World News Bits From Across the Globe This Week
A global roundup notes promises of $750,000 in Missouri Pacific Central Branch improvements and a $1,000,000 depot project in St. Joseph. Chickasaw Nation to send two representatives to Washington at $5,000 yearly each. Various labor, legal, and industrial items follow, from court actions against Standard Oil to fire and mine disasters, and gas rebates in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Stubbs
C. S. Clarke
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Central Branch
Burlington Railroad Company
St. Joseph
Washington
Atchison, Kan
H. F. Hedges
Syracuse
Kan
University Medical School
Rosedale
Kansas City
American Federation of Labor
Steel Trust
Cherry, Ill
New York
Richard Parr
Port of
Garden City
Standard Oil Company
Sapulpa
T Wis
Canada
Wright Company
Wright
Joseph Mascari
Danville
Black Hand” Society
Chile
Rothschild London Bank
Hague Arbitration Court
Alsop
United States
Enid State Guarantee Bank of
Enid
Cherry
Ill
Plan allows KU extension students to complete half degree at home
A new correspond ence instruction plan at the University of Kansas permits students to finish half their degree work at home. Other items include a fatal train explosion near South Greenfield Missouri killing a fireman and injuring the engineer, and various academic and legal notes from across the country.
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Department of University Extension
University of Kansas
Memphis
Kansas City
St. Louis
San Francisco
South Greenfield
Wilcox
Cornell University
St. Paul
Sanborn
Kansas and Oklahoma Young Women’s Christian Association
Winfield
Kan
Stubbs
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Central Branch
Kansas
Dr. Cook
University of Copenhagen
Scott Nearing
Wharton School of Finance and Commerce
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Gov
Hadley
Missouri
Standard Oil Company
French Embassy to Rise in Washington at One Million
News from foreign affairs notes France plans a grand embassy in Washington costing about 1 million dollars. Other items include Mars canal discoveries and reports on Central American executions and Canary Islands lava events.
Notable headlines and losses span politics to crime
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay plans a national Equal Suffrage society, opening offices in major cities. Gov Hadley pardons five Missouri penitentiary convicts. Bequeathal of 5 million by James Stewart Kennedy to the Presbyterian Foreign Missions. A Kalifornian bride elect paralyzed before her wedding. Dr Woodson of Missouri reports 260 acre orchard yielding 20000 dollars in apples after spraying. Astor yacht sighted at San Juan. William M Laffan longtime New York Sun publisher dies. Herbert Latham soars to 1345 feet at Bouy France. Gov Haskell and others plead not guilty to Muskogee frauds, granted three weeks to prepare. Mrs Katherine Kelly of Kansas dies at 72. Franklin Ferriss awarded 20000 dollars fee in Standard Oil case. John G Carlisle improving at St Vincent's Hospital New York. Glenn Smith 12, held for trial after fatal dog incident near Joplin. Senator Cullom 80 and Senator Stephenson.
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Clarence H. Mackay
Equal Suffrage Society
Hadley
Missouri
James Stewart Kennedy
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Miss Deffert
Redding
Cal
Woodson
Agency
John Jacob Astor
San Juan
William M. Laffan
The
New York Sun
Herbert Latham
Bouy
France
Haskell
Muskogee Town
Katherine Kelly
Kelly
Kansas
Olathe
Franklin Ferriss
St. Louis
United States Circuit Court
John G. Carlisle
St. Vincent’s Hospital
New York
Glenn Smith
Joplin
Senator Cullom
Illinois
Stephenson
Missouri Conference Seeks Free Lodging for 1910 Session
Rev. B P Taylor says the Missouri conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South faces a funding gap as towns offer no free entertainment for the 1910 annual session. Gov Hadley proclaims Thanksgiving and praises state conditions, urging Missourians to observe the day with gratitude.
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Missouri
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
B. P. Taylor
Taylor
St. Louis
Contested Gasconade River Islands Put Up for Sale
The two islands in the Gasconade river bottoms of Pulaski county were offered by the United States land office at Springfield. Claims show ownership or occupancy by John A. Smith and Charles N. Huber amid numerous applicants, though contests are unlikely.
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Gasconade River
Pulaski County
United States Land Office
Springfield
John A. Smith
Charles N. Huber
Missouri to Offer Winter Poultry Farming Course
The University of Missouri College of Agriculture will run a winter course in poultry farming in partnership with the Missouri State Poultry Board. Dean F B Mumford noted a top poultry expert will supervise the program though specifics are still being developed.
