City on the Neva a tourist glimpse of a northern metropolis
Fars article notes St Petersburg’s grand, costly shops and canals. It recalls Peter the Great, Tolstoy, and winter desolation, describing Nevski Prospekt, Marskala, bridges, opera, and the city’s vast emptiness amid crowded quarters. Fur prices and reimported skins are highlighted.
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St. Petersburg
Peter ‘the Great
Europe
Neva
Lady Craven
F. G. Afilalo
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Nevski Prospektor
Marskala
Fronter
Tolstoy
Bond Street
Melba
Caruso
Russia
Cleveland plan to clear brewery to widen park approaches
Cleveland councilman William B. Woods and associates presented John D. Rockefeller with a major park improvement plan. It would remove brewery buildings at the end of Hough avenue to add to Rockefeller and Wade parks. Estimated removal cost is 250000 dollars.
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Cleveland
William B. Woods
John D. Rockefeller
Hough Avenue
Rockefeller
Wade
Woods
Fine Drama Season Opens With Barnstormers Minstrels
The Oct season opens with the Greater Barnstormers Minstrels featuring 15 performers in slickers and pink dusters with songs like After the Ball Hot Time Tonight and Love You. Nick Duggins joins as second baritone Mr Rastus Johnsing Brown while Prof X Svengali and Kate Kipper appear in later acts.
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Barnstormers
Nick Duggins
Minstrels
Rastus Johnsing Brown
X. Svengali
Opera
Svengali
Sem Tucker
Sam
East Lynne
Deacon Shucks
Base Center
Quigley
Kate
South Sea
Sadie Sebree
Kate Kipper
Mme. Bernhardt
Jesse James
Parson Buckner
Tobe Scruggles
Paris
Helen
Venus
General Grant
Cleopatra
the Muses
Little Bopeep
Artemus Jefferson
Nathan Thomas
Partington
Resigning Pastor Cites Cost of Living Strain
Rev. Clarence H. Wheeler, pastor of the Baptist church in Brockton Massachusetts, read his resignation from the pulpit blaming rising living costs and shrinking salary. He stated even a minister must earn money to eat and buy clothing as the reason for stepping down.
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Brockton
Mass
Clarence H. Wheeler
The
Baptist Church
Classification Plan Aims to Code All Humans by Genealogy
Assistant Secretary W. M. Hays proposed a world census to assign numbers to every person for a single global series. He argued a genetic efficiency measure could guide fertility, creating a racial religion that favors larger families for the fit and smaller ones for the unfit to strengthen humanity for economic competition.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
W. M. Hays
American Breeders’ Association
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Hays
Mr. Hays
Lead Pencil Life Saver in City Street Car Attack
In Atlantic City a large knife flew from a passenger and struck conductor Charles W. Wade as he chased a disruptive passenger. The blade lodged in a lead pencil in Wade’s vest, saving his heart. Wade pursued the suspect, who fled after the weapon was thrown.
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Atlantic City
N. J
N J
Michigan and
Atlantic Avenues
Charles W. Wade
Wade
Ade
Ivory supply crunch hits global market in London report
London reports a world shortage of ivory with demand outstripping supply. African chiefs hold large stocks but restrain sales, fearing price manipulation. tusks vary in weight, billiard balls sourced from mid sized tusks, ivory’s red history tied to human cost of wealth.
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London
Elephant
Africa
Commercial Traveler Tells the Truth
A courtroom anecdote relates a witness for Hooque & Crooque Company who admits years of travel. He clarifies most of his time was spent waiting at stations and water tanks for trains, prompting amused comment from the judge.
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Knights of the Grip
Hooque & Crooque Company
Meekton Questions Wife's Political Reform Qualifications
In a measured exchange Mr Meekton asks if his wife is fit to aid political reform. He concedes she has succeeded in home rule, noting her capability while discussing public policy.
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Mr. Meekton
Practical School for the Housewife in Ittsburg
The Margaret Morrison Carnegie School for Women plans a new curriculum for brides not under 21. Dorothy B Scott says courses cover dieting cooking dressmaking millinery and garment design to improve postnupial happiness and reduce costs. The full program runs 63 dollars with options to mix lessons.
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Ittsburg
Margaret Morrison
Dorothy
Scott
Unmarried Elderly Man Seeks Return Of Marriage Fee
In Irmitingham Alabama an elderly Black man appeared before Judge H B Abernethy seeking to marry after presenting a license. The woman did not appear. The judge advised breach of promise action for $1.75 but did not compel marriage or force payment. The man left disappointed awaiting Milindy’s decision.
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Irmingham
H. B. Abernethy
Yyere Cote
Jedge
Milindy
Darkey
Dances Outlawed by New York Society Kept Off Public
The Turkey Trot Grizzly Bear and Chicken Reel are barred from public events by New York dancing masters and the amusement committee. Despite claims the Chicken Reel is new and proper, officials say these dances originated with the underworld and should be rejected at receptions and parties.
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York
Newport
New York
Committee On
W. 3. Reeves
Broadway
Mr. Reeves
Joy Kiss Ignites School Strike in Behold New York
In Behold New York a sequel to a famous emotional kiss sparks a student strike at the high school. About eighty pupils march through streets demanding Principal Roy Leon Smith be reinstated, while younger children in primary schools join the unrest led by temporary superintendent Carrie Atkinson. The board faces petitions to reconsider the dismissal of Village Superintendent Barnes tied to the controversial kiss incident.
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Beehold
N. Y
Roy Leon Smith
Samuel R. Smith
Board of Education
Principal Smith
Smith
Carrie Atkinson
Board of
Educa
Smith Friday
Barnes
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