ODD LADY CONSTANCE ANDERSON IN AMERICA MOVE
London notices film a tale of Sir Edward and Lady Constance Stewart Richardson planning to live abroad Post includes Mayfair skepticism and a stir as the couple’s marriage shocks society She is famed for boxing and diving feats and risky Highland outfits while the London social world braces for her likely departure with the prince and others heading to India and the Americas.
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Mayfair
India
Prince and Princess
Scotland
Washington Post
London
Sir Edward
Constance Stewart Richardson
England
Constance
Earl of Cromartie
Himalayas
Dunrobin
Duke of Sutherland
America
United States
Newport
New York
Washington
Constance MacKenzie
Bath Club
Dover Street
Edward
France
Mediterranean
Egypt
Editor Sentenced to Death After Wife’s Betrayal
Warsaw reports Jan Kaszirzak a Polish Socialist leader sentenced to death after prison escape and disguise as Mayer. His wife, unaware, exposed him by recognizing his voice and calling him Jan, triggering police action that led to his capture. Kaszirzak had led a secret printing operation and fought officers in a dramatic arrest.
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Washington Post
Warsaw
Jan Kanziczak
Polish Socialist Party
Kaszirzak
Benedike Gurzman
Gurmman
Kasziczak
Germany
Mayer
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Kaszirgzak
Dead socialist agitator found in Warsaw lift accident
A painter died in a Warsaw lift shaft and police found incriminating papers showing he was a socialist agitator and strike organizer. Cossacks sealed the block and all workers disappeared from the site as firearms and ammunition were seized hidden in the shaft.
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Washington Post
Warsaw
Shah's Palace Taunts: French Traveler Found Shabby Luxury
French traveler M. Claude Anet describes the Shah of Persia's Teheran palace as furnished in a garish European style with cheap plush. He notes lack of old Persian art, many musical instruments, no bed, cushions on the floor, and a private museum filled with inexpensive Parisian fans. The famed peacock throne exists but is a counterfeit without its priceless gems.
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Washington Post
Paris
Claude Anet
Tehern
Persia
England
Czarina
Long Distance Second Sight and Hair Dye Woes
London report recalls East Anglican claiming second sight in Yarmouth spotting an Indian acquaintance with a wooden leg. The friend allegedly later lost a leg, suggesting a fatal coincidence. Paris notes Delattre dyed her black hair chestnut, developing severe eczema and possible eye damage. a doctor warns of blindness risk and a complaint targets the hairdresser.
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London
Great Yarmouth
India
East
Big Double
Yarmouth
Washington Post
Paris
Mlle, Delattre
Faubourg Saint Honore
Bumper Crop of Mushrooms in East Norfolk Fields
Special correspondence from London reports an unprecedented mushroom boom in East Norfolk. The harvest is so abundant that fields are being mowed with scythes to save hand-picking labor despite the scale of the yield.
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London
Norfolk
Virginian Captain Crockett Sinks Philippine Outlaws
The Washington Post profiles Capt. Cary I. Crockett of Virginia, a constabulary captain who led a 16 man unit through Samar combat lasting months. He and 8 reinforcements repelled bands, suffering wounds and hunger yet delivering the command to coast. Lt. Howard Y. Miller governs Paragua and also fights renegades. Slavery and local abuse under planta tion masters are described, with harsh conditions and corrupt officials aiding bandits.
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Washington Post
Manila
Philippines
Funston
Aguinaldo
Cary I. Crockett
Constabulary
Virginia
Davy Crockett
Alamo
Gov. Miller
Gov. Mille
Paragua
Crockett
Samar
Howard Y. Miller
Miller
Philippine Archipelago
Bryan pledge boom grows in his absence at Lincoln
Special correspondence from Lincoln Neb Oct 4 reports the Bryan boom for 1908 continues despite Mr Bryan's Orient departure. The Commoner office catalogs voter pledges to attend caucuses and primaries, seeking active Democrats to sign and pledge loyalty to Bryan's faction. A card catalogue system aims to target precincts, counties, and states for coordinated support.
