United States Pushes Huerta on Mexico Exit
The United States questions Provisional President Huerta about resigning power as Mexico’s fate hangs on his response. Reports suggest he will not retire, plans to raise the army to 500000, and may threaten war, prompting U S actions including dispatch of the Chester to Vera Cruz and marines to Portsmouth.
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United States
Huerta
Mexico
Chester
Vera Cruz
Portsmouth
Republic of Mexico
Mexican Congress
Xico
U S Warns Huerta Government Over Intereste
The United States asserts it must protect its interests and citizens as Huerta faces mounting pressure. The administration says patience has run out and hints at Huerta's possible political end if he resists the looming upheaval.
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United States
Huerta
Message From Mars Sparks Fevered Speculation Across Earth
The essay muses on Martian signals observed by Lecoultre and debated by Lowell. It weighs whether bright lights or chalky snow lighting peaks signal Earth, or if no message at all will arrive. It ponders future Mars revelations and whimsical Spanish place-name imagery.
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Mars
Lecoultre
Earth
Gamboa
Harry Thaw
Percival Lowell
Harvard
Lowell
Professor Lowell
Hobson
Naming the Streets in Worcester and San Antonio Style
The piece compares Worcester Mass with San Antonio on street name choices. It notes Worcester's likely provincialism and contrasts it with San Antonio’s diverse linguistic heritage. It highlights issues like nonconforming names such as De Villis and duplicates that confuse visitors.
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Nueva
Buena Vista
Seledad
Perdido
Worcester
San Antonio
England
New York
Mass
New England
America
de Vilhiss
Frock coats back in style for leaders and pros says fashion note
A sartorial column argues frock coats may return but only for statesmen lawyers doctors and real estate brokers while plain citizens keep business suits. Clergymen editors and cattlemen face shifting dress norms though big hats remain safe in Southwest Texas.
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Prince Albert
Hoi Polloi
Sulzer
Texas
Porfirio Diaz To Settle In Miami For Winter Visit
The Houston Post reports General Porfirio Diaz will become a temporary resident of the United States and spend the coming winter in Miami Florida. Authorities will impose no entry restrictions. Diaz ruled Mexico for thirty years but age and revolution render him unable to reclaim power. He seeks rest and believes Mexico must seek orderly development under new leadership.
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United States
Miami
Fla
General Diaz
Mexico
Houston Post
Mayors' League Formed to Serve Public Welfare
The Statesman notes that Texas mayors formed a permanent organization aimed at public welfare. The goal is to unite city leaders to look after the public weal, encouraging head of every Texas city to join and build efficiency for civic good.
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Mayors’ League
Texas
Austin Statesman
Light on High Cost of Living in Ancient Rome
The Christian Science Monitor notes excavations at Rome reveal palaces of Nero Caligula and Domitian and even the imperial throne. The piece suggests insights into early cost of living, hoping palace kitchens may show if emperors paid high prices for fresh eggs.
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Nero Caligula
Domitian
Rome
Christian Science Monitor
Crown’s Choice: Louis XVI Faces Ministerial Dilemmas
In the wake of King Louis XVI’s accession and the king’s struggle to name a new minister, the queen counselled Choiseul while Machault attracted the king’s favor. Royal advisers warn against atheistic leanings and push Count de Maurepas as a devout Catholic alternative. The scene shifts to a clandestine meeting between M. de la Roseraie and Adelaide as court politics unfold amid mourning and romance.
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Louis XVI
M. Choisuel
Louis
Mme. Pompadour
M. Machault
M. de Roseraie
Arnouville
Monsieur de Ma
Madame Victoire
Mme
Adele
Count de Maurepas
Royal Crisis Leads to Minister Appointment
A bitter enmity with Mme Pompadour shapes the young king's decision as he orders M. de la Roseraie to carry a letter to Pontchartrain. The dissolute minister gains appointment despite delays caused by romance with Adelaide, accelerating revolutionary tensions.
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M. de la Rosaraie
Adelaide
M. de la Roseraie
Mme. Pompadour
Louis
Monsieur de Ma
Chateau de Pontchartrain
Pikes Peak Not Shrinking Says Geologists
Denver dispatches sparked a Denver claim that Pikes Peak is sinking but the U S Geological Survey rebutted this as a misread. The survey notes the peak’s elevation is 14 109 feet above sea level as measured by modern sighting methods and warns against comparing with old barometer figures.
