New Advertising Method Uses Film and Records
A midwestern manufacturer unveils a media driven selling strategy using a motion picture playlet with French and American film authoring, plus accompanying talking machine records. Replicas are lent to theater owners to showcase the product, promoting demand while cutting rental costs. Films depict a New York to factory flight and factory processes ending with a machine assembling itself.
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Middle West
France
United States
New York
How to Grow Dollars
A Duluth Herald commentary urges workers to save pennies and nickels now to build wealth for old age. It argues there is no royal path to riches, and steady, disciplined saving grows faster over time, turning small amounts into dollars when needed.
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Duluth Herald
Umbrella Rule in Paris Praised by Butler
Ellis Parker Butler argues in Putnam's that in Paris an umbrella is essential while a hat and Baedeker help. He jokes that Parisians deem anyone without an umbrella as crazy and would confine them after a sunny day test, since they know sanity by such cues.
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Paris
Ellis Parker Butler
Putnam's
Sunday hammering near saloon on Sixth Avenue
A poor man rents a flower stand beside a large Sixth Avenue saloon on a Sunday. He uses a hammer to secure a shelf while a stout cop complains about Sabbath law enforcement. The officer warns him, then menaces to use force if he continues.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
New York Press
Jimeon Juice Promises Household Bleach From Weed
A chemist aims to extract the bleaching principle from the common fimgon weed for home laundry use. The method of using jimwan leaves in the boiler is noted as effective but creates a strong odor. Odor can be reduced by cold water boiling and repeated rinses, though the process is cumbersome.
Black Hand Plot Ends in Fatal Shootout in Chicago
Wealthy Chicago merchant Rudolf Berndt was killed by police after a teen attacker seized a package believed to contain 15 000 dollars during a sting set by detectives. The boy, Alfred Hasse, later died in hospital after confessing and naming a cousin involved in the scheme.
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Chicago
Rudolf Berndt
E. Grossfeldt
Desplaines Street
Grand Avenue
Grossfeldt
Mr. Grossfeldt
Weinreich
Afred Hasse
Hasse
Brendt
Sunken Treasure Found Near Fort Mifflin
Chester, Pa. government boat Cataract crew recovered silver while working near Fort Miamin on the Delaware River. The dredger Hell Gate will go to Fort Mifflin to raise the sunken English treasure boat said to contain gold paid to British soldiers from the Revolutionary War era.
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Chester
Fort Miamin
Philadelphia
Hell Gate
Fort Mifflin
Menelik Said Dead in Abyssinia Empress Rules
Rome dispatch says King Menelik is reported dead in Abyssinia and Empress Tritu has taken power while concealing the death to name a successor. Officials doubt the report but fear the king may be dying after a long illness.
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Abyssinia
Rome
Italy
Menelik
Tritu
MeneHk
Patten's Mother Dies in Evanston Ill After Illness
Agnes Patten, mother of James A. Patten, is critically ill at his Evanston home after injuries from a February Los Angeles accident. Once seemed to recover, her condition worsened and now her life is despaired of. She was 80 years old last summer.
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Chicago
Illinois
Agnes Patten
James A. Patten
Evanston
Los Angeles
Naval collision near Dover averts disaster in fog
In dense fog off Dunker Ness the Wilson liner Sappho collided with the British protected cruiser Sappho. The liner remained undamaged and sailed on. The cruiser was heavily flooded and beached at Dover after fires were extinguished and lights cut. Crew discipline kept casualties absent as tugs and pumps restored the vessel for towing to harbor.
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Dover
England
Sappho
Dungerness
Naval
Gladiator
American Line
St. Paul
Isle of Wight
Negro Slaying on Train at Vail Shocks Des Moines
An unknown Black man shot and killed brakemen Lee C. Warner and Alva C. Brechtell on a train at Vail near Des Moines. Conductor McCartney found one dead and another dying on an oil car. A posse searched the area. ten Black men were detained for identification. In Denison, Henry Clark and Chesley Hubbard, Omaha, are jailed after a sweating dispute over who fired the fatal shots.
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Des
Moines
Iowa
Lee C. Warner
Alva C. Brechtell
Boone
Vail
McCartney
Westside
Denison
Henry Clark
Chesley Hubbard
Omaha
Sultan to Tour Europe This Autumn
Sultan Mehemed V of Turkey plans a tour of European courts in autumn, with a December arrival in England, according to the Standard. The itinerary includes visits to major courts as part of ongoing diplomatic outreach.
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Sultan
Europe
London
Eng
Mehemed V
Turkey
England
Feudist Surrenders After Deadly Street Duel
Virgil Farr surrendered to authorities in Hamburg after being accused with W. L. Boyd of firing on A. M. Newman in last Monday's deadly street duel in Meadowville Misa. The case centers on the feud and subsequent surrender by Farr.
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Meadowville
Misa
Virgil Farr
W. L. Boyd
A. M. Newman
Hamburg
Train Kills Sioux Chief at South Station in Mass
An 80 year old Sioux chief from Pine Ridge and connected with a Wild West show was struck and killed by a train at South Station in Massachusetts. The elderly man, married, was reported dead at the scene.
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Moston
Mass
Pushing Strikers Trial in Honolulu Indicts Leaders
Honolulu authorities press the sugar plantation strike case with leaders indicted for conspiracy to murder and incite crime. Jury selection begun. Fifteen Japanese laborers from Kahuku indicted for rioting arraigned and set for next Friday. Planters association reports encouragement of European labor import via immigration channels.
