Literary professors and the easy path to fame
Dr. Edwin E. Slosson argues literary scholars dodge hard facts and lab work, attracting fame through persuasive lecturing. He contrasts literary and scientific duties, noting publishers would pay top sums for manuscript readers and winter audiences crave provocative, not rigorous, ideas.
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Edwin E. Slosson
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Nietzsche
Whitman
Shaw
Tolstoy
Scouts to Search For Moths in New York State
Commissioner Pearson of the New York State Department of Agriculture announces arrangements with Secretary Wilson in Washington for two trained scouts. They will aid state efforts to prevent the entrance of gypsy and brown tail moths into New York.
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Albany
N. Y
Pearson
State Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Washington
State Department
New York State
Wrestles Trout Using Club on Spruce Creek
Huntington PA Walker Everhart caught a 24 inch five pound trout in Spruce Creek after the line broke and he leaped into the stream to land the prize with a club.
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Huntington
Walker Everhart
Spruce Creek
Oldest Horse in America Stands in Chestertown
Chestertown claims the oldest horse in the United States named Samuel J. Tilden. Owned by Joseph Guest, the horse was foaled on May 6, 1869 and later renamed by Thomas Van Dyke after the gubernatorial candidate. Guest seeks an older horse but finds none, with a Pennsylvania rival younger in age.
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Chestertown
America
Joseph Guest
Thomas van Dyke
Kennedyville
van Dyke
Thomas Booson
Enoch King of
Stonewall
Samuel J. Tilden
United States
Middletown
Del
Mr. Tilden
Mr. Guest
Tilden
Pennsylvania
Millionaire Peacock Builds Model Egg Farm in Pennsylvania
Pittsburg magnate Alexander R. Peacock vows to end cold storage eggs by constructing a Plum township farm with steam heat electric lights tile floors and advanced incubators. He seeks fresh eggs from his own chickens and plans to raise all necessary poultry on site, ensuring breakfast eggs never come from cold storage again.
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Pittsburg
Alexander R. Peacock
Carnegie Union
George Harding
Peacock
Iter
Pigeons Save Lives Near Train Collision Site
In Villepreux les Clayes near Paris a group of pigeons found in a cage in a field survived a train collision area. The birds had been tossed about by the impact and survived by peering through the bars at corn sheaves before being released and flying away.
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Paris
Villepreux-les-Clayes
Fish to Eat Mosquitoes A Harvard Doctor Proposes
Boston scientists led by Dr. Samuel Garman of Harvard suggest using goldfish and other species to curb mosquitoes. If fish become plentiful in U S waters, they could end yellow fever malaria and other diseases spread by mosquitos, according to this proposal.
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Boston
Samanel Garman
Harvard
United States
Jesus Blesses Children on the Way to Jerusalem
A 1910 Sunday School lesson reflects on Jesus blessing little children, teaching the disciples to welcome them, and the call to enter the kingdom of heaven. It contrasts the rich young ruler who asks about eternal life with Jesus urging discipleship and charity.
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Jerusalem
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Luke
Judas
Crippen and Typist Companion Arrested
London dispatch reports Dr. Crippen and his accomplice the typist were arrested after the suspected murder case involving Ethel Leneve. Mrs. Leneve appeals to her daughter to tell the police everything and declare innocence, while the parents insist the daughter was unaware of events before fleeing across the Atlantic.
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London
Sing
Atlantic
Crippen and Le Neve Arrested in Quebec In Transit
Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen and Miss Ethel Le Neve reached Quebec after 1 a m and were taken to Parliament buildings cells. Crippen calm, Le Neve fainted, later disguising as a woman. police brief interview. jewels found. voyage watchers note Scotland Yard inspector presence signaling end of the pursuit.
Crippen Arrest Ends Worldwide Chase Aboard Steamer
Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen and his companion Miss Ethel Clare Le Neve have been arrested by Dominion police on a Quebec voyage after identification by Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard. Chief McCarthy and Detective Dennie supervised the capture as Crippen confessed in a quiet manner aboard the vessel. Le Neve, in boy's clothes, was frightened and in tears during the arrest.
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Crippen
Montrose
Quebec
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Ethel Clare Leneve
Leneve
McCarthy
Dennie
Crippen Arrest Details Reveal Nervy Flight to Quebec
Dr Crippen told Inspector Dew he was glad it was over after his arrest. Police recovered a ten dollar oil item a small watch trinkets a poison vial and a yellow powder paper packet. He will be cuffed and jailed at Quebec. Miss Le Neve’s clothing was removed by a stewardess and she went ashore in borrowed dress.
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Dr. Crippen
Dew
Crippen
Quebec
Crippen’s Father Affected by News of Arrest
In Los Angeles Myron A Crippen father of the accused dentist was ill in bed when reporters delivered word of his son’s arrest and that of a companion Hawley. The elderly man, in poor health, reacted to the news with shock and disbelief.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Myron A. Crippen
Wider Wanted to Kill in New York City
Erwin Wider, cashier of the Russo-Chinese Bank Agency, held in $25,000 bail after confessing defalcations exceeding $590 000. He has not eaten since confinement at the Tombs and appears near collapse. Wider threatened to kill his wife and baby after disclosing theft of securities around $700 000.
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New York City
Erwin Wider
Tombs
Wider
Paris Ace Louis Paulhan Receives Legion of Honor
Paris reports that famed aviator Louis Paulhan has been decorated with the Legion of Honor for his achievements in aviation. The award honors his contribution to flight and public service in France.
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Paris
Louis Paulhan
Jtrench
Legion of Honor
Massacre Report Alleges Chinese in Yaqui Targeted
dispatches from Yaqui Mexico claim a mob attacked the Chinese quarter killing many including women. details are scant but reports say revolting atrocities were committed and bodies were hacked to pieces. Chinese merchants elsewhere sought protection from authorities in Cananea and Washington amid threats to burn the town and murder residents.
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Texas
Mexico
Douglas
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Yaqui
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