Frontiers of India and the Afghan Frontier Survey
London Netter describes great dangers in exploring and mapping Central Asian frontiers between Russia and Britain. Details include punitive expeditions, cholera in Afghan marches, and surveyors facing typhoid, injury, and death while tracing routes toward Sikaram in the Koh range. The Afghan loyalty to home and hospitality is noted amid perilous campaigns.
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London
Central Asia
Great Britain
Afghanistan
Pamirs
Russia
Robert
Ee'dom
Hussars
Kafuretan
Kabul
Bas
Mohmand
Khaiber
Karam
Khaibar
Sikaram
Fa‘ed- Koh
India
Cap t Coghlan to Have New Berth for Xray Congress
A longtime naval figure and explorer profile leads into a New Haven letter noting preparations for a congress on Roentgen rays. It details advances in X-ray use from surgery to diagnostics, including bone, lungs, kidneys and cancer. The report highlights Canadian and British contributions, stereoscopic radiographs, and South Africa’s field hospital experiences.
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New Haven
Roentgen
Parisian
Spee
South Africa
Canada
G. P. Girdwood
McGill University
Seymour Gibb, M. D
Afghan survey hints at borders and British front doors
Henry Morton reports from an Afghan survey noting fertile districts in late spring with blossoms and lucerne while warning that the Amir cannot block tribal migrations and refuges. He explains Chitral and Kabul as pivotal front doors to India and recalls the 1888-89 Afghan revolution, highlighting Ayub Khan's missteps and Abdurrahman's rise under British influence.
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Afghanistan
Lucerne
Troouritgs
Hoteentang
Kabul F
England
Chitral
Kashmir
Hindu Kush
Quetta
Makran
India
Kabul
Central Asia
Russia
Ayub Khan
Abdurrahman
Prince Charlie
Maiwand
Kandahar
Roberts
Mainard
Ayub
Malwand
Henry Morton
Skipper Charley Barr Praised as Amerikas Best Sea Jockey
The World lauds Charley Barr of the Columbia as the smoothest sea skipper in New York, noting his keen wind sense and bold shifts that often turn races. Barr is described as the cleverest, trictiest skipper in America, having guided Columbia to many victories when rivals falter.
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San Francisco
Morgan Dix
Trinity Parish
New York
America
Charley Barr
Columbia
Barr
Old Columbia
New York Police Rescue From Gas Laden Manhole
A New York police officer descended into a gas filled manhole and rescued several men from possible death, highlighting courage and public safety.
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New York Police
Second Chance on Stage Moves a Pleading Actress
A hopeful yet inexperienced actress named Edna Grant begs stage manager Bartow for a chance at acting. He offers a small part and orders her to rehearse, promising a future if she proves herself. After a rough debut, he grants her the wife role if she commits to dramatic effort, sealing with a kiss of encouragement.
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Francis Burtos
Bartow
Weill
Lyric Hall
Henderson
Alice
Richardson
Actrez
Aes
Seventy End Street
Suh Ferry
Edna Grant
Mr. Henderson
Bayton
Miss Grant
Counstant
Color Was Fast in New York Times
Rain-slashed Broadway car tale filed with vivid, crowded scene aboard a trolley. A rear-seat encounter pits a coal-dark man against a jovial German passenger as the curtain rises to reveal a tense moment amid weary commuters.
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New York Times
Aldrich
Color Fast Inquiry Triggers Transit Altercation
A confrontation aboard a transit car escalated when a German passenger joked about a Black man’s skin color. The Black man is restrained by a conductor who intervened to prevent further violence after the punch to the nose. The German laments the color fast question and asks why he was struck.
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Vance
Teuton
Canner Estimates Season Output and Labor Peak
A representative canner estimates 500000 boxes of sixty pounds each, totaling 15000 tons. The season runs May to October with peas first and tomatoes to finish. Cherries, apricots, peaches, and plums follow, with June to September the busiest period when canneries hire all available labor.
California fruit canneries high output in Alameda county
The Oakland Enquirer notes Alameda county hosts five large canneries with four in operation. The combined Alameda output reaches about 500000 cases yearly, part of California's 3 million case fruit pack and 100000 cases of vegetables. Labor totals about 1200 workers, mainly women, earning 1 to 3 dollars daily.
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Oakland
Cal, Enquirer
Alameda County
California
California Fruit Canners’ Association
San Mleandro
San Francisco
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Frontiers OF India
Capt. Coghlan
Xray Congress
Syke
Manila Bay
Dewey
Hodder Kaiser
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Herat
Baluchistan
Kunar
Tirah
British India
Arabian Sea
Kangzhar
ET Vetere Rato
Joseph
B.coghlan
Hongkong
Sie
Odient
Rev
California Fruit
Madison Avenue
Sally Lane
Magu
Earl Russell
Heck
Rada
Nevada
Commonwealth
Olso
United States
James B. Angell
Unt
Michigan
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