Original Treaty Or No Canal Uncles Sam Tired Of Delay
The United States government will not consider Colombia’s proposed changes to the Panama canal treaty. Washington rejects modifications, insisting the treaty must be accepted in full or no canal will be built. Officials say Colombia’s bluff will collapse when it learns the U S will not lease or concede sovereignty over the canal strip under any terms.
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Toto
United States
Colombia
Washington
Panama Canal
Canal
Senate
Congress
State Department
Great Britain
California Admission Observed With Native Sons Event
San Francisco reports the fifty third anniversary of California joining the Union marked by statewide celebrations led by the Native Sons of the Golden West in San Jose. The order totals 160 parlor groups with 13,000 members and is allied with the Native Daughters of the Golden West at 6,000 members. The Native Daughters began in 1888 with 33 founders. The piece notes significant growth and political influence of both groups.
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San Francisco
California
San Jose
Native Sons of the Golden West
Native Daughters of the Golden Wrest
Moody Will Not Resign From Cabinet
Haverhill Mass Sept 10 Secretary of the Navy Moody denies reports he will resign from the cabinet saying the stories have no foundation and he declines to discuss them He is not considering leaving but would like to return to his law practice if public duty allows
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Haverhill
Mass
Moody
Life-Saving Service Exhibit Planned for World’s Fair
Washington plans a large life-saving service display at the St. Louis World's Fair with a 1500 by 550 by 9 foot lake. 18 men will perform twice daily shows on a modern set near the Agricultural and French buildings, replacing a shared lake with the Filipinos.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
St. Louis
Ceylon
Clerk Hills
Capt
Kimball
Detroit Race Tragedy At Grosse Pointe Track
Bar ney Oldfield’s open ten mile event at Grosse Pointe track ends in disaster when a front tire bursts at sixty mph. The car hits the fence, injuring spectator Frank Shearer who dies en route to hospital. Oldfield escapes with cuts and a broken rib as the wreck overturns, a brother of Shearer narrowly escapes.
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Detroit
Mich
Barney Oldfield
Grosse Pointe
Frank Shearer
Oldfield
Shearer
Rain Storm In Kansas City Sets Record
Kansas City Missouri reports the heaviest rainstorm in western Missouri history. In six hours 4.20 inches fell, halting streetcar service and suspending business. Suburbia like Rosedale saw streets flooded to two feet as Turkey and O K creeks rose and residents fled homes.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Rosedale
Turkey
O. K
Turkey Creek
Tornado Strikes Quincy Outskirts Injuring Woman
A tornado tore through the eastern outskirts of Quincy Illinois last night, damaging about six homes. Mrs John Schneizle suffered severe injuries in the wreck at Twenty third and Ohio streets and is reported as fatally hurt.
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Quincy
Ill
John Schneizle
Ohio
Seven Indicted in Postal Cases
Washington Sept 9 the grand jury returned seven indictments in postal cases involving six different persons. Indictments kept off public record with arrests expected today. Stern located in Canada and Beavers surrender with $5000 bail. conspiracies alleged with Congressman Driggs and Brandt Dent Co. manager.
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Washington
Post Office
Federal Grand Jury
District Attorney’s Office
Post Office Department
Payne
Bristow
Stern
Canada
Leopold Stern
Baltimore
Toronto
Can
George W. Beavers
New York
Beavers
United States
Burnett
Hitchcock
Driggs
The Conscience Man Poem by Arthur Macy
A poem in which the speaker describes an inner guardian called the Conscience Man who resides within the胸 breast. The Conscience Man warns guides and judges the speaker, singing a mournful song that signals right and wrong and urges virtue, as the speaker affirms goodness comes from this inner guide.
Wise Mice Escape Trick Thwarted by Wall Hole
A sewing circle listener shares a tale of mice gnawing through clothes and taming a canary, to reveal a mother mouse blocking a wall gap with plaster and rubbish. Five attempts to clear the hole failed as the filling was replaced, yet once the hole remained open the mice ceased intruding.
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N. Y
Boy-Please, sir, give me a sandwich scene
A brief exchange from Philadelphia Inquirer shows a boy asking for a sandwich and a deli man offering food either here or to take away, capturing a simple urban moment.
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Delicatessen
Boy
Beth
Philadelphia Inquirer
Chess Town Stroebeck Priests and Peasants of Saxony
Stroebeck, a Prussian Saxony village famed for chess, traces its devotion to a Wendish prince who carved his own chessmen during captivity in 1011. The Schachturm tower remains, while locals, including children, receive formal chess instruction. An annual school tourney awards six equal prizes to boys and girls. The piece notes Japan's first women’s college, two years old, with over 800 students from across the country.
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Stroebeck
Prussian
Saxony
Japan
Almost Beyond Comprehension Sheet Iron Millex
A Pittsburg iron mill produces sheet metal so thin that 15,000 sheets equal one inch in thickness and light passes as easily through a sheet as through tissue paper, revealing remarkable manufacturing prowess and material properties.
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Pittsburg
Speed of the Moon Moon Orbits Earth at 2273 Miles Per Hour
The moon circulates the Earth at a speed of 2273 miles per hour. This fact is presented in a concise, period-appropriate tone as a simple celestial measurement.
Homemade bamboo pump description from Cincinnati Enquirer
An eight inch bamboo pump with a smooth interior is described. It uses hollow bamboo pieces, rubber seals, and a sliding upper barrel to create pumping action. A spur of water starts the mechanism, detailing assembly of the pump, spout, and Strout rod.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Charm and Postscript Wit in Letters and Life
A humorous sketch on how women’s postscripts reveal charm and wit. A punning quip about a wife adding a wager postscript and a remark on men’s and women’s expression in social notes. Included are brief jokes from Good Words and Philadelphia North American about postscript etiquette and a London Punch scene with a photographer and a sitter.
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Ponrried
William
Miss Skeate
Brown
London
Attempt to Hold Up Bitter Root Express Foiled
In Stevensville Montana on Tuesday morning three men hidden in bushes attempted a train robbery on the Bitter Root Express near the tracks east of town. The crew spotted a pile of ties on the rails, engineer slowed and backpedaled, and the assailants fled after leaping from concealment. The crew armed themselves, recovered the ties, and allowed the express to proceed unmolested.
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Stevensville
Mont
Here
Memorial to McKinley Statue Erected in Adams Mass
Adams Mass Sept 10 date for unveiling of the McKinley statue here has been fixed for October 3. The principal event will be ex Secretary Bates and Lieutenant Governor. The statue is erected to the memory of Mr McKinley with public subscriptions supporting the project.
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Adams
Mass
McKinley
Bates
Aild
Teaults
Too Convenient Husband Calls Reveal Frugal Claim
A Detroit Free Press item quotes a domestic quip about Wiggins needing his telephone removed after he told his wife they should cut expenses. She then calls him every afternoon to check if he has gone to baseball, illustrating a joking, practical assertion about restraint.
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Wiggins
Detroit Free Press
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