Madero and Suarez Killed in Midnight Palace Ride
Mexico City reports Francisco Madero and Jose Pino Suarez were shot while being moved from the national palace to the penitentiary under guard. Official accounts vary and doubt persists over who fired the fatal shots. An official investigation has been ordered amid concerns tied to the Ley Fuga.
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Mexico City
Francisco Madero
Jose Pino Suarez
Victoriano Huerta
Francisco de la Barra
Texas Troops Sent to Border
Washington reports a possible clash between Federal troops and the Texas National Guard at Brownsville as Governor Colquitt orders four Texas companies to head to the border to aid Americans in Matamoros. Brigadier General Steever is advised to prevent river crossing without War Department orders.
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Washington
Texas National Guard
Brownaville
Texas
Rio Grande
Matamoros
Mexico
War Department
Colquitt
Brownsville
F. Z. Steever
Secretary of War
Esteban Ramos
Matamoras
Bulgarian Plane Sunk by Turkish Shell Over Adrianople
A Bulgarian military aeroplane piloted by Lieutenant Nikolas, a Russian officer, was struck by a Turkish shell while over the Adrianople fortress and fell inside the lines. The officer was captured, with no details on injuries reported.
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Constantinople
Adrianople
Nikolas
Single Term Constitutional Amendment Passed in Nebraska
Nebraska house approves a four year single term for governor by an 80 to 12 vote. The measure advances as a constitutional amendment proposal in Lincoln.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska House
Telephone Probe to Be Two Sided on Pacific Coast
A federal grand jury led by Attorney-General Wickersham starts an impartial investigation into telephone companies on the Pacific coast. Bell system employees of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph will be examined as freely as officers of independent lines.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast
Wickersham
Bell System
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
Suffragist Leader Emmaline Pankhurst Arrested in London
Mrs Emmaline Pankhurst is arrested in London over the bomb explosion at the country home of Prime Minister David Lloyd George last week. The event marks a major confrontation between suffragist activists and authorities in wartime Britain.
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London
Emmaline Pankhurst
David Lloyd-George
Tragic Five Dollar Bill Mix Up Confuses Two Friends
In a New York Times tale a top floor girl laments losing five dollars found later in an envelope. Howard Strong returns the money after a mistaken loan assumption, triggering further misunderstandings with Ellen Fariss and a final unsettled note as the narrator contemplates ending the affair.
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Howard
Howard Strong
Ellen Fariss
Ellen
New York Times
Costly Windsor Castle Revenue Spent Across Reigns
The London Chronicle notes Windsor Castle cost Britain more cash than any royal residence. George IV secured 300,000 pounds for reconstruction and four years of grants followed. William IV concluded the work leaving total expenditure near a million pounds.
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Windsor Castle
Royal Castle
Great Britain
Windsor
London Chronicle
George IV
William IV
Beginning Afresh insight from Ralph Waldo Trine
Harper's Bazar quotes Ralph Waldo Trine on daily renewal and living in the present. He argues there is no real past or future beyond today and that lessons from history guide today without regrets or wasted energy.
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Ralph Waldo Trine
Harper's Bazar
Henpeck explains forced marriage bid ends with silence rule
Henpeck recalls being pressured by a fiancée who stated that silence equals consent no matter his answer. A friend asks why he did not stay quiet, and he says that would have confirmed the marriage.
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Henpeck
Puts and Calls Explained by Mrs Torkins
In a brief exchange Mrs Torkins questions the meaning of puts and calls. Her husband confirms the idea that a tip puts money with a broker and later someone calls and takes it.
Flogging at the Cart’s Tail Through 1836 Saltash Scenes
Historical note recounts flogging by cart tail in Saltash and other cases from 1827 to 1836. Descriptions include bare back punishment, beadle and constable involvement, and instances where officials softened or intensified the blows. Cowper’s poem is cited about a youth in Olney and a staged display that hid its cruelty.
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Saltash
Cowper
Olney
Beadle
Hinschcomb
St. James” Gazette
A Cause For Thanks
Charles O'Conor recalls his dread of after dinner speeches and jokes about death and lions at a Philadelphia gathering. He imagines Daniel sighing relief to avoid speaking, noting humor in the moment.
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Charles O’conor
Philadelphia
Daniel
The Solemn Scotchman Funeral Parson Jest
A Scottish parson attends a funeral in his churchyard. After the service and burial a man stays behind with a grave look and asks what the parson thinks at funerals. The reply reveals the man’s amusing sentiment that he is glad it is not him.
What Do You Do If You Haven't a Dead Soldier
A group of Maryland girls visiting a Washington marine barracks asks about taps. An officer explains taps are played nightly to signal lights out and honor fallen soldiers. The questions reveal curious minds about military ritual and life in the barracks.
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Marine Barracks
Washington
Maryland
Building a fence and decor tips from a Chicago Tribune
Practical home advice from the Chicago Tribune suggests hanging pictures to cover wall stains and constructing a line fence yourself for a clear boundary. It notes narrow frontage reduces cleaning distance and advises against getting used to smoky heat in a furnace.
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Chicago Tribune
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