America's Gift To The World And Mexican Crisis Reflections
The May 5 1914 Washington Post discusses Panama Canal self sufficiency tolls and foreign shipping subsidies. It contrasts American exemptions for coastwise traffic with British protest, and analyzes fiscal impacts alongside Mexican tensions from Tampico to Vera Cruz with notes on policy, mediation efforts, and neutrality.
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Johnson
Treasury
United States
Congress
Suez Canal
Suez
Panama
Vast colonial holdings and a museum at Lancaster House
A fragmentary account notes Sir William Lever's empire including palm oil plants in Sierra Leone and two Pacific islands Hull and Funct Island. Port Sunlight near Liverpool is described as Lever’s factory town with thousands employed, churches, libraries, and theaters. Lever reportedly arranged London’s new museum name to Lancaster House, linking it to Lancashire and royal dignity.
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Hin Fuctories
Wideapreni
Boston
United States
Canada
Leverville
William Lever
Sierra Leone
Pacific
Hull Island
Funt Island
Port Sunlight
Sir Whiam
Oth
Lord and Lacy Derby
Sir Wiliam
Jefford House
Dukes’ of Sutherland
London
Stafford Houpe
Willam Lever
Lavar Home
Lancaster House
William
London Museum
George
Duke of Lancaster
Lancashire
Lever
Widow Wins Kansas City Auction With $3.50 Bid
A hillside crowd watched as Mrs. Mattie Price, a widow living near Thirty first Street and Brighton Avenue, won a city auction. Auctioneer M Stern sold the house for $3.50 after only she bid, while others hesitated. The sale funds support Linwood boulevard extension and the crowd’s sentiment showed surprise at the bargain.
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Kansas City
Karsan City
Thirty-O1st Street
Colorado Avenue
Linwood Boulevard
M. Stern
Mattie Price
Thirty-first Street
Brighton Avenue
Yves
Willarda
Congressional actions and hearings recap at adjournment
House leaders and committee members considered bills on manknowa consent and waterpower regulation. Representative Underwood conferred with the President to seek Congressional adjournment by July, while the judiciary subcommittee continued Wright charges hearing. Goulden paid tribute to Sickles. Witherspoon honored seamen from Vera Cruz. Keating proposed Philippine Scout retirement. Frear pushed a river and harbor project investigation amid a government commitment valued at 306 million. Adjourned at 5 50 p m until noon today.
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House
Billz
Galéndar
Underwood
Bamosa
Congress
Judiciary Subcommittee
Justoe Wright
Goulden
New York
Dantel B. Sickles
Witherspoon
Misatesippi
Vera Cruz
Public Lands Committee
Keating
Colorado
Frear
Wisconsin
Plans for new silver jaw and artificial chin
Burlington dispatch reports Mrs. Clarenes Stokely of Burlington, New Jersey, plans for a pioneering surgery to fit a silver jaw plate and artificial chin after a self inflicted shotgun wound. Doctors express cautious optimism about the experimental reconstruction and long term life prospects for the disfigured woman.
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Burlington
N. J
Philadelphia
Clarenes
Stokely
Burlington County Hospital
New York Man Fatally Shot After Refusal to Say Who
Vincent Machesi was shot twice in front of 35 East Thirty-ninth Street after two men fired three rounds at him. He told the Bellevue Hospital doctor he would die and asked about his killer, then died minutes after admission. Police arrived as he remained silent.
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Carranza
Villa
United States
Mexico City
Victoriana Huerta
Mexic
Elaughter
Emerson
Fewkes
Mexico
Old Haverly Minstrels
Ararat
Aries
Robert Ball
England
New York
Testa
Vincent Machesi
Eset
Thirty-ninth Street
Machesi
Thawborn
Bellevue Hospital
Beng
James ‘O'Keeffe
Chicago
Cannon
Joe
Progressivea
Hqin
Ihinoly
McKinley
Ter Tosward
Toling Rails
Cook County
O'Keeffe
Police Horse Dixie Aids Arrest At Lake Montebello
Northeastern district officer J T Freedy tried to arrest John Tyson for firing a revolver near Lake Montebello. Tyson attacked Freedy as the mounted officer pursued him. Dixie, the mounted horse, knocked Tyson down and pinned him to the ground, allowing Freedy to free himself.
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Baltimore Sun
J. T. Freedy
John Tyson
Lake Montebello
Dixie
Freedy
Girl Pitcher A Marvel Hesitation Drop
Miss Ruth Hoyt of Wellsley College Junior baseball uncovers the hesitation drop a mysterious pitch that confounds opposing teams The girls nickname it the hesitation trap as batters hesitate and strikeouts rise The report notes the pitch mirrors a fadeaway concept once revived by Mathewson in a different era
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Hoston Globe
Ruth Hoyt
Wellesley College
J¢ Mathewson
Fishermen Tell of Whala Event at Sea Beach
Ed Bowers reports a curious scene where a man cuts open a bag net to reveal fish inside. The crowd watches as the fish leap and swim away, some nearly a foot long. Local old timers at Seal Beach nod and share tall tales to entertain listeners.
