Seasonal perils and developments in boating and shipping
The opening season brings several boating fatalities and cautions on boat overloading. Pacific coast yachtsmen plan a Gold Gate to Hawaiian race, while San Francisco clears temporary structures post quake. Liverpool to spend 16 million on docks to boost American trade. North Point light to be reestablished. Federal rifle and artillery range backed near Sparta, linking with Camp Douglas encampments.
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Pacific Coast
Golden Gate
Hawaiian Islands
Bermudas
Sandy Hook
Liverpool
Sparta
Camp Douglas
National Guard
Balloon owner challenges for Lahm cup in next race
The owner of the largest U S balloon has challenged for possession of the Lahm cup and the big sphere will compete in the upcoming race for the trophy. The rising number of balloonists signals lively upper atmosphere times for years as the aeronautics craze continues.
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United States
Ann Arbor riot fallout shows students pay price for damages
Ann Arbor students who paid 1200 dollars to repair damage from a theater riot learn that city and state laws apply to youths. Officials say the lesson was overdue and commend authorities for a lenient outcome for the offenders and their families.
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Ann Arbor
United States Steel to Acquire 1000 Acres Near Baraboo
United States Steel Corporation buys about one thousand acres of land near Baraboo as part of securing future iron ore deposits. The move challenges Southern iron leaders who warn of dwindling North American ore, while prospectors push to locate new deposits in the region.
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United States Steel Corporation
Baraboo
Start of Sault canal widening costs a million
The initial phase of widening the Sault canal, budgeted at a million dollars, may prompt questions about when the waterway will be fully ready to handle lake commerce. It stands as the world’s most prominent waterway due to its enormous annual tonnage, making efficiency essential for the vast traffic.
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Washington
Bob Evans
Cow Club
Osborn Nominated for Governor by Soo Times
The Soo Times of Sault Ste. Marie Michigan backs Chase 8 Osborn for governor stating he would meet 99 percent of voters approval in Sault Ste. Marie and Chippewa counties. The piece notes his long standing Republicans support in Upper Michigan state and national campaigns.
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The
Soo Times
Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan
Chase
Osborn
Chippewa
Upper Michigan
American crew stays home from Henley eight
America will not be represented in the eight oar rowing contest at the Olympic games regatta at Henley on Thames in July due to insufficient funds to cover expenses. Difficulty in assembling a truly representative crew and the coaching and maintenance costs are cited as prohibitive in these slow times. A year ago prospects looked favorable but conditions have worsened.
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America
Henley-on-Thames
La Porte Murder Farm Fame Darkens Mid Century Lore
Reports from La Porte Indiana detail a chilling saga around Mrs Belle Gunness alleged to have lured wealthy men to a farm murder mill. Prosecution links bodies found on premises to a Chicago based murder network with possible ties to a broader era of notorious killers.
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la Porte
Ind
Belle Gunness
Indiana
Expressmen
Chicago
Mystery and crime linger in Kansas history at Montgomery County
The narrative recalls a cheerful neighborly image overshadowed by a long record of crime. It references the notorious Bender family in Montgomery County Kansas about forty years ago and the Henry Holmes swindle case, highlighting infamous figures and deeds tied to early American crime lore.
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Rious
Bender
Montgomery County
Kan
Kenry H. Holmes
Coffee as Wedding Gift From Brazil’s Coffee Belt
The New York Press reports a Brazilian custom where a newborn receives a sack of premium green coffee to be opened at marriage. The sealed gift bears details of variety and age, with the sack kept for at least a year. Older grain supposedly improves flavor, and prices rise for aged coffee.
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Senor Joaquim Nabucco
United States
New York Press
Pittsburg Post Quote Sparks Diplomatic Debate
A Pittsburg Post passage quotes a witty exchange about keeping a girl, stating financial capability is present while diplomatic assurances are lacking, reflecting social commentary of the era.
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Pittsburg
Woman buys beyond means condones fault by sacrificing intended purchase
The remark notes that overspending by a woman leads her to forgo an item she did not plan to buy, just to balance the budget. It frames the act as a moral concession rather than a financial error.
