Washington Post Subscription Rates and Panama Canal Debate
Public notices announce subscription terms for The Washington Post and discuss the Panama Canal dispute. The article argues the United States defends rights in the canal, cautions against ceding control, and notes mediation by South American nations may reflect self interest rather than pure altruism. It warns any European influence or Latin American involvement risks jeopardizing the Monroe Doctrine and U.S. sovereignty.
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United States
Great Firitan
Panama Canal
John Hay
Senate
Great Britain
Irea
United, States
England
Paris ‘Temps
Mexico
North America
Latin America
South America
Enemies Within and A World of Strife
A transcription fragment surveys enduring enmity between serpents and humans, contrasting the rattlesnake’s quiet self-preservation with the copperhead’s malevolence. It attacks the IWW and Haywood, urging wartime unity and condemning strikes, linking patriotism to national health and condemning treacherous factions.
Irreverent Portraits and Royal Tangles Across Seas
A fragmented Windsor age sketch recounts Irish figures and British royal circles, detailing Sir Edward’s tall, willowy presence and his clashes with press, the Bourbal era volunteers, and a forged cypher telegram that altered a Cork trial. It also touches on King George at a boxing show, household cavalry privileges, and Belgian statesman Sam Wiener’s death and influence in Leopold era politics.
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Woyward
Edward
Harst
Ireland
William O'Brien
M. P
Cork
King
Mufti
Ng- Ush
George
Bombardier Wells
England
Pat O'Keefe
Second Life Guards
Regent's Park Barracks
Cavalry
Household Cavalry
Horse Guards
London
Windsor
Regent Park Barracks
Foot Guards
Scota
Coldstreams
Grenadiers
Trish Guards
Guarda Glub
Pall Mall
Belsium
Melening House
Sam Wiener
Brussels
Liberal Party
Belgium
Leopold
Congo Free ‘States
Tiat
Louise
Prince Philip of
Public building commission report on reforms proposed
A report from the Public Building Commission proposes standardizing appropriations construction location and operation of Federal buildings for the Porida customs district. The commission adjourned at 6 p m and reconvened at noon today.
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Ahaberry
Porida
Real Crime Scene at Logan Square Theater Watchman’s Narrow Escape
Chicago Inter-Ocean reports a midnight theater burglary at 2042 Milwaukee where five masked men entered by a broken window and blasted the safe with nitroglycerin. Watchman Jackson DeMalre was seized, searched, and bound but not seriously harmed, with seventy five cents taken.
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Chicago
de Maire
DeMartre
Central Tunis Dryland Farming Surprises Africans
Prof J Russell Smith notes Africa's Central Tunis thrives with under ten inches rain, contrasting with drought plagued regions in America. He cites a 9 mile survey in the southern area showing few survivors and cattlemen displaced by dry farming. Subscription drives target areas with 18 to 21 inches expected.
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Tunis
J. Russell Smith
Harperts Magazine
Africa
Great Ulaing
New York
Philadelphia
Tunisia
Brax
Engineer Touts Mosquito and Flood Fixes in Egypt
Washington dispatch reports Sir William Willcocks, engineer of the Aswan dam, telling the House committee that drainage is the key to eradicating mosquitoes and malaria. He warns U.S. dikes should be wider, citing Khartum and Babylon as examples, and notes vast undeveloped land in the United States with high agrarian potential.
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Egypt
Washington
New York Times
William Willcocks
Aasuan
Nile
House ‘Committee On
Willam
Khartum
Niles
Sir Wiliam
Sir William
Mississippi
Wilam
United States
Emerald Green Beetle Found at Bristol Street Scene
A vivid emerald-green beetle about an inch long with geometric brown and gold dots was found on a Bristol pavement. At South Kensington Museum it was identified as Cyphis germart of Brazil. The item appeared in a Baltimore Sun item about local misfortunes and a man named Dobson, afflicted with periodic paralysis in his right arm, hindering his ability to lift a bar cheeky.
