Broad Briefs From Global Happenings News Roundup
Dr. Willard D. Bigelow joins the board of food and drug inspection, amid a global survey of economic and political developments. Highlights include bank profits and congressional investigations, labor strikes, suffrage actions, and notable legal cases across several states and cities.
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Carl L. Alaberg
Bureau of Chemistry
Department For Agriculture
Willard D. Bigelow
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Amundsen Honored In U S For South Pole Discovery
National Geographic Society awards Captain Roald Amundsen a gold medal at its Washington banquet honoring his polar achievement. Other items note John D Rockefeller Jr joining a $10 million fund for white slave traffic victims, Whitelaw Reid estate probate, Ella Ewing’s death, Henry George Jr medical rest order, and a Turkish Epirus massacre report.
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Roald Amundsen
United States
South Pole
National Geographical Society
Washington
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Whitelaw Reid
England
The
New York Tribune
White Plains
N. Y
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Judge Archbald Removed From Bench in Senate Impeachment
Washington Jan 15 Archbald a Commerce Court judge was found guilty on five counts in impeachment proceedings before the U S Senate. The senate removed him from office and barred him from ever holding any federal position. The vote 39 to 25 disqualified him from future office.
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Washington
United States Senate
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Archbald
Senate
United States
Third Judicial Circuit
Archhbald
Erie Railroad
Owlm Bank
Burnhat
Penrose
Oliver
Paynter
Cat
Root
Crane
Smoot
House
Clayton
Alabama
Sterling
Illinois
O’gorman
New York
Pennsylvania
Archibald
Two British Airmen Die After Thames Crash
London reporting two British airmen L. F. MacDonald and Inglis drowned in the Thames on Monday. Their aircraft swooped down from altitude above the river and the engine exploded on impact. One aviator clung briefly to the wreckage before sinking.
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London
England
L. F. MacDonald
Inglis
Thames
Taft Nominates Scriven as Army Signal Chief
President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Col. George P. Scriven to be chief of the Army Signal Corps succeeding Brig. Gen. James Allen who will retire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Signal Corps
Washington
Taft
Senate
Col
George P. Scriven
United States Army Signal Corps
Jas. Allen
Boy Kills Mother Over Five Cents in Monaca
Leroy Higgins eleven years old shot and killed his mother after being refused five cents to buy candy. The incident occurred in the bedroom of their home in Monaca near Pittsburgh on Monday.
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Pittsburg
Leroy Higgins
Monaca
Here
American Dies in Mexico Battle
A U.S. citizen was killed in an attack by rebels on El Potrero hacienda near Paso del Macho in Vera Cruz state. The clash lasted over an hour before the assailants withdrew.
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Mexico
Mexico City
el Potrero
Paso del Macho
Vera Cruz
Preparing for the Work of 1913 in Western Canada
The article outlines large scale plans for 1913 across Western Canada including the Canadian Pacific Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern rail expansions. It details double tracking from Lake Superior to the Pacific, major city building, and provincial growth in Edmonton Calgary Regina and Saskatoon. It notes strong American settlement and continued development in British Columbia with Vancouver and Victoria, citing over ten million dollars in permits last year and greater promises for the new year.
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Canada
Lake Porta
Mountain Base
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Pied piper sought to tame Santa Paula rat plague
Santa Paula faces a rat infestation described as a plague with thousands of large wood rats invading the city. Women fear attending church as rats reportedly disrupt services by occupying the pews. City authorities seek abatement methods, blaming recent forest fires for driving rats from the woods.
Great Effects and a Pin in a Baby
A pedestrian asks about a terrible noise and a policeman explains it is caused by an ordinary one cent safety pin sticking into a two million dollar baby. The exchange underscores a bizarre incident reported in the era.
Tired Blood and Liver Aid By Tonstives Co
Tired blood interferes with bile production and liver function causing constipation biliousness headaches jaundice and gall stones. Tonstives claim to tonify red blood cells and support liver activity, offered at a dollar per box by dealers or mail from the Tonstives Co Buffalo NY.
