Odd Mix of Global Notes from The Times Era
A collage of short items covers hospital costs in London, Baltic canal fortifications, a navigator named Death seeking command, ship losses in April storms, French President Loubet’s retirement hints, Alaska summers for baseball fans, artificial eyebrows in fashion, arsenic tests linked to fungi and lichen, plans for the Panama Canal’s Culebra cut, a grand London dinner, Samuel Dunlap the thrifty octogenarian, and a wolfer’s solitary westward profession.
Poag S Slavers Acquitted in Mississippi Mob Killing
Holly Springs Mississippi September 12 1906 jurors acquitted Thomason McConner and Howell and released Vincent after admitting the mob killed Sheriff Poag of Tate county and that Whitt earlier killed Buster Thomason. A prior mob attempted to lynch Whitt, but Poag resisted and died next morning.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Thomason
McConner
Howell
Poag
Tate County
Vincent
Priday
Poa
Tifteteen
Marshall County
Jim Whitt
Buster W. Thomason
Supreme Court
Buster Thomason
Whitt
Senatobia
Kansas City Segregation Test Halts Negro Admission
Negro pupils were refused entry to the white high school in Kansas City and the ward school at Bonner Springs, Kansas, today. The pupils withdrew quietly, with plans to test the case in court in Kansas City. Bonner Springs set separate rooms but blacks objected to non simultaneous seating. parents accompanied their children to school.
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Kansas City
Kas
Bonner Springs
Kansas
Took Seat From Lady In New York Car Row
A crowd on Second Avenue and Fifty Ninth Street in New York engaged in a violent dispute over a seat on a crowded surface car. Tony Brown stabbed three men with an ice pick and was nearly lynched before police rescued him and halted the mob with revolvers as reinforcements arrived.
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New York
Second Avenue
Fiftyninth Street
Tony Brown
Third Avenue
Second
Brown
Tricked into Africa and other early 1900s notes
Report from Mobile Alabama where William Hilburn, a former resident, returns after three years in Africa with fifteen companions to work on the Cape and Cairo railroad. He alone survives, detailing harsh jungle conditions and a failed promised fortune. Also notes a Sing Sing inmate celebrating his 85th birthday after 34 years in prison for murder. The Erie Arkadelphia oil strike excites local interest while a London report mentions a Georgia progress figure in disguise.
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Mobile
Ala
William Hilburn
Africa
Cape and
Cairo
Hilburn
Pensacola
Fla
Zambesi River
Transvaal
Cape
New York
Wm. Kelley
Carter's Unique Graft Allegations Hit Civil Service
An investigation details how Professor Carter allegedly used influence to gain a clerkship in Greenwood Mississippi by exploiting colored clerks and white patrons. The report traces his movements from Yazoo City to Greenwood and Pine Bluff, noting graft sums from five to one hundred fifty dollars and urging examinations for carrier positions to prevent recurrences.
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A. Erin Aan
C. ‘Carter
Carter
Greenwood
Miss
Civil Service Commission
Yarroo City
Mississippi
Yazoo City
Grey
Pine Bluff
Ark
American Minister Abandons Residence Amid Turbulence in Tangier
Tangier reports Samuel R. Gum m er, the American minister, and other Europeans left their homes for central town areas at Moroccan authorities’ request due to insecurity. In Raisuli tribal conflicts, fighting continues. elsewhere, fires, looting, and ethnic tensions surge across regional districts with Armenian villages reported wiped out and thousands displaced.
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Tangier
Samuel R. Gummere
Raisuli
Tiflis
Baku
Technological Institute
Zangzurski
Shusha
Takalschwils
Nelson Wins White Lightweight World Title in 18th Round
Oscar Bathe Nelson of Hegeswich Michigan defeated James Edward Britt in the 18th round to claim the white lightweight world championship. The bout ended in a knockout after a swift left drive and right swing to Britt's jaw. Nelson earned about 23400 with Britt at 14600 from the loser’s end of the purse plus a 9000 royalty each from the moving picture concession.
