Garden cities for Germany proposed as urban dream
Vogue reports Germany moves toward garden cities with Frohau in Berlin, a northern outskirts project featuring a hilly state forest setting, its own railway station, and lavish design. Bavaria may convert state forests near towns for such housing, with Dresden Nuremberg and Karlsruhe also projecting plans. Modeburg will offer single family homes with large gardens for about 60 annually in American money.
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Germany
Berlin
Frohau
Bavaria
Dresden
Nurenberg
Modeburg
Karlsruhe
Italy Drives 40-Year Forest Plan to Reforest Land
A report by Italy's secretary of agriculture details a vigorous afforestation push. In 30 years 122000 acres of public land across 25 provinces were planted, with 60000 acres in 1907, and only about 36000 acres remain to be planted. The government also distributed many young trees and seeds for private property.
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Italy
Swifthand and the self-made barrister Sir Edward Clarke
Sir Edward Clarke K C is described as a self-made man who devised a rapid writ system called swifthand. From a poor family he pursued education, winning a Society of Arts English literature prize, then a post in the India Office before funding his legal training. His outlandish yachting attire is noted, including an American mistake of royal duke status.
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Swifthand
Edward Clarke
K. C
Society of Arts
India Office
Sir Edward
Lord Lansdowne Bluff Reflects On Nobility And War Lords
The New York Press discusses Lord Lansdowne’s bluff as evidence the House of Lords remains the true aristocracy. Disrachi and Disrach contend England’s old nobility are extinct, last seen in the Wars of the Roses, with influence lingering only in the yeomanry and the mistresses of Stuart kings.
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Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
Disrachi
England
Washington
Pitt
Nelson
Charles IL
New York Press
A Skilled Workman
A raw Irish applicant seeks work at Chester Foundry. asked if he can do anything, he boasts he can make a clock but the pendulum would not swing, implying confidence with a comic misfit of skills.
What Are Them Armorial Bearings The Zodiac Signs
Two women study mural decorations showing about a dozen coats of arms. One asks what they are. The other answers with disdain that they are the signs of the zodiac.
Theaters of London Employ Over Twelve Thousand People
The London theater scene provides employment to more than 12 000 workers across stage crews front of house and management. The figure reflects the sector's scale and social impact in the city.
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London
Train Wreck Kills and Injures Dozens Near Brown Summit
A Southern Railway local from Richmond to Charlotte derailed on a high trestle near Brown Summit North Carolina. Fourteen to twenty five are reported killed and nine seriously hurt. Surviving Goulds escaped with minor injuries while the wreck claims A P Cone as a deceased division official. Rescue teams and doctors rushed to the scene as rails and cars lay scattered in the ravine.
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Greensboro
N. Carolina
Southern Railway
Brown Summit
Richmond
Charlotte
Rock Fork
Here
Reidsville
Reedy Fork
Treetsboro
George J. Gould
Jay
Brown’s
Mr. Gould
Norfolk
Thomasville
Night rider witness names Garrett Jolson in Rankin murder case
Edward Powell of Union City Tennessee testified Wednesday that Jolson was with the night riders who killed Captain Rankin and that Jolson forced him to take the oath before the murder. Powell also identified Jolson as carrying the rope used to hang Rankin and said he recognized no jurors for fear of retaliation.
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Union City
Tennessee
Edward Powell
Garrett Jolson
Captain Rankin
Garrett Johnson
Rankin
Covoner
Powell
Second Bank Closes Doors in Oklahoma
Sapulpa Oklahoma report notes the failure of First State Bank at Kiefer, a dependent bank to the First National. Depositors were promised payment in full. The bank had $80,000 cash on hand when it closed with little depositors' excitement.
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Second Bank
Sapulpa
Oklahoma
Barnmieers’ National Bank
Tulsa
First State Bank
Kiefer
First National
Embezzling Lawyer Sent to Prison in Oakland Case
Prominent attorney John De Laney was accused of embezzling $10,000 from the estate of the late George H. Cook and received a six year sentence at San Quentin.
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Oakland
California
John §. Delaney
George H. Cook
San Quentin
Cal
John 8. Delaney
Wilson Will Stay Denied by White House Report
Washington report says James Wilson secretary of agriculture remains in post. No replacement by Prof. W. O. Thompson, president of Ohio State University, is planned per White House denial.
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Washington, D. C
James Wilson
Agriculture
W. O. Thompson
Ohio Estate University
White House
Congressional factions clash over rest vs more lawmaking
Congress faces a divided path with one group urging broad general registration and more bills, while another favors restraining legislation after recent tariff and immigration actions. The 1912 session will focus on appropriation bills, with leaders Tawney and Payne pushing to pass District of Columbia and army funding before Christmas adjournment.
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Congress
Tawney
Committee On Appropriations
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
District of Columbia
Mr. Tawney
Managua Revolt Report and Zelaya Tyranny Claim
Dispatches from Managua report Rama captured by Zelaya forces as Zelayan army breaches armistice with Estrada faction. U S officials discuss Nicaraguan crisis with Senor Creel and Secretary Knox, while Diaz and Estrada’s minister Diaz predicts battle near night. Yorktown and Albany arrive at Corinto.
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Washington
D. C
Rama
Zelaya
Managua
State Department
Diaz
Estrada
Bluefields
Castrilo
Nicaragua sees riot unrest as Estrada gains support
Dispatches report Managua crowds cheering for Liberty Estrada and the United States amid rumors of Zelaya’s abdication. Morales backs provisional Estrada and has moved against Rivas with about 1,000 troops, claiming Zelaya’s rule is tyrannical and must end. He has captured nearby border towns.
