Summary of FA week's events including suicides and notable deaths
The week covered several prominent deaths and incidents. Wisconsin official Frank T. Tucker died by suicide near Oshkosh while serving as assistant attorney general and Republican candidate. British official Lord Kilmarnock was wounded by an accidental gun discharge at a royal shooting party. Aviator Glenn Curtiss set a new waterflight record by flying 60 miles from Euclid Beach to Cedar Point in 1 hour 18 minutes. Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks announced a $250,000 residence project in Indianapolis. Col Theodore Roosevelt was a high guest of Governor Stubbs in Lawrence Kansas. Montana copper magnate Hight Heinze and actress Bernice Golden Henderson wed in Brooklyn. Samuel D. Cronk identified his daughter Alice’s body after her sister and mother died by self-inflicted fire in Chicago. Rose Buckingham of San Francisco was killed in Munich and companion Agnes Roos injured when struck by a streetcar.
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Frank T. Tucker
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Wis
Tucker
Lord Kilmarnock
King George's
Balmoyal
Glenn H. Curtiss
Eucclid Beach
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Cedar Point
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Theodore Roosevelt
Stubbs
Lawrence
Kaw
F. Avignatus Heinze
Montana
Bernice Golden Henderson
Key
Hante
Protestant Episcopal Chore
Brooklyn
Samuel D. Cronk
Almer
Chicago
Detroit
Alice
Rose Buckingham
San Francisco
Agnes Roos
Munich
Germany
Lineway Auto
Illinoia
Minera
Peoria
Illinois Coil Operators’ Association
United Mines Workers of America
Lee O'Neil Browne
George F. Glass
Tilneis Central Railroad
Henry ©. Ostermann
Clarence H. Seley
Ostermann Manufacturing Company
Edward C. Ritsher
Anil
Jobn R. Walsh
Fort Leavenworth
Peter Henry
First Reformed Church
Groveville
N. J
J. A. Smith
Genoa
Italy
Kansas
Topeka
Curtis
Taft
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Columbus
James
Sherman
Decatur
Salt Palace
Salt Laks City
Utah
Ellett
Huntington
John Wayne
Charles Clyburn
Godhaven
Greenland
Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Dr. Cook
Hawley H. Crippen
Ethel Clare Leneve
Belle -Elmore
Bow Street
London
Hart Morris
Putnam Avenue
Josephi
Bibléy
Congresa
Pennsylvania
Medan
Berlin
Spandau
New York census counts and notable early 20th century events
New York City, population 4,766,883, shows growth since 1850 and 1900 per thirteenth census returns. Executor of Grover Cleveland’s estate withheld exact New Jersey holdings value, taxed at five percent. Saratoga Futurity winner Novelty with Schilling up. 23,800 prize. Curtiss set aeroplane speed record of 60 miles in 1:09. Detectives Tobin and McGrath faced mob threats at Des Moines Iowa state fair grounds. Savannah rainfall record reported with one death.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
New Jersey
Novelty
Schilling
Saratoga
Bashti
Love
Glenn H. Curtiss
Lake
Erin
Bank of
Edward Hull
Peoria
Springfield
William Lorimer
Lee O'Neil Browne
Chicago
Charles A. White
Hull
Savannah
Tobin
McGrath
Des Moines
Joseph Nite
George W. Charles
Dation Re. Watts
Illinois Coil Operators Near Agreement Ended Long Strike
Illinois coal operators reached near agreement with United Mine Workers of America to end the strike begun April 1, affecting about 49,000 workers. Chicago conference between Illinois Coil Operators' Association and UMWA delegates produced a settlement based on the Peoria contract.
Roosevelt Voices National Duty For Conservation At Congress
Theodore Roosevelt dominated the conservation congress in St Paul delivering an address on national efficiency and the need to curb private waste and corporate power. He urged orderly development of waterways from the Gulf to the Great Lakes, stressed railways must cooperate, and called for strict regulation of river boat interests to protect public access and prevent monopoly.
