News of the Week from Around the World
Ex Speaker Cannon opposes Canadian reciprocity, calling it pivotal. ICC suspends cotton rail rate hikes. Taft Bryce White House talks focus on arbitration. US delays troops’ return from the Philippines by six months. Democrats plan congressional investigations across departments. US warns Mexico over border fighting amid unsafe conditions for Americans. Missouri Pacific gains B F Bush presidency. major improvements expected. New York Senate passes Wagner tax amendment resolution. Survey party begins route for Arkansas City Wellington Northern railroad.
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National Capital
Cannon
Congress
Spain
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri, Pacific
St.Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Taft
Bryce
White House
Unty
Philippines
House
United States
Mexico
B. F. Bush
Missouri Pacific
New York Senate
Arkansas City, Wellington & Northern Railroad
Kansas Leaders Unite to Oust Bank Robbers in State
Gov Hadley vetoed a railroad discrimination bill while Gov Stubbs and state officials joined to push out bank robbers and hoboes. A Vermilion County grand jury in Illinois gave up its corruption probe. Coal found near Hill City Kansas with multiple veins. Pullman Car Company shows capital growth to 120 million from earnings. Crumbine offers 25 prize essay on homefy. Ground collapse at South Side Mining hides zinc lead mine. Hill resigns as ambassador to Germany amid diplomatic uproar.
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Stubbs
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Bankers Associations
Kansas
Hadley
William H. Phelps
Carthage
Vermillion County
Illinois
Grand Jury
W. H. Knouf
Hill City
Pullman Car Company
South Side Mining Company
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Chicago Crowds Fire Police In Attempted Quieting
Police reserves mounted and on foot surrounded a yelling crowd of about 5000 pursuing a young woman wearing Mary Garden's Turkish trousers. The article also notes Senate approval of Walter Fisher of Illinois as Interior Secretary, border tensions near Douglas Arizona, and ongoing US Mexico clashes. It mentions Canadian immigration at White Rock and a Foss bill creating a national arbitration tribunal for wage disputes, plus Democratic tariff resistance and talk of Canadian reciprocity being placed before the house.
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Chicago
Mary Garden
Senate
Walter 4. Fisher
Illinois
Interior
Douglas
Arizona
United States
Mexico
Kansas City
Vancouver
B. C
White Rock
Bellingham
National Arbitration Tribunal
Representative Foss
Democrats
House
Farmers Free List
Paris Still Ranked Third Largest City in World
The foreign affairs report notes Paris remains the world’s third largest city with a population of 2,846,986 after last month’s census, up 124,255 from 1906. It also covers Taft pressuring Mexico rivals and a new British aliens bill proposal by Churchill.
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Foreign Affaire
Paris
Mexico
Senor Manuel de Zamacona
United States
Taft
Reyes
Diaz
Madero
Burns accused of theft from Tipton bank cashier's motive money
The article reports E F Burns alleged to have taken 10375 from the Home State bank of Tipton Kansas where he served as cashier to fund a house and a motor car. It notes other items including a senator’s anti trust speech motives and various national events.
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E. F. Burns
Home State Bank
Tipton
Kansas
Kenyon
Iowa
Sixth Cavalry
Des Moines
Arizona
Fort Huachua
Stubbs
W. A. Jonston
Supreme Court
Genevieve Chalkley
Lawrence
Benjamin F. Bush
The
Missouri Pacific
George J. Gould
Ned Crane
Elm Ridge Race Track
Kansas City
Barney Oldfield
Bonilla
China
Major
Maine
War Department
San Quentin
Lower
California
Fulton Hosts Northeastern Missouri Poultry Show Dates
The Northeastern district poultry show will be in Fulton December 5 6 7 and 8 with about 4000 birds expected from 25 counties. John P Huggett of Fulton chosen to supervise. T W Lynes of Callaway County led efforts to meet show requirements in one hour. A state poultry experiment station is planned at BE Green farm on city eastern edge with Mountain Grove land donation valued at 8750 dollars. The state board has 10000 dollar appropriation plus 20000 other funds. Board members listed include Y O Hobbs W C Knorpp C A Morton E C McCarroll M L Andrews Bryant N P Todd and L E Quisenberry.