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College of Agriculture
University of Missouri
Missouri State Poultry Board
F. B. Mumford
Locomotive Explodes on Southeastern Limited No. 406
A mile north of South Greenfield the engine of Southeastern Limited No. 406 exploded killing Fireman Charles A. Wilkin and probably fatally injuring Engineer William O'Brien both of Fort Scott Kansas. The train was moving at 20 mph and the engine wrecked. no other injuries reported.
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Southeastern Limited No
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway
Memphis
Kansas City
South Greenfield
Charles A. Wilkin
William O’brien
Fort Scott
Kan
First Boone County Boys Corn Show Held in Columbus
County superintendent J. Kelley Wright directed the event with eighty two entrants. Fifteen cash prizes were awarded for pedigreed corn samples grown from spring-sown seed provided to contestants, marking Boone County’s inaugural show.
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Columbus
Boone County
J. Kelley Wright
Columbus Possum Club forms in Columbia
The Columbus Possum Club, a newly formed organization, plans a possum dinner with Gov Hadley and other notable state figures invited. The group aims to foster fellowship among Columbia’s business leaders and connect them with leading state men. The club is non partisan.
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Columbia
Columbus
Electrician Killed Repairing Wire in Joplin
F A Smith an electric light wirer for Empire District Electric Company was electrocuted while repairing a pole wire in Joplin. He fell from the pole but the shock is believed to have caused death before impact. He had worked for the company three months.
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F. A. Smith
Empire District Electric Company
Joplin
Two Rare Old Books Join Missouri History Collection
The Missouri State Historical Society received two rare volumes: Inventory of the Estate of George Washington dated 1810 and Robert Woods of Ireland and His Descendants in America dated 1730.
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Missouri State Historical Society
George Washington
Robert Woods
Ireland
America
Washington
Fee Awarded in Standard Oil Dissolution Case
The state circuit court awarded a lawyer about 20 000 for his services in the Standard Oil dissolution suit after nearly 18 months listening to witness examinations. He had a fee of 20 090 and was almost continuously occupied in the hearings.
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Franklin Ferriss
St. Louis
United States Circuit Court
Standard Oil
Cooper County Corn Growers Elect Officers After Standout Display
The Cooper County Corn Growers Association closed its sixth annual meeting at Pilot Grove with the county's best corn display. Officers elected: John Oswald president, Frank Carpenter vice president, R. S. Harriman secretary treasurer.
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Cooper County
Cooper County Corn Growers’ Association
Pilot Grove
John Oswald
Frank Carpenter
R. S. Harriman
Teachers vote against admitting Black teachers in Macon County
A Macon County Teachers Association vote defeated allowing Black teachers to meet with the group by 69 to 26.
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Macon County Teachers’ Association
Sisk Couple Celebrates 52nd Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs William Sisk of Montgomery marked their fifty second wedding anniversary. They were married in Middleton Missouri and the fourth generation of Sisks attended the celebration.
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William Sisk
Montgomery
Middleton
Sisks
Poverty Stricken Vocabularies Warns Youth
The Eldorado Springs News laments students copying crude terms from newspapers. It warns boys to avoid words like plug ugly today lickspittle braying jackass and other harsh epithets used against those with differing views.
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Eldorado Springs
Lightning Fire Destroys Barton County Telephone Office
A bolt of lightning struck a Barton County Telephone wire at Lamar and jumped to the main office, burning out the switchboard and destroying the building plus four adjacent structures. The loss is $25,000. Operators escaped unharmed during a severe storm.
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Barton County Telephone Company
Lamar
Oldest Lawrence County Woman Mary Moody Dies at Forest Park
Mary Moody aged 100, the county’s oldest woman, died at Forest Park. She marked her 100th birthday on September 14 with a 2000 strong turnout. She left two sons, 22 grandchildren, 65 great grandchildren and 25 great great grandchildren. At 99 she read a 100 page book in two days without glasses.
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Mary Moody
Lawrence County
Forest Park
King's Daughters Elect Officers at Chillicothe Convention
The state convention at Chillicothe chose Mexico as the next convention site. Officers named include State secretary Miss Emma Glazebrook St. Louis recording secretary Miss Carrie Davis St. Louis and treasurer Mrs. Bridgeford Mexico.
