Czar Arrives as Russian Reform Hopes Turn Grim
St Petersburg crowds greet the czar at the winter palace but a day of violence follows. Troops fire on demonstrators wounding many as a mother with her dead baby leads a Nevsky Prospect march. Students clash with patrols and anger grows over promised reforms and accountability.
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Winter Palace
Russia
Radical Party
America
Finland
Poland
Caucasus
Socialists Declare Russia Not Yet Free
The Social Democrats issued a fiery proclamation urging workers to continue the revolution and declaring Russia is not yet free.
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Russia
Warsaw
Admiral Train Dispatches Ignore Nanking Attack
Washington reports two dispatches from Admiral Train dated yesterday in Shanghai note target practice aboard the Oregon and a corporate pleasure on American ships visiting Japan. Officials doubt the Nanking attack tale as Shanghai is distant from Nanking and provides no mention of the assault.
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Navy Department
Admiral Train
Shanghai
Nanking
Oregon
Japan
Living Mummy Commits Suicide at Liege Exhibition
Brussels reports Dominiquue Castagni known as the Living Mummy, 35, shot himself in a Boulevard du Midi exhibition booth. Despite a 65 pound frame and diet of potatoes and eggs, he was an expert fencer who once defeated rivals at Liege Exhibition. He left a note claiming a dance dispute triggered his suicide.
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Brussels
Dominiquue Castagni
Sanday
Boulevard Dua Midi
Castagna
Liege
Pine Grove Fire Destroys Town Structures in West Virginia
Fire in Pine Grove West Virginia started after 1 AM from a natural gas explosion. The Pine Grove Hotel Commercial Hotel Bank Methodist church Morgan's block seven stores and ten dwellings were destroyed. Dynamite used to halt spread with several presumed fatalities reported but not confirmed.
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W. Va
Pine Grove Bank
Morgan's
Jump in Price of Coal at Pittsburg
Pittsburg officials announce a 20 cent per ton rise for mine and screened coal, effective next month, bringing the total increase to 45 cents per ton in under three months. The surge is driven by strong national industrial demand and a major car shortage.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Company
Washington prepares welcome for Prince Louis of Battenberg
Washington readies an elaborate welcome as Prince Louis of Battenberg visits. British squadron under the prince sails to Annapolis, meets Rear Admiral Evane’s North Atlantic fleet, then proceeds to New York. Friday events include a White House reception and dinner with President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Prince Louis
Annapolis
New York
Evane
North Atlantic
Panama Canal experts rush final report before end of November
Washington reports the board of consulting engineers for the Panama Canal Commission is wrapping up. Subcommittees on the lock canal sea level and unit price near completion. Former Chief Engineer Wallace to be questioned. Taft approves and expects the report for the president’s congress message.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Comhssion
Board of Advisory Engineers
Wallace
Wallaee
Taft
Detective Says All Evidence Clears Middletown Murder Suspect
Pinkerton detectives in Middletown state they have all evidence required to convict a local man for the October 6 murder of Willis Onley his brother and Alice Ingerick. Authorities believe the killer seeks funds to flee the country and will stop at crimes to escape. A gang leader tied to a Delaware County bank burglary resembles the Middletown suspect. Mrs Ingerick reports seeing a wagon toward the woods near the crime scene.
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Middletown
N. Y
Willis Onley
Alice Ingerick
National Bank of Andes
Delaware Cunty
Pinkerton
Wan Ie
Sen
Global Newspaper Output in 1908 Compared by Region
Washington reports 1908 figures show the United States published about 20 485 new papers including 14 455 weeklies and 2 215 dailies. Europe totals around 20 000 with Germany leading at 56 500 papers.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Bogiland
France
Italy
Auustria- Hungary
Spain
Rassia
Greece
Switzerland
Europe
Asia
Japan
British Indies
Africa
Egypt
Australia
Doen's Ointment Cited To Cure Skin Ailments
A short old advertisement notes Doen's Ointment as a cure for itching and various skin diseases and says it is available at any drug store.
