A Parade of Quips and Facts from the Era
A mosaic of satirical quips and brief facts ranging from social commentary on domestic life and education costs in Germany to remarks on rail travel and public schools in Strassburg. It notes John Thaddeus Delane as editor of the London Times, mentions New Zealand parliament considerations, and touches on lamp lighting and penny postage between Britain and the United States.
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John Thaddeus Delane
The
London Times
Strassburg
Germany
Great Britain
Transatlantic Letter Rate Cut Sparks Doubtful Hope
After October 1 the rate to write a letter to England and back drops to two cents. Yet many on both sides lack correspondents, and will view the reduction with suspicion and doubt.
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England
Cat Attacks Woman After Feeding Pie in Suburban NY
A cat in a New York suburb attacked a young woman after she fed it pie. The incident follows a pattern noted in various scandals and legal cases. Harden, awaiting a new trial, is urged to anticipate a possible crackdown by military and court factions. In Boston a scientist reports a girl with six distinct personalities, a phenomenon described as rare locally but common elsewhere.
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New York
Boston
Water and intoxication spark in Chicago lecture
A Chicago professor notes that excessive water intake can cause drunkenness-like intoxication, challenging readers to rethink the idea that prohibition is a pure liquor crusade. The remark likely won’t sway those who view the movement as more than a moral crusade.
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Chicago
Canada Drives Rail Network Toward Hudson Bay
Canada broadens its ambitions beyond canal building to rapid railroad development. Transcontinental lines are in operation or planned, with a major project pushing north toward Hudson Bay. The venture requires a large investment but is seen as a sound long term gain if profitability proves true.
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Canada
Hudson Bay
American Athletes Victors At London Olympic Games
London July 14 Athletes from the Western United States win honors as King Edward VII opens the Olympic contests. Americans place in finals of 1500 meters and excel in swimming with J P Sullivan Melvin Sheppard and Bud Goodwin among top performers. The royal procession includes King Edward Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria.
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London
United States
Edward VII
Atellar
Shepard
New York
J. D. Lightbody
Chicago
Coe
Michigan
Bud Goodwin
J. P. Sullivan
Sweden
Greece
Duke and Duchess of
Connaught
Argyl
Melvin W. Sheppard
Halstead
King
Queen
Grenadier Guards
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Princess Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Lord Destborough
British Olympic Association
International Olympic Council
Royal Box
Austria
Carrell
Chicago Athletic Association
Irish- American Athletic Club
J. TD. Lightbody
Athetic Association
Sullivan
Lightbody
St. Louis
Meadows
Canada
Sheppard
Butterfield
England
Colony Threatened With Death in Tabriz Proclamation
A revolutionary proclamation in Tabriz warns the Russian consul and Russian colony members of death unless they stop meddling in Persian affairs. The placard materializes a tense flare in the regional unrest.
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Tabriz
Holiday in Tarss Honor as Fleet Arrives in Honolulu
Honolulu prepares a city wide celebration for the Atlantic battleship fleet arrival. The entire community unites to greet officers and men with entertainment, daylong holiday on arrival day, fireworks, parades, and extensive lighting as the armada sails past Molokai and into Pearl Harbor.
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Honolulu
Diamond Head
Molokai
Australia
Heat Death Toll Rises As Mercury Climbs
Chicago reports 10 heat deaths on Monday, total rising to 23 after a weekend tally of 13. La Crosse, William Lachenmeier dies after heat exposure in Fountain City. Camp Douglas National Guard prostrations. Company B members affected. Thermometer hits 94 degrees in St Louis area.
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Chicago
Mercury
Weather Bureau
la Crosse
Wis
William Lachenmeier
Fountain City
Camp Douglas
Wisconsin National Guards
St. Louisa
Democrats Anger Japan as Party Deliberates Exclusion
Tokyo reports that the Democratic National Convention platform endorses excluding Asiatic laborers from the United States. The move shocks Tokyo and prompts indignant protests, seen as a bid to placate labor voters rather than reflect anti Japanese sentiment among most Democrats.
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Tokyo
Denver
United States
Japan
America
Girl Rescues Two. Portland, Ore., July 14
Cora Hosford, 14, proved a heroine at Washougal Washington by rescuing her father Captain Pern Hosford and her uncle W B Patterson from a watery grave during a swimming outing. Mildred Long, her half sister, was present as the group swam in the river.
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Portland
Ore
Cora Hosford
Washougal
Wash
Pern Hosford
W. B. Patterson
Mildred Long
Sixteen Arrests for Murder in Culbertson Case
Great Falls Montana July 14 Sixteen arrests have been made at Culbertson in connection with the murder of John A Hayes and his eleven year old daughter over a squatters claim located by Walter Long later taken up by Hayes on the ground that Long had abandoned the claim.
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Great Falls
Mont
Culbertson
John A. Hayes
Walter Long
Hayes
Long
Thaw case delayed again. October hearing planned
New York District Attorney Jerome and Harry Thaw counsel agreed to adjourn Thaw's application to September term of Westchester Supreme Court. Thaw will remain in Dutchess County jail at Poughkeepsie with Sheriff Chanler custody. Judge Mills approved the adjournment and set September 21 for further proceedings on a jury trial.
