Trains Strike Kalamazoo Street Car Killing Six
A Michigan Central express hit a Kalamazoo street car at East Main crossing. Six dead and 25 injured as passengers burned and shocked by live current. State railway commission to investigate the collision and determine speed and causes.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Kalamazoo
Mich
Michigan United Railways Company
Michigan Central Railroad
Ward Abbott
William F. Schaffer
Elvira Craig
George M. Norman
East Main Street
Vern van Horn
Michigan Central
van Horn
Hlvira Craig
Cora Frintheway
State
State Railway Commissions
J. Johnson
Autoists Nearly Starve in Wyoming Freezing Creek
I P Quirk of Minneapolis survived a brutal three day ordeal after his car froze in a Wyoming creek during a trip to California. The chauffeur and guide left to seek help and were later found, narrowly escaping death from exposure and starvation near Salt Lake City on November 15.
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Salt Lake City
I. P. Quirk
Minneapolis
Wyoming
California
Boy Cast Into Bonfire After Quarrel Over Leadership
In New York on November 15 Flore Banardo a 12 year old boy was soaked with kerosene and thrown into a bonfire by Philip Seckler 15 after a dispute over leadership of a boys group. Banardo is in critical condition in a New York hospital with Seckler in custody.
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New York
Flore Banardo
Philip Seckler
Seckler
Woman Donates 13000 for Bloomington Church
Mrs. Emily Tubbs of Kirkwood gave 13000 to Bloomington Methodists for a new church building. The congregation will raise 1200 more, and the total cost will reach 25000.
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Bloomington
Ill
Emily Tubbs
Kirkwood
Methodists
Examinations for State Positions Set for December 7
Illinois Civil Service commission announces December 7 exams for multiple state posts in Chicago Elgin Peoria and other cities. openings include Assistant Superintendent Physician Medical Intern Fireman Graduate Nurse Attendant Domestic Laborer and Psychologist with age and gender specifics. applications due by December 1 at 5 PM.
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Springfield
Illinois Civil Service Commission
Chicago
Elgin
Watertown
Kankakee
Peoria
Belleville
Anna
Lincoln State School
Jacksonville
Lincoln
Quincy
Harrisburg
Fairfield
Mt. Carmel
Marion
Golconda
Office of the Commission
Georgia Senator Alexander Clay Dies in Georgia
United States senator from Georgia Alexander Stephens Clay died suddenly at Robertson sanitarium after an extended illness. Mrs. Clay and son Herbert were at the bedside as the senator, though gravely ill, spoke with them about his return home.
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Atlanta
Alexander Stephens Clay
United States
Georgia
Robertson Sanitarium
Clay
Governor to Name Successor to Senator Clay
The narrative notes sudden death at a Marietta residence due to dilation of the heart. It reports Governor Brown will appoint a replacement for Senator Clay, with candidates including ex-Governor Joseph M. Terrell or Col. Charles R. Pendleton, editor of the Macon Telegraph.
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Marietta
Brown
Joseph M. Terrell
Col
Charles R. Pendleton
Macon Telegraph
Senator Clay
U S Paint Bill Is Huge
Washington reports that paints and varnishes used annually in the United States exceed 200 million dollars in value. The railways will distribute between 20 and 30 million dollars to paint and varnish manufacturers during the year.
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Washington
United States
United States Geological Survey
Ice Manufacturers Attend Session in Hot Springs
Hot Springs Arkansas November 15 The Southwestern Ice Manufacturers association members are welcomed by Mayor H M Judd and H H Myers superintendent of the government reservation. They hear addresses by J Pope of Bunkin La James E Egan of Waco Texas and H Hook of Houston Texas Ambrose of McAlester Oklahoma presides over the sessions and a reception and ball at the Arlington follow.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Southwestern Ice Manufacturers’ Association
H. M. Judd
H. H. Myers
McAlester, Okio
Rioters Attack Political Meeting in León Sparks Downtrodden Clash
Troops were called to separate a Leon liberal demonstration in Nicaragua on November 15. Police were unable to disperse the crowd, rioters attacked officers, and troops drove them back with grape and canister. Many killed or wounded as government bans political gatherings clash with protesters. President Taft arrived at Colon, Panama aboard the Tennessee to inspect canal work and planned a four day visit. The cruiser Montana accompanied the Tennessee while receiving party welcomed the president ashore.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Leon
Taft
Colon
Panama
Tennessee
Montana
Goethals
Cristobal
Charles P. Taft
Norton
Butt
Palmer
Panama Canal
Rebels End Uruguayan Rebellion with Unconditional Surrender
Montevideo reports the uprising ended in unconditional surrender. The revolutionists laid down arms and trusted the government to mete out punishment. The brother of leader Plateres was arrested aboard the British steamer Hortensius.
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Montevideo
Plateres
Hortensius
Briton Paroles German Officer Over Portsmouth Sketches
Lieutenant Sieg fried Helm a German army officer arrested for hanging made sketches of Portsmouth harbor fortifications. He pleaded guilty and was placed under bonds of 1250 dollars not to repeat the offense.
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London
Siegfried Helm
Portsmouth Harbor
Tolstoi's wife begs to join exile in Russia and Canada
Tolstoy travels toward exile with Dr Makovetsky after leaving Yasnaya Polyana. His wife asks to accompany him sharing hardship. He stays at Shamardino and Optina Monastery and hints at possible stay there. A St. Petersburg dispatch says he may join Doukhobors in Canada after a monastery visit.
