The Padrone’s Gut
In a narrow tenement street a brutal padrone assaults a young girl and a passing Alan Pearce rescues her. The star boarder Bolger accuses Pearce of theft when jewelry vanishes, but a brave witness reveals Pietro the padrone’s plot with a monkey helper. Pearce clears his name and helps the girl find a safe home with Annette as they begin a new life.
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Alan Pearce
Pearce
Annette Ryther
Star
Annette
Bolger
Star Boarder
Pietro
The
Law
Carlotta
Names and insults echo in a segregated street scene
Mandy shouts patriotic names to a defiant child as a witness notes racist dynamics. A writer recalls a New York Telegram remark and a child labeled with many names to signal belonging to a so called quality family in a hostile setting.
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Washington
Ham
Lincoln
Christofo
Columbus
Andy Jackson
Jeff
Davis
Mandy
New York Telegram
Potatoes and Buttermilk Shape Irish Diet
An Irishwoman extols potatoes and buttermilk as the nation’s staple, arguing that past generations stayed robust on simple fare while moderns spend on meat and tea yet risk poorer health. She notes potatoes are best boiled or baked in their skins as households share meals.
Spider Olfactory Organs Found on Insects
Doctor McIndoo disproved rival theories on odor organs and located scent receptors on legs and wings of many insects. Experiments showed these organs serve as the true odor receivers across the tested species.
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MciIndoo
Bargain Negotiation Over Self Paying Machinery
A commercial traveler extols his wares to the manager of a works claiming the machines will pay for themselves in under six months. The manager counters with a conditional deal promising half a dozen if they pay, but not if they fail.
Quite Useless Pastor From the Pulpit
A church sermon mocks collecting offerings for Africans calling it useless and notes trouser buttons dropped in the plate. The remarks employ sharp humor to critique the collection and attire.
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Africa
Turning a Leaf Says Uncle Eben on Focusing Ahead
In a folksy line Uncle Eben advises turning over a new leaf means choosing not to notice people who hunt for pack numbers or make remarks. The speech frames personal resolve as practical wisdom for progress.
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Uncle Eben
St Dunstan's Training Blind Soldiers in London
The St Dunstan's institution in Regent Park opens to teach blind veterans trades and Braille under the Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Care Committee. Blind instructors guide poultry farming, market gardening, carpentry, boot repair, mat making, basketry, massage, and Braille typewriting to enable independent living and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Dunstan’s
Regent Park
Otto Kahn
Pierson-Webber
England
Aisne
Oklahoma entomologist reports paralysis in honey bees
State entomologist C E San born at A and M college identifies a paralysis disease affecting Oklahoma honey bees. He tested live bees with the bacillus from dead bees and observed rapid mortality, noting the deceased bees behaved like typical infected individuals.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
C. E. Sanborn
A. & M. College
Oklahoma
Carrie Chapman Catt Led International Suffrage Alliance
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt heads the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance for twelve years and has led campaigns for full or partial suffrage in Tasmania Queensland Finland Norway Sweden Denmark Victoria England Belgium Iceland and seven U S states. She is noted for constructive statesmanship.
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International Woman’s Suffrage Alliance
Carrie Chapman Catt
Alliance
Tasmania
Queensland
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Victoria
England
Belgium
Iceland
United States
Identification of Texan Ranchman Lying in Morgue Seven Years
In Muskogee Oklahoma the body of Charles Williams a ranchman from San Antonio Texas has been identified by his sister Mrs Henry Mills after seven years in a local morgue. The body was found in the Katy stockyards on the night of March 22 1908 a revolver was found in his belt and a bullet pierced his groin. Williams wife and daughter reside in San Antonio.
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Muskogee
Okla
Charles Williams
San Antonio
Tex
Henry Mills
Caddo
Mills
Charlie
Katy
Williams
Built a town for wheat Breton Kansas grows around Ben Foster
Ben Foster, a large landowner in Colby Kansas, built Breton to market 150000 bushels of wheat in 1914. He constructed an elevator, lumber yard, coal yard, store and worker housing and rents plots on long leases as others move in. Foster may become proprietor of a thriving country town.
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Colby
Kan
Ben Foster
Breton
Foster
Deed From 1728 Found By Kansas Abstractor
Frank Allen of Butler County discovered a 1728 deed while sorting papers. The document, dating to the era of King George II, transfers about twenty acres of land in Massachusetts. His mother, Susan B. Allen, found the historic instrument.
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el Dorado
Kan
Frank Allen
Butler County
Susan B. Allen
George II
Massachusetts
Beloit student traps muskrats to fund college
Edwin M. Dahlberg of Cherry Valley Indiana, a Beloit College senior, earns much of his tuition by trapping muskrats along the Rock River above Beloit. He rows out at five each morning in a canoe, skins the animals on the return trip, and cures the pelts in the men's dormitory rafters, sometimes drying hundreds at once.
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Beloit
Wis
Edwin M. Dahlberg
Cherry Valley
Rock River
Dahlberg
Daniel
Boone
Calexico Mother Delivers Twentieth Child
In Calexico California Mrs Alvira Ollav celebrates the birth of her twentieth child. The event highlights a remarkable family milestone in the border city.
