Pirates Lair Scene of Fight Made Famous by Raisuli
Morocco’s Spanish zone, a narrow northwestern coastal strip facing the Mediterranean, has seen renewed fighting as Gen. Silvestre and Spanish forces clash with Moorish tribesmen. The struggle follows earlier incursions and the historic 1905 Perdicaris case linked to Raisuli.
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Mulal Ahmed Raisuli
Madrid
Morocco
Spain
Mulal Ahmed el-Italsull
Ion Perdicaris
Roosevelt
Hay
Perdicaris
Raisuli
Mediterranean Sea
Algeria
Atlantic Ocean
Tangier
Damaso Berenguer
El-Arish
Laraiche
Sheshawan
Silvestre
Melilla
Mediterranean
Life's ups and downs and self praise versus putting others down
A reflective line from Arkansas Thomas Cat notes that life’s fluctuations are not about self aggrandizement or demeaning others, highlighting a moral stance on humility and conduct.
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Arkansas
Thomas Cat
Verdun Ossuary Memorial Soon to Rise on Battlefield Remains
A Verdun hillside hosts a wooden hut shrine where Father Noel preserves the bones of Verdun’s dead. An ossuaire will house sacred bones from the 400000 French dead with four faith shrines nearby, while nearby monuments mark the Trench of Bayonets and a marshal’s cross.
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Paris
Fort Douaumont
Verdun
France
Legion of Honor
M. L'Abbe Noel
Verdun Front
Musselman
Ossuaire
Marshal Petain
Anselm
Butterfly Man and Other Nebraska News Highlights
A. W. Westhorpe of Yankton is known as the butterfly man in Falls City with over 900 specimens to be mounted for the library. Nebraska’s land value ranks high nationally, while apples fail this fall in southeastern Nebraska. Norfolk sets a record for Ringling Brothers attendance. Grand Island workers remake 1200 garments for European children under Red Cross.
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A. W. Westhorpe
Yankton
S. C
Falls City
Falls City Journal
Westhorpe
Fall City
Nebraska
Union
Federal Land Bank
Hogan
United States
Arthur J. Weaver
Weaver
Ringing Brothers-Barnum & Bailey Circus
Norfolk
Neb
Concordia
Kaw
Postville
Grand Island
American Red Cross
Europe
Adan Breed
Hastings
Hawaiian Islands
World Press Congress
Islands
Breede
O'Neill
North Platte
Frank Summers
Beatrice
Columbia
Gothenburg
George Kosters
Lodgepole
Ernest Ackman
Jansen
Superior
Northeastern Baptist Association
Wayne
Nebraska National
Charming Sem Colonial Home Adapts to Family Size
An illustrated feature sketches a seven room semicolonial home with sun parlor and four upstairs bedrooms, designed for comfort. It notes shift from rental demand to ownership as wages fall and rents rise, urging renters to consider home ownership and civic responsibility alongside Herbert Hoover cited on homeowner duty.
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United States
Herbert Hoover
Boy Captures Sharks After Two Hour Battle
Cape May New Jersey thirteen year old Emory Hyesman son of Julian Eyesman Pennsylvania railroad official ended a fishing trip with two eight foot sharks. He fought over two hours playing them along and keeping other fishermen clear. The sharks weighed total 940 pounds.
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Cape May
N. J
Emory Hyesman
Julian Eyesman
Pennsylvania Railroad
Negro Porter Hero of Pueblo Flood
St. Louis chamber officials seek a Carnegie hero medal for Robert J. Taylor a St. Louis Pullman porter who is credited with saving 26 lives when a passenger train overturned during the Pueblo flood on June 2.
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Negro Porter Hero
Pueblo
St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
Robert J. Taylor
Serbian Prince Adopts Hapsburg Regal Panoply In Vienna
Prince Alexander of Serbia surrounds himself with second-hand royal regalia. Belgrade commission purchases two state carriages from Vienna stables including a semi state vehicle and a splendid glass and gold ceremonial coach. They also take back Maria Theresa apartment furnishings for Karaoreorge palace.
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Vienna
Alexander
Serbia
Hapsburgs
Belgrade
Maria Theresa
Hofburg
Karareorge Palace
Delicate china mended with rice flour cement
A household tip suggests fixing delicate china with a cement made from rice flour and cold water. The mixture is simmered over gentle heat until it thickens, then used to bond broken pieces.
