Pirates Lair Scene of Fight Made Famous by Raisuli Case
Morocco's Spanish zone in the Barbary coast hosts renewed fighting as Gen. Silvestre’s force faces 20,000 Moorish fighters amid stalled advances from Melilla. The long history includes Mulai Ahmed el Jaluli Raisuli’s 1905 capture of Perdicaris and the 1920 Franco-Spanish push for order.
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Mulai Ahmed Raisuli
Madrid
Morocco
Spain
Barbary Coast
Mulai Ahmed el-Jalsuli
Ion Perdicaris
Roosevelt
Hay
Perdicaris
Raisuli
Mediterranean
Damaso Berenguer
Atlantic
El-Arish
Lardiche
Sheshawan
Silvestre
Melilla
Eggs Taken From Python Hatch Chickens in Africa
A story from the publicity department of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church recounts a python raid in Africa. The serpent entered a hen house, ate eight chickens and nine eggs, was killed, and the eggs reportedly hatched into normal chicks.
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Board of Missions of the Method
Epis St. Episcopal Church
New York City
Edwin HH. Richards
Africa
Wis
Who Founded St. Louis A Historical Society Debate
The St. Louis Historical Society proposes a monument to commemorate the city's founding on February 15 1764 with Rene Auguste Chouteau as central figure and Laclede among pioneers. The question of who founded St. Louis resurfaces as historians note Chouteau’s status and misdated tomb inscriptions.
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St. Louis
Chouteau
Priest Keeps Vigil Over Verdun Dead As Monument Grows
A French priest in a wooden hut near Verdun tends a sacred space for the 400000 French who died there. Coffin boxes mark sector graves while volunteers gather bones for a future ossuaire. Nearby monuments honor Marshal Petain and General Anselm in a landscape haunted by war.
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Paris
Fort Dount- Mont
Verdun
France
Legion of Wonor
M. L'Abbe Noel
Teweh
Mussolini
Ossuaire
Marshal Petain
Anselm
Boy Captures Sharks After Two Hour Battle
Cape May New Jersey Emory Eyesman thirteen year old son of Julian Eyesman general traffic manager for the Pennsylvania railcar ended a day’s fishing trip with two eight foot sharks to his credit. He fought with them for more than two hours and kept other fishermen at a distance. The sharks weighed a total of 940 pounds.
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Cape May
N. J
Emory Eyesman
Julian Eyesman
Pennsylvania
Pueblo flood hero Porter to receive hero medal
St Louis officials of the Chamber of Commerce seek a 4 Gainexte hero medal for Robert J. Taylor a Black Pullman porter of St Louis credited with saving 26 lives when a passenger train overturned in the Pueblo flood on June 2.
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Negro Porter Hero
Pueblo
St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
St.Louis
Robert J. Taylor
Poroscopy and Graphometry Aid Crime Detection
Dr Edmund Locard leading Lyons police lab presents poroscopy the measurement of body pores and graphometry analysis of handwriting form as new crime detection sciences. He cites cases where pore impressions and distinctive handwriting features helped convict burglars, though gloves and perspiration posed challenges. Locard combines these with established forgery detection methods.
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Paris
Edmund Locard
Lyons
Locard
Doctor Locard
S Sciences
Doctor Leocard
Doctor Lo Card
Coming Contest on Water Works Bond Vote in Arkansas
A Tumilinville tavern keeper in Arkansas discusses a forthcoming town vote on issuing bonds for a water works system. He notes young and traveling newcomers favor the plan while older residents oppose paying for water and learning new habits, predicting a split outcome.
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Tumilinville
Ark
Genuine Bayer Aspirin Warning and Health Ad
An old advertisement warns buyers to look for Bayer on aspirin packaging or tablets to ensure genuineness and safety. It promotes Bayer tablets for colds headaches rheumatism toothache and more with small tin boxes costing a few cents. Also includes a short film joke about a homely leading man and behind the scenes director quips.
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Bayer
Loud patterns in dresses invade tennis courts and streets
Reading describes bold patterned fabrics and chintzes sweeping fashion in the city with bright carmine linens, blue stripes and yellow dots. The piece notes women buying rare figured drapery for clothes, quotes designers, and adds a humorous aside about a nickname Peggy from Pegasa and the Pegasus pun.
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Na Boudoir
Onis
Cone
TPO
Pittsburgh
Asphalt Boom Expands U S Highways Across the Nation
New figures from the U S Bureau of Public Roads show in eight years 5,000,000 tons of asphalt and related materials used in American highways. If laid in one continuous sixteen foot wide road, these asphaltic roads could circle the globe twice.
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United States
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Deafness Relief
Catarrhal deafness is described as an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube causing ringing and hearing loss. The advertisement claims Hall’s Catarrh Medicine works through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions, offering free circulars and availability from all druggists.
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Hall
Halil
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Perfectly Healthy Is This Son You Speak Of Anid Lescent
A terse exchange questions a boy's health with the reply that he is as healthy as any boy. The dialogue centers on concern for a child’s wellbeing and vitality.
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Anid
Lescent
Mother learns child substitutes naughty word with joke
A Franklin mother teaches her three year old not to say ain’t. He corrects her, then suggests saying scuge Je meaning excuse me in a puzzled Indian polis News tone.
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Franklin
Robert
Indianpolis
Mirrors Draw Many In Family Quarrel Joke
A playful domestic exchange centers on a crowded household and a joke about everyone settling on mirrors. The brief vignette features a husband and wife swapping quips about the family and female visitors.
Fragmentary note hints at marital discord and personal distress
A garbled OCR fragment hints at unhappy marriages and strained relationships. It mentions refused proposals, talk of divorce or separation, and a distressed speaker seeking relief. Names and places are unreadable, leaving a sketch of domestic tension rather than a full story.
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Tangier
Razil
Secretary Denby
Denby
Navy
Lake Oakland
Clintonville
Mich
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Joe
New York
Cas
the Centaur Company
Dterander Miathews
Columbia
Pyerdise
Tully
Mirabeth
Peggy
Pegasa
Pegasus
Ev’rybody
Jo Dhink
Tanta
Tate
AeAll Dragygtsta
Western Canada
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Flert
Wgnsas City, Mo
Bermiaten
Fregkles
al Bea
Kansas City
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