Debate over Panama Canal tolls and U S sovereignty
The Senate debate on canal tolls reveals the struggle over absolute American control of the Panama Canal. Proponents cite sovereignty and equal treatment for all nations, while opponents warn that repeal would jeopardize domestic and international commerce and raise living costs. The discussion outlines treaty interpretations, coastwise exemptions, and economic implications.
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Panama Canal
United States
Panama
Great Britain
Congress
Mexican policy debate and Latin American tensions dampen mediation hopes
The article surveys U S mediation aims in Mexico, citing Brazilian envoy reports that Huerta cannot be unseated and that Villa and Carranza resist U S plans. It argues pacification by mediation fails, warns against American troop withdrawals, and notes distrust from Mexican leaders toward U S authorities amid calls for a forceful, clear stance. It also shifts to domestic districts swimming plans and the fate of public pools amid budget cuts, urging congressional funding for safe learning environments. The piece ends with brief notes on Balkan conflicts and a critique of Huerta alignment.
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Mexico
United States
Huerta
Villa
Carranga
Mexico City
Carranza
Ranze
Niagaray
Washington
Hadria
United States Army
Navy
Army
ABC Mediatory
Beat
Potomac
Congress
Homecoming of Col Roosevelt Sparks Political Debate
A speech filled with garbled remarks praises Colonel Roosevelts return and touches on flood, forest, and jungle trials. The column critiques party loyalties, predicts GOP and Democratic tensions, mentions Hank Ashurst and hemp trust investigations, and notes Vera Cruz looting and Pancho Villa as ongoing issues.
Widower Prince to marry again in Madrid alliance
King Alfonso approves the betrothal of Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria to Louise de Silva, maid of honor to Queen Mother Marie Christine. The union, to be solemnized at the royal palace in October, elevates Louise to duchess while she remains outside royal bloodline. Ferdinand is half Spanish through his mother Infanta Paz.
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Count de Concha
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Roosevelt and Grant’s Words Shape 1914 Progressive Path
The article discusses 1912 Republican convention proceedings in Chicago on June 18 marking Napoleon’s Waterloo anniversary. It argues against repeating 1912 campaign divisions into 1914 and 1916, urging mutual national honor prosperity and progress, with Col. Roosevelt urged to pursue constructive progress in politics and business.
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Waterloo
Grant
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Col
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Death House of Her Own
Mrs Madeline Ferola the first woman convicted of murder in New York City since 1898 faces sentencing for first degree murder. Justice Davis expected to name a date for execution by electric chair while wardens prepare the facility across from the former wall site. Three women keepers from Auburn prison to oversee Ferola linked to a young suitor her 1 year old daughter present.
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New York Tribune
Madeline Ferola
New York City
Davis
Clancy
Wall
Connaughton
Auburn Prison
Pretty Young Bride Recites Defective Tale At Dentist Visit
A bride recounts reading a risqué chapter to her husband during a painless dentistry appointment. The Woman Who Saw learns the couple stayed in the chair while the dentist worked as the bride read aloud from a new story, claiming her husband enjoyed the scene. The exchange hints at shared jokes about marital couples and propriety.
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New York
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Special Delivery Wins Land Gamble for One Homesteader
Bots Waho and Sam Howard Ware of Mier claim 168 acres after using a special delivery to file first for section 19 township 16 south range 18 east near the Nevada line, 43 miles south of Filer. Leonard I Smith of the same place later filed by regular mail, missing the instant entry by minutes.
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Smith
Sam
Centerville Considered Name Change for Greater Distinction
Centerville Iowa merchants discuss renaming the city to reflect local achievements. Debate centers on avoiding assumptions tied to the current name and aligning with progressive progress, while preserving historic identity and civic pride.
History of the Canary Birds From Canary Islands
The London Telegraph notes that Spanish sailors brought Canary Islands birds 500 years ago, spawning twelve modern varieties. Initially kept as songbirds by aristocrats, German breeders prize song above form, while English fanciers focus on perfecting the canary’s trill. The article laments ear splitting pet canaries and praises the high class roller canary’s music.
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London Telegraph
Canaries
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Do women want totes and other answers from Femina readers
Parta correspondence to the Philadelphia Ledger notes a parallel with the inquiry Do women want totes and reports responses to the question If not a woman what man would you have wished to be Napoleon is praised by suffragists as evidence of feminine energy Pasteur Hugo Poincare Bleriot Wagner Hollson and an American aunt on the list provoke a sardonic remark in Le Figaro Varium et mutabile semper femina.
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Philadelphia Ledger
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Napoleon
Pasteur Hugo
Poincare
Bleriot
Wagner Hollson
Hst
le Figaro
Coffin Finished Before His Death Says J Welch
J Welch of Oakland, father of Mrs Nelson, died of cancer after requesting a coffin be finished for his burial. He moved to live with his daughter last fall and, despite family delays, his son-in-law and daughter completed the coffin ten days before he passed away.
