Mayor Tom L. Johnson Says He Lost Fortune and Home
Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson claims a large fortune has vanished and he will give up his Euclid Avenue home and luxuries. He cites devotion to his late brother Albert’s estate, which held East traction interests, as the wrecking force on his finances after Albert’s death. Johnson reportedly lost about $400,000 in Lorain related ventures.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
Euclid Avenue
Albert
Johnson
Lorain
Royce Critiques Football Moral Education In Harvard Magazine
Harvard philosopher Professor Josiah Royce argues in the football issue of the Harvard Illustrated Magazine that football harms youth moral education. He contends the sport does not train loyalty and damages public conduct as bones are broken and spectator loyalty is undermined.
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Boston
Mass
Josiah Royce
Department of Philosophy
Harvard
Hie
Royce Enya
Mothers Room Closed in Christian Science Tabernacle
Thousands of devout Christians have long revered the mothers room in Boston’s First Church of Christ Scientist. By order of the board of directors the original Back Bay tabernacle space is shut to the public without explanation. The room, once open at all times, then limited to three days weekly.
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Boston
Mass
Great
Christian Science Tabernacle
Back Bay
Church of Christ, Scientist
Bad Shortage of Christmas Trees Predicted Nationwide
A dramatic warning claims a severe shortage of Christmas trees, sparked by forest fires in Maine and other disruptions. Dealers race to cut and ship trees, while prices are expected to rise. Chestnut crops in New Jersey are good, with plentiful nuts despite smaller size and few worms.
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Maine
North Woods
New Jersey
Lookout Inn Burns on Lookout Mountain
The Lookout Inn, a famed old establishment atop Lookout Mountain, Tean., was burned to the ground with all its contents, leaving the site in ashes.
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Lookout Inn
Lookout Mountain
Tean
Far Eastern Notes and Trade Shifts Highlight Steel Demand
Far Eastern Notes report Japan increasing purchases of American iron and steel pipe yearly. Egypt’s suzer cane crop this year is 400000 tons, down from 500000 in 1907 and 700000 in 1906. Sailors of the American fleet at Amoy and Ching compete in sports with prize awards. An attempted shooting of Bir A. H. L. Fraser, Bengal’s Lieutenant-Governor, at Calcutta Town Hall failed as the culprit was captured.
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Japan
Egypt
Amoy
Ching
Bir
A. H. L. Fraser
Bengal
India
Calcutta
Pinchot Offered Secretary of Agriculture in Taft Cabinet
In Washington, D. C., Gifford Pinchot has been offered the post of Secretary of Agriculture in President Taft's Cabinet and is almost certain to accept.
Prominent Figures Speak on Political and Naval Matters
Elihu Root signaled willingness to accept the New York Senate seat. Senator Elkins denied his daughter’s engagement to the Duke of the Abrazal. A push started to unseat Charles F. Murphy as head of Tammany Hall. Dr. Waldemar Jachelson departed New York for a two year ethnological expedition among the Aleuts. Hear Admiral Pillsbury urged restoring the Vice Admiral rank in the Navy.
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Elihu Root
New York
Elkins
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Waldemar Jachelson
New York City
Pillsbury
Prosperity Wave Hits U.S. Industry as Railroads Plan Massive Spending
Reports from across the nation describe factories reopening after months of cessation while railroads announce plans to invest millions in improvements. A loosening money market enables large projects as manufacturing centers in the Northwest, South, and East show brighter times. The National Prosperity Association of St. Louis disbands as prosperity returns and its chairman E. C. Simmons notes less need for the group.
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Coast Browne Association
Ceech
National Prosperity Association, of
St. Louis
E. C. Simmions
United States Steel Corporation
Monessen
Monongahela Valley
Schoen Steel Company
Pittsburg
National Tube Works
McKessport
Westinghouse Electric Company
Republic Iron and Stent Company
Pitteburg
Midham
New London Counties
Conn
American Woolen Company
Moosup
Michigan Lake Superior Power Company
Chicago
International Paper Company
Berlin
N. H
J. D. Farrell
Seattle
Wash
E. H. Harriman
Pacific Northwest
New York
North Coast
Milwaukee
St Paul
Harriman
Puget Sound
Northwest Coast
Lackawanna Railroad
Maes
News of a Week That Shows Evidence of Better Times
Reports to the International Brotherhood of Operative Potters describe broader work in diverse industries. Mills in the South and tools makers in Pawtucket restart full schedules, while major steel and electrical firms plan new plants and expansions. Railroads, tobacco, and textile sectors show rising activity and capacity utilization across regions.
