Baltimore Eyes Hundredth War Exposition on Water Front
Baltimore plans a 1914 water front exposition to mark the 1812 climax and the birth of The Star Spangled Banner. The proposal, urged by the Baltimore American editor General Felix Agnus, involves state and city backing, a canal link to Chesapeake Bay, and a showcase rivaling Jamestown, highlighting Maryland’s wartime contributions and national significance.
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Baltimore
Cies
Warfield
Agnus
America
Benjamin Franklin
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Frac- Uealy
Fulton
Chesapeake
Delaware Bays
iWe
Chesapeake Bay
Patapsco River
Great West
Maryland
Madison
Butler On Japanese Study San Francisco View Disagrees With Roosevelt
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, after touring the Pacific coast, says San Francisco was right to exclude Japanese from public schools and criticizes mixing adults with children. He urges national rather than local solutions and notes San Francisco’s rebuilding progress after the fire.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
California
New York Tribune
Butler
Roosevelt
East
Dr. Butler
Two Cent Fare Popular Across States
A survey of rail rate legislation shows a broad move toward a two cent standard or close equivalents. States including Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, and others have enacted or proposed two cent or near two cent passenger rates, with various per mile or per road earnings thresholds and commission actions shaping the reductions.
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United States
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
Ohio
West Virginia
North Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Railroad Commission
Indiana
Ilinois
Missouri
Town
Minnesota
The Eccentric Missouri River Misstory Retold
The Missouri River is described as navigable only if steamboats adapt. George Fitch quips that boats should be shallow and strong with hinged stern wheels and suction dredges to climb sandbars and use channels when needed. He notes a river that struggles to move has little excuse to attempt navigation.
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Missouri
Dr Wiley Studies Saltpeter Effects On Meat Preservative
Government chemist Dr Wiley researches how saltpeter used in meat preservation affects kidneys and other human anatomy parts, continuing his crusade for better food safety.
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Wiley
Government Bureau of Chemistry
Appendicitis Scrapbook From Old Orchard Pioneer
William F Fernald of Old Orchard Maine kept the oldest appendicitis scrapbook in New England. He collected newspaper notices of appendix surgery after undergoing an operation himself. He discussed forming an appendicitis club in Maine for people who have been under the knife, and planned to revive the project.
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New England
William F Fernald
Old Orchard
Fernald
Bostos Herald
Ian Maine
Armind
Opening Day Echoes in Baseball Uproar
A nostalgic Boston Globe verse by James T Sullivan celebrates baseball’s start with the crowd’s roar and the famed umpire call Batter up as players prepare for the season. The fragment evokes cheering, opening day excitement, and the magic of the game.
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James T Sullivan
Boston Globe
J Q A Ward Defends Sheridan Statue Model
Sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward, famed dean of American sculpture, faces criticism as his Sheridan statue model for Washington is rejected by Mrs. Sheridan for not resembling her husband closely. Ward, aged seventy seven, had previously submitted a version deemed acceptable by others before he destroyed it.
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John Quincy Adams Ward
America
General Sheridan
Washington
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Ward
New York
Newport
Sheridan
Young Men for Congress: Pettus Backs Youthful Legislators
Edmund W. Pettus of Alabama, the oldest U S senator, argues that men aged forty to fifty should lead in Congress, not those over fifty five or sixty. He recalls entering the Senate at seventy six and notes his continued presence on military affairs hearings, even debuting a patent ear trumpet device before the committee.
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Pettus
Edmund W. Pettus
Alabama
United States
Senate
Congress
House of Representatives
New York Evening Post
Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Embezzlement Charge Against Altoona Official
James B. Raymond former Seventh ward alderman of Altoona was arrested in Burlington New Jersey and returned on a bench warrant to Blair County jail. He faces several charges including embezzling $300 collected for Lincoln University. Raymond is a college graduate and is identified as a colored man.