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London
Chisago Record-Herald
Bristol
South Kensington
Cyphis Germart
Brazil
Baltimore Bun
Dobson
Jncr
Lst
Hempstead
Long Island
Five Points remembered as New York’s old crime center
The piece notes Five Points as a notorious district once famed for wickedness and crime. It recalls the area’s decline due to commerce and industry, mentioning Harry Hill’s resort as part of the tenderloins. The author asserts Five Points will remain linked to New York’s worst reputation despite newer dens.
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Harry Hill
New York
Radium Is Not a Cure, NY Medical Society Reverses Panel
The New York Medical Society reversed its public health committee’s recommendation to allocate 100000 for radium cancer treatment after finding no demonstrated efficacy in destroying malignant growths. The decision came during the society’s annual meeting at the Astor Hotel.
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New York Medical Society
New York Herald
Medical Society of
State of
New York
Astor Hotel
Lta
New York State Cancer Hospital
Little Hugger Lost Fat In Court Battle
New York Sun reports Supreme Court Justice Lehman denied alimony to Flora Brooks in a divorce case against Arthur Brooks. He ordered $12 weekly support for their three children. Brooks denied allegations of fatigue and said the couple had been happy, cited letters she wrote calling him Daddy Deer and signing as Your little hugger Flora.
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New York Sun
Supreme Court
Lehman
Arthur
H. Brooks
West Seventy-first Stream
Brooks
Flora Bowler
Brook
Brooks Chiildren
Deal Beach
N. J
Daddy Deer
Flora
Man Refuses Laugh, Receives Sweet Reward
Lawrence Kinney, an usher at Kauses City union depot, aided a woman who fell after backing into a suitcase. The crowd laughed, but Kinney did not. He later received a box of candy with a note saying, Because you did not laugh.
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Kauses City Journal
Lawrence Kinney
Union Depot
Clarinda
Neap
Kinney
Avalanche siege tightens Swiss Italian pass
In the alpine pass area avalanches sever the Telecommunication lines and cut valley access on both sides. A small avalanche breached upper windows at the hospice but caused no serious injuries. St Bernard dogs patrol as sentries, while visitors endure a lengthy wait to descend. Food and drink hold for months.
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Eitars Ars
Italien
St. Bernard
Unsettled Weather And Coxey Radio Interview
The Weather Bureau reports lingering rain and unsettled conditions across the central states with cool lows. The piece also recalls the Coxey protest case, with lawyer Samuel F. Hyman recounting the 1889 trial and its constitutional questions.
Panther Hunt in Paris Ends as Prank Revealed
Paris pranksters from the Pars Salons des Humoriste staged a wild animal scare using a rag tiger in a hearth rug. They chased a non existent tigress through Bois de Boulogne with toy guns and cutlasses, provoking a police stand and amused crowds before the panther was unmasked as a colleague in disguise.
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Chicago
Pars Salons Des Humoriste
Paris
Bois de Boulogne
They Balked At Room 413 In Norfolk Hotel Suit
Benjamin F. Metzger and Malcolm Frank testified in a United States court trial in Norfolk about injuries and losses from a fire at Blue Mountain House on August 19. They sue the hotel company Blue Mountain House Company and Bond & Gibbons for 15 000 and 25 000 dollars. The plaintiffs say they were refused room 413 because it bore the number 13 and were instead assigned room 40, unaware that 4 plus 0 equals 13.
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Bestimere Austen
Blue Mountain House
United Scates Court
Benjamin F. Metzger
Malcolm Frank
Norfolk
Blue Mountain House Company
EH. C. Bond
John Glebons
Bond
Train vanishes in tunnel near Chicago News
Hooligan and Mishter Mooligan watch a tunnel scene as a train speeds past and disappears into darkness. They speculate on what might have happened if the train missed the hole, a moment framed by Irish dialect narration from the Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Hooligan
Mr. Hooligan
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