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Clearing Northern Mexico as Huerta Eyes Election
United States observers note rapid federal advances in northern Mexico and a push toward peace before the October 26 presidential vote. Huerta appears likely to win succession with Carranza’s forces shattered in Coahuila and Sonora cleared. reports from Vera Cruz and Washington hint at calm diplomatic handling amid wartime strains.
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Whiskers and Morality and Modern Beards
A satirical meditation on facial hair as a social signal. The piece lampoons court rulings and literary examples to argue that long beards reveal character flaws, while clean shaven figures appear more trustworthy. It mocks pretentious beard culture through humorous digressions on Mantilini and Othello.
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The Lobby Debate On Wall Street Conspiracy And Legislation
The article argues there is no solid Wall Street conspiracy to block the currency bill and urges patience in lawmaking. It defends senators' scrutiny of proposed laws, deflects claims of lobby influence, and insists representatives must carefully consider amendments rather than rush legislation.
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Senate
Congress
THE INDIAN'S TRIUMPH OVER WHITE OPPONENTS IN SERIES
A historic baseball game features Chief Bender overpowering the New York Giants. Baker and Collins hit for the Athletics, while Bender shuts down the Giants after a fifth inning rally. The piece casts Bender as a modern red man conquering obstacles with steadfast pitching.
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Bender
Red Man
Giants
Connie Mack
New York Nine
Anomaly of Thaw Case Raises Extradition Doubts
The article discusses Harry Thaw's detention in New Hampshire over the Stanford White killing. It questions legality, noting Thaw cannot be extradited without indictment in New York and debates whether insane status affects trial. It criticizes William Travers Jerome for alleged misrepresentations to Governor Felker and calls for accountability.
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Thaw
New York
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Matteawan
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State Bar Association
Jerome
Legal Gap Cited Over Return of Escaped Lunatic Thaw
The piece notes no state allows extradition of an escaped lunatic and argues a dangerous inmate could roam unless laws change. It suggests NH could detain such a person if insane, but Thaw intends to return to Pennsylvania where authorities may act.
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New York
Thaw
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
The Chinese Election and Yuan Shi Kai’s Rise
A compact digest of the Chinese republic’s establishment under Yuan Shi Kai, Sun Yat Sen’s flight, and foreign powers reassessing policy. The piece notes yuan’s suppression of uprisings, repaying Manchu debts, and shifts in American diplomacy from aloof to dollar diplomacy, highlighting implications for global interests.
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Ching
Yuan
Sun Yat Sen
Sun Yet Sen
Yuen
Peking
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Sun
China
Disgraced Prince Hides Notes And Lovat Tribute At Beaufort
The article recounts that Emperor William severed ties with the disgraced Prince Philip Eulenburg after learning of his alleged immoral acts and confiscation of papers, while Eulenburg sent his correspondence to France for safekeeping. It also describes Lord Lovat receiving a unique wedding-present door to Beaufort Castle, featuring frontier battles and heirlooms, and details the castle’s relics, lineage, and Lovat’s notable ancestry and wartime service.
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Philip Eulenburg
Vienna
Eulenburg
Germany
Morocco
France
England
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Hulenburg
Jong An
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Lovat
Walla
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Quebec
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Bimon Lord LovVat
Invernesshire
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Tower Hill
London
Alexander Fraser
Mary
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Scotland
House of Lords
South Afric
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Asquith
Cuba Desires New Loan Opens Congress Session
Habana Oct 7 Congress opens an extraordinary session to consider a new loan and army reorganization. The day signals whether the administration can muster support for its policies amid conservative disorganization and liberal opposition. Uncertainty hangs over a possible loan of 15 to 20 million dollars and the president’s anticipated message to congress.
