Georgia happiness and higher education cautions
A string of brief observations notes Georgia’s cheerful thirst, warnings about colleges deterring marriage, a Nicaragua electrical plant discovery, and questions whether it aimed to steal water power. Other items discuss Mulai Hafid’s Morocco duties, massage by the blind in London and Yokohama, a ghost-hunting endowment to Clark University, and the coming of 100-story buildings with elevators and lunches.
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Indianapolis News
Nicaragua
London
Japan
Yokohama
Irish lawyer’s quip at contempt case echoes in New York sentence
A New York man received jail time and a heavy fine for contempt of court. The tale recalls the famed Irish lawyer who told an angry judge he had not expressed contempt but had kept his feelings hidden.
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New York
Brenner Elected Swiss President in Quiet Federal Assembly
The Swiss federal assembly elected Ernest Brenner as president for the current year in a routine session with little public campaigning. No major funds or publicity efforts were reported surrounding the selection.
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Switzerland
Federal Assembly
Ernest Brenner
TapOr Rees
New York Woman Sacrifices Self to Save Children
A poor New York mother, her clothes aflame, endured agony to push her children away and lock the room door, to keep them from sharing her fate. The Carnegie commission nonetheless questions where true heroes are.
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New York
Carnegie Commission
Scientist Aims to Transmute Metals in Prospect of Riches
A teaser on Prof. McCoy’s experiments hints at metal transmutation. The piece suggests caution before investing in a five cent share gold mine and even proposes buying scrap iron while awaiting results.
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Prof. McCoy
Lhasa to join world with telegraph and new Tibetan paper
report claims Lhasa will be connected by telegraph and a Tibetan newspaper will appear. The passage notes a shift from isolation to communication and recalls a fire in Chen Lung's barn at Hast Hankow as a contrasting news item.
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Lhasa
Forbidden City
Chen Lung
Hast Hankow
Women Track Bargains In Daily Spending
Women monitor advertising columns to stretch family income. The article notes economy drives the search for bargains more than love of shopping, yet feminine nature motivates seeking savings even when pennies may be counted.
Yale Scholarship Trends Reflect Simple Life Values
The record argues rich students show how prosperity shapes character and scholarship declines with luxury. It cites college statistics and the Baltimore American to support the view that the nation owes its destiny to the poor, working the way up. John Herzel of Fowler is praised for repaying family loans despite a forged signature, showing personal responsibility beyond legal obligation.
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Yale
Bigamist Arthur Hynes Claims 32 Wives in Autobiography
London reports the bigamist Arthur Hynes born F. A. Shotz 1864 Neufchatel Switzerland. He says he married 32 women, with 30 names used and 32 wives total, as part of a criminal livelihood. He was sentenced in Bristol to seven years penal servitude.
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London
Evening News
Arthur Hynes
Hine
Bristol
Hynes
F. A. Shotz
Weston
Witzhoff
Neufchatel
Switzerland
United States
Philadelphia
Schotz
Bond
Morse Denies Guilt In Ice Trust Case
New York banker Charles W. Morse, former head of the ice trust, was arrested on arrival aboard the Etruria from Europe and arraigned before Justice Dowling. He pled not guilty and was released on a $20,000 bond posted by Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland. Morse was reportedly surprised by the arrest.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Ice Trust
Etruria
Europe
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Fdelity and Deposit Co
Maryland
Morse
Dower Settlement Noted in Theodora Chaulnes Match
New York reported Theodore P. Shonts settled 50 000 dollars on his daughter Theodora when she became duchess of Chaulnes. The money reportedly went to the bride with no claim by the groom. Friends say the small settlement suggests a true love match.
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New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Theodora
Chaulnes
Don. Stenroe
Louisville & Nashville Sells Coal Lands Stake
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co announces disposal of its holdings in the Louisville Property Co to individual L&N stockholders. The property company had built vast coal lands holdings in Southeastern Kentucky and leased lands to coal firms under Hepburn act transportation rules.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co
Louisville Property Co
Louisville & Nashville
Kentucky
Edison official commits suicide in West Orange home
John F. Randolph, treasurer of the Edison phonograph works and secretary to Thomas A. Edison, shot and killed himself Monday in the cellar of his home on New Valley way in West Orange New Jersey.
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Edison
Self
West Orange
N. J
John F. Randolph
Edison Phonograph Works
Edison Companies
Thomas A. Edison
New Valley Way
Admiral Converse Declares Navy Ships Equal to Foreign
Rear Admiral Converse completed his inquiry directed by the president and issued findings stating that our ships are not inferior to foreign services. The report was made public in Washington.
