Week's News Record Brings Disjointed Local and National Happenings
A mixed wrap of events includes aviation milestones by Wilbur Wright raising air speed and duration claims, a surge in New York poverty related thefts, masked burglary violence, a Typographical Union decision to meet in St Joseph Missouri, and a timber fire near Sandpoint Idaho.
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Children’s Aid Society
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bin O
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Thaw bankruptcy noted amid trial expense push
A report states Harry K Thaw has formally adjudged bankrupt in Pittsburg amid moves in state courts to curb mounting trial costs. The item mentions associated names and various incidents from the era, including a Bay area fire, legal notices, and other criminal cases.
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Harry K. Thaw
Pittsburg
William Poppinger
Per
Pennsylvania
New York postoMice
Louise Chandler Moulton
New England
Rutland Square
Boso
Robley I) Evans
Lake Mohonk New York
Mary Barry
Chicago
Hartford
Conn
Pillsbury Washburn Flour Mills Company
Minneapolis
Phipps Power
Harvey Bittenbender Tharvey Wie
William Bittentender
Elmer Keller
TS Venir
Old
East Macungie Pa O
Philadelphia
Parre
Lowry Harry Darrell
Baltamore
Lillis
Josean Darrell
Ohester Noy
Margaret Vo Sele
Several Local Disasters and Crimes Reported in Southern States
A fire destroyed the Jonesville knitting mill with losses around 350000 and 160000 insured. A Kentucky governor remitted a rider’s fine and rebuked county officers for neglect. A lynching occurred in Tifton Georgia with four killed and four wounded in the aftermath. An Livingston Lumber Company tramroad engine crash killed two and injured four in Texas. Gold Hill Copper Company in North Carolina placed in receivership with 8500000 capital. An explosion near Copeland Tennessee killed two and injured three during mining work. Frank Peargent of the immigration bureau suffered a nervous shock from a fall in Shepherdstown. A Birmingham Mineral Railroad train near Blocton faced gunfire. one conductor, a deputy, and a strikebreaker died. A La Follette Tennessee death, linked to L A Westford bank official, followed mysterious illness and pneumonia.
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Tventy
Middle West
May Williams
Missouri
Kansas City
A Coey & Co
Indiana Avenue
Chicago
Grant Stevens
Elizabethtown
Cincinnati
Stevens
Sedan
Ferdinand Conrad
St Lows
Conrad
Mitchaw Road
Sylvania
San Francisco
Pennsylvania Cil
Ashtabula
Newcastle
Niles Oto
Aoswatch
Jonesville
D. C
Guv Wilson
Kentucky
Charlie Lokie
Tifton
Livingston Lumber Company
Livingston
Gold Hill Copper Company
Gold IM
Nowan County
Copeland
Sevier County
Tennessee
Frank Peargent
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Washington
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Birmingham Mineral
Blocton
Collins
la Follette
Tenn
L.A Weetford
Alma
Okla
Northwestern waterway coal barge project linked to Chicago figures
Potential new water route would haul coal from Northwestern ports to the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, shortening rail travel. Investors include former Gov Van Sant of Minnesota and Chicago figures Lorimer McCraney Holmes, with tug and barge interests tied to coal mines in Ohio and West Virginia.
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Tfarriman
Ohio
Visaisaippi
Manitower
Ashland
Milwaukee Superior
Duloch
Jakes Michagan
Superior
Thenes Ioaars
Gow van Sant
Min- Desoata
Tsar Relieves Grand Duke Over National Defense Council
A Russian duma clash leads to the czar dismissing Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch from the presidency of the council for national defense. In Germany an explosion at the Dudweiler mine near Saarbruecken kills thirteen and wounds eight. A Canadian crop report gives wheat 130,263,000 bushels and oats 209,254,000. A Winnipeg grain exchange counsel, Thomas Robinson, dies after leaping from a train in delirium. A Szegedin factory collapses in a hurricane, burying hundred workers. fourteen bodies recovered and seventy missing. The Gloucester schooner Maggie and May was lost sixty miles off Nova Scotia after a collision with the German schoolship Fryea. nine crew perished.
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Duma
Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaivitch
Council For National Defense
Dudweiler
Saarbruecken
Germany
Census Bureau
Canada
Thomas Robinson
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Winnipeg
Montreal
Szegedin
Hungary
Gloucester
Maggie
May
Dennis
Fryea
Erick McCatheran
Nova Scotia
Democratic Candidate Notified in Nebraska Capital Ceremony
Lincoln dispatch reports a Bryan notification event at the Nebraska State Capitol with a 46-gun salute and remarks by Henry D. Clay ton and John W. Kern. The piece also references Bryan's acceptance speech and attacks on Taft, plus a feature on Boris Sarafoff the Macedonian rebel.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Henry D. Clayton
Alabaima
Lot Flantion Committee
John I. Nugent
Des Moines
Iowna
Clayton
Mo Bryan
John Wo Kern
Boris Sarafoff
Bulgaaria
Sarafofi
Macedonia
Europe
French hand power ice machine promises home ice in minutes
The Technical World describes a new French hand powered ice machine. It seals chemicals in a cylinder creating durable ice and cooling air. The double wall vessel holds five gallons and uses carbonic acid to rapidly lower temperature through a cross tube.
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The
Technical World Magazine
France
Simple Tuberculosis Diagnosis Method From Paris Doctor
Dr Bourrile of Paris proposes a simple practical test to diagnose tuberculosis early. He measures the chest at extreme inspiration and expiration and compares the difference. A gap greater than 11 inches signals disease after examining thousands seeking work.
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Bourrile
Paris
Unselfish Life Honored At Grave as Neighbors Weep
Poem-like tribute from the Birmingham Age Herald memorializes a quiet man who brightened days, taught cheer, and forgave others. Neighbors pause beside a simple gravestone, shed tears, and reflect on his kindly nature and forgiving spirit.
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Hirmingham
The Corner Parcel Sparks a Clash Over a New Shack
An aristocrat confronts a youth erecting a small structure beside his house. The youth, calm and defiant, declares the building a shoe shining parlor and rejects the owner's claim of a mere shack. The exchange highlights class tension in a developing streetscape.
Coffee to Postum: A Family Health Change
A man recalls coffee as a daily habit causing headaches and ill health. His family stopped buying coffee and switched to Postum, reporting improved well being and vitality. The testimonial promotes Postum as a healthier beverage alternative with positive effects.
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Postum Co
Creek
Mich
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