Sight Restored by Prayer in Kenton County Ky
Rev J We slex of Necomsay creek Methodist church describes a dramatic recovery of sight after years of blindness. He recalls losing vision at age seven, visiting two Cincinnati specialists who said recovery was impossible, then, after prayers with local believers, cataracts reportedly lifted and he now reads coarse print and hopes for complete sight.
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Kenton County
J. Weslex
Methodist Episcopal Church
Necomsay Creek
Tles
Iles
Cincinnati
Pendleton
Kenton
Hypnosis Used In Surgery On Mrs. Stewart In Chicago
Mrs. M F Stewart underwent a surgical procedure without anesthesia using hypnosis at a Chicago hospital in Ewing Place. The patient entered a hypnotic state in three minutes, felt no pain from the knife, and recalled tickling sensations during cutting while reporting a sensation of suspension in air during sewing.
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M. F. Stewart
Ewing Place
Chicago
Visible Speech club offers science of sounds and speech ease
The Visible Speech club at the Berkeley Lyceum in New York held its first seance. Members studied vocal curves and lines, aiming to improve pronunciation and elegance in speech. Miss Marge Thompson explains visible speech applies to all humanity, not just the deaf.
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Visible
Berkeley Lyceum
New York City
Marge Thompson
Alexander Melville Bell
Heir to Be Prince of Rome Rumor Clarified
An Italian royal birth rumor says a son of King Humbert and Queen Helena may bear the title prince of Rome. The claim arose from a private remark at the marriage, prompting a Vatican protest and renewed objections if Helena bears a son.
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Italy
Humbert
Helena
Montenegro
Rome
Vatican
Victor Emmanuel
Muri
Decline of Britain's Bicycle Industry Cited
The Birmingham Daily Mail reports a severe downturn in cycling firms over four years, noting about £20 million lost by public investors and £5 million in capital from companies that disappeared. Overcapitalization, reckless trading, and fierce competition are blamed as the root causes. Only Birmingham Small Arms and Palmer Tire show zero dividends, while most firms fared worse with few improving balance sheets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Birmingham Daily Mail
Birmingham Small Arms
Palmer Tire
Foor
Raleigh
Rudge-Whitworth
All Days
B. Brooks & Co
Whitefish Hatchery Sees Big Catch and Exhibit Plans
During the spawning season on the Detroit river about 20 000 whitefish were caught yielding over 200 000 000 eggs placed in Detroit and Put in Bay hatcheries. A large mix of Great Lakes species will be sent to the International Forest Fish and Game exposition in Chicago on February 9 1924 with nine land locked salmon from Lake St John joining the display.
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Tretroit
Detroit
Put-in-Bay
Innda
Great Lakes
Belle Isle
Aquarium
International Forest, Fish and Game Association
Chicago
Lake St. John
Quebec
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Maine
Starr to Study Indians on Mexico Trip
Prof. Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago sails for six months to study Lacandones and other tribes in Mexico. He will document a village where whites and mixed-bloods were slain in 1869 and an outbreak linked to pagan rites. Starr, with three assistants, plans field work in Chiapas including a skin disease called pinto and extensive forest travel.
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Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Mexico
Western Hemisphere
Chiapas
Pinto
Starr
Emperor of China to Return to Peking Sparks Beating of Dust
The Omaha Bee notes that once the Chinese emperor decides to return to Peking the powers will be alerted and a dusted room prepared, with furniture arranged, if he notifies them of his coming.
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Fis
China
Peking
Omaha Bee
French Dominican monks quit Westchester for France
The French Dominican Fathers at Sherman Park Westchester left for France after six years in New York due to harsh climate and unfriendly conditions. About 30 clergy and novices faced a climate burden that reduced numbers to six, who now do parish work. Originating in Lyons, the order fled France after 1880 expulsions, detoured through Switzerland and Holland, then Jerusalem, before arriving in the United States in 1894.
