Princeton President Seeks Radical Education Overhaul
Dr. Woodrow Wilson warned at a Waldorf-Astoria dinner that American education must change radically. He backed a wide scale tutorial system and assessments by subject mastery, not class hours, and outlined plans costing about 12.5 million dollars to expand Princeton. He urged closer student guidance, revised exams, and engagement with philosophy, literature, and history to forge thinking, not merely residence. The event drew around 600 Princeton alumni with ex-President Patton present.
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Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Waldorf-Astoria
Princeton
New York
America
Francis la. Patton
Wilson
James W. Alexander
Alexander
Mr. Dooley
United States
Dr. Wilson
Tiger
Dooley
Patton
Henry E. Howland
Yale Club
Austen
G. Fox
Harvard
George J. Rives
Columbia
Rubber Scarcity Amid Peru Forest Destruction
A New York Times report from Washington cites Consul Kenneday noting a collapse of Peru caoutchoue forests due to wasteful tapping, urging shifts to Bolivia for supply. Balata and gutta percha prospects rise in Brazil with low production costs and fewer risks than rubber gathering.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
Kenneday
State Department
Cat Para
Brazil
Peru
Madeira
Bolivia
Amazon
Consul Kenneday
Guianas
Venezuela
Tropics
White Squadron Captures Mayaguez and Mines Harbor
Admiral Sumner commanding the White Squadron with Iowa Illinois Alabama and Chicago captured Mayaguez without resistance at Gil and mined the harbor. Blue scouts failed to detect the moving white division. fleet command rearranges, with Sumner advancing toward Culebra Island and Dewey to organize the fleet.
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Mayaguez
Porto Rico
Sumner
Iowa
Illinois
Alabama
Chicago
Gil
Nashville
Eagle
Atlanta
San Francisco
Ponce
Trinidad
Higginson
Guayanilla
Insenada
Culebra
Crownirshield
Crowninshield
Albany
Kearsarge
Diana
Massachusetts
Texas
Olympia
Newark
Cincinnati
Raleigh
Machias
Detroit
Marietta
Topeka
Montgomery
Scorpion
Wasp
Culebra Island
Mona Passage
Santo Domingo
Mayaguez Harbor
Viequez Island
Admiral Sumner
Crowninehield
Portoco
Sampson
Admiral Dewey
Mascagni in trouble as musicians demand pay
In Syracuse at the Wieting Opera House Pietro Mascagni faced a salary demand from his musicians after the performance. He warned paying them would leave only 89 dollars, insufficient to carry the company to Toronto, as the group remained hoping for funds from manager Heard in Scranton before the tour could be abandoned again.
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Syracuse
New York Times
N. Y
Pietro Mascagni
Wieting Opera House
New York
Mascagni
Toronto
Heard
Scrannton
Tunnel Franchise Delayed Vote Amidst Board Split
The Pennsylvania tunnel franchise vote is postponed for one week as Aldermen split on final passage. Leaders Sullivan and McCall doubt securing 53 votes, while McInnes and Farnes predict a close result and urge waiting for public opinion.
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Board of Aldermen
Timothy P. Sullivan
John T. McCall
Tammany
Railroad Committee
Alderman Wirth
Brooklyn
McInnes
Farnes
Melnnes
New York
Sullivan
Pennsylvania
Dewey's Wines Are Pure Holiday Assorted Cases Ad
Ad for Dewey's Wines by H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. promotes Holiday Assorted Cases. Mentions address 188 Fulton St New York and notes various sections like Amusements and Real Estate with page references.
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Commercial World
Jlegal
Yosses
Timted Service
Weather Report
Dewey
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Chicago Lorenz Hospital to Open Under Austrian Expert
Dr Frederick Mueller the chief assistant to Prof Lorenz will head the first American hospital in Chicago using the bloodless surgical method. He expects to return in March with support from Mr Armour and plans staff from Vienna Hospital to replicate Lorenz methods. There are talks of Vienna Hospital branches in Baltimore and other U S cities.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Frederick Mueller
Lorenz
Chicago
Max Schapiro
Mueller
Armour
Vienna
Dr. Lorenz
Oranches
Vienna Hospital
Victory for ex governor Hill in Albany County Dems
Ex Governor David B. Hill secured a decisive win as Albany County Democratic General Committee organized. Col William G Rice defeated Herrick faction 40 to 33 to lead the Hill McCabe Wood coalition, with Rice also chosen Albany City Committee chairman amid storm disruptions and a historic shift since 1882.
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David B. Hill
Albany County
Democratic General Committee
D. Cady Herrick- Zeb Dyer
William G. Rice
Grover Cleveland
Hill-McCabe-Wood
Hill
Col. Rice
Albany
Herrick
Friends of
Judge Herrick
Bird S. Coler
Democratic Committee
Steamship Sierra Kills Whale Off Australia
The Sierra arrived from Australia and reports it struck a whale on November 4 while steaming at 16 knots. The whale’s body lodged on the stem and was shed only after the ship halted and moved backward a short distance. The vessel sustained no damage.
