella Trusts and Truth in Fiction in Mesa
The Mesa Free Press discusses breaking up umbrella trusts as a sign of change. It cites Zangwill praising fiction as truth and notes W. K. Vanderbilt gifting Kissam Hall to Nashville University, a coed institution. It warns about ongoing money lending by the government and the risk of collateral from monarchies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zangwill
W. K. Vanderbilt
Kissam Hall
University At Nashville
Uncle Sam
Prince Inkathar of Cambodia Sells Jewels for Money
The Cambodian prince Inkathar has pawned his jewels to raise cash. The notice implies he is already married, as otherwise he would have brought his jewels and wed an American girl.
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Prince Inkathar
Cambodia
Alvord Family Name Linked to Bank Heists Across Decades
The father of Cornelius Alvord Jr. once stole 700000 dollars from a New York bank and took 100000 from a Syracuse bank forty one years earlier. A third Cornelius Alvord would face banking career trouble unless he uses an alias.
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Cornelius Alvord, Jr
New York
Syracuse
Cornelius Alvord
Edition de luxe Pretoria Prisoner Newspaper Condition
An edition de luxe limited to 500 copies offered for personal subscription at 1 guinea will perpetuate a newspaper prepared by British officers while prisoners in Pretoria. The Gram was produced by hectograph. The Pretoria paper will serve as a witness for a future history of the South African war.
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Guinea
Pretoria
Gram
Education, Wealth and Public Opinion Cited by Hewitt
Abram Hewitt rejects vast wealth in favor of the joys of learning and education. He argues that choosing education brings lasting personal satisfaction, while the millions would invite scorn from his fellow-men, addressing late Mr Hunting ton’s warning about overeducating the young.
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Mr. Huntington
Abram Hewitt
Not dancing but advancing among Indians and a mission school scene
The passage notes Indian social ascent with a noble gesture by the Earl of Chatham and a Arizona mission school incident where a boy explains that girls should go first. It contrasts traditional gender roles with changing attitudes as Indians rise socially in the era.
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Earl of Chatham
Arizona
Soil Loss Warns Against Erosion On Sloped Lands
The text warns that rich soil on sloped fields is washing away due to erosion. It urges tillers to preventloss by keeping hillsides covered with trees or sod, noting cultivated slopes erode fastest and top soil should not be sent to the ocean. It contrasts past clear rivers with later muddy ones after civilized settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiger
Jack Frost
Art of conversation fades in modern specialized world
An editorial in Scribner's questions whether talking skills are dying due to specialization. The piece notes the narrowing of common topics despite broader telegraph and newspaper reach, and suggests teaching conversation in schools to reduce tongue tiedness and improve understanding between people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner’s
Telegraph
Redress for Theatre Ticket Deception
A reader asks what remedy exists for buyers duped into purchasing a poor theater ticket. The inquiry notes a recent court decision and examines whether injured patrons must endure loss or can seek relief.
Judge limits hissed disapproval of bad plays in court
The learned judge rules that a ticket holder cannot express resentment by hissing at a poor performance. He argues patrons deserve the right to voice indignation when swindled by a bad show, while noting remedies at law are inadequate. The piece also extols army care and subsistence services for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equity
United States
The
War Department
Jones
Fourteenth
New York
China
Compromise ends in marriage to putty-faced Bimberling girl
A comic exchange reveals a would-be fiancée delaying a proposal. She asks for time and offers thirty days as a compromise. He counters with six months, refuses, and the couple wed the following week to another woman.
Language list for the word cat in many tongues
A compact catalog shows how the word cat translates across languages. Examples include kat in Danish and Dutch, katt in Swedish, cat in French, katti or katze in German, catus in Latin, gatto in Italian, gato in Portuguese and Spanish, kat in Polish, kats in Russian, cath in Welsh, kath in Cornish, catua in Basque and gaz or katz in Armenian.
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Kat
Katt
Cat
Katti
Katze
Catus
Gatto
Gato
Kats
Cath
Kath
Catua
Gaz
Katz
Strange Two-Trunk Tree Defies Expectation Near Keswick
In Millbeck near Keswick England a single tree forms from two trunks that rise by a spring of clear water and join above the ground at three feet creating a remarkable natural fusion observed by locals.
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Millbeck
Keswick
England
Convicted Youth Charged in Missouri Assault Case
Platte Missouri December 8 Gen Armstrong colored 16 found guilty of assaulting a white girl in July last a verdict for hanging rendered. Roy Scott tobacco dealer arrested after selling cigarettes under Tennessee anti cigarette law test to Supreme Court. Boers drive women and children from homes in Transvaal. forty ill clad refugees brought by British forces.
