Drowned boys and notable deaths flood weekly events
The week notes two drowning victims Albert Gamache and Charles Dupont near Cass Lake Minnesota while skating on thin ice. It also lists deaths including Jacob Beilhart founder of Spirit Fruit near Waukegan Ohio and other national fatal incidents.
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Albert Gamache
Charles Dupont
Cass Lake
Minn
Jacob Beilhart
Waukegan
Lil
Fulton County
Ohio
Miami County
John Chaney
Tiptonville
Tenn
Eldred Bank
Eldred
Rebate Kills Oil Rivals Rockefeller Details Standard Oil Birth
John D. Rockefeller recounts how the Standard Oil monopoly formed via rebates and acquisitions from 1872 to 1882. He describes absorbing rivals, expanding refineries, and using railroad ties to outprice competitors, detailing the Empire Pipe Line war and consolidation into a single company.
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Standard Oil Company of
Olio
Rockefeller Combine
Oil King
I H. H. Rogers
John D. Archbold
Mr. Rockefeller
American Lubricating Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Empire Pipe Line
Seaboard
Standard
Empire Concern
Rockefeller
Unprecedented unemployment and relief plans across UK
The article reports deep unemployment in Britain with crowds marching toward London and Glasgow authorities funding public works, along with Dublin and other cities spending on relief. It notes Australia’s high court striking down a labor related tax law, a French chamber vote against anti-Dreyfusards, and Tschaikovsky’s release on bail funded by supporters abroad.
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Great Britain
London
Glasgow
Dublin
Liverpool
Sheffield
Birmingham
Asquitt
Highest Court of
Australia
Chamber of Deputies
Major Dreyfus
Court of Cassation
Nicholas Tschaikovsky
St. Petersburg
England
America
Two Tornadoes Strike Western Arkansas Regions
Two tornadoes swept western Arkansas late Monday, killing many and injuring others. Regions hit include Lafayette, Columbia, Miller, Pike, Howard, Hempstead, Montgomery, Yell, Pope, Johnson, Franklin, and Carroll, with Piney bearing the heaviest loss where several families died and towns like Berryville and Cravens reporting casualties and damage. Piney, a German settlement, was nearly wiped out. deaths at Piney estimated nine to twenty.
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Arkansas
Lafayette
Columbia
Miller
Pike
Howard
Hempstead
Montgomery
Yell
Pope
Johnson
Franklin
Carroll
Piney
Iron Mountain
Knoxville
London
Berryville
Cravens
John Rosin
FOOLED UNCLE SAM CREEKS FACE SIXTEEN MILLION SETTLEMENT
The Creek Indians allegedly tricked Congress to obtain a $7,000,000 windfall in land and cash. The plan tied newborns to rolls, reserving surplus land for allotments and increasing per capita payments. With about 20,000 Creeks, most allottees would receive money unless land hit the full appraisal. A winter settlement proposal to Congress will allocate the funds via Interior Department officials and tribal commissioners.
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Congress
Department of the Interior
Commissioners of the
Five Tribes
Secretary of the Interior
Gatun Dam Faces Sinking After Heavy Panama Rain
Prolonged torrential rains over three weeks destabilize the Gatun dam crest in Panama, causing earth to settle and threatening structural integrity. Authorities monitor the situation as flooding risks mount and engineers assess repair needs.
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Gatun Dam
Destruction Report Hits Barr Mulberry and Lodi Areas
A dispatch from Knoxville confirms damage near Barr four miles from town with the village wrecked. In Mulberry vicinity five persons are reported killed and at Lodi the Methodist church and several other buildings were destroyed. An elderly couple, L. G. Holt and wife, were injured in the home incident.
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L. G. Holt
Knoxville
Barr
Mulberry
Lodi
Surge of Politics as Republicans Hold Power in Congress
The President removed Seat tle postmaster George M. Stewart for soliciting campaign contributions. Elihu Root is urged as U S Senator to replace Platt. Republicans retain control of both houses though House majority narrows. Cannon wins amid labor and progressive opposition. veterans lose seats. North Dakota counties stay, no new courthouses. Gompers cites labor influence shaping the campaign and asserts labor not conquered.
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George M. Stewart
Seattle
Wash
Elihu Root
United States
Platt
Union League Club
New York
Congress
Cannon
Nebraska
Iowa
Hepburn
D. Jamison
Overstreet
Indiana
McCreary
Pennsylvania
Charles Bb. Landis
North Dakota
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Panama Dam Settles Further Across Wide Embankment
The Chagres river dam has stretched from fifty to three hundred feet in length amid heavy embankment weight causing settlements. Gatun nearby also shows slides as rains flood the area. Landslides affect the Culebra cut and rail lines on both sides for miles.
