Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Shocks Europe
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife in 1914 sparks fears across Europe. The event unsettles Austria Hungary as Emperor Franz Joseph nears end and Balkans tensions threaten further upheaval amid shifting power and loyalties.
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Iington
Paul Ulo Konawifta
New York
Mallets
Chic
Enanire Street
Boston
POST
Washington Post
Ferdinand
Archduke Ferdinand of
Austria
Europe
Hye
Austria-Hungary
Franz Joseph
Balkans
Italy
Balkan
Sekvla
Greece
Turkey
Austria- Hungary
London's militant suffragettes blamed for a young girl's ruin
A coroner's court hears a mother describe Laura Grey's fall from virtue after praise for breaking windows and hunger strikes. The tale covers her departure from home, association with nightclubs, money taken from men, drink, drugs, pregnancy, and self-inflicted death, critiquing militant leaders for promoting lawlessness and its impact on impressionable youth.
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London
Laura Grey
Miss Grey
Ahs
England
United States
Secrecy in Senate Treaties Sparks Public Debate in England and U S
A column argues secrecy harms public trust as Senate debates Colombia and Nicaragua treaties. It notes demands to disclose hearings, questions the need to hide details of payments totaling 26 million to Colombia and 2 million to Nicaragua, and urges open discussion to avoid undermining support for the pacts. The piece blends critique of secrecy with call for transparency and accountability.
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Senate
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Colombia
Nicaragua
United States
Crop Prospects Point to Record Returns This Year
Prospects for a bumper crop look strong with Department of Agriculture statistics forecast showing yields about 9.5 percent above last year's final output and roughly 2.2 percent above the ten year average. Winter wheat leads in promise while cotton lags. farmers face lower prices and ongoing tariff effects despite high consumer costs.
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Department of Agriculture
Democratic Party
The Bitter Truth On Growing Pains Doctors
A surgeon dismisses the popular notion of growing pains as a mere superstition. He criticizes readers for clinging to old beliefs and urges mothers to abandon the idea that children’s pains signal a special ailment.
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Jimmy
Growing pains tie in child memory to politics and power
The piece compares a child’s growing pains to grown up struggles in politics and diplomacy. It argues that nations, Congress, and political parties also suffer “growing pains,” with senators, representatives, and the bull moose party enduring metaphorical pains as doctors issue cautious bulletins and urging patience.
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Adam
Pallas Athene
Bull Moose
The Good Roads Movement Debate and Public Roads
The piece criticizes the failed $26 million federal road fund and argues Congress should not assume national control of roads. It praises local and private efforts led by groups like the American Highway Association to improve roads through better financing and uniform state laws, urging gradual, individual-driven progress over federal appropriation.
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Congress
The
American Highway Association
Washington
Atlanta
American Road Congress
King George Birthday Peerage Sparks British Nobility Parade
Maj. Gen. John Brocklehurst and other figures are created peers on King George's birthday. The piece notes Brocklehurst's Boer War command, ties to Queen Victoria's household, and roles as equerry and lord lieutenant. It details Sir Philip Brocklehurst's Antarctic exploits, his brother Courtney, and Sir Herbert Cozens-Hardy's harsh judgments and Norfolk seat. Also covered is Sir Edger Vincent's ascent, Esher Place, and Vincent's Greek scholarship and public service. The column concludes with Marquise de Pontenoy referenced in a Brentwood notice.