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Supreme Court
Heidelburg
Transvaal Colony
Fright Fatality Ends English Deputy’s Life
William Boulton, heir of a prominent English family, collapsed and died after a heated confrontation with his wife in Vancouver B C The autopsy concluded death resulted from fright, with the body moved to the morgue following the stormy interview conducted after her arrival from England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver, B. OC
William Boulton
England
Boulton
Nations Offer Lease for Canal Zone to U S
A Washington dispatch reports Nicaragua and Costa Rica ready to grant a 20 year lease of land needed for the Nicaragua canal. The terms are said to be moderate with bonds acceptable under $6 million for Nicaragua and under $1 million for Costa Rica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
United States
Boutelle Bill For Navy Retirement Reported Favorably
The bill would place Representative Boutelle of Maine on the retired list of the navy with the rank of captain upon his resigning from Congress. The House committee on naval affairs, which Boutelle chaired until his illness, reported the measure favorably and praised acting chairman Representative Foss of Illinois for declining the chair position Boutelle left vacant.
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Washington
Representative Boutelle
Maine
Navy
Congress
House Committee On
Naval Affairs
Boutelle
Representative Foss
Illinois
Beheaded for Murder in Berlin 1897 Case
August Goenczi, the Hungarian who killed a wealthy widow Schultz and her daughter in Berlin in 1897, was executed by beheading in Plötzenze prison. The crime occurred in central Berlin and Goenczi was traced to Brazil via a pet dog before his Rio Janeiro arrest a year ago. The case drew attention as capital punishment is rare in the city. The victims were stingy, believed to hide large sums at Koenig Gaetzerstrasse house.
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Berlin
Goenczi
Schultz
Ploetzenze
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Warning to all Negroes lynching in Rome Georgia
In Rome on December 8 a black man named Bud Rufus was captured by county officers and hanged from a railroad bridge, then shot, after allegedly fatally wounding Mrs. Joseph White, spouse of a farmer twelve miles from Rome. A placard reading warning to all Negroes was pinned to his clothing. Rufus denied the crime.
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Rome
Joseph White
Rufus
Coinage for the Philippines debated by cabinet
Washington reports the cabinet focused on Philippine coinage. A plan to coin silver bullion into distinctive dollars with about 50 cent gold value aims to ease trade with Filipinos and assist army buyers. Congress may hear the proposal and act before winter ends.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Congress
United States
Manila
House
Bill to revise war revenue act seeks $40 million cut
Administration members agree the proposed cut is too deep and oppose reducing revenues by more than $30 million. They see a $40 million reduction as unwise and unanimously favor a lesser adjustment.
Walker Kid West Reaches San Francisco Six Days Early
Harry West known as Kid West arrived in San Francisco six days ahead of his promised 135 day walk from New York. He asserts a $5000 wager with Charles Morten of Kansas City that he would start broke and reach San Francisco on time.
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San Francisco
Harry West
Kid” West
New York
West
Charles Morten
Kansas City
New York City
Woman shoots husband in Missoula back
James Shields, a local bookkeeper and nephew of the late Marcus Daly, was shot in the back by his wife early today. The wound was not deemed life threatening by a surgeon. The couple, long estranged, had a quarrel after which the wife used a 38 caliber bulldog revolver, firing twice and fleeing before arrest by Sheriff Violett.
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Missoula
Mont
James Shields
Shields
Marcus Daly
John Meade
Higgins Avenue
Higgins
Violett
Ride for Life Ends in Death in New York Armory
Joseph B. Starck, a trick bicycle rider, died during a matinee ride in the Twenty second regiment armory. He dove from a 200 foot incline into a 75 foot tank, striking his head on impact after just returning from his sweetheart’s funeral. The crowd fell silent, then chaos. Starck did not rise. Friends believe the dive was intentional. In a separate Santa Rosa note, Prof. D E Martin vs Mrs John S Taylor ended with a not guilty verdict on charges of battery by horsewhip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph B. Starck
Twenty-second Armory
Ride For Life
Starck
Roundsman McNought
McNought
Santa Rosa
D. E. Martin
John S. Taylor
Assault by a Burly Ruffian in Emeryville
Miss Jennie Jones, 20, was attacked at San Pablo avenue and Forty-second street Emeryville at 9 pm. The assailant knelt, kicked, throttled, and hooded her with a handkerchief. An electric car crew witnessed the struggle and aided her as the man fled toward Park avenue. She was left near her home unable to walk.