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Honolulu
H. I
Kahuku
Planters Association
Washington, D. C
Europe
Beatrice Born to King Alfonso and Queen Victoria Eugenia
A daughter was born at La Granja palace to King Alfonso and Queen Victoria Eugenia. The infant, named Beatrice after her grandmother, is in good condition along with the mother. Baptism is planned for June 27. The king married Victoria Eugenia on May 31, 1906. Their earlier children are Crown Prince Alphonso born May 10, 1907 and Prince Jaime born July 22, 1908.
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Madrid
Spain
la Grandia
Beatrice
Alfonso
Victoria Eugenia
Henry of
Lona Bandit Robs Fort Worth Bank in Frontier Style
A genteel appearing highwayman robbed the Waggner Bank & Trust branch in downtown Fort Worth, escaping with 38100 in currency. Cashier Walter E. King was alone. the well dressed suspect entered, leveled a revolver, and demanded all money. The daring heist is described as Texas’s most bold in years.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Waggner Bank & Trust Company
Texas
Walter E. King
King
Fees of Smoke Convene in Syracuse N Y
Under the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce the fourth convention of the International Association for the Prevention of Smoke is being held in Syracuse. The session began this morning and will last three days with many experts on abating smoke present.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Matson Wins Auto Race in Indiana for First Prize
Joseph Matson drove a Chalmers Detroit Blue Bird to victory in the Western Vanderbilt auto race at Crown Point. The 232.47 mile event drew sixteen starters, with Matson finishing in 4 hours 31 minutes 21 seconds and narrowly beating Locomobile driven by Robertson and Marson driven by Monson. The Ford and Renault withdrew and only the top three times were recorded.
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Crown Point
Ind
Joseph Matson
Eght
Matson
Ford
Reneault
Chalmers-Detroit
Locomobile
Robertson
Marson
Monson
Officers Blow A Safe In Honolulu 1
The case stems from a strike by Japanese plantation laborers and the alleged burglary of the Jiji office. Attorney Joseph Lightfoot accuses High Sheriff William Henry and attorneys William Kinney Mason Prosser of planning the break in to seize books and papers tied to a supposed conspiracy among strike leaders. The grand jury is examining the matter.
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Honolulu
H. 1
Joseph Lightfoot
William Henry
William A. Kinney
Mason Prosser
Planters Association
Jiji
Soga
Grand Jury
Monster Hall Planned For Chicago Ampitheatre
Chicago plans a massive convention hall called the Ampitheatre to seat 45,000 people. The structure, three times larger than Madison Square Garden, will be elliptical and resemble the ancient Roman amphitheatre, as announced by Harlow N. Higginbotham.
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Chicago
Ills
Madison Square Garden
New York
Harlow N. Higginbotham
Rome
Liquor Fueled Downfall Ends in Salem Hanging
Adolf Nordstrom, condemned for fatally shooting John Peterson, foreman of a railroad gang, was executed in Salem on Friday. On the gallows Nordstrom delivered a temperance address urging to keep liquor down, expressed remorse, and bade farewell to the crowd.
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
Adolf N. Nodstorm
John Peterson
Nordstrom
French Schooner Tamari Tahiti Wreck Reported in Storm
San Francisco Cal News reports the wreck of the French trading schooner Tamari Tahiti after a south seas storm. Steamer Maripose brought the news from Tahiti. eight crew members were rescued.
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San Francisco
Cal
Tamari-Tahiti
Tahiti
Big Turnfest in Cincinnati Draws 56000 Turners
Some 56 000 Turners from across the country gathered in Cincinnati for the ten day Turnfest. Participants will live in tents with the city providing a large tent city that meets army standards including 60 shower baths and ample kitchen facilities.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
United States Army
Illinois Supreme Court voids direct primary act again
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled the Oglesby direct primary measure unconstitutional, nullifying sections 11 and 44. It doubts a law can let parties nominate via direct public voting, finds voter registration flaws and unequal rights for new voters, and says a general election standard must apply to primaries. Gov. Deneen ponders a special session and a substitute bill.
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Sprinfield
Inois Supreme Court
Oglesby
General Assembly
Illinois
Chicago
East St. Louis
Springfield
Madison residents jailed in Mulberry Grove murder case
Hermit Beaton and Robbed, Greenville Ed Smith and Newton Prater, his brother in law, were brought here by Sheriff Joseph Brown and placed in jail. They are charged in the murder of Douglas Smith of Mulberry Grove. At a hearing, Smith identified them as his attackers and said they robbed him of $9 in cash and about $900 in deposit slips.
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Hermit Beaton
Greenville
Ed Smith
Newton Prater
Madison
Joseph Brown
Douglas Smith
Mulberry Grove
Smith
Gerke Smith
Prater
Illinois Grid Star Wede Becomes Terre Haute Lawyer
Terre Haute Indiana report that Fred L. Wham illinois university football star who earned a degree at Champaign moved to Terre Haute with Qarr e Hitch a Champaign teacher whom he married at her parents home. He plans to practice law at Bud Smith Ark.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Fred L. Wham
Illinois University
Champaign
Qarr'e Hitch
Bud Smith
Ark
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