T U Convention Ends In Denver With Membership Gain
The thirty fifth annual National Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention closed in Denver on October 30 with a jubilee and reports of a 20 000 membership increase. Resolutions urged church support to defeat Joseph G Cannon's reelection, praising Methodist and other churches for opposing his stance on reform measures.
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Denver
Colo
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Ayers the Great
Joseph G. Cannon
Mary E. Kuhl
Miinvis W. CG. T. U
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cannon
National Congress
Suffragettes Given Month in Prison After Arrests
London Oct 30 All the suffragettes except two arrested Wednesday near the House of Commons were arraigned yesterday and fined 25 each. They refused to pay and were sentenced to one month imprisonment. One exception was a girl under 21 and the other a woman who secured an adjournment to lodge an assault charge against the arresting constable.
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London
House of Commons
Physician Falls Dead During Operation in Spokane
Dr Kiwin S Hatehina a physician in Spokane Wash collapsed and died of heart failure on an operating table while performing a medical examination. The patient fled the room and a pharmacist was summoned but the doctor was already dead.
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Spokane
Wash
Kiwin S. Hatehina
Withdrawal orders for Russian and Japanese forces in Chi-li province
Pekin report states that Russian troops in Chi-li province including the legation guard will be withdrawn shortly. Japan plans to pull back half of its force in the province as a railroad guard, about eight hundred men, to occur in November according to issued edicts dated October 30.
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Legation
Pekin
Chi-li
Legation Guard
Japan
Russia closes Polish schools in retaliatory move
Warsaw reports that all private Polish schools have been closed by governors as retaliation for nearly daily attacks on Russian university students in the streets over several weeks. Poles have appealed to the institutes.
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Warsaw
Ort
Nnstiits
Tchaikovsky Evolutionist Held on Bail in St Petersburg
Nicholas Tachaikovsky, the evolutionist, is on $25,000 bail and under police surveillance in St Petersburg. He cannot leave the city without permission while awaiting trial, though he may visit his mother in Kazan province with authorization.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas Tachaikovsky
Kazan
In Navy Yards and June Arrival of U S Visitor
A brief note describes a visiting figure arriving in June at the navy yards. He is strongly pro American and urges fellow countrymen to maintain friendly ties with the United States, promoting good relations and cooperation.
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Navy Yards
United States
Russian prisoner Techaikovsky speaks after Yarmouth sinking
Techaikovsky, released from Russian imprisonment, reflects on sympathy from Americans who supported him. He denies any criminal acts beyond possession of a false passport and claims he was in the United States during a Finland terrorist convention. He will pursue literary work while awaiting trial.
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England
Teobaikovsky
Sam
North Sea
Yarmouth
Borlehed
M. Tcchaikovsky
Russian Revolutionary Party
Russia
Rts
Bn Ie
Txcheikovsky
Porte
Finland
Hunting accident ends in fatal New Hampshire shooting
North Conway November 20 Henry Dearborn 25 of Jackson was shot in the body by a hunter near Glen road on Mt. Washington slope. Chesley Grant and Dearborn were resting when a rifle crack sounded from the woods and Dearborn was wounded. Grant searched for the shooter as Dearborn died at a farm house while County Solicitor Walter Hill opened an investigation.
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North Conway
N. H
Jackson
Henry Dearborn
Glen Road
Mt. Washington, c
Dart Born
Chesley Grant
Thad
Dearborn
Grant
Walter Hill
Yamamoto Dies Distinguished Japanese Naval Leader
Admiral Count Gombei Yamamoto a former minister of the navy born 1852 died in Tokio aged about 68. A graduate of the Japanese naval academy he held key posts from secretary to the navy to minister of the navy including during the Russo Japanese war. He became full admiral in 1904 and was once touted as a potential successor to Prime Minister Saionji.
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America
Tokio
Count Gombei Yamamoto
Yamamoto
Minster
Yaramoto
Mi Ter Saionji
Posed as Society Man By Thieving Boss Named Ermel
Otto Ermel, a confidential employee at Mrs. B. R. Ladew's leather works in Glen Cove, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in Mineola. He posed in high society, padded payrolls to steal about $60,000, and turned over £5,000 plus a $2,900 car to his employer. His wife fainted on his guilty verdict as his weekly wage was $30.
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Ermel
Mra. Ladow
Longland Roads
Fils
Corsets and the modern woman medical debate
Dr J F Lansone urges rejection of current corsets claiming they weaken torso muscles and threaten female form. He cites Elizabethan stays as torture and argues future designs must allow natural support without restrictive wear.
