World Briefs Condensed in Nine Lines of Updates
Interstates debate railway rate increases for stock cattle and sheep spurs Midwest chambers to protest. W J Bryan to testify before the house banking committee in the money trust inquiry. ICC to prosecute railroads issuing free transportation. Taft considers Supreme Court vacancy amid a DC Woman Suffrage Association suggestion. US refrains from troop mobilization in Mexico. Senator Lori mer election inquiry wraps up. final Senate action not expected before June. Herrick named ambassador to France. Milwaukee judge orders support for two children in custody case. Rev D B Martin travels to Chicago over possible unwitting swindle. Maine battleship wreck is afloat with cofferdam in place. Fifteen salesmen quarantined in Blair Wisconsin. Greensburg Pa. mine residents vaccinated. Pere Marquette finances challenged. Saginaw seeks state aid. New York water main break causes gas exposure and property damage. Bunker Hill miners rescued from cave-in. no injuries. Hague reports next peace conference not before 1915. Train robbery near Hurlburt Ark yields scant payout. one mail pouch missing. Leonidas carries Maine relics to Annapolis. New York health data show record low death rate in 1911 with higher births. Devonian arrives with 90 000 bushels of potatoes at Boston port. 330 000 since December 1.
Riots and arrests shadow Paris incineration of syndicalist Aernault
A riot followed the Paris ceremony burning the body of Aernault, a noted labor figure in earlier troubles, as thousands of socialists revolutionists and anarchists attended. The report also notes a U.S. Honduras clash at Puerto Cortez over lease properties and a gunboat seizure by marines.
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Paris
Aernault
Africa
United States
Honduras
Puerto Cortez
W. 8. Valentine
Valentine Syndicate
Petrel
China’s Manchu Dynasty Passes Power to Republic
After three centuries of rule the Manchu dynasty abdicated in favor of a republic led by Sun Yat Sen. Edicts pledge a constitutional government, while a few Mongolian princes allied with the old regime threaten rebellion unless Yuan Shikai is chosen. Pu Yi may seek refuge in Manchuria or Tartary as order is urged.
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Peking
China
Sun Yat Sen
Yuan
Asia
Europe
Genghis Khan
Pu Yi
Manchuria
Tartary
Grand Council
Senate panel rejects Sherwood pension bill for one dollar a day
Washington Senate pensions committee rejects the Sherwood bill proposing one dollar daily pensions for G A R members and adopts Senator Smoot Utahs substitute at 24 million dollars in cost. The Smoot plan sets age and service based monthly sums up to 30 for veterans with long service. Senators Brown and Curtis plan to move to restore the original Sherwood bill. Senator Kenyon of Iowa protests the committee action on the Senate floor.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Pensions
Smoot
Utah
Brown
Nebraska
Curtis
Kansas
Senate
Pension Bureau
Sherwood
Kenyon
Iowa
Nordica Stricken Before Boston Performance
Famous American soprano Lillian Nordica, who rose from Farmington Maine to opera stardom, was stricken with paralysis as she prepared to perform in Boston. Mme Gadski rushed from New York to substitute, and Nordica’s condition was reported potentially serious.
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Boston
Lillian Nordica
Farmington
Mme. Nordicn
Mme. Gadski
New York
Mme. Norden
Cost of grain growing in central Canada analyzed
A survey of farmers shows wheat produced and sold under 55 cents a bushel with freight up to 13 cents, yielding margins of about 1.74 to 1.914 cents per bushel for low and high grade wheat. It includes farm cost projections for 320 acres over three years and notes on air laws via Wilbur Wright quip.
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Central
Canada
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
John Doe
Wright
Quite the Contrary Solicitor and Creditors Debate
The exchange reveals a solicitor pressing for a plan to meet creditors while Climent pleads to avoid them, highlighting a tension between negotiation and avoidance in debt discussions. Creditor groups appear as the feared audience in this dialogue.
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Solicitor
Climent
Puzzling Ad Snippets Highlight Patent Remedies and Quotes
An assortment of old ad lines touts Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a cure for constipation and tabloid quips. It also promotes PAZO CENT with a money back guarantee for piles and quotes Marie Corelli and a snappy remark about flattery.
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Pierce
Five Women Endorse Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Testimonies from Reedville Oregon New Orleans Mishawaka Mishawaka Alton Station and Deisem describe relief from Change of Life symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women report hot flashes dizziness backache insomnia weakness and improved health after using the remedy.
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Reedville
Ore
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Mary BoGankt
Oregon
New Orleans
Lydia E. Binkham
Gaston Blondeau
Polymnia St
Mishawaka
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chas. Bauer
E. Marion St
Alton Station
Euma BaiLny
Alton _ Station
Deisem
No. Dak
Mra. F. M. Thorn
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
W. J. Bryan
National House Committee On Banking and Currency
Money Trust
Bryan
House
Taft
Supreme Court
Woman Suffrage Association of the
District of Columbia
Mexico
State Department
Charles M. Senwab
Senate Finance Committee
House Democrat
Lorimer
Hanecy
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
France
Robert Bacon
Backus
Milwaukee
Charles Bahl
Princeton
D. B. Martin
Bloomington
Chicago
Maine
Havana Harbor
Spain
City Hotel
Blair, Wis
United
Greensburg
Saginaw Board of Trade
Pere Marquette Railroad
West Ninety Seventh Street
West End Avenue
New York City
Bunker Hill
Suter Creek
Cal
Hague
Hook Island
Hurlburt
Ark
Express Company
Leonidas
Annapolis
New York State
State Commissioner of Health
Devonian
Liverpool
The
National Zoological Society of France
Theodore Roosevelt
Interparliamentary Peace Union
Brussels
Rome
Italy
Turkey
Victoria
B.C
Yokohama
Toyo Kisen
Winston Spencer Churchill
Ulster
Admiralty
John KE. Redmond
Belfast
England
A Republic
Mme
Nordica
Total Eee
Marie Corelli
Sloan
San Francisco
Fletcher Norman
Whittier
E. Rim
Brooklyn
N.Y
Earl
Boston, Mass
Salzer
New Yorker
Salser
Balzer Lead Co
Std
la Crosse
Wiz
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