World News Bits From National Capitol and Abroad
News collage reports trade shifts in the United States 1908 coal mine injuries and deaths totals. Supreme Court cases on Missouri insurance law and naval inquiry into Lieutenant Sutton death. Bond sales in Washington and railcar forecasts by ICC chief Knapp. Taft census ban, aeroplane plans, train wrecks, drought and heat effects, and varied domestic and foreign items. Major figures include Roosevelt, Haskell, Taft, and Taft relations with Crete, Greece, and Venezuela.
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National Capitol
United States
Statistical Department of the Geological Survey
Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of
Sutton
Annapolis Naval Academy
Washington
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Taft
Nagle
Department of Commerce and Labor
Navy Department
Missouri Pacific
Wichita
Royal Gorge
Canga City
Col
Roosevelt
Smithsonian Institution
Colorado Springs
Husted
Yuma
Ariz
Trenton
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
C. Foster Willard
Golden Flyers
Mineola
L. I
Oklahoma
Topeka
Topeka Commission
Askea
Denver & Rio
Wealth of John D Rockefeller Surges in Two Years
The article notes John D Rockefeller’s fortune rising to about 79.76 million dollars in two years as Standard Oil stock climbs from 39 to 71.2, a 322 point gain. It cites a 40 percent annual dividend and Rockefeller owning roughly 25 million in stock, with dividends totaling near 600 million since 1882, of which he has received about a quarter.
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New York
N. Y
John D. Feller
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Standard of
John D. Rockefeller
FIVE KANSANS DISAPPEARED IN WILLIAMSBURG MYSTERY
Williamsburg Kansas reels as five residents vanish in five weeks. The first is Rev Wallace M Stuckey pastor of the Christian church who left a wife and three children in destitution. Other missing include Lorena Sutherland 16 Harry C Thomas 24 Wilbur Fogel 22 and Maggie Timmons 15.
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Williamsburg
Kansas
Wallace M. Stuckey
The
Christian Church
Oklahoma
Texas
Lorena Sutherland
Harry C. Thomas
Wilbur Fogel
Maggie Timmons
Fire Devastates Columbia Block Bounded by Eighth and Locust
Fire in Columbia Missouri destroyed the Star and Eureka laundries and left only two buildings standing in the block bordered by Eighth Seventh Cherry and Locust streets. A mule barn planing mill livery stable and several residences were burned with losses estimated at sixty thousand dollars as water pressure from the University of Missouri plant helped firefighters regain control.
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Columbia
Missouri
University of Missouri
Eighth
Seventh
Cherry
Locust
Star
Eureka Laundries
Greece Replies to Turkish Note on Crete
Greece sends a conciliatory reply to the Turkish note on Crete. London reports the terms have been communicated to the powers and are expected to satisfy the Porte, to whom the message was delivered.
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Greece
London
England
Crete
Japan and China Agree on Amicable Settlement
Tokio announces that an amicable settlement of all pending questions disturbing the friendly relations between Japan and China will be made officially within a short time.
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Japan
China
Tokio
McMullen Cleared in Morphine Death Case
W H McMullen of Neosho Rapids was found not guilty of murdering his wife who died from morphine poisoning on August 8. The charge was dismissed in Justice of the Peace D A Dryer’s court in Emporia Kansas.
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McMullen
Emporia
Kansas
W. H. McMullen
Neosho Rapids
Justice of the Peace
D. A
Insurance Rates Cut 12 Percent Across Kansas
State Superintendent Charles W. Barnes ordered a 12 percent decrease in fire insurance rates in Kansas effective September 1. All insurers in the state are affected except residence church school and farm property. Rates on these classes are under study and may be adjusted later.
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Kansas Insurance
Topeka
Kansas
Charles W. Barnes
Cadets Dismissed From West Point for Hazing
West Point announces seven cadets were dismissed by order of President Taft for hazing Rolondo Sutton. Sutton is brother of Marine Corps Lieut. James N. Button, whose death was recently investigated at Annapolis.
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West Point
New York
Taft
United States Military Academy
Rolondo Sutton
Sutton
James N. Button
Marine Corps
Annapolis
Farewell Reception for the Japs in Yokohama
A farewell reception in Yokohama celebrated two score Japanese businessmen from major cities who sailed on the Minnesota to Seattle. The event was marked by formalities and large attendance, reflecting cordial relations as the delegation prepared to depart for the United States.
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Yokohama
Japan
Seattle
Minnesota
Wrights sue Aero Nautic Society for patent infringement
Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright sue the Aeronautic Society of New York in the U S circuit court alleging infringement of their aeroplane invention patents. Tokio mayor Ozaki offers 20 000 cherry trees to plant for President Taft in Tokyo Japan.