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Bandone
Los Angeles
Cal
J. F. Lansone
Luther Harr
Bank
Elizabeth
Landona
Sessare Menedey
Wermet
Planned to Die Together in Greenfield Tragedy
In Greenfield Massachusetts Benjamin E Gaines and Harriet Mabel Wing reportedly planned suicide together. Letters found at Gaines home reveal their intent, with Harriet writing of wanting to die and Gaines directing his private affairs and notifying her parents. Police consider Gaines may have shot Harriet before killing himself. witnesses heard shots at 6:20 pm.
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Harriet M. Wing
Greenfield
Gaines
Tam
Harriet
Saines
Putney
Wing
Witcholl
Heir to Dukedom Scrubs Police Station
Chicago Oct 30 Lord Armand Geron heir to a dukedom spent a night dining at Stilleen's then told a waiter he had no funds. He was ordered by Judge Gemmill to spend a week cleaning Harrison Street station. Troopers recovered a London style smoke pipe and ruby stickpin as he recounted being disowned for loving his sister’s governess and coming to America.
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Chicago
Armand Geron
Stilleen
Funda
Lis
Harrison Atreet
Gemmill
London
Geron
America
The Old and the New in Medicine Described
An essay contrasts traditional and modern medical progress, noting past failures against consumption. It promotes a Virgin Oil of Pine compound with whiskey as a cure for coughs, claiming long use and a simple preparation, though warning it is for defensive use only.
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Trix
Oll Macuntaineer
Marerath
Pietersoning Leach Chemical Ce
Dr Williams Pink Pills for Rheumatism
Medical authorities say rheumatism is a blood disease with thinning blood. External remedies only ease pain. cure comes by treating the blood. Hundreds cured, pills sold by druggists or mailed from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY. Six boxes for $2.60 via postpaid.
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Essary
Williams
Magazine Review on Apple Tree Pests and Moth Eggs
Suburban Life for November advises growers to inspect apple and plum trees for pest clusters. It details signs of brown tail, gypsy, dent caterpillar, white tussock, and rusty tussock moth eggs, and recommends burning nests and covering strawberry beds after hard freezes to deter mice.
What It Means to Be Shut Up on a Farm
A West of Dodge City Kansas farmer writes to The American Magazine about rural life. He explains the isolation and stubborn attachment of old farmers who resist moving to towns, noting a few modern comforts like a bathtub as symbols of change. The letter argues that life on farms shapes identity and urges attention from President Roosevelt's commission studying rural life.
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Dodge City
Kansas
Roosevelt
West
Tve
Sone
Good Railroad Management Featured in Katy Safety Record
A press dispatch asserts the Missouri Kansas & Texas railway known as Katy has never killed a passenger in its forty years of operation. Officials credit many safety features, including double tracking and careful signaling, though specifics remain unclear. The claim stands as an exceptional traffic record for a railroad of its size.
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Katy
Tna
Curtis and Morse Split Objection in Court Showdown
New York Oct 30 ex president of the National Bank of North America Curtis faced a memory lapses during cross examination in the U S court. Morse and Curtis are tried separately though indicted together with Morse defending himself as absorbed in vast financial undertakings. Curtis plans to call character witnesses while Morse denies knowledge of petty routine details claiming trust in Morse.
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New York
A. H. Curtis
National Bank of North America
United States Court
Charles W. Morse
Hough
Morse
Curtis
Maria
Arene Ng
Olcott
Moree
United States
Stimson
Butters Fortune to Go to Son Henry A. Butters Jr
San Francisco authorities report executors say Henry A. Butters Jr will inherit the bulk of the millionaire traction magnate Henry A. Butters fortune, estimated in the millions, with his mother and half sisters receiving modest bequests. The son is in the senior class at Whit Exeter.
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San Francisco
Henry A. Butters
Traction
Henry A. Butters, Jr
Whit Exeter Oe
Young Butters Liked and Studious at Exeter
Exeter New Hampshire October 30 Henry A Buttera Sr son of a wealthy Phillip din Exeter student who will inherit a fortune after his father’s death in San Francisco is currently absent from the academy. He left about a month ago on leave and is believed to be in San Francisco. His room remains locked and he is not prominent in school life, though devoted to studies with little interest in athletics or social affairs.
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Young Butters
Exeter
Henry A. Buttera
Phillip Dinxeter
San Francisco
Academy
Ibwan
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