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Becaust
Westchester County
Sher- New York
France
Lyons
Dominican Fathers
Province of
Switzerland
Holland
Jerusalem
Dragon Flyer airship eyed by emperor and Austrian experts
Elm Kress, inventor of the Dragon Flyer, describes a silk covered winged airship using two horizontal screw propellers and a benzine motor of 20 horsepower. Weighing under 400 pounds, experiments are planned for next spring at Neusiedel near the Hungarian frontier with Prof. von Radinger predicting success.
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Elm Kress
Francis Joseph
Neusiedel
Herr Kress
Prof
von Radinger
Austria
London Honors Danish Poet Holger Drachmann
Danish poet and dramatist Holger Drachmann receives lavish praise in London. Edmund Gosse hails him as Denmark’s greatest living poet and a vivid European personality, with invitations to visit America reportedly forthcoming.
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Holger Drachmann
Gosse
Denmark
Europe
Red hair stenographers sought by Captain Riggs in New York
Capt Riggs on Ninth Street and University Place advertised for stenographers and other clerical workers only if they have red hair. He said red haired workers are brighter and more energetic and noted difficulty finding red haired stenographers despite plenty of red haired applicants for other clerical tasks. A young woman identified as Ali entered the room at ten o clock.
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Riggs
Ninth Street
University Place
New York City
Aid
Sam
Ali
Woman's Waiting for Chair in Washington
Mrs. Carvle Chapman Catt predicts a day when the executive chair in Washington will be filled by a woman. The Times-Herald notes future presidents will include a woman and the nation will still see the United States at the end of the president's message.
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Wowan
Carvle Chapman Catt
Washington
Early Education in China Opens Four B Cat Lesson
A fragment notes Chittenne children begin schooling with a focus on the four B Cat, a three year old education task. The readable text hints at early literacy aims in a China context.
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Eharly Odvecetion
China
Chittene
Monte Carlo Style Gambling Ship Planned Off Brighton
A New York Journal and Advertiser report says London syndicate plans a converted obsolete Atlantic liner moored just inside the three mile limit to host a floating hotel and Monte Carlo roulette in the English Channel off Brighton. A private club section and public gaming space would cater to European visitors with experienced croupiers and Monaco rules. The venture aims to profit from hotel and restaurant operations while funding a bank stake and ship outfitting estimated at $250,000.
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London
New York Journal and Advertiser
Monte Carlo
English Channel
Brighton
Londons
Monaco
Europe
Ostend
Sing Sing May Rebrand as Ossining in City Vote
Citizens at a town meeting in Sing Sing New York urge renaming the village to Ossining the name of the surrounding township. Advocates say the change could help attract merchants by shedding the penal connotation of Sing Sing. Population decline in Sing Sing contrasts with growth in nearby towns.
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Sing Sing
New York
Phline
O'Petit
Ossining
Westchester County
Joke on a German diplomat in Paris drawing room
A diplomat recounts an anecdote about Prince Radolin who is teased for his self consciousness. A friend once called him Radolinsky in St. Petersburg, two years later hailed him as Stado and noted his name losing a syllable each year seeking a sly portrait of vanity.
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Prince Munster von Bernburg
Paris
St. Petersburg
Prince Radolin
Count Radolinsky
Frederick Til
Radolinsky
Radolin
Stado
Brief Senate Term and Pole Expedition Notes
A short term for Mr. Towne in the senate is noted as not the shortest in history. Robert Rantoul Jr. was elected by Massachusetts' coalition legislature to fill Webster's unexpired term. The piece mentions Rantoul's late return and a February 22 start date. It also notes a forthcoming North Pole expedition next summer and that some nations pay explorers to not return and report.
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Towne
Senate
Robert Ranetoul, Jr
Massachusetts
Webster
Fillmore
Rantoul
Far West
Wnthl
North Pole
Uhiedso ‘Times-Herald
Moieration In Chiomey
A man in Chicago enters a dark alley with a stranger, a jest ends abruptly as an incident occurs, authorities report the unexpected encounter in the city.
