Disliked Eagle as Symbol in Early America
Gaillard Hunt traces the great seal’s development from the Continental Congress choice to its acceptance as a national emblem. The piece notes Franklin’s 1784 critique of the bald eagle as a “bird of bad moral character” and his colorful description of the bird’s laziness, greed, and cowardice.
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United States
Fathers of the Republic
Order of the Society of Cincinnati
France
Benjamin Franklin
Remarkable Vienna Inmate Reaches 111 Years Old
An elderly woman at a Vienna area home, Frau Katharina, is 111. She married at 20, lived with her husband for 70 years and raised ten children. Her husband, a tailor, earned 60 kreuzer per day. She recalls tears when speaking of him, now deceased 20 years, and enjoys gardening and card playing with female friends.
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Vienna
Frau Katharina
Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Bad Style for Pickpockets At The Paris Funeral
A pickpocket was found guilty after his attorney argued extenuating circumstances. The defense highlighted the vast wealth of the dead merchant versus the accused’s poverty and noted only minor items on the thief. A policeman explained Paris ladies conceal pockets in petticoats making theft harder. The judge, a married man, accepted the point and convicted.
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Paris
Walking as a Tale of Open Roads and Minds
A reflective piece on walking as a pathway to sight and mood. It contrasts solitary and companion walks, noting nature’s moods and the sensory impressions of wind and rain. Hazlitt and Stevenson are invoked as voices debating solitude versus shared company on the open road.
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Hazlitt
Stevenson
Monticello Fire Destroys Main District and Hotels
A major blaze in Monticello Sullivan County destroys the Palatine hotel Rockwell hotel and the Mansion house and gutts seventy buildings in the business district. The Murray electric light plant started the fire late at midnight and dynamite was used to check spread. Two fire companies came from nearby towns and prisoners from the county jail aided in firefighting. Loss estimated near 400000 with several other hotels destroyed.
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Fort Jarvis
N. Y
Monticello
Sullivan County
Palatine Hotel
Main Street
Rockwell Hotel
Mansion House
Murray Electric Light
Liberty
Middletown
Port Jarvis
Express
Meyer
Coal Gas Kills Three Near Moline Illinois
Bodies of Walter Cole 15 William Cole 25 and Arthur Harrington 14 were recovered from the abandoned Leuder coal mine five miles east of Moline. Mrs Cole and friends had entered the county to pick berries when the two boys found and entered the Leader shaft. The gas overcame them and their rescuer Walter Cole perished trying to save them. Otto Leader, owner of the mine, halted Mrs Cole from entering.
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Moline
Walter Cole
William Cole
Arthur Harrington
Leuder
Cole
Autogrash Kills Girl in Jersey City Crash
A Harlem Jersey City crash after Shuttleworth swerved to avoid a collision killed Mamie Behrend and injured six others, including Shuttleworth's wife and two children. Miss Mimie Koerle and Harry Key are among the injured in the Hudson county boulevard wreck caused by a tire blowout and pole impact.
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New York
Charles Shuttleworth
Hudson County Boulevard
Jersey City
Mamie Behrend
Shuttleworth
Mimie Koerle
Harry Key
Women Hurt At Banquet In Merida Shooting
In Merida Yucatan a wedding breakfast erupted when Pedro Soles shot Marcial Vidal at the table. Women fainted and passengers fled through second floor windows as others were wounded in the exit. Doctors say Vidal cannot recover.
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Merida
Yucatan
Pedro Soles
Marcial Vidal
Vidal
Former Coney Island hotel keeper shoots rival in street
James McSorley, recently released from prison, confronted Daniel E. Fenton in Middletown New York and fired three shots from his pocket wounding Fenton fatally. After realizing Fenton was dying, McSorley pulled his pistol and shot himself dead on the street.
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Coney Island
Middletown
N. Y
James McSorley
Cooney Island
Daniel E. Fenton
Elberton
McSorley
Fenton
Penton
Avenges Brother's Death In New York Cafe Shooting
Ralph Gascone cafe owner on Mulberry Street shot dead by man whose brother he killed years earlier. Gascone wounded assailant Arvato Santantello with a butcher knife, later convicted and sentenced to death, then acquitted after a second trial.