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Colma
Gal
Oscar Bathe Nelson
Hegeswich
James Edward Brit
Brit
Britt
Endie Graney
Nelson
Moving Picture
Missouri swears in Republican lieutenant governor pro tem
For the first time since 1872 a Republican holds the Missouri gubernatorial chair as Lieutenant Governor John C. McKinley acts as governor pro tem while Gov Folk attends Missouri Day at the Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland. No sudden changes are anticipated.
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Niov
John C. Me
Missouri
Jefferson City
Folk
John C. McKinleyland
Gre
John C. McKinley
Roosevelt receives Russian note on equal duties for U.S. goods
At Oyster Bay the Russian envoy Witte, acting for the emperor, announced that higher duties on some American articles would be ended. Henceforth American manufacturers would pay the same rates as those on imports from other nations, ending the prior disparity.
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Oyster Bay
L. 1
Roosevelt
Witte
Russia
United States
Fire at Chattanooga depot causes large losses
A major blaze in the freight yards of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. in Chattanooga wrecked the freight depot and its contents. About 42 freight cars were destroyed, with many fully loaded, along with two mail cars, two baggage cars, and the private car of Superintendent M W Maguire. Estimated loss runs to at least $500,000.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Picille Railway Company
Uta
Maevar
Elyta
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co
M- W. Maguire
Kansas corn carnival draws bets on high yields and local talk
Atchison hosts the Kansas corn carnival September 13 and 14 amid lively discussion of harvest prospects. Arlington man Dowdy bets 100 that 75 bushels per acre can be achieved, while Shenandoah’s Henry Field cites acres likely yielding 100 bushels this year.
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Atchison, Kas
D. L. Dowdy
Arlington
Cam
Henry Field
Shenandoah
Tanner Leads The G A R At National Encampment
The thirty ninth annual G A R encampment elected officers led by Commander-in-chief James Tanner of New York. George W. Cook of Denver as senior vice commander and Silas H Towler of Minneapolis as junior vice commander were chosen with Tanner securing 447 votes amid loud celebration.
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Denver
Col
Grand Army of the Republic
James Tanner
New York
George W. Cook
Silas H. Towler
Minneapolis
Hugo Philler
Waukesha
Wis
Lmobief
J. G. Leary
Chapman
Kas
Corporal Tanner
R. B. Brown
Zanesville
Charles Burrows
Rutherford
N. J
Charles G. Burton
Nevada
Burrows
Tanner
Brown
Oho
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Burlom
Missouri
Earthquake Devastates Calabria Pizzo Monteleone
Rome reports a massive earthquake in southern Italy with Calabria and Sicily affected. At least 870 dead and many injured as towns like Pizzo and Monteleone suffer near total destruction. Shock lasted 18 seconds with aftershocks across Catanzaro Messina Reggio and numerous villages. Troops engineers and doctors rush to assist in rescue and salvage efforts.
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Rome
Italy
Calabria
Sicily
Pizzo
Monteleone
Catanzaro
Messina
Reggio
Martinano
Stefacom
Piscopio
Triparni
Zammaro
Cessanti
Nata
Olivadi
Emperors Secret Treaty Reported by London Cable
A London telegram claims a secret Russo Japanese treaty was arranged with Kaiser Wilhelm's involvement. It supposedly commits Russia to pay 500 million in five years to Japan, offset by payments for handling Russian POWs under Portsmouth terms. The article notes the deal allegedly bypassed Komura and Witte.
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London
Suyx Cent
Japan
New York
Russia
Baltic Sea
St. Petersburg
Edward
Fire ruins Rolla cottage. four children dead
Rolla MissouriSept 9 a family cottage in the southeast part of town burned at night killing four children aged from infancy to 11 Three of the victims were Stubblefield children and one a sister's child The mother and a two year old boy escaped Stubblefield a Frisco railroad porter was away at work The old structure burned rapidly from an apparent match fire origin suspicion.
