World Events Briefs Reach Readers In Busy Summary
Taft cites faith with Japan in non discrimination stance. Wilson asks mediation chief in New York to address Southern Pacific strike quickly. Wilson to deliver first annual message to Congress in person after session opens. Senate confirms James P. Newton of Georgia as assistant commissioner of patents. Bryan escapes a fall when his horse balks on wet Washington pavement.
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Wilson
Washington
W. Lea Chambers
Mediation and Conciliation
New York
Southern Pacific
Congress
Senate
James P. Newton
Georgia
Patents
Bryan
Firebound Balmes Afloat Reaches Bermuda Harbor
The Balmes with cotton cargo burned and was towed to St George's harbor Bermuda by tugs Gladison and Powerful. 103 passengers were rescued mid ocean from the burning Cunarder as surgeons performed a grave autopsy on Prince Katsura’s brain after his death.
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St. George’s Harbor
Bermuda
Gladisson
Powerful
Ocean
Diverse 1920s News Items Include Accidents and Trials
Judge in Appleton awards AVettengill $850 after a car strike on the Fox River. Aikens fined $200 for killing protected elk near Siglerville. Saginaw adopts a new city charter by a 4 306 to 3 318 vote. Arts and letters session opens in Chicago. Penahoe guilty of defaming Fur. Stiefel acquitted. Lake Huron wreck Charles S Price. 28 dead. Poe Park inaugurated in New York. Infant Mortality conference in New York. Wilson condemns copper mine labor practices in Seattle and hints at public wage disclosures.
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William B. Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Seattle
Wash
Michigan
Two Juarez Officials Executed by Villa Rebels
Two former Juarez federal officials Pablo Ibave police official and Juan Cordova chief of the Juarez secret police were executed by Villa’s rebel troops in Juarez. All federal army officers were also executed. Huerta’s cabinet doubts eased by Garza Aldapé dismissal. orders to Metcalf in San Diego to ready torpedo flotilla in 12 hours.
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Juarez
Yrancisco Villa
Pablo Ibave
Juan Cordova
Juarez Secret Police
Huerta
Manuel Garza Aldapé
Mexico
Martin Metcalf
Pacific Torpedo Flotilla
San Diego
Gal
Taft cites Morse pardon amid hints of being misled
In a Hill school address at Pottstown Taft referenced pardoning banker Charles Morse and suggested possible past malpractice. Atlantic City mayor urges egg boycott to lower prices for the poor. Lloyd Osbourne sued for divorce in San Francisco. Dora Stevenson elects DS of the Confederacy leaders in New Orleans. Jockey Tommy Burns killed near an elevated train in Brooklyn. Alonzo Bacon shot in Bangor. mistaken for a deer. Philippine scouts lieutenant killed in plane crash. Henry Spencer convicted of murder in Wheaton. Mitchell sails for West Indies and Panama Canal for rest. Mrs Mitchell travels with him. Lady Strathcona dies in London at ninety. Schmidt murder trial set for Nov 19 in New York. Race riot aftermath claims Virgil Stamps and two others dead.
Huerta Coup Reported as Mexico Braces for Change
Reports from Mexico City claim a coup d etat is imminent and General Huerta may be arrested by order of General Blanquet with army support. Huerta visits Chapultepec castle as U S and German officials monitor possible intervention and impending port blockades.
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Mexico City
General Huerta
Blanquet
Mexico
Huerta
Chapultepec
Congress
Chamber of Deputies
John Lind
United States
Nelson O’shaughnessy
Organization of Congress
Francisco Pronces
Vera Cruz
Admiral von Hintze
Manuel Garza Aldape
Espagne
Aldape
Modeno
Paris
France
Austin
Tex
Texas
Garrizo Springs
Colquitt
San Marcos
Washington
Hutchings
Woman Painter Nellie Burrell Scott Dead
San Francisco reports the death of Nellie Burrell Scott, famed for fish life paintings. Exhibitions of her canvases have toured every state in the Union.
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San Francisco
Nellie Burrell Scott
French Omelet Very Good for Tender Fluffy Rolls
A kitchen note describes a small French omelet using two whole eggs plus yolks from two more, with water salt and pepper. Cook in a hot buttered pan, fold when creamy, and serve immediately for tenderness.
Cheese Tomato Chafing Dish Supper Recipe
Prepare in a chafing dish half cup milk one chopped onion red and green pepper small pieces large tomato skinned and chopped cup salt three sugar lumps. Boil ten minutes add cup cheese melt with beaten egg until smooth. Serve over toast five servings.
Novel Sweetmeat Christmas Candies Recipe
A young woman starts in October to make Christmas candies. She fills soup plates with raspberry, strawberry, and peach marmalade by rubbing with butter, dries them for six weeks, then turns them to dry, cuts into squares, dries briefly, and finally dusts with confectioners sugar before packing for Christmas boxes.