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New York City
Ralph Gascone
Gascone
Arvato Santantello
Taft Itinerary Change Brings Milwaukee Visit
President Taft will visit Milwaukee on September 17 from 5:05 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. A revised itinerary announced includes a stop in Milwaukee during travel from Chicago to Minneapolis, confirming the engagement in Wisconsin.
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Taft
Milwaukee
Wis
Minneapolis
Peace Negotiations Drag In Chicago Street Railways
Peace negotiations in Chicago's street railway system drag with no signs of progress toward a settlement amid an amicable atmosphere and ongoing talks among parties.
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Chicago
Ilc
Bury Me Beside Mother Found in Bank Clerk Case
Frank H. Nicolai, assistant cashier at Auburn City National Bank, disappeared after leaving Auburn Friday. A $5,000 shortage was found by bank examiner W. D. Frazier of Warsaw. Notes expressed intent to end life and asked to be buried beside his mother in Acton Ohio. 250 people hunted the area without success.
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Auburn
Ind
Auburn City
Nicolai
One Juror Too Drunk In Honolulu Strike Case
Circuit Judge John T. Debolt received an anonymous threat alleging harsher consequences if any Japanese from the strike conspiracy are convicted. The note follows last week’s stabbing of Sheba editor at Hawaii Shinpo. Trials proceed despite strike abandonment.
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Honolulu
H. I
John T. Debolt
Sheba
Hawaii Shinpo
Chinese Threats After Mexican Girl's Murder Near Zapotlan
A mob surrounded the Chinese quarter in Zapotlan seeking the murderer of a 16 year old Mexican girl whose body was found in a house abandoned by Chinese residents. Authorities fear widespread violence as the mob threatens to expel Chinese from the district while the killers move into the neighborhood. In Frankfurt Germany, a Chinese man who killed his white German mistress Miss Hoffman then shot himself.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Zapotlan
Frankfort
Germany
Tien Yen
Hoffman
Banks to Test Kansas Law Act in U.S. Courts Next Week
Atchison Kansas banks prepared to sue in U.S. courts to test the state bank deposit guaranty law. The decision followed a conference of Kansas state and national bank representatives outlining the legal challenge and proceeding timeline.
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Kansas
Atchison, Kan
United States
Wek
Merchant Murdered in Kentucky Store Robbery
Nashville Ky report states Herman Henning a dry goods merchant was murdered in his shop at 208 Worth Second avenue and the cash drawer rifled. Authorities investigate motive and suspect details unavailable as the crime shocks local community.
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Nashville
Herman Henning
Worth Second Avenue
Rochester Teen Anna Schumacher Murdered in Cemetery
Autopsy in Rochester confirms Anna Schumacher was choked and beaten to death after assault. Body found buried near Holy Sepulcher cemetery. broken spade found at scene fuels crime clues while suspect remains unidentified. Authorities search for killer, others questioned, burial set for today.
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Rochester
N. Y
Anna Schumacher
Holy Sepulcher
Henry Kleindienst
St. Bernard’s Seminary
Iro
Schumacher
A Lucky Train Wreck Near Leavenworth
A Missouri Pacific passenger train from St Louis to St Joseph derailed in South Leavenworth as the tender broke down, tearing the engine apart and toppling the baggage car. No injuries were reported. the train avoided the river by narrowly missing the water’s edge. Orville Wright and Katherine Wright departed Dayton for New York to sail for Europe, a secretive departure with few onlookers.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
St. Joseph
South Leavenworth
Orville Weight
Europe
Dayton
O—Orville
Katherine Wright
New York
Police Follow Wrong Clue in Detroit Death Case
In Detroit Michigan investigators probing the mysterious death of Mrs. Martha Galaba found her body in Hamtrack. The sheriff’s force pursued a local childhood sweetheart as a principal lead but could not reach him until he surrendered voluntarily at the jail after midnight.
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Detroit
Mich
Martha Galaba
Sculptor Hailed By Bailie In Scottish Town
A public building rises in a western Scottish town with a bust of The Bruce being carved. A bailie stops by and jokes about the beard tilting left as the wind blows up the street. The scene captures local humor amid a notable construction.
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Scotland
the Bruce
Bailie
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Adverts
Vienna West Virginia woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with life saving relief after years of illness. The ad touts a large number of cures for female ailments and offers confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Vienna
W. Va
Lydia
Lydia E. Pinkham
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