Controversy Rises Over John Paul Jones Death Relic
Philadelphia historian Charles Henry Hart renews challenge to General Porter’s 1905 Paris burial find as John Paul Jones. The dispute centers on Houdon bust measurements tied to the Jones body, with Porter's testimony and French expert reports supporting identification amid a series of related art history notes.
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Harles Henry Hart
Philadelphia
Paris
Horace Vorter
France
Sigshee
Naval Academy
Annapolis
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John Panl Jones
Jean Antoine Houdon
Voltaire
Washington
Jones
Meudon
Porter
Houdon
Paul Jones
Marquis de Biron
Trocadtro Museum
James Madison
Thiladelphia
Paul
National Academy of Design
New York
Mnade
Houdonw
Order of the Freemason Lodge of the Nine Sisters
Ioudon
Franklin
Louvre
United States
Virginia
Capitol
Richmond
Mount Vernon
Ships Planned for Panama Canal Startup Line
Six large fast steamers will be ready to inaugurate a Valparaiso to New York passenger service when the Panama canal opens. The Pan-American union reports the South American Steamship company will start construction now so the line can begin with canal opening. American shipbuilders may bid for vessel construction.
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Valparaiso
Chile
New York
Panama Canal
Pan-American Union
United States
Western Hemisphere
South American Steamship Company
Electric chair plan targets stray animals at Newport Refuge
A proposed electric chair installation at Newport National Refuge aims to end the lives of stray cats and dogs. The device mirrors execution-style chairs used for murderers and reflects harsh measures in animal control policy.
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Newport
Great grandmother at 47 heads family with early marriages
Hazel Conklin of Denver becomes a great grandmother at forty seven as her granddaughter Lydian Rauch bears the fourth generation. Conklin married at fourteen in Memphis and her mother wed young as well. Her daughter Mildred Ferguson married at sixteen and is a grandmother at thirty four. Lydia Rauch married at fifteen.
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Conklin
Hazel Conklin
Denver
Lydian Rauch
Mildred F. Ferguson
Lydia Rauch
Barrett Plans Eight Month Tour of Latin America
John Barrett director of the Pan American Union will tour the twenty Latin American republics. He leaves Washington around May 1 and will visit all member republics during an eight month trip.
Strike clashes mark Mill workers in Lawrence mass
Friday reports say mill strikers in Lawrence Massachusetts attacked militia with snowballs and faced ash hot clubs. United States Steel plans to open its North Works plant at Sharon. House committee to probe abuses in prisons at Atlanta and Fort Leavenworth. Cuban veterans vow to resist American intervention. A hawk nesting in Washington’s post office tower is blamed for halting work by dropping pigeons and provisions.
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Lawrence
Mass
United States Steel Corporation
North Works
Sharon
Atlanta
Fort Leavenworth
House
Post Office Department
Washington
British storms claim 100 lives off the coast
Rescue efforts continue after storms off the British coast report over 100 deaths and numerous wrecks. Police and divers search affected ship remains and waterlogged coastal areas as weather hampers recovery.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Will of Henry La Bouchere Reveals 4 Million Estate
The will of Henry La bouchere outlines disposition of a fortune estimated at 4 million dollars. Lt. Boerner of the French army died from burns after his plane overturned at Senlis. A plot to kill an American official in Teheran aimed to embroil the U S in a Persia incident was uncovered. Washington dispatch notes expectations Col Roosevelt will repudiate George W Perkins’ efforts to block his candidacy.
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Henry Labouchere
Boerner
Senlis
House Committee On Agriculture
Teheran
United States
Persia
Washington
Col. Roosevelt
George W. Perkins
Political clash and war updates from early 20th century Albany and abroad
Wednesday Assemblyman Dana in Albany introduces a bill echoing the short harlot principle. John Kirby of the National Manufacturers Association attacks colleges. Three hundred men from the Fifteenth U.S. Infantry arrive at Tien Tsin. Unexpected Socialist gains bring the German Reichstag to 99 seats. Larry Webster receives a life sentence for wife murder in Oregon. Rutherford Page, newly licensed aviator, dies when crushed by his airship during a Los Angeles meet flight.
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Dana
Albany
John Kirby
National Manufacturers’ Association
Fifteenth
United States Infantry
Tien Tsin
Larry Webster
Oregon
Rutherford Page
New York
Los Angeles
Resignations and International Tensions Reported
Thursday reported Adjutant General Verbeck withdrew his resignation after Governor Dix requested it. The Ontario supreme court awarded the Machinles estate to his wife’s sister. The Hague opium conference final protocol was signed by twelve powers. Judge Angell in Detroit declined to suppress indictments against the bathtub trust. France warned it would withdraw its ambassador from Rome if Manouba arrestees were not turned over to French authorities.
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Verbeck
Dix
New York
Orie Avpreme
Machinles
Hague
Angell
United States District Court
Detroit
France
Rome
Campaign hoax speech turns town against rivals
In Ruraldene a staged campaign speech by Uncle Peter, read by John Henry, mocks candidates Peter Grant and Bill Gray. The plan collapses as voters chase the real threat amid beer taps and carnival chaos, exposing family politics and campaign bravado.
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Peter Grant
William Gray
Peter
Bunch Jefferson
Bill Gray
Jefferson
Demosthenes
Socrates
Uncle Peter
Papa
Scott
John
Mothers defend Doctor Eliot remark in New York club
The City Mothers' club at a Ho sa New York meeting criticized Doctor Eliot of Harvard for claiming women should bear children eight times between ages twenty seven and forty. Members debated replying, but the leading mother said they would answer only when Eliot becomes a mother.
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City Mothers’ Club
Ho Sa
New York
Emerel Astor
Itus Eliot
Harvard
Doctor Eliot
Mothers’ Club
Poetic Exchange in Furs Sparks Witty Punch Line
In a playful scene, Lady-Ah remarks on a wife in exquisite furs and mocks Charles with a poetic line. Crusty Foxhunter interjects to reveal a humorous boasting about a purse or bet totaling one hundred fifty seven pounds and ten pence, with no second horse.
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Sir Charles
Arctic explorer's trip leaves writer's cramp behind
A dialogue notes the explorer's physical impact from his arctic voyage. The interviewer asks if he suffered any ailment, and the reply is affirmative writer's cramp, a consequence attributed to extensive writing during his journeys.
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Arctic
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