Span novel trends and wartime woes abound in late 1913 dispatch
A miscellany notes an up to date bullfight trust and a buttonless dress concept as winter hardship looms for the poor. It cites rising auto tire prices, Alaska gold shipments, and surgical feats like removing a mule's stomach while favoring Glenn H. Curtiss after Brescia and France triumphs with prize money and a cheap aeroplane cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn H. Curtiss
Brescia
Italy
France
Curtiss
Grave sale for debts blocked by New York court
A New York judicial authority was asked to decide if a man's grave could be seized and sold to satisfy his debts. The court rejected the idea as a desecration of the dead, deeming the proposal ghoulish and revolting to natural instincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Calamities in Mexico with tidal wave and floods
The year 1909 saw numerous natural disasters in Mexico including earthquakes fires floods and a tidal wave along the Lower California coast. The latest wave killed several people and demolished many buildings as it swept inland two miles. Mexico will remember 1909 for its frequent calamities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Lower
California
Spanish press vows to publish true war news in Morocco
The Spanish press rejects censorship and declares it will publish truthful war reports from Morocco. It condemns withholding information as akin to an ostrich hiding its head and argues that nations deserve the full truth in this age of information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Rural Life Revived by Telephones and Mail Delivery
The Delineator notes a return of sociability to New England farms once isolated by distance. Telephone and free mail delivery bring city currents to rural areas, enriching community life with varied interests and addressing a true heart hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Official Geographical Survey Chief cites 7369 year coal reserve
An official of the national geographical survey asserts there is enough unmined coal to last 7,369 years. The remark is noted for its exact and surprising figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographiecal Survey
Halley’s Comet Brightens Near Earth This Year
Observers report Halley’s comet growing brighter as it nears Earth. The enhanced visibility could have brightened the Hudson Fulton illumination displays had timing been slightly different.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halley
Neorer
Trial Interruption Sees Defendant Admit Crime In Court
A dramatic courtroom interruption occurs as a man testifies in defense admitting involvement in the crime. He declares Mme. Stenheil innocent, prompting a tense exchange and renewed legal scrutiny.
New Witness Claims Hidden Role in Steinheil Murder
A man disguised as a woman interrupted the Mme. Steinheil trial to confess involvement in the murders of Adolphe Steinheil and Mme. Japy. He claimed remorse, described disguises, and said accomplices fled abroad. the court ordered arrest and cautioned jurors against being misled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Mme. Steinheil
Mme
Steinheil
M. Aubin
Jean le Fevre
M. Rubin
Adolphe Steinheil
Mme. Japy
Mount Morency
le Fevre
de Valles
Youth Confesses Murder in Cleveland Case
A 17 year old boy confessed to killing 4 year old Alexander Hoenig, whose 1907 disappearance and body found in an ash barrel near his Cleveland home had baffled investigators nationwide. The confession came as Alvin Cohen faced separate charges of theft before Judge Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Alexander Hoenig
Alvin Cohen
Adams
Hoenig
Taft Vies With Circus and Fair in Jackson
President Taft visited Jackson amid a breezy ring circus and a gala state fair. A balloon ascension and a thrilling parachute leap accompanied the events, with the fair offering return checks to spectators across the street. The spectacle united three great attractions in one historic day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Jackson
Miss
Old City
Old Alton Engineer Dies in Illinois
Bloomington Illinois Peter Rafferty a locomotive engineer on the Alton for forty years between Bloomington and St Louis and one of the west s best known runners died here aged 56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Bloomington, Lll
Peter Rafferty
Bloomington
St. Louis
West
Jerome to Resume Law Practice in New York City
District Attorney William Travers Jerome forms a partnership with former assistant William Rand Jr and will resume legal practice after his term ends in New York City.
Clerks Deny Marriage License in Oroville Case
John Pinkney Ware, 70, sought to wed Cora May Burns, reported as 15 by her mother but appearing no more than 13. Judge Batchelder refused the license despite consent from Cora’s mother Eliza Ragine, with custody possibly placed under Probation Officer J. A. Glenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oroville
Cal
John Pinkney Ware
Batchelder
Cora May Burns
Eliza Ragine
J. A. Glenn
Commander Peary To Get Higher Pay Per Word
Comander Peary will receive 1.20 per word for a magazine serial on his north pole achievement, about 50 000 words over eight months, while ex President Roosevelt gets 1.00 per word for his hunting story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Commander Peary
North Pole
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Comander Peary
Stage Robbers Seize Mail Sack in Cariboo Heist
Two masked highwaymen stopped the Cariboo stage at 150 Mile House in Vancouver B C and stole several sacks of registered mail. The loss is believed to include four to five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Cariboo
Farmer in Wagon Killed by Train at Mill Shoals
Thomas Blackford a farmer living nine miles south was instantly killed by a freight train of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern at Mill Shoals while crossing the track with a wagon load of tiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Thomas Blackford
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Mill Shoals