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John Hrocklehurst
George
Great Britain and Ireland
Westmirster
Mny Edward
Brocklehurst
Solonel
Royal Horse Guards
Ladysmith
Queen Victora
Edward VII
Queen Alexandra
Bullandahire
Egypt
Sir Prup Brooklehurst
Ernest Shackleton
Antarctic
Sir Philip
Mount Erebus
Bhackleton
Gladys Murray
Whitten Park
Hounslow
Gosling Murray
Swythamley Park
Staffordshire
Macclesfield
Brocklehursts
Cheshire
Herbert Cozens- Hardy
House of Lords
Rolls
Ighest
Heir
Norfolkshire
Letheringsett Hall
Norfolk
Sir Harbert
Sllvester Horne
Ipswich
United States
United States. Before Sir Herberts
Edger Vincent
Cork
Sandown
Esher Place
Cardinal Wolsey
Helen Vincent
Helen
Earl
Faversham
Airica Baring
Tate
Leinster
Vincent
Ia Fe
Pargton
Eton
Coldstream Guards
Greece
London
Wall
Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice
Roumania
Thessaly
River Hero Jack Ring Says He Saved 300 From Flood
An old river rescuer known as Jack Ring claims to have saved about 300 people from drowning in the Missouri River region. He describes a mental map of the river, precise calculations of where bodies wash up, and his lifelong expertise in swift currents and sandbars gained after patrolling the river front for decades.
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Jack Ring
Ring
Philippine Islands
Missouri River
Bollinga
DOG KIDNAPS KITTENS BY FOX TERRIER AT LA HOME
Los Angeles Times reports Muffy the tabby cat fled after being sprayed with flea powder by a neighbor and hid her two kittens. The terrier, living nearby with no offspring, stole the kittens but the mother’s frantic efforts led to the family being restored yesterday at 38 South Wilton Place owned by Carl TM Meyran.
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Los Angeles Times
Muffy
Carl
P Meyran
South
Wilton Place
Wheat Crop Proves Highly Profitable On King Farm
A King Realty Company owner on the King Cow Farm southwest of Grandview reported thirty acres of whe at unplowed and ungrown despite a potential two bushels per acre yield. Last year’s crop yielded 87 bushels per acre. The stand was left to stand and be harvest ed with no labor or seed cost incurred. The harvest was delayed and the ripe wheat shattered and lay on the ground. The crop was pastured down in the fall. The experiment produced unusual results with minimal effort.
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Missoun
Kaunas
King Cow
Grandview
A J King
King Realty Company
King A Practical Joker Delights In Royal Pranks
The New York Sun reports King Alfonso of Spain enjoys practical jokes on his courtiers and guests. During a visit by Lord and Lady Wimborne and the English polo team at Madrid, he led them to an arched garden and triggered a concealed shower bath soaking them as they laughed or grimaced, the king amused by the moment.
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New York Sun
Alfonso
Spain
Wimborne
Royal Palace
Madrid
Flies Captured In Citywide Traps In St Louis
St Louis health department reports 57 gallons of flies trapped this month in two city locations. Acting Health Commissioner Jordan says the tally illustrates how easily disease could spread if every resident used a fly trap in his trash can. The captured flies include green specimens linked to infantile paralysis, tuberculosis and typhoid germs.
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St. Louis
Jordan
Worthy to Wear a Crown in Birmingham tale
A humorous Birmingham Age-Herald piece portrays St Peter judging a crown applicant who jokes about using a telephone for business for a decade without complaint. An exchange sketch follows with a mislabeled parcel, a fish marked fish company, and a demand to return it to the dealer for trout.
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Birmingham
Harald
St. Peter
St Peter
Bridget
Thought on Life Reflects on Tadlen and Hades Happiness
A fragmentary reflection remarks that the world is full of Tadlen and suggests people should be as happy as possible, juxtaposing light mood with grim imagery of hades in a brief, pondering line.
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Hades
Tramp and Loyal Dog Stand Between Landlord and Exit
A tramp resting on a log by Alum Creek faced a landlord who ordered him away. The tramp ignored the demand. the landlord readied a stick but withdrew as a large dog protected the man. The dog positioned itself between owner and tramp, watching passersby until the landlord left.
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Columbus Dispatch
Qnimal
Landiore
Eugenic Rules for Cupid Charted by Chicago Expert
A Chicago Tribune summary reports W L Tower of the University of Chicago presenting eugenic rules for offspring. The chart claims hair color, skin tone, height follow parental traits with probabilities, and stresses diversity to avoid a uniform population.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
W. L
Issac Newtons
Charles Darwins
GUNTIA 4% Bubler Is the New York Times
Fragmentary prayer text from a Bronx Zoo elephant, Gunda, chained to concrete, yearning for freedom. The piece presents a devotional plea to God about captivity and longing, echoing themes of endurance and release.
