Pella Ghrontels and World News Snippet
A collage of brief items notes France leads in picture postcard production with 88,000,000 mailed yearly, world total at 2,360,000,000. Grand Duke Paul of Ruselas has a portable bed built in sections. Italian general Pallavicini dies at 77. Chinese depictions of deformity are claimed. J A Howells discusses his brother William Dean Howells and printing roots. Liverpool houses two giant fire engines, jet reaches 140 feet. England keepers fined for lantern nets poaching 5,914 birds seized in October 10 to 14.
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Paul of
Liverpool
England
Casks Drift Show Arctic Ocean Currents
The paths of polar currents are being studied using casks built into drift devices. Two years ago several were placed north of the Bering Strait and this year about 15 more were released north of the Siberian coast. In roughly four years some may reappear on the opposite Arctic side.
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Bering Strait
Siberian
Arctic Basin
Underwater Bell Signal Test Off Egg Rock
An experimental fog signal will be set off near Egg Rock with a large bell fixed fifty feet below a buoy and powered from the Egg Rock light station. The aim is that underwater ringing carries farther to sailors than air ringing. A bottle cleaning machine automates washing and drying of 23,000 to 80,000 bottles daily.
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Eyg Rock
Egg Rock
Istand
Mariner
West Virginia draws Negro labor to coal fields
A Baltimore Run correspondent notes West Virginia is rapidly becoming a center for Black labor in the South. The state’s climate suits the race and coal and coking industries plus railroad work provide ready lucrative jobs. About 15,000 Negro laborers work in mines. In Rome the Italian government plans to buy the Borghesi villa to serve as a public museum for the state’s art collection, moving the Ludovico museum of statuary there from the Museo Nazionale.
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Baltimore Run
West Virginia
Rome
Ludiviso
Museo Nazionale
Baths of
Diocletian
Ring of the Russian czar holds relic of the true cross
The czar believes a ring he wears contains a fragment of the true cross, a treasure once held by the Vatican. While traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow, he forgot it and halted the train for a special messenger to retrieve the ring, delaying travel for several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Vatican
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Week's Record of Home and Foreign Items
The summary covers Senate and House actions on shipping, rural free delivery, and bank charter extensions. It notes Roosevelt enforcement of pooling laws, Prince Henry's Chicago visit, court rulings on gambling and streetcar fares, fires and deaths across several states, and various international and domestic events including riots, floods, and political developments.
Notable Obituaries and Political Nominations Across Cities
The report lists notable deaths including Charles PB Reuss in New York at an unspecified age while seeking sight restoration, Dixon B Ward in Marion NL at 100, Alfred Booth in Chicago at 74, Rufus K Polk in Philadelphia, Daniel Harrington in Braintree at 103, Cornelius O'Brien known as Neil Bryant in Brooklyn aged 72, and Warren J Wheaton founder of Wheaton Illinois turning 90. It also notes political moves with the Twelfth Indiana GOP nominating Clarence G Williams for Congress and Chester I Long renominated in Kansas Seventh District.
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Charles PB. Reuss
New York
William Stoke Wyman
University of Alabama At
Chester I. Long
Kansas
Rufus K. Polk
Congress
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Warren JT. Wheaton
Wheaton
Daniel Harrington
Braintree
Mass
Cornelius O’brien
Neil Bryant
Brooklyn, N.Y
British Forces Suffer 632 Losses at Vondonop Battle
Lord Kitchener reports 632 British casualties including killed wounded and prisoners at Vondonop along with two cannon losses. The British steamer Tiber was lost off Nova Scotia with 20 missing. Brodrick presents army budget of 346.55 million dollars in Commons. Germany praises Prince Henry reception. rebellion in Kwangsi spreads.