Two Die in Duel After Wedding Frolic Near Wrightsboro
In Gonzales Texas two men were killed in a duel that followed a wedding frolic in the Mexican quarter on the Henry Cardwell farm two miles north of Wrightsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales
Tex
Henry Cardwell
Wrightsboro
Peary Awarded Gold Medal For North Pole Claim
National Geographic Society board votes to honor Commander Robert E Peary for reaching the north pole and appoints a subcommittee to study whether any explorer preceded 1909. The panel will examine records and may pursue Dr Frederick A Cook's claim. Captain A C Bartlett also receives a medal for seafaring merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Ang Bartlett
Washington, D. C
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Board of Managers
Society
Pole
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
Commander Peary
A. C. Bartlett
Dr Cook in Retirement After Lecturing Tour
Dr Frederick A Cook has returned to New York City thinner and pale after extensive lecturing and travel. He plans to forward reports and charts to the University of Copenhagen within three or four days and will seal them for examiner review. His secretary says Cook wishes to disappear until his papers are examined and will not speak on the controversy. He may decide within a week whether to attempt Mount McKinley again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Frederick A. Cook
University of Copenhagen
Board of
Mount McKinley
Harvard graduate wins Harris fellowship for mathematics study
Boston Massachusetts. W A Hurwitz of Joplin Missouri a third year graduate student at Harvard has been awarded the Harris fellowship for this year with a $500 stipend. He is studying mathematics and is a graduate of the University of Missouri and Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
W. A. Hurwitz
Joplin
Graduate School of Art and Science
Harvard
Harris
Hurwitz
University of Missouri
Alabama Mob Seeks Slayers Near Sila and Brooks Case
Word reached here that a mob plans lynching at Sila Alabama of Brooks Bud Coger and two others named Kenner and Phelps accused of robbing and killing William Doggett. The incident ties to a murder in Mississippi town Shubuta and broadens cross state tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Shubuta
Miss
Sila
Ala
Brooks
Bud Coger
Kenner
Phelps
William Doggett
City backs international aviation contests in December
Los Angeles officials endorse a plan to host a series of international aviation contests next December. A prize of 100000 dollars will be funded by selling one dollar shares of stock to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Accident Shocks Nashville Woman Killed In Hunting Mistake
Mrs. C. O. Baugh of Nashville was accidentally shot and killed by her husband during a hunting trip in Little River bottom near White Cliff on Wednesday morning. A special train carried her body home after the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Ark
C. O. Baughman
Little River Bottom
White Cliff
Aeroplaneist Reaches 880 Feet Over Antwerp
French aeroplanist M. Rougier climbed to 880 feet in a flight over Antwerp Belgium. The ascent demonstrates advances in early aviation and endurance of the pilot during demonstration work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Belgium
M. Rougier
List of Readers and Addresses Across Multiple States
A compiled roster of women and addresses including Mrs. Alvena Sperling of Lindley Indiana and Mrs. May Fry of Kinsley Kansas, with numerous others in New York, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Kentucky, and beyond. The list also mentions life change notes and personal notices interspersed with place names and street addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alvena Sperling
Langdon Street
Lindley
Ind
May Fry
Kinsley
Kans
Stella Gifford Beaman
Scott
N.Y
S.J. Barber
Cornwallville
Wm. Boughton
Cincinnati
W.k.housh
Milwaukee
Wis
Emma Limnse
1St St
South Bend
Fred Certia
Lafayette S Street
Noah
Kentucky
Lizzie Holland
Brookfield
Sarah Lousignant
Ss. Market St. Paterson
N.J
Wm. Somerville
Hamburgh Avenue
Philadelphia
K. E. Garrett
North Garnet Street
Kewaskum
Carl Dahlke
Fraternity
Worcester
Mass
Ars
Dusylya Coté
Southgate Street
Indianapolis
A. P. Anderson
E. Pratt Street
Big Run
W. E. Pooler
Atwater Station
Anton Muelhaunt
Ohio
E. H. Maddocks
Gilbert Avenue
Mogadore
Lee Manges
Dewittville
W.Y
A.A. Giles
Johnstown
Homer N . Seaman
E. Main Street
Burtonview
Peter Langenbahn
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Odon
Span
Tanana Valley
Alaska
Sevin
Little Kingdom
Adirondacks
China
Mme. Stenheil
Peary Berched
DR. Cook
Lydia E. Pinkham
Timvar Romntval
Hampstead
Mid
Jos. H. Dandy
Adrian
Lena V. Henry
Bessie V. Piper
South Addison Street
Louisville
Sam Lee
Fourth St
South West Harbor
Maine
Lillian Robbins
Mt. Desert Light Station
Detroit
Mich
Frieda Rosenau
Meldrum Avenue
German
Bozier
Als
Mary Batu Ligonier
Eliza Wood
R.F.D
Melbourne
Owa
Clara, Watermann
BR. B
Bardstown
Joseph Tall
Lewiston
Henry Clontier
Cenank
Goshen
W. T. Daton
Wr. Fully
Ogden Av
Paw Paw
Emma Draper
Flushing
Bur
Loyd
K.F. D
I. A. Survorn
Coffeeville
S. J. Jones
Flora Abr
Ernst Street
Lizzie Steiger
Fleet Avenue
S.E. Wesleyville
Magister Ester
Dyersburg
Venn
Sue Hilliard
Hayfield
Mayme Windle
Werrin
Chas. Folkel
Wwinehesteer
May Dean Dyer
Win Oberoh
Baltimore
W. 8. Ford
Larsdowne Street
Roxbury
Francis Merkle
Field Street
Clarksdisle
Ann Wallace
Guysville
Ella Michael
R F.D
Dayton
Ida Hale
National Military Lione
Lebanon
Harry
Butrle
Leheman Street
Svrkes
Tenn
Minnie Fall
Louise Jung
Chestnut St
Vincennes
Syl. B. Derauld
Tenth Street
Gardiner
Will Young
Columbia Avenue
Scottville
J.G. Johnson
FP. Kitsini
Erie
J.P. Ende - Beaver
Mary Jane Shatto
East Earl
Augustus Lyon
Vienna
W. Va
Emma Wheaton
Valulu Quleul
Eous
Lydia
Pinkham
Japan
Standard Oil Company Incorporated
the Wizard of Horticulture
Jion
Luther Burbank
Mr. Burbank
Stark Bro’s Nurseries & OR
Hards CQ
Louisiana
Thompson
Legtro
Defiance
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