Schools in Public Parks in Boston Proposal
Boston's finance commission favors building one public school in a city park, proposing a unique experiment in a high priced area. Washington Park offers 396,125 square feet, with a 12,000 square foot school site, preserving recreation space. The plan aims to attract children while expanding park breathing room and could serve neighborhoods, especially in vacations.
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Boston
Finance Commission
Washington Park
St. Paul
Honest sober husbands scarce in matrimony market
A Brooklyn woman asked the city marriage license bureau for a good honest sober husband. The clerk replied that while a few model men were available, they were all married and supply was too limited for demand. The understocked market may help explain crowded divorce courts.
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Brooklyn
Census shows rising population and falling deaths
The article notes a census indicating a population increase while the death rate declines, arguing that a perpetual pessimist will view the data as doom for over crowding. It suggests misery as a motive for seeing an impending need to remove people to make space for the rest.
New Hobble Skirt Race Inaugurated on Long Island
The question of whether America would produce a new race ends with the hobble skirt race opened on Long Island and won in seven falls.
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America
Long Island
Gotham broker seeks alimony amid wife disputes
A Gotham broker, paying his first wife 240 monthly, faces a second wife demanding an additional 9500 in alimony. The case highlights marital financial contention and divorce settlements in the city.
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Gotham
Trust in Science Faces Surgeons and Sanity Fears
A fragment argues science promises to rise to every emergency while criticizing living in flats as madness. It envisions a French surgeon performing invasive brain surgery to remove foolish fancies, signaling anxiety about state control and medical intervention.
Japanese Scientist Claims to Educate Oysters for Pearls
A Japanese scientist asserts he can train oysters to produce perfect pearls. The claim appears as season opens to diners and the restaurant pearl fish series gains attention.
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Pearl Fish
Football and aviation clash in college wire era notes
Football this year competes with aviation as a college scene notes a yell and airship connection. The piece hints at the gridiron sport gaining some advantages amid evolving transportation and display ideas.
Tokyo cable touts dash for south pole by Japanese
A Tokyo dispatch says Japan plans a bold south polar dash to beat American and British expeditions. It notes crowd support, optimism, and a competitive spirit as the race gears up.
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Tokyo
Gtris Explains Shoplifting Motive in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia shopper named Gtris admitted the act was driven by a desire to be stylish. They said the misdeeds should have been limited to smuggling rather than theft for fashion.
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Gtris
Philadelphia
Man Claims Insanity Proof by Three Marriages in Months
A western man contends he is insane and cites as proof that he married three times in as many months. The remark implies the term insanity is overstated and the claim prompts scrutiny of his behavior and motives.
New York Forms League to Ban French Dishes
A New York group forms a league to banish French items from menus and to censurer words such as pate in a drive to enforce a strict dining code. The movement aims to label calling a chef a cock as a great gain in clarity.
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New York
No Surprise 10 Administration
President Taft plans winter push for progressive Republican measures in a Democratic House. He is expected to thwart House rules disputes and seek passage of key promises from the Republican platform during a likely short session of the Sixty-first Congress. Congress fights over rules loom as the administration presses its agenda.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Garner Bound Over in Danville Murder Case
Mrs Gene Miller sister of Elsie Cochran testified at Garner preliminary hearing that Garner knew her sister and had been a frequent caller and companion on buggy rides. Garner held without bail pending grand jury action after the hearing.
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Danville
Gene Miller
Elsie Cochran
Victoria
Tex
Girrard
Fred C. Garner
Feudist Turner Shot by Bad Jake Nobel in Jackson Ky
Wesley Turner jailer of Breathitt county was shot on the street near the jail by Bad Jake Nobel. Nobel killed four others previously. Officials take steps to preserve order as feud conflicts threaten renewed violence. Nobel had grievance over treatment in jail.
