New Books and Current Magazines Review Highlights
A survey of new works including The Fruitful Vine by Robert Hichens and The Gardens of Allah with critical notes on its Rome setting. Also covered are Emma Burbank Ayer’s motor trip through Algeria and Tunisia, a concise manual on ship subsidies, Christ's Christianity by Albert H. Er, and Harper's Weekly content. The piece notes authorial trends, insights from James J. Hill, and cultural previews from English literary society.
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Frederick A. Stokes
New York
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Garden of Allah
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Colosseum
Seven Hills
Campagna
Dolores
Pacci
Edna
Tess
Jude
Algeria
Tunisia
Emma Burbank Ayer
Pubpapers, A. Co. McClurg & Co
Chicago
Albert H.er
Equity Press
Stokes
Century Theater
Arnold Bennett
Hilda Lessways
William Butler Yeats
Yeats
London
Bennett
England
Sahara Desert
Biskra
Wells
North Pole
Chronology of the Week December 10 1911 Highlights
Governor Colquitt says enemies seek a special session for political ends amid federal inaction. Briceville coal mine survivors reported. over 100 feared dead. War readiness warning from Secretary Stimson. postal profits appear. In Briceville five miners found alive. hopes others escaped. Torreon rail wreck kills eight. Turkish move against Italians on Gallipoli peninsula.
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Briceville
Tenn
Stimson
United States
Postal Department
Torreon
Mexico
City Council Session Delayed by Alderman Absence
Governor Colquitt says he will aid El Pasoans with claims against the Mexican government stemming from the Juarez fighting. The regular Monday council meeting is postponed to Wednesday due to Alderman Mauermann's absence.
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Mauermann
Colquitt
el Pasoans
Juarez
Fiesta San Jacinto carnival title chosen by association
Carnival group selects Fiesta San Jacinto as the name for the upcoming spring celebration. State tax assessors hold sixth annual convention in Austin. Congress committee favors abrogation of the 1832 US Russia treaty. Sherwood pension bill advances in the House. GOP picks Chicago for 1912 national convention. Arizona holds first election with Democrats victorious. Russia Persia talks look promising. King George and Queen Mary crowned in Delhi. City council approves October November payrolls after item removal. State supreme court denies rehearing in Minor v. McDonald. Gov Colquitt veto of codifier board bill voided. House votes to abrogate US Russia treaty. Bernardo Reyes reportedly heads mountain army near Galeana Coahuila. Russia slows troops toward Tehran.
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Congress
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
United States
Russia
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Arizona
Supreme Court of the State
R. B. Minor Et al
C. C. McDonald
Secretary
Colquitt
Board of Codifiers
House
State Treasurer Sparks Calls Fifth Payment on Warrants
State Treasurer Sparks issues a fifth call for payment of warrants and says all Confederate pensions issued before December 1 will be paid. The penitentiary commission votes to spend 35000 immediately on rehabilitation of Huntsville penitentiary. Forty two outlaws die in engagement with American scouts at Lanao Mindanao P I. Washington announces the Senate will soon take action.
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Sparks
Penitentiary Commission
Huntsville
Lanao
Mindanao
P. I
Washington
United States Senate
Action on Abrogation of Treaty Sparks Bandit Raid
In the federal district of Mexico a bandit raid targets several haciendas as action proceeds to abrogate a treaty. The incident underscores heightened conflict and security concerns amid political negotiations and territorial unrest.
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Federal District
Mexico
Six negroes escape from Bexar county jail
Local report notes six Black prisoners escaped from Bexar county jail. City employees are paid October and November salaries. Statewide weather includes snow sleet and rain in many regions. Oklahoma Judge Armstrong rules that a fixed quantity limit on alcohol possession is unconstitutional. King of England breaks ground on new Delhi capital, moving from Calcutta. British government bars American packers under U S prosecutions from army bids. English parliament enacts health and unemployment insurance for workers.
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Bexar County
King of
England
Delhi
India
Calcutta
United States
Ramirez Aguiano Arrested in Regista Movement Probe
Local Mexican Ramirez Aguiano is arrested by federal authorities on charges tied to the Regista movement. Pure Food Commissioner J S Abbott issues a statement noting bread in Texas is largely not good. Reyes Retana, secretary of General ...
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Ramirez Aguiano
Regista
J. S. Abbott
Texas
Reyes Retana
Bernardo Reyes Arrest Reported at Sam Fordyce
Bernardo Reyes is arrested at Sam Fordyce. Russian officials warn that friendly relations with the United States could end if the treaty of 1832 is abrogated.
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Bernardo Reyes
Sam Fordyce
United States
Not Killed by the Fords Captain Claims Jesse James Death Tale
Capt H B Hicks an Indian Scout disputes the widely held belief that Jesse James was killed by the Ford brothers. He claims Comanche Dave Lewis, not James, died in the incident. Hicks links Lewis to the Ford secret service hunt and cites his own scars and attire as witness to his tale. The Nashville visit is noted in the Tennesseean and American office.
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George H. Hull
Stokes
Mr. Hill
Wu Ting-fang
America
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Jesse James
Ford Brothers
Dave Lewis
Capt. H. Hicks
Nashville
Iain Hicks
Lewis
Secret Service
James
Frank
Captain Hicks
Kentucky
Frankfort
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