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Liberty
Estrada
U. 8
New Orleans
Lai
Greytown
Nicaragua
Managua
Panama
Morales
Hilrada
Zelava
Rivas
Orisis
Suppoa
Zeleva
Ile
Fire Hits Indianapolis Wholesale District Loss of 110000
A blaze started in the Central Rubber and Supply Company building endangered a wholesale district block in Indianapolis Indiana. Officials put the loss at 110000 with flames threatening surrounding businesses. Local firefighters battled the fire through the night preventing greater damage.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Central Rubber and Supply Company
Gov Haskell Stricken By Acute Indigestion
Guthrie Oklahoma Governor Charles N Haskell was struck by an aggravated indigestion attack. Physicians attend his bedside as his sufferings intensify causing widespread alarm amid the state capital.
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Haskell
Guthrie
Okla
Charles N Haskell
Oakland Attorney Delaney Sentenced for Embezzlement
Prominent Oakland attorney John Delaney was convicted of embezzling $10,000 from the estate of the late George H. Cook and received a 66 year penitentiary sentence.
Woman Indicted Again in Warriner Case in Cincinnati
Grand jury indicts Mrs. Jeanette Stewart Ford for blackmail the third time. She faces new charges while already on bond for receiving stolen money. Witness Ida Brockway reportedly resigned from her customs office stenographer post after her name tied to the Warriner matter. Lawyer for Ford threatens to expose higher figures feared in court.
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Cincinnati, O
Jeanette Stewart- Ford
Warriner
Ford
Ida Brockway
Frank Couden
United States Customs Collector
Couden
Brown
New York Central
Jeanette Stewart-Ford
Slow Time Error Triggers Wreck Near Pana Illinois
An eight minute slow watch caused a head-on collision one mile north of Pana on the Illinois Central. A northbound passenger train and a southbound freight collided at about thirty mph. Engineer Philip May and baggage man P K Farley were seriously injured. Engineer Lovett and his fireman jumped to save the passenger crew. Lovett says his watch was eight minutes slow.
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Pana
Ilinois Central
Ingineer
Philip May
P. K. Farley
Lovett
Hig
Rail rate appeals set for early hearings in Missouri
Jefferson City Missouri Attorney General Major received a Supreme Court clerk letter stating the transcript in the Missouri appeal from Judge Smith McPherson of the federal court at Kansas City in the 2 cent passenger fare and the maximum freight rate cases will be ready for use by the attorneys before the holidays. The court may advance hearings in both cases, with a submission likely around mid February if granted.
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Jefferson City
Major
United States Supreme Court
Smith McPherson
Federal Court
Kansas City
Hope for Negro Miners Abandoned
Henderson Kentucky reports no hope for six Negro miners entombed by a Baker mine explosion. Fire is out but water flooded the shaft, hindering rescue efforts and leaving the men presumed dead.
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Henderson
Baker
West Kentucky Coal Company
Patrick F. Sheedy Die Hard Gambler in NYC
Patrick B. Sheedy, the best known gambler in the country, died at his home on 161 West Thirty Fourth Street. Death was caused by heart trouble.
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Patrick F. Sheedy
New York City
Patrick B. Sheedy
West Turty-fourth Street
Taft Attends All Souls Church with Taft brothers
President Taft and his brother Charles P. Taft, joined by Capt. Bull, attended morning services at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington. They then took an automobile ride before returning to the White House.
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Taft
All Soul‘s
Washington, D. C
Charles P. Taft
Capt. Bull
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Ite House
Central Bank Bill Prompts Senate Watchfulness in Congress
Representative Fornes of New York introduces a plan for a central bank of America to be based in Washington with branches nationwide and a capital of 100 million dollars. The treasury would fund via fifty year gold bonds, while two fifths would be offered to banks. Antipathy to bond issues looms. No anti trust legislation expected until Sherman law cases reach the court, and a president’s message may be delayed awaiting court action.
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Central Bank of America
Washington, D.C
Fornes
New York
United States Treasury
Supreme Court
Congress
Cure for Eczema Ends Harsh Itch for Arkansas Man
Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas describes a year of severe itch and eczema. After trials with hospital care and numerous remedies he found relief in two to three applications of Cuticura Ointment followed by Cuticura Soap and Pills, becoming completely cured.
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Henry Searle
Little Rock
Ark
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Solo Props
Boston
Then and Now in an Ohio Town a Humorous Progression
A short anecdote about a businessman in an Ohio town who has risen from poverty to wealth. He notes his modernization, including an open-back shirt. He jokes that when he arrived he had no shirt, and now has no back to his shirt, illustrating his rapid change in status.
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Ohio
Coughing Burst Blood Vessel Warns and Cures in Hours
A medical note claims coughing bursts blood vessels and toxins from the body. It warns patent medicines and liquor worsen congestion. It promotes a tonic laxative cough syrup with a five hour cure claim and a specific home recipe and dosing.
Safe Place for the Author in Local Theater Ad Scene
A Yonkers Statesman quote explains why a curtain filled with local advertisements keeps the audience calm. The manager says patrons won't throw eggs or spoil their own ads, preferring to support the show and its sponsors. The exchange highlights small town theater dynamics and community business ties.
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Yonkers Statesman
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim and Reward Notice
$100 reward offered by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo for proof catarrh cure. Claims constitutional treatment cures catarrh by blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents assert the remedy builds constitution and provides testimonials list. Also advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ah Druggiste
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