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Washington, D. C
International Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Riverside Pottery
Wheeling
W. Vai
Dreaden
Klondike
Sebring Pottery
Et Sabring
Duslert
American China Company
Toronto
Union Buffalo Cotton Mills
Union
8. C
Fales & Jenks Machine Company
Pawtucket
Easton & Burnham Machine Company
R. 1
Tifton
American Tobacco Company
Burley Leaf Tobacco Society
Nithole Steel Company
Chicago
Donald G. Reid
Rock Island
el. ©. Converse
Baldwin Locomotive Works
United States Steal Corporation
Gary
Crescent Steel and Wire Company
New Cornerstown
Ohio
Invention of Great Importance to Ironclads in Germany
At a League of German Naval Architects meeting in Charlottenburg Kiel engineer Dr Anschuets kaempre exhibited a compass without a magnetic needle. The device is a gyroscope that, when suspended correctly, aligns with the earth’s axis. It promises to keep direction stable where metal ships distort traditional compasses.
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Charlottenhurg
Germany
League of German Naval Architects
Anschuetskaempre
Kiel
Dancing Masters Solve Problem of Clingsome Drapery
Paris reports dancing masters address fashion crisis as women wear tighter skirts. They meet and decree shorter steps for waltzes and polkas to ensure movement and keep dancing alive and profitable for instructors.
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Paris
Yale Seeks Thirty-Hos Vaudiastes For Hockey Roles
The World of Sport notes Yale lists thirty-Hos vaudiastes for positions on the hockey team while W K Vanderbilt leads winning owners on the French turf with 263,640 dollars. Arthur Curtiss James rumored to succeed Cornelius Vanderbilt as commodore of the New York Yacht Club. Bitter race restoration battle at Hot Springs Arkansas where businessmen favor the sport and hope for success.
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Yale
W. K. Vanderbilt
Arthur Curtiss James
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Tornado Killings Sweep Northeast Arkansas Towns
Meager reports from about twenty towns in northeast Arkansas say about twenty five dead, fifty injured, and many missing after a tornado path two miles wide and seventy miles long. Cravens west of Ozark was wiped out with four killed. Knoxville and Barr areas reported multiple deaths and injuries. destruction at Berryville centered on stores and churches.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Arkansas
Ozark
Aric
Cravens
Join Rosin
Knoxville
Piney Creek
Barr
Berryville
Kreeville
Russellville
German Menace Realized in Lords Speech
London report of a House of Lords speech by Field Marshal Lord Roberts arguing Britain could lose sea supremacy without a strong land defense. He warned Germany could land an army and said England must build an 1860‑strong force of high quality to deter invasions and force concessions.
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London
Spelzing
House of Lords
Lord Roberts
Great Britain
Germany
England
England panics over India unrest deepens
London reports growing violence and sedition in India with public fear rising. The Viceroy Earl of Minto cuts short his provincial tour, returning to Calcutta ten days early, while some papers urge sterner suppression of sedition, warning of a revival of race hatred not seen since the Mutiny.
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London
India
Earl of Minto
Calcutta
Priest Sentenced in Rutland Murder Case
The Rev. Francis Crovista, a Sicilian priest, found guilty of assault in the July murder of Accarito Santoro, was sentenced in the Superior Court to less than three nor more than five years in the House of Correction in Rutland Wisconsin.
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Rutland
Francis Crovista
Accarito Santoro
House of Correction
Engineers Prepare Hawaii Fortifications Under Major Winslow
United States engineers under Major Winslow begin fortification work in Hawaii. The initial task is to prepare military maps as a large dredge will be built at Pearl Harbor and the channel deepened, with dredging to begin soon.
