Mixed Global Curiosities and Royal Mentions Sparked by Newsreels
A varied slice of early 20th century notes touches on highway crime in Chicago, German empress fashions, Danish butter exports to the UK, Mexico's vanilla and opal markets, quadruplet births in New Jersey, and debates over gold supply. It also notes a New York conservatory of music, moonshining tricks, and lightning photography quirks with a Bedminster to Summit mail route example.
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Chicago
Andrew Carnegie
Portsmouth
N. H
Denmark
United Kingdom
Far Hills
Bedminster
Summit
Lackawanna
Plot and Fear After Fulton County Killing
Detective Hawking from Milan Tennessee assists with bloodhounds as fear and intimidation grip the community after Prof. Roach’s murder. Authorities seek conspirators beyond the two gunmen, fearing witnesses from prominent families will hesitate to come forward.
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Fulton County
Hawking
Milan
Tenn
Roch
Coure
Roach
Bond
Roash
Fever Beyond Control in Pensacola as Yellow Fever Spreads
Pensacola Florida October 9 Eighteen new yellow fever cases push outbreak higher with underreported instances among poorer residents. Citizens Voluntary Inspectorate identifies unreported cases while doctors fight to limit spread until frost.
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Pensacola
Fla
Volun
Ase
Mosquito Experiments Planned by LSU Professors
Louisiana State University says Dr. J W Dupree will conduct winter experiments to determine how cold affects stegomyia fasciata mosquitoes. He doubts winter hibernation in adults and expects eggs to survive, with questions on whether blood from yellow fever patients can pass the virus to eggs. Experiments will involve feeding affected mosquitoes and preserving eggs for national testing.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
J. W. Dupree
Dupree
Ten Thousand Die from Typhoon Expanse Off Yangtze Islands
News from Shanghai relays that about ten thousand natives on two newly formed islands near Tamagming and Shiniousha, twenty miles east, were swept away by a September typhoon. Yaowashwal and Shiniousha suffered heavily while Tamagming remained largely above high water.
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China
Victoria
B. C
Tartar
Shanghai
Yangsze River
North China Daily News of
Tamagming
Yaowashwal
Shiniousha
Woo Sung
Panic Grips Peoria Over Dougherty Bank Debacle
Panic swept Peoria as Pearis National Bank closed amid rumors against N C Dougherty. The Peoria National owes depositors about 749000 with large accounts limited. Gov. Deneen warns bondsmen must cover payroll and state funds. Indictments mount as state attorney Scholes reports 107 cases.
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Peoria
Pearis National Bank
Dougherty
Dime Savings & Trust Co
Central National
N. C. Dougherty
Batley
Peoria National
Bosworth
State of Illinois
Bartonville
Gov. Deneen
W. T. Sloan
Peoria Water Department
Bailey
Mr. Dougherty
First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Colean Manufacturing Co
East Peoria
State Attorney's Office
Scholes
May Try a Suit in Equity Against Terminal Bridge
St Louis a suit in equity is expected to be filed by Attorney General Moody under Roosevelt orders to break up the Terminal bridge monopoly in St Louis. Likely brought in person or by U S District Attorney Dyer, aiming to force relinquishment of the monopoly and possibly dissolve the association.
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St. Louis
Northern Securities
Moody
Roosevelt
United States
Dyer
Terminal Co
Startled Town Robbery and Violent Crime Report
Chagrin Falls reports a bold robbery on main street with an armed citizen posse pursuing suspects toward Cleveland. The Rogers bank cashier was shot at, a deputy marshal held up, and the post office robbed. Nearby, fatal automobile crash near Athena caused multiple injuries. Dan Patch price rumor and labor unrest in Moscow and Lexington dispatches follow.
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Tional
Cleveland
W. E. Rogers
Rogers & Sons
John Hincklay
Athena
Mich
Walter Palmer
Athans
Blake
Kalamazoo
Frances
Ble Price
Lexington
W. M. Savage
New Fork
Dan Patch
Krondratenko Funeral in Moscow Ends War Spectacle
Thousands gathered in drizzle along Nevsky Prospect as Maj Gen Krondratenko's funeral procession through Petersburg honored the Seventh East Siberian Rifles commander killed at Port Arthur. Grand Duke Vladimir represented the emperor. Metropolitan Antonius led prayers describing him as the defense’s soul.
