Zeppelin risk to race with eyes on tops of heads
In Berlin denies Prince Eitel Friedrich visiting Marblehead this summer. Explorer Ernest DeKoven Leffingwell will leave Seattle May 1 for Arctic Alaska. A London juggler turned financier died wealthy. Lumber prices rise as a corner-grocery pundit argues politics. Spring arrives for fish but not certainty. Glass-block dwellings in Silesia are fragile yet sturdy enough to invite stones. A Cleveland woman claims her husband is the biggest war she ever knew.
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Ernest DeKoven Leffingwell
Seattle
Arctic
Alaska
Cleveland
Witty quips from a century’s column on society and politics
A collection of humorous observations on warship counts, fashion, kidnapers, marital debates, the German emperor, Spain and Portugal, hat etiquette, a German leg trick, and a Times metaphor about wool gathering in financial cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Britain in Panic Over Naval Supremacy Crisis
The article notes that the word panic describes British mindsets about naval supremacy, with both government and opposition showing signs of alarm or fear. The urgency underscores a political climate focused on maritime power and national defense.
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Great Britain
Baseball a prehistoric game says University of Chicago professor
A University of Chicago professor asserts baseball is a prehistoric game and notes that earlier times would have shocked at umpire fate. He observes changing views on Missouri statewide prohibition and predicts possible shift in political outcomes. He urges weather bureau awareness of upcoming Central American presidents’ meeting to discuss issues.
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University of Chicago
Missouri
Weather Bureau
The Philosopher in Topeka Cap on Chasing Winds
A quip from the Topeka Cap’s philosopher notes that when wind blows you off course you should not chase it but let spectators chase it for you. He adds that the trouble with the human race is that too many chase the other fellow’s hat.
Overloaded yawl capsizing kills steelworkers near McKee’s Rocks
Police and river men drag the Ohio for missing workers after a 24 foot gaso line yawl sank off Mel ee's Rocks. An estimated 20 to 25 are still missing, with not less than 40 aboard. Eight were rescued by engineer John Dear.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Ohio
Mel
Pressed Steel
McKee’s Rocks
John Dear
Albert Graham
Henry Vogley
William Davis
Anthony Bole
Oscar Butske
William Burke
George Roberts
Thomas Langdon
Nicholas Brucker
Frank Neeld
James Cotter
William Cadogan
William Gotheridge
Walter Low
John Thompson
John Matzula
Jeroviano
Edward Bruno
Thomas Kennedy
Tucker Drunkard. Deposition in Tucker Divorce Case
Deposition by Mrs. N B Payne in the Dolly Logan Tucker suit for separate maintenance describes William F Tucker of the U S A as irritable cross and nagging and a constant drinker whose drinking increased. Payne, Logan’s niece and Tucker’s cousin, testified she lived with the family in St Paul from 1897 and that Tucker drank most of the time from 1898 to 1898 May while all traveled to Washington in March 1898.
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Chicago
William F. Tucker
N. B. Payne
Dolly Logan Tucker
John A. Logan
New York
Payne
Gen. Logan
Mrs. Tucker
Yjuckers
St. Paul
Washington
Col. Tucker
Cider Tank Lifts Lid in Zoar Plan
In Zoar Ohio residents plan to fill a 100 barrel cement cistern with apple juice next fall to provide hard cider under a pump fed system. The project follows the Rose liquor law while the town brands itself the world’s most popular place.
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Columbus
Ohio
Zoar
Zoar Communista’ Society
Hains 15 Guilty of Manslaughter in Home Destruction
Hains is found guilty of manslaughter linked to the destruction of his home. The verdict concludes a case centered on a fatal incident resulting from the house fire and related actions.
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Hains
Trial over manslaughter convict seeks new trial
Jurors were out four hours after Captain Peter was found guilty of first degree manslaughter for killing William K. Annis at Bayside Yacht Club. Defense attorney Daniel O Reilly plans affidavits alleging jurors wandered county roads and violated law, possibly prompting a new trial.
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Flushing
N. Y
Peter
Wiliam K. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Wellman Starts Third North Pole Airship Trial
Walter Wellman sails from New York aboard the Kron Prinz Wilhelm for a third attempt to reach the north pole by airship after two prior expeditions to Berlinberg failed to test the route and method for discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
New York
N. Y
Walter Wellman
Bplizbergen
North Pole
Signal Service Men for Alaska in Omaha
Forty one signal service men depart Omaha under Master Signal Electrician Gunnard for Alaska after completing their telegraphy course at Fort Omaha.
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Alaska
Omaha, Neb
Gunnard
Fort Omaha
Boat Capsizes Drowning Nine In Susquehanna River Outing
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania a family outing turned fatal when a small rowboat capsized in swift river current. Six men a woman and two children perished after water filled the boat and swept them away. None could swim and bystanders heard their cries for help before the craft sank.
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Wilkesbarre
Susquehanna River
Thomas Andrews
Wm. Andrews
Theodore Andrews
Frank Marionosky
Adam Strukus
Frank Ganofsky
John
Michael
WASHOUT WRECK KILLS ONE IN SOUTHEASTERN LIMITED
A heavy rain washed ballast from under 600 feet of track near Springfield Ohio causing the southeastern limited of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad to leave the rails. One man, Engineer Charles Hains of Fort Scott, was killed. Five others injured: M A Welder mail clerk Kansas City Kansas E T Coffman fireman Fort Scott Perry Posey Kansas City Kansas and H C Hooper Kansas City Kansas. The train speed was about fifty miles an hour at impact.
