Week's News Record Infernal bomb found on steamer Eagle Point
A bomb in the holds of the Eagle Point on the Delaware River exploded as it touched water after being thrown overboard, but another blast saved the ship. Royal display at Potsdam marked the baptism of Crown Prince William Frederick in the presence of European royalty. William Jennings Bryan drew 20,000 in New York as Democrats rallied for tariff reform, railroad public ownership, and anti trust measures. A widow, Tillie Traveis, 24, attempted suicide by leaping in front of a freight train near Winona, while Englewood, Chicago, saw real estate and local politics shifts. The era's crime, industry, and political currents marched through a sprawling page of events.
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Spokine
Roosevelt backs simplified spelling reform plan at White House
President Roosevelt announced adoption of the Carnegie spelling reform and ordered the public printer to render all official White House documents in the new style. Secretary Loeb will use the 300 word reform list for President and executive correspondence, with department chiefs likely to follow.
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White House
Washington
William Hand Browne
Johns Hopkins University
Roosevelt
Terrorist Riots Surge in Unhappy Russia
News reports a wave of political violence in Russia with high profile assassinations. General Vouliarski, Warsaw military governor, shot in a cab. General Min, czar’s adjutant, killed by a young woman who fled. a bomb wounded a governor’s escort and a student was arrested.
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Labor politics and 1900s party stances unfold in Maine and beyond
President Samuel Gompers tours Maine opposing Littlefield’s re election while accusing him of anti union aims. A Colorado Springs printers convention rejects a Hearst resolution but backs lawmakers aiding unions. Supreme Court Justice Brewer predicts Taft and Bryan as next nominees, with Roosevelt and Bryan sharing traits. District 7 United Mine Workers head Dettrey joins Socialist support amid wage earners’ appeal. A Twelfth Ohio Congressional District convention praises both Roosevelt and Bryan for anti trust and presidential prospects.
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Amerian Federation of Labor
Maine
Littlefield
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Lattlefield
W. R. Hearst
Colorado Springs
Roosevelt
New York
New York Republican Committee
Justice Brewer
United States Supreme Court
St. Louis
Taft
Bryan
Dettrey
District 7
United Mine Workers
Socialist Party
Luzerne County
Labor Party
Ohio
Crop yields rise with record 1906 farm outlook
The Department of Agriculture reports 1906 shows corn at about 2,693,000 bushels with strong prospects to exceed 1905. Wheat totals reach 759,000,000 bushels, winter and spring varieties at high levels. Hay acreage dips slightly, but overall great crops push national wealth as population grows and prices stay high, per St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Chicago Healthfulness Shown By Five Year Death Rates
Census figures for 1900 to 1904 confirm Chicago as the healthful among major cities with the lowest five year death rate per thousand. St Louis New York Philadelphia Milwaukee and others follow, while St Joseph Mo records the smallest rate and Charleston the highest in the South. A Berlin paper also notes a Swedish built water kite device to warn ships of shallow water by signaling depth changes.
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Berlin
Philadelphia Real Estate Trust Suspends Amid Death Scandal
The Real Estate Trust Company, second largest in Philadelphia, shut down after 2 pm due to $7 million in obligations unfulfilled. President Frank H Hipple died, triggering a crisis with deposits, charitable funds, and municipal tax receipts tied up. temporary receiver George H Earle Jr. appointed as depositor run and possible criminal prosecutions loom.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
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Trust Company
Frank H. Hippie
Hippie
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Hipple
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Majestic
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Clearing House Association
Audenreidh
George H. Earle, Jr
Finance Company of Philadelphia
Board of Publication of
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Philadelphia National Bank
Notable Navy Apprentices and Oil Executive Deaths
EB McClintock of Standard Oil in Oakland died of heart disease in a New York hotel. In the first six months of this year ending June 30 the navy’s three training stations enrolled 5,287 apprentice seamen. A University of Virginia growth statement says the teaching force has been reduced to 49 fewer staff members.
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Standard Oil Company
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Naval Training
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University of Virginia
Palmer sells Edenwold farm for 50000 in Tennessee
W O Palmer owner of Edenwold step farm near Nashville Tennessee sells the property for fifty thousand dollars to be divided into town lots. A Belgian mine elevator disaster kills nine miners when the cage plummets nine hundred yards. Rumors claim the Sultan of Turkey faces an imminent death and succession concerns.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. O. Palmer
Belgium
Turkey
WORN TO A 'SKELETON. A Restoration Sensation in Elkland
A Pennsylvania town buzzes over a claimed medical miracle as Mrs. Charles M. Preston of Elkland credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing her diabetes symptoms, weight loss, thirst, and fatigue after strict dieting failed. Sold by dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster, Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y. Also includes misc literary quips from Frank Stockton and others with a Puck cartoon aside.
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Charles M. Preston
Elkland
Dean
Foster,Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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