Eldora News Digest Skims World Events And Local Quips
A long fragment from Eldora News summarizes global notes on France’s single one legged group, Venezuela’s defiance, and Kaiser letters, alongside domestic curios about poverty, spankings, and aging births. It also notes a West Point graduate leading his class early, but laments fire risks and unsafe building costs. A mountain railway north of the Adriatic with many bridges and tunnels is described.
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Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Palmist confidences and quirky quotes in a mixed bag
A Philadelphia palmist recalls 24 years of practice with earnings reports and gullibility remarks, while the Brooklyn Citizen notes heiresses seeking titles may buy baronial titles abroad. The piece also jokes about the Greenough Washington statue, Siberian timber, and an odorless onion inventor with a wary eye on advertising persistence.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Germany
Italy
Two Naval Records Set in Recent Trials
A gun crew under a young Annapolis graduate hit all 25 shots from an eight inch gun at a rapid rate. The cruiser Ches ter logged twenty six and fifty three hundredths knots for four hours on a trial, claiming the title of fastest scouting cruiser in any navy.
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Annapolis
Chester
Advances in democracy boost peerage books in England
In England the democracy advance is linked to more books on the peerage. Debretts, now in its 195th year with 2500 pages, differs greatly from its original record. Since Queen Victoria's accession, at least 340 peerages and 460 baronetcies have been granted, averaging five per year for peers and seven for baronets.
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England
Debrett
Queen Victoria
Cat tails used as upholstery filling in England
English use of cat-tails for furniture stuffing contrasts with limited U S supply due to poor results. Kopak, a competing Indian fiber, sells at nine cents a pound. U S cat-tails sent to England price from two to four cents per pound.
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England
United States
Italian Post Offices In Turkish Territory Ends Naval Show
The Turkish government and Italy reached an accord on post offices in Turkish lands to avoid a naval demonstration. Turkey recognizes Italy’s right to post offices in five cities where others are present and agrees to Italians buying property and coast navigation rights. Paris newspaper warns of darker days ahead for the sultan over Macedonia and other issues.
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London
Italy
Rome
Moustapha Rechid
Titton
Turkey
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Porte
Paris
Sclair
Asia
Insane man kills three in Warrensburg Missouri
Hawes 22 years old, temporarily insane, shot and killed Marshal James Ryan and night watchman Basbashan, mortally wounding Night Watchman R. Pollock at the Missouri Pacific railroad station in Warrensburg. He was shot and killed by a hotel porter. Hawes was son of a Johnson County farmer.
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Warrensburg
Hawes
James Ryan
Basbashan
Pollock
Missouri Pacific
Ilawes
Johnson County
Auto Crash Fatal for William Gallagher in Brighton
An automobile accident on Commonwealth Avenue in Brighton Monday left William Gallagher of Malden dead at 24. Joseph Shine, 22, sustained a brain concussion and may die, while William Flynn, 26, was injured.
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Boston
William Gallagher
Malden
Joseph Shine
William Flynn
Commonwealth Avenue
Brighton
Epidemic at La Guaira Halts Steamship Calls
Caracas reports a suspicious epidemic at La Guaira causing several deaths. Some steamship lines refuse passengers from the port while others drop La Guaira from their sailing schedules entirely.
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Caracas
Venezuela
la Guaira
Woman Fatally Strikes Black Woman in Memphis Chase
In Memphis Tennessee on April 21 Mrs. James Wright struck and fatally hurt Leila Gordon, a Black woman, after pursuing her with a public safety item. Wright reloaded and chased Mary Davis, another Black woman, but the charge went wild.
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Memphis
Tenn
James Wright
Leila
Gordon
Wright
Mary Davis
Linevitch in Critical Condition after Pneumonia
St. Petersburg April 21 The condition of Lieut Gen Linevitch aide de camp to Emperor Nicholas and former commander in Manchuria is critical as pneumonia progresses. Physicians have little hope for recovery.
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Linevitch
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Manchuria
Miners Return to Work in Pittsburg District
About 30,000 miners in the Pittsburg district resume work on Monday under the Toledo joint conference agreement reached earlier.
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Pittsburg
Well Known Traveling Man Dead
Indianapolis April 21 Thomas Cook aged 56 died suddenly here Sunday of apoplexy He was one of the best known traveling men in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Cook
Indiana
Russians Besieged by Persian Brigands In Persia
Alarming dispatch from Tiflis says a small Russian expeditionary force near Belosuvar is surrounded by a larger Persian and nomad force. Russians request infantry artillery and cavalry reinforcements as floods hinder redeployments. Three Russians killed ten wounded in clashes. fears grow of Kurdish bandits joining. Shirin fortress on the frontier acts to cover Belesuvar.
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Tiflis
Apr
Persia
Belosuvar
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Shirin
Belesuvar
Fleet Welcome to Los Angeles Opens Week of Naval Entertainment
The Atlantic fleet arrives in Los Angeles for a six day program beginning with a four day event at Chutes park. About three thousand sailors were given liberty and transported by free trolley to the park where more than 50 boxing bouts are scheduled. James J. Jeffries oversees all athletic activities and referees the bouts. A championship lightweight contest between fleet sailors was held.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Chutes Park
Los Angeles Athletic Club
James J. Jeffries
D A R Meeting Convenes in Memorial Hall
Washington April 21 The seventeenth continental congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution convened here in Memorial Continental hall with unusually large attendance. The six day session will lack the election excitement of prior years but will focus on selecting ten vice presidents general and considering proposed constitutional amendments for delegates.
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Washington
Seventeenth Continental Congress
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Memorial Continental Hall
Congress
Harvard student charged with manslaughter in fatal crash
Frederick Oliver Thompson of Des Moines Iowa a first year Harvard law student was arrested on manslaughter charges after a car collision in Watertown Massachusetts in which an unknown woman was killed. Thompson and another Harvard student were passengers in the machine involved.
