Vast, scattered notes on society and science in the early 1900s
The piece riffs on deer crop damage and New England game laws, costs of living and auto growth, and civic shakeups. It discusses Belva Lockwood advocating women studying law, London smoke suppression via coal mine electricity, and a Burlington Vermont quip where America Vespucius Spaulding sues Christopher Columbus for 17.50. It comments on civilization, health, military athletes, and the fading craze of jiu jitsu.
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Burlington, Vt
America
Lif ford Prison to Be Sold After Council Decision
Donegal county council plans to sell the old Lif ford prison subject to confirmation by the local government board. The historic jail housed notable offenders from the Irish rebellion and French prisoners captured near Lough Swilly. Napper Tandy, famed from The Wearing of the Green, was once imprisoned there.
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Donegal
Lifford
Ireland
London Daily Mail
Lough Swilly
Napper Tandy
Persia Grants Constitution and State Council Reform
The shah of Persia establishes a constitution and creates a 50 member state council excluding peasants. The move follows Russian upheaval and popular pressure, reflecting liberal era influences seen in Europe. A modern enlightened monarchy may grow from ancient Persian realms.
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Persia
Russia
Europe
Xerxes
Darius
Teachers’ wages and national education costs debated
The piece argues tuition payments approximate half of government costs yet yield less than laborers’ wages for teachers. It credits school administrators for service quality and criticizes the notion of a strictly businesslike wage policy. It notes the Pittsburgh Dispatch claim that educators’ conditions echo past practices.
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The
Pittsburg Dispatch
Auto mobile feat marks rapid San Francisco to New York trip
Two men completed a cross country journey from San Francisco to New York in 15 days showcasing practical car travel. Their earlier record two years ago was 33 days and a prior mark 66 days, both achieved by the same team.
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San Francisco
New York
Nose Shaving Mishap Ends In Loss For Colorado Man
A Colorado man shaving tried to brush a fly from his nose and cut off the end of his nose. The tale advises using the other hand when brushing flies. The column notes Cuba’s tobacco crop may fail due to revolution, risking higher cigars if shortage occurs.
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Success Magazine
Colorado
Cuba
Charles Lamb
Prize Fight Draws Several Hundred Women to Gold Field
Dispatches note no mention of women as beautiful or prominent in society despite several hundred white women attending the prize fight at Gold Field New. The report emphasizes attendance over social status.
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Goldfield
New
No Trouble to Disarm the Cuban Insurgents
Havana reports peaceful disarmament of rebel forces under Brig. Gen. Funston. American marines land at Cienfuegos to calm tensions. arms return plans and troop distributions outlined. Taft aims to reinstate Palma cabinet members as disarmament proceeds.
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Havana
Funston
Disarmament Commission
Pino Guerra
del Castillo
Cienfuegos
United States
Havana Landing and Palma Farewell Quietly Closed
Diplomatic corps and foreign consuls bid farewell to ex President Palma at the palace in Havana as marines camp nearby. Taft escorts and disarmament plans are outlined, with Gen Guerra and Gen Funston supervising demobilization and the return home of Cuban rebels.
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Palma
Palace
Taft
Senor Palma
London
End of Winnipeg Strike Settled for Building Trades
Winnipeg building strike ends with all trades back to work except plumbers. Settlement terms halt the labor stoppage and resume normal operation across construction sites in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Winnipeg
Man
Grain Handlers Demand 40 Cent Hourly Rise
Portland grain handlers and longshoremen at the port strike for a 40 cent per hour wage increase to cover workers in loading foreign grain shipments. The action targets workers directly employed in the loading of vessels.
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Portland
Two Dead in Train Collision Near Morristown
In New Line near Morristown Tennessee a fast Southern passenger train struck three men. W. H. Haynes 40 and Dewey Haynes 17 were instantly killed. George W. Cox was fatally injured.