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Lord Kitchener
Vondonop
Nova Scotia
Count von Buelow
Reichstag
Germany
Prince Henry
America
Kwang Si
Brodrick
House of Commons
Senate approves foreign aid bill and cabinet note
The Senate passed the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill on the 7th while a measure protecting the president was discussed. In the House a rural free delivery classification and contract system bill advanced, and Jefferson Territory was reported as a territorial form of government for Indian Territory. Two battalions of the Tenth Infantry left Omaha for the Philippines. Kip Holton was hanged in Van Buren for his wife’s murder in Lancaster. William Rhimp of Lowell was arrested for sending poisoned powder by mail. Roosevelt will hereafter release cabinet meeting information. A Southern Pacific wreck near Maxon, Texas, is feared to have killed 40 with 15 dead and 28 injured. Gen. Wood summoned to Washington to discuss Cuba troop withdrawal. Prince Henry finished his American tour in New York and visited Albany and West Point. Rev Joseph Parker in London critiqued the king’s attendance at Sunday concerts. Dr Christian Fenger died in Chicago at 62. Gen Jujuggi and Estey Organ president died in Brattleboro at 57. Roosevelt signed the permanent census bill. Porto Rican legislature asks for a coffee export bounty. James Galvin, baseball pitcher, dies in Allegheny at 47. U S business failures tally 176 for the week ending the 7th, down from prior weeks.
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United States
Senate
House
Indian Territory
Territory of
Jefferson
Tenth Infantry
Omaha
Neb
Philippines
Kip Holton
van Buren
Ark
Wood
Washington
Cuba
Prince Henry
New York
Albany
West Point
Joseph Parker
London
Christian Fenger
Chicago
Ju Juggi
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro
Roosevelt
James Galvin
Allegheny
Minor News Items From The Era Of Imperial Themes
Brief items report on diverse topics including Miss Stone planning a U.S. visit, Leo XII entering year 25 of pontificate at 92, a new 800 mile eastward transcontinental rail link from Eureka, Illinois, large Chicago stockyard layoffs, Taft denying Filipino cowardice claims, Amazon exploration plans, Abyssinia king invited to St Louis fair, tobacco traders selling to a trust, coal ore unloaders reducing labor at lake ports, London teachers strike over pay cuts, Chicago union station cost projections, Joseph Devlin elected to British Parliament, the Adams Express founder William Hoey's death, Rev Joseph W. Cook's death en route to Florida, and Dr William Stark’s nerve surgery with recovery ahead.
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Farmers’ Institute
Thawali
Miss Stone
United States
Leo XII
Eureka
Cal
Chicago
Gov
Taft
House Insular Committee
von Reistorff
Prince Henry
Amazon
St. Louis Fair
Menelik
Abyssinia
Salmon & Gluckenstein
Big London
Trust
London
Pennsylvania
Joseph Devlin
United Irish League
Kilkenny
William Hoey
Adams Express Company
New York
Joseph W. Cook
Wyoming
Dakotas
St. Louis
Florida
William Stark
Baltimore
Not What He Required Dyspepsia Cure Laugh Line
A Chicago Daily News quip has a pharmacist urging a man to try a dyspepsia cure. The man retorts he already has all the dyspepsia he wants, avoiding the bottle.
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Chicago Daily News
Love and Money Delay a Palace Dream in Playful Dialogue
A witty exchange contrasts love in a cottage with love in a palace as a dean-like office boy nursing a smallpox diagnosis in the Municipal hospital surfaces in a Philadelphia Record snippet. The banter centers on money, waiting to earn a palace, and the plucky tone of the Smart Set.
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George
Hook
Nye
Philadelphia Record
Earliest Russian Millet Prodigiously Prolific Hay Seed Ad
Will you be short of hay If so plant plenty of this prodigally prolific millet Five to eight tons of rich hay per acre Price 50 lbs 190 100 lbs 300 low freights John A Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wis
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Cough cures and elixirs advertised in old papers
A fragmented OCR ad collage lists Piso's Cure, Hale's Honey of Horehound, and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with prices and claims, then pivots to humorous inserts about voices and stories. It also includes notices to mail for cotton seed and stray sayings from newspapers.
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Hale
Pike
A Fine Dairy Country North Wisconsin Land Rush Grows
The land hunger increases as cheap farms vanish and settlers flock to Northern Wisconsin this spring. Independent newcomers prove it suited for small means or seasoned investors, with Prof. W A Henry predicting a major dairy region due to abundant clean water, wholesome stock feed, and rich pastures including red and white clovers, timothy and bluegrass. The Soo Line offers booklets. write D W Casseday in Minneapolis to learn about the dairy country.
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Wisconsin
W. A. Henry
College of Agriculture
America
Soo” Line
D. W. Casseday
Land and Industrial
Minneapolis
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A.J. Tower CO
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