Great Powers Suffer as Austria’s Triumph Shifts Europe
The article argues Russia England and France lose from Austria’s diplomatic gains with Germany backing Austria. It notes Germany’s military power shapes continental politics, contrasts gold movements and American credit abroad, and discusses potential corn imports from South Africa challenging U.S. corn supremacy while a 15 cent duty is debated as protection for domestic farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Russia
England
France
Europe
Germany
Italy
Morocco
South Africa
United States
Odd diet turns cows 10 rubber
A dramatic report describes cows fed on a guayule pasture that allegedly altered their behavior. Mexican cattleman Maldonado recounts fears of losing goats to marihuana influenced feeding while Pedro Flores claims a past cheese scheme was disrupted by the guayule craze among his cows.
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Mexico City
Mexican Herald
Leban
Jacob
Maldonado
Celaya
Dos Mundos
Pedro Flores
Mosquiz
Coahuila
Musquiz
Monterey
Saltillo
Monclova
Thrilling escape tale ends in Pacific disaster
Seattle story recounts civil engineer Standish and Adolph Von Messinger using Von Messinger s aeroplane to escape a shipwreck in the South Pacific. The German died, Standish survived a perilous, gale swept flight to a Solomon Island, then Sydney. Later he describes bizarre cattle rubber hooves in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Frederick Standish
Boston
Adolph von Messinger
South Pacific
Standish
Aphrodite Standish
Sydney
Aphrodite
Australia
Solomon Group
San Francisco
Messinger
Lfe
Vermont Attorney General Weeps After Murder Verdict
A Rutland dispatch notes Vermont Attorney General leaves courtroom in tears after a murder in the first degree verdict. The piece comments on American sentimentality and the perceived softness of Vermonters in such cases. It also mentions Turcoman atrocities in Astrabad and Nevada judge rulings on actresses seeking divorces, ending with a cynical quip about vivisection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Vermont
Selection of Capt. John Marshall Bowyer as Naval Academy Chief
Capt Bowyer named superintendent at Annapolis to succeed Capt Badger who will join the Atlantic fleet next month. His career spans command of the Connecticut during a world voyage, service as naval aid, multiple sea postings from Powhatan to Wachusett, and senior roles in ordnance and battleship commands.
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John Marshall Bowyer
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Charles J. Badger
Connecticut
Bowyer
Indiana
Academy
Iowa
Leutenant
Powhatan
Navy
Franklin
Juniata
Alaska
Monongahela
Northwestern Lakes
Pacific
Wachusett
Michigan
Lakes
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy Department
Washington Navy Yard
Princeton
Yorktown
Columbia
Mlinuois
Reginald McKenna A Charismatic Yet Controversial Leader
Reginald McKenna the first lord of the admiralty and British cabinet figure draws wide public affection yet faces parliamentary scrutiny for halting large battleship programs giving Germany leverage at sea. In speaking frankly he won applause and solidified popularity among supporters while critics question his judgment on naval policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald McKenna
Ford
Admiralty
England
Commons
Cambridge
M. P
McKenna
Germany
Britain
Parliament
Taft selects Rockhill as ambassador to Russia
William Woodville Rockhill, currently minister to China, chosen by President Taft for the ambassadorial post in St. Petersburg. A Philadelphia native, he has a long diplomatic career across Greece Roumania Servia and China and is noted as an explorer and author of works on Asiatic peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William Woodville Rockhill
Taft
St. Petersburg
China
Philadelphia
Rockhill
St Cyr
France
Legion Etrangere
Algiers
Korea
Mongolia
Tibet
Smithsonian Institute
Greece
Roumania
Servia
Bureau
Chimpanzees Rampage Aboard German Steamer
Six chimpanzees escaped from a cage on the German steamship Tanenfels arriving from Calcutta. They attacked crew members including Wong Foo the cook and Chief Engineer Newman, with one animal leaping into the sea after a tense two day standoff.
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New York
Calcutta
Lubke
Wong Foo
Newman
Suffering One Year Drives Milwaukee Woman to Pinkham Remedy
Milwaukee resident Mrs Mus Lyse reports relief from female trouble and back pain after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with avoiding surgery and urges other women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Jr. Pinkham
Mus Lyse
First St
Pinkham Medicine Company
Tynn
Mass
Theater for Children Aims to Grow Minds Through Play
Rev Perry Grant of New York seeks a wealthy backer to build a children's theater for education aligned with Froebel ideas. He argues play is a natural instinct for learning and urges support from benefactors to provide such a facility.
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Perry Grant
New York
Froebel
Gotham Bridge Engineer Leads $250 Million NYC Network
Kingsley L. Marlin, chief engineer of New York City's bridges, heads a vast program expected to cost about 250 million dollars in five years. The project aims to connect the metropolis with surrounding areas and create a global showcase of centralized traffic. Marlin, under 40, has long been involved in major bridge projects dating to the Brooklyn Bridge era, with family ties to bridge engineering and a spell in the Spanish American War era naval militia.
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Kingsley L. Marlin
Department of Bridges
New York City
Metropolis
Father Knickerbocker
Martin
Brooklyn
Hoboken
Brooklyn Bridge
Williamsburgh
Richmond
Cow Attack Triggers Injury in Arkansas Yard
Dr. Ezra North was shot in the face when he fired at a cow grazing on his sodded lawn near Palatki in Little Rock Arkansas. The bullet hit the cow’s hip and rebounded to strike the doctor on the nose requiring five stitches.
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Little Rock
Ark
Palatki
Ezra North
North
Jie
Coated with Lather Drove to Fire in New York
John Verrien a young fireman of Engine No 8 started shaving at 5 30 and leapt into the drivers seat with his face still foamy. Police cleared the crowd as the engine rolled to a hydrant with no fire in sight before Verrien realized his lathered mistake and drove back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Verrien
One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
Verrien
Twenty-sixth Street
Eighth Avenue
State flower list by state names and symbols
The text lists each U S state with its designated state flower or plant. It pairs Pennsylvania with none, Alabama Nebraska and Texas with the golden red, California with the poppy, Colorado with the purple columbine, Delaware with the peach blossom, Idaho with the syringe, Iowa and North Dakota with the wild rose, Louisiana and Mississippi with the magnolia, Maine with the pine cone, Michigan with the apple blossom, Minnesota with the lady's slipper, Montana with the bitterroot, Oklahoma with the mistletoe, Oregon with the Oregon grape, Rhode Island with the violet, Utah with the sego lily, Vermont with the red clover, Washington with the rhododendron, and Kansas with the sunflower.
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Pennsylvania
Alabama
Nebraska
Texas
California
Colorado
Delaware
Idaho
Iowa
North Dakota
Louisiana
Mississippi
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
Utah
Vermont
Washington
Kansas
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Nevada
Broadway
Doctor Mitchell
Hall & Rucket
Dodds
Sigk
Carters
Gotham Bridge
Harold Hamerm
Roekiys
Wwe
Watson
Coleman
Washington, D.C
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