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Fulton
Missouri
Kansas City
John P. Huggett
T. W. Lynes
Callaway County Poultry Association
State Poultry Board
Jefferson City
Hadley
Mountain Grove
State Poultry Experiment Station
BE. J. Green
State Board
Y._O. Hobbs
Trenton
W. C. Knorpp
Pleasant’ Hill
C. A. Morton
St. Louis
E. C. McCarroll
Vandalia
M. L. Andrews Bryant
Nevada
L. E. Quisenberry
Columbia
More Scholarships At M S A Rice State Board Plans Two 50 Dollar Winners
The Missouri state board of agriculture will award two scholarships in the Missouri College of Agriculture next winter. Each scholarship is worth 50 dollars and goes to the winner who best fits live stock judging and corn judging. Contests to be decided at the state fair next fall. total scholarships for the short winter course reach 59 with 45 from Frisco and 12 from Santa Fe.
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State Board of Agriculture
Missouri College of ‘Agriculture
College of Agriculture
Missouri
Frisco
Santa Fe
Saddle horse sale records private owners and bids
R R Middleton of Mexico sold Jack o Diamonds to George Snyder of Allentown Pa for 900 dollars. Middleton's Kings Queen saddled mare went to Theodore Sonnenberg of St Louis for 850 dollars. Echo gelding, bought by W J Mann of Allentown from Bert Luckie of Montgomery City for 500 dollars. Prof E A Trowbridge of Missouri headed a 20 student delegation for practice judging with seasoned horsemen.
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Jack O’ Diamonds
R. R. Middleton
Mexico
George Snyder
Allentown
Kings Queen
Middleton
Theodore Sonnenberg
St. Louis
W. J. Mann
Echo
Bert Luckie
Montgomery City
Prof
E. A. Trowbridge
Department of Annimal Husbandry
University of Missouri
Tarkie's Big Elk Dies Behind Tarkio Park Fence
The giant buck elk of David Rankin's deer park in Tarkio died after becoming so agitated during crate efforts that he strangled himself. The incident followed concerns he might harm a passerby or escape. Residents gained a rare chance to taste elk meat afterward.
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David Rankin
Deer Park
Tarkio
Missouri nursery and greenhouse industry in 1910 output
Industry Commissioner J C A Hiller of the Bureau of Labor Statistics lauds Missouri nurseries and greenhouses. The 1910 report states cut flowers plants and other nursery products valued at $2 000 000 were grown for market and all were sold during the year.
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Green House
J. C. A. Hiller
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Missouri
Named Asylum Head Farmer at Fulton State Hospital
The board of managers at Fulton State Hospital named C. J. Smith of Worland Bates County head farmer at the institution with a salary of $1000 a year. The post was created following a request by the state agricultural college at Columbia.
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Fulton State Hospital
C. J. Smith
Worland
Bates County
State Agricultural College
Columbia
Omaha to Springfield Rail Link Proposed by Electric Line
A letter to C. E. Whitsit of Jerico Bank from C. E. Cook of Omaha proposes extending the Omaha & Sioux City Electric railway from Omaha to Springfield. The route would run to Kansas City via Harrisonville Greenfield and Jerico Springs, contingent on obtaining fair price right of way.
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Omaha
Sioux City
Utility Men Elect Officers in Missouri Association
F E Murray of Louisiana was elected president of the Missouri Electric Gas Street Railway and Water Works association. Joplin won the bid for the 1912 annual convention. P A Bertrand of Jefferson City was elected first vice president. J E Harsh of Joplin second vice president C L Clary of Sikeston third vice president and N J Cunningham of Springfield secretary.
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F. E. Murray
Louisiana
Missouri Electric, Gas, Street Railway and Water Works Association
Joplin
P. A. Bertrand
Jefferson City
J. E. Harsh
C. L. Clary
Sikeston
N. J. Cunningham
Springfield
Pike County Grows Flowers and Nurseries
Pike County, north of St Louis, hosts the state's largest nursery and the longest greenhouse stretches west of the Mississippi. The area focuses on flowers and plants, supporting extensive horticulture.