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Petersburg
Krondratenko
Port Arthur
Alexander Nevsky Monestery
Nevaky
Moscow
Monestery
Manchuria
St. Petersburg
Vladimir
Antonius
Taft Plans Panama Trip With No Canal Control Change
Secretary Taft said he would go to the Isthmus in early November unless delayed. He noted the decision to keep canal control in the War Department after a cabinet discussion. Taft would compare financing options with President Roosevelt, including congress appropriations or issuing Panama bonds for canal construction.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Taft
War Department
State Department
New York
Isthmian Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Congress
Panama
Collision Deaths Near Millersburg Strike Three Married Men
Three men died and one was injured in a crash at the Lykens Valley railroad junction near Millersburg Pennsylvania. The dead are Theodore Scott Northumberland fire man Ralph Hendershott Sunbury freight brakeman and Charles BE Berry Sunbury freight conductor. The injured is Julius Desh Sunbury engineer with crushed leg and bruised body. A carload of race horses were killed or severely injured. All victims were married.
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Millersburg
Lykens Valley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Theodore Scott
Northumberland
Ralph Hendershott
Sunbury
Charles BE
Berry
Julius Desh
Over His Mother's Corpse in Family Tragedy
A Hastings Nebraska telegraph item reports J John Budenek killed his sister and two men after shooting his sister, brother, and brother in law at the home of Peter Smeal in Kansas City. Miss Franc Budenek, 22, shot in the right hand. Jacob Budenek, 53, shot above the right eye. Peter Smeal wounded in multiple locations. The incident followed a long family quarrel at 1850 West Second Street.
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Kansas City
Times
Hastings
Neb
J.john Budenek
Franis Budenek
Jacob Budenek
Peter Smeal
Peter Smears
West Second Street
M. Budenek
Wreck of the St Paul May Reach Half a Million
Reported wreck of the steamer St Paul with 9 percent of passengers and crew saved. Vanguard captain and sea fog blamed. cargo of 1100 tons will also be a total loss. Survivors recount a chaotic rush, rain, and fog as Vanguards and Ranger approach.
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The
ST. Paul
Polat
Iaw
Ranger
Randall
Exceeds Expectations In Bradstreet Weekly Review
New York reports Bradstreet weekly review notes trade volume still exceeds expectations though not as active as recently. Retail reports improve prompting reorders of reasonable goods for fall, crop movement expands, and industrial turnover remains immense. Vehicle and rail shortages raise congestion in coal coke iron and lumber trades as costs rise. collections stay strong and money flows to the country with high bank clearings.
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New York
Bradstreet's Weekly Review
Peoria National Bank to Close After Forgery Indictment
Peoria Ill Oct 7 Directors of the Peoria National Bank decided to discontinue business after the indictment of president N C Dougherty for forgery. They will call in the comptroller to wind up affairs as quiet withdrawals press the bank toward liquidation. The bank capital stood at 200000 and a 100000 loan from the Peoria clearinghouse could not be accepted.
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Peoria
Ill
N. C. Dougherty
Peoria National Bank
Peoria Clearinghouse
Mine Top Works Burned in Fremont Coal Mine Fire
A defective electrical generator caused a fire at the Fremont coal mine near Florence Colorado destroying all buildings including the shaft house. Thirty five men were inside. ten were rescued, twenty five remained entombed at four in the afternoon. The air compressor survived and officials say the entombed men are not in immediate danger. Loss estimated at about 89000 dollars.
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Pueblo
Colo
Fremont
Florence
Col
Indiana tragedy shocks Marion as husband fatally wounds wife and kills bystander
In Marion Indiana on October 1 James J Gregg aged 36 shot and fatally wounded his wife after a year of separation then killed a bystander. He visited his wife's parents requesting dismissal of a divorce suit, opened fire when refused.
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Marion
Tnd
James J. Gregg
Bimaolf
Greese
Hashand
Yorce
Boston Harbor Mystery Case Tied To Suitcase Murder
Kate Mayo, a Lowell nurse, recounts a gruesome tale of a suitcase murder tied to Miss Mary Ella Kelly. She alleges an East Boston physician killed Kelly in a roadhouse near Plaistow NH, cut the body, and had two men dump the suitcase into Winthrop harbor. Police question Mayo's credibility despite the dramatic confession.
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Boston
Lowell
Kate Mayo
Aids
Winthrop
Mary Ella Kelly
Lewiston
Miss Kelly
Embezzlement Charge in Alamosa Bank Case
LW. Schiffer, a co owner of the Alamosa bank now in receivership, was arrested on embezzlement charges involving more than $5,000 of San Luis Building and Loan Association funds where he serves as treasurer. A preliminary exam set bonds at $10,000. six other warrants accuse him of taking deposits while the bank was insolvent, bonds totaling $6,000. He remained jailed after failing to post the full $16,000 bond.
