Drove 5 000 Turkeys to Market in One Big Flock
Evelyn Cahoon recounts a Missouri farm in Linn County with old traditions and turkey lore. She recalls a Brookfield judge describing 6000-turkey drives to Brunswick during river days and the rich New England Thanksgiving of Plymouth with Indian guests and abundant tables.
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Evelyn Cahoon
Linn County
Missouri
Ijin
Judge Hartaler
Brookfield
Brunswick
Thrush
America
Thanksgiving Aboard Alliance in Constantinople Harbor
The 135 man crew of the United States ship Alliance celebrated Thanksgiving near Constantinople. They bought turkeys, pigs and quail, prepared pies and doughnuts, decorated the ship, and hosted 400 guests aboard two long tables. Turkish officials and the Sultan offered cordial congratulations, reflecting strong Ottoman–American friendship.
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United States Ship Alliance
Bosphorus
Constantinople
Adrianople
Jin
Paris
Crimea
Dardanelles
United States
Ottoman Empire
Scutari
Angel of Mercy
Florence Nightingale
Prince's Islands
Sea of Marmora
Pal
Laughing at lumbago and a world of curious maxims
A short editorial voice in Atchison Globe mocks social folly with wry maxims about wealth, honesty, and aging. It notes hard times, remarks on masculine vanity, and quips about widowhood and grave inscriptions in a flippant, observational tone.
Lost the Gloves and a Fateful Game of Temptation
Miss Fannie Lomer recalls a party where Gus Simpson proposed marriage after a playful betting game. She said yes, then he laughed and revealed the wager was to take No 9 gloves, leaving her upset over the trick and his conduct.
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Fannie Lomer
Fannie
Gus Simpson
Mother Eve
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A collection of wry observations on love, fear, fidelity, and social habits. Jabs at sparing effort in leap and sport, critiques of marriage, curiosity, and motives in men and women with playful aphorisms.
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Chicago News
Dowager Empress of China Dead After Long Reign
Pekin reports the death of Tsze Hsi An the idowager empress and regent since 1861 and 1881 respectively. Prince Pu Yi named heir presumptive while Prince Chun assumes guardianship and a mournful court prepares for three years of official mourning.
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Pekin
Tsze Hsi An
China
Kuang Hsu
Prince Pu
Prince Ch
Rgeor Danee
Prince Chun
Pu Yi
Elder Rockwell City murder case opens in Calhoun county
John M. Brown, aged 70 plus, stands trial for the murder of his daughter in law Mrs. Brown in Rockwell City Iowa. The case stems from an August 29 attack with an Indian club after bitter quarrels with Brown and his wife, who had threatened to kill them. Defense is led by M F Healy and Robert Healy. prosecution by F F Hunter J F Lavender and James Parsons. The husband and brothers of the deceased help fund the prosecution as public interest runs high.
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Rockwell City
Brown
Calhoun County
John M. Brown
Colorado
G. G. Brown
West
Robert Healy
Illinois Central Railroad
F. F. Hunter
J. F. Lavender
James Parsons
Des Moines
Farmer shoots wife while cleaning gun near Iowa City
Mrs. A. H. Baird, holding their baby, was accidentally shot in the right shoulder when farmer husband cleaned a magazine rifle. The bullet narrowly missed a major blood vessel. she is expected to recover barring blood poisoning.
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Iowa City
A. H. Baird
Why not build an apartment house with a place to burn old letters
The Kansas City Star ponders the idea of a housing design featuring a safe, contained space to burn postal or personal letters, suggesting an unconventional approach to maintaining privacy and disposing of correspondence.
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The
Kansas City Star
Roosevelt urges farmers meetings to aid country life commission
President Roosevelt writes to Bailey urging farmers and rural allies to hold district meetings before December 5 to advise on open country conditions and government help. The commission adds two members, Barrett of Georgia and Beard of California, to form a seven member panel.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Country Life Commission
Charles S. Barrett
Union City
William A. Beard
Sacramento
Cal
Roosevelt
Bailey
Nlow
New York State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
N. Y
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Des Moines
Kenyon I. Butterfield
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst
Mas Gifford Pinchot
United States Forest Service
Washington
D. C
Walter H. Page
North Carolina
Theodore Roosevelt
Commission On Country Life
Washington SC
Melba's Son Granted Divorce Amid Scandal
George Nesbit Armstrong, son of famed singer Melba, was divorced from Ruby Otway after a 20 month marriage marked by violence and infidelity. Ruby, under 20, described beatings in Texas and Australia and a Hotel Metropole incident with Mr Hoffmann seeking 35 000 dollars. Melba arrived in London with her son, calling him an injured innocent.
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London
George Nesbit Armstrong
Mme
Melba
Ruby Ot- Way
Yn Anappy Union
London Evening
Ruby Armstrong
Texas
Australia
Armstrong
Hoffman
Edwards' Wife Targets Marriage to Harrison's Daughter
In New York, Mrs. Baker Edmund Edwards tore up her husband’s photos and boarded for Asheville to stop his planned marriage to Sophie Harrison Eastman. The Edwards family, prominent Norfolk wealth, rose to society scrutiny as the wife seeks to prevent the union amid a long strain of neglect and a move to live with her aunt in New York.
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Edwards
Harrison
New York
Baker Edmund Edwards
Lettie Nowland
Asheville
N. C
Sophie Harrison Eastman
Balloon America makes 15 mile eastward flight
The racing balloon America started from Los Angeles yesterday afternoon and landed safely at 3 30 this morning. After 12 hours in the air it was 15 miles from the starting point and driven to sea four times during the voyage.
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Los Angeles
Cal
America
Mother slays two children and self in Kentucky home
In Frankfort on November 18, Mrs. Agnes Lidner and her two children, aged 5 and 3, were found dead in their home. Neighbors were drawn by the cries of the children. a razor was found in the mother's grasp. The motive remains a mystery.
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Frankfort
Agnes Lidner
Liberal Victory in Cuban Election Across Island
Returns from 1,369 of 1,498 polling places show General Jose Miguel Gomez winning 183,823 votes to 118,329 for Conservative Mario Menocal. Liberals win all provinces. Havana, Orient, Santa Clara and others, with two to one control of the House anticipated. Gomez, 53, long active in revolutions, becomes president elect amid post intervention politics.
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Havani
Jose Miguel Gomez
Mario Menocual
Havana
Orient
Santa Clara
Camaguey
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Gomez
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Cuba
Washington
United States
Palma
Federation of Labor Convenes Uproar Over Immigration
Denver notes the American Federation of Labor opening with a call for more study of Italian immigrant congestion in big cities and talks of a Washington conference with Italy. It adopts a resolution for Asiatic exclusion and condemns workers crowded in freight cars. The convention also backs woman suffrage free school books uplift of women workers abolition of child labor and old age insurance with Massachusetts Savings Bank support and opposes compulsory arbitration and the Townsend bill.
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Denver
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Federation
Massachusetts Savings Bank
Townsend
Congress
Patrick's Plea Denied by Court in Rice Murder Case
The U S Supreme Court denied Albert T. Patrick a writ of habeas corpus. Patrick, a New York lawyer serving life at Sing Sing, sought release arguing the proceeding was constitutionally invalid after his murder conviction of William Marsh Rice.
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Washington
Albert T. Patrick
New York
Sing Sing
N. Y
William Marsh Rice
Supreme Court of the United States
Patrick
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