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Navy
O. K
Washington, D. C
Converse
United States Navy
Black Hand Demands $50 Threatens Bailey
John Bailey, operator of a saw mill at Baileytown near Millville New Jersey, reports a Black Hand letter demanding $50 left in the butt of an old tree on Spring Garden road. He has two weeks to comply or face death in a peculiar manner.
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Millville
N. J
John Bailey
Baileytown
Black Hand
Bailey
Spring Garden Road
Home Defender Under Gond in New Cumberland
War veteran John Probst jailed for a month for defending his Wormleyburg home with a shotgun as Pennsylvania railroad encroached on his back yard. Judge Saddler discharged him under $500 bail to keep the peace.
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Gond
New Cumberland
John Probst
Wormleyburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Saddler
Sunday Theater Conviction in Topeka
Judge A W Dana of the district court found L M Crawford a Topeka theatrical manager guilty of violating the Sunday law by forcing ticket sellers scenery shifters and other employees to work on Sunday.
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Topeka
Kas
A. W. Dana
L. M. Crawford
Deer Sightings Reported Near Marlton Barnyard
Over the past week doe and buck deer have been seen in the Marlton area. One entered John Olt’s barnyard and drank from a trough.
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Marlton
N. J
John Olt
Hawaii Land Leasing Limit and Postal Savings Bill Move
Washington report shows House Committee on Territories favoring a measure limiting agricultural land leases in Hawaii to 50 years. The panel also backs a bill authorizing payment of Hawaiian postal savings bank deposits.
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Washington
House Committee On Territories
Hawaii
Embry Nomination Favored for Oklahoma District Attorney
A Washington favored report was authorized by the senate judiciary committee on John Embry as nominee for district attorney in Oklahoma. The action signals strong backing for Embry from national legislators ahead of confirmation proceedings.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
John Embry
Oklahoma
Army pay raise bill reported by Washington chairman
Chairman E Hull of the committee on military affairs reported to the house the army appropriation bill including a provision for a 27 percent pay increase for enlisted men and non commissioned officers.
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Washington
E. Hull
Committee On Military Affairs
House
Washington Traction bill reaches favor in DC transit plan
District of Columbia lawmakers agreed to report favorably the Washington Traction bill. It extends all electric car lines to Union Station, offers six tickets for 25 cents, issues universal transfers, and promises faster transit.
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Washington
House Committee On the
District of Columbia
Union Station
Commission Debates Railroads Valuation Legislation
The Interstate Commerce Commission drafts a letter outlining its view on a proposed law for physical valuation of railroads. The measure, put forward by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, is under review by the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce to determine if it should be enacted.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
Interstate Commerce Commission
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate
Sulzer Introduces Bill to Create Department of Labor
Washington representative Sulzer of New York introduces a bill to establish a department of labor with six assistant secretaries who will oversee issues related exclusively to labor.
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Washington
Sulzer
New York
Department of Labor
Wetherspoon Nomination Opens Senate Discussion After Session
After a brief executive session the senate ordered doors closed and spent hours debating the Wetherspoon nomination. An agreement was reached to consider the Ocean Mail Subsidy Bill on Wednesday.
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Washington
Senate
Wetherspoon
Bride Shot by Groom and Man Dies by Suicide in Denver
Oscar Kirby son of a Colorado Springs grocer killed his bride of two months in the home of the bride's parents in Denver and then shot himself. The woman, struck in the back, was taken to the county hospital in a dying condition. The couple had lived apart since shortly after their marriage.
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Denver
Colo
Oscar Kirby
Colorado Springs
Davis
27 Miners Rescued After Mid Valley Collapse
Pottsville pa reports that 27 of 28 miners entombed in the Mid Valley colliery were rescued alive early Tuesday. One miner died in the accident and two were injured while the remaining workers appeared unharmed.
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Pottsville
Mid Valley
Pass Government Supply Measure
Washington reports the executive and judicial appropriation bill, a large government supply measure, passed the house after days of debate. The bill totals $32,336,573 and includes contentious language on department heads removing incapacitated staff. A new provision denies pay for incapacitated workers. Tawney argued the clause targeted those rendered unable to work, not merely superannuated clerks.
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Washington
House
Clay Speaks on Aldrich Currency Bill
In Washington the senate heard Senator Clay of Georgia defend government issued paper money under the Aldrich currency bill. His remarks sparked a clash with Republican senators as Lodge and Teller expressed opposing views on government issued currency.
