Political fund plan to “sweep the board” in Parliament
A parliamentary candidate urges a centralized political fund funded by wealthy individuals to buy seats. He proposes £1,000,000 plus annual subscriptions to finance £1,500 per constituency beyond candidate expenses, arguing it would yield 90 won seats with educated conservatives while claiming reform from corruption.
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Selentife
House of Commons
Squires
Cavaren
Mertos Matiere
Ilty Quatessors
Men of
Tim Ong
House of Common
Belgians to Aid Persian Reorganization Effort
The Persian government, under Shah Muzafter-el-Din, requests Belgian officials to reorganize public services including foreign and postal departments. Many Belgians were previously employed in Persia but resigned during anti foreign sentiment. Now they are asked to return to assist reforms.
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Brussels
Shah Muzafter-el-Din
Persia
Lepine Plays Polite Guardian in Paris Miniature Riot
Special Cable from Paris reports Prefect Lepine observing and aiding citizens with quiet authority. An elderly gentleman in a torn coat and hat disrupts a student scene in the Latin Quarter, prompting cheers and a show of respect for police leadership. The night ends with Lepine leading a small reward gesture and a hint of disciplinary tension among officers.
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Washington Post
Paris
Ileman
Latin Quarter
Tim
M Lapine
Lepine
Messia
Abdul Hamid's Home Described as Mean and Cramped
A Washington Port dispatch cites a Cabinet Maker correspondent who visits Abdul Hamid's Yildiz palace in Constantinople. The tour reveals small rooms, bare private spaces, and plain furniture, with a mix of rude cabinets and few valuable items. The sultan's study, bathroom, and shirt room are described as cramped, hot, and sparsely adorned, though some inlay and workmanship are noted as neat yet vulgar in style.
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Washington
London
Abul Hamid
Yildiz Palace
Constantinople
Police Dog Catches Noted Crogk in Paris
Paris police dog units earn praise after the capture of the notorious apache Bamboula the Terror. The arrest relied on the intelligence of the police dog Balen who guarded the prisoner at the station as Bamboula tried to escape he was tackled by the dog and securely restrained by officers.
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Crogk
Paris
Bation
Pankhurst to Speak in America on Militant Suffrage
Mrs. Pankhurst sails for the United States to spur American suffragists, promising to describe the militant movement's origins and progress. She plans lectures in Boston and New York, states the British government seeks terms, and defends political nature of offenses.
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Washington Post
London
Americana
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England
Anderson
Haverford
Lord Abinger
Asquith
Pankhurst
Doctor Paget Attacks Christian Science in Swansea
Dr Stephen Paget, eminent English surgeon, denounces Christian Science and Emmanuel healing at the church congress in Swansea. He concedes some followers are healthier and busier, but says the doctrine dulls the mind, rejects pain and death, and parodies prayer while enabling false miracles and careless medical neglect.
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Weekington Post
London
Church Congress
Swansea
Christian Science
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French women seek votes in municipal suffrage push
Special Cable to The Washington Funny Parle reports Mme Schmadl, leader of French suffragists, interviewed by M Briand, who backs municipal women’s suffrage. Briand would act only with ministers’ council concurrence as the session nears a vote on the proposed law. Ferdinand Bwsson leads the committee drafting the measure and awaits favorable report.
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Women's Suffrage Union
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Council of Ministers
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Heal the Skin Purify the Blood Remedy Ad
An advertisement extols Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a powerful blood purifier and skin disease remedy. It claims blood impurities via the large intestine cause pimples and skin troubles, links occupational poisons to disease, and touts calcium adipide as the key ingredient that removes bacteria and poisons quickly. The copy urges purchases and requests personal details for a free sample.
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Austria Sorely Pressed by Expenditure Demands
Vienna Oct 9 The Washington Post reports Austria Hungary faces grave strain as conflicting imperial interests collide. Military and financial authorities balk at a new $20,000,000 demand amid annexation tensions while two dreadnoughts may be possible only if budgets are approved by delegations.
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Austria-Hungary
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Radium Baths Planned for Marienbad Spa
Special Cable reports Marienbad, the famed watering place near Schoenficht, may add radium baths next year. A radioactive rock near the town is said to yield radium in water, with potential commercial properties being explored, including exposure to Pulvertzert and other minerals.
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Verlingten Plat
Vienna
Marienbad
Schoenficht
Martenbad
Women’s Property Rights in Ancient Babylon Revealed
London reports that two Babylonian clay tablets in the British Museum show married women held property rights as early as 550 58 B C. A Babylonian widow sued to regain her late husband’s estate mortgaged by him, with the case heard by Babylon’s high court. She argued and won without a scribe or lawyer, and the property eventually passed to her adopted son.