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Habana
Albert
Menocal
Congress Condensed Senate and House highlights
Senate agreed to take up the Hetch Hetchy water bill on December 1 and vote by December 6. Hoke Smith announced plans to press a Federal system of agricultural extension work. The seamen’s involuntary servitude bill remained unfinished business. Banking and currency committee hearings continued. House leaders faced quorum issues and prepared to reconvene to push urgent deficiency appropriation bill. Cary bill to form Virginia Terminal Company and build a cross-town street railway was reintroduced. route would run Aqueduct bridge to Union station via Thirty-sixth and M streets.
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Fitzgerald
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Union Station
Thirty-sixth
M Streets
Fair Play Against Mob Pressure in Trials
The editor laments mob spirit influencing trials across the country, urging adherence to law and order. It cites the Atlanta case as an example and calls for fairness, respect among diverse groups, and avoiding violence to uphold the nation’s standing.
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South
Need of More Chaplains for Soldiers and Sailors
Thirty Protestant denominations forming the Federal Council urged President Wilson and war and navy secretaries to increase chaplains. A petition was presented by Rev. Wallace Radcliffe and Rev. Charles S. McFarland, requesting a chaplain at every army post and every battleship, with more memorials to come.
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Wilson
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Army and Navy
Wallace Radcliffe
Charles 8. McFarland
Trustees for Eddy Estate in Concord New Hampshire
Under a supreme court partition, Josiah E Fernald was named administrator of the Eddy estate. The probate court appointed trustees for the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston to supervise a public trust created by Mary Baker Eddy. The court ruled Eddy did not intend to transfer her estate outright to the church.
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N. H
Supreme Court
Josiah E Fernald
Holp
Mary Beker G. Eddy
Christian Science
Ant
Mre. Eddy
First
Church of Christ Scientist
Boston
Eédy
Coal heaver inherits German count title and fortune
Sioux City fireman Henry von Hagerhorn on the Chicago St Paul and Omaha line received a cablegram announcing the death of Count Heinrich von Hagerdorn of Strazsburg. The survivor inherits a fortune of 450000 and the title Count von Hagerdorn though he has not been in Germany for sixteen years.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Henry von Hagerhorn
Chicago, St. Paul
Omaha
Germany
Heinrich von Hagerdorn
Strazsburg
Hagerdorn
Army Orders Grants Leaves and Assignments Across Units
Army orders list leaves of absence for Col Walter D Mecaw three months and twenty days, Col Henry H Ludlow one month and ten days, Capt Lanning Parsons four months, First Lieut John L Jenkins one month, First Lieut Fielding Poindexter two days, Maj James P Jervey two days. Major J Gervoy directed to Wheeling West Virginia and depot quartermaster New York City to Lyons New York for inspecting a factory linked to manufacture of supplies.
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Henry H Ludlow
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Lanning Parsons
Ninth Cavalry
John L. Jenkins
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James P Jervey
Corps of Engineers
Wheeling
W Va
New York City
Lyons
Naval Orders and Vessel Movements
Commander Raymond Stone receives commission from July 1 along with H S Cone. Lieutenants M G Cook and G H Bowdey commissioned July 1 and July 4 respectively. Lt SW Fickering from Inne 6. Assistant Paymasters G 9 Wood from August. Aset Paym A G Hearne from August 2 and H 5B Ransdell, HR Snyder commissioned. Movements show Culgoa and Orion arrivals, Ajax at Shanghai, California from Guaymas to Wasdlan, Orin from Norfolk to Lambert's Point, Ammen and Monaghan to Newport, Hopkins to Mare Island, and vessels for Yochau, Cincinnati, and Chefs.
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Wasd
Ghostly Chicago cat defies death at South Clark Street stores
A white cat haunting the South Clark Street area in Chicago has survived traps and poison after months of feuding with storekeepers. Detected by witnesses and a vigilant detective, the creature has damaged hundreds of magazines and stationery, eluding every attempt to trap or kill it as it prowls through the night.
