World War I memory and July 23, 1914 briefing
A retro World War I retrospective notes July 23 1914 events. It cites Austro-Hungarian minister Herr Giesl delivering an ultimatum to Belgrade over Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination and Vienna's demands aiming to provoke war with Serbia. It mentions mobilizations and the broader geopolitical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.M. Herr Giesl
Belgrade
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Bosnia
Vienna
Russia
Gies
Herr von Wiesner
Leopold Berchtold
Serbia
Franz Ferdinand
Sarajjevo
Fragmented 19th century notes on wars and milestones
excerpted chronicle traces strategic aims of the Balkans and great power tensions leading to a world war, then chronicles Victorian era events including vaccination in Britain, Grant's death and funeral, Steve Brodie’s Brooklyn Bridge wager, and early U.S. school history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Balkans
Great Britain
Germany
France
Europe
América
Steve Brodie
Bowery Barfly
Brooklyn Bridge
East River
New York
Pick And Shovel Men Find India Fossil Bonanza
New York dispatch reports two dinosaur ribs and a scapula fragment of Antarctosaurus unearthed at Bara Simla near Jubbulpore by Dr C A Matley. Fossilized reptile remains from Chanda district include jaw fragments vertebrae ribs and limb bones. Findings suggest India once hosted diverse megafauna including prehistoric giraffes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ipi
Pick and Shovel
Iodia
Gobi Desert
Wyoming
Geological Survey of India
C. A. Matley
Percy Sladen Trust
Bara Simla
Jubbulpore
Chanda
Pildura
Matley
India
New Fossil Finds and Collections in India and Nearby Regions
Fossil giraffe skulls cleaned and developed for detail. New gastropod species from Quilon limestone. Fossil corals found in Baluchistan and fern fronds in Jabalpur, a genus new to India. Calcutta's Geologic Survey trades colored plaster casts of Indian fossil anthropoid tapes for Pekin Man casts via Peiping and Professor Black.
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Quilon
Travancore
Baluchistan
Bomford
Jabalpur
India
Geologic Survey of India
Calacutta
Peiping
Davidson Black
Peiping Union Medical College
British Fight Moonshining In Northern England
British customs authorities launch a rigorous crackdown on illicit distilling in Northern England. Two shillings sixpence per gallon wash yields eight per cent spirit sold at four shillings a pint, far above the legal twelve shillings sixpence. The scam deprives the Inland Revenue of revenue and risks blindness and paralysis, prompting reinforcements from London to Yorkshire’s West Riding to curb the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Inland Revenue Department
Dover
Tu‘and Revenue Department
West Riding
Yorkshire
Nolice
Montava youths reel in 56 pound Missouri sturgeon
Bil ly Armington reports a remarkable catch by Montava youths along the Missouri River near Malta. A bare handed sturgeon weighing 56 pounds, over five feet long, was brought in without tackle or cornering in shallow water, marking a standout fish story of the season.
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Montava
Malta
Mont
Billy Armington
Missouri River
Bill
Imperiled Eight as Rifle Slams in Maine Home
In Baston Maine an slammed door caused a rifle to discharge from a wall at F O Smith’s home. The bullet pierced a partition into a room where eight people sat. miraculously no injuries were reported. The incident underscores a narrowly avoided tragedy in a domestic setting.
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Baston
F. O. Smith
Old Customs House Letter Recalls Paddy Scott Pirates
A 1827 letter from New Orleans Collector of Customs to Mobile urges aid to seize the schooner Fanny taken by Paddy Scott’s desperadoes. The note mentions Horn Island rendezvous in Consat Bayou and requests the Louisiana revenue cutter be sent for trial, detailing the pirate gang's muskets and knives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Customs House
Paddy Scott
Mobile
Ala
Gulf Coast
Customs House
New Orleans
Scott
Addin Lewis
Horn Island
Consat
Louisiana
Benjamin Chin
Laundry survey reveals sleep attire trends in Cleveland
An unusual laundry survey finds many men sleep without pajama tops or bottoms in hot weather. Laundry workers report more bottoms than tops laundered and many bundles contain only pants. Notes from local laundries include comments from Chas R Thompson and W G Clark. Bible sales rise in Louisiana with 333,308 volumes delivered since January 1, including 1,297 Bibles and 2,743 testaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Chas. R. Thompson
W. G. Clark
Madison
New Orleans
Louisiana
W. C. T. U. Snipe War Halted in Hamilton
In Hamilton Ontario a WCTU campaign to curb smoking by training youths to collect discarded cigar and cigarette butts was halted after Alderman Dr. Thomas White called it unsanitary. He claimed it exposed children to disease and ordered the cleanup stopped. The chapter opposed the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Thomas White
White
W. C. T. A. Chapter
Campaign Continues After Order Received
A truncated report notes that the campaign was to continue after an order was issued. It records no names, dates, or places beyond the directive to resume activity following the instruction.
Cat Captures Carrier Pigeon in Ashtabula
Vic Engen reports a family cat on the front steps dragged in a carrier pigeon from Ashtabula. The bird appeared exhausted but unharmed, with no injuries observed by the Engen family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Vic Engen
Engen
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