Nickel Rumor and Global War Rumors Stir Public Fancy
The piece notes public fascination with scare news and counterfeit nickel rumors from 1910, clarifying 30,000,000 nickels in circulation are genuine. It adds a rebuke of sensational reports and muses on Mars and global travel, citing Boston Herald humor about Agailir and Amoy, with playful remarks on geography and ignorance.
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Manchester Union
Treasury Department
Washington
Globe
Mars
Boston Herald
Agailir
Ft Lenon
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Amoy
Shanghai
Hunan
Hupeh
Call for tighter control on deadly poisons sales
The Chicago Journal argues poison deaths rise as criminals obtain lethal drugs easily. It urges stricter laws to restrict sale of cyanide potassium and similar poisons except to physicians or proven legitimate users, asserting regulation would slow such crimes.
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Aszme
Chicago Journal
Final settlement hailed in German potash dispute row
The article notes a quiet, diplomatically acceptable end to a long dispute over German potash. It recalls past heated calls for tariffs and sharp rhetoric, and says the Berlin cablegram announcing the settlement satisfies all parties involved.
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Germany
Department
de Morpeiaed
Berlin
Paris bank mix up leads Chicago socialite to disguise
Mrs Robert M Arnold of Chicago arrived in Paris with gray streaks in her hair to erase the effect of aging. A Paris bank, misled by details from a Duluth sister, insisted the gray Mrs Arnolds identity matched a woman seen with Mrs Hendrickson. A passerby identified her after the mix up.
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Paris
Chicago
Robert M. Arnold
Arnold
Detroit
Margaret Rose Rohilly
Minnesota
H. Rohilly
Eugene A. Hendrickson
Minneapolis
Sennator Hendrickson
Duluth
Credit Lyonnaisse
Hendrickson
Chestnut Blight Threatens Pennsylvania Forests
Pennsylvania faces ten million dollars in chestnut blight damage with potential losses up to seventy million in timber if unchecked. The state has allocated 275000 and mobilized thirty trained men to locate infections, cut and burn diseased trees, and curb spread. Joint efforts involve federal and state forestry officials led by executive officer S. S. Detweiller.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Tenerite
United States
Federal Department of Agriculture
Haven Metcalf
Department
Widow gains coal land after twelve year dispute
Mrs. Mary Patton Hudson of Cincinnati wins undisputed possession of 1100 acre coal land in Putnam county after WV Supreme Court refusal of appeal by Iguana Land and Mining and Plymouth Coal and Mining. Court orders defendants to compensate for mining about 640000 tons of coal from eighty five acres. Litigation began in 1899 with timber injunction and culminated in a Putnam circuit decree in the plaintiff's favor.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Mary Patton Hudson
Cincinnati
Putnam County
Iguana Land and Mining Company
Plymouth Coal and Mining Company
Putnam County Circuit Court
Hudson
Aguano Land and Mining Company
Supreme Court of Appeals
Junction
Birthday Dinner for Chubby the Poodle in Atlantic City
A society girl Miss Kathryn Hazel Wilson hosted a dinner at the Berkshire Inn in Atlantic City N J for her pedigree dogs celebrating Chubby the poodle with a silk pillow perch and service from a silver plate while guests observed good behavior. White carnations adorned the table as the fifth birthday honor was given to Chubby.
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Atlantic” City
N. J
Kathryn Hazel Wilson
Berkshire Inn
Chubby
Miss Wilson
Arthur. Payne
Washington
Train Escapes A Nerve Racking Farewell
A narrator recalls a tense scene as lovers part on a departing train. The man leaps to catch the last car while the woman watches, surrounded by a hostile crowd and a gate keeper warning that the vestibule will stay closed.
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Las Vestibule
Ancient Middle Temple Horn Dinner Tradition Persists
London historians describe a long standing rite at Middle Temple where a warder in gold braided uniform blows a ox horn to summon benchers and students to dinner each term. The custom recalls Knights Templar roots from 1184 and the era before clocks, with sundials still visible on temple walls.
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London
Middle ‘Temple
Middle
Knights Templar
Saracens
Templars
Whitefriars
Essex House
Strand
Silver Thames
Knights
Templar
Temple
Surrey
Panyer
Westminster
Dedication of John the Baptist in Luke's Birth Narrative
Bible course notes from Willian Evans Institute Chicago reflect on the naming of John the Baptist, the role of Zacharias and Elisabeth, and the fulfillment of prophecy. The lesson urges parents to dedicate children to God, consider the meaning of names, and embrace the Spirit filled life as joy and praise rise from faith.
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John
Zacharias
God
Israel
Earth
Heaven
Christ
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Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Gourt
Denver
Union Station
Byer Amd Evans
D. D
Williamtesn Bicie Institute
John the Baptist
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