Brimfield and Nation Reel From Turbulent Week
A sprawling update cites Spain backing Abd el Aziz as Morocco’s sovereign and Mulaf Hafid as pretender. Reports detail adjournment plans for the Sixtieth Congress about May and a violent Hayes Lory tobacco factory attack in Clarksville Tennessee.
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Spain
Abd-el- Aziz
Morocco
Mulaf Hafid
Senate
Cannon
House
Hayes-Lory
Clarksville
Tenn
E. 8. Whitaker
New Orleans
J M. Leveque
Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Gen. Stoessel
Port Arthur
George W Abell
Lambert Abell
Ompany
East St Louis
Coast defenses urged for Pacific coast amid fleet move
A Washington correspondent warns the Pacific coast remains vulnerable with no protection from Lower California to the Canadian line. Representative Humphrey urged President Roosevelt to commission a coast defense report. San Diego and San Pedro lack protection, and dredging 150000 could yield a defendable harbor with fortifications and ships ready for deployment along the coast.
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Pacific
Washington
California
San Francisco
Humphrey
Pacific Coast
San Diego
San Pedro
Coast Room
Masdalena Bay
Pacatie
Labor unions and organizing efforts across regions long form
The report outlines mass organizing drives and alliances in Europe and the United States. It notes Canadian labor party activity in London Ontario, miners and bartenders attempting unions, and local pushes for higher wages. It cites the Great Britain convention in Nottingham and allied labor efforts in Oklahoma and Rhode Island.
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the Isles Workers Coen
Canadian Labor Party
London
Greist
Asht Wey
Minneapolis
Minn
Building Trades Council
Max Morma
Americcan Federation of Labor
Western Federation of Miners
A. F. of L
Samuel Gomera
Rhode Island
League
Textile Workers of
United States
Bhas
Austria
Haae Wolvensia
Winston -Alyng Aes
Eestablishits
Opive Storgs
Union Propla
Memoir Testimony Reveals Thaw Clientelist Ties in Europe
The witness under cross examination exposes Thaw's alleged coercion and later companionship with the young woman, detailing a European tour as his wife and White's generosity, including money for her and her mother and travel expenses, with admissions of travel to Thaw's quarters abroad.
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Jerome
White
Thaw
Europe
Hfer
Harry Thaw
Secret Society Scare Roils NYC Preparatory School Mothers
A gathering of twenty angry mothers at Elimbeth Moore’s home protested a local Sigma Gamma Society chapter and launched a campaign against secret societies in schools. The tale centers on 17 year old Julian Mills who allegedly underwent a grim initiation test in a dim room with masked figures, a caldron of mercury, and a power outage as the lights failed.
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New York City
Elimbeth Moore
Sigma Gamma Society
John Mills
Mills
Julian Mills
Miss Mills
Afcore
Miss Liquid Ae Taattheed
Elie Tak Orks Ramets Sisters
Thaw Murder Trial Advances Noted by Evelyn Nesbit Testimony
In the second trial of Harry Kendall Thaw for Stanford White's murder, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Testifies as a star witness. Judge Dowling refuses to exclude the public despite District Attorney Jerome's request. Thaw's defense aims to prove insanity by inheritance and childhood acts while Nesbit maintains her childlike pose during cross examination.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
Littleton
Dowling
Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
White
Paris
Portland City Hall and Police Buildings Destroyed by Fire
A blaze destroyed Portland Maine city hall and police facilities, threatening over 700 people including delegates to a Knights of Pythias jubilee. Losses span city and county offices, with papers and vital files gone, the Greenleaf Law Library valued at 10 000 ruined, and the electrician’s crosswired origin preventing fire calls.
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Portland
Maine Knights of Pythias
Fames
Registrar of Deeds
Greenleaf Law Collection
City Electrician
Nova Scotia
Senate and House debate on criminal code and deficien
The session covers revision of the criminal code with amendments on crop statistics penalties and public service prohibitions. Senate discusses inspecting the Hitchman case and harvester trust influence, while House prepares codification and faces a potential $100 million deficit without cuts. National banking deposit statistics show regional bias. The day ends with adjournment and pending tariff questions.
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Senate
Hitchman Coal and Coke Company
John Mitchell
Alston G. Dayton
United States Circuit Court
Northern Trict
West Virginia
Culberson
Hale
Honore of Representatives
Burleson
Texas
Sherley
Kentucky
Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Palsziel
Randell
Lansbrough
North Dakota
Department of Commerce and Labor
International Harvater Company
Han Asbrough
Harvester Trust
House of
Stone
Laaw
Treasury Department
New York
Boston
Teller
Secretary of the Treasury
New York City
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Hitchcock
H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Mr. Bera
Francisco
Ciaca
Teibes
I. Ahab
Pirase
WORN OUT WOMEN Wil Find Encouragement in Mrs. Merritt's Advice
Mrs. W L Merritt of Anoka Minnesota recounts kidney pain fatigue and dizziness from winter. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills with noticeable relief after one box and endorses them for worn feeling. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributes the medicine.
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Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Dogs in hotels scandal prompts porter kennels plan
A New York Press report quotes a hotel manager complaining that women smuggle pet dogs to rooms, prompting the hotel to insist dogs stay with porters or be confined in kennels. The piece notes strict rules against overnight dog stays and mentions ongoing patrol by clerks.
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Upper Broadway
Micue U
Oishbt
New York Press
Strange Fog Signal Off Boston Harbor
In foggy Boston harbor passengers aboard Nan tasket Beach steamer hear a faint metallic sound not from a bell. A large tripod with a steel triangle on top appears through the mist and signals the vessel to steer a safe course through the tricky channel.
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Boston Harbor
Nantasket Beach
Grape Nuts Heralds Sound Nutrition for Babies
A reader reports doctors doubted condensed milk fed baby but a trial with Grape Nuts improved health. The mother warmed the cereal and fed the infant every two hours, noting rapid rebuilding and relief for the weak child.
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Aid
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