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Jackson
Wesley Turner
Breathitt County
Jake
Nobel
Turner
Louisiana Votes 10 Million for World Exposition Bonds
Louisiana voters approved a preliminary appropriation of 10 million dollars to fund a World Panama exposition in New Orleans. If New Orleans wins the bid over San Francisco, the sum could be increased.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
San Francisco
Breweries Urged to Move to New Orleans
The Progressive Union of New Orleans telegrams Anheuser Busch, Lemp and other St Louis breweries inviting relocation to Crescent City. The group offers sites free of charge in a bid to attract breweries to move from Missouri to Louisiana.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Anheuser- Busch
Lemp
Progressive Union of
New Orleans
Crescent City
Progressive Union
Refuses Recount of Census in Washington DC
Washington DC Director Durand rejects requests to recount census returns in cities and counties deemed unsatisfactory. The decision narrows options for adjusters and keeps the original tallies in place amid ongoing post enumeration review.
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Washington, D. C
Durand
Crippen Hanging Put Off For Thorough Hearing
Convicted wife killer Dr. Hawley Crippen did not face execution as scheduled. The Home Office postponed the death date, prompting hopes a thorough hearing by Home Secretary Winston Churchill may lead to a commutation or pardon. A firm new date of November 23 was given unless action changes.
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London
England
Hawley H. Crippen
Belle Elmore
Philadelphia
Chicago
Crippen
Home Office
Home
Winston Churchill
Home Secretary
Pope and Spain Friends
In Rome the pope received an autograph letter from King Alfonso of Spain noting his personal efforts to avert a rupture with the Vatican. Premier Canalajas has agreed not to apply disputed law until concordat talks are concluded and church congregation questions settled. The king hopes negotiations will resume soon and the Spanish ambassador return to Rome before Christmas.
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Rome
Italy
Alfonso
Spain
Vatican
Canalajas
Holy See
Engineers Plan Strike by Chicago Area Railroad Engineers
Engineers across 61 railroads west, south and north of Chicago will vote on a strike after termination of negotiations with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The talks, ongoing since September 26, centered on wage increases about 7 percent and changes to working conditions.
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Chicago
Minors Central
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Grain Transit Tie Protested by Chicago Board of Trade
The Chicago board of trade filed a protest with the Interstate Commerce Commission over grain transit rules enforced by the Santa Fe and 30 other railroads in Washington D C. It charges the rules are impracticable and discriminate against the Chicago market in favor of competitors.
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Washington, D. C
Santa Fe
Interstate Commerce Commision
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Explosion Kills Twelve Miners Near Seattle
Two explosions within minutes at Lawson mine in Black Diamond southeast of Seattle killed twelve miners. Rescue efforts continued as officials investigated the cause of the blasts and secured the scene for inquiry.
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Seattle
Wash
Lawson
Black Diamond
Taft Proclaims Thanksgiving Day November 24
President Taft issues a proclamation designating November 24 as a day of general thanksgiving throughout the United States, directing nationwide observance.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
United States
Uncle Sam's Fire Sale Sparks Lumber Rush
Washington reports large applications for burnt timber at the forest service office as northern Idaho and western Montana restrict green timber sales to prevent depleting future supplies. Officials announce the largest fire damaged stock sale on record with stumpage about half the alive timber price. Supervisor Weigle estimates 900,000,000 feet of accessible timber on the St. Joe watershed amid scattered fire killed stands.
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Washington D. C
Forest Service
Idaho
Montana
Weigle
St. Joe
Railroad casualty toll in United States for year ended June 30
Inter State Commerce Commission reports 3 804 killed and 82 374 injured on railroads, with 6 861 collisions causing 433 deaths and 7 765 injuries, and 5 910 derailments adding 340 deaths and 4 814 injuries. Property damage reached 4 629 279 dollars, up from the prior year.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
1000 Chauffeurs Go Out in New York Strike
In New York City the executive council of unions allied with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters threatens mandatory work stoppages to force peace with major express firms. About 1,000 taxi drivers and over half of Park & Tilford’s delivery wagon drivers did not report for work as the dispute escalates, led by Samuel Gompers of the AFL.
