Treasure legends linger along Atlantic coast and island hunts
The essay notes how treasure seekers chase pirate legends from Labrador to the Gulf of Mexico with side trips to Caribbean shores. It argues Buccaneers cached stores and that Oak Island lore persists, though much loot remains hidden or carried away, inspiring future adventures to search Jewel island Gardiners island Campobello and similar locales.
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Atlantic
Labrador
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Oak Island
Mahone Bay
Nova Scotia
Bay of Fundy
Home garden farming urged by Kansas City clubs
The Kansas City Star advocates home gardens as a practical path to cheaper meals and wholesome outdoor activity. With the City club and the Athenaeum offering guidance, residents are urged to start small patches, involve youth, and become producers through self cultivation.
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Kansas City
City Club
Athenaeum
Kansas City Star
Hailstones Reported Larger Than Hen Eggs On Gulf Storm
The captain of the British steamer Aureole arriving in Galveston recounts a Gulf of Mexico storm with hailstones reportedly larger than a hen's egg. He notes damage to rigging and superstructure as proof, arguing against weather-faker claims.
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Galveston
Gulf of Mexico
Campaign cigars in politics and proverbs
The piece notes the old warning never looking a gift horse in the mouth and suggests a twist about campaign cigars in campaigns. It discusses possible interpretations and mentions that some candidates use real cigars while campaigning.
France Leads In Aerial Innovation In The Bird Men Race
The article notes France's dominance in aeroplaning with many inventors selling machines, surpassing America’s Wrights and Curtiss. It also mentions Cuba’s rapid move toward self government and its troops and machine guns dispatched to unrest. The piece frames aviation as a global competition and references a London to Manchester flight.
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Germany
France
America
Wrights
Curtiss
Cuba
Cartwright Plans Return After Park Board Shortage Charge
Ben F. Cartwright, missing Averyville park board secretary and Peoria mayor, telegraphed from Calgary that he will return to Peoria soon. Authorities allege a large shortage in park labor time cards with forged employee names, while Cartwright’s personal and Masonic funds appear largely intact.
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Peoria
Cartwright
Averyville
Park Board
Levinson
Train Kills J. C. Louden in Lebanon Illinois
John C. Louden postmaster and prominent Illinois figure died after a trolley on the East St. Louis and Lebanon line struck his car two blocks from home. He had just left his house for a ride after supper and was alone. the car struck while crossing the track, fracturing his skull and causing fatal injuries within about thirty minutes.
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Lebanon
Ilinois
John C. Lowden
Louden
Illinois
Baton Rouge Votes 93 to 10 For Miscegenation Ban
Louisiana house approves a strengthened miscegenation bill banning white persons from living with any person of color with narrow exceptions. The measure supersedes a prior Jim Crow law and enacts stricter terms across the state, reflecting intensified racial segregation policy.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House ‘of Representatives
General: Assembly
Plans for International Court of Arbitral Justice Endorsed
Secretary Knox told University of Pennsylvania commencement crowds that foreign powers have informally approved plans for an International Court of Arbitral Justice. He cited Taft era expansion of U S diplomacy toward promoting peace and leading in enlarging Hague court powers. Despot Zelaya referenced as part of foreign policy discussion.
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Board of Arbitral Justice
Despot Zelaya
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Philander C. Knox
University of Pennsylvania
Knox
Taft
United States
International Court
the Hague
Congress probe targets foreign shipping rings
Washington representative Humphrey charges that a foreign shipping conference rules the shipping of the seas. He urges a five senator seven representative commission to investigate certain foreign shipping rings pools combinations and conferences and related matters as part of the ongoing inquiry.
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Washington, D. C
House
Humphrey
Washington
Merchant Marine League
Lawmaker pushes mail by air planes after Hamilton trip
Representative Sheppard of Texas introduces a bill directing the postmaster general to study a practical method for carrying mails by aeroplanes, inspired by Charles K. Hamilton's round trip from New York to Philadelphia and back.