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Washington Post
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Neb
Bryan
Orient
Bryam
Ine
St. Louis
James C. Dahlman
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Dahlman
Parker
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Folk
Missouri
Violently Insane Over Loss of Race At Brussels Village
Special correspond ent reports that Desire Minart a mad man in Cuesmes near Mons raged at home smashing furniture and windows with a hand sewing machine He bit a policeman during capture and had previously killed fifty pigeon loft birds after losing a race prize in last week’s competition in the village.
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Washington
Brussels
Cuesmes
Mons
Desire Minart
Manila Philippines Expose of Bandit Rule and Plantation Tyranny
A critical report outlines brutal banditry and official corruption in the Philippines. It cites fanatic rebels, cruel plantation owners, and the entrenchment of caciques, with a wealthy farmer on trial for fomenting outlawry and aiding thieves. The piece warns surface benevolence masks injustice and coercion across Manila and rural estates.
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Peel
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Manila
Philippines
Nut Chowder and Vegetarian Treats Become Delicacies
A woman runs a tiny restaurant offering nut chowder made with two nut preparations as a clams substitute, vegetarian doughnuts fried in nut butter, and vegetarian pies based on breakfast cereals with milk and cream. The menu highlights New England tastes, special pricing, and a plan to source unpolished rice locally as demand grows.
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Ttle
Cary
New
Rica
Philadephia
Roosevelt Streets and Early Roosevelts in New York
A historical overview traces how Roosevelt Street in Manhattan may derive from one of the early Roosevelts and notes Roosevelts who held aldermanic and assembly roles from 1700s onward, highlighting Theodore Roosevelt and James J. Roosevelt among others. A Paris report then details a military incident at Avignon where Colonel Saint James narrowly escaped an attack during a sham fight, with missing bell cartridges reported.
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Portsmouth
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Rue de la Paix
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Nicholy Rooevelt
John Roosevelt
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Crnelius Roosevet
Nicholas Roosevelt
Carnelius C. Roosevelt
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James J. Roosevelt
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the Battery
Congress
Millard Filleno
Supreme Court
Washington Post
Avignon
Madibec
Col. Saint James
Fifty-eighth Infantry
Chinese Boycott Expands Through Stage Propaganda and Press
Reports from American missionaries in China describe a growing boycott against American goods. Letters from Hainan Amoy and Canton recount tales of morphine poisoning fears and kerosene adulteration used to spur resistance. The Chinese press spreads the movement, with merchants leveraging influence in Shanghai Canton and other ports, while Bangkok notes Chinese traders avoiding American products.
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Washington Post
New York
China
Amercan
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Hainan
H. M. McCandless
Amoy
Hoshow
Iso
William D. Noyes
Canton
Shanghai
Chefoo
Tientin
Hangzhou
Peking
Japan
Korea
Straits Settlements
Hongkong
America
Catton
Fletchaburi
Siam
R. C
Bangkok
Photograph Enlargers Trick Negros Into Paying
A Washington Post story from Charlotte on October 7 describes a brutal technique used by a class of photograph enlargers who prey on poor whites and blacks. A city newspaper man quotes a seller who explains that threats of burial compel reluctant customers to pay for enlargements, revealing racist deceptions and superstition fueling the scheme.
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Eagy
Pictura Man
American suspected in Paris dress models bribery case
An American, said to be linked to a New York Chicago firm, is under arrest in Paris for bribing a dressmaker's worker in Rue de la Paix to steal four gown models. The worker also faces arrest after two police officers intervened as the scheme unfolded for a $15 payoff.
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Washington Post
Paris
New York
Chicago
Rue de la Paix
Uncle George Dunnett's Career
Fort Sith resident Urele George Durnett has been taken to Hot Springs for health. He claims the record as the longest serving U S Army veteran with fifty seven years of continuous service mostly as quartermaster's agent.
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Kansas City Journal
George Durnett
Fort Sith
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