Tolstoi Circle Report From Professor Steiner In Grinnell
Iowa College Professor Edward A Steiner returns from Europe and describes Tolstoi estate Yasnaya Polyana near Moscow. He recounts Tolstoi illness, spiritualist visitors, and Tolstoi influence on Moscow cab drivers. Steiner portrays the Tolstoi circle as a loose group of adherents with diverse professions. He details Jewish issues and government scapegoating in Russia amid rising peasant unrest.
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Yasnaya Polyana
Moscow
Tolstoi
England
Russia
Kingdom of God
Tolstoi Circle
Tole
Kishinef
Dublin Municipal Vote Fails on King Edward Address
July 15 Dublin Municipal Corporation debates an address of welcome to King Edward. The public gallery fills before the meeting. Maude Gonne participates in protests. Lord Mayor Harrington denounces the address as traitorous to Irish interests. After four hours the motion to favor the address is defeated 40 to 37 as police restore order.
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Dublin
Down
Municipal Corporation
Edward
Harrington
Maude Gonne
McBride
Antarctic Exploration Report Reveals New Mountain Range
Captain Scott and the Discovery expedition reach 83.20 south latitude with a vast unknown mountainous region extending toward the pole. The Morning relays details of new coast, sled journeys, and a wintering at Victoria Land with one casualty, a drowned sledger.
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San Francisco
William Colbeck
Morning
Discovery
South Pole
London
New Coast Line
R. F. Scott
R. N
Antarctic
Scott
North Pole
Duke
Mac Murdo Bay
Victoria Land
Cape Dare
Cape Crozier
Barrier
Arctic
Mounts Erebus
Terror
Royds
Skelton
Mt. Terror
Admiralty Range
Mullins Captured After Jail Break Near Fort Leavenworth
Gilbert Mullins, leader of the Fort Leavenworth mutiny in 1901, escaped from the Junction City county jail with three others and was later recaptured by Patrick Folck after a pursuit. Mullins and companions overpowered Sheriff Lease but were pursued by soldiers from Fort Riley. Harry Barney remains at large.
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Junction City
Kan
Gibert Mulin
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Riley
Mullins
Gilbert Mullins
Patrick Folck
Folck
Harry Barney
Troublesome Soldiers Try to Lynch Two Negroes After Shooting
United States soldiers from Fort Leavenworth attempted to lynch Elveridge Williams and Walter Brown, two Black men, after a nighttime altercation in which one fired shots at a soldier. Leavenworth police, aided by Kansas City deputies, maintained order for over an hour.
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Kansas City
Journal
Leavenworth
Kan
United States
Fort Leavenworth
Elveridge Williams
Walter Brown
Williams
Corn acreage shows decrease in July crop report
Preliminary returns from the U S Department of Agriculture indicate corn planted acreage at about 39 8 million, down 4 204 million acres or 46 percent from last year The July 1 crop condition averaged 79 4 vs 87 5 in 1902 and 78 2 as ten year average Winter wheat and other crops show varied conditions with oats barley and rye also reported The overall report covers fruits minor crops and will be detailed in the crop reporter
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
United States
Gomeeree
Tates
Michigan
Nebraska
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Texas
Tennessee
Dakota
Minnesota
Tabloids of Beer Pill Ferment Causes Global Reach
London reports a tabloid jelly that preserves malt to make beer by adding water. A pint bottle and jelly method purportedly yield fresh beer anywhere, with claims of superior taste and no temperature impact. Savings in production time are promised for colonial markets.
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London
Ancient Puck Reflects on Time and Memory
Fragmentary reminiscence voices an old ruler's doubt about memory and existence. The speaker questions the era before life and the paradox of recalling a time prior to being. A wistful meditation on age and perception emerges from the imperfect text.
Kinkaid Talks Roosevelt and West in Nebraska Visit
Congressman M P Kinkaid of Nebraska's Sixth district spoke at the Hotel Baltimore en route home from the South. He predicted Roosevelt would win Nebraska next year with large cross party support and argued for Western strength in the GOP ticket. He also discussed irrigation needs, fence policy, and shared plans for reservoirs near the Colorado border.
