Titanic Relief Funds Aid Nine Families In New York Benefit
A report from the American Red Cross emergency relief committee details distributing about $9,000 raised at a Metropolitan Opera House benefit for Titanic victims. Nine families received $1,000 each, with further support planned, including pensions and trusts to sustain widows, orphans, and disabled dependents. The report notes individual cases: artists, widows, newly married couples, and a merchant’s widow, outlining ongoing needs and proposed long term assistance.
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Frank Persone
Arecta
Tred Cross Emergency Relief Committee
Metropolianera House
New York
Imst App
Europe
Persons
Atlantic Fleet to Practice Torpedo Boat Firing at Night
The Atlantic Fleet will conduct night practice with real torpedo boats as targets. Three old reserve torpedo craft will serve as target vessels with ships maneuvering and firing along prescribed courses. Battleships will shoot 12 inch and 8 inch shells at a range capped at 8 000 yards.
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Sis Wess
Atlantic
Ste
Prac
Geain
Germany's Wine Areas Shrink After Peak in 1906
Germany's vine culture area peaked at 2987 087 acres in 1906 and has since declined to 27 900. The vintage shows large yearly variation with extremes around 13 875 100 in 1910 and 34 010 200 in 1904.
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Germany
Mohammedan University to be Established in Bagdad
A note states a Mohammedan university is to be established at Bagdad. The plan envisions a new seat of higher learning to serve students in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohammedan University
Bagdad
100000 Greeks May Leave United States
The article reports that fully 80,000 Greeks in the United States have responded to a call to return home, with estimates suggesting 100,000 could depart if the war continues. The Patris steamship carried 2,000 Greeks home, and labor shortages are feared in industries where Greeks work.
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Bazare Tlany
Iit
United States
Greece
Patris
Mien
Phere
Fereek
Murid
Yedy
Navy to order shell production abroad under test contracts
The Navy plans to place contracts abroad for 2000 fourteen inch shells and 2500 twelve inch shells worth about 4 million and 1 million dollars respectively. The English firm Harland leads American bidders by small margins, with prices of 395 and 187 dollars per shell. The award decision, including eight hour labor ruling by Attorney General Wicks, has not been made public. The navy previously favored American firms even when foreign offers were cheaper.
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Nyof Harland
Winthrop
Hatfield Company
Washington Steel and
Ord
Lin
Wicks
Navy Department
Ropemaker William Meyers Dies in Baltimore
William H. Meyers aged 76, who for decades crafted the ropes used to hang criminals, died in Baltimore. He made the noose for Charles Guiteau who killed President Garfield, and for other noted executions including Adam Horn in Baltimore and several hangings of the Molly Maguires in Pennsylvania. He avoided attending the executions.
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Baltimore
William H. Meyers
Guiteau
Garfield
Adam Horn
Molly Maguires
Pottsville
Mauch Chunk
Prince Edward Island Oysters Depleted by Mud Harvests
In 1882 Prince Edward Island provided 57,000 barrels of oysters but by 1907 that number fell to 9,672. The decline results mainly from harvesting mud and oyster shells for farm fertilizer, which tears up beds and suffocates oysters with settled mud.
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Prince Edward Island
Physician Explains Leukocytes And White Blood Cells
A physician describes blood components noting red blood cells transport oxygen and food while white blood cells defend tissues. He details counts per cubic millimeter, variability in leukocyte numbers, and how leucocytes fight germs by engulfing and digesting them.
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Commonwealth
Cay
Tunnel to pierce Rockies proposed for transcontinental system
A Colorado legislature item will consider a tunnel through the Rocky Mountains. Newman Erb, head of the Moffat line, advocates a tunnel to Salt Lake City and toward a Pacific coast network. The plan aims to shorten routes used by major railways and expand the D&RGW system’s reach.
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Colorado
Newman Erb
Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railroad
Moffat
Erb
Salt Lake City
Pacific Coast
Denver
D& Ae
Union Pacific
Rio Grande
Fifty Smiths in Harvard Catalogue Highlight Name Popularity
Among about 5500 Harvard students, fifty individuals bear the surname Smith, with the Browns next at twenty four, tied with the Davises. The Jopveses rank seventh in the directory. Other notable names include A B See called the human alphabet and a Siamese prince. The list also mentions Woods Weeks Darling Learned Ringer Spooner Starr and others.
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Harvard
Smith
Davis
Jopveses
Ugge
Acib
A. B. See
Darling
Bachelor
Learned
Ringer
Spooner
Starr
Bean
Slamm
Look
Moon
Nice
Nix
Papas
Pounder
Set
Story
Sun
Saving Money on Isthmus Postal Savings Growth
A Panama Canal Zone report highlights thrift via postal savings. On June 30, 1911 canal and railway staff held 330000 in money orders. by June 30, 1912 deposits reached 550000 with 257000 in postal savings banks. Depositors included 2402 people from 30 nations.
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Postal Savings
Panama Canal Zone
Canal and Railway
Postal Savings Banks
Rag and Bobtail in a cryptic cryptic note
Fragmented excerpt mentions a doe in second year with a fawn and deer terms with scattered phrases. No clear event or reporting context, leaving an unclear item consisting of disjointed fragments and stray words.
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Tegg
Teg
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Pox
Hereyorut 4 Trust
Rey
Metropolitan Opera
Ter Ty
Jost
Wipsine
Annie
Imhidstanches
Tibis
Han
Eng
Wence
NAVY
Roessvelt
Rockies
Peter OF
Servia
Nicholas OF
Montenegro
Czar
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
George
Sultan OF
Turkey
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