Tafts World Tour Plans Carriage Luxe Across Russia
Secretary Taft will travel from Vladivostok to St. Petersburg by special dining car train de luxe on the Transsiberian route. Garcey of the International Sleeping Car Co. confirms arrangements with General Edwards and Czarist officials. The itinerary includes Irkutsk and Moscow with two hours at Tokutsk for train changes, and a potential Berlin stop to meet the Kaiser.
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L. J. Garcey
International Sleeping Car company
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New York
Washington
Edwards
Tafts
Vladivostok
St. Petersburg
New York Times
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Seattle
steai nesota
Kobe
Nagasaki
Shanghai
Hongkong
Manila
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Moscow
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Berlin
wena MOV
Cherbourg
Taft
Mr. Garcey
E. B. Dattnell
far east
Siberia
Lake Baikal
Trkutsk
Frederick W. Carpenter
George Long
war office
Sarcey
Tokyo Europe Daily Trains to Run Soon
Pall Mall Gazette reports a gain de luxe will operate daily from Tokyo to Europe and back. The Compagnie International des Wagon Lits has ordered cars for the service. Route runs through Japan to Shimonoseki, ferry to Fusan, Korea, through Korea to Mukden and Irbin, then across Siberia to Europe.
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de luxe
tokyo
Europe
Pall Mall Gazette
Compagnie International des Wagon Lits
Japan
Shimonoseki
Fusan
Korea
Mukden
Iarbin
Siberia
Cure For Hay Fever From Garden City Farmer
George B. Warrison of Garden City Kansas says he found a sure cure for hay fever by skipping breakfast until about 11 in the morning. He emphasizes the method is not patented and available for anyone to use.
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George B. Warrison
Garden City
Kan
bert
Topeka
Warrison
Missouri
St. Louis
George B. Schoenfeld
Muench
United States navy
The Lost Atlantis as Ideal Social Perfection
Chicago News recounts Plato and Binto’s romantic Atlantis tale. It notes disputed origins whether Phoenician voyages or mythic belief underlie the story, and describes Atlantis as a vast, prosperous island with ten kingdoms, abundant resources, thriving cities, and high social order before a divine catastrophe.
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atlantis
Atlantic ocean
Asia
Africa
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Europe
Binto
Canary islands
Azores
western hemisphere
ulages
Chicago News
Visitors From Space Meteorites In Earth's Atmosphere
A Chambers Journal summary explains meteorites speed through space at 10 to 40 miles per second. When attracted by Earth they slow abruptly in the atmosphere, producing heat and a luminous trail like a brake block on a fast train. Tiny meteoric dust may reach the ground or be dispersed, while larger masses may explode or fragment.
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Chambers’ Journal
Wise Judge of Bagdad and Caliph’s Treasure Tale
A Persian judge named Abu Yusuf, famed for patient investigation, confronted a boastful courtier. When asked if the caliph should pay him for ignorance, he replied the caliph pays for knowledge, and would not compensate him for what he does not know, lest the empire’s treasures subside.
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Ile
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Caliph Wadee
Aboo Yusuph
hMs
Pinkerton on the Job in Buffalo 1885 Express Robbery Tale
Rev Byron H Stauffer recalls Pinkerton’s role in solving a Susquehanna Pa express robbery of 40 000 in 1885. Pinkerton tracked suspect George Proctor to Buffalo then Fort Erie, coordinating with Donahue and Collins to capture Proctor and implicate others. Proctor sentenced, Donahue convicted in Canada, Pinkerton aided by immunity deal, and Proctor’s family helped with $1000.
