Washington moves to shape Rockefeller funds education plan
Senator Works supports congressional action on a Rockefeller education fund tied to money from criminal sources. President Wilson abandons currency legislation at a special session but will outline a foundation for reform based on Pujo findings. The agriculture department warns of a pink boll worm invasion via cotton seed from Egypt or India.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Senator Works
John D. Rockefeller
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
United States
Egypt
India
Contempt rulings cut for Labor leaders Gompers Morri son and Mitchell
The DC Court of Appeals sustained contempt judgments against Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor while reducing Gompers to thirty days in jail and imposing 6500 fines on Mitchell and Morrison each. Also reports a massive powder blast near St Louis, a Denver grand jury action, a Peru Indiana railroad fire, and other early 20th century crime and legal items.
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Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Mass of 1904 incidents and legal actions sweep the nation
A compilation notes banking and political disputes, a fatal aviation accident in Oakland, a railroad strike vote east of Chicago, New Haven stock profits claimed before the ICC, Sulzer primaries defeated in Albany, a Chicago automobile homicide verdict, a fatal fire at Oswego and widespread labor strikes in Syracuse and Ohio. It also mentions Miss Margaret Wilson riding in a taxi at high speed.
Resignation at Princeton Seminary President Patton
Dr Francis Landley Patton resigns as president of the Princeton Theological Seminary and will receive a 3000 dollar annual pension. Representative Lewis J Martin of Newton New Jersey dies suddenly at Union Station Washington in first term. Taft endorses free trade in New Haven lecture. Annie Sun daughter of Sun Yat Sun ill and to sail home from Berkeley to Shanghai. Philadelphia fires prevention congress planned for October. Gettysburg prepares for fiftieth anniversary with US Army infantry arrival.
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Princeton (N. J
Lewis J. Martin
Newton
N. J
Union Station
Washington
Martin
William Howard Taft
Kent
Yale
University
New Haven
Conn
Annie Sun
Sun Yat Sun
Chinese Republic
Snell’s Seminary
Berkeley
Cal
Mongolia
Shanghai
Montenegro evacuates Scutari as powers demand
Foreign King Nicholas orders withdrawal from Scutari fortress amid European pressure. Montenegro faces crisis as cabinet resigns in response to the demands.
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Montenegro
Scutari
State Board Promulgates J prison Bath Rules in Indiana
Indiana boards publish jail regulations under new law requiring bath upon intake and weekly cleansing. Rules cover segregation by sex and age, matron care for women and boys, ban on tramps, cell hygiene, daily cleaning, language limits, and punishments including diet changes and confinement.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
State Board of Charities
Stand by Accused Youth
Evansville May 7. James Ferres fifteen pleads not guilty to first degree murder in the stabbing death of his father John L. Ferres fifty six after a dispute over spending earnings. Family seeks bail, citing alleged mental defect. preliminary hearing set for May 14.
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James Ferres
John L. Ferres
Two youths hurt in separate Brazil incidents
John Williams, 16, was killed after hopping a freight train to a baseball game. Jiliza Schlater, 19, near Harmony, was seriously injured when dragged by a motorcycle after a fall. doctors fear the injuries may be fatal.
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Brazil
John Williams
Raimey Williams
Jiliza Schlater
Ulrich Schlater
Harmony
Unidentified Man Shot Near Vandalia Yards
An unidentified man about 35, 165 pounds, 5 feet 6 inches tall with sandy hair and mustache was found shot in the Vandalia yards in South Bend. A revolver lay beside the body, but police acknowledge it may have been placed to mislead investigators.
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South Bend
Muse Tache
Court Secrets In Royal Life Revealed In Mrs Jarrold Book
The Married Life of Queen Victoria alleges she grew less visible as kingly power shifted to Albert. It recounts quarrels over tea and a palace famine in 1847 Ireland, noting Victoria's temper and frugal household orders that altered flour use and costs.
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Jerrold
Prince Consort
England
Albert
Lord Melbourne
Victoria
Ireland
Age of Fish and Growth Rates Revealed
Scientists now determine fish age by annual rings in bones scales and otoliths. Studies on plaice show ages up to twenty five or twenty nine years and reveal growth rates differ by sex.
Modern and Future Wonders
A Popular Mechanics poll of 1,000 scientists names the seven modern wonders: wireless telegraphy, the telephone, the aeroplane, radium, antiseptics, Spectrum analysis, and the X ray. It notes Greeks set a similar list 20 centuries ago and imagines future wonders like universal peace, justice, and the end of disease and poverty.
Promoting Industrial Stock Patent Aims to Aid Aviators
A Wall Street insider says Jenkins promotes a new industrial stock while Broadstreet reveals a patent for suspending guide posts and milestones in the air to prevent aviators from losing their way.
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Wallstreet
Jenkins
Broadstreet
Hen earns praise for selfless clucks over egg for omelette
A playful note praises a chicken for its unselfish act as it clucks joyously over an egg meant to feed others. The whimsy highlights the hen’s benevolent role in providing a meal.
Marriage a Battleship
Jack speaks of ships and courtship as a transport. Fresh supply Mrs. Austins Bag Buck wheat now on hand at your grocers. Adv. Many a man gains a reputation as a good fellow when he is headed for the bad.
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Tom
Kill the Files Now and Prevent Disease Ad
A daily fly killer is advertised to kill thousands and last all season. Sold through dealers with express paid delivery for one dollar. H Somers at 150 De Kalb Avenue Brooklyn New York distributes the product.
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Express
H. Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y. Ady
Its Species Polly Glot Bird Joke
A quip about a parrot that can speak many languages ends with a pun on Polly and polyglot, highlighting wordplay on a talking bird.
Early Sewing Machine Claim Traces to 1775 Patent
The earliest authentic record of sewing machinery dates to 1775 with a patent in England by Charles F Weisenthal.
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Firet
England
Charles F. Weisenthal
Ragtime Made Easy Reflection at Church
A fragment recalls a mother cutting her finger and playing ragtime on the pipe organ at church, where a boy remarks that Mrs. H- can play ragtime now, via an Exchange note.
Boy Misses Prayers Believing God Busy Unpacking Body
A child asks why he cannot pray because he thinks God is busy unpacking Mr. Brown's body from a casket seen earlier. The nurse explains the box contains Mr. Brown and the child concludes God is too occupied to listen.
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Jimmy
Mr. Brown
Make It Meaty Prices Rise as Editor Demands Meaty Copy
A heated exchange unfolds as a newspaper writer pleads for a short snappy piece while complaining about the high cost of meat at 25 cents per pound and rising. The editor insists on a substantial article despite thin pay.
Electric outage at widow's town house shocks London dinner
A London letter recalls an awkward power failure at a wealthy widow's home where a dozen guests dined by candlelight. The new butler alerted the electric company after the outage and the caller received a blunt notice about unpaid bills, adding humor to the scene.
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London
Electric Company
More Than Ever Increased Capacity for Mental Labor
An Illinois woman credits Postum with boosting kidney and bowel function, steadier nerves, and renewed mental stamina after twenty years of coffee use. She reports improved heart action, reduced despondency, and stronger physical and mental performance, now doing hard work with less fatigue. Postum Co. promotes Instant Postum as a soluble form and offers the booklet The Road to Wellville. There's a Reason for Postum.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Postum
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