Codfish Salad Method and Assembly
A home recipe instructs soaking white codfish overnight then rinsing and cooking until tender. Flake the fish and mix with chopped hard boiled egg and lettuce pieces, line a dish with crisp greens, add the mixture, and finish with salad dressing.
Round Steak Cooked In Gravy Instructions
One pound round steak cut thin and browned in batter or grease with optional bacon. Start around nine for noon dinner. Add water and simmer until nearly noon, turning once and salting. Thicken gravy and serve over meat, adding more water as needed.
Waffles From Early Morning Kitchen Notes
A recipe lists two cups flour two teaspoons baking powder half teaspoon salt two tablespoons butter three eggs one and one half cups milk. Mix dry ingredients sift several times cut in butter. Beat yolks with milk, combine with dry mix, fold in stiff egg whites. Pour batter, adjust with milk, cook in hot buttered waffle irons.
Fillet of Beef Cooking Tips in Historic Guide
A vintage cooking note praises fillet of beef for efficiency with minimal waste. It suggests two smaller fillets for tenderness, seasoning, a light water splash, and baking about 33 minutes for rare to well done, with even slicing and noting potential dryness of the erds.
A Good Work
Edith is light-hearted and loves life. Her mother invites a serious parson to dinner to test his mission. The clergyman declares his goal is to save young men. She asks him to save one for her, prompting a witty reply.
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Edith
Clergyman's Testimony On Dodds Kidney Pills
The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pa suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs and exhaustion. After using 65 boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills swelling disappeared and he felt well again. He confirms continued benefit and invites correspondence. Dodds Kidney Pills 50c per box at your dealer.
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Edmund Heslop
Wigton
H. Heslop
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
Naming the Twins in a Small Town Tale
The Dane family from Sedalia Missouri had two children named after places Missouri and Arkansas. Mrs Dane long tried to name the firstborn Missouri and the second Sedalia, while the father teased with Arkansas. The unnamed Gale finally gained a name during a Green River parade when a bystander mentioned regalia.
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Wiggs
Mis’ Dane
Missouri
Sedalia
Little Rock
Gale
Green River
Dane
Atlentic
Not Keeping to Schedule Doctor and Wife Dialogue
A doctor instructs a wife to limit her husband to one glass of beer daily. A week later the wife reports adherence, but reveals the husband has already been four weeks ahead of his allowance.
A Frequent Cause of Neurasthenia Cited
A quoted remark asserts that work cures neurasthenia while another line dismisses chin exercises as ineffective, reflecting early 20th century attitudes toward mental fatigue and physical therapy.
Family of Five All Drank Coffee From Infancy
An Iowa mother reports all five children drank coffee from infancy and credits Postum with restoring health after quitting caffeine. She notes her family’s heart trouble improved and a son’s weak digestion resolved after switching to Postum Regular or Instant. The ad urges readers to request “The Road to Wellville” from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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Iowa
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Japan
Taft
National Geographic Society
Prince Katsura
Katsura
Mendel Beilis
Kiev
Andrew Yushinsky
Saxony
Mie- Titsech Junction
T. H. Ryan
Appleton
Wis
WWOF
Avettengill
Fox River
Green Bay
Louis Kirchner
Seven Mountains
Siglerville
Dayton Aikens
Aikens
Justice of the Peace
Saginaw, Mich
America
Chicago
American Academy of Arts and Letters
National Institute of Arts and Letters
West
Daniel Penahoe
Clarence S. Fur
Isaac Stiefel
Donahoe
Chates
Lake Huron
Port Huron
Charles S. Price
Cleveland
Pee Lome
City of
Edgar Allen Poe
The
American Association For the Study and Prevention of
Hill School
Pottstown
William Howard Taft
Charles W. Morse
Riddle
Atlantic City
N. J
Lloyd Osbourne
Robert Louis Stevenson
Katherine D. Osbourne
Daisy McLaurin Stevens
Mississippi
United Daughters of the Confederacy
New Orleans
Cornelia Branch Stone
T. H
Tommy) Burns
Brooklyn
Bangor
Alonzo Bacon
Springfield
Bacon
C. Perry Rich
Philippine Scouts
Philippines
Ile
Indiana
Henry Spencer
Mildred Allison Rexroat
Dupage County
Wheaton
John Purroy Mitchell
West Indies
Panama Canal
Mitchell
Lady Strathcona
High Commissioner of
Canada
London
Lady Stratcona
Hans Schmidt
Anna Rum Jer
Hudson River
Virgil Stamps
Misa
Gen. Blanquet
U. S
HE. Heslop
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