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Panama
Chagres
Gatun
Culebra
Automatic Train Protection on Santa Fe trial system
The Interstate Commerce Commission is studying an automatic train protection device by P. J. Simmen of Los Angeles. In trials on a Santa Fe section in Southern California, trains log entry and exit times in blocks, and dispatchers signal stops or progress. Automatic interlocking prevents unsafe signals, with automatic danger signals and a 1000 foot obedience requirement. An official test is planned.
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P. J. Simmen
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
California
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston Herald abandons comic supplement on Sundays
The Boston Herald will stop publishing its Sunday comic section. The paper editorially states a great newspaper no longer needs a clown and that comic supplements have ceased to be comic. It argues they are vulgar, tawdry, lacking art, and ideas that are low and descending.
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The
Boston Herald
Kaiser's War Talk Suppressed Interview Summary
The New York World prints a purported synopsis of Kaiser Wilhelm’s interview with Dr. William Bayard Hale aboard the Hohenzollern off Bergen. Key claims: King Edward’s pressure on Germany. Germany as Europe’s dominant power. Britain seeks to neutralize Germany. France in his grasp. Russia diminished after its war with Japan. war unavoidable and imminent. Britain deemed deceitful since victors in the Boer War.
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New York World
New World
Kaiser Wilhelm
William Bayard Hale
Bergen
Norway
Edward
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
England
France
Russia
Japan
Transvaal
Orange Free State
World War Era Voices Warn Of Alliances And War Aims
The piece argues against the Anglo Japanese alliance as a threat to white races, predicts Germany and America must unite to counter Japan within ten months, and foresees England losing Pacific colonies while Egypt falls to Germany. It notes Zeppelin airships and dirigible progress, and profiles Leonard Wood’s return to New York as commander of the Department of the East, praising Philippine scouts and calling for freer Philippine trade.
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England
Japan
India
Germany
America
Pacific
Egypt
Holy Land
Leonard Wood
New York
Europe
Gen. Grant
Department of the East
Governor's Island
Gen. Weed
Philippines
France
Wright Brothers
Gen. Wood
Spares From The Wires Highlights Seven Items
G P Engelhardt returns to New York with stingless bee specimens from Guatemala. F L De la Barra named successor to Enrique reel as Mexican ambassador to Washington. Thomas McGrath, St Louis election official, jailed four years for false return. Rev Dr Myron W Haynes resigns Delmar Avenue Baptist church post in St Louis amid claims of harassment. Col William F Tucker, son-in-law of Gen John A Logan, to undergo Brights disease operation per physician. J W Soloman, Salt Lake City lineman, escapes fatal electric fall from a pole amid 4000 volts, wading through live wires to safety.
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G. P. Engelhardt
New York
Guatemala
F. L. de la Barra
Enrique Reel
Washington
Thomas McGrath
St. Louis
Myron W. Haynes
Chicago
Delmar Avenue Baptist Church
Peruna praised for curing long standing catarrh
Miss Sophia Kittleson of Evanston NL writes that after twenty five years of catarrh and failing cures Peruna restored her health. She reports her throat soreness and cough vanished and she now feels much improved and recommends Peruna to friends. The ad notes Peruna tablets and Man a lin laxative and offers a free 1909 almanac. The piece also contrasts English domestic service standards with thorough dress rehearsals.
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Sophia Kittleson
Evanston, NL
Man-a-lin
Absurd Hedgehog Beliefs Across Ancient Texts
In ancient lore hedgehogs were credited with strange powers. Early writers like Aelian claimed it climbed trees to drop fruit, impaling them on spines, then carried them away. Old tales also stated hedgehogs milk cows at night.
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Tim Aelian
Living Advertisement Glow of Health Speaks for Postum
A Tenn lady narrates recovery from indigestion nervousness and insomnia after quitting coffee and using Postum. She weighs 117 pounds, rose to 170, attributes health gains to Postum, and calls herself a living advertisement. The letter cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Mich and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Weilville
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Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Bessemer, Michigan
O. S. Mills
Columbus
Ohio) Insane Asylum
Gallipolis
A. B. Cummins
W. B. Allison
Warren Garst
Peter E. Hellwege
Augustus Hyland
West
Owen Kildare
J. Hood Wright Hospital
West One Hundredth Street
West Side Court
N.hs
Old Monadnock Mountain
Supreme Court of Ohio
Cincinnati Gayman
Circuit Court of
Hamilton County
Gayman
Union Rolling Mills
Cleveland
American Steel and Wire Company
Empire Rolling Mills
Roy Kingle
Scranton
Kingle
George Labarre
Brain
Labarre
San Juan Hill
Santiago
Cuba
Col. Yeatman
Ross E. Holladay
Rafael Mangulay
Katherine Tingley
Theosophists
Bishop Williams
Barton Millard
Nathalie Merriam
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Omaha
Andrew Bagotas
Pittston
Wilkesbarre
Havoc
Uncle Sam
Kaiser
Baltimore Sun
Poltics
Emperor William
Peruna
Miss. Sophia
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