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Knoxville
Tenn
W. H. Haynes
Dewey Haynes
George W. Cox
Southern
New Line
Morristown
New Battleship Georgia Commissioned in Charleston
The United States battleship Georgia was commissioned Monday at the Charleston navy yard with simple ceremonies. Captain Richard G. Davenport, U. S. N., assumed command of the ship.
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Boston
United States
Georgia
Charleston Navy Yard
Ricchard G. Davenport
Appointment of Reuben Perry as Supervisor of Indian Schools
Reuben Perry formerly superintendent of the Navajo Indian agency was appointed by the secretary of the interior to supervise Indian schools in Washington.
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Washington
Reuben Perry
Navajo Indian Agency
Secretary of the Interior
American yacht smuggling 42 Chinese passengers reported
An American yacht from New York left Placentia carrying 42 Chinamen believed to be smuggling attempts into Canadian or American ports.
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St. Johns
N. F
New York
Placentia
Earthquakes Rattle Tabasco Mexico Reports Reach Here
Reports from across Tabasco indicate many light earthquake shocks have been felt with little damage so far.
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Tabasco
Mex
Illinois Methodists Adjourn After Conference
Springfield Nl1 The Illinois conference of the Methodist Episcopal church adjourned after adopting resolutions urging laymen to form an association to meet annually at the seat of conference.
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Springfield
Fire at Pittsburg Plate Glass in Cleveland explodes
An early morning blaze at the Pittsburg Plate Glass plant in Cleveland caused an oil explosion, spread to about six nearby buildings, and triggered a second blast that toppled walls around 11 o clock. Three firemen were hospitalized but not fatally hurt. Loss is about $200000.
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Cleveland, Q
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Mongolia Reaches Honolulu After Stranding Rescue
The Pacific Mail steamer Mongolia arrived in Honolulu on Friday following a grounding at Midway Island and subsequent refloating. It was accompanied by the U S Army transport Buford sent to aid the stranded vessel.
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Mongolia
Honolulu
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Midway Island
United States Army
Buford
Paris Brig Gen Picquart Promoted to General of Division
Paris announces Brigadier General Picquart famed defender of Dreyfus has been promoted to general of division. The move elevates the veteran officer noted for his role in the Dreyfus affair and contributes to France’s wartime leadership structure.
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Paris
Picquart
Dreyfus
Stensland Pleads Guilty and Is Sent to Joliet
Paul O. Stensland, president of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, pleaded guilty to embezzlement in Illinois. He was sentenced under the indeterminate law to prison with a $120 fine, was sent to Joliet, and given convict number 9902 after confessing to transactions tied to the bank looting. He was captured in Tangier and returned to Chicago for sentencing.
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Chicago
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Illinois
Joliet
Stensland
Tangier
Morocco
Healy
Whitman
Santa Fe
WIFE MURDERER Surrenders After Fatal Quarrel
Henry Sussman, arrested in Minneapolis, is charged with murdering his wife as she slept in a Glenwood hotel room. He confessed after being taken into custody, claiming they quarreled all night. Found unconscious in a Nashville hotel room at 1:30 am with five gas jets on, he faced death by self-inflicted exposure.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Henry Sussman
Glenwood
Sussman
Nashville
Hearst Nominated for New York Governor at Democratic Convention
William R. Hearst was nominated for governor by the New York Democratic state convention on a platform denouncing centralization of private enterprises. He led on a single ballot with 309 votes, followed by Congressman William Sulzer with 124 and John A. Dix with 17. The Democrats also nominated two Independence League candidates for lieutenant governor and secretary of state.
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Buffalo
W. Bourke Cochran
William J. Bryan
William R. Hearst
New York
Hearst
Independence League
Leutenant
William Sulzer
John A. Dix
Italian Ambassador Resigns from Washington Post
Baron Mayer des Planches, Italy's ambassador to the United States and dean of the diplomatic corps in Washington, has resigned and returned to Rome with no successor named yet.