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Wrights
New York
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
Aeronauts
United States
Aeronautic Society
Taft
Tokio
Japan
Ozaki
It Might Have Been and Odd Hudson Mentions
In this Detroit Journal fragment, Knicker-Hudson is noted as discovering the Hudson in the Half Moon while Becker speculates about discovering the Mississippi under a full moon. A playful ad for Allen's Foot-Ease claims a reader cure for burning feet from Camden, N J. Samuel Gompers jokes in a Baltic smokeroom about a newspaper attack on a rich corporation.
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Knicker—Hudson
Becker
Mississippi
Allen
Camden, N. J
Samuel Gompers
Baltic
Mr. Gompers
Jonesville
Maria Higgins
Detroit Journal
Lewis Single Binder cigars touted as premium five cent item
The ad markets Lewis' Single Binder cigars as hand-made, foil-wrapped for freshness and made with old rich tobaccos. It acknowledges higher dealer cost but claims better quality than standard 5c cigars and warns buyers to avoid imitations.
Notable Mothers and Voices in Reform History
Elizabeth Cady Stanton urged women to develop all powers to guide the next generation. Admirers praise Stanton as a mother of seven healthy children. Julia Ward Howe’s children also attest to her virtues. The piece contrasts parental resilience with folds of language about hardship.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Trouble in Royal Palace at New Orleans Shakespeare Club
The Shakespeare club of New Orleans staged amateur shows with famous locals in leading roles. One social celebrity, once a lords in waiting, bungled four lines about a swooning queen. The crowd roared as he mispronounced phrases, earned a rebuke from the stage manager, and exited the stage to cheers and a faltering exit.
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Shakespeare Club
New Orleans
Your Salary and the World’s Reciprocal Eye
A short aphorism by N. W. Zimmerman on how smiles reap smiles and deeds invite others, while censure invites criticism. The piece links personal conduct to social response and rewards from the universe as a moral reflection.
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Universe
Cruise
N. W. Zimmerman
Forlorn Hope Chosen Of Amateur Chauffeurs In Raid
A general explains the risky assault on enemy fortifications to the colonel. The colonel affirms understanding as the plan relies on a forlorn hope composed entirely of amateur chauffeurs.
Setting at the Root in a Miserable Patient
A humorous dialogue centers on a feverish patient telling a doctor he feels run down and tired. The physician confirms illness with a tongue inspection, capturing a facet of old time medical banter from the Cleveland Leader.
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Cleveland
The Newer Way on Women and Fashion
The author argues that modern women reject dowdy dress and embrace attractive attire. Dowdiness is dismissed as poor taste and a sign of mental weakness, while wise women now choose pretty clothing to give pleasure and reflect virtue.
Self Made Popularity Seeks Influence and Position
A speaker proclaims he made himself popular with influential men who had pull, explaining that his current lofty position results from that self-made popularity. The exchange centers on ambition and ascent through connections.
A. H. Rogers Epigram on Capital and Fortune
A New York broker recalls A H Rogers advising young men to seek capital. He crafted a compact epigram: Fortune cannot knock at the door of a man who has no house, emphasizing that wealth gives opportunity and means to act.
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A. H. Rogers
New York
Her Intentions Exempts Dialogue on Marriage Freckle Joke
The excerpt presents a terse dialogue about marriage expectations and a warning. A character questions if the sister will marry, while another warns to stop visiting. The Exempts remark on females and freckles, noting some women are not freckled yet others are.
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Democratic Harmony
Saratoga
Albany
Hearst
Nebraska
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Farmers’ Union of
Shawnee
B. F. Yoakum
Rock Island Railroad
Mississippi Valley
E West
Gov. Haskell
Muskogee
Tulsa
Germany
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
International —Typographical Union
Charles Taft
Prior
Edward Pines
First National Bank
Durant
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Justice Mills
Gov
Haskell
Federal Court
Gregg
Rush
Victor
Grand
Luther Anderson
Mexico
August Wagner
Baron Takahira
Hugh C. Ward
Kansas City
Hadley
F. P. Hutchinson
Navarre
Kan
Sweden
Theodore Roosevelt
Tang Shao Yi
Turkey
Bagdadi
Morocco
Rift Region
United States and
Venezuela Company
Venezuela
State Department
Provisional Administrative Committee of
Manchuria
Antung-Mukden
John B
Columbia, MO
University
Kellogg
Iowa State College
Omaha
Neb
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake CO
Ward
al Corn
High
Save
Lewis
Royal Palace
Gertrude
Bertie
Postum Cereal Co., Limited
Battle Creek, Michigan
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