Surprises Mark Liberal Cabinet With 16 Members
London December 11 The new British ministry presents no great surprises aside from John Burns the labor leader being named a cabinet member. John Morley the enthusiastic home ruler is sent to the India office where he will have little influence on internal politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morley
India Office
London
John Burns
Henry Campbell- Bannerman
David Lloyd-George
Augustine Birrell
Treasury
Exchequer
Herbert Henry Asquith
Herbert John Gladstone
Sir Edward Grey
the Earl of Lgin
Richard Burdon Haldane
India
Admiraltly
Baron Twenlmouth
Robert Treshie Reid
Board of Trade
Labor
Scotiland
John Sinclair
Board of Agriculture
Earl Carrington
Sydney
Charles Buxton
Ireland
Board of Education
Duchy of Lancaster
Henry Hartley Fowler
Lord Lieuenant
Earl of Aberdeen
Samuel Walker
Lewis Vernon Harcourt
Radical Party
House of Commons
Edward Grey
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Harcourt
Baron Tweedmouth
House of Lords
Earl Spencer
Swallowing pin not an accident Kansas ruling
Kansas Supreme Court overruled a lower court verdict in favor of E Barnes a traveling salesman who sued an insurance company for 50 a week after an operation to remove a pin from his stomach. The court held swallowing a pin is not an accident under the policy.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
E. Barnes
Soldier's Orphan Killed In Accidental Shot Incident
Bloomington I Dec 11 Dwight Jollis 15 an inmate of the Soldiers Orphans home went rabbit hunting against rules. His shotgun discharged entering his breast inflicting wounds that may prove fatal.
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Bloomington
Dwight Jollis
Soldiers’ Orphans
Educator's Wife Granted Divorce in Newark
Mrs William G Tight wife of the University of New Mexico president was granted a divorce on the ground of desertion. She receives alimony and custody of her children with a Newark Ohio decree dated December 11.
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Newark, O
William G.tight
University of New Mexico
Sglent
Convicts Mutiny Endangers Havana Prison Guards
In Havana on Sunday night convicts at the 1300 plus penitentiary mutinied during supper, overpowering one officer and three machete-wielding guards. A fierce clash left two inmates mortally wounded and sixteen seriously hurt while several guards were injured. Four more guards arrived with guns and fired, scattering the crowd until artillery troops arrived to quell the uprising.
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Havana
Latest cash market reports Chicago produce prices
Market notes list prices for dairy butter cheeses with varieties and packings, meats and game, fruits like apples and cranberries, vegetables including cabbage celery cucumbers and tomatoes, plus poultry and livestock values. Prices shown in per unit terms for crates, boxes, and tonnage across multiple items and brands.
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Chicago
Higgs Bresh Steels
Limburger
Baldwin
Ben Davis
Centennial
Penwiel
SCC
Grain and livestock markets show mixed national quotes
The report lists commodity prices for corn oats and live cattle in Chicago Omaha Kansas City St Louis and St Joseph with mixed results including low and high ranges and per bushel and per cwt quotes. Sheep and lambs show Chicago and Omaha figures with solid ranges across markets.
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New York
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Duluth
Kansas
Milwaaukee
Chicago
Juiverpool
Americain
Peoria
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Ugise
Stansias City
Omaha
Louis
St. Joseph
Newee
Joseph
Frigate to Be Prison Ship in Puget Sound Yard
The old frigate Nipsic once in the American navy and famed for escaping the Apia typhoon will be commissioned at Puget Sound navy yard on December 23 as a prison ship.
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Seattle
Wash
Nipsic
Apia
Samoa
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Orphans to Get Silver Dollars From New Orleans Doctor
Dr Raymond Sauvage of a major New Orleans drug firm announces that on Christmas Day he will give every orphan in the city a silver dollar. About 3,000 orphans are in the city.
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New Orleans
Raymond Sauvage
Reid's Relative Dies by Self Inflicted Wound in Ohio Yard
Cincinnati on December 11 reports William Henry Reid, a first cousin of Whitelaw Reid the U S ambassador to Great Britain, shot himself in a lumber yard. He was sixty years old.
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Reid
Cincinnati
Dee
William Henry Reid
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Great Britain
Prominent 1906 Book Previews Across Magazines and Authors
The piece surveys new and notable literary releases in 1906 including Bret Harte's Her Letter praised for its color plates and typography, McClure's Magazine plans with political and railroad exposes, and new novels by Weyman, Sheehan, and Nicholson. It highlights Starvecrow Farm, Glenanaar, The House of a Thousand Candles, Foolish Almanack 1906, and other works with brief publisher notes and critical blurbs.
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Bret Harte
Arthur J. Keller
New York Globe
Keller
New York Times
Sye
Houghton, Miffin
Cambridge Press
MacClure
McClure
Phillips
Miss Tarbell
Steffens
Baker
Carl Schurz
Commerce
Mali
New York
F. Hopkinson Smith
McWhirter
Colonel Carter
John W. Luce and Company
Nixon Waterman
George Barr McCutcheon
W. D. Nesbit
Waterloo
Mr. Weyman
New York Tribune
Glenanaar
New
P. A. Sheehan
Doneraile
Luke Delmegg
Longmans, Green & Co
Fifth Ave
O’connell
Meredith Nicholson
Zelda Cameron
Howard Chandler Christy
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Indianapolis
Puzzle in moving counters change places of geese and foxes
A classic moving counters puzzle asks how to swap three foxes with three geese on disks numbered 1 to 12. Geese start on 1 2 5 and foxes on 10 11 12. Move alternately fox and goose along adjacent disks, never allowing a fox to threaten a goose, to end with foxes on 1 2 3 and geese on 10 11 12 in the fewest moves.