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Washington, DD. C
Charles K. Hamilton
New York
Philadelphia
Sheppard
Texas
Editor Talks To Urbana Alumni On University Commencement
John H. Wright editor of the St. Louis Times and alumni association president delivered the annual address at Urbana. A large gathering of alumni attended the commencement exercises of the university.
California Will Stop Jeffries Johnson Fight
San Francisco California Attorney General Webb confirms order from Governor Gillett not to permit the Jeffries Johnson fight anywhere in California He says he will carry out the order to block the match statewide.
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Webb
Gov. Gillett
San Francisco
Cal
Gillett
Jeffries-Johnson
California
Father Killed by Grief in Missouri Home
In St Louis Missouri Joseph N Ansinger 59 died suddenly at 5960 Boston Ave while caring for a sick child. Coroner's jury returns death by heart disease though family attributes it to sorrow over his wayward son Albert 19 who quit his grocery job. Albert was arrested at the inquest for an $11 discrepancy but released after explanation and readmission to his job.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Joseph N. Ansinger
Boston Avenue
Ansinger
Albert
Albert Ansinger
Mark Twain’s Niece Wins Guilford Prize at Cornell
Miss Ida Langdon of Elmira, niece of the late Samuel L. Clemens, won the James B. Guilford prize in English composition at Cornell University. The $150 award comes from a fund established to encourage excellence in English prose, and Miss Langdon, a Byrn Mawr graduate of 1903, has been pursuing a master’s degree.
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Ithaca
New , York
Cornell University
James B. Guilford
Ida, Langdon
Elmira
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark “Twain
Langdon
Byrn Mawr
Missouri agricultural college attracts Russian student interest
Dalnibiy Missouris agricultural college receives letters from a Russian in the northern empire enclosing certificates from Russian schools. The sender asks if these credentials will entitle him to study agriculture at the University of Missouri.
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Dalnibiy
Missouri
I University ‘ ‘of Missouri
St Louis Kansas City air race gains tentative entrants
Charles K Hamilton, famed aviator, announces intent to enter a cross Missouri air race for a $10,000 prize after August 1. Curtiss and others discuss flight rules. Hamilton notes Omaha commitments and aims to align with St Louis Kansas City conditions. Officials plan a Glidden tour style contest.
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St. Louis
Charles K. HamiLton
New York
Philadelphia
Curtiss
Baldwin
Mineola
Clifford Harmon
Willin
Hamilton
Wrights Spur On To More Severe Tests
Indianapolis aero men gathered claim Wrights will push pupils through tougher maneuvers after rival aviators Paulhan Curtiss and Hamilton. Four of six Wrights pupils made twelve flights showcasing control in dives climbs and sharp turns. Walter A Brookins then set a new altitude record at 4 384 feet and is tipped to become as renowned as Paulhan or Hamilton by year’s end.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Wrights
Paulhan
Curtiss
Hamilton
Walter. A
Brookins
Brockman Director Ordered Jailed After Testimony Refusal
Frederick W. Brockman of Brockman Commission and Lightning Lunch faced a compulsory appearance in St Louis court. Deputy sheriffs and Special Commissioner Leighton Snieldson oversaw the process at the Third National Bank building. Brockman refused to answer questions in the suit brought by John Link and others, prompting Commissioner Shields to commit him to jail. The suit alleges Brockman abused his authority in company affairs.
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St. Louis
Frederick W. Brockman
Brockman Comission Company
Lightning Lunch Company
Victoria
Leighton Snieldson
Third National Bank
John Link
Brockman
Central of
Co Esioner
Why Jones Was Sad a Fragment from a 19th Century Text
Jones mourns his rich grandmother’s death and learns he is named in her will. Friends try to comfort him as he reveals he will inherit the testament, while others react with improvised lines. The scene mirrors a broader joke about language and mischief in a noisy group.
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Jones
Brown
A Doctor’s Experience With Postum Health Claim
A physician recounts convincing a coffee drinker to switch to Postum and describes improved sleep, energy, and weight gain. He notes his own early fatigue, the grocer’s endorsement, and his two coffee-drinking children stopping after Postum adoption. He cites reading The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Wellville
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