Taft nominates Lurton to Supreme Court amid global unrest
Major news from Washington and abroad includes President Taft's move to nominate Judge Lurton for the Supreme Court while charges and tensions rise. Prohibition reforms in Alabama face a potential 27,000 vote setback. Widespread diplomatic shifts and labor and corporate actions ripple through the nation as lawmakers, manufacturers, and financiers react.
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Taft
Judge Lurton
Supreme Court
F. A. Cook
General Verand
Paris
Fallieres
Manuel
Warships Ordered to Corinto as US Reacts to Nicaragua Crisis
The United States moves to back Secretary Knox’s stance on Nicaragua by ordering cruiser Albany and gunboat Yorktown to Corinto. Secretary of State cuts diplomatic ties with Zelaya, recognizes revolutionaries, and issues passports to Zelaya envoys. Rebels under General Matuy claim a victory near the Topaz mine as government losses mount.
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United States
Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Albany
Yorktown
Magdalena Bay
Lower
California
Cor
Nicaragua
Washington
Zelaya
Genestrada
State Department
Colon
Bluefielda
General Matuty
Topaz
Rama
Matuty
Men Trapped in Burning Tennessee Copper Mine
Eight men were imprisoned in a cave-in and fire Tuesday in a Tennessee Copper Company mine at Copper Hill. Rescue gear including four oxygen helmets and two oxygen tanks arrived from Knoxville by special train. The fire is under control and the men are believed alive.
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Teannessee
Tennessee Copper Company
Copper Hill
Tenn
Knoxville
Tobacco Production in 1908 Surges Across United States
A Department of Agriculture bulletin reports over 150 million pounds of cigar tobacco and roughly four times that amount of other tobaccos grown in 1908. Kentucky leads the states in tobacco output amid nationwide growth.
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United States
Department,of Agriculture
Kentucky
Deys Lose In Alabama Prohibition Vote Narrative
Reports show opponents of the prohibition amendment gaining a large majority in Alabama, with estimates of about 14 000 to 15 000 and several counties listed against the measure. Montgomery, Mobile, Jefferson, Barbour, and Dallas counties show opposition while Mallory appears favored in Dallas. Overall turnout expected near 100 000.
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Montgomery
T Mobile
Jefferro
Colbert
Carmichael
T Barbour
Comer
Weakley
I) Mallory
Dallas
Woman shoots moose saves husband in Minnesota wake
Parker of Chicago, while her husband and an Indian guide faced a charging moose near Lutsen, fires a rifle from safety, striking the animal as it gored through shirts and horns. The moose collapsed. the Indian dispatched it, preserving the couple’s lives.
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Mre Hi BO Parker
Chicago
Minnesota
Lutsen
Minnesora Hoo Parker
Linais
Parkers Camp
Parker
Political talk and suffrage push across newspapers
Text cites Miss Mary Josnaton signer of a suffrage petition and a Paris letter from Editor Watterson arguing universal suffrage education and revolution. The New York Tribune views Taft insiders backing Roosevelt in 1912. George E Roberts defends a central bank plan at a bankers meeting in Kansas City.
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Mary Josnaton
Watterson
Loulaville Courier-Journal
Paris
New York Tribune
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Central Bank
George E Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Mint
Kansas City
Aldrich Central Bank
Murders Laid To Brothers In Berwick Black Hand Case
Antonio Calabra and his brother Fortunato Calabra were arrested in Philadelphia and returned to Berwick Pa with a constabulary escort for alleged involvement in a black hand gang blamed for three murders and body disposals in 1906. A third member, also jailed, was sent to Berwick. Fortunato had been pardoned earlier while both brothers served extortion sentences.
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Berwick
Antonio Cajtabra
State Constabulary
Fortunato
Tamaqua
Antonio Calabra
West Berwick
Rising Railroad Dictator Ines Hawley Takes New Frisco Lines
Edwin Hawley expands control by acquiring the Frisco lines, moving 6 219 miles closer to full domination of major western railroads. He already controls the Toledo, St. Louis & Southwestern, Chicago & Alton, Minneapolis & St Louis, Chesapeake & Ohio, Missouri, Kansas & Texas, St Louis & San Francisco, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, and Evansville & Terre Haute. Frisco lines are now separated from Rock Island, with a plan to rejuvenate and improve profitability.
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Frisco
Italians Hired as Mill Strike Relief In Ludlow
Three hundred residents were evicted from Ludlow Massachusetts tenements owned by the Ludlow Manufacturing Association after a mill strike. Their belongings lay piled in the street while most found refuge with friends. A police guarded group of fifty Italians was brought to the mills to replace striking workers.
