Diverse European Longevity Rise and Odd 1900s Notes
A German statistician notes growing European longevity over the past decade, especially among women. Reports describe a frightened lion in Germany, a Virginia piece on young women learning cooking, and shifts in Highland whisky use. Other items cover Tan talum hardness, the Isle of Pines treaty, U S forest service moves, Canadian diamond wealth, a Vienna rail project, a boy’s sudden growth spurt near Corvallis, Neb, and a Nebraska proposal for mandatory marriage license medical exams. Also mentions Jewish-tribal theories of Japan and a newly formed lake in Central Nebraska with rising waters toward the Missouri.
Kentucky Cotton Seed Matures Early at Dodds Gin
Hickman Ky Oct 17 The Dodds Brothers cotton gin runs at full speed with eighty five bales of superior quality cotton produced and awaiting shipment valued at 24250. Mississippi seed planted here matures early offering potential distinct cotton type, though picking is hindered by leaves and husks mixing with fiber.
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Mississippi
Hickman
Dodds Brothers
Sydney Dodds
Clarksdale
Miss
Kentucky
Memphis
Duel Over Poker Game Ends in Fatal Street Duel
In Mississippi and Tennessee, Tobule Spratlin of Memphis and Juls Glenn of Greenwood fought a noon street duel after Spratlin accused Glenn of cheating at poker. Glenn was killed instantly. Spratlin died twenty minutes later after returning fire. Roby & Jones storekeeper witnessed the events.
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Tobule
Miss
W. A. Spratlin
Memphis
Juls Glenn
Greenwood
Glenn
Spratlin
Glen
Sprauln
Wilson House
Roby & Jones
Roby
Confederate Badge for Roosevelt to be pinned by Semmes kin
In Birmingham on October 17 plans were set for Roosevelt's reception next week with Confederate Veterans and Sons of Confederate Veterans to honor him in the parade. Camp Hardee will present a Confederate badge and medal to the President, to be pinned by Miss Sophia Wittichen a sponsor and granddaughter of Admiral Raphael Semmes. The Confederate groups will escort Roosevelt from the station to Capitol Park for his address.
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Roosevelt
Admiral Semmes
Birmingham
Als
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Camp Hardee
United Confederate Veterans
Sophia Wittichen
Miss Wittichen
Raphael Semmes
Alabama
Capitol Park
Russo Japanese War Ends As Peace Is Ratified
Russian and Japanese officials announce the ratification of the peace treaty ending the war. President Roosevelt is noted for his role in bringing about the Portsmouth conference. Ratification was confirmed by Emperor Nicholas and announced in official channels. prisoners of war and postwar steps are pending.
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Petersburg
Spencer Eddy
Foreign Office
Japan
Tokio
Nicholas
Portsmouth
Roosevelt
Peterhof
Lamsdorf
Count Lamsdorf
War
Navy
Thomas Smith
Moscow
Medvid
Russia
Sue
Washington
Takahira
Conditions Unfavorable Deep Channel Survey Report to Congress
The army engineers report on creating a 14 foot canal from Chicago to St. Louis is completed and awaiting transmission to Congress. It deems permanent improvement of the Mississippi stretch unlikely, with initial costs estimated at 8 to 10 million dollars and recommends a parallel canal approach. The finding setbacks any immediate deep waterway legislation for years.
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Washington
Board of Army Engineers
Illinois
Mississippi
Chicago
St. Louis
MacKenzie
General Staff
Illinois River
Tllinois River
St Louis
Congress
Pierre Bonaparte
Paris
Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte
Royal Blue Wreck Kills Woman and Hurts Several
The Royal Blue Limited on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwest railroad wrecked near Springfield on Saturday night. Mrs. John Murch of Virginia, aged 90, was killed. Mrs. James of Pleasant Plains and others were seriously injured or fatally harmed. Several passengers sustained internal injuries and broken limbs as coaches derailed.
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Springfield
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
West‘pound
John Musch
Virginia
James [Eres
Pleasant Plaine
J. C. Tippett
Chicago
Lynd
Pleasant Plains
John Gluckma
Iorternally
J. D. Coffey
Inter
B. T. Alexander
Latonia
Cox
Springfeld
J. T. Johnson
Farmingdale
Wreck on Iowa Central Rail Line Kills Five Trainmen
Five trainmen died when a double header freight train eastbound on the Iowa Central collided with cattle near Seaton. Two locomotives and eleven freight cars loaded with grain and lumber were wrecked. The dead were George A. Caffal and Harry Summers, engineers. Harry Barr, fireman. L. H. Briley, fireman. P. T. Morgan, brakeman. All but Briley were Oskaloosa residents. Briley hailed from Monmouth, Illinois. The engineers died several hours after the crash. others perished instantly.
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Oskaloosa
Seaton
Jews Central Railroad
George A. Caffal
Harry Summers
Harry Barr
L. H. Briley
Tide claims eight lives on Cunard liner voyage disaster
New York reports a tidal wave 1,100 miles from Sandy Hook on the Campania swept six steerage passengers overboard, with two dead at sea and 35 in Long Island College Hospital. A man named John Graham carried a four month old baby before perishing, leaving a wife and seven children. Two other victims were young Irish women en route to marriage.
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New York
Long Island College Hospital
Lewis and Clark Exposition Closes with Dividend Promise
Portland fair wrap up notes wrecking of exhibit palaces after Oct 15 closing. Goode announces stockholders to receive 20 to 40 percent dividend on stock, calling the record unparalleled among expositions. Attendance totals and events across cities are listed in brief dispatches.
