Chicago University Announces New Entrance Requirements
The University of Chicago unveils a major shift in admissions in the university magazine. Dean James Rowland Angell explains a plan where English becomes the sole required subject in secondary schools for three years while two other topics from five groups are also studied for varying durations. The policy imposes no conditional acceptances and emphasizes specific subject groups.
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Associated Press
Chicago
University of Chicago
James Rowland Angell
College of Arts, Literature and Science
Admiral Togo Visits West Point for Cadet Drills
Admiral Count Togo and his party left New York aboard the Mayflower for West Point where cadets were to drill and parade for him. A formal reception luncheon parade and afternoon tea followed as Togo shared his laconic impressions of America in written answers to questions.
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Associated Press
New York
Count Togo
West Point
Military Academy
Naval Academy
Thomas H. Barry
Taft
Congress
Togu
America
Mount Vernon
Navy
Newspapers Only for Sailors in Provincetown
Rear Admiral Osterhaus orders that only newspapers may be distributed to sailors by bumboats in Provincetown. Peddlers had flooded the fleet area, harming navigation, so the restriction targets curb their profitable trade and restore order for the Atlantic fleet.
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Associated Press
Provincetown
Mass
Atlantic
Osterhaus
Beattie Indictment Proposes Grand Jury Action
Richmond Va August 12 The grand jury to investigate the wife murder charge against Henry Clay Beattie Jr will meet Monday at Chesterfield court house. It is expected to return an indictment quickly and the trial may begin without delay.
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Beattie
Richmond, Va
Henry Clay Beattie Jr
Chesterfield Court House
Death of J. H. Smith at 63 in Stockdle
J H Smith aged 63 died last night in Stockdle from appendicitis. He was a member of the Smith Drug company. Funeral today at Pleasant Valley cemetery with Rev. L D Young officiating. Survived by a widow three sons and four daughters all married.
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Stockdle
J. H. Smith
Smith
Smith Drug Company
Pleasant Valley
Rev. L. D. Young
Sage and Sulphur Cures Dandruff Hair Remedy Claim
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is advertised as the best hair treatment, claiming to remove dandruff, strengthen hair, restore color, and invigorate dull hair. The product is priced at fifty cents a bottle and sold by W. C. Kaltever at 402 East Mountan street.
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Wyeth
W. C. Kaltever
East Mountan Street
Sigverd Hayman Found Dead at New York Club
Sigverd Hayman a broker and New York Cotton Exchange member was found dead at his city club with a bullet wound in his head and a revolver in hand. The coroner ruled the death self inflicted.
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New York
Sigverd Hayman
New York Cotton Exchange
Veteran Nettleton, Former Treasury Assistant Secretary, Dies
Alfred Bayard Nettleton, who served as assistant secretary of the treasury from 1890 to 1893, died at his Chicago home today at age 73. He held notable federal posts and was aged in his obituary.
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Chicago
Alfred Bayard Nettleton
the Treasury
Deserting Privates Elude Fort McClellan Search
Fort Screven Georgia and Savannah police chase Privates Williams and Billings coast artillery who escaped from the fort where they were under arrest for desertion. Locomotive pursuit follows in Chicago where Joseph Wood, a peddler, is captured after alleged mistreatment of a 10 year old girl named Elizabeth Salaba.
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Fort Screven
Savannah
Williams and Billings
Coast Artillery
Chicago
Joseph Wood
Elizabeth Salaba
Aviator Falls 250 Feet in Mineola Flight Attempt
Bud Weinberg, an aviator, fell 250 feet while attempting to qualify for a pilot's license at Mineola Long Island today. He escaped with only bruises.
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Mineola
L. I
Bud Weinberg
Composer Hugh Cannon Seriously Ill in Toledo Hospital
Hugh Cannon, composer of Bill Bailey and other songs, is seriously ill in a Toledo hospital. News describes his condition as grave with limited details on diagnosis or prognosis.