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Tonstives Co
Nature
Buffalo
N. Y
Multiple Illinois towns report deaths and official changes
Harrisburg man Desire Morean crushed by mine fall in O Gara No 8. Springfield appoints Warren B Hickman public administrator of Warren County. Fire destroys Central Christian church in Peoria. $25 000 loss. Bloomington banker and grain dealer Benjamin H Berends dies from diphtheria. Jerry Sullivan found dead in Streator, likely since Christmas. Dixon man kills wife then shoots self. both dead. Springfield resignations at Soldiers Orphans Home Normal due to ill health. Bloomington to host Illinois State Music Teachers convention May 13 16. State funds distribution policy eyed by Treasurer elect William Ryan Jr Cass Clifford. Jacksonville Dr E K Shirley drowns after slipping on ice. Mt Vernon hunter Wimberly shot. possible recovery. Carlinville smuggling case Zigman fined 50 dollars. Pontiac Farmers Institute closes. resolutions passed. Decatur coal miner Joyce charged with manslaughter in death of John Bahan. jury details conflict. Sterling man survives long-ago knife blade lodged in jaw. piece found during tooth extraction.
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Decatur
William Joyce
John Bahan
Joyce
Deck
Bahan
Edward Kane
Hollow pumpkin scares boy in family tale
The little boy is terrified by a hollow pumpkin, but the uncle and father calm him with wry remarks. The uncle notes a carved jack o lantern as harmless and adds a quip about prominent statesmen having been frightened by less. The scene blends humor with a tame Halloween fright.
Dreaded to Eat A Quaker Couple's Experience
A Philadephia couple describes years of dread of eating due to coffee induced indigestion and nervousness. After trying doctors and medicines they found relief with Postum replacing coffee, noting improved comfort after meals. Instant Postum offered in powder form with pricing and mailing option.
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Phila
Wellville
Postum Cereal Co.Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
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House of Representatives
Money Trust
Miami
Fla
Charles W. Richardson
House Committee
First National Bank of
City
George F. Baker
House J Money Trust
Baker
Congress
Commission of Economy Land Efficiency
Poland
International Harvester Company
San Francisco
San Quentin ‘ Penitentiary
Los Angeles
Seaboard Oil & Transit Company
C. P. Bowers Land Company
American Brokerage Company
Nicholas F. Wilson
Alfred W. Allen
Clarence P. Bowers
J. R. Riggins
B. F. Woodruff
New York State
State of
Mamie M. Holland
Park City
Utah
Hudson
Hackensack
N. J
New York City
Maud Malone
Woodrow Wilson
Court of Appeals
Brooklyn
G. L. Morrill
People’s Church
Minneapolis
Guy Holéie
Wag
Alice Phelps
William H. Schroeder
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Corning
New York State Public Service Commission
Hadley
Missouri
Culebra
Panama Canal
Edward Burke
Newark
Howard Street
Stewart Streets
Supreme Court
Newburger
Anna Held Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr
Ora Morningstar
George Sutton
Chicago
Panther
Navy Department
Guantanamo
Sonoma
Hampton Roads
Olaf A. Treitmoe
Eugene Clancy
Leavenworth
Terre Haute
Ind
Albany
Assembly
Frank Leroy Chance
Chicago Cubs
Ella Ewing
Gorin
Henry George, Jr
Keramisza
Epirus
State News
Harrisburg
Desire Morean
O’gara
Springfield
Deneen
Warren B. Hickman
Warren County
Peoria
Central Christian Church
Bloomington
Benjamin H. Behrends
Bank of Hartsburg
Pontiac
Jerry Sullivan
Streater
Sullivan
Dixon
George Kinney
Maud Kinney
R. N. McCauley
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home At Normal
Adolph Weidig
Illinois State Music Teachers’ Association
William Ryan, Jr
Danville
Cass Clifford
Champaign
Jacksonville
E. K. Shirley
Whitehall
G. Y. Shirley
Ville
H. Levin & Co
Main
Jackson Streets
Levin
Mt. Vernon
Edgar Wimberly
Will Griffin
Wimberly
Griffin
Carlinville
Charles Zigman
Beard
Zigman
Livingston County Farmers’ Institute
Mr. Sterling
William Dennis
Siloam Springs
Dean
Indiana
Dy Qrawfordshille
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Carter
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Mr. Old Wed
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