Emigration Efforts and Global News Wrap
London works to boost British women moving to South Africa. Mme Jeanne Marin wins the Chauchard prize in France. Alfred Soderman from Worcester grows potatoes and tomatoes on a single vine. London schools may get foghorns. A Lucknow medical college is proposed for 1905 royal visit memorial costing 1 250 000 dollars. Sweden lures American- based émigré sons. Encyclopedic note on billiards and a killed elephant supply. Japan’s PM aims for world peace without sinking its navy. Rockefeller Jr. welcomes a second son. Pan American congress delegates named for Santiago Chile in December. A Wilkes-Barre judge rules sheath gowns debts uncollectable.
Eight Rules for Longevity Allegedly by Wu Ting-Fang
The text claims Wu Ting-Fang proposed eight ancient rules promising a 200 year lifespan. It notes the rules are so extreme that no one would endure them without testing the limit.
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Wu Ting-Fang
Ohio college tied to 10000 weddings in fifty year span
A co-educational Ohio college reportedly facilitated about 10 000 weddings over its fifty year history. The report notes strong ties to alumni networks and long standing campus traditions.
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Ohio
Italian Government Expands Tests on Concrete Barges
Tests of reinforced concrete barges and pontoons have been conducted by the Italian government since 1897. Results are described as gratifying, prompting orders for additional strange constructions.
English papers boycott the word suffragette unify stance
English newspapers join to drop the term suffragette fearing it carries agitation. John Ruskin long ago urged old-age pensions, in 1857 lectures at Manchester on The Political Economy of Art, for both agricultural workers and soldiers.
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John Ruskin
Manchester
Professor predicts English to die by year 4000
A Chicago professor forecasts English will become a dead language by 4000, but observers doubt the forecast given its long use. An Omaha Bee editorial questions the idea of a deteriorating world as it notes a Goldfield Nevada man got seven years for selling fake mining stock, warning of consequences for mining scams.
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Chicago
Omaha Bee
Mah
Goldfield
Nev
West
Jap Held On Pretense In McKeesport Plant Probe
Pittsburg police hold Sam Flue a Japanese man in jail on trespassing charges at railroad property. Officials suspect the arrest is a pretext to detain him while investigating claims he sought secrets of projectile manufacture at Firth Sterling Steel near McKeesport where he claimed employment but plant officials deny knowing him.
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Pittsburg
Sam Flue
Flu
Firth-Sterling Steel Co
McKeesport
State Judge Grants Warrant in Subtreasury Theft Case
Chicago George W Fitzgerald former assistant teller at the U S subtreasury arraigned on charges he stole 173000 missing since February last year. A warrant issued by Judge Chetlain led to a $10000 bond and release. Legal tangles loom over state federal jurisdiction as proceedings unfold.
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Chicago
George W. Fitzgerald
United States
Fitzgerald
Chetlain
They
Harvest Reapers and Mowers Hit New High In Demand
The harvest is unusually large this year and the demand for agricultural implements is strong. Factories report record activity producing up to date machinery for farmers including mowers and reapers, signaling busy times ahead.
Duma considers replacing eagle on vodka labels with skulls
A government commission in Russia recommends removing the imperial eagle from vodka labels and replacing it with a skull and crossbones to warn against the poison like drink. The trade remains under government monopoly though changes are urged.
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Russia
Duma
Maine Farmers Welcome Potato Bug Parasite Discovery
Farmers in Maine rejoice over a claimed parasite that allegedly exterminates the potato bug a major pest in tuber regions. If proven effective, the widespread crop scourge could be put to an end, ending years of damage from the pest.
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Maine
Praise for Panama Canal Work by Commission
President Roosevelt released the special commission report praising Col. Goethals administration and Panama Canal work. It recommends revising the wage scale to reduce grades and align pay and hours for similar work on the isthmian commission and Panama railroad. No wage reduction is urged since current rates are 10 percent higher than New York. The panel suggests a secretary to review employee complaints and notes compensation for on the job injuries is inadequate.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Rooseevlt
Special Commission
Panama Canal
Col. Goethals
Canal Commission
Isthmian Commission
Panama Railroad
New York
Child Refuses to Wed Slain in Altus Farm Case
Alice Carter an 11 year old girl refused to wed Charles Fisher a farm hand against her parents wishes. Fisher drew a revolver and shot the girl fatally then killed himself in Altus Oklahoma adding a tragic end to a dispute over marriage.
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Altus
Okla
Alice Carter
Charles Fisher
Anonymous donor offers 10000 dollars for radium research institute
A Viennese benefactor pledged 10000 dollars to the Vienna Imperial Academy of Science to establish a major institute for radium research. The donor requested anonymity and aims to advance learning through this endowment.
