Indiana Special Session Hear Governor Hanly Urge County Option
Governor Hanly address to Indiana House urges county local option with strong anti liquor alliance warnings. Text highlights 35 percent of saloons brewery controlled, enforcement hurdles, and calls for state measures plus appropriations and new laws to curb threats to tobacco and state institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Hanly
Indiana
General Assembly
Liquor Alliance
Gold Discovery Reported in County Donegal Ireland
A Belfast geologist says a mine in Donegal could surpass profitable South African mines. Reported ore wealth claims 4000 to 5000 tons exposed on land rich in gold copper and silver. some areas show 60 percent lead and silver mixed with base metals. gold has appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Ireland
Donegal
South Africa
Pearl finds by river mussel diggers in Indiana
Charles King, after two years of mussel digging in the Ohio River near Rockport, discovers a pearl valued at 1000 dollars. A fellow worker refuses 500 dollars for another pearl. Green Goodman, mussel camp operator on the Wabash near Mink Island, finds a pearl and sells it to a buyer for 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Charles King
Ohio River
Rockport
Green Goodman
Wabash River
Mink Island
Cholera Threat Grips St. Petersburg Amid Citywide Crisis
Reports describe Asiatic cholera spreading through the Russian capital with high deaths and growing infections. Authorities mobilize martial law threats, hospital expansion, disinfectants, and food aid while markets remain unsanitary and crowded, with cases rising across districts and even military barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Cable
Department of War
Warsaw
Vilna
Eagle Wounded After Eagle Attacks Child In Helmetta
Blanche Cribier, 3, of Helmetta New Jersey, was playing when a large eagle swooped to carry her off. Fred Cribier's brother fired a shotgun, wounding the bird and enabling its capture. The child sustained only scratches and remained unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Blanche Cribier
Fred Cribier
Helmetta
N. J
Cribier
Taft Betlands $20,000 at 4 to 1 Odds in Buffalo
Henry Sellheimer, secretary of the Republican County Committee in Buffalo, announces he has $20,000 to bet at odds of 4 to 1 that Taft will defeat Bryan. He says he will place all or part of it with anyone who covers the stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Henry Sellheimer
Republican County Committee
Taft
Bryan
Waterlo man 79 goes insane after shopping spree
Hubert Kuuster of Waterloo, aged 79, after a day of shopping with his daughter and wading through crowded stores and long talks on prices, suddenly became insane. He was placed in the city hospital observation ward, imagining he still shops and arguing with imagined clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Hubert Kuuster
Waterloo
IHS
City Hospital
Abundance of Arguments Surrounding Appetite
A compact note observes ongoing debate over appetite and abundance of competing views. It highlights how discussions around appetite intersect with cultural norms and individual choices, signaling a broader discourse without presenting a definitive stance.
Letters Alleged to Be From Archbold Shock Columbus Meeting
In Columbus Ohio last week Thomas Hisgen and William R Hearst, Independence Party candidates, cited letters claimed from John D Archbold of Standard Oil to Senator Foraker. Hearst read shown checks for 15000 and 14500 as evidence of alleged influence on pending congressional legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Thomas Hisgen
Independence Party
William R. Hearst
Memorial Hall
Mr. Hearst
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
J. B. Foraker
Ohio
Congress
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Rogers
Standard
Broadway
New York
Elliott
Price
Sixteenth Street
Washington, D. C
Ninety Cent Wheat Predicted As New Market Floor
Crookston Minnesota heard James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway forecast the end of cheap wheat. He spoke at the dedication of a state high school for agriculture students and urged funding 1,000 agriculture schools with warship costs redirected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crookston, Minn
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad Company
Hill
Northern
United States
Immigration figures show August arrivals drop from 1907
Special immigration statistics indicate a decline in August arrivals. Total immigrants recorded were 27,783 compared with 98,825 in August 1907. The figures highlight a sharp year over year decrease in new arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago Population Figures From School Census
The official school census places Chicago’s population at 1,924,060, up from an estimated 1,714,144 four years earlier. Americans form the largest nationality group, followed by Germans and Irish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Maxwell urges baths over libraries for city welfare
Dr W H Maxwell city school superintendent tells the Playground Association of America that more public baths would benefit New York morally and socially more than Carnegie libraries. He argues baths would do more for the city than libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. H. Maxwell