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Indianapolis
Denver
Pikes Peak
United States Geological Survey
Geological Survey
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
U. S. Geological Survey
George Otis Smith
U. S
American Republic
Colorado Springs
Marriage of Nancy Leishman and Duke of Croy compared to Fifth Avenue wedding
New York World reports the Geneva ceremony drew about 2000 onlookers and a disruptive crowd outside the church. It notes an abbe admonished spectators for irreverence while contrasting Swiss curiosity with American urban etiquette.
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New York
Nancy Leishman
Duke of Croy
Geneva
Fifth Avenue
London
Paris
City manager idea gains traction in Ohio and beyond
Springfield Ohio adopts a charter for a hired general manager running city business. Sumter and Dayton follow, with short ballot councils and mayors handling social duties. Writers note Missouri law bars St Louis from this option, prompting interest in a constitutional convention.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Springfield
Ohio
Sumter
Dayton
Legislative Council
Missouri
St. Louis
Charter Commission
Teeth in Income Tax From the Houston Post
Washington experts say the income tax law has teeth for the poor and rich alike. The section taxing at the source requires a 1 percent deduction on interest from bonds and mortgages even if annual income is under 3000. Debtors may withhold the 1 percent until exemptions are proved, else penalties, a setup many fear will create red tape and unfiled exemptions. Death and taxation are inevitable.
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Houston Post
Washington
Post
Internal Revenue Collector
Internal Revenue
Congress Off the Job Titans Titanic Disaster Reflection
Washington Post notes absen ce of about 400 representatives in the House and similar in the Senate while a seamen's bill passed by the Senate awaits House action. The piece argues absence isn’t due to lack of business but home politics, citing the Titanic disaster and Volturno as impetus for congressional action.
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Washington Post
House
Senate
Congress
NO FARMER MILLIONAIRE From the Philadelphia Record
The Philadelphia Record notes that every major American industry has produced fortunes from steel to coal to railroads, but farming, though employing more people, has produced few if any multi millionaires. It asks who has taken ten millions from the soil.
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Philadelphia
America
Carnegie
Frick
Gates
Rockefeller
Rogers
Flagler
Morgan
Drexel
Schiff
Stotesbury
Widener
Elkins
Ryan
Dolan
Duke
Brady
Garrett
Harriman
Gould
Vanderbilt
Huntingdon
Packer
Scott
Pardee
Markle
Coxe
Conningham
Stephen B. Elkins
Davis
Berwind
du Ponts
England’s By-Elections Tie to Liberal Government
From the Atlanta Journal report on five upcoming by elections in the House of Commons Liberal government faces scrutiny as Irish home rule and other issues stir debate. Unionists push to defeat Liberal candidates amid national political tension and public mood shifts.
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The
Atlanta Journal
United States
England
House of Commons
Movies in Education From the Kansas City Journal
The piece argues motion pictures in schools largely fail educational aims, with few productive films and spending that yields little real benefit. It calls for business leaders to join school boards to guide a shift toward films that enrich learning and tap the industry’s potential.
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Kansas City Journal
Edison
Paderewski Libel Suit and the Modern Age of Superlatives
The Philadelphia Press reflects on Jan Ignace Paderewski winning a London libel suit over a claim calling him the world’s greatest pianist. It notes Petri’s reputation, courts restricting use of Paderewski’s name with others, and laments the era of self promotion where egotism often eclipses modesty.
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Philadelphia
Jan Ignace Paderewski
London
Petri
Paderewski
Whistler
Bernard Shaw
Shakespeare
San Francisco Founder Francis Serra Birth Anniversary
The two hundredth anniversary of Father Francis J. Serra’s birth will be celebrated in San Francisco and nationwide on November 24. Born in Majorca on November 24, 1713, Serra helped found missions from Mexico to California, including the San Diego mission and the San Francisco site named for their order, dying August 29, 1784 at age 71.
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Indianapolis
Father Francis J. Serra
San Francisco
Father Serra
Majorca
Mediterranean
Mexico
Montezumas
Sierra Gorda
California
Galvez
San Diego
Philadelphia
New Pennsylvania law bars women under 21 from night work
The St Louis Post-Dispatch reports Pennsylvania male legislators enacted a law prohibiting women under 21 from working outside their homes after 9 p m. It covers all jobs from cleaning skyscraper floors to singing in choirs, while day shifts remain open to the night workers.
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