World events update from the war front and diplomacy
Reports from the North Sea battle note the German cruiser Bluecher sunk with 125 survivors from 885 crew. Zeppelins raided England. Durward torpedoed. German aerial raids on Dunkirk with 80 bombs and 20 victims. Falkenhayn resigns as war minister. Hohenborn named successor. imperial dispatches confirm losses among German jurists and widespread trench fighting across Flanders Aisne Argonne Vosges.
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North Sea
Bluecler
Admiral Beatty
Domestic Thaw crowds gate as New York arrival draws ovation
The slayer of Stanford White, Harry K Thaw, arrives in New York from Boston to a massed crowd eager for a glimpse. The transit follows a journey from Manchester New Hampshire that drew continual ovations.
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Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
New York
Boston
Manchester
N. H
Riots Hit Tampico Over Oil Work Suspensions
Vice Consul Bevan reported rioting in Tampico as many Americans were thrown out of work by suspensions in the oil fields. The government may transport Americans back to the United States on oil steamers.
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United States Steel Corporation
New York
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Federal Commission
Bevan
Tampico
State Department
Washington
Attempt on Field Marshal von der Goltz in Constantinople
Report from Jaffa via the German consulate says an assailant fired at Field Marshal von der Goltz in Constantinople and others were attacked. The field marshal is believed to have been hit. Portugal’s cabinet, led by premier Hugo Joutinho, resigned.
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von der Goltz
Constantinople
Jaffa
Government orders halt on cattle kill in foot and mouth case
Dr S E Bennett head of the bureau of animal industry received orders from Washington to stop killing cattle afflicted with foot and mouth disease and to obey an injunction in Kane county against state and federal veterinarians. The Wilson administration denies bias toward the Allies and Germany in the war and cites a Bryan letter to Senator Stone refuting the charges.
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S. E. Bennett
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Kane County
Wilson
United States
Germany
Austria
Europe
William J. Bryan
William J. Stone
Missouri
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Rockefeller Testifies Labor Rights Equal to Capital Rights
John D. Rockefeller Jr., before the federal industrial relations commission, defends his Colorado mine stance while arguing that labor should organize for protection as capital does. He says management controls hiring and contracts, not stockholders, and offers to rectify any wrongs found.
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New York
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Foundation
Walsh
Protest sale of airships to belligerents enrages Germany
Germany protests to the U S state department through ambassador Count von Bernstorff against shipments of American hydro aeroplanes to Europe. The embassy claims the Curtiss works sale breaches neutrality and ships are war vessels.
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von Bernstorff
State Department
Washington
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Curtiss Works
Austria Will Defy Italy In Territorial Stand
Vienna dispatch notes Foreign Minister Burian declares he will refuse any territorial concessions to Italy and Romania even at the cost of provoking intervention from three states allied with the powers.
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Burian
Vienna
Wiener Tageblatt
Foreign Office
Italy
Romania
Barber Shop of the Ten Commandments Opens as Rescue Halleen
Jake the Barber, once a top stylist at Belmont and Waldorf Astoria, now runs a religiously themed barber shop in the Hadley Rescue Hall Bowery. Residents donate proceeds split fifty fifty to fund rehabilitation and shaving for the Bowery’s down and outs.
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Bowery
Jake
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
New York Herald
Belmont
Waldorf-Astoria
Hadley Rescue Hall
John
John Callahan
halli C.@ D
Not Same Island Misattribution Of Crusoe Island
The article notes the Juan Fernandez island was wrongly linked to Robinson Crusoe and clarifies that Selkirk was left there in 1704 for over four years, distinct from Defoe’s fictional tale and its fame.
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Juan Fernandez
Robinson Crusoe
Pacific
Alexander Selkirk
Selkirk
John Fernando
Defoe
Holding Back the Hudson
Popular Mechanics calls the New York harbor cofferdam project one of the era's great structures. The dam between Forty fourth and Forty eighth streets will hold back the river to allow excavations and the construction of three 1 050 foot steamship piers for giant liners. The works will extend about 800 feet and cost roughly $500000.
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Hudson
Popular Mechanics Magazine
New York Harbor
Forty-fourth
Forty-eighth Street
Heir to Forty Millions Ot The Russian Czarevitch
The czarevitch is described as the future ruler of all the Russias and heir to the Romanoff fortune valued at forty million pounds. He will receive £2,000,000 yearly as ruler and control 500 estates with 30,000 servants. He now gets £15,000 a year and has a half‑million pound life insurance.
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Czarevitch
Russias
Romanoff
The House Cat Viewed as Predator in Wildlife Bureau Note
A government bureau labels the house cat a major threat to wild birds and young poultry, stating that it destroys more wildlife than all natural enemies combined. The remark positions cats as a sleek highwayman within domestic life, i ncluding hawks owls and weasels among casualties.
Cascar ets advertisement promises relief for bilious headaches
A 10 cent box of Cascarets claims to cleanse the stomach remove sour undigested food and foul gases, fix torpid liver and bowels, and end headaches by morning. It touts overnight action and months of regularity with a druggist purchase.
Children in the Sickroom Warn Against Pediatric Visiting
A Good Housekeeping article argues children should not visit the sick as it risks spreading disease. It proposes that children alert adults and authorities in emergencies rather than intervene directly, likening illness to a fire that requires grownup action.
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Good Housekeeping
Iron in India in the Epic Age
The article notes abundant iron in India during the epic age used for large statues. It claims Hindus mastered steel formation in the third or fourth century BCE. It also cites ancient literature detailing elaborate surgical instruments for delicate operations.
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India
No Place for Fido in Neighbor Dispute
A Boston Evening Transcript snippet shows Mrs Nextdoor railing against a dog entering her house citing fleas. Mrs Naybor retorts that her house is not a place for Fido. The brief quarrel captures tense neighbor tensions over pet boundaries.
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Fido
Three Reasons Each With Two Legs and Ten Fingers
A Boston mother writes of feeding her three boys Grape-Nuts since infancy and recommends the food for strength and health. She recalls giving it to a neighbor's weakened child with rapid improvement and notes she and her husband use Grape-Nuts daily.
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Boston
Bob
Jack
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Amenome
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