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Oakland
Jennie Jones
San Pablo Avenue
Forty-second Street
Emeryville
Park Avenue
California Coast News Snapshots From A Busy Week
A montage of coastal happenings from Armona to San Diego includes a new Chinese church under construction in Armona, Oakland to open a coffee saloon, and Long Beach becoming a daily paper. Coastal incidents include horse and wagon accidents, a rare white quail shot near Folsom, and a Stockton hay stock shortage impacting local farmers.
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Armona
Oakland’s
Coffee Club Association
L. P. Keoff
San Diego
Long Beach
Santa Barbara
George White, Jr
Folsom
Needles Eye
Navy Orders Prohibit Sunday Sailing From San Francisco
Washington forbids troop transports sailing on Sunday. The Logan will sail December 15 instead of 16 with troops. The Thomas departs December 17 with stores and passengers. The Hancock, arriving soon, will sail January 1.
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San Francisco
Washington
Logan
Thomas
Hancock
Female Anarchist Emma Goldman Reports Paris Congress Bust
Emma Goldman returns to New York from Europe and says Paris police broke up an international anarchist congress just as it was to convene. She claims authorities mocked socialist government by the rich and that a secret congress still planned propaganda despite English indifference.
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New York
Paris
the Times
Emma Goldman
England
France
Miss Goldman
Crying Need of Navy
Chicago dispatch reports Capt. F. N. Dickins, former commander of the Indiana, en route to San Francisco to assume command of the Oregon in Shanghai. He says the navy lacks sufficient men and officers to crew existing ships and future vessels, calling for a large increase in manpower.
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Chicago
F. N. Dickens
Indiana
San Francisco
Shanghai
China
Oregon
Dickins
Salinas teacher’s weapon arrest triggers San Jose maniac tale
Miss Carrie Newman, salinas high school teacher, caused Pinkey Farley’s arrest for exposing a deadly weapon. She arrived home in San Jose tonight raving and in a mania, recognizing no one and believing she is dead.
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San Jose
Carrie Newman
Salinas City
Pinkey Farley
Gounod on Art and Public Life in Reminiscences
The quote argues music as beauty yet detestable profession, notes heavenly origin yet earthly fate, and urges artists to outpace their age. It reflects on Wagner’s view and the idea that great men belong to other eras, while small men stay tied to their own.
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Gounod
Wagner
Macmillan’s
To Cure a Cold in One Day with Bromo Quinine
Advertisement claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. Signature of E. W. Grove appears on each box. 2b5c.
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E. W. Grove
San Diego County Prohibitionists Push Saloons to End
Prohibitionists in San Diego County advocate abolishing saloons across county districts, aiming to curb alcohol sales and influence local policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego County
Poultry Food Promotion Offered to Farmers
Advertises $24 per week to men with rigs to market poultry food among farmers. Requires address with stamp to Acme Mfg. Co. Kansas City Mo. Also includes a testimonial for Piso's Cure for Consumption dated Feb 15 1900 from John F Boyer Trinity Springs Ind claiming it cures coughs and colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme Mfg. Co
Kansas City
John F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Wanted men and women of good character for established house
Advertisement seeks trustworthy men and women to represent an unnamed house. It offers salary and provides a Portland Oregon address via P O Box 587. The brief notice emphasizes character over other qualifications.
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Adress
P. O. Box
Portland
Oregon
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic labeled with iron formula
Advert says Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic uses an iron formula clearly printed on every bottle. It claims to cure or you pay nothing, asserting a no cure no pay guarantee.
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Grove
The Gardener Apprentices and the Blue Apron Honor
The term gardener implied status in earlier generations as young men paid premiums to enter as apprentices under learned gardeners. Upon completing the term they were invested with the blue apron and often regarded as highly as modern university graduates for general intelligence.
Exchange raises question of college bred meaning
An amused quip asks what college bred implies and suggests cooking school as a humorous example. The note then mentions the first book printed in Switzerland dated 1470, linking education with early printing history.
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Groome
Tiis
Switzerland
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A. P. Shewman
Mesa City
Philippines
Missoula, Mont
California
Redwood
Lompoc
Pacific Coast
Stockton
Maggie Harrahan
H. F. Bangs
Mobe
T. S. Montgomery
San Bernardino
Court P. Edwards
Fresno
Mexico
Edwards
C. Brown
Berkeley
Charles Gutting
St. Jacobs Oil
Adams Sarsaparilla Pills
AdamsCo
Cal
James Kell
Ninth Street
N. Woniniee D.C
Swift
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
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