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Watertown
Mass
Frederick Oliver Thompson
Des Moines
Harvard University
Thompson
Harvard
Train Wrecked and Burned Near Summit Montana
Oriental limited No 2 east bound of the Great Northern was wrecked and burned near Summit Montana after striking a landslide at a high Rocky Mountain pass. The engine was demolished and every car derailed or overturned in the incident.
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Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Summit
Mont
Rocky Mountains
Dynamiters Get Big Sum in Lynn Grain Store Burglary
In Lynn Massachusetts on Market Street two safes at Youland and Mc Manus grain store were dynamited Monday and burglars escaped with between 1600 and 1800 dollars in cash. No clue to the burglars' identity.
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Lynn
Mass
Youland & McManus
Market Street
Doomed Man Reprieved By Governor De Neen
Springfield Apr 21 Gov De Neen acting on the board of pardons recommendation reprieved Herman Bilick who was to be hanged in Chicago next Friday The reprieve extends the sentence to June 12 and modifies the execution date while keeping Bilick’s fate under review The decision follows a state pardon board review and reflects gubernatorial mercy in a capital case.
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Springfield
Deneen
State Board of Pardons
Herman Bilick
Chicago
Wyman Nominated for Postmaster of St. Louis
The president sent to the Senate the nomination of Frank Wyman for a second four year term as Postmaster of St. Louis. The April 21 transmission marks the start of Senate consideration for the appointment.
Senator Borah denounces Brownsville conspiracy claims
In a maiden Senate speech Senator Borah argues against leniency for Starry Orchard and asserts evidence shows a conspiracy by some Twenty fifth Infantry members in the Brownsville riot. He denounces condoning the act and emphasizes discipline and punishment.
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Steunenberg
Hell
Soldier of the Union
Brownsville
Foraker
Senator Borah
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Borah
Toral
Senate
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Bryan and Taft Hold Timely Conferences in New York
In New York on April 21, Taft and Bryan convened with leaders as primary campaigns intensify. Bryan planned multiple Democratic talks while Taft prepared speeches at Henry Taft’s home and dined with clergy, yet Bryan avoided fixed meetings with leaders.
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New York
William H. Taft
William J. Bryan
New York City
Bryan
New Jersey
Taft
Washington
Henry W. Taft
Aymen
Missionary Movement
U.negle Hall
John Wesley Ilitl
Metropolitan Temple
Hoffman House
Grace
Virginia
Miss Bryan
Europe
Ilenny Watterson
Mr. Bryan
W. J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
Charles I. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Conners
Entire Family Drowned in Athabasca River Ice Break
In Winnipeg April 21 Emile Cardinal his wife and child perished while crossing the Athabasca river on ice with a dog train. The party entered the river country on the Peache river route and broke through the ice leading to the tragedy. The incident underscores peril of ice travel in remote northern Canada.
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Winnipeg
Man
Peache River
Emile Cardinal
Athabasca River
King Edward to visit Copenhagen Stockholm and Christiania
King Edward and Queen Alexandra left London for a royal tour visiting Copenhagen Stockholm and Christiania to be hosted by their royal families at the capitals.
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Sweden
London
Edward
Alexandra
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Christiania
Two Killed as Burglars Mistaken for Intruders
In Columbus on April 21, John and William D. Frank, sons of grocer R O C Frank, were shot and killed by Patrolmen Heinz and Casey who mistook them for burglars. Casey was suspended pending investigation. Heinz remains on duty.
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Columbus, O
John
William D.rank
R. OC
Frank
East Side
Heinz and
Casey
R. O. Frank
Parsons Avenue
Albert Frank
William Yoerger
Heinz
Yoerger
W. D. Frank
John Frank
Williams accuses Cannon over house adjournment on Saturday
Washington April 21 Gaining floor to speak on privilege Williams minority leader accuses Speaker of breaching house privileges by arbitrarily adjourning the house Saturday He offers to overlook the pestering but calls the act one of the gravest in parliamentary history.
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Washington
House
Williams
House of Representatives
Fatally Shot by Detective in Buffalo Yard Incident
Patrick McKeown a Lehigh Valley railroad switchman was shot and fatally wounded in Buffalo on William Street yards by Lehigh detective Dan Reardon who said he found McKeown and two other men pilfering from a car.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Patrick McKeown
Lehigh Valley Railroad
William Street
Lehigh Valley
Dan Reardon
Lehigh
Reardon
McKeown
Three Believed Drowned Near Hannibal River
A gasoline launch capsized about six miles above Hannibal Missouri observers saw three men aboard the craft. One surfaced and waved before sinking again, and no trace of the boat or occupants has been found despite searches led by witness Young Walker.
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Hannibal
Young Walker
Raft tragedy claims two Hillman brothers in Indiana
In Petersburg Indiana on April 21 Charles and John Hillman brothers drowned when their raft parted while rafting logs on the Wabash river. Their bodies were recovered and their parents reside in Petersburg.
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Petersburg
Ind
Wabash River
Charles
John Hillman
Feud Ends in Slaying Near Brantley Alabama
J W Weatherford, a prominent citizen, was shot and killed instantly by his nephew Avery Hardage a few miles below Brantley. The murder ends an old feud that had simmered for years.
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Brantley
Ala
J. W. Weatherford
Avery Hardage
Man Aims to Break Weston Record Walking to Chicago
Arsen Bel din of Adams Massachusetts began a long walk to Chicago with the aim of beating the Weston record. The attempt starts in Weston style and draws attention from local readers in Portland Maine on April 21.
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Weston
Portland
Arsena Beldin
Adams
Mass
Monslay
Chicago
Hidward Payson Weston
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