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Toledo
Ohio
Hugh Cannon
Bill Bailey
Arrested on Old Charge in Tulsa Robbery Case
Mrs Jo sephine Hoon, formerly of Danville HL, was arrested here August 12 on a Tulsa Oklahoma warrant charging her with robbing Frank Hamer a stock buyer in Tulsa fourteen months ago.
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Danville
Josephine Hoon
Tulsa
Okla
Frank Hamer
Oklahoma Homesteads Granted Extension of Claims
Home steaders in Oklahoma and other western states may leave their claims until next April without forfeiting rights due to crop failures from drought. The bill passed the House and has also passed the Senate.
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Washington
Oklahoma
House
Senate
Secretary of War Authorized to Transfer Fort Clark Lands
The secretary of war is authorized by a House-passed bill to transfer part of the Fort Clark military reservation in Texas for a tuberculosis sanitarium site. Fort Clark will be abandoned.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Fort Clark Military Reservation
Soldiers Arrested in Lisbon Mutiny and Camorra Inquiries
In Lisbon, 18 sergeants from the Sixteenth Infantry were arrested and imprisoned for subordination. The Seventeenth at Beja planned a mutiny led by a sub-lieutenant who killed himself after being denounced. In Iiterbo Italy, Carabineer Schiavoni testified on who informed on Camorra treasurer Giovanni Rapi in two murders.
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Lisbon
Beja
Iiterbo
Italy
Camorrists
Schiavoni
Gennaro Abbatemaggio
Giovanni Rapi
Camorra
Gennaro Cuoccolo
Fighting Rumors Fly Over Ecuador Power Clash
Rumors circulate of severe fighting in Quito as soldiers clash while factions back Gen. Flavio Alfaro against president elect Emilio Estrada. In Guayaquil the word spreads of armed tension and public unease amid the disputed succession.
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Ecuador
Guayaquil
Quito
Flavio Alfaro
The
Republic
Emilio Estrada
Germany Faces Brutal Heat Marching On
Berlin reports continued heat in Germany with deaths from sunstroke across regions. Water shortage looms as districts brace for a possible famine amid record high temperatures.
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Berlin
Germany
Cholera Scare in France Sees Marseille Cases
Paris reports growing anxiety over cholera with no bacteriologically confirmed cases except in Marseille where 34 cases are acknowledged. Public health officials monitor spread and urge vigilance amid tense fears.
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France
Paris
Marseilles
Palm's Life Saved by Iron Bands and Cement encasement
H W Wills of the Menger hotel safeguards a 45 year old palm, 40 feet tall, by binding the trunk with iron bands and bolts then wrapping with wire and cement. The fissure is closed, the fronds green up, and the palm is expected to live many more years as a masonry base supports it.
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H. W. Wills
Menger
San Antonio
Wills
Teachers Institute Program Announced for Bexar County
County Superintendent P F Stewart prepared and distributed the institute schedule to be held at Pat Grammar School September 5 to 9. All county teachers must attend. Sessions cover primary to high school group work, McKeever's methods, and daily programs with leaders for each subject.
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Teachers’ Institute
Bexar County
P. F. Stewart
Pat Grammar School
Sepember
State Department of Education
MckKeever
Miss Nuckolls
Miss Ludwig
Woodson
Berg
Holland
Kilpatrick
Baxter
Wheeler
Thurman
Davis
McKeever
Mr. Thurman
Ludwig
Sackman
Gardner
Portrait of Bishop to adorn local Catholic Knights lodge
HALLETTSVILLE Texas August 12 The Catholic Knights of America local lodge has ordered a large portrait of the late Bishop J A Forest of the San Antonio diocese. Bishop Forest served as pastor here for thirty years and organized the local lodge.
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Hallettsvile
Tex
Order of
Catholic Knights of America
J. A. Forest
Diocese of
San Antonio
Bishop Forest
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