The Colombian Dispute and United States Honor
James T. Du Bois argues against U S apologies or payments to Colombia over Panama. The piece contends no proof of U S collusion exists, cites John Hay and others to defend U S honor, and asserts arbitration would not bind U S. The United States is portrayed as guardian of national honor, not Colombia.
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James T. du Bolas
Colombia
Taft
Panama
du Bois
Department of State
BosOla
Mr. du Bois
United States
John Hay
P. C. Knox
American Banks Push Foreign Branches to Boost Trade
The National City Bank of New York leads a wave of American banks planning foreign branches in South America. Under previous law national banks could not, leaving U S manufacturers at a disadvantage to French, Dag, Ash, and German rivals. Banks now anticipate a currency-law driven boom in foreign trade, with longer credit terms typical in South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National City Bank of New York
Ita
South America
United
Peace Talks By Mexican Factions Shape US Dilemma
The piece analyzes Huerta seeking peace parleys with rebels, pressuring Carranza and Villa to resolve their quarrel before any binding deal. It notes Villa and Carranza may clash, predicting heavy fighting if united, and warns US action is needed to halt Villa’s advance on Mexico City while questioning the rebel leadership’s reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huerta
Carranza
Villa
United States
Carrranza
Mexico
Hujerta
Mysterious murders and crime lore mix in a debate
A sprawling essay on crime fiction versus real cases surveys famous mysteries from Charley Ross to the Whitechapel murders, notes public figures and events like the Freeport killing, Villa and Carranza, Huerta, and the Mexican political scene. It muses on motive, detection limits, and the allure of truth over fiction.
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Lecog
Lupin
Sherlock Holmes
Freeport
Long Island
Charley Ross
Dorothy “Arnold
Kate Bender
Holmes
Whitechapel
Democratic decision on session vows shapes antitrust debate
Republican lawmakers gripe at Senate Democrats pledging to stay in session until antitrust measures pass. The piece argues Democrats will press Congress to remain regardless of business sentiment, with Republicans warned to face electoral backlash in November. It predicts tariff and currency issues will linger into 1916 amid economic tensions.
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Congress
Senate
Democratic Party
Rhode Island
New England
George W. Greene
Woonnocket
Willard
Gov. Pothier
Gov. Pothler
Lords and peers in Ireland and Bismarck memory honored
A historical article details Irish peerage lines from Archdeacon Vesey to Lord de Vesci and the political entanglements of the de Vesci estate amid Ireland’s agrarian decline. It then shifts to Emperor William’s homage to Bismarck and the Hamburg-America liner christening, noting the young Bismarck heirs and their schooling, estates, and future titles.
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Lora
House of Lords and Tribunal
Ireland
Gordon Selfridge
Thomas Vesey
Armagh
Hipton
Tuam
Ossory
Baron Knapton
Lord de Vesci
Lord de Vesel
Magna Charis
Money
de Vesci
de Venet
Chicago
Wiamarck
William
Irwin
Bismarck
Hamburg-American Line
Hannah von Bismarck
Herbert Bismarck
Goedela
Kiel
Francia Perdinand
Austria
Marguerite Hoyos
Alicé Whitehead
George Moyes
Great Whitehead
Fume
Adriatic
Othe
Bavaria
Gottfried
Albert
Rheinfeld
Pomerania
Bockhart
Holstein
Friedrichsruhe
Lauenburg
Schoen-hausen
Magdeburg
Varzin
Pomeratile
Eld
Nicholas Biomarck
William Biomarck
Prince
DR Sontenoy
Brentwood Company
Adamport City Council Seeks 100000 for Pandma Detention
Fragmentary notes show a draft motion to appropriate 100000 for detention in the Pandma case. A committee and a resolution are mentioned with a start date of November, and an adjournment time of 5 50 p m to noon today.
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Adamport
Pandma
Roultion
West Goshen Methodist Church Sold For $20
The West Goshen church building was sold at auction to W. H. Wadhema for $2, including pews and fittings. The parsonage went to E. B. Wright for $340, organ to P. Ray Wathams for 50 cents, melodeon to Goshen school committee for 50, and bells to Mrs. Harrison Ives for 1. The barn sold to Wadhema for 9. The sale proceeds go to the New York East Conference. The church had one member plus three trustees.
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Goshen School Committee
Harrison Ives
W. H. Wadhema
New York East Conference
Amazons Pummel Visitor At Jersey City Apartment
Mrs. Julia Wyze gki and her daughter Annie confronted an intruder at 43 Van Winkle Avenue. The stocky man struggled before surrendering to the two women who then called the police. A gold watch and a bracelet were found on the suspect, identified as Zignatz Ziegnelski, recently arrived from Poland. He claimed unemployment drove the theft.
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The
New York Tribune
Juliaa Wyzegki
Annie
van Winkle Avenue
Jersey City
Zignatz Ziegnelski
Poland
Monkey Pellagra Suspected As Sand Fly Study Begins
Toneke dispatch reports a monkey at the State University showing pellagra symptoms. State entomologist Prof Hunter and Dr Crumbine plan tests on multiple monkeys after confirming sand fly transmission. They aim to study July brood of sandflies and will test eight or ten monkeys to seek definite answers.
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Toneke
Xans
New York
Tritone
State University
J. Hunter
8. J. Crumbine
Board of Health
Dr. Hunter
Widow found in cellar left to die in vacant Vermont street?
Mrs. Cristiana Mason widow of a pastor, 1-year-old, was found half naked and weak in a cellar of a vacant tenement at 15 West Jackson Street, after neighbors heard moans. Two sons, Paul and Henry Mason, were taken by police to explain how she ended there.
