Slaughter of 5,000 Persians and Albanian-Turkish clash
A report from Astara says the Shakhsevan tribesmen in Ardabil, Persia, have killed about 5,000 people and sought Russian protection. Separately, a dispatch from Uskup reports 10,000 Albanians clashing with twelve Turkish battalions at Djakovitch, Albania, with Albanians repulsed by Turkish artillery and more Turkish troops en route.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Astars
Ardabil
Azerbaajan
Persia
London
Athens
Uskup
Turkey
Djakovitch
Albania
Turkish Persian clash at Salmas leaves dozens dead
A report from Tabriz says a dispute between the Turkish consul at Salmas and gendarmerie sparked a clash with Turkish troops. Persian forces suffered twelve killed while Turkish troops had seven killed and many wounded.
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Teheran
Tabriz
Salmas
Tariff bill nears final senate consideration
Washington reports broad belief in the senate that the tariff bill is entering its final phase. Senator Aldrich hopes for a vote by next Saturday, with many conservatives and Democrats agreeing, though progressive Republicans remain less certain. Senator Beveridge predicts no delay past the end of next week as income tax amendments may be taken up Friday and possibly voted that day.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Beveridge
Earthquake Rescue Progress Hurts in South France
Reports from Paris say rescue efforts in earthquake struck southern France continue amid cut communications. Small seismic shocks hit Sunday morning in several districts but caused no damage.
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Paris
France
To Thine Ownself Be True Quote Paraphrase
A reflective excerpt urges self judgment and personal integrity. It counsels avoiding offense by judging oneself harshly and living righteously so that negative words from others carry little weight. The tone is didactic and cautionary.
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Thomas A Kempis
Power In Silence by Edwin Markham Quote
The excerpt urges women to seek daily silence to gain peace and inner strength. It emphasizes not always formal prayer but duty and withdrawal from pressure to access power found in quiet reflection.
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Edwin Markham
Red Book
Always Time for Courtesy
A quotation about the enduring value of courtesy in older American life contrasts with the pressures of modern times and money, referencing Whittier and Shakespeare as voices of yearning for a courteous spirit. Vernon Murray’s remark highlights the loss of such graciousness in a harsher era.
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Whittier
Shakespeare
Vernon Murray
Nothing to Him Johnny The Camel Quote
An amusing Harpers Bazaar quip contrasts a camel’s water need with a playful boast about endurance. The exchange features humorous banter between characters and reflects light literary wit from the period.
Hotel on wheels for Portola festival visitors
A special train for hotel managers from across America and Europe is planned for the Portola festival in San Francisco in the week of October 19. James Woods of the Hotel St. Frances is coordinating, with Taft invited to the opening day and nations to send a battleship each for the Pacific Ocean celebration.
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San Francisco
America
Europe
James Woods
St. Frances
California
Congress Hotel
Chicago
New York
Mikado's Bowl for Vassar Gift From Emperor
Baroness Urin and Vice Admiral Urin of Japan spoke at Vassar College commencement in Poughkeepsie. The baroness presented the college with a solid silver bowl given by the Japanese emperor. The 12 inch by 10 inch bowl, enamel and hammered relief depicting wistaria chrysanthemum and heron, is valued at $1,000.
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Baroness Urin
Urin
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
Japan
United States
Royal House
Bishop Doane Warns Against Loud Suffrage Call
Bishop William Croswell Doane told Albany graduates that the loud suffrage movement may not advance women’s rights and urged focusing arguments on legislators. He warned that hysteria harms womanhood and cited the suffragists’ approach as ineffective for progress.
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Doane
William Croswell Doane
St. Agnes’ School
Albany
N. Y
New Anasthetic Reported For Fearful Patients
A Bucharest surgeon develops an anaesthetic blending strychnine and strain that keeps patients conscious during surgery. It is injected in the spine for lower-body procedures and in the neck for upper-body procedures. Dr Bannyryall has reportedly taken some of the anaesthetic to London.
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State Department
Washington
Bucharest
Roumania
Bannyryall
London
What Every German Knows: German Attache Watches English Drama
Washington officials scoff at London gossip amid Anglo German unrest and airship talk. A German embassy attache attended a play about England's defense and quipped the title should be What Every German Knows.
