Year 1909 counted as turning point in world events
A summary of 1909 highlights recounts reforms in Turkey Persia and India, coups, disasters, and advances in science and industry. Notable items include Yuan Shikai becoming China's reformist ruler, major earthquakes and ship sinkings, political shifts in the United States, explorations and technological progress, and numerous battles and deaths across continents. The calendar lists monthly events from January to July with civil, military, and cultural incidents shaping the year.
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North Pole
Turkey
Persia
Atlantic
Death of Prof Simon Newcomer Astronomer and Local Disasters
The clipping lists numerous 1909 events including the death of Prof Simon Newcomer, naval maneuvers off Massachusetts coast, the sinking of the steamer John De Cowle in Lake Superior with fourteen crew, riots in Barcelona, and other national incidents from August to December. It notes tariff discussions, fires, floods, and political changes, ending with a prize for tuberculosis care at Yale and a Dyke-era portrait purchase by Charles Taft.
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Simon Newco
Massachusetts
John de Cowle
Lake Superior
New Shah
Persia
Snell Will Case
Clinton
Farmer City
Dudley Buck
Key West
George Stone
Lake Erie
Taft
Diaz
W. I. Buchanan
Panama
London
Nebraska
Caesare Lombr So
U. S
Johnson
North Dakota
Rufus W. Peckham
United States Supreme Court
Prince Ito
Harbin
Hestia
Bay of Fundy
O. O. Howard
Salamis
Greece
Yale University
Yale
Uice
Million for Cancer Research Donation Allocated to Columbia
By the will of the late George Crocker Columbia is to receive 1,000,000 to fund original cancer research. The text also notes other district items and regional incidents, including arrests of demonstrators and a dog show exhibit valued at 100000.
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George Crocker
Columbia
Eerocker
Ared
New York
Chris = Itiah Publishing Company
R&s
Kansas
City
Grandview
Lawrence C
Fitteburg
Walter P. Fraser
Tragedy in Manhattan Illinois Spurs Family and Court Action
Reports on the shooting death of Joseph Erhard in Manhattan Illinois evoke mystery and family tension. Lawrence Erhard, his brother, is held for recommitment after seizure by the sheriff and return from the Kankakee asylum. The inquest lasted minutes with limited testimony, broadening public unease and questions about the case.
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Nhattan
Erhard
Joseph Erhard
iJr
Hattan
Lawrence ‘Erhard
Kankakee Insane Asylum
Lawrence Hichard
Iis
Faming
Joseph
W. C. Wanrleigh
J. C. Brandon
Agnes Er‘hard
Edward Breen
Manhattan
Lawrence Smara
Murderer Steals Car and Kills Motorman in East St. Louis
A black highwayman shot and killed motorman E. V. Goody and fatally wounded conductor M. P. O'Brien on an Alta Lita street car in East St. Louis. The car ran wild for miles, endangering pedestrians and vehicles as police pursue suspects in a citywide roundup. Goody, 43, left a widow and several children. O'Brien, 27, unmarried, was dying at the scene.
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E. V. Goody
East St. Louis and Suburban Railroad
M. P. O'Brien
Arthur Dickhams
Thirteenth and Broadway
Christmas toy incident kills child and injures family
Minnie Coming, aged 6, dies five hours after kerosene fire started by a toy gift in Hast St Louis home. Her mother Katherine is not expected to live, father Edward burned rescuing them. Fire follows a late night blaze in the Wells Laundry building in Quincy, risking 200 workers’ jobs as flames sweep the five-story facility amid a zero breeze.
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Minnie Coming
Hast St. Louis
Katherine Coming
St. Mary's Hospital
Edward Coming
Wells Laundry Company
Quincy
Among Our Neighbors Headlines of a Turbulent Day
A jumble of local incidents includes Cal Uebrick electrocuted at Dwight plant. Mrs. James Dick kills herself in Sterling after a year of mourning. Navy asks Congress for 100000 for North training station equipment. John Sullivan surrenders to Bloomington authorities after years of crime. A shooting in Big Muddy leaves Frank Wallace wounded. William Matthews in custody. Coal famine in Morrison leads to theft of two railroad coal cars. Convicts identified after Joliet escape. Traffic officials inspect Illinois traction system in Bloomington. Fire damages Weems Brothers laundry in Quincy with insured losses. A 15 year old girl burned at Chicago Juvenile Detention home. Disputes in Arrowsmith lead to church pulpit assault warrants. Model Clothing Co. fire damage cascades through Peoria area. Verna Strickler’s stove fire destroys several downtown buildings. Mrs. Payton dies by her own hand in Carlinville. Safe at Culom post office blown. stamps stolen and nearby jeweler’s shop robbed.
