Aerial Invasion Delayed and International Notes
A skeptical look at airship progress, British fears over Zeppelin risks, and Japan’s denial of Times spy claims. Reports touch on Russian divorce culture, a New York death cremation note, and the arrival of spring as per the Springfield Republican.
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Zeppelin
Orville Wright
Baldwin
Farman
Knabenshue
Mor
London Times
The
Times
America
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Japan
Expurgated Cocktails and Civic Crazes Across New York
New York introduces a cherryless expurgated cocktail sparking debate among drinkers at thirst centers off Manhattan. An optimists club in Gotham pushes to abolish All Fools Day amid human folly. A major eruption occurs in Salvad or Central America drawing attention and fueling regional fireworks. Berkeley schoolgirls resist orders to read Dumas Balzac and Zola highlighting clashes over literature.
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New York City
Manhattan Island
Optimists’ Club
Gotham
Relics of Old Peru Unearthed Under Inca Cemetery
English antiquarian Hewitt Myring uncovers 2000 pieces from a buried Peruvian site dating 4000 to 7000 B C. Finds include mummies with preserved hair skin and garments, glazed clay jugs and urns six feet long with hieroglyphic inscriptions. ORG: National Museum Lima and British Museum London will receive specimens. Myring tours via Callao to England.
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New York
Peru
Hewitt Myring
Myring
Lima
Mr. Myring
Mr. Moyring
National Museum
British Museum
London
Park Lane
Callao
England
Straits of Magellan
Fortune Carried Across the Country by San Francisco Manager
E C Bradley of San Francisco who hails from Vassar Michigan transported sixteen and a half million dollars of Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Company bonds to New York to bypass high express charges. He used a chartered special train with two detectives and a train crew, delivering the securities personally with his wife Mrs Bradley. The Morgan firm had purchased the bonds. The express rate across the continent reportedly reached fifteen thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vassar, Mich
E. C. Bradley
Vassar
Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Company
San Francisco
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York
Morgan
Express Company
Mr. Bradley
New Island Rises From Sea Near Unalaska
Seattle reports the Bogostop group near Unalaska shows a new island pushing above the ocean amid ten days of rumblings. Craters erupted with fire and steam while natives fled fearfully as the island’s peak and surrounding steam were observed from high points.
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Seattle
Dora
R. B. McKay
Alaska
Bogostop Group
Unalaska
McKay
Bogostop
MelKay
Wireless Torpedo Promises Terrifying Naval Power
The Creusot works claim a radio automatic torpedo controlled by Hertzian waves can be fired from shore or ship and chase a moving enemy vessel. It would carry 1000 kilograms of gun cotton and expend explosive power far beyond ordinary torpedoes. Inventor M. Gustave Cavet shows the device can be steered, stopped, and redirected remotely.
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Paris
Creusot Works
M. Gustave Cavet
Berlin to decorate streets with marble compass mosaics
Berlin city authorities order mosaic marble compasses in 100 popular areas to guide strangers and aid navigation. Each design spans about a yard and shows cardinal and half points, aimed at helping wayward travelers despite jokes in the comic papers.
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Berlin
Old Army Horse Retired After Distinguished Service
Old Faithful of the Fifth artillery, once known as Putnam then Peking, retired from U S army duty after a storied career in the Spanish American War and China campaigns. He served with Yale’s battery, took part in Santiago Caney and led a field gun to a vantage point atop a hill with Corregidor. Hatroom movement in Canton sees milliners call for church dressing rooms and mirrors to handle women’s large hats during services.
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New York
United States Army
Fifth Artillery
Putnam
Peking
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Santiago
Canton
Antitipping Law Bars Tips in Spokane
Advance sheets of Washington’s new criminal code show a strict antitipping provision. It declares that any employee of a public house or service corporation who solicits or receives gratuities, and any person giving gratuities, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The measure passed both houses of the legislature.
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Spokane
Wash
Legislatura
What Colors Shall I Use for Painting a House
An early 20th century guide advises selecting exterior colors based on house size, architecture, and surroundings and interior tones on room size and light. It suggests studying free color-scheme books from National Lead Company and ordering Houseowner's Painting Outfit No. 49 to test paint purity and apply weatherproof white lead with the Dutch Boy trademark.
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National Lead Company
Trinity Building
New York
Language Joke Delivers Family Wit Across Generations
A playful exchange ponders national demonyms as a father and child riff on Polish and Dutch terms. The punchline twists spelling into a mild pun, reflecting classic humorous wordplay in a domestic vignette.
Tuberculosis Study Group Holds Fifth Annual Meeting
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis plans its fifth annual meeting in Washington D C at the New Willard May 13 14 and 15 The group numbers nearly 2000 members with international ties in Canada Cuba Porto Rico Philippine islands and several European nations Honorary vice presidents include Theodore Roosevelt and Dr William Osler Dr Vincent Y Bowditch is president Homer Folks Dr Charles L Minor and others hold senior offices with Gen George M Sternberg treasurer and Dr Henry Barton Jacobs secretary and Dr Livingston Farrand executive secretary.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Washington, D. C
New Willard Hotel
National Association
United States
Canada
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Roosevelt
William Osler
Vincent Y. Bowditch
Boston
Homer Folks
New York City
Charles L. Minor
Asheville
N. C
George M. Sternberg
Henry Barton Jacobs
Baltimore
Livingston Farrand
New York
Association
Bishop Doane and Dr Hosmer Dine in Rowdy Exchange
The Reverend William of Albany guest and the irreverent Dr Hosmer share a dinner. The bishop jokes about asking grace while Hosmer questions talking shop at the table.
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Doane
Albany
N. Y
William of
Dr. Hosmer
Grace
Hosmer
Saturday Evening Post
Impending Strife in a Clarionet Request
A man with a steely look seeks a clarionet but desires a horn that plays blue notes. The dealer offers a perfect instrument but the man states he will use it for self defense against a trombone neighbor.
Georgia Doctor Endorses Grape-Nuts for Recovery
A prominent Georgia physician recounts his illness and recovery after switching to Grape-Nuts. He cites improved strength, weight gain, and steadier digestion, claiming convalescents benefit similarly and urging readers to try a 10 day trial and read The Road to Wellville.
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Georgia
Wellville
Princess Victoria Louise to Wed Suitors in Coming Out
Berlin reports that Kaiser Wilhelm II’s daughter Victoria Louise will turn 17 in September and make her social debut as suitors from Europe seek marriage. She remains simple, studious, and uninterested in dress, with a guardian English companion guiding her views while she prepares for life at Rheinberg near Potsdam.
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Berlin
William
Victoria
Louise
Europe
Victoria Louise
Potsdam
Rheinberg
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Laporte
Springfeld Republican
Little
Salvador
Central America
Berkeley
Cal
Dumas
Balzac
Zola
NEW Attorney General
Clinehinst
Washington, D.C
George W. Wickersham
Taft
Mr. Wickersham
President Taft
Henry W. Taft
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Inca
New Island
Yale Battery
China
Corregidor
Poland
Holland
National Association For Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
M. D
Kaiser
Princess Victoria Louise
Germany
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