Christ the Redeemer statue unites Chile and Argentina in peace
A towering bronze Christ statue on a 14,000 foot Andes summit symbolizes a new era of harmony between Argentina and Chile after decades of tension over Magellan Strait and boundary lines. Key figures, events, and diplomatic gestures from San Martin to Monsenor Benavente and Monsenor Jara are noted, highlighting disarmament trends and shared ideals.
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Argentine Republic
Chill
Andes
Straits of Magellan
Magellan
Patagonia
Queen Victoria
Edoward
San Martin
Mendoza
O’higgins
Rancagua
Yorktown
Maipu
Monsenor Benavente
Cuyo
Monsenor Jara
Ancud
Buenos Ayres
Christian Mothers’ Association
Madres Christianas
Senora Cezar de Costa
Locardaire College
Christ the Redeemer
South America
An Old Time Great Lady Duchess of Marlborough Anecdotes
The article recalls Sarah, first duchess of Marlborough, a strong blunt figure who spoke histrionically and kept others guessing about her identity. It quotes her blunt tone and notes her Jacobian leanings and disdain for falsehood, alongside a remark by Bishop Burnet calling her husband’s wife brimstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of Marlborough
Sarah
Duke of Marlborough
Marsham
Prince of Wales
Bishop Burnet
Thrifty Magnate’s Wife Returns Chop Bowl Half Mystery
Mrs John D Rockefeller, noted for thrift, allegedly weighs every kitchen item. She bought an 85 cent wooden chopping bowl that broke in two, kept one half, sought a matching half from a New York supplier, and received a new bowl after the clerk’s efforts. She later offered to pay full price but was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnate
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Angled in Wheat Field Misleads Three Pennsylvanians
William Homer Jacob Zimmerman and Wallace Jaragkic set out from Shamokin for Chillisquaque creek to fish. They wandered in a wheat field misidentifying it as a stream and after a fall Zimmerman rose from the bank while Homer watched, all returning home wiser about their folly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Wiliam Homer
Jacob Zimmerman
Wallace Jaragkic
Saya
Shamokin
Chillisquaque Creek
Zimmerman
Homer
A Japanese Water Clock in a Sketch
A metal drum with a through axle is held by two strings so it slowly descends as the strings unwind. The drum's interior holds water moving through pin hole compartments, regulating speed by hole size. It takes twenty four hours to complete a full descent and hours are shown by pegs on the side supports.
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Pearson
When an Iceberg Turns Turtle and Drifts South
A Leslies Magazine excerpt explains iceberg dynamics from Greenland to the Labrador Current. It details how bergs discharge vast ice annually, drift thousands of miles, and tilt due to heavy detritus altering center of gravity, with the Gulf Stream dissolving them from view.
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Rhoda’ Island
Labrador
Gulf Stream
Greenland
Atlantic
Fundy
Great Banks
Newfoundland
Leslie
Largest rose bloom spotted in city by Major Barnhart
The Portland Oregonian notes a superb specimen from Major Barnhart, a Marchioness of Londonderry rose nearly seven inches wide with pure white petals and a faint yellow base. Barnhart explains the bloom arose from a middle shoot, avoiding extra forcing and benefiting from late shade.
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Londonderry
Major Barnhart
Monkey Trap Snare Captures Greedy Animal
A brief note explains how a monkey becomes an easy captive by grabbing a nut and refusing to release it, trapping itself as it cannot withdraw its hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gready Monkey
Record Shad Hauls Largest Connecticut River Catch
A large shad was hauled from the Connecticut River, the year’s biggest, landed by Charles Olson of Portland. An even larger shad was claimed to be twelve pounds, reported by local observers as the notable capture of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Charles Olson
Portland
Conny
American Loomis death hinted as murder not accident
Kent Loomis, the American missing from the Kaiser Wilhelm II, was found dead near Kingsbridge Devonshire. Police favor murder theory citing a head wound behind the right ear and note that his watch and money remained in his pockets. Washington declines to rule out accident while Awaiting inquest findings.
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London
Kent Loomis
Kingsbridge
Devonshire
Washington
Loomis
Eddystone
Joseph G. Stephens
Plymouth
Eons
Acme Mine Shafts Burned in Streator Fire
Sparks from four switch engines set fire to timber at the Acme coal shaft causing a $25,000 loss. Twenty eight mules suffocated, the works including wash plant shaker and scales were destroyed. Engines and boilers saved. Shaft sunk twelve years ago, employing 300 miners. Owned by Faikburn and Atkinson with a Chicago office. Pay envelopes were being distributed when alarm sounded. a new shaft is likely.
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Streator
Acme
Faikburn & Atkinson
Chicago
Fim
Boy Firemen In Heroic Role At Van Ness Fire
A young boy fire squad aided by 2,800 residents at the Roman Catholic Protectory Van Ness fought a blaze until professional firemen arrived. Flames were controlled with no injuries and minimal damage to the facility.
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New York
van Ness
Rush to Rosebud Registration Continues in Iowa
Sioux City reported July 18 that nearly 4000 people passed through on Sunday heading to Bone Steel Fairfax and Yankton registration points in South Dakota. They will stand in the heat tomorrow to register.
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Sioux City
Bonesteel
Fairfax
Yankton
South Dakota
Heat Causes Explosion Destroys Fireworks Storage
A Springfield Illinois storage house belonging to William M. Payne was wrecked by fire caused explosion destroying thirty thousand dollars worth of fireworks. Excessive heat is believed to have ignited the explosives.