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Ludlow Manufacturing Association
Ludlow
Mass
Nitroglycerin Explosion Kills Man at Marietta Torpedo Plant
A nitroglycerin magazine at the Marietta Torpedo Company exploded on Wednesday near Washington, Pennsylvania, heard 25 miles away. Oil well shooter Shuster was killed. no other deaths reported. Window glass shattered in 500 Camer on houses, chimneys toppled, walls cracked, and furniture toppled. Cause of the blast remains a mystery.
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Washington
Marietta Torpedo Company
Shuster
Cameron
Armour to Build Immense Packing Plant Near St Paul
Armour & Co plans a vast packing plant costing millions on a several hundred acre site at New Brighton near St. Paul. Attorneys filed a deed and a $50,000,000 mortgage on the land with Hennepin County Register A W Skog.
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Armour & Co
New Brighton
St. Paul
Register of Deeds
Hennepin County
W. Skog
Morgan Gains Control of Equitable Life Insurance Society
Pierpont Morgan takes control of Equitable Life Insurance Society with 472 million in assets, announced in New York. He buys the majority stock from Thomas F Ryan, who had acquired it from Hyde interests after four years of insurance scandals, signaling a shift of power from insurers to bankers.
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New York
Equitable New York Life and Mutual Life
Pierpont Morgan
Equitable Life Insurance Society
Wall Street
Thomas F Ryan
Hyde
Fight on fogbound bridge ends in bank robbery pursuit
In early morning fog Sheriff Hazen Deputy Johnson and Patrolman Bener halted a railroad speeder robbery crew fleeing Puposky Minnesota after blowing a bank safe. Johnson was critically injured, one robber believed to be Jim Smith was killed, another fled into the wilderness as a posse chased. Be midji was alerted of a $900 theft.
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Johnson
Bener
Puposky
Miani
Jim Smith
Poposky
Bemidji
Panama Canal Damaged Delays Project Weeks to Years
Reported flood damage in Panama delays completion from one to three years. New Orleans travelers note Panama Railroad traffic interruption and serious cave-ins at the canal, especially the Culebra cut, as cause.
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New Orleans
Panama
Canal
Culebra
Bar on Liang Ka el in Washington on state mission
A Berlin report cites Kiel navy yard defalcation reaching into the millions as copper steel and other supplies were sold at nominal prices by a ring of dealers with naval officials. In Bristol suffragette Theresa Garnett jailed for disturbing the peace after using a dog whip linked to Winston Churchill. Court threats warn cabinet ministers will be targeted to avenge insults to countrywomen. A second suffragette sentenced to hard labor for stone throwing.
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Liang Ka’el
China
Washington, D. C
Berlin
Kiel Navy Yards
Mmmer
Bristol
Theresa Garnett
Winston “Churchill
Churchill
Estan
Spf
Gragette
Cure of Itch by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A customer from Yukon Oklahoma reports intense itching lasting about three months improved dramatically after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The testimonial claims no symptoms since treatment, dated August 23 and September 17, 1908, with Potter Drug & Chem Corp as sole proprietor.
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Jorge Dita Aida
J. W. Lauck
Yukon
Okla
Drug ‘&Chem. ‘Corp
Cuticura Bemeynes
Boston
Valse Teeth Trade Highlights Global Denture Use
The article notes that 20,000,000 false teeth are exported from America to England annually, implying widespread dental defects. It observes that even with many grinders, many Britons still lack dentures and suggests the United States faces similar dental shortages based on local observations.
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América
England
Great Britain
United States
Helpelless With Rheumatism Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement
Jacob Bahr of Lebano n Ohio recounts three months in bed with muscular rheumatism. His legs swelled, he grew weak, and doctors could not help. After taking Doan's Kidney Pills for two weeks he improved and eventually recovered enough to return to work. Remember the name Dean's. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Jacob
Bahr
Broadway
Lebanon
Ohio
Doan
Dean's
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Destruction of Pacific Oak Bark Timberlands
The Pacific coast shows ruthless timber destruction as oak tanbark gathering grows in Humboldt and Mendocino California. Trees from 18 inches to 34% feet diameter are felled and stripped for bark, leaving timber to rot. Bark is often taken from individual homestead claims. 400 to 600 cords per claim.
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Pacific Coast
Humboldt
Mendocino
California
Golf Calms Bob and Improves Temper Control
Bob says golf gives real benefit to his temper and control. He notes that many strokes now made with calmness would have drawn swearing six months ago.
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Bessie
Grape-Nuts Cited As Aid In Nervous Exhaustion Recovery
A Boston educator describes regaining brain and body harmony after leaving teaching due to nervous exhaustion two years ago. She credits daily Grape-Nuts breakfast with resolving constipation and related ills, noting improved brain power and endurance. She urges readers to inspect packages for a booklet titled The Road to Wellville and a Reason.
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Boston
Abbas
Jaye
Gates
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