Ferrer and Gompers in a World of Free Speech
A stark comparison of Francisco Ferrer’s execution in Spain with Samuel Gompers’ condemnation of fines and prison for dissent. The piece links monarchic privilege to modern class rule and urges perseverance of political liberty, citing Taft, Hearst, and Belgium’s Leopold as context.
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United States
Samuel Gompers
Spain
Francisco Ferrer
Ferrer
Corporation
Sam Gompers
Barcelona
Morocco
Gompers
Washington
Europe
Public sympathy for Prof Ferrer fades in America
Emma Goldman begins to lament Ferrer’s fate as public sympathy shifts while authorities press on with the case in the United States.
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Prof. Ferrer
America
Emma Goldman
Dear Mr True Advice on nail biting and teased remarks
A reader asks how to break a fingernail biting habit for a son. Another letter seeks guidance on handling teasing about Chicago and large trees from peers. A husband complains his wife is busy with clubs and his socks go un darned. The columnist offers guidance.
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Mr. True
Chicago
M. J
White Terror in Bloodstained Kongo
The Star prints an extract from Conan Doyle’s Crime of the Kongo detailing brutal acts by white men during King Leopold’s era. The second installment describes mutilations and killings tied to rubber production and colonial exploitation.
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Conan Doyle
Leopold
Sir Conan Doyle
England
America
Star
Crime of the Kongo described in testimony and atrocity detail
The text cites King Leopold and the so called Crime of the Kongo. Glave recounts brutal abuse in African stations run by white overseers. Emaciated captives work long hours under harsh conditions with ropes and patches of cloth, described as prisoners of war.
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Leopold
Glave
Stanley
Africa
Harvey
Clarke
War with Belgium then Let There Be War Doyle
The author urges immediate British action to confront Belgium and calls for a European congress to decide the Kongolanda dispute or, in failure, for Britain to act alone. He asks whether Belgium should bear responsibility and suggests testing their quarrel. He also notes America’s early recognition in 1884 and argues a firm course regardless of American support.
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Belgium
Doyle
Europe
America
Kongolanda
Fugitives in town trigger massacre claim and brutal amputation
A man recalls a violent incident where a wounded officer’s friend witnesses his wife killed before his eyes and her head severed for a brass bracelet. He links atrocities in the Kongo to rubber production, where soldiers force villagers into the brush and mutilate left hands to reward the commissary.
Terrible Whip of the Kongo Described in Colonial Text
An excerpt from a Doyle influenced narrative details the chicotte as a brutal weapon used on rubber supply dissenters. A Belgian officer discusses methods to maximize pain within a 25 to 26 blow limit per day, noting blood and lasting harm.
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Bir Conan’ Doyle
Seattle Spirit and Mount Tacoma Echoes in 1909 Letter
Intimate correspondence from October 18 1909 depicts booster debates over Seattle Tacoma Everett identities climate jokes about dry rain and Mount Rainier name disputes. The writer notes regional rivalries in a club car dialogue with travelers from Portland Calgary Ohio Fresno and Cincinnati.
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Tacoma
Seattle
Everett
California
Calgary
Alberta
Ohio
The Crime of the Kongo Revealed in Congo Rubber Trade
The article recounts brutal acts under the Congo rubber regime. It notes a missionary observer’s accounts of murder, dismemberment, smoke dried hands sent to the commissary, and extreme profits from Belgian controlled Kongo companies in 1897. It previews further installments on Sir Conan Doyle's new book.
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Sjoblom
Kongo
Belgium
Capt. Lothaire
France
The
Daily Star
Sir Conan Doyle
Fragmented 1908 society notes and quips
A garbled 1908 style column mixes social gossip about Mrs Harriman Mrs Green and Mrs Sage with brief mentions of Hearst epigrams and a comedic exchange from a Chicago Tribune line about Gwendolen and Amerelda. Various stray phrases reference cholera attacks and stage figures in a flippant, clipped fashion.
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Seattle Spirit
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Mount Tacoma
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Collier's Weekly
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Cal
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Ambassador Crane
Seoul
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Tee King
Morse
Sportne Times
Hearst
Gaynor
Walter Wellman
Chicago Record-Herald
Percy
Pamerelda
Amerelda
Gwendolen
Chicago Tribune
Mary Ann
Yeassum
Cleveland
Globe” Union
Vassar
Stuttgarter
Rubk
Bof
Dr. Denton
Merode
Heesme
Moe
Ter
Globe
Globe Union
Panama
Marseilles
Haviland & Co
Agency For Knox
Geove6
Econo
Victor
Pacific Coast Distributors
Viccton Talking Machines
Pacific Coast
Seman
Second Avenue
Union Street
Senttte
Purcell Safe CO
Hall’s Safe & Lock Co's
Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe CO
Peeaeereree H. L. Klein
James Street
Pasuenenateete
Wrens Bun Dwatl CO
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Ted
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