Notable Deaths and Events Across 1909 Headlines
The Ashton Gazette reports Ralph J. Dean dying in St. Louis, and Samuel Gregsten, a Chicago packer, also passing away. Bemidji seeks rain to fight forest fires as troops assist, while the Passion Play opens in Oberammergau. Board action ranges from Ballinger stenographer Kerby to Morse habeas corpus issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. van Cleave
Samuel Gompers
St. Louis
Samuel Gregsten
Chicago
Board of Trade
West Hinsdale
III
Bemidji
Minn
Oberammergau
Ballinger
Kerby
Charles W. Morse
United States Supreme Court
B. Clarke Hyde
Kansas City
Halley's Sky Tramp Missed Earth Tail Pass Shocks Astronomers
World observatories reported Halley’s comet tail failed to envelop Earth as predicted. Leading astronomers from Yerkes, Columbia, and Transvaal Observatory offered hypotheses for the unexpected tail orientation. Public fear sparked sensational acts and rumors across Chicago, South Bend, Neenah, and Minnesota, with reports of panic and speculative remedies.
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Halley
Edwin B. Frost
Yerkes Observatory
E. E. Barnard
S. A. Mitchell
Columbia University
Transvaal Observatory
South Africa
R. T. A. Innes
Chicago
Christ Chekos
East Chicago Avenue
North State Street
South Bend
Ind
Ohio
Neenah
Wis
Minnesota Point
Minn
Lake Superior
Black Belt
Lower West Side
Atlanta
Explosions destroy Canton plant killing thirteen
An explosion of seven boilers at the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company plant in Canton Ohio kills thirteen men and injures about thirty others. Fireman and engineer in the boiler room perish and the plant is described as a total loss with extensive damage. Identification of victims is hampered by severe mutilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Canton
Ohio
Tragic prison fire at Bibb County stockade kills thirty five convicts
A prison revolt ends in a deadly blaze at Red Feather Coal Company Lucile mines in Bibb County Alabama. Thirty-five convicts died including the inmate who started the fire and another was fatally shot by guards. one prisoner attempted escape as the stockade burned. Remaining inmates were detained as guards contained the scene. Financial loss is estimated in the thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Feather Coal Company
Lucile Mines
Bibb County
Centerville
Ala
Ohio Insurgents Lose as Six of Seven Renominated in Bitter Primaries
In Ohio Republican primaries six of seven incumbents backed by regulars survived fierce contests over the Aldrich-Payne bill and Tawney amendment ties. District by district results list incumbents Goebel Cole Douglass Taylor Kennedy Thomas and Howland among the renominated. others faced defeat or close races with Democrats naming their candidates. Senator Charles Dick of Akron sought Senate endorsement but ran alone on the primary ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Aldrich-Payne
Herman P. Goebel
Cincinnati
Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
Albert Douglass
Chillicothe
Edward L. Taylor
Columbus
James Kennedy
Youngstown
W. Aubrey Thomas
Niles
George R. Young
James M. Cox
A. R. Johnson
Edmund Willis
J. D. McLaughlin
R. J. Buckley
F. IF. Gentsch
H. C. Claypool
Ross County
E. L. Taylor
Franciss. Monnett
D. A. Hollingsworth
W. B. Francis
J. Warren Keifer
J. R. Post
Frank B. Willis
T. C. Mahon
Charles Dick
Akron
United States Senate
Los Angeles Bride Sacrifices Inheritance To Prove True Love
Mrs Edward Swortfiguer formerly Miss Marietta Swortfiguer left Los Angeles with her husband for St Helena California after transferring all rights in her late mother estate to her brother and agreeing not to oppose the marriage. She forfeited an $11,900 inheritance and about $100,000 in wealth to test her fiancé Edward Swortfiguer's motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Swortfiguer
Marietta Swortfiguer
Los Angeles
St. Helena
Cal
Jre
Twenty Hurt in Kansas Train Wreck Near Milton
A Kansas City Mixjco and Orient passenger train derailed on spreading rails near Milton. Twenty people were injured with twelve seriously hurt and eight with lesser injuries. A relief train transported the injured to Wichita for treatment.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Mixjco and Orient
Milton
Wichita
Standings of the clubs in the national and American leagues
Progress of the pennant race in base ball leagues shows National League standings with Pittsburgh and St Louis tied at 15 wins, Chicago 15, Philadelphia 12, Cincinnati 13, Boston and New York at 15 and 13, Brooklyn 9. American League leaders Philadelphia 18, Cleveland 13, New York 16, Washington 11, Detroit 16, Chicago 8, Boston 14, St Louis 4 with varied win totals for others.