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Calexico, Cal
Alvira Ollav
Calexi
Origin of Bayonet claimed as Basque invention and Bayonne tale
A Paris newspaper recounts the bayonet as France’s premier weapon, tracing its origin to Bayonne cited by a Basque tale from 1523 during a siege. Histories link the blade’s birth to Basques with knife-fixed firearms, while noting later military uses from 1641 to 1801 and continued World War I valor.
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Paris
France
Littre
Pyrenees
Bayonne
England
Aragon
Marion
Gassendi
Woman pensioner 108 qualifies for first class pension
Esther Dees of Montgomery county age 108 widow of a Confederate veteran is placed on Alabama’s first class pension roll by Auditor M C Allgood under the new law for widows of Confederate veterans over seventy. A bouquet was sent to her from Gardener Courtney at the capitol.
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Montgomery
Fla
Esther Dees
Montgomery County
M. C. Allgood
Dees
Deen
Allgood
Courtney
Capitol
Plymouth Rock Wonder Hatch Sets Record in Dexter Maine
Ralph C. Blethen of Dexter Maine alleges New England hatch record after placing thirteen eggs under a Plymouth Rock hen and finding eighteen chicks. He suggests double yolked eggs as the explanation.
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Plymouth Rock Wonder
Dexter, Me
Ralph CC
Blethen
New England
Plymouth Rock
Twentieth Child Named Juan Ollay Jr in Spanish Mediterranean Roots
A couple welcomes their twentieth child, a boy born a few weeks ago who will carry the father’s name Juan Ollay Jr. The father was born on a Spanish island in the Mediterranean about fifty years ago and the mother is a native of Guaymas.
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Bor
Juan Ollay, Jr
Mediterranean
Guaymas
First steamship crosses Atlantic in 1833 landmark voyage
The first steamship to cross the Atlantic completed its historic voyage in 1833 marking a pivotal shift in transatlantic travel. The vessel proved steam power could reliably span the ocean, redefining maritime transport and inspiring future liners.
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Atlantic
Iowa Roads Profit Surges Amid Expense Cuts in 1914
Des Moines reports show Iowa railroads boosted net earnings in 1914 despite a national depression. Major lines like Rock Island Milwaukee Northwestern and Burlington cut operating costs, increasing overall earnings per mile and net revenue while publishing detailed 1914 figures for state valuation and taxation review.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Executive Council
A. H. Davison
Executive Council
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Northwestern
Burlington
Mayor Shoots Iowa Editor in Solon Narrowly Misses Death
In Solon editor Frank Kreiger of the Bolon Economy was shot twice in the chest by Mayor C W Wolf after a month of feud over creamery business and ads. Kreiger, 27 and newly married, lay fatally wounded with two bullets in his chest. Wolf, over 50 and twice mayor, was intoxicated and fled with a gun. Wolf taken to Johnson County jail in Iowa City.
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Solon
Frank Kreiger
Bolon Economy
C. W. Wolf
Kreiger
Wolf
Cerny Bros
Iowa City
Johnson County
Touches Live Wire in Play Fatally Shocks Youth
In Waukon Eightteen year old Allten Hines died after grabbing a live wire during play. He received a 1300 volt shock and staggered across the road before succumbing.
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Waukon
Allten Hines
Tragedy Near Audubon Claims Two In Auto Crash
Patrick Browney of Audubon died in an automobile accident near Audubon while returning from Templeton. Philip Foley was seriously injured and unconscious, unable to explain the crash. The incident occurred as the two men traveled home from Templeton.
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Council Bluffs
Patrick Browney
Audubon
Philip Foley
Templeton
Foley
Chokes Over Bean Fatality At Home
Four year old Boone son of Dan McCoy choked on a swallowed bean while playing at home. Authorities reported no aid arrived in time. The incident occurred in the early morning, prompting a routine investigation.
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Boone
Dan McCoy
Seek Missing Beauty Disappears. Police Probe Sabena Polanti
Mason City police and relatives search for Sabena Polanti an Italian beauty who has vanished. Authorities question whether she eloped or was kidnapped and her parents seek the fate of $200 kept in the house. Jesse Colarei is also missing.
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Mason City
Sabena Polanti
Jesse Colarei
Centenarian Attends Memorial Day Service
Uncle Jhonnie Phipps a 103 year old Iowa centenarian traveled from Farragut to Shenandoah for Memorial day exercises.
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Shenandoah
Jhonnie Phipps
Iowa
Personal Witness Against Liquor in a Christian Life
A preacher argues personal abstinence from alcohol as a moral duty and explains why addiction harms body and soul. He links personal health to spiritual peril and expands duty to neighbors through example and voting, denouncing state licensing as aiding a public harm.
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Hell
Kingdom of Heaven
Apostle Paul
Christ
Jesus Christ
Anonymous Aphorism on Friendship and Discretion
Quote emphasizes danger of loyal friends without discretion and suggests prudent enemies may be safer. Highlights caution in trust and personal risk in alliances.
Impatience as Weakness, a Quotation Note
The quote from Winifred Graham warns that impatience reveals weakness. It presents a concise moral stance on self-control and perseverance in adversity.
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