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Wilkes-Barre
Philadelphia
Cristiana Mason
West Jackson Street
Paul
Henry Mason
Telegrapher Delivers Maiden Rescue After Snake Encounter
In Beaver Valley near Bloomsburg Pennsylvania Laura Confer screams as a five foot snake slides onto her instep. R E Hosler a telegraph operator rushes out and kills the serpent saving her from harm.
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Maiden
Bloomsburg
Philadelphia
Laura Confer
Barwick
Beaver Valley
R. E. Hosler
Notable Rat Catchers of Paris and New York in 19th Century
In the 1800s, famed rat catchers Henry Dayye of Paris Dick Jennings and William A. Heltler earned renown as master pest controllers. They used bare hands and tongs to trap rats, inspect them, and place them in cages, sometimes catching hundreds in a night. Their work fed hospitals with rats for vivisection and clinical study.
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Henry Dayye
Paris
Harry Jahnings
New York
William A. Heltler
Bubito
Heltier
Dayve
Jennings
Old Willard Hotel
Washington
Dog Mourns for Horse at Bellevue Hospital Stall
A bull terrier named Aline mourns the death of her best friend Baby, a 28 year old horse that pulled an ambulance. Baby died after a morning walk to the morgue and collapse near the new motor ambulances. Supt. Armstrong comforted the animal as workers covered the body and removed it, illustrating a poignant bond in the hospital stables.
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Chum
New York
Alles
Mel
Bellevue Hospital
Baby
Aline
Armstrong
Alice
Standardizing the Babies in a Glimpse of Atlan ticle Color
James J. Montagua in the New York American reflects on efforts to standardize infants for a so called perfect race. Mothers defend underweight and weak babies as equally deserving, while science faces the challenge of science versus maternal affection.
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James J. Montagua
New York American
Flee by aid of broom escape from Ellis Island
Two immigrants, Michael Hazen a 24 year old Hungarian and Tomasz Perivak a 23 year oldRussian Pole, escaped Ellis Island to the New Jersey shore after preparing a bridge between islands 2 and 3. They fled in a dory with an old broom, were infected with trachoma, and remain at large.
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Ellis Island
Dory
New York Tribune
New Jersey
Michael Hazen
Imperator
Tomasz Perivak
Island 2
Island 3
Bassonne i
New Jersey Fire Chief Limited to City Street Speeds
The Montclair case pins Chief Frederick G. Williams and his chauffeur Joe Gallagher to reduced speeds on designated streets, with a higher 12 mile per hour limit elsewhere. Violations risk arrest. The reprimand followed prior citizen complaints and a recent incident where the red car damaged Mayor Hinck’s frock coat as he seeks Congress.
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Mootelsir
N. J
Diepaten
New York
Frederick G. Willams
Joe” Gallagher
Wiliams
Montclair
J Emmett C. Hinck
Hinck
Congress
A Fair Sporting Proposition in International Boat Race
A dialogue from LavlartWe journeyman discusses organizing an international boat race with fairness rules. An Englishman and American consider racing in England or the United States to control familiarity with water or course.
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England
Col. Roosevelt
Lizard Point Sightings and Naval Echoes From Historic Voyages
A fragmentary historical narrative recalls Cyclone-like insight from a Lizard Point observer, listing Phoenician and Roman alleys, Hawkins Drake Frobisher Raleigh ships, the Maytower, and the doomed armada voyage ending in ice. It notes Lloyds signal stations, Marconi, and powerful lighthouse trumpets guiding ships, with fog horns and a submarine beacon aiding transit along the channel.
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Willian “ Hideling
tulz-Scribnar
Lizard Point
Cornwall
England
Hawkins
Drake
Frobiaher
Raleigh
Southampton
Dartmouth
Plymouth
Lloyd
Atlantic Transport
White Star
Red Star
Cunard
Lizard
Passenger on Transatlantic Liner Ready for Any Emergency
From Popular Magazine two friends sail a great liner toward Cherbourg. One man is miserly and tricks the other into leaving the stateroom. On return the niggardly man lies in the berth dressed as a Christmas tree. He cites the Titanic rule women and children first.
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Magasine
Cherbourg
Thifternight
Bob
Polar bear injures zoo keeper in heat wave incident
At Forest Park the St Louis Zoo keeper Henry P. Wimmerman, age unknown, was attacked by a polar bear after climbing the outdoor cage to feed it. The bear seized his right leg, causing severe injuries including a mangled foot and cuts. He is recovering at home.
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Sts.Louis Zoo
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Zimmerman
Sun and Tide Table Today Sun Rises and Sets
Sun rises and sets times for today shown in terse table form. The notice provides standard daily solar timings for navigation or daily planning.
Weather and river bulletin from Washington post July 2 1949
Weather report from U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau Washington notes a passing disturbance from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic coast bringing showers in the Northeast and lower Mississippi Valley. It predicts generally fair conditions Friday and Saturday with rising temperatures and specific hourly readings for midnight to 4 pm. River bulletin cites Potomac and Shenandoah rivers at Harpers Ferry and a note on Jude Johnson claiming to be a retired farmer referenced from the Atchison Globe.
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U. B
Middle Atlantic
Ohio
Mississippi
South Atlante
Gulf States
Rocky Mountain
Great
North Atlantic States
Interviews and opinions shape 1916 Republican hints
Washington notes recall 1908 prophecies by Dennis Flynn of Oklahoma who named Sim Sher tan for vice president. The piece tracks Rhode Island and New York sentiments on tariff, democracy, and possible nominees like Young Jim Wadsworth, with mentions of Roosevelt, Taft, and Root.
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Col. Roosevelt
Taft
Dennis Flynn
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Washington
Sim’ Sher- Tan
Utica
Mr. Flynn
Flynn
Jit’ Mann
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