Strong Man of France Poincaré Named Prime Minister
Raymond Poincaré becomes premier as the third French Academy appointee of the third republic in 1873 and 1890 precedents. The new leader advocates deputies legislate not govern and ministers govern on responsibility while justice stays above politics. He comes from a scholarly family and maintains a lively home life with art books theater and racing interests.
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French Academy
Third Republic
Duke of Broglie
M. de Freycinet
Poincaire
Lavisse
Academy
Bois de Boulogne
Chicago Woman Builds Largest Life Insurance Portfolio
Mrs. Charlies Neth er, head of a Chicago department store, now holds the world's largest life policy by a woman, totaling 1,200,000 after adding a 200,000 policy. Her policies with three companies cover straight life, reflecting her rise from widow to business leader with four children.
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Charlies Nether
Chicago
Netcher
Mrs. Berger Educator and Reformer in Milwaukee Shadowed by Husband
The wife of socialist leader Victor Berger of Milwaukee emerges as an active educator and reformer. Since his April Washington arrival she studies social conditions and presses for school improvements, penny lunches, sanitization, and post‑trade education for girls. She taught in Milwaukee before marriage.
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Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Congress
Washington
Board of Education
Berger Beieves
Family Magazine
Abdul Hamid Still Alive in Salonica Says Source
Reports of Abdul Hamid’s death and secret move to Constantinople are denied. The former sultan remains in Salonica under confinement, with rumors and sensational claims about his condition and life continuing to circulate.
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Abdul Hamid
Salonica
Constantinople
Europe
Olga's quest to marry a boss in America ends in marriage
Olga Schmidt travels to Ellis Island with plans to marry American bosses. After multiple factory jobs and repeated rejections, she learns patience and hiding her aims. Her brother Jake advises silence, and eventually Carl Swager—the boss she sought—becomes her husband after years of misadventure.
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Olga Schmidt
America
Ellis Island
Jake
Olga
Carl Swager
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Carl
Hand and Brain Links in Handedness Across Species
An old discussion concludes ambidexterity trials failed. single handed use aids language development linked to left brain. Data from thousands of skeletons show right arm dominance pairs with left skull language centers. German army study finds 3.88 percent left handed, with regional variation. Among primates, orangutans and gibbons are right handed while gorillas and chimps are left handed.
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Bardle
Germany
New Alphabet Very Simple by Prof Scott
Prof Fred Newton Scott of the University of Michigan unveils a new simple alphabet with light and dark marks, claiming it will speed writing and rationalize spelling. He describes consonants as vertical stems with optional horizontal projections and vowels as dashes or circles, with light and heavy marks giving different meanings.
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Prof
Scott
Fred Newton Scott
University of Michigan
Modern Language Association
Mandelball
University of Chicago
New Alphabet Proposed To Speed English Writing
Professor Scott argues for a simplified phonetic alphabet that reduces the English set by nine characters and uses heavy and light strokes to distinguish voice and breath sounds. He contends it would halve writing time and ease legal and business prose by replacing complex spelling and verbose phrasing.
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Scott
Prof
Boys' Amusements in Cuba Spin Tops in Spring
A Havana correspondent notes Cuban boys, like American youths, spin tops each spring though climate allows year round. The writer asks whether psychology or heredity explains this shared habit, wondering if a cultural or racial pattern drives the timing rather than weather.
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America
Havana
New York Sun
States
United States
Cuba
Pushmobile race by Philadelphia youths draws praise
A new pushmobile model built by Philadelphia boys wins a race, highlighting its design with a long handle pivoted to the back enabling an upright pusher and rest during downhill runs. The item explains the device imitates an automobile and emphasizes energy savings and potential race tactics.
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Philadelphia
Edith’s Washing Supervision Misinterpreted
On a Monday morning three year old Edith oversees the family washing. Jane begins to boil clothes and Edith exclaims to her mother that Jane is cooking the clothes for dinner, revealing a child’s literal misreading of the task.
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Edith
Jane
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