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England
Washington
London
Channel
Revival of Maine Whaling in Southwest Harbor This Summer
The Lewiston Journal reports a Maine revival as John Stanley and sons plan to use the steam yacht Princess for summer whaling off Mount Desert. The fast 72 foot, 215 horsepower craft will carry bomb guns to pursue whales said to be plentiful, with each whale worth about $500. crews will tow captured whales to Southwest Harbor.
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Southwest Harbor
Mount Desert Rock
John Stanley and Sons
Castine
Lewiston
Two Killed at Crossing Near Marion
In Marion Indiana on June 14 Burr Moore a farmer and his brother in law Ora Raypoltz were killed when the buggy they rode was struck by a Big Four passenger train. Mrs Moore was badly injured with a broken leg and internal injuries. Moore lived near Fox Station. Raypoltz was visiting his sister in Marion.
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Burr Moore
Ora Raypoltz
Marion
Ind
Burr Moores
Big Four
Marion Hospital
Moore
Fox Station
Henry Raypoltz
Jeffras Avenue
Standard Oil Sued Over Oil Waste In Wabash Area
The War Department filed suit in federal court at Danville Illinois against the Ohio Oil company and eighteen related firms alleged subsidiaries of Standard Oil. The complaint accuses waste and leakage from storage tanks of contaminating the Wabash river killing fish and hindering navigation at Vincennes Indiana. Fifteen million dollars is involved in damages. The probe was initiated by President Taft when he was Secretary of War.
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Danville
Ill
War Department
Ohio Oil Company
Standard
Finois Field
Wabash River
Vincennes
Ind
Taft
Prisoner acquitted of killing in Indiana court
Jeffersonville Ind June 14 Charles Rucker a reformatory prisoner was tried on the charge of slaying fellow prisoner Foster Parker and found not guilty by the jury He will be returned to the reformatory to complete his term acquittal rests on self defense
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Charles Rucker
Reformatory
Foster Parker
Parker
Storm Damage Hits Danville Hard In Severe Storm
Danville Indiana and surrounding area endured the season’s worst wind and rain, causing damages exceeding twenty thousand dollars to buildings barns orchards forests and utility poles. The town was cut off from telephone and telegraph service for several hours after the Sunday afternoon storm.
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Danville
Ind
Ft. Wayne Boy Proves Hero
Donald Leverton twelve years old of West End rescued ten year old Eugene Phipps from drowning at a deep pool. Leverton who cannot swim well dashed into the water and grabbed the boy by the hair pulling him to safety.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Donald Leverton
West End
Eugene Phipps
Phipps
Leverton
Ends Life on Anniversary in Ladoga Farm Home
Ladoga Indiana June 14 Mrs Joe Rich daughter of Nathan Freeman wealthy farmer took her life on her sixteenth wedding anniversary leaving a note saying domestic troubles were too hard to bear.
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Ladoga
Ind
Joe Rich
Nathan Freeman
Explosion Injures Notre Dame Students on Campus
Three Notre Dame students were injured when sodium peroxide explosed during experiments on campus. James Connell lost his right arm below the elbow in the blast.
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South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame University
James Connell
Kern for Senator Aims to Lead Hoosier Democracy in Indiana
Indianapolis June 14 John W Kern of Indianapolis former Democratic vice presidential nominee seeks a senate seat to succeed Beveridge A move to endorse him by the Democratic state convention is discussed Kern once predicted a political discard now emerges as a potent factor in the next campaign Governor Marshall favorable to fiscal restraint supports a free for all race to energize the party with strong regional candidates and avoid early endorsements The governor aims to field united, active candidates from multiple districts to boost Democratic prospects.
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Indianapolis
John W. Kern
Bryan
United States Senate
Albert J. Beveridge
Kern
B. F. Shively
South Bend
John Ker
John Kern
Beveridge
Indiana
Marshall
Senate
Former Judge Abner Smith Sentenced to Prison
Former Judge Abner Smith is ordered to serve one to five years in Joliet penitentiary and pay a $1,000 fine after conviction for conspiracy tied to the Bank of America wrecking. Governor De Neen denied clemency. sheriff to transport him to Joliet early this week.