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Pike County
St. Louis
To Teach Young Filipinos in Philippine Service
M. M. Beney a William Jewell College senior earned an appointment as a teacher in the Philippine service after recently passing the civil service examination.
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M. M. Beney
William Jewell College
Philippine Service
Civil Service
No Excuse to Carry Gun in State Case
Judge David H. Harris rules there is no defense to carrying concealed weapons except as statutes allow a police officer or a traveler on a continuous journey. The 1909 felony statute on concealed weapons is new and untested by the supreme court, making Ben Clayton's circuit court case a first impression. Defense sought to admit life threat testimony. prosecution objected and the court sustained the objection.
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David H. Harris
Columbia
Supreme Court
Ben. Clayton
Clayton
Townsend Arnold Syndicate Plans KC St Joseph Lines
Negotiations in Chicago among Metropolitan street railway, Armour Swift Burling ton bridge interests, and Town send Arnold syndicate led to Townsend Arnold building electric lines linking Kansas City to St Joseph and Springs. The syndicate is backed by City Bank of New York. Construction to begin this summer.
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Chicago
Metropolitan Street Railway
Armour-Swift-Burlington Bridge
Townsend-Arnold Syndicate
Townsend- Arnold Syndicate
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Mold
Springs
Ee Tee Teehee
City Bank of New Veee Egan
Metropol Street “Railway Company
State Fair Plans Near Completion at Sedalia Meeting
At Sedalia the state board of agriculture finalized preliminary arrangements for the Missouri state fair to be held the first week in October. Premium lists will largely mirror last year with an exception in the speed department where harness race counts have been increased.
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State Board of Agriculture
Sedalia
Best Drilled Company in Missouri Report Gains Praise
A regular army inspection praises Company G of the national guards of Missouri as the best drilled unit in the state. It notes superior equipment and camp utensils, and men who are physically better than any other Missouri company.
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National Guards of Missouri
Columbia Organization
Missouri
Missouri to host four poultry shows this season
The state poultry board decided Missouri will be divided into four districts with one exhibit per district. An estimated 25,000 chickens and other fowls will be shown, reflecting a poultry industry valued at over 44 million dollars last year.
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Missouri
State Poultry Board
State Hospital No 2 Fire Trap Warned by Grand Jury
The grand jury in St Joseph reports State hospital No 2 is a fire trap with 75 percent of insane patients at risk in a fire. Water supply is inadequate and sanitary conditions are poor. Immediate remedies are recommended, a finding that confounded the jurors.
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St. Joseph
Grand Jury
Criminal Court
Not Held for a Lynching in Charleston Case
J S White of Anniston was charged with first degree murder for leading a 1000 man mob that lynched two African Americans at Charleston on July 3. He was found not guilty without the jury leaving the courtroom.
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J. S. White
Anniston
Charleston
Preacher Mayors Take Inaugural Run in Two Towns
In Boone county two towns installed preacher mayors. The Rev. W. S. St. Clair became mayor of Columbia and the Rev. C. L. Bullard was inaugurated mayor of Ashland. Both men bring pastoral backgrounds to city leadership in a historic double oath.
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Boone County
W. S. St. Clair
Columbia
C. L. Bullard
Ashland
Mexico's Reply Evades Taft on Border Warfare
Washington received an outline of Mexico's reply to Taft's remonstrance against border warfare. The response is said to question American officers at Agua Prieta and delay promises while Mexico reviews the Douglas incident. Ambassador Zamacona labeled Mexico's reply as friendly in form and essence.
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House of Commons
Winston’ Churchill
Great Britain
Mexico
Taft
Agua Prieta
Lansor
Kiewit
Washington, D. C
Douglas, Ariz
Washington
Zamacona
Surprises for Birmingham Government by Commission
Birmingham, Alabama embraces a reform burst as a three member commission cuts 64 political sinecures in a week, saving 72 474.50 yearly. Prohibition enforcement begins, liquor interests concede, and several corrupt officers resign. The city touts rapid curbs on vice and police corruption under the new system.
