World News A flurry of crimes and trials across the globe
Heath Baronet the Gould bulldog dies from poisoning at Lakewood. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw sues to annul her marriage to Harry K. Thaw. Toledo and Western Railroad conductor Frank Taylor killed after being thrown from a box car near Franklin Junction. Chicago bans sororities fraternities next Sept. Jessie Daw in Brooklyn commits suicide after sanitarium stay. Night Riders raid Kentucky and Tennessee. White Caps shoot and kill in MacCutchinville Ohio. Several other accidents crimes and political moves reported across Minnesota New York and Idaho with figuress including bankrupted ex-judges and a school fire in Collinwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Frank Taylor
Sylvania
Ohio
Toledo and Western Traction
Franklin Junction
Chicago Board of Education
Brooksville
Robert Stanton
Grand Rapids
Mich
Chicago
Wyoming Yards
MacCutehbinville
Peter D. Kieffer
Kieffer
Effie Frishcorn
Ellwood City
Miss Frishcorn
When China's empress dies stirs Philippine fears of Japan
A Manila correspondent says Empress Dowager Tsze An's death could trigger Japan's grab for Manchuria and draw the Philippines into war. With Evans' fleet in the Pacific the U S would have sixteen battleships and eight cruisers against Japan's thirteen battleships and five cruisers. Most expect no early crisis, but Japan could seize Manila if war breaks out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Philippines
Manila
Japan
Manchuria
Evans
Pacific
Uncle Sam
Philippine defense and Japan threat outlined in wartime notes
The piece notes the need to patrol 10,000 miles of island coast line and cites Japan’s capacity to land 40,000 troops in the Philippines within a week. It records 11,000 U.S. troops on the islands and argues a large force is essential against Japan, while reflecting on American wartime rhetoric about Japanese risk and possible war driven by restless ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Philippines
United States
America
Russia
Labor Unions Expand Across Nations and Regions
Canada tins and foundries employ 17 928 workers while Adelaide factories form unions. The Boston Bakers union is the largest with 1 500 plus members. A new Pallbearers Union forms in Alexandria Virginia and St Paul organises wage scales for ice wagon drivers. Lynn hosts a Shoe Cutters assembly drive and over forty New England retail clerks unions form. Ontario and Atlantic Canada see wage gains for 10 000 workers. Italy adopts a weekly rest day, and Chicago forms a hospital union of twenty five hospitals. Mississippi plans a central bank with 85 000 capital and New York Federation backs women workers. Durham vote to join UK miners federation. NY newsboys rules take effect. San Francisco clerks join a new city union. New York Farmers Union plans August convention for pricing reforms. An international pact to ban night work for women factories is signed by ten nations, to be enacted December 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Lynn
Mass
K. of L
New England
Ontario
Canadian
Maritime Provinces
Chamber of Deputies
Chicago
Chicago Hospital Association
Mississippi
The
Farmers’ Union
Jackson
New York
National Federation of Miners of Great Britain
New York State
Board of Education
San Francisco
New Union
Suffragette Leaders Jailed In Harsh Prison Routine
Describes strict prison life for suffragettes led by Mrs. Pankhurst and her daughter. Women are measured, given coarse clothing, fed sparingly, housed in crowded cells, and tasked with making mail bags while barred from correspondence. They vow to return to jail until voting rights are won.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pankhurst
London suffragettes endure repeat prison terms
Women from ten to fifty suffragists in London endure repeated imprisonment at Holloway for riotous street conduct. They willingly accept incarceration as a badge of protest, treated like common criminals, with minimal privacy and harsh conditions as each release is followed by new arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halloway
London
Wolf Menace Persists for Encinal Ranchers in Texas
Encinal Texas ranchmen intensify efforts to eradicate wolves believed to be coyotes. Rabies spread among wolves raises fear as hydrophobia cases rise and State Hydrophobia Institute in Austin fields hundreds of bite treatments. Wolves stalk by night, kill calves, steal lambs, prompting fenced homes and armed guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encinal
Tex
Austin
Notable departures and emergencies cross continents
