Quentin Roosevelt Delivers Reptile Show at the White House
The tale describes Quentin Roosevelt bringing a king snake and another forked tongue reptile to the White House. He seeks help from officials including Hepburn and Lacey to remove the snakes, amid President Roosevelt and oil case discussions. The incident amuses guests and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Quentin
White House
Standard Oil
Bonaparte
Hepburn
Lacey
Mr. Hepburn
Mr. Lacey
Quetin
New World Power warned as US seeks mastery of Pacific
The article in Novoe Vremya predicts inevitable future war between Japan and the United States. It touts American sea power growth under Roosevelt and warns Russian diplomacy to prepare. It foresees the US fleet entering the Pacific via the Strait of Magellan as a decisive turning point for the Eastern world.
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St. Petersburg
Japan
United States
Novoe Vremya
America
Roosevelt
Strait of Magellan
Pacific
Dahlia Named After First Lady Draws Attention at Fair
A dahlia named Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt captivates visitors at the American Institute fair in the Berkeley Lyceum. The bloom, five inches across, features flame color and chrysanthemum like petals with jagged edges, reflecting distinctive dahlia form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
American Institute
Berkeley Lyceum
Wisconsin Defeats City Ownership of Water Works
Wisconsin cities reject municipal ownership of water works. Manitowoc voters refuse to buy the plant for 230000. Racine fails to place city bonds for 410000. Sheboygan also balks at 400000 price. Appleton Supreme Court ruling sets service rate too low to sustain a city owned plant.
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Wisconsin
M. O
Milwaukee
Manitowoc
Racine
Sheboygan
Appleton
Supreme Court
Gobblers Hunt and Kill Rabbits Near Lawrenceburg
Special from Lawrenceburg Indiana describes Col Ezra G Hayes on his farm east of town using a drove of turkeys to trap and kill rabbits in a ragweed field. The flock surrounds the rabbit while the gobblers strike with beak or foot, ending with the birds finishing the prey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Ezra G. Hayes
Turkey Range
Prominent Men Targeted in Federal Indictments
Six indictments against Pacific Mail Steamship Co and Southern Pacific Co. name Edward Harriman John Stubbs and R P Schwerin. The cases allege Violations of the rate law on Orient to Chicago shipments via San Francisco. Details point to Kobe to Chicago transits and a long running pattern over many months.
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San Francisco
Federal Grand Jury
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Southern Pacific Company
Edward H. Harriman
John C. Stubbs
R. P Schwerin
Grand Jury
Interstate Comerce
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Harriman
Harriman Railroad
Chicago
Kobe
Louise Marries Italian Music Professor in London Registry
The Countess of Montignoso formerly Crown Princess Louise of Saxony wed Signor Enrico Toselli at the Strand registry, ending the Saxon allowance. She says she will give up the King of Saxony’s funds, while Toselli plans to teach music in London.
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London
Countess of Montignoso
Louise of Saxony
London Evening News
The
Strand
Enrico Toselli
Saxony
Giron
Toscilli
Great Floods in Malaga Cause Heavy Destruction
Torrential rains caused the Guadalhorpe river to overflow in Malaga Spain and nearby towns. Nineteen bodies have been recovered with many feared dead. The floods left widespread devastation across the region and prompted rescue efforts.
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Malaga
Spain
Guadalhorpe
Frightened Driver Dies After Auto Horn Panic
In Cleveland John Conway bolted from a speeding car after a loud horn blast and died of heart failure, authorities report. No other injuries noted.
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Cleveland, O
John Conway
Forecaster predicts severe October storms from Oct 2 to 4
St Louis weather prophet Srl R Hicks issues a warning of harsh northwest gales sleet and frost through October with multiple storm periods from the 2nd to the 3rd and again later in the month. He cautions farmers shippers and navigators to act promptly to avert losses and danger.
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St. Louis
Srl R. Hicks
Earth
Venus
Pacific
Hicks
Lipton's Challenge Declined by New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas Lipton presented a challenge for a sixty eight foot class race under the new rule to the New York Yacht Club meeting. The club declined noting the challenger failed to specify water line dimensions and other boat details required by the deed of gift.
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Lipton
New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Those Fatal Cocktails
In Columbus Indiana the vice president was defeated as a lay delegate candidate at the quadrennial lay electoral conference part of the Indiana annual Methodist Episcopal Conference. Prohibition delegates opposed him for serving cocktails at a memorial day dinner honoring President Roosevelt in Indianapolis. The seven lay delegates to the Baltimore general conference were to be chosen. Governor Hanly was named to head Indiana northeast lay delegates.
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Columbus
Ind
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Prohibition
Indiana
Batimore
Hanly
Fire Hit Wuchow Sparks Widespread Destruction
A major blaze at Wuchow destroyed hundreds of houses and many boats and pontoons with suspected arson. Authorities fear heavy loss of life as the fire may be linked to opposition to a new interior customs station and added taxation.
