Bessemer Week in Review of National Events
A roundup of distant headlines: a Fort Worth judge appoints a receiver for the International and Great Northern Railroad, Bakersfield post office stamps stolen, Gov Haskell aims to regulate liquor traffic, Count Szechenyi and Gladys Vanderbilt arrive in London, and multiple personal and local incidents unfold across the nation including a Chicago secretary elected, a New York bride, a fatal shooting in Thebes, Oklahoma political moves, and a call to improve national waterways in a Roosevelt message. The items reflect a broad sweep of railroad actions, crime, society notes, and public policy from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International and Great Northern Railroad Company
Gould Line
Fort Worth
Tex
Bakersfield
Cal
Council of the
Phi Chi Fraternity
Minneapoli
Minn
W. E. Claypool
Chicago
Gov. Haskell
Oklahoma
Rock Island
St. Louis
San Francisco
Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
London
Duchess of Marlborough
Sunderland House
Ohio Valley Flood Devastates Region Across Rivers
The Ohio River flood, highest since 1876, destroys homes bridges and crops across the Monongahela Allegheny and Wabash basins. Pittsburg suffers most as water rushes through narrow ravines forcing residents to flee to the hills. In Indiana and Illinois, families evacuate Union town area Shawneetown and other towns while levees erode and embankments fail. A City of Spottsville boat rescues stock from a cornfield as survivors contend with privation and disease fears.
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Ohio Valley
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Wabash
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Pittsburg
Smoky City
Ohio River
Indiana
Uniontown
Spottsville
Shawneetown
Ill
Evansville and Terre Haute
White River
Navy tests aim 12 inch shell at Florida turret
The Navy weighs a dramatic trial where Arkansas fires an 850 pound 12 inch shell from a 60 ton gun at two miles to strike Florida’s turret. Twelve men would occupy the turret during impact as speculation on armor resistance and shock. All figures remain theoretical with a near zero chance of missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Arkansas
Florida
Stoessel Found Guilty and Sentenced for Port Arthur Surrender
Lieutenant General Stoessel was condemned to death by a military court for surrendering Port Arthur to the Japanese. General Fock was reprimanded for a separate disciplinary offense, Smirnoff and Reiss were acquitted for lack of proof.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Fock
Surender
Smirnoff
Reiss
Washington's Heirs Claim Ohio Land Parcels Could Form Park
More than five thousand descendants of George Washington are traced to a large Ohio land grant. The heirs, led by Lawrence Washington, seek legal recognition of ownership and aim to donate the property as a national park to be called Washington Park. Among them is George Steptoe Washington of Philadelphia, descended on both paternal and maternal lines from Washington relatives.
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George Washington
United States
Ohio
Lawrence Washington
Congressional Library
Washington
National Park
Washington Park
George
George Steptoe Washington
Philadelphia
Samuel Washington
John Augustine
Snowbound Trains Halt Midwest Rail Service
Heavy snowstorm grips the Midd West. railway traffic crippled as several trains are stalled for hours. The storm stretches from Texas to the country’s northern border and from Denver to New York, with deep drifts blocking roads and stock suffering in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midd West
Everal
Texas
Denver
New York
Immigration figures show drop in arrivals in January
Cabinet meeting remarks by Secretary Straus reveal a decline in Japanese arrivals to the United States for January. Total arrivals on the mainland and Hawaii stood at 971, down from 5,000 in January 1907, signaling a notable emigration trend shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straus
United States
Hawaii
Naval shell test kept secret at sea by U S Navy
The geometrical deduction suggests the shell will hit its target and deflect the turret without damage. Observers worldwide seek to witness the test but the department blocks applications and will conduct the experiment far at sea to deny foreign observation. Board directs no press statements and results kept for the U S Navy only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
No Demand for Locomotives At Paterson Plants
The Cooke and Rogers branches of the American Locomotive Works in Paterson New Jersey have laid off many workers. About half of the 5,000 employees remain, mostly repairing old engines. The drop is blamed on the absence of orders from both domestic and foreign railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke and Rogers
American Locomotive Works
Paterson
N. J
Stoessel commuted sentence and future exile in Russian case
The court recommended reverting the death sentence of Lieutenant General Stoessel to ten years in a fortress with service exclusion. After his defense of Port Arthur in 1904 05 he faced a mixed reception, with initial praise giving way to calls for dismissal and a later expectation of pardon after brief imprisonment. The narrative also notes Stoessel’s kinship to the Washington family and the Harewood estate as a potential grand park site.
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Stoessel
Port Arthur
Nicholas
New York Workshop Aims to House and Employ Unemployed
Fifty men at a New York City meeting approved erecting a 200000 building to serve as a home and workshop for the willing unemployed. Founders led by Dr. Harvey Furbay emphasize avoiding professional vagrants and seek self-sustaining charity. It was noted that among a sample of 1000 men of the better class, 80 were college graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Harvey Furbay
Temperance Worker's Endorsement for Peruna
Bessie Farrell of Brooklyn New York president of the Young People's Christian Temperance Association writes that Peruna is a valuable nerve and blood remedy for worn-out women. She notes it aids digestion and tissue restoration and endorses it for young mothers and women’s ailments. Dr Hartman has prescribed Peruna to thousands.
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Bessie Farrell
Third Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Young People’s Christian Temperance Association
Hartman
Horace Vernet Auction Sketch Tale Told by Artist
A veteran asks Vernet for a portrait to send home to his son. When asked for payment the veteran offers a franc and a half. Vernet quickly sketches a fine image, the veteran leaves triumphant, later muttering he could have bargained for a franc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Vernet
Vernet
Edinburgh Stumbles Over Harsh Passenger Exchange
A woman at a nearby railroad station startled a pale clerk by bluntly declaring she wanted a London ticket. The clerk asked if she wanted single or return, and she snapped that it was none of his business claiming many men have suffered poverty. The report notes the tense interaction at an Edinburgh station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
London
Old Surgeon Chooses Postum Over Coffee For Steady Hands
A veteran surgeon describes coffee worsening tremors and insomnia, then finds relief with Postum. He and a friend both switch, noting calmer nerves, normal circulation, and no dizziness. The surgeon urges proper brewing and promotes Postum as the national drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Michigan
Bessemer
Creel
Chihuahua
Mexico
Clarissa Barnes Millard
Wilford B. Moggatt
Alaska
Utica
N.Y
Juneau
Marietta
Frank Stage
May E. Nixon
Elway Nixon Cantor
Robert E. Lee
Confederacy
Cantor
Emmanuel Charch
Boston
Ernest Eugene Meier
Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
Machlite
Harry Bayer
Sarah R. Machlite
W. A. Davis
Thei
Santa Rosa
N. M
Pennsylvania
J. C. Clauss
Easton
Frederick Gurkinsmyer
York
Codorus Creek
Michael Gallagher Jr
Allentown
Jordan Creek
Morningside Park
Slarlem
James F.S. Croogan
Droog
Fort Llorn
Joseph Croogan
Winnipeg Grain and Drxlee Exchange
Fort William
Lake Superior
Manitoba
Borstar
Charles Lambert
M. A. Chester
Thebes
Anna M. Walker Weichtman
F. C. Pen- Geld
First Screet
Roosevelt
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Jackies
Washington’s Heirs
Washington Brothers
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Jefferson County
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Miss Bessie Farrell
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