Leslie M. Shaw leaves the Carnegie Trust Company of New York. Actress Blanche Walsh falls critically ill in Shreveport and is rushed to a Memphis sanitarium. Shanghai inaugurates its first electric streetcar service section. The first U S flag raised over Monterey California’s custom house is found in Honolulu with a man aged 84 in possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie M. Shaw
Carnegie Trust Company of
New York
Blanche Walsh
Shreveport
Memphis
Shanghai
China
United States
Monterey
Cal
Honolulu
Hard Luck Tales From the Kick of a Horse and More
Reports detail George W Glover of Lead suffering paralysis after a kick, Edward Dunne found dead in Deadwood while seeking final naturalization papers, Walter White jailed in Harrisburg for a claimed Roosevelt meeting, Henry Kahen 38 dies from carbolic acid, Lena Anderson attempts suicide in Minneapolis, Haggar May Reid sues Pullman in St Paul, Sophini Baratoni dies after a 1300 foot shaft fall in Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Glover
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Scientist
Deadwood
Edward Dunne
Roosevelt
Washington
Walter White
Madison
D. C
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
Henry Kahen
Sioux City
Iowa
Kahen
Woodman Hall
Cedar
Second
Minneapolis
Lena Anderson
United States
St. Paul
Haggar May Reid
Minnesota
Anarchist Tries Bank Heist Then Is Disarmed at Diner
An apparently deranged man threatens to blow up a bank and kill staff in Kamiss City. He is lured to a restaurant by bank officials and intercepted by detectives who arrest him before he can act, after exchanging words with Vice President Luther Drake and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Restaurant
Luther Drake
Mr. Drake
Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
Wes Boppec
Canada promises and prairie hopes from W A Spice letter
A citizen from Green Mountain Iowa writes from Saskatoon praising Western Canada as a land of ideal grain climate, abundant hay and water, timber for lumber, wild fruit, and diverse game. He notes high yields for oats and wheat, successful homesteading, and a strong preference for life and money-making in Canada, quoting a neighbor who would rather live there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Canada
W. H. Ellwanger
Green Mountain
Iowa
Ediwancer
Montgomery
Parnton
the &H
Turtle Lake Yesternar
Yankee
Les Moines
Lok
Dar
Weill
United States
W. A. Spice
S. Escore
Naesed
Cidvind
School Savings Banks Spread in Schools Countrywide
Dessee pupils regularly deposit savings in school savings banks. Founded by J. H. Thiry of Long Island two years ago, the system transfers weekly deposits from class to a trust company bank. Pupils may save one cent to ten dollars weekly. withdrawals after reaching five dollars or more accrue regular interest. Since inception, 177,972 depositors hold about 1.7 million dollars saved, with 4.675 million withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Thiry
Long Islam
Bank of Trust Company
Ecbhild
Learime
Anti Saluen League pushes prohibition in Locisisna campaign
A broad county slate features speakers backing prohibition to bring the State into the movement. Amid items, a California farmer Joseph Piraina reports robbery and river dumping, a Minnesota judge grants custody to a Los Angeles facility, and a London preacher plans a new sect. News notes President Roosevelt and Secretary McCalé in distant roles.
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Locisisna
Joseph Piraina
California
Pines
Sacramento
Sacramento Hospital
Jacob Schilb
Minnneapolis
Los Angeles
Cal
R. J. Campbell
City Temple
London
Taylor
San Francisco
Reavelt
West Coast
Pacific
Meccalé
Fragmented health note with brand mentions
A garbled clipping discusses headaches and near Maz Col ds, mentions a laxative product and a cigar brand. Includes a claim about oysters and salt content and a line urging high water intake and a Winston’s product suggestion. The fragmentary text lacks clear events or dates.
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Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Bessemer
Michigan
Around
Jessie Daw
Brooklyn
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Birmingham
Marshall County
Woolfort
Tenn
Brown Bennett
Bennett
East Side
Edwardo Rapallo
Santa Fe Railroad
Elmer Windstrom
Texas
Windstrom
Francis J. Wing
Cleveland
United States District Court
Wing
Cassie L. Chadwick
Harry Orchard
Fremont Wood
Caldwell
Ida
Steunenberg
Sheldon Berry Clemmons
Poke County
State Asylum For the Insane
Jacksonville
Clemmons
Howard Gould
Ella Clemmons
Burke
Collinwood
Fred Hirter
Philadelphia
Reyburn
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Dowager Empress OF China
Adelaide
South Australia
Boston Bakers’ Union
Alexandria
Piss Pankhurst
Weshurst
England
Paynton, Sask
Illinois
la Crosse
John A. Salter
Campo
Calis
Palmetta
Nerv
Tridelphia
W. Va
Lewis
Winston
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