Week's News Roundup From The Bessemer Herald
W. E. Thomas, associate of the late C. J. Devlin, swallowed carbolic acid at Leavenworth Kansas but remains alive. A slate fall at New England Coal Co. No. 1 San Toy Ohio killed George Robinson and injured A. W. Wall and an unidentified Hungarian. Cadets at Kingston Ontario Royal Military College ordered to wear mustaches. Renewal of Chinese boycott against American goods planned with Wu Ting Fang displaced. A woman hunted Prof HM B Calin then attacked. Miss Ruby Cole drove unconscious man to Eureka. Four men died in explosion at International Smokeless powder and Chemical Co. Parlin New Jersey. Hugh G. Ryals killed. Warner Blackard injured at Southwestern Presbyterian University Jackson Tennessee. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. nose operation and broken nose during freshman game. Cherokee council at Muskegee Oklahoma deposes Chief Rogers. Frank J. Boudinot elected elder. Anne Hitcheek and Lt. Cmdr. William S. Sims married in Washington. wedding breakfast attended by President and Vice President. German finances reportedly troubled. imperial debt rise and new taxes discussed. Pierson case at Kenyon College alleged Greek fraternity initiation. coroner Scarborough investigating after a threatening letter.
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W. E. Thomas
C. J. Devlin
Leavenworth
Kaw
Mr. Thomas
Devlin
George Robinson
A. W. Wall
New England Coal Company
San Toy
Ohio
Robinson
Royal Military College
Kingston
Ont
Wu Ting Fang
United States
HM. B. Calin
Ruby Cole
Eureka
S&s D
International Smokeless Tewder and Chemical Company
Parlin
N. J
Hugh G. Ryals
Jackson
Tenn
Warner Blackard
Paris
Southwestern Presbyterian University
Tieth
Anne Hitcheeck
Titeheeck
William S. Sims
U.S. N
Washington
Ambbassadors
Titeheoek
German Empire
Gambler, On
Scarborough
Brooklyn
N.Y
Pierson
Vliek Laink
Post Office
Diverse News Nuggets From 50 Years of Echoes
A wide array of items. Vernon, Mattoon, Brooklyn, and Chicago feature incidents. A 50 year search uncovers a story of a girl kidnapped by an unknown attacker. A gas explosion endangers residents in Columbia. A probate judge nears death after a leaking gas fixture. Steel giant plans a massive Indiana plant employing thousands. A Mattoon mayoral shuffle appoints a pro tem and new police chief. A Brooklyn boxing coach’s wife is shot and injured. police seek her estranged husband. Witte weakens under strain. political shifts affect government. Hackettstown’s dog siege ends in mass killings after hydrophobia fears. A German hunter is shot near Richmond. Edgeble is restrained from suicide after the incident.
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Columbia
Wade Trupten Cobb
Columbia Hospital
United States Steel Corporation
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Byers
Mattoon
Atence
Patrick McDermott
Brookelyn
N.Y
Count Witte
Hackettstown
Seyour
Mary Tarvis
Striking Workers Appeal Troops to Join Kronstadt Revolt
A Russian workers’ group issues a bold appeal to soldiers and sailors urging mutiny against their officers. They cite Kronstadt sailors resisting command and call for release of jailed sailors, abolition of courts martial, and a common cause with the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irothers
Black Sea
Kronstadt
St. Petersburg
Nude men flee blaze in Glasgow lodging house
A fire at a Glasgow municipal lodging house killed thirty nine men and burned thirty two others. The 330 residents, mostly laborers, slept nude, causing a chaotic escape as flames broke out on the fourth floor around 6 am. Firefighters faced crowds of naked men rushing out, some jumping from windows. The fire was confined to the fourth floor and quickly put out, but many deaths were not identified due to lack of clothing and migratory lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Notable Figures and Royal Links Highlight 19th Century Society
A collage of brief notes lists Teechairs Sig Caruso as a gifted artist, the 7000 visitors to Sir Walter Scott's Abbotsford, and Dr. George Reicke as Berlin mayor and a poet dramatist. It mentions Jeanne d Arc memorial plans, Bourget’s Rue Barbet de Jouy salon, a youthful Persian general, Damrignac’s prison time, Durand’s fall in love in Massachusetts, Argyl’s nonsense verse, royal christening names, Tamagno’s penury and villa gift to his daughter, all reflecting archipelago of art, nobility, and controversy.
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Sig. Caruso
Walter Scott
Abbotsford
George Reicke
Berlin
Chateau d’Eau
Jeanne d’ Arc
Paul Bourget
Paris
Barbet-de-Jouy
Wreck of Steamer Hilda Believed To Claim 100 Lives
A British cross channel steamer, the Hilda of the Southwestern Railway line, wrecked off St Malo after fog and a snowstorm. About 100 people drowned with only six survivors reported. The ship carried eighty passengers and a crew of twenty six. Survivors were rescued by the Ada in an open boat near the scene of the disaster. The Hilda departed Southampton Friday night for St Malo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda
Southwestern Railway Company
St. Malo
France
Ada
Southwestern
Southampton
St. Briae
Crown of Norway Tendered to Prince Charles of Denmark
A Norwegian parliamentary deputation offered the throne of Norway to Prince Charles of Denmark on Monday morning. King Christian accepted on behalf of his grandson. The brief palace ceremony recalled the 1868 Greek throne presentation to Prince George of Denmark. The twenty minute function was noted for its brilliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. O'Brien
Berner
Prince Charles
Norway
Christian
Denmark
Greece
Prince George
Wreck off St Malo claims French and English passengers
Sunday morning gale scuttled the Ilida after missing the tide. Thirteen bodies washed ashore at St Cast and seven more were stranded nearby. Two boats were lowered, one recovered by the Ada, another found empty. Two thirds of passengers were French farmers with gold crops, while the rest were English families bound for Dinard. The wreck rests three miles off St Malo. A royal ceremony at the palace featured King Haakon VII and Queen Maud with a royal salute and crowds in attendance.
