Rats in Warfare and the Old World Cat Staff
An old correspondent notes rats and cats playing roles in historic warfare. Rats were linked to lighting powder magazines with tails tied to matches, a tactic possibly sanctioned by Vauban. The piece likens to Samson using foxes and cites Pennant’s British Zoology, plus mentions a royal rat catcher in scarlet and yellow, with Leicester hiring a municipal meat hunter at 11s 6d.
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War Office
Marshal Vauban
Samson
Pennant
Leicester
London
Relic of English Rule in Local Customs
A passage cites outdated London phrases and practices as relics of past English rule. It notes marrow pie and other terms such as Pilar a la mode beef once common in daily life, with references to Dickens era menus and Fleet Street establishments, now largely fading from modern usage.
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Daily Chronicle of London
London
Fleet Street
Divorce Overture Threads Through Circleville Dinner Tale
Judge Simon L. Barones of Denver cites a Circleville tale of a planned divorce as a minister recounts an old man and a widow at a wedding. The minister pressured the groom to speak the vows, highlighting the couple’s unstated reluctance and comic discomfort during the ceremony.
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Simon L. Barones
Denver
Circleville
Paris Salad Basket Doomed to be Motor Driven
Paris streets will discard the old Black Maria styled Salad Basket prison van in favor of a motor driven version. The door will stay shut until the driver pulls a lever, ending the era of frequent escapes and rescues by prisoners’ friends. The London Law Times cites the 1867 Fenian escape of Col. Thomas Kelly as a notable example and notes three of the participants were hanged.
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Paris
Maria
Col
Thomas Kelly
Manchester
London Law Times
Millions Shun Physicians in Drugless Healing Rise
An estimated 17,600,000 Americans avoid physicians for illness and turn to drugless healing. The trend suggests two thirds prefer methods like “Brg.,wind cures,” and projection indicates 65,000,000 may rely on non medical remedies within a decade based on past growth.
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United States
van Norden
State of War Near at Hand in Nicaragua Crisis
The passport of Filipe Rodriguez, charge d'affaires for Nicaragua, was handed to him by Secretary Knox with a scathing letter denouncing Zelaya. The United States signals a near war status, recognizing Nicaraguan revolutionists as representing the majority's sentiments and planning to hold all parties accountable for American interests and regional peace. Diplomatic relations with Nicaragua are terminated. Rodriguez and Nicaragua’s minister designate Hazera lose official standing. President Taft attended a church bazaar Wednesday night.
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Washington, D. C
Filipe Rodriguez
Knox
Zelaya
State Department
Taft
Nicaragua
United States
Central America
Senor Rodiguez
Congress
Mr. Knox
Honduras
Mexico
Caldera
Managua
Senor Rodriguez
Washington
Mr. Root
Salvador
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Department of State
Offic Department of State
Europe
Department
Diaz
Hazera
Legation
Lords Rejection Seals Doom of Hereditary Upper House
In London the Lords’ midnight vote 350 to 75 against Chancellor Lloyd’s budget is seen as dooming the Lords as a hereditary body. The action sparks calls for dissolution. Asquith plans to move in Commons and notify the king at Sandringham. The cabinet faces resignation as parliament is prorogued.
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London
England
House of Lords
Lord Lloyd
Asquith
House of Commons
Sandringham
Lords
Privy Council
Joy Rider Shot by Wife in Oklahoma Tragedy
Joy riding ends in Oklahoma as Mrs. Coleman shoots her husband in the spine after spotting him with another woman. A chase ensues with over twenty shots exchanged. the overturned car injures the wife, who is captured as Coleman lies gravely wounded and not expected to live.
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Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Grain Men Are Alarmed in Duluth Strike Impact
The Duluth switchmen strike declared has the grain trade alarmed as local markets reel and losses loom. With insurance on boats and cargoes expiring December 5, delays could send ripples across the lake transportation and grain handling sectors.
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Duluth
Minnesota
Blast Wrecks a Town in Cameron Pennsylvania
A nitro glycerin magazine exploded Wednesday near Washington Pennsylvania destroying Cameron. One man killed and many injured. The blast was felt twenty miles away in Cameron a town of about 8000 on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western rail line. In Jefferson City Missouri Dr W H Shull of Henry County convicted of arson and jailed after appealing to the supreme court was taken to the penitentiary.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Cameron
Bloomsbury
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Jefferson City
Missouri
W. H. Shull
Henry County
Supreme Court
Porter Gilven
Shull
Ballinger Urges Vigorous Prosecution Of Land Thieves
Washington November 29 Ballinger secretary of the interior submits annual report noting lax land laws caused large scale land thefts by pirates and speculators. He praises Hitchcock and Garfield prosecutions and calls for continued vigorous action and new remedial legislation. He favors reclamation bonds not exceeding 30000000 and urges rapid Indian bureau reorganization and closer park governance.
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Reclamation Fund
The
Indian Bureau
Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
James R. Garfield
Ballinger
Hitchcock
Garfield
Congress
Reclamation Service
New York
Chicago
Omaha
St. Louis
San Francisco
Yelowstone
Yosemite National Parks
Couldn't Uncouple. A Clergyman and a Workman Joke
A Scottish clergyman in a railroad carriage chats with a working man who boasts of being a coupler for over 20 years. The minister counters with over 30 years, then the workman jokes that he can uncouple and the clergyman cannot.
Country neglecting the children and tuberculosis figures
The piece cites Stockholm data showing 1.61 percent of TB among 8 to 15 year olds and applies it to US schools, estimating 278,700 affected children. It notes only 11 open air TB schools operate nationwide with nine more debated, providing scant accommodations.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
California Fig Syrup Co Patent Claim Notice
The California Fig Syrup Co explains its Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna use pure plant extracts and a patented method. It warns that only the genuine product bears the full company name on the front and urges returning imitations.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Senna
The
Fish Water Supply Question Conversations
In a brief exchange, a caregiver asks Anna if fresh water has been provided to the goldfish. Anna replies that the fish have not finished the portion given the day prior, indicating ongoing care and attention to their hydration.
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Brice
Secret Service
Asquith Wihn
King
JOY Rider
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Clare
Memphis
Wellville
Dees
Torent
Coffi
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