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Hong Kong
Wuchow
Wachow
Bears Force Campers to Climb Tree in Hulett
Five men and one woman from Hulett Wyoming were treed by bears from Yellowstone while camping. The group spent Thursday night perched in a tree as bears roamed the wrecked camp and ate supplies. At daylight the bears left and the campers escaped.
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Hulett, Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Hulett
Flood Overflow Drowns 600 in Fukuchiyame Japan
Advices from Fukuchiyame near Kyoto report a river flood on the Otonashigawa rising over fifty feet drowning more than 600 people. The disaster follows floods raging across Japan, with rivers overflowing and widespread damage noted.
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Victoria
B. C
Japan
Fukuchiyame
Kyoto
Carlos Akrout to Abdicate Reports in Lisbon Cable
Lisbon cable reports King Carlos will abdicate within a few days in favor of the crown prince as leading families boycott his reign under pressure from allied party leaders.
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Lisbon
Carlos
Irish servant girl wins $20,000 estate prize in lottery
Nellie Mitchell of Wenham Massachusetts claims first prize of property valued at twenty thousand dollars after buying a one dollar lottery ticket to aid a church bazaar in Ireland. The special report notes the dramatic win by the Irish servant girl and the church fundraiser connection.
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Wenham
Mass
Ireland
Nellie Mitchell
Starvation in flood zones hits 200000 peasants in Spain
Madrid reports famine amid south flood districts where 200000 peasants face starvation and millions in property loss. Malaga may harvest but food relief is dire as displaced families beg at government offices and women with infants endure days of hardship.
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Madrid
Malaga
Fifteen Die in Wheeling Wreck in Ohio Yard
The Chicago and Wheeling lightning express on the Baltimore and Ohio struck a freight train in the Bellaire yards Ohio Saturday afternoon. Fifteen passengers were killed outright and a score or more injured. The wreck is blamed on an operator who failed to throw a switch.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Chicago and
Wheeling Lightning Express
Baltimore & Ohio
Bellaire
Taft Arrives in Yokohama for World Peace Mission
Secretary Taft lands at Yokohama and meets Japanese leaders as part of a goodwill tour. Ambassador O'Brien joins Taft, and both stress friendship between America and Japan, denying plans to sell the Philippines and outlining travel plans and future governance of the Philippines.
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Tokio
Taft
Yokohama
Japan
America
Thomas J. O’brien
Pochi Shimbun
The
Minnesota
Roosevelt
United States
Phillipine Islands
Manila
Philippines
O’brien
Husband Hunters Arrive in New York from Europe on Bal tic
About 1002 marriageable European women arrived in New York aboard the White Star liner Baltic seeking husbands. Most plan to move beyond the city to the North West and South to find homes, with many believing American suitors value wives who are loving, pretty, and good cooks.
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New York
Europe
White Star Line
Baltic
Susan Thompson
Harry Thaw predicts acquittal in six months interview
In a New York Evening Journal piece by Charles Somerville Thaw, the Madison Square Garden case’s slayer, speaks in his first direct interview since the tragedy. He asserts certainty of an acquittal within six months and praises his wife’s loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Somerville
New York Evening Journal
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Madison Square Garden
Thaw
Reverend Strouse Attacks Women Golf And Drink On Pier
Atlantic City church audience shocked as Rev. Clarence B. Strouse denounces women’s card games and drinking on the steel pier. He offers that while male drinking declines, women are succumbing to wine and becoming degraded.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Clarence B. Strouse
Frank James Plans 160 Acre Farm in Oklahoma
Kansas City special reports Frank James, once a famed bandit, visiting his nephew Jesse James Jr in Kansas City and arranging to move to Oklahoma where he has bought 160 acres to live out his remaining years as a farmer.
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Kansas City
Frank James
Jesse James
Oklahoma
Kokomo Lays Cornerstone for $100,000 Catholic Church
The Kokomo ceremony drew about six thousand people as the cornerstone of a new $100,000 Catholic Church was laid on Sunday. Bishop Allerding of Fort Wayne presided.
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Kokomo
Ind
Bishop Allerding
Fort Wayne
Roosevelt May Face Pressure to Run Again in 1908
Washington speculation centers on whether Theodore Roosevelt will reverse his pledge to retire at term end. Root and other officials insist he remains fixed, while a movement to draft a third term gains momentum in several states with plans to organize delegates to back his renomination.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Root
Bryan to Say Yes at Omaha Banquet December 7
William Jennings Bryan will announce his third presidential bid in Omaha Nebraska on December 7 at a Democratic banquet. Mayor Jim Dahlman organizes the event where about 1000 plates will be served and Bryan has indicated he will attend.