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San Francisco
Australia
King Oscar Honors American Swedish Editor
King Oscar of Sweden awarded the Royal Order of Vasa to Dr. John A. Enander, the oldest editor of a Swedish newspaper in the United States. He serves as vice president and editor of The Hemlander in Chicago and has long been active in public life since arriving in 1869. President Harrison once named him minister to Denmark.
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New York Times
Chicago
Oscar of
Sweden
John A. Enander
Hemlander
Enander
America
Harrison
Denmark
To Maintain Bishop's Salary in Autun Diocese
The Times Paris correspondent reports 30,000 francs have been raised in the Diocese of Autun to cover a bishop's 1,000 franc stipend suspended by the government. Organizers say they will appeal again in three years if needed.
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London Times
NEW Yorkk TimEs
London
Times
Paris
Autun
Captain of Industry favors Pennsylvania Special to Chicago
The Captain of Industry endorses the Pennsylvania Special for travel to Chicago, noting a twenty hour journey time. The advertisement claims every traveler gains by using the service.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago
Mrs Stanford To Erect Magnificent New Library
Mrs Jane Lathrop Stanford decides to build a grand new library at the Leland Stanford Jr University. The structure will be the handsomest and most costly on the continent and plans are to be submitted to Mrs Stanford for approval.
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San Francisco
Jane Lathrop Stanford
Leland Stanford, Jr
Wall Street Journal Ad Promotes Carbona Cleaning Solution
An advertisement from Dow Jones & Co. touts Carbona as absolutely non inflammable with strong cleaning claims. The copy emphasizes safety and effectiveness for various uses while urging readers to buy the product.
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Wall Street Journal
Dow, Jones & Co
Adv
Omaha Woman Wraps Baby In Silk Petticoat
Mrs. Cartan a wealthy Omaha society woman, saw a laboring man with a cold, poorly clad infant on a street car. She removed her silk petticoat, wrapped the baby for warmth, then returned to her seat amid admiration. The woman is identified as Miss Sadie Nash, daughter of the Smelter Trust official.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Harry Cartan
Mrs. Cartan
Sadie Nash
the Smelter Trust
Girl Hero Stops Runaway Horse at Park Avenue Gate
Fifteen year old Elizabeth McCourt of 920 Second Avenue saved a bystander by grabbing the bit and check rein to halt a runaway horse and undertaker’s wagon near the Forty eighth Street gate to the New York Central yards as a Montreal Express train approached. She reported the near calamity to teachers and friends at Public School 59. Police and railroad workers corroborated her account and the horse and wagon were claimed by J A Thomas of 4983 Seventh Avenue.
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Elizabeth McCourt
Second Avenue
Park Avenue
Forty-eighth Street
New York Central
Montreal Express
Grand Central Station
Elizabeth
West Fifty-second Street
J. A. Thomas
Seventh Avenue
Fiftieth Street
East Fifty-seventh Street
Ray
East Fifty-first Street
Thomas
Potter Reinstated Temporarily in Schenectady Painters Union
William Potter won a temporary reinstatement to Local No. 62 in Schenectady after an injunction against Frank C. Sheffer, union president. Sheffer warned Potter may be expelled again, claiming a plan to deny him membership and charge him with working under the scale, with employers noting he earned only $2 a day.
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Schenectady
William Potter
Frank C. Sheffer
Painters’ Union
Potter
Shafer & Barry
Inter-State Railway Company Incorporation in Trenton
The Inter State Railways Company received a charter in Trenton New Jersey with authorized capital of 10 million dollars. Rumors tie the firm to merging New Jersey street lines and building a fast electric line between New York and Philadelphia. Promoters and exact lines remain unconfirmed.
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New York
Philadelphia
Trenton
N. J
Inter- State Railways Company
Secretary of State
Pennsylvania Railroad
The
Pennsylvania
Hudson
Frank B. Housel
William F. Fidel
George B. Martin
Fire Destroys Wisconsin Lumber Town
Ingram, a lumbering town of 125 people on the Soo Railroad, has been destroyed by fire. A message received here today confirms the blaze and its total loss for the community in LADYSMITH Wisconsin. Ad appears following the report.
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Wisconsin
Ladysmith
Wis
Ingram
Soo
Venezuela Faces Pressure as British German Fleets Seize Harbor
A Caracas dispatch reports the combined British and German fleets seizing four Venezuelan warships at La Guayra. President Castro says Venezuela has not received a formal ultimatum, vows to enforce rights, and questions foreign intervention while preparing a reply to envoys.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
Associated Press
Miraflores Palace
Great Britain
Germany
Douglas
Retribution
Germans and Britons in Caracas Comprise Key Foreign Populations
The 1894 Venezuelan census shows 6154 British subjects in Venezuela including islanders, with Germans heavier in Caracas and at La Guaira. The British and German legations closed as diplomats departed Caracas, while officials and staff followed the ministers to La Guayra aboard British and German ships.
