Huerta Ordered to Retire Immediately in Mexico
Washington demands President Huerta resign at once and name no successor from his circle. The ultimatum, delivered by Nelson O Shaughnessy, claims U S support for Carranza and signals Wilson Bryan policy. Rebels close on Zacatecas and Queretaro while rail workers face hanging threats to stop trains.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Mexico
Aureliano Blanquet
Washington
Senor Rabago
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
State Department
Wilson
Bryan
Carranza
Zacatecas
Queretaro
National
San Luis Potosi
Frank Fields Acquitted in Multnomah County Funds Case
Portland report states Frank 8 Fields ex county clerk of Multnomah county was acquitted by a circuit court jury of larceny of public funds. Defense argued loss due to December 16 1911 failure of the American Bank and Trust Company where county funds were deposited.
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Frank Fields
Portland
Frank 8. Fields
Multnomah County
American Bank & Trust Company
Walls Crush Tenements in Hartford Explosion
An explosion at Loveland's five story brick warehouse in Hartford, Connecticut, kills seven or more and tops walls onto two adjoining wooden tenement houses. Michael Greenburg, a warehouse partner, claims the building was dynamited and offers no motive. The blast appears to have collapsed the building diagonally.
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Hartford
Conn
Loveland
Michael Greenburg
Mexican rebels urge arms import to end Huerta regime
Nogales Sonora reports Dr Henry Allen Tupper of the international peace forum delivered a statement from Geneviesto Carranza head of the Mexican constitutionalists. The document says President Wilson can resolve the Mexican crisis by allowing arms imports from the United States. Carranza traveled from Hermosillo with Tupper and seeks lifting the border arms embargo to defeat Huerta and his partisans.
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Nogales
Sonora
Henry Allen Tupper
International Peace Forum
Geneviestano Carranza
Constitutionalists
Mexico
United States
Wilson
Distator Huerta
Carranza
Hermoeillo
Tupper
Indianapolis Mob Stops Street Car Thwarted Strike
The Indianapolis Traction and Terminal company attempted to run its cars during a strike but withdrew after Police Superintendent Hyland warned that police could not prevent bloodshed if cars stayed.
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Indianapolia
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Company
Hyland
State orders dog muzzling to curb rabies outbreak
Olympia Washington The state board of health with Governor Lister concur ring adopted a regulation requiring the muzzling of all dogs in King and Pierce counties as the only means of combating an epidemic of rabies.
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Fido
Olympia
Wash
State Board of Health
Lister
King
Pierce
Amusing Yet Proud Rattlesnakes Clash WithNeighbors
A Springfield Republican piece summarizes Professor Manley on the American rattlesnake as sociable yet vain. It notes the snake bites mainly for self defense, avoids humans, and faces dogs, cats, coyotes, and horses in encounters.
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Professor Manley
Cat
Puss
Usnally
Springfield Republican
Portland D A Reames to be investigated by Governor West
Governor West refers United States District Attorney Reames of Portland for inquiry. A letter from C A Rold of Yountsville Cal claims the Farm and Home Company of San Francisco offers to locate a 320 acre homestead in southern Oregon for a $320 fee.
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West
United States
Reames
Portland
C. A. Rold
Yountsville
Cal
Rold
The
Farm and Home Company of
San Francisco
Oregon
Digging For Pipe Bowls Meerschaum Mining Process
Meerschaum is mined like coal with pits from twenty five to one hundred twenty five feet deep. When veins are found horizontal galleries are driven, though usually not more than two. The material is soft enough to cut, embedded in red clay, and sold to dealers.
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London Globe
Who Invented Chess? Claims by Fourteen Nations
The London Chronicle notes many nations and figures have claimed invention of chess including Japheth Shem Solomon and Aristotle. It states Europe adopted the game from the Arabic origin with Shahmat meaning the king is dead, and checkmate as a corruption of Shahmat.
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Japheth and
Shem
Solomon
Aristotle
Europe
London Chronicle
Beatrice's future and a worry over marriage
A conversation in the Chicago Record-Herald reflects on Beatrice growing up and possibly marrying a man unworthy of her. The couple shifts from abstract worry to practical concerns by examining this month's bills.
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Beatrice
Chicago Record-Herald
Selling Fish Alive In Copenhagen By Water Tanks On Wheels
In Copenhagen fish are sold alive via water tanks on wheels that go door to door. Small fish stay alive in tanks while larger cod and halibut go to cold storage. A municipal market feeds a wholesale salesman and a public meal school teaches cleanliness and cooking skills.
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Wheens
Copenhagen
Domestic Servants’ Trade Union
Newark
Compliment to a Maid Fraud Attempt in Suburban House
A well dressed man visited a suburban house asking to see the master and left a note for him. The note read Your maid is no fool conveying the maid’s clever handling of the attempted burglary.
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Manchester Guardian
Palmerston and Pag Encounter Mysterious Stranger
Lord Palmerston and Sir James Paget walk along Bond Street when a stranger salutes them and asks about a medical complaint. The statesman replies that the man seems unwell, while Paget notes the stranger’s apparent anonymity and jokes about the “old Loree.”
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Lord Palmerston
J. Paget
Bond Street
A Taste For Books Quote by Herschel on Reading
A late 18th or early 19th century reflection extols reading as a shield against life’s ills and a source of cheer. It argues that giving someone a taste for books and means to read nearly guarantees happiness unless the selection is perversely poor.
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John F. W. Herschel
Lost Golf Ball Found by Tommy on the Links
London Opinion notes Tommy found a golf ball and insists it is lost. He says he saw the man and his caddy searching for it, and questions whether it truly belonged to someone.
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Tommy
Mr. Traddles
London
Blind Spots in the Brain Warn of Loss of Self Control
A reprinted excerpt from Pearson's Weekly explains brain function with a central blind spot where tiny cells govern deep thought. Fatigue and stress can push thoughts into this core, causing loss of control and possible violent acts, with warnings and urges described as a danger to self and others.
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Geenes
Pearson’s Weekly
Right Side Rule From Capitol Doors Sparks Quiet Advice
A hurried young man nearly collides with a senator in the Capitol Washington. He apologizes profusely. The senator offers blunt advice to always go to the right and turn right. He jokes that bumping into others will be their fault and not requiring apologies.
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Senate
Washington
Saturday Evening Post
Peru’s Peculiar Indians Behind the Black Cordilleras
A returning traveler describes a plateau tribe in Peru living at 12 000 to 16 000 feet elevation. The group reportedly cannot thrive at lower altitudes, remains stolid and hardworking yet prone to drink, and preserves their ancient tribal language while not speaking Spanish.
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Peru
Hen egg making questions from a child
A playful dialogue in which a grandfather answers a child's questions about how hens lay eggs and keep the yolk centered, with gentle reassurance. The exchange ends with curiosity about who sews the cover on.
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Grandpa
Teddy
Londep
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