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Altoona
James B. Raymond
Anderman
Seventh Ward
Burtington
N. J
Blair County
Lincoln University
Raymond
Pepper seeks 100000 fee as Bay State Gas receiver
In Boston April 12 George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia requests 100000 dollars for services as receiver of the Bay State Gas company of Delaware. Pepper began his duties as receiver in June 1963 and his petition remains under advisement.
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Boston
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
Bay State Gas Company
Delaware
Pepper
United States Circuit Court
Peppers
Dressing Room In an Auto A New Luxury Car Feature
A Philadelphia Press description details a luxury car with a built in boudoirette dressing room. The compact space includes a dressing case, corner vanity, soft lighting, and a kitchenette, with a maid accompanying the owner for beauty and refreshment during spins. The writer notes additional fanciful features like a smoker’s room and jokes about showers and bowling alleys on ocean greyhounds.
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Philadelphia
Maich
Man Prepares For Reincarnation In Muskegon Farm Sepulcher
Werman Lyman a 65 year old retired farmer of Muskegon County has built a wooden forest tomb with a silver lined cement burial chamber. The underground chamber is designed for his body to lie with the face upward and is claimed to foretell a 500 year future rebirth. The costly sepulcher priced at 10 dollars is a private project reflecting his belief that earth is balance.
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Werman Lyman
Ixty
Muskegon
Wich
Iach
Lyman Areces
Bance le Gass Act
Frederick Market Prices From Frederick County Farmers Exchange
Prices quoted April 12, 1907 cover wheat and hay, corn, oats, barley, and flaxseed among others. Values shown include No 1 Timothy 16.60 to 17.50, cornmeal and bran per ton, potatoes per bushel, and various barley, oats, and hay figures. Message ends with advertising misspellings about miracles and trade.
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Timothy
Glover
Feda
In Search of Simplicity in an Orchard Reunion
Mrs. St Aubyn, bored by city life, escapes to a rural journey to Meadowbank where she meets Jimmy Vanniarcourt, her former lover. They share a simple lunch at an old orchard and recount a lost romance, revealing that both pursued status while longing for the past. The scene closes with a kiss as autumn songs fill the air.
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Fifth Avenue
Mrs. St. Aubyn
Newport
Paris
London
Antoinette
Mrs. St Aubyn
Daughter
Grandpa
Goodbys
New York
Morocco
Fairview
Villace
Jimmy
Mrs. St. Aubin
Jimmy Vanniarcourt
Helene
Mia
Warningcourt
Vanringcourt
Yanringecourt
Wantingcourt
A Sensitive Photographic Plate Marketed
A sensitive photographic plate is sold as a water developed system. The back carries a colating developer that dissolves in warm water to act on the gelatin layer with the photographic impression. Developer modification by water amount adjusts exposure length. the scheme is claimed very successful and convenient.
Depth of Death Valley Shallower Than Thought
The United States Geological Survey completed a line of spirit levels through Death Valley California and found the depth of the area to be shallower than previous estimates with preliminary figures around 276 feet below sea level Bennett's well nearby stands at 268 feet below sea level Final computations may adjust by a few feet but likely not beyond three feet The survey marks elevations of both the highest and lowest dry land points in the United States both in southern California and near Death Valley Mount Whitney rises just over 14 500 feet above sea level while Death Valley sits far below Previously the Salton Sink area in southern California held the lowest dry land point at about 287 feet below sea level
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United States Geological Survey
Death Valley
California
Bennett's Well
Geological Survey
United States
Mount Whitney
Salton Sink
Colorado River
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Young Men
Beattyville
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Richardson
Montgomery
Frederick
Frederick County Farmers Exchange
Waerst
Bejzoted
Davis
James Wood
M. P
Buckhannon
W. Va
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Ires Moon
John J. Lewis & Bros. Co
Front St
Mr. S
Ravenswood
E. O. Dewit & CO
Clinton E. Main
James E. Doll
Tolias
Cap. Ark. Frederick Co
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Jock Helehts
LM. Nixdorff, Jr
Next Control Bank
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