Peace at Any Price Gets Another Shot From Teddy
Theodore Roosevelt argues against pacifist attacks on preparedness. He condemns peace advocates for moral timidity, cites Lusitania and Belgium outrages, calls for concrete terms in treaties, warns against unlimited immigration, and endorses universal military service modeled on Switzerland to strengthen national duty and resilience.
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Cage
Ratic
Mexico
High Seas
Germany
Belgium
Pacific
Atlantic Sea Board
United States
Arbitration Commission
Maddalena Bay
St. Thomas
Lusitania
Pacific Slope
California
Oregon
Washington
Grant
Lee
Louvain
Lexington
Bunker Hills
France
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
One Hanging From This County in West Virginia History
A historical tally shows nine of twenty six state penitentiary hangings at Moundsville came from McDowell county. other counties such as Ohio Fayette Greenbrier Wetzel Randolph Mercer Cabell Mingo Harrigan and Lewis are also listed. The record includes dates from 1899 to 1916 with names, races, and outcomes. Matt Jarrell of Kanawha was the last listed, executed July 9 1915 for killing Silas France, marshal at Pikdale.
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State Penitentiary
Moundsville
McDowell County
Ohio
Fayette Counties
Greenbrier
Wetzel Randolph
Mercer
Cabell
Mingo
Harrigan
Lewis
Kanawha County
Shep Caldwell
McDowell
Frank Broadenax
He Walker
Fayette
George Carter
Kanawha
Lew‘Young
Frank Friday
Perry Christian
State Henry
Wetzel
Wilfred Davis
Randolph
George Williams
Jefferson
Frank Johnson
Harrison
Thomas Mayne
Frank Stephenson
Jesse Cook
William Furbiss
John’ Marsail
James ‘Williams
Henry Sterling
Arthur Brown
John Hix
Henry Green
Silas Jones
Icabell
Will Stuart
Will Thomas
Matt Jarrell
Waite
West Virginia
Park rules for bathers spark debate in Chicago
Fair Bathers Chicago July 24 reports the city park board issued rules after removing the sex fence on Diversey beach. Rules admonish both women and men to conduct themselves modestly and avoid provocation while swimming under police and lifeguard oversight.
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Chicago
Hood
Diversey Park Beach
The
Park Board
Cedan
Camden youth dies in asylum linked to Billy Sunday visit
William A. Kortum of Camden died in the state insane asylum after a February visit to Billy Sunday’s Philadelphia tabernacle. His mother accuses Sunday of driving him insane, saying the youth became a religious fanatic after hearing the evangelist and was found wandering the streets mumbling prayers. A diary with Sunday sayings was found, and state alienists declared him violently insane.
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Camden
N. J
William A. Kortum
Billy Sunday
Tabernacle
Philadelphia
Jessie Kortum
William
Street Fight Sparks Clash Between Venizelist Factions
In Athens on July 24 a street fight between Lieutenant Sophocles Venizelos and Lieutenant Hos, son of an anti Venizelist leader, erupted amid party tensions. After blows, Byzantios struck Venizelos and officers briefly jailed both before releasing them. Young Venizelos seeks a court of honor.
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Asecui EE Press
Athens
Sophocles Venezelos
Hos
Byzantios
Venezelos
Doctor Dixon urges mirth to ward illness in health talk
Harrisburg report on Dr Samuel G Dixon health talk argues cheerfulness prevents disease. He cites Lycurgus statues of mirth and says mental mood affects the nervous system and bodily health, urging daily effort to cultivate a cheerful disposition and a light heart.
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Harrisburg
Samuel G. Dixon
Dixon
Still Spry Waterbury Tales of Unusual Wildlife Encounters
In Waterbury Connecticut on July 24 Mrs Henry F Reynolds 9 of Plymouth reported her 15 year old dog in danger from an unusually large woodchuck She quickly dispatched the rodent with her cane Ernest Henry 88 killed a three foot rattlesnake after mistaking it for grass snakes Anna Floyd almost six picked up a young six inch rattler and survived with unclear escape.