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Mra Nelson
Oakland
Uve
Melson
Fish with Hydrophobia: Pike Mania Hits German Rivers
Berlin reports in the German Anglers News that pike in the Rhine and other rivers rise to the surface in terror like a disease linked to recent floods. Anglers note fiercer strikes when caught, urging further study and public help to clean streams. Also notes on armored war galley Santa Anna and Coxey in Washington.
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Philadelphia
Fublle Ledger
Chinese Girl A Dentist Miss Kimlan of San Francisco
Miss Kimlan the first Chinese American woman dentist in the United States to graduate, born in San Francisco 22 years ago, daughter of Dr Thomas Kimlau, aims to practice in San Francisco then Shanghai, vows to marry within her race, praised by peers though romance rumors swirl.
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San Francisco
Sun Francisco Chronicle
Nativa
United States
Shanghai
Thomas Kimlau
Elephant Crate Fall Pins Adams Express Worker in Jersey City
Peter Mullins a 40 year old Adams Express employee from 193 Mercer Street Jersey City was crushed when an elephant in a crate toppled onto him during unloading at Exchange Place. He was rushed to St Francis Hospital with serious injuries and may die.
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Adams Express
New York Tribune
Peter Mullins
Mercer Street
Jersey City
St Francis’ Hospital
Mullins
Adams Express Company
Exchange Place
Why Premier Liked Villa Opinion In Grape Juice Diplomacy
London News Expresses Its Views On Grape-Juice Diplomacy May 2 London prints an opinion likening Villa to a reformer. It notes General Villa and his staff of 32 officers were executed after being captured, and cites William Jennings Bryan as being vexed though praising Villa’s temperance.
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Retribution in a Conscience Clash
A Chicago Record Herald and Inter Ocean piece debates whether retribution is the worst fate. It argues the heavier burden lies in the inner sting of confession and fear of discovery if one had remained silent.
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Chicago Record Herald
Inter Ocean
Kent
Parrot Tours City Skyscrapers Then Returns Home
A green and red parrot, after escaping its cage in Roscoe NY and a daytime flight, intruded the New York City Municipal Building. It perched on ten floors of windows, squawked in French, and drew curious staff before a clerk retrieved it and delivered the bird to James Rice Jr at 45 John Street.
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James Rice, Jr
John Street
Roscoe
New York
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Hall of Records
Mr Rice
Youthful Ingenuity on a Country Road
A stout woman strolling a country road is followed by a little boy who pleads to stay. He explains he wishes to remain because she is the only shade along the road, highlighting a quixotic, humorous encounter.
Wade "Lorna Doone" Becomes Popular Best Seller
Blackmore’s romance Lorna Doone, once published in three volumes by Lampoon & Low, was issued in one cheap volume after Low recognized its merit. The London Chronicle notes the title’s link in public curiosity to the Marquis of Larne and Louise’s engagement, driving rapid sales.
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Psychic message in trance seals verdict in typhoid case
Eva De Lon stunned Springfield Superior Court by entering a trance on the witness stand while on trial for practicing medicine. After a brief unconscious period she claimed a psychic message guided her response, but the jury convicted her. Sentence stayed pending appeal.
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Boston Globe
Eva de Lon
Superior Court
Tedey
de Lon
Menally
Aiken
Dean
Weather Forecast and Tide Table for Today
The Sun and Tide table lists high tides at 8:00 and 35 minutes after, with a general weather preview from the Department of Agriculture. A warm, fair to generally fair pattern is forecast across the plains and central valleys, with cooler Pacific slope and mixed rain in the West and Great Lakes regions. Temperatures are expected to rise in the Ohio and middle Mississippi valleys and the interior South. Local readings show midnight to 1 am at 61, daytime highs near 64, and humidity around 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Expected sunshine 77 percent. rainfall near zero.
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Great Central Velleys
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Peace, Mexico, and a Western town without a post office
A speech by Louis Lom bard of New York laments military budgets and urges pacifist means to avert war. He contrasts U S policy toward Mexico with European self interest and notes a small Oklahoma town Ragtown lacking a post office, growing from oil, with residents seeking federal postal service.
Woman seeks damages for dog bite legs valued at 2500 each
Mary Stehlin of Hoghiend Prek sues Helen A Boyd in the New York Supreme Court for 8000 claiming Boyd's dog bit both legs on April 3 and again while talking on the porch. She seeks 2500 for each leg or 500 for the total.
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New York Sun
Mary Stehlin
Hoghiend
Prek
Supreme Court
Helen A Boyd
A Portrait From Collier's Week Satirizes Seating Bias
A column notes a theater box office bias and the writer’s decision to skip front seats when available. It mocks both a professional pessimist and a rigid optimist. In a Detroit Prep Press excerpt, a neighbor sleeps late and the speaker reveals a prank involving borrowing a lawn mower.
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