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Ragtime in Church Sparks Taste for Ecclesiastical Hymns
After a bitter dispute at Trinity Church, vestrymen forced resignations and Walter Hall left over the rector’s demand for ecclesiastical ragtime. New organist Harry Austin vows to play hymns fast and lively yet churchlike, avoiding ragtime while keeping congregational spirit.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
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Travers
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Man saves partner by plugging pipe fall at city hall
Rapp, a rigger, fell 40 feet through an iron pipe at Philadelphia City Hall while renewing a vent. Lewis, another rigger, used his body as a plug to stop the fall, and both men escaped unharmed as the chair ropes slipped and Rapp plunged toward the basement.
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Robber Turned Sculptor Aims Medallion For Governor
San Francisco dispatch reports Jack Brady, lifelong train robber and killer, now in a Folsom life term, has taken up sculpture. He plans a marble medallion portrait of Gov Johnson, to be sent to Sacramento within a month.
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Woman Suffrage in Australia Quoted in Independent
A fragmentary excerpt notes how the Sydney Bulletin describes Australian women voters using federal explanatory booklets. It highlights a Mary as a federal voter, her plan to attend the ballot in a motor, and humorous misreadings of the booklet. The piece mixes commentary and light satire on suffrage dialogue.
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Safety at Sea Aims Enhanced Wireless for Vessels
The American delegation at the International Conference on Safety at Sea in Lennon outlined key recommendations. They urged wireless gear aboard ships carrying 100 or more people to transmit messages over at least 100 nautical miles and to include an independent auxiliary power supply separate from the main electric plant. The group, led by Representative Joshua W Alexander, Chairman Eugene T Cham berlain, and Capt George D Cooper, met with Secretary Stedfield and held a final pre‑departure meeting on October 17 before sailing for Europe.
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Joshua W Alexander
Missouri
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheres
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Li Yuen Heng Elected Chinese Vice President
Li Yuen Heng, provisional vice president, won the five year term by 610 votes of 719 cast in a joint parliamentary vote. In Forbidden City preparations for Yuan Shi Kai's inauguration aim to project strength to the nation and military amid claims of undercover pressure on voters.
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Peking
Li Yuen Heng
Yuan Shi Kai
Forbidden City
Record Annapolis class largest entering at Naval Academy
Secretary Daniels signed commissions for 94 midshipmen at Annapolis forming the largest entering class on record. He cited this as evidence that the entrance examinations are not too difficult amid criticism from Representatives Mann and Howard on the House floor.
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Annapolia
Mann
Mlinois
Howiara
Georgia
Bryan Declares Philippine Policy Pledge Fulfilled
Secretary Bryan, absent in the South, via telegraph lauds President Wilson's policy on the Philippine Islands. He says he is satisfied with the declaration of policy and rejoices that the Democratic platform pledge for eventual independence has been fulfilled.
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Woodruff Improvement Report Denies Relapse
Mrs. Timothy L. Woodruff issued a statement denying any relapse by her husband the former lieutenant governor. She said his condition continues to improve slowly after a recent slight stroke while addressing a Progressive meeting.
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New York
Get
Timothy L. Woodruff
Woodruff
Sun and Tide Table and Coastal Weather Bulletin
The report combines the day’s sun and tide details with a U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau forecast. It notes high tides and low tides, plus unsettled conditions along the Atlantic seaboard and mixed rain chances inland. Temperatures run above seasonal averages in the east and south, with cooler readings in the Northwest. Storm warnings cover the Atlantic coast from Cape Henry to Savannah, with winds breezy to gale on parts of the coast and variable elsewhere. Local observations list hourly temperatures from midnight to evening, with a maximum of 67 and a minimum of 61.
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Washington
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Carolina
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Atlantic
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Ireland and Ulster views on home rule in Britain era
An Irish American perspective panel discusses Home Rule, Ulster resistance, and the 19th century tolls of reform. Father Bradley argues Ireland bears major expenses and policing costs, while Richard Sullivan critiques civil service reform as partisan. Robert Fuller praises Buenos Aires as a model, noting South American travel costs and the Andes.
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