General Interest News Notes From World Briefs
Summary of assorted world notes: tariff bill timelines in Washington. currency bill support in the House. arbitration treaty with Japan expiration. possible new agreement on California land disputes. administration backing of currency bill. nomination in the Philippines. crop-moving funds in reserve cities. Michigan seat contest. cotton thread duty rates debated. boxing promotion suspended after Bull Young’s death. gubernatorial impeachments and indictments in New York. clemency for Missouri postmen. peonage and slavery reports in the Philippines. police shooting and robberies in progress.
Tragedies and milestones from early 20th century notices
Five people died when a Monon train hit an automobile in Chicago. A streetcar tragedy in Chicago left two men dead as conductor and motorman were involved. The first cargo of Buenos Aires chilled beef to the United States was sent aboard the Van Dyck. Bodies found in a burned Iowa barn were identified as Mrs Sternwell and family. Tammany party nominees announced for New York mayor and related offices. Panama Canal excavation figures revised up by 20 126 000 cubic yards. Catastrophic accidents: Grand Rapids matches caused two child deaths. a hayloft fall killed Eva Hrander. Cat skills workmen trapped under ground in Catskill aqueduct fire. all survived. Wisconsin appoints new state boxing commission members. Pennsylvania warns of general strike if constabulary sent to Erie. labor union issues.
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United States
Buenos Aires
van Dyck
Catskill Aqueduct
Washington Heights
New York
Ovine
Fos
Cox
Edward WooTity
Cleveland
FP Gothlin
Dayton
Harris Doty
House of Representatives
Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga Couty
Doty
Dietour
John Sullivan
Flamiston
Jude
Wisconsin
Judie Leehant
Public Utilities Commission
The
Utilities Commission
Civil Service Commission
State Civil Service Commission
Samuel A Hoskins
Wapakoneta
Charl S Brown
Friday
Charles H Bryson
Athene
Mexican Revolt and Assassinations Stir Global Tensions
Embassy adviser John Land prepares to leave Vera Cruz after an hour’s notice as he questions his mission. In Mexico, Pascual Orozco and peace commissioners are found dead in Huatla, Zapata implicated in the killings before his own reported death. Mount Numkam in the Himalayas is sealed after a summit claim by Maro Piacenza. Meanwhile militant suffragists burn a theater in Criswick, England and a Swedish fleet encounter a gunboat collision. Robbers strike in Wilhelmsburg, Germany, killing a bank cashier and fleeing with cash. Gentle Roger Thompson, tied to Thaw’s case, warns of exposure if the family doesn’t cooperate.
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John Land
Vera Cruz
Mex
Pascual Orozco
Huatla
Mexico
Zapata
Paralyzed Woman in New York Pleads to Die Amid Fire
Sarah-Haerris of New York, who drew state attention last year with an appeal to be killed due to paralysis, faced a death threat as flames from a nearby fire cracked her room windows. Two attendants found her begging them to take her life, asking, This is the last chance I've had to die.
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Sarah—Haerris
New—York
Convicted Slayer Sentenced After High-Profile Trial
A Southern girl slaying case ends with a death sentence after a landmark trial. The verdict sparked massive crowds, with tens of thousands in the streets around the courthouse and supporters reacting as Frank was condemned to die. The tense proceedings drew out cries of approval and protest from family and spectators alike.
Glitoxirt Predicted in 1704 in Cornish Chronicle
An antique manuscript found by Miss Bath Carson Smith claims a prophecy by Sir Chareg de Payeter Goldwin of Seuand. It speaks of diaphirous trotlite and stit ajirts and a murder dated November 1074, with visions of humans wearing swords and knee breeches.
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Cornish
Chareg Fe Payeter Goldwin
Bath Carson Smith
Man shoots wife then kills self in divorce action
In a tragic incident a man named Keene shot his wife after serving a summons in a divorce suit, then ingested poison and died two hours later. A bystander crowd gathered as the event unfolded near the scene, with reports noting he refused the marriage reconciliation and fled the location.
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Self
Poidel
Pa -Thomasg Keene
Ohio Liquor Law Vigilance Aims at Saloon Closings
Ohio Liquor League plans a state vigilance committee with representatives from across the state to enforce the new license law. It will target blind tigers and speakies and back authorities in closing saloons on Sunday in Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus and Toledo.
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DO. A. Donovan
Columbus
Ohio
MMHE
Ohio Liquor League
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
League
Wiliam Seckel
Olcs
Pennsylvania
Cox
Public Utilities Commission
Thornton Snyder
Legislative Fire Insurance Investigating Committee
Snyder
Dan Mooney
United States
Harriet Clarke
Usir
Medical Inspection Drive Aims at Ohio Schools
Physicians from every Ohio county attending the Ohio State Medical Association convention at Cedar Point in the first week of September will push for medical inspections of school children. They urge use of the Greenland bill provision empowering boards of education to employ a school physician. The state board of health estimates three-fourths of Ohio schoolchildren are physically defective.
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Ohio State Medical Association
Cedar Point
Ovéry
Board of Education
State Board of Health
Ohio
National Civic Commission Praises Ohio Workmen's Plan
Three prominent national figures John Mitchell Cyrus W Phillips and J Walter Lord chair a committee from the National Civic Commission touring Ohio. They assess the workmen's compensation system and offer high praise for its administration.
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Ohio
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Cyrus W. Phillips Epearatice
New York State
J. Walter Lord
Baltimore
Maryland
National Civic Commission
Fragmented 19th Century Quote on Duty and Charity
A garbled quotation discusses duty and happiness, referencing Doctor Johnson and a misrendered medical claim. The text critiques nurses as extortionate and hints at a cynical view of charitable acts and child teething remedies.
Geta Clogged and Sour Frobbot Seeded Text
The readable fragment mentions clogged geta and sour frobotal items as an odd line. It references a period tone with unclear details and no clear event, date, or named entities to anchor a fuller summary.
Expert Opinion on Miss V Maude’s Eyebrows
A reader questions the public view of Miss V Maude’s heavy intellectual eyebrows. The remark challenges stereotypes about appearance and intellect, inviting debate on how features influence perception.
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Miss V Maude
Unclear regional names report odd travel event near Worcester
Fragmentary OCR describes a confusing scene involving several individuals with unclear names visiting a location near Worcester by a lake. The text includes garbled phrases and nonstandard terms making precise identities and details difficult to verify.
Trial in Artoona Schoolyard Murder Cited by Chief Justice
An elderly pompous chief justice presides over a murder trial in Artoona where a very young black boy is the sole eyewitness. The defense challenges the boy’s oath knowledge. when asked what happens if he lies the boy answers the devil would get him, and the judge agrees the boy’s reply mirrors the truth.
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Artoona
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William P Hart
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Numkam
Himalaya
Maro Piacenza
Criswick
Wilhelmsburg
Germany
Roger” Thompson
Dominion Immigration
Thaw
Canadian Frontier
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Maude Murray Miller
Moving Picture Censor Board
Tao Mo
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Vleven
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Frank
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Guurow
Isaac
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Graves
Hogan
Joseph McGhee
Ohio Equity League of Cleveland
I Miller
Frank Duthbar
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Tethefdes
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Byron M. Glendening
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Uncle Sam
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Misanuri
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