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Fund For
Vienna
Vienna Imperial Academy of Science
Nebraska rain assures corn crop after heavy statewide storm
A heavy statewide rain fell late Tuesday night across Nebraska, welcomed by farmers and crop experts as it should secure the corn crop. Some areas saw excess heaviness including Culberson flood, Burlington tracks washed out, and hail in Strong and Axtell with limited damage.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Culberson
Burlington
Strong
Axtell
Auto Goes Over Embankment Into Mouse River
William H. Winney and John Ginsberg were driving Mr Winney’s touring automobile along the Mouse River when the steering failed. They jumped to safety as the car plunged over a 20 foot riverbank and sank to the river bottom.
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Minot
N. D
William H. Winney
John Ginsberg
Mr. Winney
Mouse River
Kennedy attack report ends with suspect release
Mrs Kennedy of Dwyer Missouri says a Kirkwood man William Clemens was not her attacker and is released after being held as a suspect. She described the assailant as a heavy copper colored man in a dark blue suit with a straw hat who followed her into the home near Clayton. She was returning from St Louis Thursday with her baby and awaited her husband at Benton station.
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St. Louis
James Kennedy
Dwyer
Clayton
William Clemens
Kirkwood
Clemens
Danny Road
Kennedys
Thursdy
Kennedy
Creve Coeur
Missouri Pacific
Benton Station
Troops Leave Springfield as City Quietly Resumes
The Seventh Regiment remains in Springfield while the First Cavalry departs. Mrs. Kate Howard, indicted on four counts, posted bail and was released. Abe Rehmer cannot post bond, indicted for murder. Coroner’s jury orders exhumation of Louis Johnson, killed in riots, with dispute over cause of death.
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Springfield
First Cavalry
Kate Howard
Abe Rehmer
Louis Johnson
Loper
Oklahoma Banks Denationalizing in Guthrie
Eight national banks in Oklahoma announce denationalization to become state banks under the state guaranty law. The Comptroller of the Currency warns national banks may not operate under this law. One bank plans to organize a savings bank to gain both national and state bank prestige.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Comptroller of
Close Friend of Roosevelt Baron Speck von Sternberg Dies
Heidelberg Baron Speck von Sternberg German ambassador to the United States died in Washington on Monday after a cancer operation the day before He had been appointed ambassador in 1903 and was a personal friend of President Roosevelt The baron and his American wife were noted figures in Washington society and his career was cut short by his illness
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Washington
Heidelberg
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Washington, D. C
Czerny
United States
Baron von Holleben
Roosevelt
Washington Embassy
Baron von Sternberg
Baron
Miss Wilfred Parsons Found Dead in New York Apartment
Paris report states Miss Wilfred Parsons daughter of Charles Parsons of Rome Water town Ogdensburg road New York died in 1904 from a bullet wound in her head in Avenue Son a apartment police call death by own action while friends claim accident Melancholia followed the fiancé Emile Maas death four months earlier found by a maid with revolver in her grasp.
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Paris
Wilfred Parsons
Charles Parsons
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Road
New York
Avenue Sona
Emile Maas
Irregularities in Cuba Schools Probe Ordered
In Havana a rigid inquiry is ordered after discoveries of irregularities in public instruction. Lincoln de Zayas, superintendent, and Lieut. Col. Bullard are involved as surveyor and investigator. Provisional government officials allege payroll padding and inflated rent costs for public schools.
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Cuba
Havana
Department of Public Instruction
Lincoln de Zayas
Col. Bullard
Provisional Government
Catcher Bushong Dies in Brooklyn at 52
Former baseball catcher Albert J. Bushong died at his Brooklyn home on Thursday afternoon. Born in Philadelphia, he rose to prominence in the 1880s with the St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn clubs, later retiring in 1900 to practice dentistry.
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Bushong
New York
Albert J. Bushong
St. Louis Browns
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
King” Kelly
Ruef Held on Bribe Charge in San Francisco
Abraham Ruef former political boss in San Francisco was held for trial in the superior court on a charge of bribing ex supervisor J. J. Fuerey to vote for an electric street railway franchise after a 67 day preliminary exam the longest in local police court history. Bail set at 3000 and promptly furnished.
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Ruef
San Francisco
Cal
Abraham Ruef
Cabiniss
J. J. Fuerey
Campaign Speech Uses Graphophone in DC Meeting
Canned oration used for first time in presidential campaign at a Washington DC gathering of the District of Columbia Democratic association. William J. Bryan's voice was reproduced by graphophone in a dissertation on publicity and the election of United States senators by direct vote.
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Washington, D. C
District of Columbia Democratic Association
William J. Bryan
United States
Goodrich To Lead Active Navy Rear Admirals List
The retirement of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans elevates Rear Admiral Casper B. Goodrich, commandant of the navy yard in New York, to the head of the active list of rear admirals. Admiral Goodrich plans to retire in January.
