Week's News Record Headlines From A Turbulent Week
A Canton man on death row gains a reprieve for his murder case after his 11-year-old son appeals to Governor Harris. New York faces vegetable scarcity due to late-season weather, while a Minneapolis woman is found murdered, her head crushed, at a farm near the city. Policing turns brutal in Lordz, Russian Poland, as a vigilante group conducts nightly executions. A Vancouver logging camp fire sweeps vast timber losses along with rain shortages plaguing Vancouver Island. A Chicago student plans to assault a principal with chloroform, confessing motive after arrest, as looting disrupts schools ahead of spring break. Baseball league standings summarized.
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Morgan Sinets
Chicago
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Mixed News Nuggets From Europe and America
King Victor Emmanuel paid all expenses for Captain Olivelli funeral after his balloon was struck by lightning. Miss Julia Matruder, ill in Richmond, showed slight rally but is deemed hopeless. Grand Duchess Anastasia, six, ill with diphtheria feared. empress cares for her. Civil service rules bar active political campaigning by classified workers. Coroner Jerome in Philadelphia refuses to recall President Baer over Readings murder. A teacher obsession leads Mixx Mamie White to elope with Burnett Prestwood, 17, to Florida. Pennsylvania Railroad raises entry age to 21 due to labor scarcity.
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Italy
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Julia Matruder
Richmond
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Anastasia
Nicholas
Russia
National Civil Service Commission
James B. Forgan
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Philadelphia
Baer
Reading Railroad
Mixx Mamie White
Burnett Prestwood
Andalusia
Ala
Florida
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Pennsylvania
Capital punishment for kidnappers eyed by lawmakers
President Roosevelt may urge a capital crime status for kidnapping in a forthcoming message to Congress. Lawmakers and police units support strict action, arguing kidnapping is the most difficult crime to deter and that swift, severe penalties would deter abduction for ransom.
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Roosevelt
United States
England
Europe
Haywood trial opens as Orchard testifies at Boise
Harry Orchard, a self confessed slayer of former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg, testifies in Boise as the prosecution opens its case against William D Haywood. Orchard claims he killed Steunenberg and Haywood stands accused as an accessory before the fact in the 1905 dynamite murder at the governor's gate.
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Steunenberg
Boise
Idaho
Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Hawley
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone
Marty Orchard
Steve Adams
Jack Simpkins
Gold Mine in Wheat Dreamed by Government Expert
Government expert explains plant breeding's wealth of heredity using kernels of wheat, corn, and an influential Minnesota apple seed. Assistant Secretary emphasizes value of a single kernel, citing historical seed lineage and the magic of inherited traits.
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W. M. Hays
Minnesota Experiment Station
Tlays
Commonwealths
Peter Gideon
Minnesota
Great Northwest
Fund to Fight Labor Unions at Manufacturers Meet
At the National Association of Manufacturers convention in New York 300 members attended with James W. Van Cleave presiding Secretary Cushing reported successes against an eight hour day and court injunctions Treasurer Stillman announced an annual income of 180000 dollars A committee of thirty six was appointed to raise six thousand dollars a year for three years to educate the public on the right view in labor disputes A poll of 3000 members showed about a three to two tilt for limited tariff revision after the next presidential election President Van Cleave endorsed a federal corporation law for interstate business
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New York
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van Cleve
Global unrest and border clashes dominate verbatim dispatches
Reports span Guatemala Mexico border tensions as Cabrera faces Diaz demands amid Guatemalan fortifications at Ocos. Chinese rebel surge in Kwangtung disrupts cities, while Africa's Moon mountains map redefines Congo borders and Lake Albert Edward. British politics echo Stolypin in Russia’s domes. Idaho trial details tie Warren Haywood to a broader Western Federation of Miners conspiracy. Wheat breeding promises large agricultural gains and farmer accessibility. An aristocratic English class disruption follows, centering on a spirited American- or British-edged classroom moment.
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Filipinos urged to learn thrift for independence
A Philadelphia session of the American Academy of Political and Social Science featured Prof. M. Kemmerer linking the Philippine savings bank system to economic growth. He noted Manila opened the first postal savings bank on May 1 last year and by year end 62 banks operated across the islands with deposits of about $92,500 and 621 depositors. He cited Filipinos as a rising need for financial discipline to gain economic and political independence, urging persistent saving campaigns through bank officers.
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American Academy of Political and Social Science
Philadelphia
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Cornell University
Philippine Savings Bank
Manila
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Ilipino
Washington traitor remark sparks school riot in Omaha
In Omaha a history class riot erupted when a teacher described George Washington as the Father of His Country a student objected and shouted Washington was a traitor. The pupil, studying English history, stood firm against the remark as a confrontation unfolded in the classroom.
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Omaha
Cil
George Washington
England
Fire at Carnegie destroys town business section causing heavy loss
A blaze at Carnegie Oklahoma wiped out the town's entire business district with an estimated loss of 65000 dollars. Nathan Hawk, veteran of the Mexican war and reputed early California gold news bearer, is described as a hale citizen of Folsom California.
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Carnegie
Okla
Nathan Hawk
California
Folsom
Cal
Noted Specialist Urges Killing Hopeless Tuberculosis Patients
Dr. S A Knopf, famed New York tuberculosis expert, stirred the Washington congress by declaring that hopeless consumptives should be killed quickly and painlessly with morphine. He defended the practice as a sacred duty, while other doctors debated morphine limits and the use of creosote. The congress discussed home treatment classes for workers and schoolchildren and seclusion of consumptive children in special open air classes.
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New York
Germany
National Tuberculosis Congress
Washington
Committee On Medication
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Flick
Landis
Knopp
Congress
Pultos
Lowman
Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People touted as nerve tonic
Advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills strengthen nerves and aid nervous disorders including anemia rheumatism and neuralgia. A testimonial recounts recovery from dizziness neuralgia and fear of paralysis after using the pills. The company offers a free home treatment booklet and venda postpaid from Schenectady.
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Williams
Hood
Indian of Mexico Docile and Peaceful in Modern Mexico
A fragmented 19th century portrait depicts Mexican Indians as peaceful, polite, and patient. It praises their generosity, subservience, love for children, and reluctance to fight, while noting occasional social missteps and affectionate gestures toward elders in crowded streets.
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Mexico
Room for the Friend
The fat dweller apologizes for disorder as summer clothes overflow the hall closet while a cot is set up in the closet for a friend who stayed the night. The exchange takes place in a Philadelphia Press item marked by casual humor and domestic chaos.
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Philadelphia
Editor Recovers, Credits Grape-Nuts For Health Gain
An Oklahoma editor reports gaining five pounds and greatly improving strength and brain power after using Grape-Nuts. He says the nutritionally rich, tasty food proved its advertised benefits, and vows to speak well of it publicly. He notes he only tried it after illness and emphasizes its scientific concentration and pleasing flavor. There is a cue to read The Road to Wellville in the package.
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Wellville
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