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Hawaii
United States
Winslow
Hawaiian Islands
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt Accepts Address Before Royal Geographical Society
London, July 1910 President Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to address the Royal Geographical Society during his London visit. The subject is not fixed, but is likely to cover his impressions of the Africa tour.
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London
Roosevelt
Royal Geographical Society
Society
Misa Hiling Johnson Defies Death Threats in New York
In New York City Misa Hiling Johnson defied death threats and frightened off two bur elara. Miss Clara Howard an American girl has been chosen for a free scholarship at Girton College London. Mrs Louisa Balderman sixty seven of New York City proposed to John D Haight a fifty three her boarder and was accepted. Five hundred young girl friends escorted the grave the badly of Frances Grossman a leader a charitable endeavor and a political worker in New York City.
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Misa Hiling Johnson
New York City
Clara Howard
Girton College
London
Louisa Balderman
New York Ciy
John D. Haight
Frances Grossman
Massive Chicago Estate Valued at 18 Million in Probate
Edward Ira and Sarah Morris as executors filed an inventory in the Probate Court showing Nelson Morris's estate valued at about 18 million dollars at the time the will was filed for probate. Other items note a church fair booth death, a fatal auto overturn near Hyattsville, a planned Washington auditorium, glanders death of Dr Thomas B Wilson, and frauds totaling two million in real estate schemes. Also reported are an initiation injury to Governor-elect A C Sassenberger, Emmanuel Movement lectures in New York, a fertilizer merger plan for 25 million in preferred and 25 million in common stock, and monthly Panamanian Canal construction costs around 2.66 million.
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Chicago
Edward
Ira
Sarah Morris
Nelson Morris
Kaiser Skips Marine Architects Meeting
Berlin Kaiser straights self discipline by missing the annual meeting of the Association of Marine Architects, citing urgent business. Ellerman acquires control of Bucknall fleet, totaling 112 ships and 430000 tons. Penny Post sees 29 percent October mail rise from UK to US. Moro revolt near Malabang. infantry recon deployed. Queen Wilhelmina barred from private audiences to avoid fatigue. Servia withdraws guards on Austro-Hungarian frontier. reserves discharged. Nebraska shatters naval target records in progress. Capuchin monastery reorganization probe in Lemans. St Petersburg reports Jews offered special rail fare to emigrate. Montenegro arms surge reported along frontier.
Peruna Advert Says It Aids Many Aches And Ills
An old advertisement extols Peruna as a cure all for ailments and claims it restores strength. It touts relief from many conditions and urges readers to trust Peruna over other remedies. The copy emphasizes the product’s efficacy and broad usefulness.
Opening the Season at the Theatre Ends in Sudden Alarm
On opening night a man hurriedly exits after an apparent alarm of fire. His wife questions the cause, and the momentary panic passes as the couple exchanges terse remarks, without a clear source of danger. New England Grover.
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New England
Grover
Indian Babies Don’t Cry Says Idaho Doctor
Dr Chattea Moody of Idaho asserts that Indian affection for children shapes behavior. He claims Indian mothers never react with distress, noting Indian babies do not cry when hurt and instead show a brief bright eyed frown to signal suffering.
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Dr. Chattea & Moody
Idaho
Cather Pnolgh
Nevar
Ideal Woman Shapes According to Greek Theory
New York World reports artists discuss the ideal female form noting there is no single perfect type. Short woman measurements are given as height five feet four inches with detailed bust waist and limb dimensions. Tall woman specifications follow with height five feet eight and a half inches and corresponding measurements for bust waist hips and limbs.
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New York World
Snapshots and machines replace steam in small factories
An album for photographs is praised as a useful item with ribbon ties and corner slits to fix photos. The note mentions Home Chat. It then states Gox engines are rapidly replacing the steam engine in smaller factories, providing twice as much power for the same amount of fuel.
New Life Found in Change to Right Food
A mother recounts her and her son's months of sour stomach relief after adopting Grape-Nuts. She notes improved digestion, appetite, and energy, crediting the cereal as the key to a renewed life. The letter, signed by a Battle Creek company, urges readers to trust similar results.
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Elven
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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