Radium Factory Erected in Limehouse for Commercial Production
Sir William Ramsay reveals a Limehouse factory by St Ives Consolidated Mines is producing radium commercially. Arthur Schiff says 550 milligrams of radium have been produced and to be sold soon for £10 000 to £20 000. The plant uses rapid processing, stores radium in lead and asbestos, and aims for one gram monthly output.
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London
William Ramsay
Thomastreet
Limehouse
St. Ives
Trenwith
Senet RA Eee Oy
Arthur Schiff
LéAmehouse
William Ramway
Talking Box Arrested In Dutch Court Tale
In Delden a man on trial for attacking a friend denied fault, but an outsider testified via a gramophone record. The device replayed the late night quarrel with curses and scuffling, guiding the magistrate to a decision.
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The
Hagué
Delden
Hamburg American liner moves wild animals to New York
Carl Woermann of Hamburg American Lines will start direct U S to West Africa service. The ship will transport ostrich and other animals with on deck comfort and veterinary care, and carry vast cargoes of oil tobacco flour canned goods machinery and cotton.
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Carl Woermann
Hamburg-American Lines
Wessels
New York
Roosevelt
Africa
United States
Hamburg
Liverpool
Hamburg American Line
Carl Weermannh
West African
Tropics
New York Bonding Company Pays Record Bean Price
A New York bonding company paid a record $15,000 for thirty barrels of Boston beans. The funds were sent to United States Commissioner Shields to satisfy the forfeited bail of J. F. a former bean dealer indicted in 1903 for importing beans from Canada. Bail set at 16,000 dollars, with cash deposited by the bonding company before departure.
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New York
Boston
United States
Shields
J. F
Canada
Bonding Company
The Religion of Hats and Social Manners
A speaker argues that hats symbolize religious observance more than clothes do for men and women. He contrasts straw and silk hats, noting hat attire shapes behavior, confidence, and even whether a man would run to catch a train. The essay satirically equates hat worship with creed and social conduct.
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South Sea Islands
Alaska
Ingenious Parisian Smuggling Coffin Foiled in London
A Paris gang planned to ship a coffin said to hold a diphtheria victim to London. At Mile End Whitechapel a police officer halted the night burial when the coffin proved filled with tobacco and cigars. The mourners were arrested and the contraband goods seized.
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Gay
London
Mile End
Whitechapel
Nce
Japanese Influx to Korea Increases Urban Population
Seoul correspondent reports 600 to 900 Japanese reach Seoul daily with about 100 remaining, indicating a rising Japanese presence in Seoul and across Korea. Annexation has spurred greater capital influx from Japan, though previous levels were modest.
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Korea
Seoul
Japan
Humorous remark highlights suffrage speech in New York
Mrs. Pearce Bailey at the Woman Suffrage convention in New York delivers a humorous speech. She recalls an exchange about advice before speaking, ending with a quip about a Racquet Club member who forgot what he was going to say.
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Pearce Bailey
New York
Queens
Mrs. Bailey
Aviation meet witness questions altitude remark
A spectator at an aviation meet approached a policeman and excitedly pointed to a distant aeroplane. He asked about its altitude in a vivid, breathless manner.
Police Sergeant's Belt Dusters Strike at New Jersey School
In Easby City New Jersey Sergeant Wolfe used his belt as a makeshift dusting tool to disperse striking pupils at a new school site. He restrained the ringleader and delivered several belt strikes as students fled toward the school building.
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Easey City
N. J
Wolfe
Wedding War Spurs Jeffersonville Clergy and Magisters
Parsons and Squires spark a wedding fight across the Ohio River in Jeffersonville Indiana as magistrates drop runners and pastors gain clients. James S Keigwin leads the effort, succeeding his father in law Ephraim Keigwin who held the post for 25 years.
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Otisville
Jeffersonville
Ind
Ohio River
United States
Gretna Green
Squires
James S. Keigwin
Benjamin Nixon
Keigwin
Ephraim Keigwin
Drought Hits Southwest Cities Hard Across Oklahoma and Beyond
A sweeping drought grips Oklahoma, Arkansas, north Texas and southern Kansas since late August. Muskogee and Tulsa remain calm about water, drawing from Grand River and Arkansas river wells, while Oklahoma City and many towns face exhausted supplies and health warnings. Water is bought in carloads as cities grapple with scarce reserves.
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Skogee
Okla
Southwest
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Kansas
Muskogee
Tulsa
Grand River
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Ardmore
Enid
Shawnee
Boards of Health
Children with No Place to Play in New York
A stark analysis of urban childhood danger in New York as tenement life pushes children to unsafe play on fire escapes, roofs, and streets. The piece notes high death and injury rates from falls and traffic, with law and city design effectively denying safe, lawful spaces for recreation.
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New York
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