Balfour to Move Rejection of Minimum Wage Bill
News from London reports A J Balfour will move the rejection of the minimum wage bill in Parliament. The dramatic shift could delay passage, with Liberal and Nationalist support shaping the fate and a Cabinet meeting looming to reassess strategy amid labor and union opposition.
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Labor
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Asquith
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London
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Hous Commons
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Isson
Andrew Bonar Law
Austen Chamberlain
Walter Hume Long
Smith
Unionista
Labor Party
DiMeultien
Laborites
Miners Federation
Federatt
Hours of Commons
Federation
Miners’ Federation
Acbinet Council
Nettal
Where Yawning Earth Swallows Buildings Whole
An article previews regions where crust thinning causes alarm and repeated collapses. It notes upcoming coverage in Next Sunday's Tribune detailing the geologic dangers and regional incidents.
Record novel reader dies in Pawtucket library service
Mrs. Minerva A. Saunders dies at age seventy four in Pawtucket after thirty four years as librarian of the Pawtucket Public Library. She read more than six thousand novels during her tenure and checked every title before shelving it.
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Pawtucket
Root
Minerva A. Saunders
Rob New Yorkers Homes Hit by Ipswich Burglars
Police and private detectives report a spate of burglaries at Appleton Farms summer houses in Ipswich Massachusetts. Victims include Francis F. Appleton New York and his sister Mrs Gerald Hoyt New York along with James R. Appleton and Bayard Tuckerman of Princeton. Losses include silverware clothing and costly bureau drawers while owners are abroad.
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Ipswich
Mass
Tpewich
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New York
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Warner Dell
James R. Appleton
Francis Appleton
Bayard Tuckerman
Princeton University
Europe
Biggest Aeroplane Gun Tested on Fisher's Island
Commander Cleland Davis USN unveiled a four inch, twelve foot long aeroplane gun on a barge off Fort Weight Fisher's Island NY. Weighing 140 pounds, it fires a 33 pound projectile at over 1000 feet per second with no recoil. After minor changes it will go to Washington for official testing by the government.
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U. N
London
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Washington
Acousticon Aids Wedding in Poughkeepsie Parlor Ceremony
Gert W. Walker aged 67 and I Misa Frances J Aiken aged 60 wed in Poughkeepsie New York today using an acousticon device believed to be the first such ceremony in the country The marriage took place at the Aiken home on North Hamilton Street with two clergymen presiding The couple answered the standard Methodist vows through the machine Walker a Civil War veteran and former Andersonville prisoner has been deaf for over thirty years while Aiken has been deaf for about thirty five years.
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S. Y
Charle J. Walworth
Trinity Church
Aiken Homestead
Walker
Andersonville
Miss Aiken
Not Dead Yet Says Doctor After Restless Night
The piece reports Dr Mary E B Walker declaring she is not dead and urging newspapers not to publish obituaries. It notes a restlessly ill state and a visit by a woman physician, with allege statements about never needing doctors and plans for a public notice. The text mentions Nellie van Slingerland, Mr Van Slingerland, and a related tragic death of a couple described as dying together.
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Mary EB. Walker
Gerard
Fener
Lanly
Home Hospital to Treat Consumptives in Vanderbilt Tenements
The York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor converts the Vanderbilt Tenements into a home hospital for tuberculous families. Twenty four households will receive care under nurses and physicians for three years to test whether medical oversight, fresh air, and separation can curb infection and aid recovery. The plan includes segregated apartments, open air schooling for affected children, and ongoing supervision to ensure lasting cure and self support.
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New York City
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Linsly Ro Williams
Cornelius N. Bilas
Harry Petra Rebbing
Livingstone Farrand
Helen Knight Smith
Dietitian
Injured Boy A Spartan Tells Women To Stay Back
An eight year old boy named Isidor Sehwarts at 87 East 114th Street was run over by a surface car on Third Avenue between Perth and Perth streets. The motorman John Conwell stopped after the boy became entangled in rear trucks and had his trousers cut away to free him. The child, saved by bystanders, asked his father to witness his injury and said he could endure the pain like a man. He was taken to Marl en Hospital where doctors warned amputation might be necessary.
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Perth
John Conwell
Rar
Marlen Hospital
Fire damages Young Building subcellar in spring hat blaze
A major fire at the Young Building on Broadway and Houston Street gutted a subcellar storage of derbies and fancy hats. The blaze damaged a bar area and ground floor rooms, delaying street traffic and threatening spring merchandise with estimated losses around nineteen hundred dollars. Related ad copy ends the item.
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Broadway
Houston Street
David Fuchs
Young Company
Moor
Traite
Sterilization Bill Favored At Albany
Albany dispatch notes Assemblyman Bush of Chemung seeking to bar procreation by feeble-minded epileptics and criminals. A sterilization board would audit inmates in state institutions and order sterilization if risks to offspring were found. Proponents cite costs of care and heredity. opponents await prison association action.
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Immense iron ore deposit found in Pennsylvania countryside
Telegraph report from March 20 describes a massive iron ore discovery in Fulton County near Meadow Ground Mountain. Engineers estimate over a billion tons of red hematite brown hematite and carbonate ore with water and limestone nearby, suggesting a major steel industry impact though coal remains distant.
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Penn
Fulton County
United States
Pittsburgh chemist notes iron find called greatest ever
A University of Pittsburgh chemist reports metallic iron averages from 7 to 63 per vert while leading geologists including Henry C. Demming visit the site. They declare the discovery possibly the greatest find of all time.
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Henry C. Demming
Pennsylvania
Surgeon's Thumb Infection Leads to Major Operation
Professor John J. McAllister of Scarsdale, a surgeon linked to several city hospitals, was operated on after a needle pricked his right thumb during a class demonstration. An infection spread to the wrist, draining pus, and the right arm may be removed if the operation fails. He studied in Albany and with the Mayo brothers, and is about fifty five.
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John J. McAllister
Scarsdale
Hood
Mount Sint Hospital
Meal-lister
McAlliater
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St. Mark's Hospital
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Albany Medical
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Mayo Brothers
Princess Clémentine Birth Linked to Napoleon Family Affair
Brussels report notes Princess Clémentine wife of Prince Victor welcomed a daughter to Prince Contente and Prince Victor Napoleon who wed on November 14 1910. Leopold King of the Holgians reportedly opposed the match, and rumors claim earth shipments from France were used in garden work near Avenue Louise.
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Leopold
Springtime in the West Brings Deep Freeze to Montana
A blinding spring storm blanketed the North Central states with snow and sleet, halting railroads and communication. Telegraph lines and telegraph poles failed at Wirescosw, trains were stranded, and Southern routes faced widespread disruption as temperatures fell to 20 degrees below at Chessman Reservoir near Helena, Montana.
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Tugat
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Chessman Reservoir
Naval agreement talks stalled by von Tirpitz
Berlin reports that Admiral von Tirpitz, Germanys naval minister, frustrated the British governments efforts to secure a rapid Anglo German naval information exchange. In Parliament Winston Churchill signaled ongoing talks between Britain and Germany while stating no concealment of shipbuilding scales.
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Roosevelt Speech at Carnegie Hall Stirs Large Audience
Theodore Roosevelt addressed a packed Carnegie Hall audience for an hour and a half, delivering a forceful review of his Columbus speech. He omitted Taft’s name in speech, stressing principles at stake and promoting initiatives like recall and referendum, while galleries led the applause.
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