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Ada
St. Cast
St. Malo
Ilida
France
Dinard
Haakon VII
Maud
Norway
Panama Canal funds sought as emergency aid in 2007 plan
The War Department sent an 816000000 total estimate to Congress via the Treasury for continued Panama Canal work through June 30, 2007. Immediate funds are needed to avoid halting all activity, with an emergency appropriation to be requested when Congress convenes. The debate over a lock versus sea level canal persists among advocates and engineers, with final choice resting with the President and time and expense under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Treasury Department
War Department
Congress
Notable Deaths and Disappearances Stir Brooklyn News
Reports confirm a violent attack in Brooklyn left Newa of Minor Note Edwards fatally beaten after a stabbing incident. Thomas A. Stoddard, 76, longtime St. Louis Clearing House manager, dies after long illness. Ex Gov Horace Austin of Minnesota dies at Minneapolis home after operation. John Tisdale, wealthy Western mine owner, disappears from the Saville Hotel New York with no trace found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ash Hl. Edwards
Brooklyn
Thomas A. Stoddard
St. Louis
Horace Austin
Minnesota
Minneapolis
John Tisdale
Seville
New York
Hilarious jabs and jests in a restless year
A rambunctious roundup of satirical quips on war, politics, and society. References ship a fake battle multiple wars, Czarist Russia, Admiral Dewey versus Togo, Depew and insurance, Chauncey Depew, Peekskill Centennial, University of Chicago finances, Rockefeller, and Roosevelt.
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Philadelphia
Admiral Dewey
Togo
Russia
General Sherman
Oscar
Norway
Chauncey Depew
Pennsylvania
Japan
University of Chicago
Rockefeller
Roosevelt
Esparta
Postal Department Needs Estimates for 1907
Postmaster General Cortelyou has prepared and sent to the Treasury estimates for the Postoffice Department for the year ending June 30, 1907. The plan reduces expenses where possible while funding postal growth, with a net increase of about 0.3 percent and field service budgets rising about 12 million dollars. The rural delivery and railway mail services drive most growth, with increases planned for postmaster and clerk salaries and city carrier pay. The 1905 deficit was 1,251,254 and officials expect 1906 results to improve, noting total revenue exceeded expenditures by nearly 100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortelyou
Secretary of the Treasury
Postoffice Department
Postal Service
Field Service
Postmansfer
Overrun With Thieves In New York City Patrols Tighten
Detective bureau reports fifteen to twenty suspects arrested daily as Commissioner McAdoo expands patrols. Police teams cover every car line, focusing on crowded streets where pickpockets operate, often targeting mothers with children. Thieves work in specialized groups, with descriptions from headquarters and a rogues gallery of nearly 5 000 photos documenting professionals.
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New York City
Metauley
Detective Bureau
McAdoo
Confederaies
Aml
Rogues’ Gallery
Riots Kill and Injure in Prague Amid Turmoil
One person dies and nearly 260 are injured in socialist riots in Prague. In Manila specifications to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce call for fifty two miles of sewers and ten miles of forty two inch water mains. C D Crawford convicted of murder Heine Lundin is a loser at Elk River Minnesota. Gov Johnson fixes this disease for the vs. Arthur Massengil of Ohio Valley Kentucky was burned to death and her husband and sister in law fatally favored in a maze caused by starting a fire with kerosene. Raisuli the Morocco bandit captures a wealthy Moor Abdessim Akahbon, holds for ransom. Raisuli got 70000 for release of Pericaris.
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Biie
Prague
San Frisco Chamber of Commerce
Manila
C.D. Crawford
Heine Lundin
Elk River
Mina
Gov. Johnson
Arthur Massengil
Valley
Old Tennis in London Courts Favored by Royals
A sixteenth century note on tennis in London describes covered courts built for the sport. Henry VII and Henry VIII enjoyed tennis, with the king adding tennis courts to Whitehall. Charles II excelled at tennis and even wore distinct outfits for play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wdennie
London
Henry VII
Theory VIII
Palace of Whitehall
Charles
Germanys Tallest Soldier Joins First Regiment Guards
The tallest German soldier now serving in the First Regiment of Foot Guards stands seven feet ten inches tall and weighs 255 pounds. He recently enlisted and represents a remarkable example of military stature.
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Regiment of Foot Guards
Dodd's Kidney Pills End Rheumatism, Idaho Woman Says
Mrs. Martha J. Lee of Fraser Idaho states Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her rheumatism after repeated episodes. She notes she is now able to walk to Sunday School and perform work despite being fifty eight. The statement explains how healthy kidneys remove uric acid and claims the pills heal and strengthen kidneys to purify the blood.
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Dodd
Quoted fragments and ads from old newspaper items
A collage of pasted phrases and tiny notices mentions Diogenes humor, catarrh cures, Halls Catarrh Cure, tobacco brands, a New England saying on sin, a testimonial about a remedy for throat trouble, a coffee import note, and tin production in the Malay States. Minimal coherent narrative. reads as fragmented ad and snippet text.
Women welcome cure for womb troubles in old advert
A 19th century hospital woes missive urges women to seek Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for womb and ovarian ailments. It cites a Seattle case of a tumor, claims many patients resist surgery, and invites letters for free advice from Mrs Lydia E Pinkham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pinkhern
New England
Lydia E. Winkham
Miss Adams
Lydia E. Winkhaws
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