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Tolstoi
Tula
Russia
Count Tolstoi
Yasnaya Poliana
Makovetsky
Shamardino
Kaluga
Marie
Optina
Leo Tolstoi
Canada
Study Railway Regulation at National Commissioners Meet
Washington. Navy. The National Association of Railway Commissioners opened its annual convention at the capitol with wide representation from nearly every state. A Minnesota led committee proposed uniform laws to regulate within state railroads, aiming to aid the interstate commerce commission in supervising railway traffic.
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Washington, Navy
National Association of Railway Commissioners
Capitol
Union
Ira B. Mills
Minnesota
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Interstate Commerce Commission
Train Kills Two as Hoodooed Service Reported
Chicago dispatch says Train 609 on the Chicago and Northwestern line killed two men while running as hoodooed service. William Merklee of Austin piloted the trip to Palatine where A. Maynard died. Sunday night Michael Nevins of Rogers Park was at the throttle for a Barrington run that claimed Matthew Donnelly, 45.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern
William Merklee
Austin
A. Maynard
Palatine
Michael Nevins
Rogers Park
Matthew Donnelly
Barrington
Baptists of Oklahoma Open Fifth Annual Convention
Enid Oklahoma hosts the fifth annual Baptist church convention with representatives from 117 churches and 30 associations in attendance on November 16.
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Baptists of Oklahoma
Enid
Okla
The
Baptist Church of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Dairymen Open Convention in Iunid
The opening session of the Oklahoma Dairy Men's Association convened in Iunid Oklahoma with President J E Nissey of Guthrie delivering the address and Helmer Robild from the department of agriculture speaking on contesting and herd records. Attendance is large and several contests are planned.
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Oklahoma Dairymen
Iunid
Okla
J. E. Nissey
Guthrie
Helmer Robild
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma Dairymen's Association
Pack man’s wife defends innocence in arsenic poisoning case
Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk, jailed in Wheeling, proclaims her innocence in a plot to poison her wealthy husband John O Schenk. Prosecutors plan two more arrests including a Pittsburg man and a woman as physicians await Dr Gregory Ackerman’s return. A druggist near the Schenk home is under surveillance for alleged arsenic sales.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
John O. Schenk
Packer
Pittsburg
Gregory Ackerman
Congress of Physicians
Chicago
Ackerman
Schenk
Mr. Schenk
Mrs. Schenk
Europe
Fred Schenk
Schenk, Sr
Ife
West Virginia
Frank Hupp
Four thousand expressmen end strike in New York
Four thousand striking expressmen returned to work wearing union buttons. Relief of package congestion followed slowly. Company officials opposed the buttons at first but accepted them to prevent mis identification as nonunion workers. A dispute arose over ten former employees, who were not rehired after the strike.
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New York
United States Express Company
Illinois Club Women Meet Opens in Peoria
The sixteenth annual convention of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs opens in Peoria with Mrs. Francis D. Everett of Highland Park presiding. A four day program has been prepared.
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Llinois Club
Peoria
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Francis D. Everett
Highland Park
Mine Hero William Lewis Recovered in Delagua Disaster
Trinidad Colorado November 15. The body of Superintendent William Lewis who died while trying to rescue miners after the Delagua explosion has been recovered. The number of dead is seventy nine.
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William Lewis
Trinidad
Col
Delagua
Way to Make Ox Tail Stew
A historic recipe instructs to use one ox tail with flour mushroom catsup dripping onion carrot and turnip seasoned with salt and pepper. The tail is seasoned then browned in hot dripping before simmering with onion and mushroom catsup and water for one and a half hours. Added carrots and turnips cook for another three quarters hour until tender for a gelatine rich stew.
Currants and Berries Tie In Delicious Jell and Sauce
A reader notes red currants cost more than raspberries and shows how cooking one quart currants with two quarts raspberries yields a jelly with currant flavor and deep red color. Also describes peach marmalade from canning peel and seeds, plus an excellent currant sauce for cold meats using equal parts currants and raisins with sugar and spices.
Birthday Cake Recipe from Historic Oven Notes
A detailed historic cake recipe lists ingredients such as butter dates brown sugar citron flour currants and spices plus eggs brandy and vanilla. The method folds half the flour and spices into creamed butter and sugar then adds the prepared fruit and remaining flour before baking two and a half hours in a steady oven with a jar of water.
Fist and Lemon Fish Sauce Recipe
A three pound fish is cleaned cut salted for three hours then simmered with onion butter water ginger pepper mustard. Sauce whisk yolks six eggs and lemon juice with hot gravy add to yolks not curdling then boil and serve over fish with lettuce and parsley garnish.
Dyeing Starch to Match Garment Color Trick
To starch linens and similar goods, boil starch with a large piece of tissue paper matching the dress shade as closely as possible. The tissue dissolves, leaving only the dye in the strained starch, yielding a starch color that matches the material. Useful tip for color embroidery on stiff starch.
Nut Custard Tart Recipe Step by Step
Beat eggs and sugar then melt butter. Add ground chestnuts and milk, cook until thick. Line patty pans with paste, fill with mixture, bake in a moderate oven. Recipe specifies one quarter pound quantities and a pint of milk.
Spice Cake Recipe Card From Plain Bake Notes
A simple spice cake batter using brown sugar butter and flour with cloves cinnamon and nutmeg and soda in buttermilk or sour milk. An egg may be used or omitted to flavor the cake.
Worn Blankets and Cotton Forts for Cot Placement
Instructions describe splitting a blanket into halves and placing between a thin cotton layer, then covering and knotting to keep the cotton in place. The setup is claimed to prevent jumping and create two lightweight forts for protection.
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Civil Service Commission
Alexander
U. S
Southwestern Ice Manufacturers
Uruguay
Bond
Packers
Laura Schenk
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