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Bubler
New York Times
Gunda
Bronx
Zoological
Salem Witch Trials Remembered as City of Witches
The piece recounts Salem 1692 witch trials, noting the execution of 20, torture of 80, led by Rev Parris and Tituba. It highlights key figures Ann Putnam Giles Corey and George Burroughs, describing the hysteria, a special court, and Corey’s peine forte et dure until death, four days before his wife’s execution.
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New York
Salem
Samuel Parris
Eilizabeth
Abigail
Willams
Tituba
Cotton Mather
Parris
John Indian
Ann Putnem
George Burroughs
Pentor
Giles Corey
America
Ann Pumnem
Paramount Custom and Teacher-Now in Christmas timing
The notice cites Paramount Custom and Teacher-Now alongside Willie in a Christmas time context, noting pupil debt concerns. It emphasizes a focus on eustome related discussions for year end activities and potential remedies.
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Willie
Eustome
Boy Loses Dollar Blames Woman On West Side Street
A New York Times report tells of Schaler, a young boy of 11 or 12, crying on West Forty-third Street after losing a dollar from his waist pocket. He accuses an elderly woman he says picked it up and demands her arrest, but lacks witnesses. The traffic officer refuses arrest, advising a summons instead.
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New York Times
William Behaler
Yeera Old
Highth Avenue
West Forty-third Street
Young Schaler
Times
Broadway
Schaler
Met
Hotel Astor
Traffe
Schafer
World's Longest Train to Move America's Great Crops
It will require a seven thousand mile long train to move America's big crop this year says W Campbell assistant general manager of the Southern Pacific on his return from the East. Railroads face an emergency in moving the most enormous cereal crop in history and will appeal to shippers consignees railroad commissions and other agencies to help avoid a serious car shortage.
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America
Portland Oregonien
Americas
Campbell
Southern Pacific Road
Weather and tide table from Washington and regional forecast
Daily sun and tide data with rise and set times for Minnesota and Puget Sound, plus a full weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau. Describes a western disturbance reaching Ontario, widespread rain across the lake Merrit region, and generally unsettled plains with showers possible Monday night into Tuesday. Mentions temperatures from near normal to several degrees below, winds along coasts, and local reports from the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers.
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Los Dept of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Washington
Tire Slain
Ontario
Virginia
Lake Tegloom
New England
Middle Atlantic
Alantia
Dakotas
Montana
Mississippi
Ohio
Upper Lake
Western Tower
Western Tower Jats
New Yigland
Middie jAlantic
South Atlantic
Henson
Oklahomeé
Missouri
Tonderetes
Rocks Mountains
North Aclantic
Mnmoderate
Fragmentary Bonan Record excerpt stirs dialogue on money
An unclear Bonan Record passage shows characters discussing money and a daily expenditure. The dialogue mentions a rich uncle and a letter about spending, with a nephew reassuring about the funds and a demand to tame the letter.
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Bonan
Opium Revenue and Siamese Life Discussed
A Willard interviewer quotes Jena T. Westengard noting opium yields the kingdom of Siam its largest revenue despite efforts to curb use. He explains heavy internal taxes on opium, the Chinese as major users, and Siam’s liberal laws allowing peasant land ownership alongside rising wages and rice exports in Bangkok.
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Adie
Jena T. Westengard
Willard Shag
Siam
Mr. Westengerd
China
Japan
Romance of Seats No 20
A St Louis lawyer boards a parlor car and sits in seat No 2% as a conductor misleads travelers. A busy little man enforces seat changes to No 9 and then No 28, sparking a tense exchange. An ensuing conversation reveals a prominent senator and a humorous tale of social politics aboard the train. In a separate notice, a Cleveland dealer reports on George’s reluctance to enlist due to family lineage and a militant mother.
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St Louis
Arthur Rose
St Louiss
Willard
Eay
Congress
Statesman
Tle
Ted
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