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Chicago
Man Declared His Own Grandfather in Alabama Court
A peculiar probate dispute in Albion Illinois arose over a $175 bequest. James Hartwell, age 21, was claimed to be his own grandfather through a chain of marriages and deaths, leading to a court ruling that a living Hartwell was the beneficiary.
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James Hartwell
Albion
Albion, Ill
Swan
Pennies Pile Delays Aid to Galveston Sufferers
In Queensborough New York a school collection yielded 26 750 pennies for Galveston victims. Banks refused the coin due to minting weight and handling issues. Pennies were dumped in a cellar packing box before a department store finally agreed to exchange them for cash.
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Queensborough
New York
Galveston
Plushing Savings Bank
Queens County Bank
Manhattan
Board of Education
Main Street
Flushing
New Bridge’s Strength Proved in Grand Test
The Pont Alexandre bridge, begun with the Franco-Russian alliance, withstood a heavy test after thousands of visitors and heavy loads including locomotives and field guns crossed it. Its architect praised the performance as a triumph for peace era engineering.
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Nicholas
Marconi Technique Inspires London Professor Findings
Prof. Fleming of London University reportedly engaged in experiments toward a new form of wireless power transmission using ether as Marconi does for signaling. The claim notes Marconi's concern over others using an apparatus similar to his nickel filings and silver mixture in a drain tube with nickel rods at each end.
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Fleming
London University
Marconi
Predicts Woman President in Coming Century
Carrie Chapman Catt, head of the National Woman Suffrage Association, predicts a woman president before 2000 AD if progress mirrors the nineteenth century. In Philadelphia she told a Suffragists meeting at St George's Hall that no living woman is fit to be president yet, but the next century will uncover needed pioneers.
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Acierson
Carrie Chapman Catt
St. George’s Hall
Philadelphia
Willie Base
Immigration Study Shows Tropics Send Very Few Migrants
A 1909 immigration report notes nearly 450000 people will enter the United States that year for permanent homes. Europe supplies most arrivals with Austria Hungary, Italy, and Russia leading. tropical regions contribute less than 1 percent. The trend highlights preference for cooler climates and domestic prosperity over tropical lands.
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United States
Immigration Bureau
Bureau of Statistics
Austria Hungary
Italy
Russia
United Kingdom
Ireland
Europe
Tropdes
Jews Organize An All Jewish Regiment In New York
Some 200 to 400 Jews gathered at the Sixty-ninth regiment armory in New York City to form an exclusively Jewish regiment. Over 1,506 men signed the roster pledging recruitment. Governor Roosevelt and other officials endorsed the idea, with Adjutant General Hoffman noting state limits on funding if the unit seeks equipment. A proposal to form nationality based companies was rejected.
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Sixty-ninth Régiment
New York City
United States
National Guard
New York
Guv. Troovevelt
Adjt
Hoffman
Europe
Rosalie Kaufman Marries Harry McCann Former Maine Sailor
Rosalie Kaufman of Brooklyn married Harry Sylvester McCann a survivor of the Maine disaster in Havana harbor. McCann endured 60 days on a desert island after the ship sank and later served in the Brooklyn Navy Yard ordnance department.
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Rosalie Kaufman
Brooklyn
Savannah
Wis
Harry Sylvester McCann
Maine
Havana Harbor
Desert Island
Parker Chadwick
McDonnell
McCann
Capt
Sigebee
Bill” Antiony
Havana
McCune
Ordnance Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fragmentary Syracuse note hints at population contest
Fragments mention Syracuse, N Y and Telus with a worn phrase about population contest. Expressions suggest a newspaper snippet discussing civic or demographic actions without clear details or context.
How He Knows Poets Said to Be Plentiful in America
Professor Triges asserts a large share of American poets live abroad by day. The Chicago Times-Herald notes in mock commentary that Triges finds poets in pews and papers, suggesting a humorous view of literary presence.
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Triges
America
Chicagi
Timee-Herald
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Cont Randalin
Ines Hartwell
Amion
Lords OF Pennies
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Myre
Carrie
Catt Saye
Tropics
Orennia
India
Arabia
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West Indies
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Eelther
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