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Mike Bowers
Seal Beach
Odd Case of Tetanus from Ear Infection in Gloucester Girl
A 15 year old girl, Ethel Druknight of 607 South Broadway Gloucester, was admitted to Cooper Hospital Camden with jaw locking but no visible injury. Doctors believe tetanus germ entered via the ear, noting earache days earlier. Serum treatment planned with hope of saving her life.
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Cooper Hospital
Camden
Ethel Druknight
South Broadway
Gloucester
Warning to Myrtilla and a pitching dispute tale
A quirky note from Franklin P. Adams mentions Myrtilla and a flippant warning about fashion follies. The piece shifts to a New York American paragraph where Georges Phair reports a baseball conflict involving Johnson and Walter, noting a chief barred from pitching.
Red Book Fools Red Man Judge Pretenda He Has Record
Louis Abraham, an Indian, was arraigned in Chicago criminal court for stealing a woman’s pocketbook from St. Mary’s Catholic Church. He admitted prior arrests. Judge Stewart mocked his claim, referencing the red book that records his offenses and fines.
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Pretenda
Chicago Tribune
Louis Abraham
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Stewart
Bridewell
Hia
Soo Too Sing Seeks Divorce Over Unpatriotic Wife
In San Francisco court, Soo Too Sing petitions for divorce from Hoo Sho claiming unpatriotic conduct during his naval voyage. He quips about lacking flavor and afloat life as the judge notes interest in the international angle of the Mexican situation.
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San Francisco Examiner
Pacific Coast
Soo Too Sing
Mogen’ Tof
Hoo Sho
Boo Tay Sing
Megan
Sabslgeralte
Sun and Tide Table and Weather Summary
Sun rise and high and low tides listed with scattered weather notes from the Weather Bureau. Rainfall, pressure changes off the Atlantic, and moist air over the Great Lakes region indicate showers Tuesday and Wednesday across the eastern states. Local temperatures recorded through the day show a varied pattern with a warm afternoon forecast ahead.
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Bept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Morgey
May
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Siston
Quit States
Atlantic States
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic
East Gult
Tennessee
Off Valley
Lower
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Political tensions and hints of party shifts across states
A stitched-together report covers James O Keeffe urging support to defeat Progressive forces, the Republicans reclaiming districts, and McNeil Jr predicting Democratic gains in Connecticut. It also notes a Mexican constitutionalist coin bearing "Death to Huerta" and debates around 1914 political signals and labor concerns.
Toland Waterways and War In National Defense Vision
Theodore Justice of Philadelphia argues waterways hold high value for national defense. He cites the Panama Canal and an inland Atlantic waterway as crucial, warning that global conflict could threaten key cities and require unified naval strength if war comes.
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Io Atlantic
Panama Canal
Theodore Justice
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
Shoreham
Atlantic
Pacific
Oregon
Cape Horn
Evan
National Rivers and Hari Congress
Panama’ Canal
United States
Mexico
New York
Baltimore
Washington
United
Giants of Strength From Ancient Chronicles
The fragment recounts legendary strongmen such as Augustus, George Gautriot, Charlemagne, Don Seliss One, and Peter the Great. It describes feats of wielding bars and horseshoes, breaking implements, and lifting heavy anvils, portraying rivals and spectators in a dramatic medieval power showcase.
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Augustus
George Gautriot
Albania
Wielfed
Charlemagne
Times
Don Seliss
Peter the Great
Peter
Amithy
New York rose replaces jack rose after Rosenthal case
Brooklyn florists rename the jack rose to New York rose following the Herman Rosenthal murder sensational. The change mirrors public sensitivity to the Bald Jack Rose affair, with customers still seeking the same blossom under a new label while related cocktails face rebranding to avoid stigma.
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Herman Rosenthal
Chicago Record-Herald
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Florists
New York
Flying catch saves a baby on railroad tracks in Rio
A Rock Island brakeman named Si Perkins grabbed a one year old girl from the tracks as a train approached near Rio Texas. The infant’s father, a young farmer, fainted at the dramatic rescue witnessed by onlookers.
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Ario
Tex
Atlanta
Si Perkins
Rock Island
Couldn't Make It. Fashion Note. From Galvestouy Newa
Fragmentary fashion note discusses new style skirts with a bustle, noting novelty and potential trend implications. Words are incomplete but imply commentary on dress design and social reception.
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Galvéstou‘yNewa
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