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Col. Allensworth
Association
Riverside
San Diego
Marilta
Bryan
Omaha
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Jim” Dahlman
Kissing Pastor Suspended by Methodist Committee
The Rev. John Roger of Switzerland County Indiana was tried by a nineteen member Methodist committee on charges of kissing a church member against her will. He was suspended from the ministry for one year. Charges were brought by the circuit presiding elder and pursued by church members.
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Columbus
Ind
John Roger
Switzerland County
Indiana
Loot by Japanese Crew at Litak Bay Alaskan Village
Captain Munro of the Casco reports Japanese sailors from a sailing schooner in the Bering Sea looted homes at Litak bay on Southwest Kodiak island. The Casco stopped for water and the crew landed, breaking into houses and taking valuables.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
Smith
Vancouver
Munro
Casco
Litak Bay
Kodiak Island
Bering Sea
Bare feet spark Paris fashion question
In Paris a few people consider going barefoot inspired by painter M Beillot of Ansieres who often walks barefoot and argues it is healthier. The trend question arises amid discussions on style and health in the city.
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Paris
M. Beillot
Ansieres
Ill farmer John Gallagher dies from horse kick injuries
Terre Haute dispatch reports 30 year old John Gallagher of Clark county Illinois died from injuries after being kicked by a horse two weeks earlier. His two brothers and father suffered fatal or serious injuries in prior weeks from a runaway incident.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Gallagher
Clark County
Ill
Tunnel to Unite Nations Opens Swiss Rail Link Plan
A consulting team led by Weakenptaralen Aikieree advises the Swiss government on a tunnel at Splugen Pass in Grison to connect the German and Italian rail lines. The project aims to create a unified rail corridor through the Alps.
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Unite Nations
Berne
Switzerland
Weakenptaralen Aikieree
Splugen Pass
Canton of
Grison
Indiana Second in Wagon Industry
Indiana ranks second among the states in making carriages and wagons. In 1905 its output was valued at 15 million plus, Ohio leads by about 31 million, New York is third, Michigan fourth. Indiana shows the largest gain since 1900, rising about 2.57 million.
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Indiana
Washington
States of the Union
Ohio
New York
Michigan
Teddy Roosevelt Bear Hunt Planned Near Lake Providence
In East Carroll parish near Alsatia Station on the Iron Mountain line the bear hunt for President Roosevelt is set to start about October 6 and run two weeks. Local hunters have prepared camps along the Tensas river and a 400 pound bear was recently slain nearby. Sheriffs request reporters and visitors stay away during the hunt.
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Lake Providence
Roosevelt
East Carroll Parish
Alsatia Station
Iron Mountain
Tensas River
Phil Thompson
Madison
East Carroll
Memphis
Russia's Crop Failure Signals Grain Shortage
The Central Statistical Committee reports a disappointing crop with total output 66 million bushels above last year but a 200 million bushel deficiency, or 1 percent of average. High grain prices buoy exports, while shortages vary across grain types, limiting famine risk this year.
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St. Petersburg
Central Statistical Committee
King Alfonso Noses Adenoid Operation Restores Sleep
A Paris Gil Blas writer says King Alfonso underwent an adenoid removal to ease severe snoring that deprived Queen Maria of sleep. After the operation the nasal passages opened and the king’s loud breathing ceased, bringing quiet nights for the queen.
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Paris
Alfonso
Gil Blas
Surprising Altitude Climate Claim by Professor
Prof Mergesell of Strassburg University reports at a congress of German scientists that the atmosphere at high altitudes is coldest near the equator and warmest near the poles. Balloon ascents in July across latitudes supported the finding.
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Dresden
Saxony
Congress of German Scientists
Mergesell
Strassburg University
Plot Revolution in Cuba Exposed by Havana Cable
Havana authorities shadow suspected conspirators tied to a Cuban uprising under Governor Magoon. Officials allege New York financiers back the movement as investigators track the group for several days.
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Havana
Cuba
Magoon
New York
Gift to fund cottages at Union Printers Home
Colorado Springs trustees announce a $100000 gift to establish a fund for building and maintaining cottages on the Union Printers Home grounds. The fund will care for families of printers residing at the home.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Union Printers’ Home
Japs Must Have Passports for Vancouver Landing
Dr. Monro of Vancouver announces that Canada will not admit any Japanese arriving without passports issued to Canada.
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Vancouver
B. C
Monro
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Plague of snails terrifies Coal Hill residents
Pittsburg reports a snail infestation in Coal Hill described as a plague by the Bureau of Health. Snails swarm sidewalks by day and crawl over sleeping forms at night. women suffer nervous prostration as residents plead for relief.
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Pittsburg
Coal Hill
Bureau of Health
Ferry Capsize Drowns Fourteen on Tombigbee Crossing
A ferryboat on the Tombigbee river near Jackson Mobile capsized resulting in fourteen deaths. One white man and thirteen Black individuals perished in the disaster. Rescue efforts and investigations follow as authorities assess the incident and identify victims.
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Mobile
Ala
Tombigbee River
Jackson
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