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Washington
London
British Museum
Babylonia
B.C
Babylon
Hordipps
Borstppa
Sure Cure for Cancer Claims Inoculation and Bipolar Electricity
A doctor told a congress that cancer can be cured in most cases by antineoplastic inoculation or bipolar electrification. He cited a patient once given up as cured by inoculation who remains well, and said stomach and breast cancers responded to this therapy. He warned against using the knife, except to prepare sites for electrode insertion, and claimed skin and oral cancers could be healed with proper diagnosis.
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Washington
Doyen
Congress of Surgery
Yeaston Hare
Discovery of Quaternary Man near Bugue in France
Special dispatch reports scientists in Paris announcing a fossilized human skeleton about 20 000 years old found near Bugue in a quaternary formation. The intact skeleton, surrounded by animal bones, suggests upright stance and limited facial movement, with debates over exact dating and earlier finds in the same region.
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Washington Post
Paris
Domegne
Esters France
Cepitsa
College of France
Bugue
Et Chapelle Aux Saints
M Perrier
Paris Museum of Natural History
Europe
Teutons Unearth 200 BC Dwelling Near Potsdam
Excavations by Prof Lehu chardt at Nedlits near Potsdam reveal a fortified Teutonic dwelling dating 300 to 200 B.C. The site includes a stone util and a stone beater for grain, furniture fragments, animal bones, and a catfish jaw with iron ingot remains, linking Teutonic and Greek influences.
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Troy
Micene
Lehu~chardt
Royal Ethnological Museum
Nedlits
Potsdam
Archat Teutone
German railway in Alsace near Swiss frontier stirs alarm
A Washington Post dispatch from Geneva reports a new German railway in Alsace nearly reaching the Swiss border. The double track runs about 20 miles from Denmark to Pfetterhausen, near Boufol, with military use feared to speed troops toward Belfort. Swiss papers urge caution, noting sparse population and questionable cost amid wartime tensions.
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Washington Post
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National Gallery loan exhibition sparks art sale warnings
London reports warn that the National Gallery’s national loan exhibition may fail to fund a nucleus for keeping pictures home. Critics lament potential loss to American collectors as trustees hope entrance fees build a fund to prevent private sale abroad. The plan faces accusations that it invites emigration of Britain’s treasures rather than preserving them.
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National Gallery
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Daily End Weekly
United States
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Saturday Review
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Pehale
America
Increase in rates normal says Liverpool shippers
Liverpool October 9 shippers questioned about a report that trans Atlantic freight rates from American ports would rise. They said any current changes are the usual fall fluctuation due to cotton and grain movement and not a sign of a widespread permanent rate increase, though they would welcome higher prices after the slump.
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Liverpool
Queen Alexandra Improves After Norway Visit
Special cable reports Queen Alexandra showing material health improvement after travels to Norway and Denmark. At 65 in December she is in better general health than in years, with plans to cut back royal duties next year and shift many functions to the Princess of Wales and the Duke of Connaught as part of reduced court activities.
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WASP STING KILLS WOMAN IN SCOTLAND
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports Mary Jane Chaiterin, 2, of Rosehall Johnstone, Davie friesshire, died after a wasp sting during a church service. She felt pain in her left finger through a glove, grew faint, and died after several days of illness as doctors attempted blood transfusions. The sting followed by a serious illness led to her death days later.
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Ghuitch
Tariff war at US prompts Berlin bloc proposal
Berlin Tageblatt reports a European tariff alliance idea proposed by the Bielefeld Chamber of Commerce to curb American protections. The Speiseblatt notes the plan, while questioning feasibility, as Europe faces autocratic US trade tactics and seeks unity to pressure terms.
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Bielefeld Chamber of Commerce
United States
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European Confederation
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Germanic Society lecturer to tour U S on composers
Bertin Oct 9 reports Prof Friedlander invited by the Germanic Society sailed for New York Thursday to deliver lectures in major U S towns on great composers. The American Womens Club prepares a winter season of lectures and a lace sale. First lecturer will be Mrs Kitine, noted American traveler.
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Germanic Society
New York
United States
American Womens Club
Kitine
Awakening of Germanic claim in United States, Baron von Strantz says
A Pan German party figure argues Americans are a Germanic majority and should demand German language equality in schools courts and legislatures. He claims 3,000,000 Germans or more in the U S and condemns alleged disloyalty by U S leaders while urging a German cultural and political awakening to boost ties with Germany.
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Baron Kurd von Strantz
America
United States
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Republic
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Tagitene Rundschau Ans
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Men Trimmed Hats at Olympia Fashion Contest
London reports a playful contest at Olympia where men trimmed hats on ladies and tied chaotic decorations around collars. Feathers flowers and ribbons adorned heads and chins while spectators cheered as ties and collars were twisted into improbable shapes. Several assistants narrowly escaped wardrobe mishaps during the humorous display.
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