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Washington
Senate
Clay
Georgia
Lodge
Teller
Senator Clay Improves After Indigestion Attack
Washington reports Senator A S Clay of Georgia recovering from an acute indigestion attack. Condition has turned for the better and no longer causes concern.
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Senator Clay
Washington, D. C
A.S. Clay
Georgia
Secretary Cortelyou Seeks 3 Million for New Building
In response to a provision in the sundry civil appropriation bill, Secretary Cortelyou on Friday transmitted to the speaker of the house a resolution requesting an appropriation of 3,000,000 dollars for a new building for the bureau of engraving and printing.
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Washington
Cortelyou
House
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Sultan Appoints Princess Samieh From Fourteenth Child
The sultan of Turkey became a father to a princess named Samieh. He is in his sixty sixth year and has now fourteen children, seven sons and six daughters prior to this birth.
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Sultan
Constantinople
Turkey
Samieh
Almack Sentenced to Life for Murder in Omaha
Willis Almack was found guilty of first degree murder and given life imprisonment. He and two co workers at Ham Pak, a Chinese restaurant, killed and robbed their employer on the night of July 11, 1907 in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Omaha
Neb
Willis Almack
Almack
Interstate Commerce Hearings Move on Amendment Bills
The judiciary committee has decided to grant hearings on bills aiming to amend the interstate commerce law. The action signals potential changes to regulations governing trade and transportation across state lines.
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Washington
House Committee On Judiciary
Union to Release Most Arkansas Cotton Stocks
Cotton buyers in Little Rock report that the Farmers' Union in Arkansas will soon release nearly all cotton stored in state warehouses.
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Union
Little Rock
Ark
Farmers’ Union
Arkansas
Collar Button Tragedy Claims Boy in Philadelphia
William Brown a 10 year old boy in Philadelphia died after choking on a collar button while sneezing. He collapsed in his mother's arms at home and authorities investigate the unlikely accident.
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Philadelphia
William Brown
Arkladelphia Grand Jury Praises Liquor Crackdown
Arkadelphia grand jury commends officers for cutting blind tiger activity and urges all to join in halting liquor sales in the county.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Grand Jury
War prospect faces Russia as troops move
Siberian troops begin to move amid fears of Russia Turkey hostilities. M. Guchkoff, leader of the majority in the Duma, plans to raise the nation’s war readiness in the next committee meeting and question the railways about troop transport in the Caucasus. The Duma could be blamed for inaction if war breaks out.
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Siberian
St. Peterseburge
Russia
Turkey
M. Guchkoff
Duma
Commission of the National Defense
Caucasus
Europe
Trans-Caucasia
Snell Jury Discharged After 48 Hour Deliberation
The Snell jury was discharged at 3 p m by Judge Cochran after 48 hours of deliberation without a verdict. Jurors stood 8 to 4 for the plaintiffs on the final ballots. If the will had been probated, Richard Snell would have $2,000,000 and his three grandchildren would share the remainder. The case will be retried in May, disappointing supporters of the challengers.
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Clinton
Snell
Cochran
Richard Snell
Missing Kansas City Waterworks Worker Sought Since January
Mrs. John Fahey pleads for guidance as her husband remains missing since January 18. Police and workmen searched a trench at Twelfth and Main streets Monday for clues to his disappearance. She has no theory and notes he left with no money, hoping he may still be alive.
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Kansas City
John Fahey
Waterworks
Twelfth
Main Streets
Fist Fight Breaks Out Between Republican Leaders in Birmingham
In Birmingham last night a scuffle occurred in a hotel lobby between J. O. Thompson, chairman of the administration faction, and former Congressman W. F. Aldrich, leader of the anti administration forces. Aldrich suffered a blow under the eye as tensions rose before a state executive meeting today.
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Birmingham
Ala
Administration
Republican Party
J. O. Thompson
W. F. Aldrich
Aldrich
Pawn broker Harris Rosenberg killed by subway train
The fear of mental decline and financial losses after the Mechanics and Traders bank closure are believed to have driven Harris Rosenberg a pawn broker to throw himself under a subway train. Six cars passed over his body.
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New York
Mechanics and Traders Bank
Harris Rosenberg
Riot in Dunbar leaves two dead six hurt in Connellsville area
Two men were killed and six others seriously injured in a riot at Dunbar, a mining town near Connellsville, Pa. Police arrested forty five participants. victims include Americans among the wounded and foreigners among the dead and injured.
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Connellsville
Dunbar
Here
Republicans Back Cannon for Presidency in Springfield
The Republican state central committee met Tuesday morning and adopted resolutions endorsing Joseph G. Cannon for the presidency and set March 26 for the state convention to be held in Springfield.
