Paul Jones Burial Mystery Reopens Public Debate
In Paris officials found the remains of John Paul Jones and General Porter arranged for their return to the United States. The body, verified by measurements and the Houdon bust, faces renewed scrutiny from critics while most Americans accept the find as Jones.
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Ashington
Paul Jones
Horace Porter
France
John Paul Jones
Paris
General Porter
Houdon
Porter
Congress
United States
Annapolis
Charlies Henry Hart
Philadelphia
America
Hart
White House Visit Sparks Southern Cook's Scandal Tale
Martha Heard, famed for southern hospitality, visits the White House as a maid to a southern guest. She gripes at Washington society's mix of races and notes Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft welcome her and allow her to help with a dinner menu. The president treats her kindly.
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Artha Heard
White House
Martha
Mrs. Taft
Helen Taft
Andrew Jackson
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Dar
Washington City
Taft
Pahla
New Animals Discovered by Curator at Smithsonian
Hollister of the United States National Museum reports four new mammals from the Mt Robson region in British Columbia. The finds include a new chipmunk a ground squirrel and two distinct bats. The expedition came from Smithsonian naturalists and Alpine Club of Canada with birds described elsewhere by J H Riley in the Biological Society of Washington proceedings.
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Hollister
United States National Museum
Canadian Rockies
Smithsonian Institution
Alpine Club of Canada
Mt. Robson
Institution
J. H. Riley
The
Biological Society of Washington
British Columbia
Alberta
Yellowhead Pass
Mexico
Indian Population Growth in the United States
The 1910 Indian population in the United States was about 305000, up from 243000 in 1890 and 270000 in 1900. New York houses 5470 Indians, many descendants of the Iroquois, engaging in common trades with whites. Some 117000 Indians, over a third of the national total, live in Oklahoma, many part of the Five Civilized Tribes with established civil government, schools, churches and commerce in the old Indian Territory.
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Alaska
United States
New York
Oklahoma
New York City's Great Aqueduct Project Unveiled
A historic look at the Catskill aqueduct system from the Ashokan reservoir to New York City. It describes scale, engineering feats, siphons under Wallkill and Hudson, Olive Bridge dam, construction methods, labor force, and the underground river-like flow delivering water to Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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New York
Catskills
Ashokan
Suez
Panama
Assuan
Egypt
Western America
Catskill
Rome
Imperial
Manhattan Island
Olive Bridge
Esopus Creek
Wallkill
Roundout
Hudson
High Service
Yonkers
Catskill Mountains
Wallkill Valley
Moodna
Hudson River
Breakneck Mountain
Highlands
Foundry Brook
New York City
Lower Manhattan
East River
Brooklyn
Narrows
Staten Island
Swords and salutes among regiments in historic custom
The London Chronicle notes soldierly rituals from past times. Officers align the cross bar with their lips when drawing or sheathing swords as a Crusader reminiscence. Sergeants once wore sashes on officers’ shoulders after heavy casualties, now worn at the waist. Rifle officers avoid hooking swords, tracing cavalry roots. The battalion sergeant major keeps his sword sheathed. A quiz asks when he draws his sword: at the trooping of the color.
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London Chronicle
Eagle and Fish Fight Ends in River Net Ambush
While two men speared salmon on the Columbia River in Oregon a large gray eagle swooped on a 16 pound fish. The bird failed to lift the catch, plunged into the water, and was dragged downstream into a fishnet where both bird and fish were captured. The fish died and the eagle perished.
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Columbia River
Oregon
Restrictions on Pulque Drinking Across Establishments
The cabinet reached limits on pulque service. After January 15 pulque shops must close at 6 p m except Sundays and holidays noon. Restaurants may stay open until 3 a m with higher license. Pulque tax rises from 75 centavos per hectoliter to a new rate.
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Mexican Herald
Abraham Gonzalez
Gobernacion
Developing Christlike Character Through Home and Church
A Sunday school lesson on Luke 2 46 52 portrays Jesus growing in wisdom and stature. It emphasizes parental influence and church participation as key to character formation and warns that virtuous traits come from lifelong growth guided by faith and scripture.
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Jesus
John
Christ
God
Heaven
Luke
Temple
Church
Bible School
Jewish Bible School
The Garden Nymph Who Stunned Dr Emery
Dr Emery retreats to a Long Island manor for a vacation and becomes obsessed with a mysterious garden girl who appears in the neighboring yard. He watches her playful kindness toward nature and her curious rituals until a New Year dinner reveals her identity and his own feelings.
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Doctor Young
Rose Langdon
Long Island
Emery
Dr. Emery
Scott
Dotor
Violet
Music of the Hawk in the Forest
The article extols the hawk as a wild, essential voice of the forest whose extinction would rob the scene of its charm. It describes hawks as regal, winged figures that preside over the woods from lofty perches, shaping the landscape’s wild music.
Rival Eel Sellers Claim Royal Table Supply
The London Chronicle notes a rival fishmonger, after seeing customers drift to the shop claiming to sell eels to the king, posts a counter notice declaring God saves king. The brief anecdote highlights competition and public bravado in a coastal market.
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King
London Chronicle
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Beauty and the Doctor
Associated Literary Press
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