Victim of Airship Wreck In France Severs Premier Monis
A runaway aeroplane plunged into a Paris crowd injuring Premier Monis with compound fractures and facial injuries while Minister Berteaux was also hurt. Antoine Ernest Emmanuel Monts, premier and Interior Minister, born in Charente, has a long political record. The accident marks the 47th aviation death in three years but will prompt stricter crowd control at aviation meets.
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France
Paris
Madrid
Berteaux
Premier Monis
Antoine Ernest Emmanuel Monts
Interior
Chateauneuteur-Charente
Charente
Court of Appeal
Bordeaux
Senate
Gironde
Order of the White Eagle
Gates Tells Trust Secrets About Steel Trust Origins
John W. Gates disclosed the early history of United States Steel, detailing Carnegie’s resistance to gentlemen’s agreements, Rockefeller’s attempted entry, and the formation of the steel trust to throttle competition. He noted the price shifts in Carnegie mills and a forced sale of Rockefeller’s stake, with disputes over the Tennessee Coal and Iron absorption prompting further investigation by the Stanley Steel Trust committee.
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Jonn W. Gates
United States Steel Corporation
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Gates
Standard Oil
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
John W. Gates
Elbert H. Gary
Stanley “Steel Trust
House
Head of a Big Exposition Chosen for Panama-Pacific 1915
Charles C. Moore of San Francisco is unanimously named active and formal head of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. There will be no director general. Moore will serve as president and combine both executive and directing duties. He will appoint all officials and department heads and bear full responsibility for management.
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Charles C. Moore
San Francisco
Moore
Mexico Names Zamacona as New Washington Ambassador
Mexico selects Senor Zamacona to replace Benor De la Barra in Washington. Zamacona, about 45, has been Mexico’s financial representative in London for two years and previously directed international revenue and represented the government on the Mexican Central railroad. He attains the post as De la Barra, praised as a gifted and welcome diplomat, passes leadership to a successor viewed as potentially acceptable if he combines brains with discretion. The article notes De la Barra strengthened U.S. relations amid political upheaval in Mexico and cites Dias’ cabinet reshuffle amid the rebellion and Madero movement.
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Benor de la Harra
Washington
Senor Zamacona
United States
Zamacona
Mexico
London
International Revenue of Mexico
Mexican Central Railroad
de la Barra
Senor
Dias
Federaliste
Insurrectos
Madero
Solving Negro Problem at Crowded City Station
An overfilled police station in Milwaukee draws a disturbing scene as a foreigner asks to sleep there after arriving from Chicago. An officer suggests sharing a bank space with a Black man, prompting the weary visitor to accept since he is exhausted and wants rest.
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Ofeers
Chidigo
Art Circles Mock Taft Look Alike at Dinner
In a humorous note, Assistant Treasurer James A. Mathews of the Guardian bank is teased about a Taft similarity. The joke lingers until a dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Mathews and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harmon when a little girl weighs in. Dorothy Harmon says Uncle Jim does not resemble Taft in the face. A brief column item, with light social satire across a dinner party setting.
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James A. Mathews
Guardian Bank
Taft
Mathews
Uncle Jim
Cleveland
Heartless father and bright student face family bustle
A woman complains to her husband about household duties while defending their delicate daughter who excels in school and basketball. A Chicago luncheon features Ald. George Ade praising an actress in a flame color harem skirt. Ade asks for the color name and quips about a fiery crater.
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Slse
Jim Jenkins
George Ade
Chicago
Mr. Ade
Pass Request a Confused Ragged Exchange
Fragmentary dialogue from a public notice or column shows characters debating eligibility for a free transportation pass. A caretaker cites the antipass law granting access to livestock and fruit handlers, while a speaker lists family roles to justify a pass. The tone is satirical and the setting unclear.
Ants as powerful geologic agents described in bulletin
The Bulletin of the Geological Society of America notes ants as significant tropical geologic agents. Professor J C Braaner highlights deep ant burrows found to 3.5 meters and their extensive ramification. A stray line mentions a furniture mishap involving Mrs Knicker-Will and Mrs Becker in a separate dialogue.
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J.C. Braaner
Bulletin of
The
Geological Society of America
Deaf beggar could hear many funny sounds
A Milwaukee flat dweller recalls a prank in which a deaf and dumb applicant seeks aid by knocking at the door. The resident, startled at first, opens to find the man on the stairs and later laughs at the masquerade after reading the envelope appeal.
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Milwaukee
Australia Celebrates 141st Captain Cook Landing
Australia marked the 141st anniversary of Captain Cook's first landing at Botany Bay. In 1770 the HMS Endeavour, a 270 ton barque, entered the inlet later named Botany Bay after plant life along the shore. The ship stayed eight days and left with the British flag waved again and saluted by warship guns.
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Australia
Captain Cook
H. M. S. Endeavor
Sting Raye Harbor
Botany Bay
Dress and Gender Roles in a Weathered Quote
A quip from Puck argues clothing reflects gendered labor and constraint. It suggests men choose easily worn attire while women endure toil and time spent on dress, implying unequal expectations until law forces a reset of roles.
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Puck
Outdone by Puck's Remark on Chickens and Relatives
Willis boasts raising 600 chickens on a five foot lot. Gillis counters by noting his wife’s relatives help in their flat, implying a crowded household and humorous contrast.
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Willis
Gillis
Puck
Mind sets digestion in motion through anticipation and mood
A course notes how Phy sician Pawlov showed mind anticipation drives digestive juices. Hungry dogs ate while minds anticipated stomach arrival, while harmlessly observed. mood and calm eating promote digestion, worry or dislike suppresses it, urging peaceful meals for prime health.
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Pawlov
Pavioff
Ufa
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