Peru Cruelty Outcry Mirrors Kongo Atrocities
Two expeditions led by Stuart Fuller and Yale professor Hiram Bingham reported extreme abuses against Peruvian Indians in the Putumayo area near the Amazon. They described torture, slavery, and mass killings tied to rubber extraction, while noting government resistance to scientific work and evacuation delays.
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Peru
Stuart Fuller
Goteborg
Sweden
Svtumnayo
Hiram Bingham
Yale
Fuller
Washington
United States
Putumayo
Amazon
Lima Peru
Nortl
Panama
Armgton
Iquitos
Arana Bros
Peruvian Amazon Company
Airam Bingham
Andes
Herbert T. Cgrevers
George F. Haton
Bingham
Dr. Eaton
Gresory
Professor Bingham
Palcoi
Machu Picchu
Parcel post capers on a New York delivery day
A fragmentary tale describes bustling parcel post activity in New York with colorful notes about gifts, eggs, chickens and brass bricks. The piece mentions Beard and friends, a Windy Gould country place, and a lively scene of packages moving through the system amid curious incidents and local humor.
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New York
Jug
Ben Beard
Hudvey
Min
Aleth
Beard
Reto Troi
Windy Gould
Belcher
Gary
Tad
Dye GU
Barry
Firis
Pauiaine Beri
Wracesy
Jeosiah Hopkins
Wire
Leal Lette
Garth Tee
Smallest European country to celebrate centennial in Moresnet
The autonomous republic of Moresnet between Germany and Belgium marks the 100 year anniversary of its establishment. With about 8,500 residents in a 1.25 square mile area, it arose from a disputed zinc mine and boundary talks after 1814. It has no courts, and residents choose Belgian or Prussian tribunals, governed by the Napoleonic code.
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Europe
Republic of
Moreanet
Germany
Belgium
Moresnet
Reland
Prussia
Holland
Inter
Jayne
Dr. D
Jayce & Son
Philadelphia
St Pauls Cathedral Sinking Spurs Subway Protest
A London report on St Pauls cathedral's stability claims the structure is moving and cracking. Engineer Sir Francis Fox warns against any subway near the building and urges immediate remedial measures. He cites excessive bus traffic, a heavy foundation load, and unstable waterlogged subsoil as dangers.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Francis Fox
Edison’s Speaking Movies to Debut With Kinetophone
Thomas A Edison plans to introduce talking moving pictures within weeks. The kinetophone, developed over four years, will play films with voice and orchestral accompaniment. Debut selections include the operas Faust and Il Trovatore.
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Thomas A. Edison
Il Trovatore
Emancipation Completes End Of Russian Serfdom
The Russian empire council approves a law abolishing the final vestige of serf status. Emancipation began with the 1801 rescript, the Caucasus exception and transitional measures have ended after about fifty years. Premier Kokovtzoff urged adoption before the council as the law had already passed the duma.
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Council of the Empire
Russia
Caucasus
Kokovtzoff
Duma
Wedding Trip in an Icebox Takes Couple by Fridge Car
Newly married couple Henry Hoffman and Daisy Ray rode a refrigerator car from Philadelphia to Reading, fifty eight miles, for their wedding trip. Trainmen found them in the teabox and handed them to police at Reading. Their pleas secured release after funds were raised to cover their fare to Shawneetown.
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Wilmington
Del
Henry Hoffman
Mias Daisy Ray
Shladelphia
Reading
Thheir
Shauweklo
Bison Shipments and Beef Trade Highlight Odd West Market
A garbled account notes real Algerican bison moved to Kansas City stock yards for slaughter. Seven head were consumed by packers from Zuttaie Joni ruger at Las Vegas. N McWhi bull and cow were butchered for beef with hides sold to New York. Remaining goods reportedly went to Lugwusport Indiana for meat and other products.
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Buffalo
Stock Yards
Kansas City
Las Vegas
York
Ty Lugwusport
Lud
Tor
Traces Ancestry of Race to Origin
Dr David Starr Jordan claims to trace 1000 American families back to Isabella de Vermandois, linking John D Rockefeller and J Pierpont Morgan to Sir Francis Drake. He asserts heavy English Protestant ancestry and warns that eugenics based on lineage could shape society, listing families such as Drake Bacon Granville Howard and Davenport.
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John D. Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Sir Francis Drake
David Starr Jordan
Carmel-by-the-Sea
David Start Dordan
America
Stanford University
Eugenics Commission
American Breeders' Association
Pacific Coast
Jordan
Isabella de Vermandois
Duke of Warren
Dr. Jordan
John D. and
Morgan
Rockefeller
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Harrisons
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Timothy Dwights
Mr. Woolsey
Yale
Isabella de Vermindois
Isabella
Luther Burbank
Carmel
Duchess of
Warren
Page
Lee
Drake
Bacon
Granville
Howard
Courtney
Stuart
Carrol
Blair
Worth
Hawley
Waldo
Durkee Wight
Lake
Benedict
Davenport
Bronze Age Necropolis Found at Vidttano Italy
An extensive Bronze Age necropolis was uncovered at Vidttano Italy with valuable artifacts including Uros coins and weapons among the discoveries. The find highlights the region's ancient burial practices and material culture.
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Vidttano
Italy
Greed in Paris Drives Linotype Strike Threats
The Paris News reports linotype operators threaten a general strike for a nine hour day and 1.60 daily wage. The piece raises questions about labor tensions, lockouts, and the printers and bosses amid the unrest, with references to cautious editors and public attention.
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W& K
Paris News
Forbidden Marriages in Burma Based on Birth Day Rules
In Burma a belief links marriage fate to a person’s weekday birth. Each pir records birthdays with a weekday letter, and names begin with that letter. Despite strict day based rules, the culture allows marriages by personal choice, though Marys and Marks face restrictions on choosing partners due to birth day superstitions.
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Burma
Old Proposals and Oddities From Historic Curiosities
A miscellany notes a skein of curiosities including a painter William Dunt asked to dep ict a kneeling lover offering marriage on a scroll, a bird that shaves its tail with blue down, and a humorous quip about the boumot’s blue tail versus a man’s beard. It cites MacMahon’s costly presidency, a lump-sum settlement, and the origin of modern sealing wax.
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William Dunt
Boumot
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