Japanese Army viewed as efficient fighting force and lazy Indiana husband
A historic overview praises Japan's army as highly efficient with modern training and conscription practices. It notes long service terms, early peacetime habits, and contrasts with navy loyalties. A divorce filing from Marion Indiana labels Charles Hillman the laziest man in the state for not working during marriage to Grace Hillman.
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Japan
Lasiest
Indiana
Superior Court
Marion
Ind
Charles Hillman
Grace L. Hillman
Hillman
Vardaman Calls For Education Reform And Racial Policy
Mississippi Governor James K. Vardaman, addressing a joint session, denounces education for African Americans as a curse, urges amending the constitution to place public school funding under legislative control, and asserts white supremacy while claiming crime and moral decline among negroes. He frames education and social equality as central to his platform and calls for swift legislative action.
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Mississippi
James K. Vardaman
Gov. Vardaman
Banished Grand Duke Seeks Rural School Board Seat in England
Grand Duke Michael, banished by Russia over a marriage, moved to England and now seeks a Staffordshire county council school committee seat. The noble couple, once courted by Queen Victoria and King Edward, faced loss of rank and estates after their union, living in quiet exile while maintaining high social standing.
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England
Czar
Lis
Nicholas Ir
Michael
Russia
Staffordshire
London
Sophie Merenburg
Torby
Nicholas of
Nassau
Countess of
Merenburg
Lusembourg
Victoria
Edward
Alexander II
Queen Victoria
Alexander III
Keele Hall
Sneyd
Edward III
Ralph Sneyd
Duke
Cannes
Idol of Japan Katsura A Bold Japanese Leader
Gen Viscount Katsura, long called the Washington of Japan, is presented as the bravest fighting man of the Blowery Kingdom. A veteran of 1867 civil war, he helped shape the modern Japanese army after studying in Germany and leading forces in the China Japanese war. Born 1849, he is praised as a national doer who would not fear leading Japanese troops against any white army.
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Alfred Stead
Japan
Viscount Katsura
the Washington
Blowery Kingdom
Order of Things
Katsura
Germany
Kawakami
War Office
Oyama
Corea
Macchuria
Inter
Nod#u
Marquis Ito
Yamagata
Inouye
Raleighs Pipe and a Fleet of Odd News
A long feature recalls Sir Walter Raleighs pipe with royal provenance and prison life lore, then shifts to varied items about cigars in Panama and Carrie Nation's vaudeville turn. It notes American interest in Raleighs pipe, Queen Elizabeth era ties, Keele Hall, and royal patrons, followed by brief discussions of Panama monopolies and Nation's East Coast reception. The piece closes with light obituaries on curious names and a wartime water usage fact for battleships.
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London
Whitechapel
United States
Walter Raleigh
England
Queen Elizabeth
America
Prince of Wales
Raleigh
Tower of London
White Tower
Walter
Earl of Essex
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Windy City
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Nation
Mrs. Nation
West
Nation Sever
Hougands
Poll's
Bridgeport
Conn
East
German Empress Augusta Victoria Health Fears Rise
Anxiety grips Berlin over Empress Augusta Victoria’s health as Prof von Bergmann and court physicians consult. A past foot injury from a Bavaria cure has left a lingering weakness, worsened by varicose veins, raising fears of complications for Wilhelm II’s wife. Married February 27, 1881, she belongs to the House of Schleswig-Holstein and was famed for beauty and popularity.
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Berlin
Augusta Victoria
von Bergmann
Bavaria
Vari
Wilhelm II
House of
Schleswig-Holstein
Alligator Meets Car In Florida Roadlink Incident
A Florida report describes an alligator chasing a hitching pickaninny across a road when a 20 horsepower automobile struck the reptile, breaking its neck. The car suffered only a puncture from the animal’s tooth and the driver plans to stuff the alligator for presentation to the Automobile Club of America in Radium Gerth, Texas. Separately, scientists report radium bearing earth found in the Liano gold and coal fields about 115 miles north of Austin, Texas.
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Asto
Florida
Automobile Club of America
Texas
Austin
Tex
New Jersey Governor Pushes Tax Plan to Curb Billboards
New Jersey Governor Murphy urges the legislature to restrict advertising signs along rail lines to preserve scenic views. He cites 1601 signs on the Jersey City to Trenton line as an example and suggests heavy taxation as a possible remedy to prevent further proliferation and remove existing boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Guv. Murphy
Govenor
Signa of the Times
Jersey City
Trenton
Royal fire fighter crown prince of Denmark featured
The crown prince Christian Frederick Charles, born 1843, famed as the royal fire fighter for aiding in bucket brigades at Amalienborg. He married Princess Louise of Sweden in 1869 and has eight children. A Berlin schools committee plans 10,000 marks yearly for eight years to fresco classrooms depicting German history, after experiments in three schools.
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Denmark
Christian Frederick Charles
Europe
Christian IX
Louise
Sweden
Copenhagen
Auralienborg Palace
Ore
Berlin
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Luree
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Iife
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Ansel O'Gansel
Angelo Ganselo Chandler White Huntoun Watson
Henrietta Tineretta Tingtong
Terio Thompson
Wisconsin
Henrietta Terio
Oshkosh
Sarah Ann Gridley Hatch Holmes Panken
Raymond Waterhouse
Nantucket
John Smith
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Whiteschapel
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Overnor
Boagtien
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Royal Fire Fighter
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