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Denver
Col
Alamosa
LW. Schiffer
Alamosa Bank
San Luis Building and Loan Association
Schiffer
Yellow Fever Death and Other Oddities From Chicago
Chicago reports the death of William Gunning of Natchez Mississippi from yellow fever after arriving in the city a week earlier and breaking quarantine in Cairo Illinois. Other items note a man beaten to death in Brooklyn during a theft, an engagement announcement, a Yaqui Indian threat report, and various scattered notes from St Louis and Washington with brief sensational details.
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Chicago
William Gunning
Natchez
Miss
Gunning
Wrs
Cairo
New York
William Henry Durand
Brooklyn
Bryan O'Donnell
Josef Ueturns
Atre
Marie Eustis
George Peabody
Josef Hofman
The Peruna Cure Powers Kidney Disease Across the Continent
A testimonial from Albany masonic lodge member describes severe kidney pain from a heavy cold improving after taking Peruna. He reports full recovery after four weeks and continued use during exposure. Dr. Hartman’s program at the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus offers free medical advice and cites numerous cures of chronic kidney disease.
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Aea Hertz
R Or ‘Orkmen
Cup’ Lodge
Pearl Street Hotel
Albany
N. Y
Peruna
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Literary Personalities and Historical Anecdotes From Europe
Italy’s greatest living poet Giosue Carducci turned seventy on July 27. Tolstoy’s humor surfaces in a quip about Ibsen. Tolstoy’s antiques and fires ruin drafts of Venetian studies. Loubet to retire after term. past French leaders cited. Byron House in Fleet Street honors the poet. Women are divided into two classes, married and hopeful.
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Italy
Giosue Carducci
University of Boulogne
Gret
Charles Frohman
Henry Arthur Jones
Frohman
Mommsen
Bonn University
von Rottenburg
BE. J. Phelps
United States
England
Cleveland
Count Tolstoi
Ibsen
Tolatol
Horatio F. Brown
Loubet
Third Republic
He Had Exercise Jockey Confesses Sedentary Work
A young man seeking health and weight control via banting visits a physician near Central Park. The doctor questions his sedentary job and the man reveals he is a jockey who says he takes exercise at work. The exchange highlights misconceptions about daily activity and fitness.
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New York Globe
East Side
Central Park
Dr Williams Pink Pills Cure Neuralgia Says Porter
Mr Porter of Raymond New Hampshire reports near mad pain from neuralgia eased by Dr Williams Pink Pills He suffered two years with head and facial pains throbbing eye burning forehead and insomnia He says the remedy brought immediate improvement and now recommends the medicine widely Sold by all druggists and by the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Mr. Porter
Williems
Irving
Onan
Dr Medising Co
Scheueotady
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B. T. Hobbs
Brookhaven
London
Aat
Mexico
Europe
Department of Commerce
Memphis
Adams
New York City
Conservatory of Music
Celo
Jesson
Mexico City
David Johnson
Kingston
N. J
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Union Milla
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Japan
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Kikumaro Yamashina
Aclenim
Haa
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Enelnod
Meri Thy
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Live Oak
Frs
John W. Chasteen
Chasteen
California
Federaliament
Ae Bureau
New Orleans
Eriots
Danwyn
Dean
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Belobridge
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Joel Rinched
Bel
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Apother
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Peoria Nuthieont
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Mass
Wall River
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Bey
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Sonsior
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Jeanlantgrer
Brookville
Millershurs
Musman
Hosten-on-Don
Russia
Vladikaukas
Waobsesh
Waeshington
Votem
Pampalcn
Washingtonwen
Trenton
Ocl
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Arthur Spangh
Mary BR. Spadeb
John W. Polk
Eaty
Bainbridge
Bainbrides-of
Peorld
Ty Bbout Funda
Newtes , Dougherty
Snients
Eliot Callender
H. R. Dougherty
Title & Trust Co
Peoria Livery Co
National Educational Association
Indiana
Indiaaa
Bast Lake Cty
Mormon Church
Tabernacle
Sosalon
Wisconsin
Weekinston
F. 2
Drake
Saptain
Mare Island
Navy Yard
Svaeph Karel
Rook
Mt. Opt
Joemph Hayett
Dingle
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Mi Inn
Nimatythint Winola Regiment
Speers
Snurheon Coston Asuodiaton
Altvicing
Paso
Tex
Prospectis Tette
Sever
St. Louis, Ort
Charles E. Rilint
Baldwin Unit Mala
SS. Louis
St. Lamis
Lesper
Dore
Wade
Serarad Wliiione
Gatarrh
Peru
W.L. Doucas
Brockton
Wiens
Tessin
Jan Sheer
W.E. Douglas
Sekret
TOWER
A. J. Tower CO
U.S.A
Tower Canadian CO. Ltd
Taresto
Cuare
Bears
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