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W. Lew
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Chicago
Philad'phia
Cincinnati
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philad
Cleveland
Wash’gton
Detroit
American Association
W. FL
Minn’polis
Ind’polis
St. Paul
Columbus
Toledo Caer
Milwaukee
Louisville
Kan. City
W. Law
Denver
Lincoln
St. Joseph
Omaha
Sioux City
Topeka
Wichita
Des Moines
Mysterious stranger returns $1000 in downtown exchange
A Minneapolis resident L O Gale reported a stranger recovered Gale’s $1000 stolen in a $1000 robbery. Michael Rock had been jailed after the incident and was released when Gale identified the case as settled. The stranger shouted that Rock’s arrest would not be charged further as the money was returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
L. O. Gale
Michael Rock
Gale
Rock
University tallies lead with 16935 attendance record
The University of Paris posted last year’s attendance of 16 935, the highest for any educational institution. Ginger is shipped from Jamaica in 100 pound bags. Jamaica produced 2 000 000 pounds of ginger, with 650 000 pounds reaching the United States. A government party reports diamonds off German territory islands near Cape Colony, similar to those at Lüderitz. Berlin rector invites American universities to Centennial celebration October 10 11 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Paris
Jamaica
United States
Luderitzbucht
German South Africa
Cape Colony
University of Berlin
Berlin
Shippers Rally in Chicago Press Arbitration on Rail Rates
Pacific coast to Atlantic shippers met at the Congress Hotel Chicago to challenge railroads to justify rate increases. They formed a permanent body with a $50,000 fund to pursue arbitration through the Interstate Commerce Commission and possible court action if conciliatory measures fail. A fifteen member conference committee will oversee the campaign and a 50 cent per member tax will seed the initial fund.
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Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Te Congress Hotel
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Board of Arbitration
Terone
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Inauguration Date Debate Targets March 4 Change
The National House of Representatives refused to submit to the states a proposal to move the presidential inauguration from March 4 to the last Thursday in April. The plan sought to shift the date seven weeks later than now fixed by the constitution to gain better weather.
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National House of Representatives
Cummins Endorsed by United Christian Party at Rock Island
The annual convention of the United Christian party in Rock Island Illinois endorsed Senator Albert B Cummins of Iowa as good timber for the presidency and reaffirmed its declaration for the golden rule and the decalogue in government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booms Cummins
United Christian Party
Rock Island
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Munyon's Paw-Paw Laxative Pills Ad Highlighted
A flyer promotes Munyon's Paw-Paw Laxative Pills as a free mailed sample offer. It claims cures for constipation indigestion jaundice biliousness sour stomach and related stomach and liver ailments. The ad cites the pills as the best laxative and cathartic and directs readers to request a free package from Munyon's Homeopathic Co. in Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Munyon's
Homoeopathic Home Remedy CO
53D
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Deacon Dispute Over Prayer Meeting Trump Question
In a Philadelphia Record piece, Dr. George H. Fenton’s Western church tenure notes a deacon once known for upright conduct who surprises the congregation by waking during a prayer and declaring the speaker should lead next, asking what are trumps in a moment of comic confusion.
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George H. Fenton
Brother Jones
Philadelphia
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Evansville Testimony
Mrs A P Hester of 614 Fourth Ave Evansville Indiana credits five years of kidney trouble with swelling pain and frequent scalding secretions to illness she cured with Doan's Kidney Pills. She urges readers to remember the name and notes the product is sold for 50 cents a box by all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York Montreal and Quebec. A deluxe Grand Trunk Railway pamphlet extols Montreal and Quebec with photos and descriptions sent free to address by W S Cookson Chicago.
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A. P. Hester
Fourth Ave
Evansville
Ind
Doan
Montreal
Quebec
Grand Trunk Railway
Canada
Cookson
Merchants Loan & Trust Building
Chicago
Why at Alias Family Name Confusion in Humorous Dialogue
In a light anecdote from Burndall and a Birmingham Age Herald quip, the Duke of Edinburgh and Sir Arthur Sullivan discuss why the latter does not use his family name Guelph. Mrs Sullivan wonders about the name while Arthur and the duke joke about identity and propriety.
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Duke of Edinburgh
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Mrs. Sullivan
Arthur
Guelph
F. C. Burnand
Birmingham Age- Herald
There's a Reason Why Grape-Nuts Helps Health
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts for correcting weak physical or sluggish mental conditions. It claims high nutrition and partial pre digestion aiding stomach digestion and supplying vital phosphates for brain and nerve centers. The copy cites The Road to Wellville and promotes Postum Cereal Company products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
Postum Cereal Company, Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
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Ashton
Illinois
Capitol
Springfield
Ill
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Nelson
Speaker Cannon
Cannon
Washington
Pinar del Rio
Chicago Board of Education
Ella Flagg Young
Cherry, Ill
Theodore Roosevelt
Buckingham Palace
William
London
England
Senate
Kaiser
Taft
World’s Sunday School Association
Benjamin Harison
Michigan
Edward VII
Ames
National House
Sereno E. Payne
Rollins
New Hampshire
Women’s Club
Roosevelt
Frederick M. Kerby
Interior Department
Lawler
Glavis
White House
Chey
Manyon’s
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