Plan to establish a line of naval cruisers for South American service
Senator Weeks proposed a navy plan to equip cruisers to carry passengers freight and mail between New York New Orleans and Valparaiso Chile with intermediate ports The ships named include Columbia Mine Neapolis and the scout cruisers Salem Cheater and Birmingham The aim is to boost American trade with South America while mails south of the equator now travel irregularly and on foreign vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks
South America
Pirate Capital
Meala an Meatin Diplomacy and Plague Report
Sir Lionel Carden, the British ambassador to Menise, met with President Witon about the Mealaan situation. A bubonic plague death in Havana, Cuba, was confirmed with 12 year old Carlos Arechage succumbing to the disease. A Cherokee Indian named Billwell at Weetville was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Patrick Dore, an Oklahoma politician.
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Menise
Witon
Mealaan
Havana
Cuba
Carlos Arechage
Billwell
Tandy Fulewm
Patrick Dore
Oklahome
Weetville
Wilson Wins Opening Skirmish Over Panama Toll Bill
In Washington President Wilson won the first battle in Congress by securing a special rule to consider the Panama canal toll repeal bill. The House adopted the rule 200 to 172 after a tense debate, with 199 Democrats backing the administration and 55 opposing leadership.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Clark
Underwood
Mann
Murdock
Congress
Aged Idaho man James Sullivan Dies at 107
Hele Idaho James Sullivan aged 107 believed oldest man in Idaho died Friday at the Falk home on Warn Springs avenue where he had worked as a wirdener for twenty years.
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Hele
Idaho
James Sullivan
Falk
Warn Springs Avenue
Wirdener
Exploding Earth Core Debate Shocks Chicago Scientists
Chicago scientists declare the earth’s center is not a molten mass claiming the planet is more rigid than steel and would not explode. New York court ruling blocks Robert Fitzsimmons from public positions due to age and reentry limits. A pension bill would extend benefits to militia veterans after thirty days in Indian campaigns. A civil engineer, Robert M. Friedman, dies after a fall from a municipal building. London reports eighteen sailors drown when the steamer Gt Paul strikes a rock near Port of Bristol. Ohio town suffers lightning strike at a school injuring pupils and a teacher.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
British Cabinet Justified and the Army Rebuked
London reports show Seely admitting a grave error over wartime orders in Ireland while Paget faced cabinet scrutiny in a heated Commons session. Seely offered resignation which Asquith refused. In Utah, Robert Sleater, notable union labor figure, dies at 73, dubbed father of Utah union labor for organizing many unions.
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London
Seaday
Third Cavalry Brigade
House of Commons
Trair
Seely
Arthur Paget
Ireland
Hubert Gough
Tts
Asquith
Local Farmer Commits Suicide During Mental Crisis
Miss Eleanor Wilson reports a Davie County farmer Typlon-Henry Hoberts, aged years, owner of several farms, died by self-inflicted gunshot at his Layton home on Friday while temporarily insane. Separately, Marty Rowan of Baltimore and Jack Carpenter of Balag fought to a draw in a rapid boxing match Friday night, described as among the fastest exhibitions seen.
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Henry Hoberts
Davie County
Layton
Figsaw
Ideho
Marty Rowan
Balt Take
Jack Curpenter
Balag
Tenreund Boeing
Juares
Mexico
Torreon
Villa
Cerro de la Cruce
Federal Tosa
Chihuahua
Tonses
Tomas Urbina
Monclovia Herrers
Keen Interest in Tolls Fight
Washington Congress is deeply absorbed in the repeal of toll exemption for American coastwise ships passing through the Panama Canal. Last week's events breached Democratic party solidarity and intensified predictions, with no clear Democratic decision to guide the disputed issue.
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Washington
Congress
Panama Canal
Democratic Party
Italy Faces New General Railway Strike Threat
Italy's 80 000 railway workers press for wage gains amounting to 10 million dollars in the state budget. A major meeting at Ancona decided to strike if the government fails to offer a satisfactory response, with April 15 named for the potential nationwide railway walkout.
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Rome
Italy
Ancoma
Peculiar Alaska Burial Customs Feature In Grave Decoration
New York reports reveal Alaskan tribes honoring the dead with striking practices. Prince of Wales Island families erect hollowed tree trunks with upright coins, while Ketchikan graves are guarded by carved wooden effigies. Some Eskimos simply wrap bodies in animal skins and weight them with a pole to keep the wind away.
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New York
Prince of Walessland
Vogur
Ketchikan
Rift in Bleichroder Firm Sparks Berlin Court Fight
Internal splits at Bleichroder & Co have escalated to a legal battle as partners Hanovoo Hielehroder and Paul von Hehnabach seek to expel Von Minachke. Dispute centers on a contract for Von Blase joining the firm and its renewal. A quarrel over admitting a younger Melchroder member compounds the tension.
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Berlin
Bleichroder & Co
Bismarck
France
Frm
Hanovoo Hielehroder
Paul von Hehnabach
Herr von Minachke
Yeten
von Blase
Melchroder S Tate
Spy Arrest Near Toul Sparks Wartime Alert
An unfamiliar man was arrested near Toul as a suspected spy while examining the area with glasses, notes, and a camera. Detected by a guardian, the man named Burcerd, born in Germany, claimed residence in Heillecourt France. His camera contained a lens and he appeared eager to document the fortifications.
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Parle
Toul
Unclear Fragment Teases Local Scene
Readable bits hint at a theater or local event in Washington with names Colina and Hoostck Falla, and Henry Waboosh, but details are fragmentary and uncertain.
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Colina
Hoostck Falla, Va
Henry Waboosh
Washington
Outta WILLIE REVENGE Atte Willie and Bully Boy Tale
A fragmented report recalls a bully tormenting Willie from a young age. The bully’s aggression included nose pulling and heavy blows. The bully’s family moved, but the abuse continued in schoolyard scuffles and fights.
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Witte
War
Willie
Binner
Opinions on manners and memory linger in a curious mix
The passage muses on politeness as medicine and the futility of grudges. It offers aphorisms on love, forgetfulness, and human folly, including quips about memory and excuses, set in a narrator’s casual, wry tone.
Wot the Fly Season
Fragmentary handwritten notes recount informal dialogue about fishing bait and seasonal warmth. The lines reference worms and weather, with garbled questions about fly fishing readiness.
Fragmentary OCR Narrates a Banquet Moment and Army Fear
In a jumbled bank of words a speaker asks about the most frightening experience, and the reply recalls a banquet incident where the army was cited as the worst moment. The fragment hints at a dramatic recollection framed by a colonel and a beautiful interlocutor.
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