La Follette on Regulating Wisconsin Railroads
Lincoln Steffens reporting from Everybody's quotes Senator La Follette describing railroad regulation as fair to the public and beneficial to stockholders, while warning railroads may lose if regulation fails and expressing openness to government ownership if needed. He asserts democracy can govern railroads through law and common good.
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Wisconsin
Senator la Follette
Lincoln Steffens
The Cow Club Debate in Gungawamp Stokes Grocery
A humorous poem recounts The Cow Club meeting nightly in Stokes' store to settle matters from railroads to Marconi and air flight. The club debates until returning to Gungawamp to resume the endless drive to determine whose cow yields the largest milk haul. Joe Cone in New York Sun.
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Stokes
Cow Club
Sow
Joe Cone
New York Sun
Casual Acquaintances at the Jeweler Window
A woman named Nance chats with a stranger beside a jeweler window about rings while her sailor husband Joe, home from two years at sea, joins them. She recounts Joe’s generosity and a previous voyage gift from a dying Spanish Don a claw diamond ring. Joe plans a brooch setting and rings up to £10 for Nance.
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Joe
Antwerp
Manchester
Nance
Don
Preston
Vegetarian Brains and Bodies Raise Belief in Veg Diet
Two Belgian doctors report on forty three Brussels vegetarians and twenty five meat eaters from the University of Brussels. Vegetarians show greater endurance by 535 percent in work and two to three times longer fatigue resistance on the Mosso ergograph. Recuperation from fatigue is quicker among vegetarians, a finding echoed in a Yale experiment.
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Brussels
University of Brussels
Yale
The Ring That Fooled A Confidence Trickster
A country girl narrates an incident where Nance and Joe plan to pawn a ring to fund a night out. The narrator realizes Nance is a clever trickster, Joe a fraud, and the Don a fabrication, leaving the ring worthless and the narrator wary of deceit.
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Joe
Nance
Iis
Ring
Katherine Hall
The
Manchester Chronicle
Australian game birds and hunting in back country
The writer describes native Australian game including the mallee hen or native pheasant and the native bustard or wild turkey. Ducks, teal, bronze winged pigeons, and quail offer sport at water holes and in wheat fields. Bustards are prized but scarce in Victoria, plentiful on New South Wales back blocks, and capable of long flight across arid plains.
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Murray
Murrumbridgee
New South Wales
Victoria
Darling
Western Australia
West Australia
Catarrh Twenty-Five Years cured by Peruna
Miss Sophia Kittleson of Evanston Illinois writes that after twenty five years of catarrh and a failing health she tried Peruna and was cured. The chronic catarrh vanished and her health improved she endorses Peruna to others. Peruna tablets offered as an alternative form and Manalin the Ideal Laxative are manufactured in Columbus Ohio.
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Sophia Kittleson
Evanston
Illinois
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Petroleum Resources Shift toward West and Electric Light Rise
The article notes a Century of change in oil production with the West now supplying significant output and illuminating resources expanding beyond kerosene. It highlights the growth of electricity as a rival to lamps and the vast potential of water power for dynamos, urging balanced use of resources.
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America
United States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Texas
California
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Oklahoma
West
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Canned Drama Warns Against Factory Produced Plays
A New York World critique notes that advances in cinematography and phonography enable full stage dramas to be produced on screen. The dramatist and actor lose creative control as factories repackage works for mass sale, relegating art to commodity.
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New York World
Dr Talks of Food Grape-Nuts Endorsed by Health Board Leader
A president of the Board of Health cites personal recovery from malnutrition and heart palpitations after using Grape-Nuts with milk. He praises the food as a perfect dietary staple and urges readers to explore its benefits and the book The Road to Wellville.
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Board of Health
Wellville
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Carmen
Talpincingo
Mexican Republic
King
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Gunness “Death Farm
LA Porte, Ind
Hammond
Chesterton
Hrene
Laporte
Sible
Philadelphia
Benders
Gunness
Kate Bender
Hfelgelein
Dash
William Meyerno
Edwin Jones
Miss Wrinkle
Edwin
Mr. Jones
TA Dave
the Cow Club
Marconi
Gungawamp
Miss. Sophia Kittlesen
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Pear Street
New York
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National Com’l. & Investment Co
Minneapolis, Minn
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Two Rivers, Wis
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