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Buffalo
Robert A. Pinkerton
Byron H. Stauffer
Buffalo Express
Susquehanna
Erie railroad
New York
United States Express company
George Proctor
express company
Bob Pinkerton
Proctor
Tift House
Main street
Clutch Donahue
Fort Erie
Collins
Donahue
Canada
Clutch
United States
England
Montreal
Portland
New Trampshire
Pinkerton
Thomas Platt
Clutch Donahlue
Fort Erle
Mr. Stauffer
Glendale
St. Lows
Stauffer
t hat
St. Loms
Alan Pinkerton
Auto Accidents Kill One Injure Several Near Elmira
The Pine City road near Elmira shows a deadly toll as a touring car from Corning plunges 15 feet. A. B. Smith is dead and four others are hurt including John Henry who is feared internal injuries. Waldo Whitehead owned the car. driver A F Van Gorder and guide James Barrett were front seat passengers. Barrett had just joined the party. The crash stems from a straight path into a sharp turn.
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N. Y
Pine City
A. B. Smith
Tioza
John Henry
Canandiagua
Arnot Ogden hospital
Corning
Tioga
Waldo Whitehead
Henry and
Smith
A. F. Van Gorder
James Barrett
Barrett
Ice Chute Tragedy Injures Philadelphia Guest
William Woodnutt of Philadelphia, guest at the Assembly in Pocono Pines, was injured at the Miller Ice Plant when an ice chute fell across his chest as he climbed out of the building. He became dizzy and collapsed, tied to a medical incident in Stroudsville, Pa., on September 2.
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William Woodnutt
Philadelphia
Assembly
Pocono Pines
Miller
Woodnutt
Branding of the Clubs in the Race For the Championships
Baseball standings from the American, National, Tri State and Atlantic leagues show team records, with Wins and Losses, pennants, and Saturday and Sunday results across Detroit Athletics New York Chicago Cleveland Boston St Louis Washington Philadelphia Brooklyn Pittsburg and others, including game scores and forfeits. Key results include a 5 to 0 Detroit win over St Louis and 2 to 0 Chicago over Detroit, plus multiple New York games and long innings in Pittsburg Cincinnati.
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Athletics
Chicago
Cleveland
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Boston
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Lows
incinnati
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Williamsport
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Trenton
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Wilmington
Johnstown
Reading
Allentown Es
Newark
Elizabeth Se
Pottsville og
Tamaqua
Easton
Allentown
Elizabeth
Pottsville
Ls - Elizabeth
Keyon
Aged Miser Sterrett Jail for Counterfeit Aid to Wife
Evie Pa Sept 2 James Sterrett an elderly miser with wealth yet living in extreme poverty faced charges for unsanitary living conditions and harmful acts toward his dying wife. He was fined ten dollars and jailed after admitting to giving a counterfeit bill to his wife on her deathbed. He refused water from public supplies and rationed meals at restaurants.
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Evie
James Sterrett
Sterrett
Scheer
James
The Address on the Letter Punctuates Loss of Marks
Southern papers report postal experts lamenting the decline of punctuation on envelopes. The New York Globe notes mispunctuation affects letters worldwide, while other items describe a Savannah batters death from a diving accident and a gas theft leading to a family’s fatalities.
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United States
New York Globe
Woman's hair as thread used to mend trousers in Paris
Paris tale reports dramatist Ms Georges Duval tore his trousers during rehearsal at Nouveaute theater. A dresser failed to help until the actress Marcelle plucked hair from her head to thread the tear, enabling a quick repair. Also recounts a Wheeling dispatch about an elephant fire brigade. Bacil, said to be Jumbo's mother, lifted wreckage to save an engineer after a Baltimore and Ohio train wreck near Morgantown. Eight elephants formed a fire crew and used trunks of water to quench the blaze.
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Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Georges Duval
Paris
eapletech
New York Herald
Marcelle
Nouveautea theater
M. Duval
Nevost
Elephant Fire Brigade
Bacil
cieta company
New York Tribune
Baltimore and Obi
Morgantown
Monongahela
Pigs Tails Said to Foretell Weather in Mitton
A Mitton special dispatch claims Uncle Billy Warning can forecast weather with precision using his two pigs. Dry periods supposedly show one curl on each pig’s tail, wet weather brings two curls, and the tails allegedly change behavior before changes in the barometric readings. Farmers have taken his predictions seriously.
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Mitton
Del
St. Louis
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