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Dwight
James Dick
Sterling
Navy Department
Congress
North Chicago
Knox County Farmers’ Institute
Oneida
John Sullivan
Bloomington
Big Muddy
Harrisburg
Frank Wallace
William Matthews
Morrison
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Charles Howard
Edward Taylor
James Kelley
Elgin
Struckman
State Penitentiary
Joliet
Rock Island
Frisco
Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Traction System
Weems Brothers
Quincy
Fischer, Iron and Steel Company
Katherine Finn
Adele Adele Abrier
Verna Strickler
Orville Strickler
Mendon
Strickler
Nutt Furniture
Masonic Hall
Mendow Bank
William, Payton
Carlinville Telephone Company
Frank Rutherford
Carlinville
Payton
Millwood
Carlinville Coal Company
Riot Guns Guard Belleville Jail Over Will Clark
Sheriff Cashel of St. Clair County ordered eight more riot guns for Belleville jail after a threatened demonstration over Will Clark the suspect in Motorman Goodey’s murder and Conductor O’Brien’s serious wounds. Clark was moved to hospital and identified as the assailant before being returned to Belleville.
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Belleville
Cashel
St. Clair County
Will Clark
Goodey
O’brien
East St. Louis
Cairo Ex Sheriff Davis to Sue Test Law After Deneen Move
Frank E. K. Davis hires counsel to challenge the legality of a law removing a sheriff when a prisoner is taken and lynched. Governor Deneen has notified the county board of his decision not to reinstate Davis. The Cairo grand jury questioned editors of two daily papers about graft in the police department and gambling. A sister of Arthur Alexander testified as a witness in the same probe.
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BE. Davis
Deneen
Cairo
Frank EK. Davis
County Board
Arthur Alexander
Miss Pelley
Twelve Jurors Rule Husband Need Not Light Morning Fire
In Geneva Circuit Court a jury granted Elgin resident Frank J. Fabrnam a divorce from Jennie Fahrnam. Mrs Fahrnam claimed cruelty for lighting the fires. the jury found Fabrnam not cruel and also held Mrs Fahrnam cruel for breaking dishes and tossing clothes, forcing him to dress outside.
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Frank J. Fabrnam
Elgin
Jennie Fahrnam
Geneva
Colonel Terrence Clark Dies At 69 In Metcalf
Col Terrence Clark prominent Holgar County banker landowner and Civil War veteran died at his home near Metcalf from heart trouble. He helped plan Libby Prison escape by tunnel and organized a Ridge Farm volunteer company before rising to colonel after the Atlanta campaign. Survived by his widow and a daughter Mrs Harry G Epps of Indianapolis.
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Ilindlsan
Terrence Clark
Holgar County National Bank
Metcalf
Clark
Libby
Ridge Farm
Atlanta
Harry G. Epps
Indianapolis
Fire destroys large part of Jacksonville asylum ward
A major fire at 8 o'clock damaged the north annex women’s department of the Central Hospital for the Insane in Jacksonville. The blaze wrecked the larger portion of the ward causing thousands in losses. Many patients escaped briefly before being recaptured by crowds. firefighter Charles De Silva suffered serious injuries when a fire engine overturned.
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Jacksonville
Bouros
Women's Department
North
Central Hospital For the Insane
Charles de Silva
Jumps to Avoid Wreck Fatal for Trainman in Freight Collision
In Pingree Grove two freight trains from the Milwaukee and St Paul lines collided. fireman died trying to save others, while two passengers were injured. Paul Stott of Genoa reportedly jumped to escape the wreck as disaster loomed.
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Milwaukee & St. Paul
Pingree
Grove
Paul Stott
Genoa
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