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China
New Methods to Catch Criminals Poroscopy and Graphometry
Paris reports Dr. Edmund Locard head of Lyons police laboratory of identification presents poroscopy the measurement of body pores and graphometry the analysis of handwriting form as new crime detection sciences. He cites cases where pore impressions or handwriting traits aided prosecutions.
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Paris
Edmund Locard
Lyons Police Laboratory
Lyons
Locard
Doctor Locard
Eggs Hatched From Snake Eaten Eggs in Africa
A Methodist Mission publicity recounts that a python entered a jungle hen house, ate eight chickens and nine eggs, was killed, opened, and the intact eggs hatched into normal chicks. Rev. Edwin Richards, longtime Africa missionary, provides the tale from New York.
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Board of Missions of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York City
Edwin H. Richards
Africa
Misery and Marriage Musings Share Bit of Wit
The remark suggests people wed to seek shared unhappiness as company, offering a cynical view on matrimony with a social bite.
Restore Old Indian Camp At Bass Lake Near Winamac
Women of the Bags Lake summer colony push to restore Tecumseh camp near Winamac Indiana. An incorporation filing with the secretary of state accompanies a project to build a 50 foot roadway and 60 foot parkway along Bass Lake shore. Bass Lake Boosters led by Mrs Nora K Spain of Chicago endorse the plan as part of creating a forest preserve district to fully restore the site.
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Winamac
Ind
Tecumseh
Bags Lake
Indian Point
Bass’ Lake
Bass Lake Boosters’ Association
Nora K. Spain
Chicago
Adrianople the Ottoman Capital Before 1453 Fall
Adrianople served as the Ottoman capital up to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, marking a pivotal shift in imperial power and regional control. The city played a crucial role in Ottoman administration and military strategy during this era.
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Adrianople
Constantinople
Rocking Chairs Return to Fashion After Corsets
A French doctor notes rocking aids frazzled nerves and the rocker, born in America before the Revolution, is regaining popularity as straight-front corsets fall from fashion. Rocking chairs, long linked to attire and comfort, are reemerging in homes as styles shift.
Weather guides from ground swells warn of wind
A Cornish coast observer notes ground swells in calm weather indicate windy conditions up to 24 hours ahead. Swell direction predicts wind direction, with sounds heard inland on calm nights. Swells can outpace storms, arriving before the storm system by up to 16 or 17 hours, signaling gales on the northeast coast.
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Cornish
England
North Atlantic
Hartlepool
Nontrey
Family Herald
Quote by Emerson on Pursuit of Greatness
A terse reflection on striving for greatness. The speaker notes that true pursuit leaves none of the common desires unmet, echoing Emerson’s belief in inner drive as the measure of ambition.
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Emerson
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Brazil
Matt Smith
Lincoln Asylum
Oshkosh
Smith
Broadwater
Humboldt
Skidemore
F. A. Kennedy
Yorest Jasper
Earl Porter
Omaha Aero Club
Omaha
D. P. Hogan
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Omaha Council Bluffs
Silas Hunt
Hayes Center
Lincoln
State Institution For
Stewart
Emery
State Farm
Fort Omaha
Tom Carroll
A. 8
Rohrer
Tri-State Utilities Company
Magnet
Chadron
Pine Ridge
Lisco
Tuckerville
Franklin
Callaway
Knox County
Knox County Swine Breeders Association
Bigspring
Columbus
State Railway Commission
Minneapolis
Minneapolis & Omaha Between Sioux City and Omaha. Bayard
Monroe
P. A. Barrows
J. M. Thompson
J. C. McClung
Pawnee County
Dennis S. Cronin
T. W. Carroll
Prohibition
A. 8. Rohrer
Jacob Adriance
Methodist
Fremont
Old Methodist
Eighth and
Broad Streets
Adriance
Charming
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Italy
Hed Ra
Ded RA
Jalcove
SUN Parlor
Texizo
Secretary Denby
Tere
Denby
Navy
Lake Oakland
Clintonville
Mich
Boy
Regent
Cement
Bass Lake Colony
Tecumseh Village
Indiana
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