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the King’s Daughters
Chillicothe
Mexico
Emma Glazebrook
St. Louis
Carrie Davis
Bridgeford
Officer Shot During Arrest in Smithton
Constable John L. Jones was shot and fatally wounded while attempting to arrest John Hamilton in Smithton. Hamilton, a Black man, armed with two revolvers, had threatened William and John Lamm after a prior quarrel. He fought back, was knocked down with a hammer, and shot the officer during disarming.
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John L. Jones
John Hamilton
Smithton
Hamilton
William
John Lamm
No Skeleton in the Closet in a Quiet Country Town
A rural editor reflects on a slow country town enduring jests from mining and manufacturing neighbors. He notes the town’s enduring steadiness, insisting it is not doomed by factory shifts or mine closures, with a long 99 year lease on its place on the map.
Farmers Praised as Earth’s Valued Citizens
The Aurora Argus cites Thomas Jefferson praising cultivators of the soil as the most valuable citizens on earth and promotes buying a hoe to double value.
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Thomas Jefferson
Aurora Argus
County uncovers 1700 acres lands in three counties
Lafayette county learns it owns more than 1700 acres in Camden Laclede and Douglas counties once granted under the Swamp Land Act. Proceedings to regain possession will start, squatters will be removed, land sold, and a committee will map the land and secure titles.
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Lafayette County
Camden
Laclede
Douglas
President to Advise Changes in Interstate Commerce Laws
The annual message to Congress calls for drastic reforms to interstate commerce. Proposals include a separate interstate commerce court with stay power and direct Supreme Court appeals, ICC initiative against unjust classifications, rate fixing after complaints, and safeguards against undue burdens on shippers. It also urges limits on railroad stock in rivals, approval for non pooling rate agreements, and regulation of rail, telegraph, and telephone lines.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Interstate Commerce Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Supreme Court
Commission
Sealed St Paul Mine Marks End of Cherry Disaster
The main shaft of the St Paul mine in Cherry Illinois is sealed with a three foot concrete bed and steel ribbing. Officials abandon the site as miners complete sealing. About 200 bodies remain unrecovered while saloons reopen and state troops depart Cherry.
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Cherry
Ilinois
St. Paul
Relief Corps
BoycottCall Moves Chile Toward US Goods Ban
In Santiago Chile buyers suspend orders on American products as the Alsop claim fuels public anger. A meeting at Iquique is expected to propose boycotting American imports unless the United States drops the claim.
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Santiago
Chile
United States
Alsop
Asop
Iquique
Missouri Tigers Defeat Kansas Jayhawks 12 to 6
Missouri defeats Kansas 12 to 6 in a hard fought clash. The Tigers seize the rivalry lead as they finally overpower the Jayhawks after years of close calls.
Mrs Roosevelt Returns Home From Europe
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and her daughter Miss Ethel Roosevelt have arrived back in New York aboard the Koenig Albert after a European visit.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
New York, N. Y
Theodore Rosevelt
Ethel Roosevelt
Europe
Indiana Plan Seeks Prohibition of Football
Indiana school superintendents approve a petition to the legislature to ban football under specified penalties, following a recent meeting in Laporte.
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Laporte
Indiana
Thanks giving dinner gathers Rhodes scholars in Oxford
In Oxford England a Thanksgiving dinner brought together 125 Americans including Rhodes scholars. J Suster a Rhodes student from Missouri presided at the event.
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Old England
Oxford
England
Rhodes
J. S. Custer
Missouri
Minnea Minn Women Hear How Lydia Pinkham Aided Sufferers
A Minnesota reader shares a testimonial praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female troubles. The letter invites others to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential, free advice and notes her 20 years of assistance to sick women.
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E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
John G. Moldan
Nena St
North
Minneapolis
Agiant
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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Hook
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Omaha
Fort Leavenworth
New York Customs Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Ned
Mars
Legation
Christian Endeavor Society
Agra
India
Mission Lands
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Lisbon
Tagus
Teneriffe
Canaries
Paris
Canary Islands
State of
Jefferson City
A. D
Chillans
Missouri Tiger
Ullions
Uticura
Anil
Rita
Woneh
Sheree Yagho
Ianton
Rue de la Pa
Atrafa Coe “Ae
Indi
Calcutta
China
Hong
Zg Drug Co Maruya
Tde
Moscow
Tokio
Ussia
Africa
Lennon
Ubasg
Otter Drug & Chem
Carters
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