Plan to Launch War on Rodent Plague in Britain
London readers are told a society will be formed to exterminate rats and vermin amid dire Britain losses estimated at over 50 million dollars annually. Promised support comes from Lord Avebury and Sir Lauder Brunton among others, with docks and warehouses worst hit by gnawing, disease spread, and ruined goods.
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London
England
Lord Avebury
Lauder Brunton
J. Crichton- Browne
Harry Johnston
Great Britain
Denmark
Port of London Sanitary Committee
Court of Comtron Council
London and India Docks Company
Tilbury Docks
Boy Has Wireless Light Sparks Grout's Claim
Spencer Massachusetts 18 year old Harry M Grout reports he has mastered transmitting electrical waves without wires. He lights a dozen bulbs in his house by pressing a lever and projecting waves. Each light connects to its own small battery. no wires link lights to the machines. The method of power travel remains undisclosed.
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Spencer, Mass
Harry M. Grout
Skater Ignites Fire on Lake Afire at Worcester Pond
Alfred Chagnon skated near a large crack on Sigeneer mill pond and sparked a flame by striking a stone. The ignition set gas residue from Worcester County Gas plant refuse alight, creating a sheet of fire across the ice.
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Worcester
Hess
Sigeneer
Alfred Chagnon
Worcester County Gas Company
Rural plan ends with calf killing and extortion
Aaron Banks of Pine Brook New Jersey lured a passing motorist with a staged scene to trap a calf and extorted $500 after fatally injuring a Guernsey calf. He boasted his sons would skin and eat the animal, noting he had intended selling it for five dollars.
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New York
Aaron Banks
Pinebrook
N. J
James
Jethro
Banks
Hanks
Widow's Fowls Net $910 in Kansas Chicken Theft
A widow near McLouth Kansas reported her fowls stolen and found a roll of $910 hidden in the hen house. Bank officials know the thief’s identity but will not reveal it. The money had been withdrawn from a bank during a recent market flurry, and the case could lead to a five year penalty for chicken theft.
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MacLouth
Trout Caught in Steel Trap Marks First in Northern Michigan
John Smith, a farmer near Williamsburg, found a trout eleven inches long snagged by the lower jaw in a steel trap set for mink in Mill Creek. He retrieved the fish and placed it in Ralph White's Williamsburg store aquarium, where it thrives. This is believed to be the first recorded trout captured in a trap in the region.
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Traverse City
Mich
Michigan
John Smith
Williamsburg
Smith
Mill Creek
Ralph White
Sneezing and Spooning Upheld at Morningside College
Four students Roy Gellaty Jessa Doolittle Paul McKaigs and William Waymack have been suspended at Morningside College after snuff throwing incidents during recitation. Dean Chandler warned that excessive spooning could trigger further suspensions among students and even coeds.
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Sioux City
Ian
Morningside College
Dean Chandler
Methodist
Roy Gellathy
Jessa Doolittle
Paul McKaigs
William Waymack
Smuggling Ring Ties Northwest to Border Contraband Flows
Northwest officials report a well organized band operating along the U S Canada border, moving contraband including opium silks wines and Japanese immigrants into Washington state. Trained dogs and leather saddles aid the trafficking with suspects tied to Blaine and a federal case against Thomas Smith.
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Spokane
Wash
British Columbia
Washington State
Secret Service
Washington
Boundary Line
United States
France
Hiaine
Thomas Smith
Officer Lane
Bellingham
Blaine
Ward
Smith
Prize-eating farmhand Joseph Sheets stuns Manistique
Joseph Sheets of Manistique Michigan, a farm hand on Henry Brassel’s farm near Manistique, ate vast quantities of food including three dozen fried eggs in 14 minutes to win a $10 bet. He then offered a $50 challenge for another three dozen eggs and claimed capacity for 100 eggs, drawing witnesses and local bets.
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Manistique
Mich
Joseph Sheets
Sheets
Henry Brassel
Manistiqque
Upper Peninsula
Woman Made Bank President in Hamilton Ohio
Mrs Jennie Grover Sorg widow of Paul J Sorg a millionaire congressman and major tobacco manufacturer has been elected president of the Merchants National Bank in Middletown Ohio She will succeed former Judge Whitlam L De Chant who was previously manager of the Sorg estate.
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Hamilton
Jennie Grover Sorg
Paul J. Sorg
Merchants’ National Bank
Middletown
Ene
Whltam L. de Chant
de Chant
Sorg
The Little Miss and the Big Week in Metropolis
A Burly husband and a frail Jessaline journey by rail to a bustling city for a week of social whirl. She flaunts a tiny 11 inch waist as Henry struggles with endless dinners shows and dances. He concedes he is outmatched by her social stamina and beauty, while she shrugs off his fatigue and continues the spree. The tale ends with a moral on true capacity defying outward measurements.
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Jessaline
Henry
Hen
Jess
Missionary Society
Vyhey
Sleepy Hollow
Metropolis
Dessatine
Clara
Bria
Select School
Atthle
Signor Dugolini
Rube
Reading Matter Delights Martha Smith With New Postal Cards
A rural mail carrier jokes that village postmistress Martha Smith would prefer the new double sided postal cards to a salary raise. The city boarder quips that readers will have more to read, as the Tribune covers Milly County news twice weekly while it is news.
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Martha Smith
Martha
the Tribune
Milly County
Brownlow Defends White House Stable Bid
During the last session of congress the public buildings chief sought sixty thousand dollars for a new White House stable. The old structure was damp and caused horse illnesses. Brownlow of Tennessee alone supported the price, joking that the nearest he ever gets to the White House is the stable and he wants a good one to admire later.
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Brownlow
Congress
White Houses
Representative Brownlow
Tennessee
White House
H. Clay Hvans
Mr. Brownlow
Get a Woman to Cook Says Vegetarian Messenger
A Vegetarian Messenger quote argues that even convinced vegetarians cannot follow through without a woman to cook. It laments men blaming women as barriers, urging women to take up cooking to advance meatless living.
Measuring Modern Success and Purpose in Business
The quote questions relentless business activity and its link to comfort and progress. It notes a man who built an expensive house yet lacks knowledge of architecture, painting, or history, highlighting a tension between wealth and substantive culture.
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Charles Dudley Warner
London Law Notes Seeks British Tone Despite Yankee Praise
Editor replies to criticism that the London Law Notes sounds too Yankee. He argues English law and lawyers have grown dull with few humorous incidents, noting a younger country where lawyers retain boyish instincts. He pledges to be less Yankee and more British and stodgy.
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London Law Notes
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