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Portland
Ore
Yomkers
Goode
Missouri Exhibit Building Destroyed by Fire at Exposition
A Missouri state exhibit building at the Lewin and Clark exposition in Portland, Oregon, was destroyed by fire one Friday night. The blaze wrecked the art collection and statuary, with losses estimated over 50,000 dollars and only 5,000 insured for the art display. Firemen restrained spread to nearby palaces, aided by calm winds and emergency crews. Electrician Harry Jones was seriously injured while cutting wires on the roof. Authorities consider incendiary origins or faulty electrical causes as possibilities.
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Portland
Ore
Missouri Stats
Missouri State Commission
Missouri
Exposition
Secret Service
Howard Crumbaugh
Columbia
Harry Jones
Taggart Granted A Decree In Wooster Divorce Case
Judge Hason granted Capt Elmore F Taggart a divorce and custody of two children Culver 11 and Charles 7 with Mrs Taggart allowed visitations. The seven week trial began July 1904 and included testimony on drunkenness claims which the court said were not sustained.
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Maj. Taggart
Wooster
Ohio
Eason
Taggart
Mas. Taggart
Culver
Capt. Taggart
San Francisco
Taggarts
Army
Sir Henry Irving Dies During Farewell Tour
London reports the death of Sir Henry Irving, the noted English actor, during a Bradford engagement. He collapsed after a performance of Becket in the Becket role and died from an apparent syncope after returning to his hotel. His passing marks the end of a celebrated era in stage acting.
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London
Henry Irving
Ames
Henry
Barns
Bradford
Rene
Matthias
Lord Tennyson
Becket
Sir Henry
Frightful Accident at Fort Riley Kills Private Laste
Private Albert Laste of the Twenty-ninth Battery was killed during target practice near Fort Riley. Privates John Connelly and G. J. Simpson are thought fatally injured, with Leary Norman Lancaster and Cline hospitalised for broken limbs and internal injuries. A large number of artillerymen were badly hurt as horses stampeded after a wind blew a large red flag signaling range clear.
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Junction City
Kas
Albert Laste
Twenty-ninth Battery of
Field Artillery
Fort Riley
John Connelly
G. J. Simpson
Game
Leary
Norman
Lancaster
Cline
Twenty-ninth
Bankers elect officers at annual convention
The American Association of National Bankers elected officers for the coming year and closed its annual convention. President John L. Hamilton and first vice president G S Whitson were named with a three year executive council including George M. Reynolds Milton B. Alles J L Edwards H B Wilcox and J J Sullivan. The convention denied rumors that the association paid noted criminals to stop fraud.
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Washington
American Association of National Bankers
John L. Hamilton
Hamilton & Cunningham
Hoopeston
Ill
Whitson
National City Bank
New York City
George M. Reynolds
Continental National Bank
Chicago
Milton BE. Alles
Riggs National Bank
Washington, D. C
J. L. Edwards
Merchants’ National Bank
Burlington
H. B. Wilcox
First National Bank
Baltimore
J. J. Sullivan
Central National Bank
Cleveland
US army mocked as rotten in German expose amid other 1904 notes
Berlin reports Neue Preussische Zeitung denounces the American army as rotten with 10 percent desertions in 1904 while praising Russian forces. US officers reshuffled as Gen Weston takes northern division command. Also includes September postal receipts, bankruptcy from A Whipple & Co, earthquake relief aid from Morgan, Campania wreckage, and Tangier death of Albert Gell.
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Berlin
Neue Preussische Kreutz Zeitung
United States
Mississippi Pension Increases and State Crop Report
Mississippi counties report Civil War Confederate pension increases for 1904 05 with class splits and per capita amounts. a Meridian city property valuation rises to 7,? million and cash real estate transfers reach 169,158.60. The crop bulletin notes wet weather worm damage in western counties, sprouting cotton, and variegated yields. sugar cane and potatoes prosper. potatoes and turnips fare well with good pasturage.
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Epen
Meridian
Canterbury Cathedral Bars Women Without Hats
A religious notice states women without hats will not be admitted to Canterbury cathedral. Other items salute Pope Pius X church music gifts to St. Liberius Church, St. Louis, and a $15,000 memorial hall planned for St. Paul’s Church, Ashbourne, funded by Jay Cooke’s children. Franciscan edicts, French church-state separation, and global Catholic missions giving totaled $701,008.04 from France last year.
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Canterbury
England
Pius X
St. Liberius Church
St. Louis
Jay Cooke
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Ashbourne
Cooke
Tve
Adolf Fritzen
Strasburg
France
Methodist Episcopal Church
Korea Through Foreign Eyes The Illusions Of Power And Poverty
An English observer describes Korea as miserably poor and aristocracy ridden yet fertile and beautiful. He portrays a skewed society where justice and offices are bought, officials rule, and public life is restricted especially for women. Seoul is mocked as mean, with a brutal tax system and royal displays.
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Seoul
Italy
France
Korea
Coffee Neuralgia and Relief by Tea Substitute
A woman suffers nervous prostration and neuralgia blamed on heavy coffee use. She drank coffee regularly and needed dark room rests. After trying Purbapa Ecoffee and giving up coffee, her health improved and days no longer wasted in a dark room.
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Arga
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Brookhaven, Mississippi
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Franklin County
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Ala
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Whitfield
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