Mark Twain Honored in Hannibal Missouri Memorial Bill
Hannibal Missouri and the state announce actions to honor Mark Twain the famed author born in Marion county. Representative Frank Losey has introduced a bill to appropriate 10000 dollars for a commemorative project in his boyhood town.
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Robertus Love
Jesus of Nazareth
Mark Twain
Missouri
Hannibal
Mississippi
Tom Sawyer
Injun Jo Huckleberry
Finn
Tommy Tucker
Frank Losey
Marion County
Hannibal Stays Mark Twain's Lovers' Leap Spotlight
The Hannibal article praises Lovers' Leap as Mark Twain’s lifelong landmark linking his youth to the author’s fame. It recalls Twain’s bear Creek view, his joke about the leap, and Hannibal’s growing pride in his memory. It notes local claims to Twain sites and the city’s hospitality and industry.
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Hannibal
Pater
Mater
Mark Twain
Bear Creek
Mark Twain Park
Rowl
Tom Sawyer
Murdered Warren man Emil Amann teased about odd mission
Emil Amann, about 47, was found shot to death in Warren after leaving the Wallace barn on Liberty street Friday night. Coroner Dr. W. S. Pierce testified three gunshots caused his death and authorities, including Pinkerton and Perkins agents, seek the killer with no arrest yet. Amann’s death hinders Warren water works appraisal and knowledge of the city’s mains. He had worked as Warren Water Company field superintendent and later as water inspector.
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Arrow Engle
Amann
Wallace Barn
Liberty Street
W. S. Pierce
A. R. Offerle
Lulu Amann
H. M. Conaway
Warren
H. G. Myers
Buffalo
N. Y
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Perkins Agency
Pittsburg
The
Water Company
Warren Water Company
T. C. Hazen
Hannibal Considers Mark Twain Memorial Location
Local Hannibal groups discuss a monument to Mark Twain and a state supported memorial. Options include Lovers Leap or Inspiration Point as the monument site with the city park plan and a new Mark Twain park. The Commercial Club buys eighteen acres including Lovers Leap for perpetual public use.
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Hannibal
Mark Twain
Hill Street
Hanniby
Kaiser Spoiled Trade By Four Note Auto Horn
Markneukirchen instrument maker discovers imperial patronage limits business. He created a four note automobile horn and presented it to the Kaiser who banned others from making similar horns. A federal decree allows four note horns for country touring but towns remain restricted to the Kaiser. Saxony’s king ordered a six note horn. Princess August Wilhelm tests a motor horn with a melody.
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Markneukirchen
Saxony
Federal Council of the
August Wilhelm
Funeral rites for novelist David Graham Phillips
The funeral of novelist David Graham Phillips, shot last week by Fitzhugh Goldsborough, was held Friday at St George's Church in New York City. The Episcopal service concluded with the pallbearers guiding the body to Marble Cemetery for placement in a receiving vault awaiting burial site decision by Birs Frevert.
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David G. Phillips
David Graham Phillips
Fitzhugh Goldsborough
St. George’s Such
New York City
Episcopal Church
Birs. Frevert
Brria
Mt. Taal Eruption Fatalities Put At About Four Hundred
A Mania dispatch estimates 400 deaths from Mt. Taal eruptions with hundreds feared buried under mud and lava. Up to noon on Wednesday Manila Observatory logged 709 shocks, 25 of strong intensity. Governor General sends four steamships with food and doctors as relief plans proceed.
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Manila Observatory
Taal
John Forbes
Volcano Island
License Fire Aids Dealers In Albany Law
Assemblyman Ward introduces a bill requiring firearms and explosives dealers to pay a 50 dollar annual license fee. Purchasers of revolvers, except police and militia, must pay 38 dollars. Applicants must obtain magistrate approval and a reputable district resident to carry a weapon. Carbolic acid poisoning kills Mrs Mary Ciriello in Bradford Pennsylvania. coroner notified.
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Albany
Arteney Ward, Jr
Manhattan
Mary Ciriello
Brasford
A. Ciriello
Louis
Nicholas Ciriello
Bradford
Shernan
Miss Mildred Holland Chooses Silence Over Beauty Routine
Poem by John O'Keefe in World New York lampoons beauty culture. It profiles Miss Mildred Holland, who rejects the urge to stay silent yet insists on speaking out against self‑covering therapies. The piece mordantly contrasts cosmetic trials with a vow to remain outspoken.
Fur Prices Rise Sharply Across Market
Rabbit furs have doubled in value in recent years while summer trims have surged about 500 percent, signaling strong demand and rising costs for fur goods.
Marrying Age in England Reported
Thirty eight in every thousand Eng shinem who marry are over fifty years old.
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England
Journalism In The Jungle Wireless Paper Circulates In Madeira Falls Region
Porto Velho Marconigram, a four page weekly, is printed in Porto Velho on the Madeira river and published with wireless news from Para. It serves 6,000 railway workers building a line around the falls for the Hustilian government and relays world news via Manaus and cable.
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Para
Amazon
Brazil
Amazonas
Porto Velho
Madeira River
Afanaos
Manaos
Mundeira-Mamore Railway Company
Madeira
Bolivia
Republic
New York
Manaus
Porto Velho Marconigram
Prizes Chinese Dentistry in the U S Army
An accomplished officer on active duty displays a remarkable dental work done in China. A native dentist anchored a single strip of gold to replace several missing teeth, lacking individual tooth contours yet serving its function. The officer esteems this as a Chinese curiosity.
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United States Army
China
New Yorkers Favor Coffee Cup by Father Knickerbocker Claim
New Yorkers reportedly favor coffee with Father Knickerbocker named as the world’s largest consumer. He would need 35,000,000 pounds to sustain a year.
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Father Knickerbocker
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