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St. Paul
Minn
Theodore Roosevelt
Conservation Congress
Hall
United States
Roosevelt
America
Twin Cities
Mississippi
Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Gulf Deep Waterway
Gulf
Inter-State Commerce Commission
She
Foreat
Pasélhs
Congress Qan
Alto
Congress
Ithe
Eolingel
Derahip
Ermanent
Weimyet
Aleo
Country Life Institute and Conservation Efforts
The speaker urges farmers to gain better knowledge and to form a Country Life Institute for nationwide rural progress. He praises the Hungary exhibit on practical agriculture, warns against luxury, and calls for a federal health bureau. The 1908 governors’ meeting propelled conservation, though a Sundry Civil Service amendment stalled work. The National Conservation Commission and a broader continental effort seek to develop resources with Canada and Mexico for mutual prosperity.
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Bmissiasippi Valley
Middle West
Horses Plunkett
Wyoming
Ireland
America
Country Life Institute
Hungary
Buda-Peath
Museum of Country Life
France
Federal Bureau of Health
Governora
Civil Service
Minnesota
Congress
Sabin
Public Minds Commission
National Conservation Commisssion
National Conservation Commission
United ‘States
Washington
Canada
Mexico
Central
South-America
United, States
Conservation fight and federal control in the United States
A political address argues water power regulation should rest with the federal government rather than states. It warns against using jurisdictional battles to favor special interests, emphasizes conservation as national efficiency, and calls for steady progress despite opposition from interstate corporations and misrepresentation.
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United Staton
Theran
Doan's Kidney Pills Help New Albany Woman Recover
Mrs. Ray Trusner of New Albany Indiana suffered kidney disease that left her bedridden with swelling and paralysis like symptoms. After taking Doan's Kidney Pills she improved rapidly and was a well woman in nine weeks. Stored by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Ray Trusner
West Third Bt
New Albany
Ind
Doan
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Henpeck Comedic Tombstone Request Sparks Debate
A humorous exchange centers on the stonecutter asked to inscribe a tombstone with altered Latin. Mr Henpeck insists the phrase be changed to Requiesce in pace, while the stonecutter notes it would read I rest in peace. He then demands the inscription sign off as Husband.
Doctor Cures Scalp Disease with Cuticura Remedies
A Georgia woman recalls suffering scalp disease as a child and losing much of her hair. After a physician recommended Cuticura Remedies, her condition cleared in weeks. She continues to use Cuticura for skin breakouts with notable benefit and reports no further scalp trouble.
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Jessie
F. Buchanan
RF. D
Hamilton, Ga
Barnum Endorses Cuthura Remedias for Three Seasons
The famed showman P T Barnum kept Cuthura Remedias among his medicines during three consecutive seasons and vouched they were very effective in every case that called for their use according to his testimonial.
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Barnum
P. T. Barnum
Mmen
Even the Children and Ex Governor Pennypacker Comment on Divorce
A Philadelphia luncheon featured ex governor Pennypacker condemning the divorce evil with wit. A Kensington school teacher recounted a child’s reply about the future of love and divorce, illustrating the era’s concerns through a brief anecdote.
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Pennypacker
Philadelphia
Kensington
Something Dreadful
A fragment shows a child named Anita hearing of the Johnstown flood and asking questions about the dam break. The text then shifts to a 19th century advertisement promoting Hal's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with claims of curing catarrh through blood-borne action, including testimonial-style language and a patent medicine pitch.
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Anita
Johnstown
Pany
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Saran
Bd Chines Co
Spain
Drueclets
Tyke
Fragmentary dialogue from a damaged text shows softened reproach
The excerpt presents a clipped exchange where a woman questions an engagement and a man responds with forgiveness for not recognizing her. The garbled wording obscures specifics but hints at personal reconciliation between two individuals.
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Algona
Hinchon & Finnell, Publishers
General News
Waterways
Forssta
Tos
Algute
Anton
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