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Chicago
Abner Smith
Bank of America
Joliet Penitentiary
Circuit Court
Cook County
Board of Pardons
Deneen
Smith
Strassheim
Joliet
Antonio Lopez Tugged From Grounded Position to New York Repairs
After two days of resisting tug assistance the Spanish liner Antonio Lopez was finally pulled off the grounding at Point O'Woods IL. with over five hundred passengers aboard and moved Sunday afternoon to deep water where tugs began towing her toward New York for repairs.
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New York
Antonio Lopez
Point O’woods
Big Gas Gusher In Ohio
Wayne county residents report a natural gas flow of three million cubic feet per day by gauge from a well on a farm ten miles west of Wooster Ohio. The discovery stirs local excitement as prospectors assess the field and potential supply for nearby communities. Charity always goes farther than it is sent.
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Ohio
Wooster, O
Wayne County
Lease inquiry prank reveals private business request
A New York lawyer receives a call from a woman identifying as Mrs Brown who asks about lease copies and private matters. The caller refuses to identify herself, then ends the call after praising the lawyer's advice, with the operator providing Grand Central as a mistaken number.
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New York
Brown
Broadway
The Canary's Toilet
A described scene shows a canary grooming itself with its beak and foot, cleaning feathers and removing loose ones. The bird twists its neck to reach all areas while using a pouchlike oil application near the tail, smoothing and shining its head feathers. Exchange.
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Canary
Mme. Bird
Red Cheeks In Addison's Day
An 18th century advertisement notes Bavarian Red Liquor boosting cheek color as a natural seeming complexion enhancer. It boasts lasting tint, inward consumption, and claims not to rub off, sold by Mr. Payn's Toyshop in St. Pauls Churchyard for 8s 6d a bottle with directions.
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Addison
The
Atlantic
Spectator
Yaws Disease Reported From West Africa to Pacific Isles
The article explains yaws a contagious disease beginning with dusky red body spots that form ulcers the size of raspberries. It notes sailors returning home spread it and mentions Fiji Islands and Samoa where children are primarily affected and natives view it as common as measles, with quicker recovery preferred.
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Africa
Fiji Islands
Samoa
Humorous Exchange Between Artist and Humorist
The artist proclaims praise for his work while a sad faced party laughs at his own line. The humorist claims to be a professional humorist, as reported by the Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Boy Run Over Under Railway Arch Report
London Telegraph notes a fatal or serious accident as Billy is run over beneath a railway arch. Mrs Smith learns of her son’s fate with distress as authorities investigate the incident near the railway.
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Billy
London Telegraph
Self Made Man Declares Forging Ahead
An interviewer asks about rising in status, but the man answers coldly that he is the forger, claiming misinformation about his ascent and asserting his own forged path to prominence.
An Obstinate Maid Refuses Nine Marriages
Mr Sappeigh tells Mr Softleigh he would not wed Miss Gabby as she remains stubborn. He notes she has refused him nine times, a clue to her obstinate nature. The Baltimore American records the exchange as a light anecdote of romance and social quirks.
Johnny Treated After Dog Bite Says Mrs Lapsting
Mrs Lapsting reports Johnny is fine after a dog bite. She took him to a doctor and had the wound ostracized promptly. The Chicago Tribune notes the incident and updates on his condition.
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Freddy
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Gladden
Maine
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Liner
Castoria
Mason
Swan & Mason
J. W. Burns
F. A. Hearing, J.P. Burns
Burns, Hearing & Burns
Rockport
Court House
R. E. Roberts
Main Street
Occidental Hotel
W.M. Smith
W. A. McCcullough Smith & McCullough Lawyers
Brown Brown & Brown Attorneys-At-Law
F. J. Reinhard
Arcb Stevenson Reinhard & Stevenson
Postoffice
B. F. Huffman
Sargent’s Drug
Main and
Third Streets
L. N. Savage
Main St
Eva Buxton
Krieger
Fourth’ Street
Main Home
Cumberland
Oklahoma
Fred B. Eiichling
Porum
First National Bank
Bank OF Commerce
Wm.e. Hartley
Hoth
Rob’t Luckado
D. C, Pattridge
Chase. Poole
East 4Th Street
Farmer’s Bank
Chichester
Enon
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