Vermiform appendix dialogue in early equal rights debate
A fragment presents two voices discussing minority status and majority power. It includes a Weldon North Carolina anecdote where a Black man, after obtaining a Halifax registrar marriage license, returns seeking a refund, explaining he married hoping for a wealthier wife, but she lacked funds.
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Iex
Weldon
N. C
Registrar of Deeds
Halifax
Proof of Birds Intelligence Fanciers Report Incidents
Bird fanciers discuss clever traits of pets. A goose egg hatch, parrot learning to light matches, and a sparrow raid on a swallow’s nest illustrate varied bird intelligence. Observers note behavior and consequences of these actions.
Nathan Hale Schoolhouse Becomes SAR Headquarters
The old red schoolhouse where Nathan Hale taught at the outbreak of the Revolution was moved to a new site in New London Connecticut. It received a new foundation repairs and paint funded by the Sons of the American Revolution at a cost of over 10000 dollars and was dedicated as their headquarters.
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Nathan Hale
New London
Conn
Sons of the American Revolution
Seventy Six Years In One Family Service Death Notice
The Geneva papers report M. and Mme. Edouard Monod announce the death of their longtime servant Mme Gabrielle Thomasset who served the family for seventy six years and died at age eighty nine.
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Geneva
Mme
Edouard Monod
Gabrielle Thomasset
London Daily Chronicle
Gravestone Honors Mrs. Mary Buel in Litchfield Death 1768
A gravestone in West burying ground Litchfield Conn honors Mrs. Mary Buel wife of Deacon John Buel who died November 4 1768 at age 90 after bearing 13 children 101 grandchildren 247 great grandchildren and 49 great great grandchildren before passing to a higher world.
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West Burying Ground
Litchfield
Conn
Mary Buel
John Buel
Lumber Piler Gilbert Claims Vast Spread of Timber
Charles E. Gilbert, long-time lumber pile keeper at a Norway Maine yard, asserts his stack reaches fourteen rods wide and twenty miles long, equating to about 140 square miles of timber coverage.
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Charles E. Gilbert
Norway
Cruel Tactics of Pigeon Fakers Highlighted
An exposé describes how pigeon fanciers alter birds through beak bending and feather trimming to boost value. It cites trimming, dyeing, acid testing on dyes, and head incensing as cruel tricks. The piece urges humane societies to intervene against concealed cruelty.
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Humane Societies
Hungry bird attacks fisherman on open dory Banks
A large coromant, a Patagonian turkey, driven by hunger, attacked Stewart Stone aboard the schooner Thomas 8. Gorton as he fished in an open dory on the Banks. Rescuers saved Stone in the nick of time and the event drew respectful attention from onlookers.
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Turkey
Stewart Stone
Thomas 8
Gorton
Cormorant Attacks Fisherman on Atlantic Avenue Front
Boston dispatch reports a huge cormorant attacked Stone while he fished in a dory off Atlantic Avenue. Hi ram Skinner, fishing nearby, rushed to help and struck the bird with an oar, stunning it and saving Stone from further harm. The bird, driven by hunger, had shown unusual ferocity before capture.
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Atlantic Avenue
Saya
Boston
Stone
Hiram Skinner
Skinner
Remarkable Conservatory at Bagshot Park
One of the world’s finest conservatories owned by the Duke of Connaught at Bagshot Park features a tropical interior with ferns palms and orchids. It includes miniature cascades fountains a stalactite cavern with mirrors and a hidden electric lamp-lit pool glow. Designed by a leading London firm it cost $15,000.
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Duke of Connaught
Bagshot Park
London
Tally Stick Proof of Loan Payment Described
An old time method for proving money owed used tally sticks. A plain stick served as a loan record, with marks made when a sum was lent.
Creditor Receives Payment By Matching Sticks
A fragmented account describes a dispute over a payment where each party possessed a stick. When payment was due the man with the stick that matched the creditor’s exact shape obtained the money, resolving the claim since no two sticks are identical.
Ailing Women Seek Kidney Health Cure
Mrs W G Davis of Groesbeck Texas endorses Dean's Kidney Pills noting relief from back pain dizziness headaches and irregular kidney action after treatment. She claims passing gravel stones followed by renewed strength and improved health. Advertisement copy asserts pill price and dealer availability.
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W. G. Davis
Groesbeck
Texis
Dean
Yester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement claims quick relief
A testimonial promotes Allen's Foot-Ease from druggists for restless burning itching feet. Mrs W J Walker of Camden reports rapid relief after trying JT's product and purchasing more. The copy asserts men become lovestruck by pretty faces.
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Allen
W. J. Walker
Camden
Insist on Getting It and Other Everyday Purchases
A mixed set of old consumer tips and anecdotes notes grocers not stocking Defiance Starch to push 16 oz packs, alongside remarks on Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Pisos Cure for Consumption. It includes a school excuse misprint claiming a student was detained for a torn pair of pants and a note signed Mrs Mulligan.
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Defiance
Tommy
I Noro
Tomy
China’s shift on war noted by Chan Chun Man
Chan Chun Man of a Canton firm with thousands of workers studies American industry and comments in Philadelphia on China’s war attitude. He says China has long been civilized enough to scorn war but its new respect for it is not wholly good, though it ends China’s role as laughable among nations more warlike than itself. He cites a Chinese general’s remark on ignorance of guns rendering cannons useless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chan Chun Man
Canton
Philadelphia
China
Grape-Nuts Boosts Brain Work For A Writer
A literary man credits Grape-Nuts for clear thinking and steady energy. He says ordinary breakfasts left him heavy and sluggish, while Grape-Nuts digested well and provided essential nourishment for his brain and nervous system, boosting both quantity and quality of work. The claim is endorsed by Postum Co. readers are urged to read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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