Playground Association of America
Roosevelt to set aside 70000 acres to protect native birds
President Roosevelt orders about 70 000 acres of land adjoining the Oregon California Nine to be set aside as a bird protection and propagation reservation. The measure aims to safeguard native bird species and habitat in the area, reflecting conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoding
Cal
Roosevelt
Oregon- California
Singer Iron King Reveals $16 Million Gift to Four Children
In Pittsburgh, W H Singer distributed $16 million among his four children at a golden wedding supper. Each child received $4 million in checks bonds and deeds. The news came to light after papers filed in Allegheny County Court House. Children named William Henry Singer Jr George Singer Mrs William Ross Proctor and Marguerite Singer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
W. H. Singer
Allegheny County
Singer
Iron King
William Henry Singer, Jr
Norway
George Singer
William Ross Proctor
Philadelphia
Marguerite Singer
Wright Airship Fall at Fort Myer Ends in Tragedy
Orville Wright and Lieut. Thomas E Selfridge were aboard a two man aeroplane when a propeller blade broke and the craft fell from 75 feet at Fort Myer. Selfridge died from a base skull fracture while Wright, though seriously injured, expected to recover from fractured thigh and rib injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
St. Myer
Orville Wright
Thomas E. Selfridge
Signal Corps
Army
Selfridge
Lieut. Selfridge
Watters
Lieut
Wiight
Fort Myer
Wright
Aerial Experiment Association
Aeroplanist
Wrights Break World Flight Duration Record at Le Mans
Wilbur Wright, aeroplane pioneer from Dayton Ohio, eclipsed European records by staying aloft 39 minutes 18 35 seconds over Auvours Field. He circled the field at about 45 feet average height, giving the Wright brothers the record for both hemispheres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mans
France
Auvours
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Wright Brothers
Wright
Woman in Powder Springs Pursues Suspect in Child Harm Case
In Powder Springs Georgia Mrs. Sarah Reed wife of a prominent citizen led a posse pursuing Robert Bostick a Black man employed in her house after he allegedly harmed her nine year old daughter. Reed struck him as soon as he was overtaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powder Springs
Robert Bostick
Sarah Reed
Death penalty linked to Springfield race riots
Jon James, identified as the slayer of Clerg A Ballard, must die by hanging for his crime in Springfield Illinois. The verdict stems from riots that shook the city four weeks prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Jon James
Clerg A. Ballard
World Crusade Opens Tuberculosis Exposition in Washington
The international congress on tuberculosis begins a three week push in the capital with a grand tubercular exposition at the new national museum. Delegates from 24 foreign countries join American physicians to showcase sanatoria, model dwellings, laws, and sanitary devices aimed at curing or preventing the white plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National
Drs
Robert Koch
Berlin
Bang
Copenhagen
A. Calmette
Lille
France
N. Theodore Tendeloo
Leyden
R. W. Phillip
Edinburgh
C. von Pirquet
Vienna
G. Simsvee
Cambridge
Lydia
United States
Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Man Eaten by Shark On Indian Mail Steamer Arabia
Wil lam Newbury a popular storekeeper and crew member was eaten by a shark off Cape Finisterre as the P. and O. Company Indian mail steamer Arabia neared the coast. Passengers describe Newbury shouting and vanishing beneath the waves while a shark trailed the vessel for days. Des Moines notes a city without a red light district as vice restrictions take effect and the tenderloin fades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Cable
P. and O. Company
Arabia
Willam Newbury
Newbury
Hner
Cape Finisterre
Des Moines
Pearls Found in Fox River Mussel in Elgin
Special clam diggers in Elgin Illinois harvested a mussel containing 342 pearls. A local jeweler certified the pearls as unusually pure and averaging three eighths of a carat each. The find is described asWorth a fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Ill
Fox River
Roosevelt Jr Engagement Rumor Circulates
A society rumor reports a possible engagement between Theodore Roosevelt Jr the President's son and Miss Carrie Munn of Washington who has been summering at the Munn villa on Sea street Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt, Jr
Boston
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Carrie Munn
Washington
Munn
Sea Street
Manchester
Helen Maloneys Secret Marriage Annulled
Philadelphia heiress Helen Maloneys marriage to Arthur Osbourne, broker in New York, was annulled after her claim that parental pressure forced the ceremony. The union was declared null by the courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Maloney
Martin Maloney
Philadelphia
Arthur Herbert Osborne
Why is a kiss over the telephone unlike a winter hat
A playful joke notes that a kiss delivered by phone lacks the warmth and tangible feel of a hat. The pun hinges on the word felt, contrasting emotional action with a material plot device. No real-world events are reported.