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Birmingham
Ala
Burgess testifies on $10,000 Lorimer bribe claim
William Burgess of Duluth testified before the Illinois Senate committee that P. F. Wiehe, Ed ward Hines’s brother in law, subscribed $10,000 to a jackpot to aid Lorimer’s U.S. Senate campaign. He recalled the remark aboard the Winnipeg Flyer in March 1911, in a sleeping car smoking compartment.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Edward Hines
Chicago
Wiehe
Lorimer
United States
Illinois
William Burgess
Duluth
Winnipeg Flyer
Judge Day Named Equitable President With 50 000 Salary
William A. Day was elected president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society by the board of directors in New York. After discussion it was decided that Judge Day would receive a salary of 50 000 instead of the 80 000 allowance given to the late Paul Morton, who held the office.
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New York
N. Y
William A. Day
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Judge Day
Paul Morton
Negroes Plan to Buy Road in Palestine Sale
Booker T. Washington and northern black financiers plan to bid at the receivership sale of the International & Great Northern railroad in Palestine on May 15. They intend to operate the road with black labor exclusively.
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Dallas
Texas
Booker T. Washington
North
International & Great Northern Railroad
Palestine
Washington
House Reapportionment Bill Reported in Census Committee
Washington D C A bill reappointioning the membership of the house of representatives and almost identical with the Crumpacker bill which passed the house last session but died in the senate was reported by the committee on census It provides for a membership in the house of 43 percent
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House
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Crumpacker
Senate
Committee On Census
Bank Robbery 40 Years. Oklahoma City Man Begins Term
Charles Koonts began serving a 40 year sentence at the McAlester state penitentiary for bank robbery. He was convicted of robbing the Cotton Exchange Bank in Crawford, Roger Mills County, a distant town off the railroad.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Charles Koonts
McAlester
Koonts
Cotton Exchange Bank
Crawford
Roger Mills County
Illinois Senators Fight Over Initiative and Referendum
Springfield HI reports a scuffle between Senator Frank H. Funk of Bloomington and Senator Walter Clyde Jones of Chicago during a conference of Republican senate members over initiative and referendum. The altercation disrupted proceedings and drew attention to party tensions.
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Illinois
Springfield
Frank H. Funk
Bloomington
Walter Clyde Jones
Chicago
Senate
Mexican Election Postponed in Conora Governor Race
In Douglas Arizona a Mexican general election for governor and lieutenant governor has been postponed from April 23 to the second Sunday in July. Local officials note the shift affects campaigning timelines and voter logistics across the state of Conora.
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Douglas
Arizona
Conora
Mexico
Invocation a Success in Amateur Theatrical Flub
Guy Bates Post recalls a 1900s amateur play with a religious theme. The lead actor, trained for the ministry, tried to cue a storm scene with lights dimmed, but the gas lights stayed bright until a lighting mishap forced a joke about a gas man. The audience laughed at the improvised line.
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Guy Bates Post
Ministry
Pittsburg
His Destiny United States Senator Boy Cry Baby
A dialogue features a remark about Willie being born a girl and a view that he is a cry baby. The speaker suggests nature intended the boy for a United States senator, implying an ironic or satirical tone about gender expectations and political ambition.
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Willie
Nature
United States
Shop Talk The Customer and Butcher at Flaherty's Meat Market
The exchange centers on a lighthearted shop talk scene at Flaherty's meat market. The customer asks about the liver while the butcher notes the liver is fine and dandy, and prices the product at 15 cents a pound.
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Flaherty
Health Is the Greatest Possession Says Cobbler Maxim
A noted quip attributed to Bickerstaff proclaims health as the foremost asset, arguing a hale cobbler is a better man than a sick king in a compact line about well being and merit.
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Bickerstaff
It Is the Doing Not the Saying That Makes a Hero
A compact reflection credits action over words as the mark of heroism, noting that deeds define true courage more than speech. The saying emphasizes measurable impact and moral resolve in challenging moments.
Coffee Congestion and Health Recovery Story
An elderly Wisconsin woman attributes relief from headaches heart pain and dyspepsia to quitting coffee and using Postum for breakfast. She reports fewer bad heart spells no recent sick headaches improved digestion and renewed health after two years off coffee. The ad cites Postum as the reason and warns coffee can cause liver congestion biliousness and nervous fatigue.
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Wisconsin
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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