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Supreme Court of
Westchester County
Mills
Thaw
Jerome
New York
Chanler
Dutchess County
Poughkeepsie
Morschauser
Justice Mils
Mis
Pough
Keepsie
Sillo
Mattenwan
Harry Thaw
Matteawan
Battle with Smuggler at Calexico Witnessed by Inspectors
In Los Angeles on July 14 four Chinese detainees, captured moments after crossing the Calexico boundary, watched a revolver duel between immigration inspectors Ames and Chandey and a Mexican guide. After about 15 shots, the Mexican vanished.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Calexico
Ames and
Chandey
Revolutionists to Strike Near Porto Cortez
Dispatches from Consul Brickwood at Porto Cortez warn of an imminent revolutionary attack. Gen. Lee Christmas is said to be nearby with a force, while another group is on a small island 18 miles away.
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Washington
State Department
Brickwood
Porto Cortez
Lee Christmas
Farm Foreman Murdered Near Pisellville Ky
James Cunningham foreman on George Rusg2 property ten miles from here was shot three times and killed Monday by Rufus Browder a farm hand Browder escaped and was pursued by Sherrit Rhea and apogee
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Negro Kille
Pisellville
James Cunningham
George
Eleven Believed Drowned After Storm Offshore Rowboat
Baltimore July 14 identification of a hat near an overturned rowboat after a storm raises total fatalities from nine to eleven. William Kirwin and George Gardner saw three women and three men in the boat as it capsized while heading to aid cries. Names include Anton, Joseph and Mary Kader, Mary and Emma Weider, and Henry Doutousch. None recovered. Marion Massachusetts July 14 four summer residents died in an explosion aboard a 45 foot launch near the City of Marion. Two survivors were rescued after 12 hours in the water. Victims listed: Roland Worthington of Boston, John T. Trull of Woburn, Joseph S. Beal of Milton, and George Savyory of Marblehead, captain.
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Baltimore
William Kirwin
George Gardner
Kirwin and Gardner
William Preis
Antone
Joseph
Mary Kader
Mary
Emma Weider
Henry Doutousch
Marion
Mass
Falmouth
Roland Worthington
Boston
John T. Trull
Woburn
Joseph 8. Beal
Milton
George Sayvory
Marblehead
Taft Speech Acceptance Draft Begun in Hot Springs
Hot Springs Va July 14 The speech of acceptance for William H Taft upon notification of his Republican nomination was begun Monday The candidate has discussed major themes with Republican leaders visiting Hot Springs in the past ten days but has not penned a sentence yet as he prepares for the Cincinnati event on the 28th inst
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Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Republican Party
Cincinnaii
Taft
Detectives' Bullets Quell Mob Violence in Chicago
In Moss Pratt street and Thirty-second place two men were beaten unconscious and a third wounded fatally as detectives Callahan and Fitzpatrick were forced to fire on a mob. The violence stemmed from a quarrel between two young rivals for the same girl. one rival was stabbed.
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Chicago
Callahan
Fitzpatrick
Mosspratt Street
Acquitted Dentist Shot In Northport Tragedy
Dr J W Simpson the New York dentist acquitted of murdering his father in law Bartley Horner was shot Monday afternoon at his wife and mother in law’s home in Northport. He lies in critical condition as authorities investigate motive and suspect.
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Northport
J. W Simpson
New York
Bartley IL. Horner
Man slays wife then kills himself in St. Louis
Martz Martini, 28, shot his wife to death in their home on Monday and then killed himself with a revolver. Their two children were in an adjoining room. The couple had separated but reconciled two weeks ago.
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St. Louis
Martz Martini
Forest Fires Under Control in Maine District
Forest fires around West Kennebunk and York were reported under good control Monday. The York area fire, which burned over four square miles, was listed as under control, marking the most encouraging situation in a week.
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West Kennebunk
York
Dozen Hurt In Panle At Duluth Fire Incident
In Duluth Minnesota on July 14 a false start stam pede sprouted from celluloid fire in Biwabik Catholic church during a passion play scene injuring about a dozen people and prompting emergency responses.
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Panle
Duluth
Minn
Biwabik
Abguta
Kidney pain cure claim advert from Medina man
G W Winney of Medina New York invites kidney sufferers to write for a testimonial about Dean's Kidney Pills. He claims relief after eighteen months of pain from back and rheumatism and says his weight rose from 143 to 162 pounds after ten boxes. Sold by dealers 60 cents.
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G. W. Winney
Medina
N. Y
Dean
Mr. Winney
Prisoner Escapes Georgia to Alabama, Dragged on Mule
John Fearhake recalls Deputy Jim whipping transport of a prisoner from Georgia to Alabama. The tale describes the deputy telegraphing the judge and bringing the prisoner into town tied to a clothes line, with the judge joking about partial towing. The story ends with the river crossing via swim.
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Alabama
John Fearhake
Marsl
Tim
Georgia
Jim Wes
Jim
Nat
Tallapoosa
Woman's Home Journal
His Way of Proposing Reveals Guessing Conundrums
A witty exchange unfolds as a man tests a partner with a playful marriage proposal riddle. The suggestive dialogue highlights clever wordplay and mutual banter about commitment and affection.
A Hair Remedy Recipe From a Gag Letter
A youth seeking help for unruly hair received a joke recipe from a weekly paper. The plan mixed molasses, bees wax, india rubber, glue, raw eggs, cod liver oil and a lawn mower, with instructions to boil, cool, apply hot, then pass a mower over the scalp. He did not try it.
Grape-Nuts Diet Claim Affects Athletic Power
A Michigan athlete credits Grape-Nuts and Postum with weight gain and improved energy. He reports weighing 124 lbs at a June field meet and 140 at a September start of football, attributing his better condition to cutting meat and coffee in favor of the cereal and beverage from Postum Co. He urges others to try the diet as a healthier alternative.
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Beore
Postum
Battle Creek
Mich
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Edward
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Lastorres
Hungary
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