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Springfield
Ill
William M. Payne
Chant Hymn to Statue in South Bend Hall
About 600 Sisters of St Marys academy gathered to chant a hymn to the Virgin before a statue recently brought from Italy and placed in a niche in the new collegiate hall in South Bend Indiana on July 18.
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South Bend
Ind
Sisters of
St. Mary’s Academy
Italy
Saloonkeeper Murdered in Thebes Alabama
Thebes July 18 Harry Pettit saloonkeeper was shot and killed in his saloon by Clarence Irvine Aviquar rel started over Pettit refusing to sell liquor on credit Irvine allegedly demanded drink on credit leading to the fatal shooting police investigate the case
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Thebes
Harry, Pettit
Clarence Irvine
Pettit
Irvine
Mother saves babe by choking rattler near Altoona
Near Altoona Iowa Mrs Robert Benson a farmer's wife killed a three foot rattlesnake with bare hands to save her eight year old daughter from a bite. The infant's life was saved by prompt medical aid after the snake struck the child on the grass. The serpent had seven rattles.
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Des Moines
Robert Benson
Altoona
Rejoicing as Mills Start at Homestead Plant
Pittsburg July 18 Homestead steel works began full operation Sunday night with fireworks and double time labor. The plant, mostly idle for a year, will give 7000 men steady work once at full capacity. After church services in Homestead, residents celebrated the revival with 1000 dollars worth of fireworks provided by the mill superintendent.
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Pittsburg
Homestead Steel Works
Homestead
Large stave plant goes up in Escanaba fire
Fire at the Northwestern Cooperage and Lumber Company stave and hoop factory in Escanaba, Michigan, destroyed the plant and caused about 30000 dollars in losses. The building and machinery were insured for 12000 dollars. Sparks from an engine are blamed. A large stock of staves near the factory was saved. The company president and general manager is T N Bushong, with head offices at Gladstone.
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Escanaba
Mich
Northwestern Cooperage and Lumber Company
Gladstone
T. N. Bushong
Murderess dons male attire at Indiana camp
In Lawrenceburg Indiana on July 18 Sarah Simmons aged 20 a colored woman fatally shot James Smith a 30 year old colored man at Oliver’s construction camp near Manchester station. After the shooting she dressed in male clothes and tried to escape with William Davis a Black man, threatening officers with a revolver. They were captured after a thrilling chase and jailed.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Oliver
Manchester Station
Sarah Simmons
James Smith
William Davis
Jal
Murder in Little Italy Harlem Celebration
During a Our Lady of Mount Carmel celebration in Harlem's Little Italy Pasquale Petrelli was shot twice by an unidentified man. Police sought witnesses as investigators probed motive and suspect details.
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Little Italy
New York
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Harlem
Pasquale Petrelli
Child Severely Scalded In Coffee Spill Incident
In Chicago on July 18 four year old Henry Greenfield overturned a kettle of boiling coffee at home. He sustained facial and body burns graded as life threatening by physicians who fear death may result.
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Chicago
Ill
Henry Greenfield
Hove
Brothers Die In Dayton Car Accident At Curve
Joseph and Herman Fout brothers of South Solon were riding on the rear platform of a Dayton and Springfield traction car when they were thrown from the car at a curve on a trestle near Dayton and killed.
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Dayton
Ohio
Joseph and
Herman Fout
South Solon
Dayton & Springfield
Schleys Auto Injures Man In Stamford Rundown
Rear Admiral Schley, while driving downtown near Stamford, Connecticut last Friday, struck Charles Read, injuring his leg with a fracture. The incident occurred in a country settlement area near the city. Read was treated locally for the injury.
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Schley
Stamford
Conn
Here
Charles Read
Church wins claim to Paris financier's fortune
The Seine tribunal validated the will of M. Poulet, a Parisian capitalist, bequeathing his fortune to George A. Church of Nayatt Point, Rhode Island. The ruling confirms Church as the beneficiary in the case adjudicated in Paris on July 18.
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Paris
Tribunal of the Seine
George A. Church
Nayatt Point
R. I
M. Poulet
Two Italians Drown In Mishawaka Bathing Accident
Mishawaka Indiana July 18 Pietro Marci and Anton Ferrio two Italian contractors on the Hen Island electric power station were drowned in the Awe dank while bathing on the river near the plant.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Pietro Marci
Anton Ferrio
Hen
Island
The Hagenbeck Circus At The World’s Fair Impresses Crowds
A mixed page of notes highlights cures advertised for kidney ailments and household products, plus human interest items from chores to animals. The Hagenbeck Animal Paradise and Trained Animal Circus at St. Louis attracts large crowds daily with a menagerie and skilled trainers performing in a grand display. A school for dogs in Paris teaches manners, while other curiosities include electri ty ovens, saltwater lakes, and novelties in cleaning and flooring finishes.
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Hagenbeck
Pike
St. Louis
Sxtee
Coffee Lessions Health Through Postum Remedy
A Missouri woman details a 26 year struggle with stomach agony blamed on coffee. After trying Postum, she her health improved. stopping coffee ended spell recurrences and others in her family benefited. Ten days trial of Postum is advised for coffee drinkers.
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Yiusband
Postum
Postumy Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Walls
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Mateo Alonso
Gougo
Rosebud
Babe
Rattler
Snake
Northwestern Cooperage Company
Man
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Dean
Sidney
W. M. Dauscher
Water St
Bradford
Dauscher
United States
Foster-Milurn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Chas. Naeckel & Sons
Davenport, Ia
Chas
Aseension Island
Louisville
Frank
Kildin Island
Lape
Montauban
France
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