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Waterbury
Conn
Henry F. Reynolds
Plymouth
Reynolds
Ernest Henry
Anna Floyd
Guards Guard Shadow Brook Estate in Lenox
Guards posted at Shadow Brook, the Vanderbilt estate on Richmond mountain, bar all entry except the north tradesman gate. An employee, Robert Rose, blocks the east entrance while servants watch the children amid kidnapping rumors involving Mrs. Alfred G. Van derbilt and her sons George and Alfred G. Vanderbilt.
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Lenox
Mass
Shadow Brook
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Richmond Mountain
Robert Rose
Tall Pennsylvania couple wed in Allentown landmark ceremony
The story reports George Schaffer, 6 ft 7 in, and Angie Kern, 6 ft 2 in, marrying in Allentown with Rev. Dr. Spindle officiating. Schaffer formerly of the Allentown police and Kern, about 40, are described as possibly the tallest Pennsylvania pair. The article mentions wills and monuments tied to the Losch estate, plus potential inheritance implications for Kern.
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Allentown
Pennsylvania
Spindle
Quinklertown
George Schaffer
Angie Kern
Bach i
War floods starve bees and Flemish art survive war
In Boonville Indiana two months of heavy rains threaten bee colonies with starvation as apiarist Gilbert Perigo feeds his hives from last year’s honey. Across Flanders the war preserves art, moving treasures from Ypres to Dunkirk and Havre, saving works by Rubens pupils and Lace makers while many pieces are damaged or lost.
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Boonville
Ind
Gilbert Perigo
Furnes
Belgium
Yser
Nieuport
Dixmude
Ypres
Flanders
Valenciennes
Jordaens
Leo
Balthazar Moretus
Plantin
Loo
Assueras
Philippe II
May Tudor
Albert
Isabella
Monsieur de Groot
Wulveringham
Jesus
Christ
du Quesnoy
Lampernisse
Offort
Yser Rons
Mutiny in Austrian Fleet at Pola Alleges Sailors Take Ship
Reports from Zurich say a mutiny broke out in the Austrian squadron at Pola. A Dalmatian crew seized a small battleship intending to sail to Italy. The fleet fired, ending the mutiny after an hour of fighting with casualties and damage to the Radetszky.
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Marso Rm Zurich
Switzerland
Pola
Radetszky
Unmarked Grave Said to Hold Ex-Curate Henry Lombard
Police identify the homeless man who died in Harlem hospital as Henry Lombard formerly the Rev Henry Rollings once curate of St James Episcopal Church at Madison Avenue and Fifty-first Street. He was unfrocked two years ago for alcoholic excesses and indiscreet conduct and later lived with a woman known as Julia Lombard. An unmarked grave in Potter’s Field awaits his burial with a past party.
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New York
Potters Field
Henry Lomard
Harlem Hospital
Henry Lombard
St. James Episcopal Church
Madison Avenue
Highty-first Street
Henry Rollings
Lve
Julia Lombard
Body Identified After Seven Years in Oklahoma Morgue
In Muskogee Oklahoma a sister from Oklahoma identified the body of Charles Williams a ranchman from San Antonio Texas who had laid unclaimed for seven years in a morgue. The body was found in the Katy stock yards on the night of March 32 1908 with a revolver in his belt and a pullet wound in the groin.
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Austin
Tex
Muskogee
Charles Williams
San Antonio
Henry Mills
Caddo
Okla
Mills
Charles
Katy
Reicheneach Unmarried Taxed In German Village
Reich enbach in Vogtland imposes a new tax on all unmarried residents. Incomes 1400 to 2200 marks face a 5 percent increase, 2200 to 4000 marks pay 10 percent, 4000 to 10000 marks 15 percent, and above 10000 marks 20 percent. Exceptions apply for dependents. No details on exemptions for single women.
California sisters face alleged will promise in letter
Mrs Kern produced a document claiming signed by Losch promising to will his homestead in Allentown valued at 12000 to the two California sisters if she would care for him in his decline. The letter is presented as evidence in a dispute over inheritance.
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California
Kern
Losch
Allentown
Marriage of George Byron and Vanetta A Johnson
From Minneapolis reports a couple kept their engagement secret for years until a sudden disclosure after a shopping trip on October 8, 1913. The bride Vanetta Johnson wore a ring as she revealed they wed in Hudson, part of a quiet courthouse ceremony.
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Minneapolis
Minn
George It Byron
St Paul
Vanetta
Johnson
Say
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