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Kinkaid
Kansas City
M. P. Kinkaid
Nebraska
Baltimore
O'Neill
Neb
Congress
Congressman Kinkaid
Roosevelt
Colorado Line
Colorado
Jap Minister Weds Kentucky Heiress Amid Public Interest
Yutaka Minkakuchi of Japan and Miss Oliver Buckner of Cane Ridge Kentucky plan a home wedding in Lexington. Minkakuchi, educated at Kentucky University and now ordained, has traveled widely and speaks five languages. The couple met during a Cane Ridge church dinner and will travel the US after the ceremony before Harvard study and a return visit to Japan.
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Lexington
Paris
Yutaka Minkakuchi
Japan
Oliver Buckner
Rosa Buckner
Cane Ridge
Kentucky University
Minkakuchi
St. Petersburg
Russia
K. Terami
Tokio
Miss Buckner
Kentucky
Bourbon County
Buckner
Brooks
Christian Church
Abbas II Khedive of Egypt Visits England
The Egyptian khedive Abbas II, in London, abstains from wine and tobacco, keeps to one wife, and lives near his mother in Koubbeh palace. He earns 500000 dollars yearly plus 68000 for family support, owns Nile delta farmland, employs American harvest machinery, rides daily, and speaks multiple languages including Arabic, French, German, Italian, Turkish, and English.
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London
Abbas II
Egypt
England
Koubbeh
Abbas Sr
Baptists Begin 8th Open Convention in Atlanta
The Baptist Young People's Union opens in Atlanta with about 5,000 delegates from across the United States and Canada. President John H. Chapman of Chicago presided as welcomes and routine business were tackled on day one.
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Atlanta
Canada
Interna1 Baptist Young People’s Union
John H. Chapman
Chicago
Clues Reported in Baltimore Murder Case Delay Arrests
After a courthouse conference, Assistant O'Dunne and Detective Atkinson said the Johnson case lacks sufficient evidence to arrest a principal suspect for murder. Detectives pursue new clues while police push a death by action theory, and bloody coat and shoe found at the Johnson home are to be analyzed.
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Baltimore
O’dunne
William Atkinson
O'Dunne
Johnson
Mr. O'Dunne
Mortimer Johnson
Pumphrey
Lady Durette
William Suter
Johnson House
George Johnson
Joseph Johnson
Alli
Hollins Street
Dumas
Sheeler
Abraham Neale
Gi Neale Eave Beecick
Lee
Durette
Walter Johnson
End is in sight Payne says postoffice probe near finish
Postmaster General Payne announced the postoffice investigation is in sight and nearing closure though he could not give a precise completion date. He deemed Madden’s publication incident connected to the Tegiatry contract as closed.
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Payne
Washington
Madden
Heat Wave Claims Grow Across Atlantic Cities
Excessively hot weather costs many lives in New York and nearby cities. By noon eleven deaths attributed to heat had occurred in Brooklyn, with three more deaths and five prostrations in the city. Philadelphia reports two deaths and three prostrations from the heat.
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Atlantic
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Ames mayor election ends with a tramp chosen by convention
A small Ohio town faced a controversial convention that elected Alonzo R. Weed a self described tramp from Cincinnati as mayor. The plan included a bribe of whisky to keep him from drinking until after the vote, sparking debate over eligibility and municipal law before Weed was declared the mayoral nominee.
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Cincinnat
Orichy
Columbus
Ting
Alonzo R. Weed
Henry Clerk McCune
Amesys
Cincinnati
Nash
Weed
The Sign of the Fish in Early Christian Symbolism
The article traces why early Christians used the fish symbol ichthus on monuments and rings, linking it to an acrostic from Greek letters forming “Jesus Christ, Son of God the Savior.” It notes widespread ichthus marks in Asia Minor and Rome, and recalls a baptismal signet practice and a vivid anecdote illustrating faith through the fish symbol.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
A. W. Patten
Ramsey
Asia
Jesus Christ
God the
Savior
Syalalo
Rome
Ramsay
Asia Minor
Christ
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Lot
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Stilwell
Johnny
Nellie
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