Taft Plans Three Campaign Tours Across the Nation
W H Taft will undertake three campaign trips starting September 23 in Cincinnati. The first tour covers Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri with speeches on the train. A second trip will visit Kentucky, Tennessee and possibly North Carolina, and a final eastern tour includes New York and Maryland to Ohio before the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
W. H. Taft
Galesburg
Minnesota
Ota
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
New York City
Empire State
New England
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Farmers Praying for Rain in Smoke Threatened Valley
Laporte Indiana reports a Sunday of prayer as fires raged through the Kankakee Valley. Farmers fought flames across thousands of acres of marsh land and plowed fields to check the fire. If relief does not come soon, sowing of wheat may be impossible and large ground fissures appear across lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Kankakee Valley
Indiana
Cost of Living Rises in 1907 Wage and Price Data
Washington summary of the July bureau of labor report shows average hourly wages up 3.7 percent from 1906 to 1907 while retail food prices climbed 4.2 percent. Regular weekly hours fell slightly by four tenths of 1 percent and employment rose by 1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor
Robbers Hit J C Canton's Store In Armour
Robbers robbed J C Canton's store in Armour collecting from the safe 33000 in paper 2000 in gold and 300 in silver. The paper money was wrapped in packages including a bundle of 10000 in twenty dollar bills. A reward of 1000 is offered for the arrest of the burglars.
Divorce Suit Filed by Millionaire Ten Bartoon
Ten Bartoon sues for absolute divorce from his wife formerly Miss Kirk of Glen Cove. The high profile action targets the marriage and seeks dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ten Bartoon
Milionaire
Miss Kirk
Glen Cove
Death from blood poisoning after knee bruise in Evansville
Myrtle Glass fifteen daughter of Jacob Glass a prominent local farmer near Evansville sustained a knee bruise while playing with schoolmates. She ignored the wound three days later blood poisoning developed and despite amputation she died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Myrtle Glass
Jacob Glass
Forest Fires Destroy Two Towns in Wisconsin
Rhinelander special reports two lumber towns are wiped out by forest fires. Gagan and Woodboro, each with about 2,000 residents, are homeless as villagers flee growing flames along the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhinelander
Wis
Gagan
Woodboro
Chinese Bandits Killed on Sangke River
Paris dispatch from Indo China reports that on September 6 a band of Chinese bandits was surprised on the Sangke River. Many bandits were killed and the rest drowned attempting to swim away. The French suffered one fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sangke
Mechanical Hamburg Dressmaker Faces Uncle's $10000 Block
Bertha Schultz a young dressmaker in Hamburg must decide whether to marry an accountant or accept an uncle's $10,000 bequest tied to a ban on marrying a man in an intellectual occupation. The couple argues the fiancé’s work is mechanical while a skeptical world watches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Bertha Schultz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana House
Purdue University
Girls’ School
Normal School
School For Deaf
Southeastern Insane Hospital
Vincennes University
Cupid
Kinganuel
Lisbon
Jose
Manuel
Aranging
Eis
Iread -Asiatis
Pes
The
Empire
Eagle
Worder
Ike
Hearst
Archbold
Figuers
Andy
von King
Wright Airship
Aeronaut Wright
Ft. Myer
Air Kings
World Crusade
Helen’s
Cost
Preacher
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!