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New York
N. Y
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Park & Tilford
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Investigations Into Peonage Prompts Immigrant Official Trip
Commissioner General of Immigration Keefe undertakes an extended tour to Hawaii to probe labor troubles and alleged peonage. He departs Washington for Pittsburgh, travels to Seattle, San Francisco, and will sail November 20 to Honolulu.
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Washington
D. C
Hawaii
Keefe
Islands
Pittsburg
Seattle
San Francisco
Honolulu
Believes He Killed Bride Ends His Life
Memphis Tennessee David F Reed an express messenger shot at his wife here believing she had died when she stumbled over a chair. He then shot himself in the head and died several hours later. The woman was uninjured.
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Bride
Memphis
Tenn
David F. Reed
Robbers Steal Two Post Office Safes in Ill Towns
A gang blew open safes at Newburn Dow and Bradfordton post offices in Jersey County Illinois. They loaded a 500 pound safe onto a hand car, rolled it four miles, and used nitroglycerin to open it. Stamps and cash worth about 150 dollars were taken. safes wrecked.
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St. Louis
Newburn
Dow
Bradfordton
Ill
Jersey County
Five Die In Yolande Coal Mine Blast
Five bodies were recovered at the Yolande Coal Company colliery in Yolande Alabama after an explosion that initially left about 100 miners entombed. Experts participating in rescue work believe only the five bodies found perished. Yolande lies in Tuscaloosa County on a Louisville and Nashville rail line in the mining region. Initial reports cited a fire breaking out in the shaft after the explosion.
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Montgomery
Ala
Yolande Coal Company
Yolande
Tuscaloosa County
Louisville & Nashville
Youth Saved From Mob At Warsaw Missouri
Nine teen Henry Miller of the Grand river hills was rescued by Deputy Sheriffs Walthall and Burton as a mob prepared to hang him with a hitch rein. Miller had earlier abducted eight year old Elsie Tye and driven off her brothers with a gun before the crowd forced entry to free the girl.
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Warsaw
Henry Miller
Grand River Hills
Walthall and
Burton
Miller
Elsie Tye
Widow Martha Peak Dies From Shock of Husband's Death
Kansas City report: Mrs Martha Peak widow of John L Peak the former US ambassador to Switzerland died at her home failing to recover from the shock of his death. He passed away on September 24.
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Kansas City
Martha Peak
John L. Peak
United States
Switzerland
Munyon's Cold Cure Promises Quick Relief
Munyon's Cold Cure offers fast cold relief for 25 cents with a refund if unsatisfied. It claims to prevent pneumonia, stop nasal discharge, sneezing, and fever while toning the body and provides free medical advice by mail from Munyon's Doctors in Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Manyon
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
On Authority of Teacher and the Six Children
A quick witted boy requests food at a ravaged farmhouse. The hostess offers time to wait if he has children with him, revealing six children in the party. The boy defends them, declaring they are six times children of family, church, country, and grace as the teacher said.
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Church
Grace
Ice Pitcher Fails In Cold Prairie Game
In a cold raw day on the prairie the Neversweats and Fearnoughts play ball. The Neversweats pitcher struggles to throw strikes as his fingers freeze. The captain jokes about the cold weather pitcher and the slab artist defends his attempt, blowing on his numb hands.
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Neversweats
Fearnoughts
A Condition Not a Theory
A sociologist discusses the labor problem with a practical middle west reader. When asked if many men are out of work the lady admits several, and when asked what the unemployed do she replies nothing. This exchange highlights the core issue of inactivity among jobless workers.
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Middle West
Grape-Nuts Help Woman Rebuild Nervous System
A Wisconsin mother describes recovery from near nervous collapse by stopping tonics and switching to Grape-Nuts with cream and milk. She reports sleep return, 20 pound weight gain, and her child’s health improvement, attributing it to diet and fresh air rather than medicine.
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Wisconsin
Wellville
Eiver
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