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Rolla
Peter Stubblefiell
Stubblefield
Sttubblefield
Tokyo Under Martial Law Sparks Riots and Arson
Reports from Tokio and surrounding areas describe martial law after riots, arson, and bloodshed. Chiba town saw burning of the prefectural building and courthouse while mobs attacked churches and officials. Police stations were wrecked, foreigners faced hostility, and army reserves were called to restore order.
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Tokio
Chiba
Niroku
Gen. Sakuma
Tokio Garrizon
Russia
Japan
Katsura
Tto
Portsmouth
Mission House
H. Harriman
Northern Pacific Railroad Co
United States
Kokumin Shimbun
Massacre terror grips Baku as residents flee
The ruinous situation in Baku worsens with massed fires and massacres. Inhabitants evacuate while the garrison proves inadequate. The oil quarters Balakhari Sabunto Nomani lie wiped out, with remaining residents massacred or driven to flames. Consulates banks and administration are guarded as English residents flee by sea. steamers mobilized. destitution spreads among workers awaiting evacuation.
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Baku
Cattasia
Sitiun
Terrrarwricken
Baku Steels
Balakhari
Sabunto
Nomani
Gre
Behied
Biblebhat
Balaku
Beating Ends in Fatal Harrow Tooth Attack in Delphi
In Delphi Indiana September 8 1872 veteran farmer red Thompson aged 72 fatally beat his father in law William Dillin ger aged 61 with an old fashioned harrow tooth after a quarrel in which Mrs Thompson intervened. The pair slept in the same room before Thompson attacked again at night. Officers found him asleep in a fence corner after a three hour search. He denied the crime and offered no resistance.
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Delphi
Ind
Red Thompsson
William Dillinger
Thompson
Dillinger
Old Building Collapses in New York Killing Two
A building at Grand and Mott streets collapsed, killing two people including 16 year old Maria Garioso and 48 year old Joseph Farinia. Thomas McGovern, a building department foreman, is under arrest on criminal negligence charges. Nearly a score of others were injured with broken limbs reported.
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New York
Grand and Mott Elreets
Thomas McGovern
Maria Garioso
Joseph Farinia
Tragedy in Evergreen as Thompson Fires Fatal Double Incident
Mobile reports a double tragedy in Evergreen where Jack Thompson wounded his wife and fatally shot his father-in-law J D Cooper after firing at breakfast. The elderly man died three hours later. Police described it as a public safety incident with immediate lethal force.
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Mobile
Ala
Evergreen
Jack Thompson
J. D. Cooper
Evading Federal Law Headlines Mail Wagon Strike
New York reports fifty mail wagon drivers feigning illness to dodge work and potential federal penalties for interfering with the mails. The wage dispute with the contractor is cited as the root cause of the strike.
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New York
United States
Industrial output and innovations span continents
A Germanic swath of notices highlights Britain turning out 1.5 million needles weekly and 90 thousand tons of butter yearly while America leads in barrels with 200 million annual production plus circular packaging. Ironmaster in South Wales claims a 20 percent steel-cost cut. California barrels petroleum total 29,649,434 last year, Ohio 18,876,631, Pennsylvania 11,700,000. Pearl button industry, Birmingham, revived by soft-fronted shirts. Del Lungo of Genoa touts paneumatic lubrication, a foam layer of air to reduce water resistance and speed ships.
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Great Britain
America
South Wales
California
United States
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Birmingham
England
Carlo del Lungo
Genoa
Honest Physician on Natural Cures and Tea for Health
A California physician recounts his experience with minimal drug use and dietary changes. He describes relieving nervous and depressive symptoms after quitting coffee and alcohol, replacing with English Breakfast tea and milk at meals, noting persistent but altered distress.
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Calif
Europe
Cafe Notr
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