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Missy
Doen
Marriage of Jessie Thornton Moffat to Jesua Aaron Bloch
Miss Jessie Thornton Moffat, niece of Rev J D Moffat, wed Jesua Aaron Bloch, vice president of Bloch Brothers, in Wheeling at Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church. The Bloch family, long Christianized, are Wheeling’s wealthiest, with a history of a family fortune exceeding a million dollars.
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W. Va
Jessie Thornton Moffat
J. D. Moffat
Washington-Jefferson College
National Presbyterian Assembly
Jesua Aaron Bloch
Bloch Brothers
Bloch
Charles H. McDonald
Blochs
Aaron Bloch
New York
Jeese Aaron Bloch
Jerse Bloch
Bleech Brothers
Population of New York City and State
Albany New York Oct 81 There are now 8 06 672 people in New York state These figures were announced today by the state enumeration Korean In 1900 the population was 7 268 804 and in 1800 it was 6 008 174 The population of Greater New York is 4 014 304 compared with 3 487 202 in 1900 and 2 50 414 in 1890 Manhattan borough is 2 112 697 and Brooklyn 1 368 891
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N. Y
New York State
Indiana
Greater
New York
State
Enuumeration Bureau
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Man With Memory Sells Head to Doctor
Manchester, England Oct Jr. a hall favorite named Datas, famed for extraordinary memory, has sold his head to Dr. Carlton Simon of New York for about 10000 dollars. Datas will report to Dr. Simon weekly for the rest of his life after death.
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Manchester
England
Oct. Jr
Datas
Carlton Simon
New York
Simon
President Roosevelt Returns to Washington from Navy Yard
President Roosevelt arrived at the navy yard at 11 35 in the morning and, greeted by Mrs Roosevelt at the wharf, drove with her to the White House. The party is reported well and in good spirits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Yard
White House
Steamers Collide Sink Off Helsingtors Sweden
A collision between the Swedish steamer Johanna and the Russian schooner Autores near Helsingtors sinks both vessels. Of thirty crewmen, all but three perish in the wreck, with the fate of the other two remaining unclear.
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Helsingtors
Sweden
Johanna
Autores
Banner showing McClellan Hearst name sparks city vandalism
In New York, a Tammany banner across Park Row aroused excitement with an American flag bearing McClellan and a red flag for Hearst's Municipal Ownership League labeled anarchy. A man attempted to tear it down and was arrested while police guard the banner. Justice Storer denied the Republican committee's bid to place W Travers Jerome on the ballot.
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New York
Tammany Organization
Park Row
Print House
Amercan
McClellan
Tammany
Municipal Ownership League
Vandale
Justice Storer
Supreme Court
Republican County Committee
W. Travers Jerome
Republican
Governor Montague Hints Possible Virginia Exit
Richwood Virginia October report quotes Governor Montague saying it may be the last time he campaigns in Virginia. He pleads with residents to stand by the party in the upcoming election amid rumors of his removal related to a New York visit with John D Rockefeller.
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Richwood
Virginia
Montague
Lealea
John D. Rockefeleer
New York
Mystery Loss Quietly Shrugs Off Express Money
A $14,000 express shipment from Helena Montana to New York is missing. Northern Pacific Express Company detectives probe disappearance after the package arrives with intact headlines but missing the contents, which were newspaper clippings.
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Helena
Mont
Hawilton
New York
Northern Pacific Expres Company
New York Consignee
Forbade Production of Indecent Comedy in New York
Acting Police Commissioner McAdoo forbade the production of the comedy Mrs Warren's Profession. Arnold Daly withdrew the play. Samuel W. Gomp, Zchele’s manager, was arrested for offending public decency and paroled for examination.
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New York
McAdoo
Mra Warren
Arnold Daly
Samuel W. Gomp
Zchele
Proposed $100000 Hotel Planned for Bluefield Growth
Philadelphia capitalists back a plan to erect a new hotel in Bluefield with 150 guest rooms and modern conveniences. The project aims to secure a prime site and mirror the city’s recent rapid development.
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Philadelphia
Bluefield
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