Seventy Six Miners Perished in Maypole Explosion
It is known that 76 miners died in the Maypole mine explosion and ensuing fire. Since recovering bodies is now impossible due to the fire’s grip, the directors on Thursday night resolved to flood the mine.
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Wigan
Maypole
Indiana Miners End Strike in Terre Haute
Terre Haute Indiana reports the coal strike ending as the Operators' Association agrees to the United Mine Workers demands. About 12 000 miners return to work.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
United Mine Workers of
Child Choked by Olive Seed in Sharon
Mildred Evans, 10, daughter of Stephen Evans, choked to death in Sharon while eating olives as a seed lodged in her throat. The incident occurred in the Evans home during a family meal. Authorities investigated the accident and prepared a report for the coroner.
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Sharon
Mildred
Stephen Evans
Hayes Acquitted in Poisoning Trial in Centralia
Mrs. Virginia B. Hayes, accused of trying to poison her son in law Elmer Riley by tainting his lunch, was acquitted on Thursday in Centralia Illinois.
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Hayes
Centralia
Ill
Virginia B. Hayes
Elmer Riley
Pension vouchers to be mailed free under new postal rule
Washington announces a Postmaster General order amending regulations to grant free return mailing of pension vouchers to all pensioners. The change applies to future mailings, easing the process for veterans and widows seeking pension benefits.
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Washington
Meyer
Moroccan Sultan Is Captured After Battle Near Tangier
report states Abd-El-Aziz sultan of Morocco has been routed by Mulai Hafid forces about 50 miles from Morocco City. the sultan is reportedly taken prisoner, and Hafid's army advances in the conflict.
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Morocco
Tangier
Abd-El-Aziz
Mulai Hafid
Bryan to Speak in Georgia Canceled by National Chair
James H. Hall chair of Bibb County Democratic club said Norman E. Mack telegraphed cancellation of W. J. Bryan’s speech in North Macon on Sept 14. The reason given is Bryan would visit other states in the region and stay to northern states.
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Macon
Georgia
James H. Hall
Bibb County
Democratic Club
Norman E. Mack
National Democratic Committee
Chicago
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Fireman Killed in Wreck Near Suwanee on Southern Rail
A Southern railroad train known as the Southwestern Limited left Atlanta shortly after noon Sunday and was wrecked four miles north of Suwanee Georgia about 3 pm. The colored fireman Mason Watkins from Atlanta was killed instantly while the engineer B F Dewberry of Atlanta was badly scalded. both were pinned under the engine.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Southern Railroad
Southwestern Limited
Suwanee
Mason Watkins
B. F. Dewberry
Wealthy Recluse Herbert Fryer Found Dead in California Ranch
Herbert Fryer, English recluse and owner of a 5713 acre Ventura ranch, was found dead at his ranch house on Monday. Authorities say he died by his own hand after several days’ death, using a large calibre revolver and a rifle placed in his mouth. He left a will leaving all property to a nephew and niece in England.
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Ventura
Cal
Herbert Fryer
Fryer
Nince
England
National Lead promotes pure White Lead with Dutch Boy logo
National Lead Company combats paint fraud by branding genuine White Lead with the Dutch Boy mark and offering a free blow-pipe test and booklet to buyers. The program aims to educate the public, ensure purity, and reduce deception in paint purchasing.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Bldg
New York
Secrets and lodge password shared in playful quarrel
A young wife presses her husband John about his lodge meetings. He agrees to reveal a password only once and quickly, naming a bizarre word Aldaborontiphosciphor mosticos. The scene ends with the wife tearfully wishing she hadn’t learned it.
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Tootsie
A GOOD OLD FRIEND
A letter praising the editor is shared, defending the editor's actions and stance. The writer asserts loyalty and support amid criticism, underscoring a close, loyal readership perspective.
India's Savings Bank Growth Amid Rural Cash Habits
The postal savings bank of India, started in 1882, held 39 121 depositors and 932 243 in deposits. By 1907 deposits reached 49 223 283 with 1 190 220 depositors, yet many Indian farmers and laborers persistently keep cash in boxes hidden in the ground.
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India
Postal Savings Bank of India
New York World
Dismissed cook cited by wife over dishes before Higges dinner
The judge notes the morning dismissal followed a clash over dishes needed for tonight’s dinner as the Higges were expected. The exchange centers on whether there were enough dishes at 11 am to set the table.
Restored Hope and Confidence Letter Prompts Health Return
A New York woman recounts years of indigestion and near despair after peritonitis. She credits Grape Nuts and Postum with restoring strength, sleep, appetite, and hope, noting continued use with her husband. The notice promotes Postum Co. and its “There’s a Reason” slogan.
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AN. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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