Gomez Replaces Venezuelan Cabinet After Castro Departure
Vice President J Vincente Gomez forms a new Venezuelan cabinet after Castro's departure for Europe. Dr Jose De Jesus Paul and Dr Baldo are removed. General Regulo Olivares replaces War Minister Diego Ferren. Caracas reports indicate widespread unrest and anti Castro demonstrations fueling the change.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
J. Vincente Gomez
Cipriano Castro
Europe
Venezuela
Jose de Jesus Paul
Castro
de Reus
Holland
Paul
Baldo
Diego Ferren
Gomez
Regulo Olivares
Caracas
Venezuela cabinet change eyed by U S officials
Washington officials say a new Venezuelan cabinet may affect ties with the United States. The key is whether the vice president and new body will resume talks, with Castro elements excluded hoped to aid long pending U S claims.
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Order of Things
United States
State Department
Washington
Venezuela
Port of Spain
Gomez
The Broken Bottle Symbol At Ship Launches
The article explains that breaking a bottle on a ship launch is misinterpreted as heroic or Christian baptism. It says the act historically symbolized sacrifice, a life offered to the gods, not conviviality, and modern civilization no longer offers prisoners or slaves, using the bottle to signify taking a life instead.
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United Service Gazette
Jerome's Mistake in Early Theatre Career
The article recalls Jerome K. Jerome choosing a soldier role over a donkey in a pantomime, losing a better fit. The stage manager later commented the donkey part would suit him and offered five shillings more weekly.
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Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome
Taft Confers With Hammond On Future of Republican Clubs
President elect Taft meets Augusta in December with John Hays Hammond president of the National League of Republican Clubs. Hammond asserts he is not seeking any cabinet or diplomatic post while Taft hints at cabinet discussions and cites rumors sparked by name suggestions.
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Augusta
Taft
John Hays Hammond
National League of Republican Clubs
Hammond
Diplomatic Corps
Knox
Bomb Wrecks Restaurant on Upper Second Avenue
A bomb believed thrown from an elevated train wrecked the restaurant front on upper Second Avenue New York causing a panic among six families in the building and lightly injuring a woman.
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New York
Upper Second Avenue
Maine Sails Upon Mysterious Voyage
Washington reports the battleship Maine has left Norfolk under sealed orders on a cruise with no official statement on its destination. Rumors link the ship to Venezuelan waters amid rising regional tensions as Curacao and Caracas are hard to reach, and U.S. naval help may be needed in La Guaira and Puerto Cabello if conflict arises.
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Washington
Maine
Norfolk
Navy Department
la Guaira
Porto Cabello
Maracaibo
State Department
Caracas
Curacao
Venezuela
United States
Garfield denies Ohio senatorial bid as dark horse
Secretary Garfield of the interior department rejected rumors of a potential nomination for the Ohio senate race. He said his name has not been seriously considered and he knows of no effort to nominate him. He noted Ohio's split support between Burton and Taft with each faction confident in victory.
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Washington
Garfield
Interior Department
Ohio
Burton
Crushed in Elevator at Boston Store
Elmer A. Birdseye, 17, son of Seattle wholesale grocer George Birdseye, was killed in a Boston store elevator crowding incident described as he and his grandmother Emma Birdseye attempted to enter the car. He was crushed between the floor and door frame and died instantly.
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Chicago
Elmer A. Birdseye
George Birdseye
Seattle
Wash
Boston
Emma Birdseye
High School Students Strike Over Short Week
In Chillicothe Ohio on December 22, fifty students at Chillicothe high school walked out demanding a two weeks vacation after the board of education chose a three day school week.
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Chillicothe, O
Board of Education
Chillicothe
Train Schedule for Chesapeake & Ohio Lines
Eastbound services include No 26 daily except Sunday at 8 42 a m No 23 daily and No 28 daily except Sunday with mixed notes No 24 daily at 25 p m Westbound lines show No 27 daily except Sunday and No 25 daily with several unclear times listed including 6 22 a m and a missing No 23 daily service.
Train schedule changes for Louisville and Nashville lines
Southbound trains Nos 37 33 9 31 34 10 38 and 32 run Cincinnati Knoxville Jacksonville Atlanta and Stanford routes with Paris and Winchester stops. All daily except Nos 9 10 Sunday. Nos 29 30 to be discontinued between Paris and Rowland on the new timetable.
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Cincinnati
Jacksonville
Maysville
Stanford
Paris
Atlanta
Rowland
Railway connections at junction stations announced
Lexington and Eastern Railway lines list train connections with the C&O for Mt. Sterling Campton Mountain Central for Campton Beattyville with L&A for Beattyville O&K for Cannel City and stations. Messages signed W A M'Dowell General Manager and Chas Scott General Passenger Agent.
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Mt. Sterling
Campton Junction
Mountain Central
Campton
Beattyville Junction
L. & A. Railway
Beattyville
O. & K. Railway
Cannel City
Making Caricatures by Nast and Keppler
The article describes how Thomas Nast and Joseph Keppler used memory aided by incidental cues to craft accurate political caricatures. Nast studied features during long conversations then refined sketches from memory, while Keppler favored direct observation in Washington to capture likenesses without relying on photographs.
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Thomas Nast
Nast
Joe Keppler
Washington
Japan Produces Vast Rice Supply Compared to U.S.
Japan grows about 40 times as much rice as the United States and uses over seven percent of its land for rice farming. In the United States only about one acre in 2,000 is devoted to rice cultivation, highlighting a stark agricultural difference between the countries.
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Japan
United States
Japanese Islands
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