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Cannon
Springfield
Republican State Central Committee
Joseph G. Cannon
Hargis Charged With Willful Murder
Lexington Kentucky Beach Hargis indicted for the killing of his father Judge Hargis in a willful murder case. The indictment marks the formal charge against the son in connection with the fatal incident.
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Hargis
Lexington
Beach
Judge Hargis
Association Changes Name at Monmouth Meeting
At the sixth biennial general council meeting the United Presbyterian Mutual Benefit Association voted to rename Church Fraternal. Directors elected for six years are Judge T. G. Peacock Dr. J. N. Swan and Dr. E. G. C. Linn all of Monmouth. In Martinsville a farm house burned from natural gas. Charles Romines was rescued by his wife who suffered severe arm burns.
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Monmouth
General Council of the
United Presbyterian Mutual Benefit Association
United Presbyterian Church
T. G. Peacock
J. N. Swan
E. G C. Linn
Martinsville
Charles Romines
Romines
Goessling Pursues Basketball as Father Passes
Walter Goessling a guard for the Y M C A team in Quincy each faced heartbreak as his father Herman Goessling lay dead at home and he learned of the tragedy only after returning from a game against St Louis M A C G. Earlier Floyd Baker also learned of his father’s death during a vital match.
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Quincy
Walter Goessling
M. A. CG
St. Louis
Herman Goessling
Floyd Baker
Bales Snow for Summer Use Near Arcola
Arcola resident W. W. Pepper and helpers bale snow near Newman for summer ice. He learned last year that baled snow yields ice of higher quality and easier disposal. This season they plan a larger operation as baled snow resists heat better than ordinary ice.
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Arcola
W. W. Pepper
Newman
Telegram Spoils Elopement in Leavenworth Rail Stop
Quincy Pratt a 16 year old daughter of John T Pratt employed by a coal company at Leavenworth Kansas was taken into custody on a telegram from her mother as she stepped from a train and jailed in the city. Telegram says she ran away from home to marry Albert Buschek who works for the Quincy Barbers Supply Co in town.
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Quincy
Alice Pratt
John T. Pratt
Leavenworth
Kas
Tosaigle
Gram
Albert Buschek
Quincy Barbers’ Supply Co
Smallpox Vaccination Ordered at Illinois University
Outbreak at University of Illinois prompts state board of health to vaccinate about 4000 students. Seven mild cases reported and a dozen rooming houses placed under quarantine. Public health measures aim to curb spread.
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Illinois University
Champaign
University of
Elgin Man and Mrs Post Held for Larceny Charge
Charles Wachtel and Mrs. Charles Post are jailed in Milwaukee on larceny charges tied to alleged elopement with South Elgin ties. Post faces three lawsuits including a $10,000 suit against Wachtel for alienation of his wife’s affections.
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Elgin
Milwaukee
Chas. Wachtel
Charles Post
South Elgin
Post
Wachtel
Thistlewood Wins Congress Seat in Twenty Fifth Illinois
Cairo Illinois February 17 Capt N B Thistlewood of Cairo Republican candidate for congress in the Twenty fifth Illinois district was elected by about 5000 votes, the usual Republican majority, over Democratic candidate William M Warder to succeed the late Representative George W Smith.
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Thistlewood
Congress
Cairo
Ill
N. B. Thistlewood
Illinois
George W. Smith
William M. Warder
Nashville to Vote on Tilson License in April
Nashville will vote on the Tilson license question at the April election after anti saloon forces filed the required petition with the city clerk. Nashville has been dry only once in the past 16 years.
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Nashville
Policeman Rescues Man From Carbolic Acid Attempt
Danville resident and retired farmer W H Coates attempted suicide by drinking carbolic acid. Policeman William Walters restrained him during the struggle spilling most of the fluid and causing serious burns.
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Danville
W. H. Coates
William Walters
Mary Hinckley, longtime Roscoe postmistress, dies
Miss Mary Hinckley, who served as Roscoe postmistress for twenty years before resigning last week, has died. Her tenure spanned two decades of local mail service, concluding with her passing in Rockford.
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Rockftord
Mary Hinckley
Roscoe
Reid Jury Discharged in Van Reid Case
The jury in the Van Reid case was discharged by Judge BE Newlin after failing to reach a verdict. The panel stood ten for conviction and two for acquittal on the charge that Young Reid broke into the residence of William Randolph.
Farmer Knaff Dies by Own Action After Inventions
La Salle-Michael Knaff a farmer is reported to have shot himself through the heart. He is believed to have become insane over his inventions.
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Farmer
la Salle
Michael Knaff
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