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Springfield
Ohio
Lmited
St. Louis
San
Powder House Target Explodes Wounds Send Man to Hospital
In Washington Pennsylvania Steve Page dies of injuries from a blast that followed two men pinning a target on a magazine holding forty quarts of nitroglycerin and 150 pounds of dynamite and firing revolvers. Tony Merrete is unharmed as houses miles away shake from the explosion.
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Washington
Steve Page
Page
Tony Merrete
Merrete
Coast Artillery Members Die In Rowboat Capsize
Two coast artillery corps men, Daniel Doherty and Cornelius Crowley, drowned when their rowboat capsized in the wash of a steamer off Houghs Neck Sunday night near Boston Massachusetts.
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Boston
Mass
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Warren
Daniel Doherty
Cornelius Crowley
Hough's Neck
Buenos Ayres Strike Quiet
Buenos Ayres remained calm on Sunday as strikers made no move to disturb the peace. The situation in the city is described as nearly normal.
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Buenos Ayres
Senate Upholds Lead Tariff, Rejects Duty Cut
The Senate, by 85 to 44, refused to cut pig lead duty by a quarter cent per pound, keeping the Dingley rates in the tariff bill. Aldrich called the vote an endorsement of the committee on finance, with Republicans voting with Democrats on eleven seats and two Democrats with Republicans. The senate set pig lead at two and one eighth cents per pound, as the committee recommended.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Committee On Finance
Houses of Representatives
Aldrich
Bargain Day Ends Lincoln Saloon Era
Lincoln, Nebraska closes the municipal year with every saloon banished for at least a year. On bargain day in twenty five drinking places owners cut prices to clear stock, shipping goods back to wholesalers. Remaining saloon keepers pledge to cooperate with officials to enforce prohibition to the letter.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
Germans Land in Hostile Territory Balloon Landing at Troyes
A German balloon with an officer and two passengers landed in Troyes on Monday. Police greeted the aeronauts with hostility but allowed departure after customs dues. The balloon and luggage were searched.
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Troyes
France
President Eliot to Be Decorated by Japanese envoy
Baron Takahira arrived in Boston with the full Japanese embassy and will present President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University the emblem of the order of the Rising Sun. The honor was conferred on him by the emperor of Japan.
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Eliot
Boston
Mass
Baron Takahira
Chas. W. Eliot
Harvard University
Order of the Rising Sun
Japan
Bellwether results in Newfoundland election show Morris leads
Returns from Saturday's parliamentary election in St Johns show meager progress with eight of thirty six seats won by Sir Edward Morris supporters and two by Sir Robert Bond backers indicating a tight race and uncertain outcome.
Oklahoma Governor Seeks Dismissal of Grand Jury
Governor Haskell and six other Oklahomans plan to urge the federal grand jury, convened to re investigate the Muskogee town lot cases, be dismissed when the panel is organized. The move aims to end the inquiry.
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Tulsa
Okla
Haskell
Muskogee
Play Ground Congress Opens in Pittsburg With Delegates
The third annual congress of the Play Grounds Association of America began in Pittsburg on Monday night with representatives from about forty cities. The convention runs through Friday followed by a large play festival.
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Pittsburg
The
Play Grounds Association of America
Midnight Fire Destroys McCune Building in Des Moines
A midnight blaze in Des Moines Iowa completely destroyed the McCune building home to the New York Wall Paper and Stationery Co and menaced the adjacent State Central hotel. Loss pegged at 150000 dollars with firefighters battling the flames through the night.
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Des Moines
Xs Moines
McCune
New York Wall Paper and Stationery Company
State Central
American Tourists Reported Prisoners Near Agadir
A Tangier dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says American tourists have been taken prisoner by natives near Agadir in Morocco. The report places the incident in the far southern region of the country.
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London
England
Tangier
Daily Telegraph
Mogador
Agadir
Morocco
Fire Not Caused by Earthquake in 1906 San Francisco
In San Francisco the U S circuit court of appeals ruled that the April 18 1906 earthquake did not cause the subsequent fire. The decision addresses responsibility and causation linked to the quake and the blaze that followed.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Public statement endorses Doan's Kidney Pills
A. A. Perkins, Hood County treasurer, credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief from a long back and kidney disorder after a severe wan fall long ago. He previously publicized the remedy and now confirms his endorsement. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, New York.
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A. A. Perkins
Granbury
Hood Co
Texas
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
In Praise of the Country
The Columbia State notes hardships in rural life but argues steady effort builds lasting independence. Owning homes and land increases capital, while livestock adds wealth and security for future generations. A country family can enjoy arts and literature as city households do.
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Columbia
To Help Him Save Prohibition Push in Fairhaven
H H Rogers entered Fairhaven politics last month to secure prohibition in the Massachusetts town his birthplace. A Fairhaven man says Rogers opposes drinking, arguing it breeds extravagance and thriftlessness. Rogers greeted a voter on the street, urging support for the right ticket.
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H. H. Rogers
Fairhaven
Massachusetts
Mr. Rogers
Locations of Promotion
Elzena a four year old in kindergarten learns about promotion through school life. She recalls a new vaccination topic explained by the teacher and asks her mother where promotion will appear on her body as she wonders if it will be on her arm or leg.
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Elzena
Kindergaren
Grape-Nuts Cures Chronic Constipation Say Reader Letter
A reader reports lifelong constipation treated by Grape-Nuts, a pre digested food. After many laxatives and cathartics failed, the writer says digestion improved immediately and bowel function normalized within days, claiming permanent cure and praising the food’s power.
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Wellville
Eiver
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