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Rome
Baron Mayer Des Planches
United States
Washington
Cannon to stump for Hughes in gubernatorial race
New York reports Speaker Joseph G. Cannon of the national House will campaign for Charles E. Hughes, the Republican candidate for governor. The move signals strong party backing as Hughes seeks election.
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Cannon
Stump
New York
Joseph G. Cannon
National
House of Representatives
Charles FE. Hughes
Daly Becomes a Broker in New York Firm
Lieut Charles R Daly who resigned his army commission two months ago has joined Mills Bros Co stock exchange firm in New York. Daly was formerly a Harvard quarterback.
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Daly
New York
Charles R. Daly
Stock Exchange
Mills Bros. & Co
Harvard
Attempted wreck of train near Barton South Carolina
Train wreckers removed seven rails from the Southern railroad at Barton on Thursday morning derailing passenger train No 30. No one was killed.
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Columbia
S. C
Southern Railroad
Barton
Six Die In Wabash Rail Crash Near Danville Ill
Fast passenger train No 8 on the Wabash struck an open switch and hit a freight train near Danville. Six killed and about 385 to 40 injured, many with minor hurts. Fire spread rapidly through the cars as rescuers battled flames.
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Danville
Ill
Henry Miller
Wabash Road
Minneapolis
Minn
Minneapolis & St. Louis
New Prague
Foreign meats exempt from U S meat inspection law
Secretary of agriculture reports Attorney General opinion negates applying the meat inspection act to imports. Moody states amendments cover only domestic meat industry in Chicago stockyards and packing houses. He urges new legislation for broad inspection of meat slaughtering and packing establishments.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
United States
Moody
Chicago
Neill-Reynolds
Mayor McClellan says he will not vote for Hearst
New York mayor John F. McClellan announced he will not vote for William R. Hearst for governor. He affirmed affiliation with the Democratic party yet opposed Hearst and Charles F. Murphy, while pledging to vote for his party’s ticket in the state.
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New York
McClellan
Hearst
Charles F. Murphy
William R. Hearst
Miss Elsie Plantz and Irwin W Church Win Carnegie Medals
Miss Elsie Plantz daughter of Lawrence University president and Irwin W Church of Mequon Falls receive Carnegie medals for lifesaving after they rescued three Lawrence girl students who fell through ice while skating last winter. The three girls were saved and Plantz and Church narrowly avoided perishing.
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Milwaukee
Elsie Plantz
Samuel Plantz
Lawrence University
Appleton, Wis
Irwin W. Church
Menominee Falls
Lawrence
Senator Clark in Auto Accident
Word from Marseilles France reports Senator W A Clark suffered a broken rib in an automobile crash in Butte Montana. The patient was slowly recovering at last report.
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Butte, Mont
Marseilles
France
W. A. Clark
Poisoned Meat Craze Hits German Village
A Tageblatt dispatch from Kattowitz Prussian Silesia reports 30 residents of Zlobin near Kattowitz suddenly went insane after eating poisoned meat.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Kattowitz
Prussian Silesia
Mexican Crops Hit by Torrential Pacific Rains
Heavy rains across Mexico have damaged crops in large areas, with torrential downpours on the Pacific slope disrupting railroad construction and slowing repairs.
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Mexico City
Pacific Slope
Boston Car Barns Burned in Chelsea Fire
Fire destroyed the car barns of the Boston and Northern Street Railway on Washington avenue Chelsea early Thursday, burning about 80 cars. Loss estimated at 500000 dollars.
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Boston
Boston and Northern Street Railway Company
Washington Avenue
Chelsea
Cure For The Blues Viola Pinkham Medicine Advertisement
A 19th century style medical testimonial touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female distress including blues, nervousness, and despondency. Rosa Adams of Louisville credits restored health and buoyancy to the remedy and urges others to write for advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Rosa Adams
12Th Street
Louisville
Roger Hanson
Pinkham
Lydia
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