Odd Lady Constance to Live Abroad in Wake of Fashionable London
London report sketches Lady Constance Stewart Richardson and Sir Edward Stewart Richardson planning to move abroad, noted for her athletic exploits and mannish dress. The piece contrasts English society with upcoming travels to America or other locales, and mentions social leaders and American visitors in London.
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London
Sir Edward
Constance Stewart Richardson
England
Scotland
Constance
Earl of Cromartie
India
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 Betrayal by Wife
Warsaw report on Jan Kasziczak, Polish Socialist leader and secret printer, who escaped to Germany as Mayer. Police exposed him when his wife identified him, leading to his arrest and death sentence. Gendarmerie casualties marked the dramatic pursuit.
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Warsaw
Jan Kanziczak
Polish Socialist Party
Kaszirzak
Benedike Gurzman
Gurmman
Kasziczak
Germany
Mayer
Jan
Kaszirgzak
Dead Man’s Armaments In Warsaw Lift Shaft
A Polish house painter killed in a lift shaft case reveals he was a socialist agitator. Cossacks surround the flats, workers vanish to the citadel, and police seize firearms found on the deceased and hidden in the lift shaft. Other workers are arrested.
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Warsaw
Shah's Palace Described As Garish European Furnishings
French traveler Claude Anet reports from Teheran that the Shah of Persia’s palace lacks Persian art. He notes garish plush furniture, countless musical instruments, a cushion sleeping habit, and a private museum filled with cheap paper fans. The famous Peacock Throne exists but is not antiquated and its gems are replaced by imitations.
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Paris
Claude Anet
Tehern
Persia
England
Czarina
Long Distance Second Sight Mystery From London to Yarmouth
A London based observer known as East Anglican recounts a striking second sight incident in Great Yarmouth. He identified an Indian acquaintance with certainty but noted a missing wooden leg, later learning the friend lost a leg in India the same day. Beauty Ruined by Hair Dye in Paris Leaves woman badly burned and possibly blind. dermatological damage prompts medical fear and a formal complaint against the hairdresser.
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Great Yarmouth
India
East
Big Double
Yarmouth
Washington Post
Paris
Mlle, Delattre
Faubourg Saint Honore
Bumper Crop of Mushrooms In East Norfolk
Special correspondence from The Washington Fest reports an unprecedented mushroom boom in East Norfolk with crops so abundant that mushrooms are being mowed down with scythes to save labor in picking.
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London
Norfolk
VIRGINIAN HERO CAPT. CARY I CROCKETT IN PHILIPPINES
Manila dispatch details Capt. Cary I. Crockett of Virginia a constabulary captain in Lawton’s division. He and 16 men endured jungle fighting, starvation, and disease while forcing a deadly out law holdout to retreat to the coast. Crockett earned a medal, and Lieut. Howard Y. Miller governs Paragua, with native troops aiding against bandits amid widespread slavery and feudal abuse across the archipelago.
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Manila
Philippines
Funston
Aguinaldo
Cary I. Crockett
Constabulary
Virginia
Davy Crockett
Alamo
Crockett
Samar
Howard Y. Miller
Miller
Paragua
Philippine Archipelago
Pledge drive fuels Bryan 1908 bid in his absence
Special correspondence from Lincoln reports Bryan’s pledge plan grows as Commoner office staffs a voter pledge catalogue. Democrats nationwide are signing to attend caucuses and primaries, selecting delegates loyal to Bryan. James C. Dahlman backs the system, while Bryan says he is not a candidate but may influence future choices.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Orient
Bryam
Ine
St. Louis
James C. Dahlman
National
Dahlman
Parker
Mr. Bryan
Gov
Folk
Missouri
Violently Insane Man Terrorizes Belgian Village
Special correspondence from Brussels reports Desire Minart, a violent resident of Cuesmes near Mons, smashing furniture and windows with a hand sewing machine after failing a pigeon flying contest. Police restrained him as he bit an officer during transport to the station. The incident followed his earlier bird killings.
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Washington
Brussels
Cuesmes
Mons
Desire Minart
Philippine unrest and bandit influence in Manila society
A broad portrait of lawlessness in the Philippines notes fanatical bands menacing communities, corrupt local bosses, and brutal plantation abuses. It cites Capt. Crockett’s expedition reports of corn-knife fanatics and a court case against the archipelago’s richest planter, illustrating pervasive coercion and injustice amid American efforts at civilization.
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Capt. Crockett
Manila
Archipelago
Anerican
Nut Chowder and Vegetarian Delicacies At New England Eatery
A small restaurant offers nut chowder made with two nut preparations in a rich multi layer broth, vegetarian doughnuts fried in nut butter, and vegetarian pies using cereal crusts with cream. The owner notes growing demand, price shifts, and plans to source unpolished rice locally as awareness increases.
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Cary
New
Rica
Philadephia
Roosevelt Streets and Early New York Aldermen
A historical note traces the naming of Roosevelt Street in New York to multiple Roosevelts from Nicholy Roosevelt to Theodore, detailing early aldermen and assembly members who shaped the city’s public life, and contrasts past alderman roles with today’s. A separate Paris Avignon incident reports soldiers firing at Col Saint James during a sham fight, wounding a soldier. three packets of bell cartridges are missing.
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Ninove
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Christiania
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Rue de la Paix
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Roosevelt
Nicholy Rooevelt
John Roosevelt
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Crnelius Roosevet
Nicholas Roosevelt
Carnelius C. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
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James Roosevelt
James J. Roosevelt
Roosevelts
the Battery
Congress
Millard Filleno
Supreme Court
Washington Post
Avignon
Madibec
Col. Saint James
Fifty-eighth Infantry
China Boycott Tactics Grow via Stage Media and News
Reports from American missionaries in China describe a spreading boycott of American goods aided by native press and merchant influence. Stories claim adulterated kerosene and morphine-tainted flour linked to US products, while actors stage the facts to sway opinion. The movement touches Shanghai Canton Chefoo Tientsin Hangzhou and reaches Bangkok where Chinese traders avoid American cargoes.
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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 enlarger exploits superstition among Negroes
A Washington Post report from Charlotte on October 7 describes how a photograph enlarger preys on superstitious beliefs of Southern blacks. He claims he can compel delivery by warning that an undelivered picture will be buried, a curse that supposedly brings death, revealing a pattern of manipulation of poor whites and Negroes.
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Eagy
Pictura Man
American Arrested in Paris Dress Models Bribe Case
An American, linked to a New York Chicago firm, is jailed in Paris on bribe charges. He allegedly persuaded a dressmaker’s worker in Rue de la Paix to steal four gown models for 15 dollars. Two policemen foiled the plan by intervening.
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Paris
New York
Chicago
Rue de la Paix
Uncle George Dunnett's Career in Kansas City Journal
Urele George Durnett of Fort Sith has been taken to Hot Sprites Ul to regain his health. He holds a record of serving longer in Uncle Sam's service than any other man, with fifty seven years of continuous service, most of it as quarter masters agent.
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Manila
Philippines
The
Kansas City Journal
George Durnett
Fort Sith
Sam
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