NYC Central 20 Hour Train Offers Advance Booking
The New York Central's 20 hour train takes passengers only for Chicago. To get best accommodations it is well to apply in advance.
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New York Central
Chicago
Castro Defiant As Blockade Threat Looms In Venezuela
British cruiser Indefatigable reports President Castro of Venezuela remains defiant and ready to expel German and British residents of La Guayra and to close the port. Indefatigable left Retribution and German cruisers Vineta and Gazelle at La Guayra. Five British ships at Port of Spain ready to sail on short notice.
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Kingstown
St. Vincent
la Guayra
Venezuela
Castro
Retribution
Vineta
Gazelle
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Bowen to Mediate Venezuela Claims Amid British German Tensions
Minister Bowen reports from Caracas that the British minister and German chargé d affaires have left the country and requested Bowen to handle their interests in Venezuela. The U S legation will extend protection to British and German subjects, with Bowen potentially mediating between President Castro and foreign representatives if opportunity arises. Estimates place Britain and Germany claims at about 5 million dollars, including a German railroad project with 10 million cost and 7 percent interest guaranteed by Venezuela.
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Washington
Bowen
Caracas
State Department
Venezuela
United States
Castro
Great Britain
Germany
Custom House
Texas Naval Ship Ordered to Sea From Norfolk Yard
Advices received tonight state that the battleship Texas at the Norfolk Navy Yard has been ordered to proceed to sea early tomorrow. It is understood she will head to Culebra and possibly to Venezuela.
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New York Times
Newport News
Texas
Norfolk Navy Yard
Culebra
Venezuela
New England Endures Deep Freeze Across States
Cold wave grips the region as temperatures tumble to 20 degrees below zero in Boston and Maine. Fuel shortages stretch from Boston to Lewiston and Auburn, with coal scarce and schools closing for lack of fuel as deliveries dwindle and city teams help aid the poor.
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New York Times
Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Fall River
Lynn
Cape
Erally
Portland. Me
Lewiston
Auburn
No Coal Shortage Paralyzes New Haven
New Haven experiences extreme cold with temperatures below zero. Coal dealers close to prevent riots as hundreds crowd coalyards and trains amid a statewide shortage. Public schools have limited supplies and the New Haven Railroad borrows coal cars from Bridgeport due to the rationing crisis.
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Spectalte
New York Times
New Haven
Conn
New Haven Railroad
Bridgeport
Norfolk
Vermillion Range Optioned by Section 30 Company
Duluth reports that Section 50 on the Vermillion Range, long entangled in eighteen years of litigation and famed for value, has been optioned to the new exploration firm Section 30 Company. The deal allegedly includes a 5 million dollar bonus, a 50 cent royalty, and a 200000 ton minimum annual output. Local capitalists are involved but clerical links to Sault Ste Marie are disputed. Fee owners are Frank Eaton, R. H. Fagan, Lon Merritt of Duluth, and George J. Lonstorf of Milwaukee.
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New York Times
Duluth
Minn
Clergues
Sault Ste. Marie
Frank Eaton
R. H. Fagan
Lon Merritt
George J. Lonstorf
Milwaukee
Just Twenty Hours' Journey to Chicago by Pennsylvania Special
A brief item notes the Pennsylvania Special offers a rapid daily trip from New York to Chicago. An advertisement also claims Piso’s Cure as effective for spasmodic croup in children.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania tunnel franchise sparks vote amid doubts and letter
The council discusses the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel proposal with several Republicans doubtful on franchise approval while leaders insist Aldermen Holmes Ware Bennett Alt and others will vote yes. Mayor Low’s letter argues the project is vital, notes prior conference committee work, and outlines terms around eight hour day wages and surface access.
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Holmes
Ware
Bennett
Alt
Fornes
Low
Pennsylvania
Rapid Transit Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Jersey
Long Island Railroad
Island of
Manhattan
Fourth Avenue
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San Juan
Arroyo Island
Guanica
Mayor Low
Board of Alder
Douwhifut
Kennedy
Howland
Thoreyl
J. Devlin
Dowling
Higgins
Klett
Marks
Parsons
Behrmann
Goodman
Culkin
Cassidy
McCall
Shappert
Tietz
Chicago Lorenz Hospital
Albany County Democratic Committee
King Oscar
Royal Order of Vasa
John Enander
UNION
Inter-State Railway CO. Incorporated
Dewar
Ady
Caracas-La Guayra
Valencia
Republic
W. H. D. Hagfurd
Legation
Godfrey
Haggard
Herr von Pilgrim-Baltazzi
Minnesota
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