National and World News Roundup Highlights Policy Debates
A digest from national and world events notes Senator La Follette's rebuke of Republicans over tariff reform, Navy personnel changes under new admin policy, Taft's stance on religious liberty, and a schedule of Senate night sessions. It covers fiscal deficits, court adjournments, naval regulations, retirements, and various regional incidents from California to North Dakota.
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National
Senate
LaFollette
Secretary of the Navy
Taft
United States Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Treasury
Supreme Court of the United States
Navy
Arthur MacArthur
Army
Interior Department
Multiple World News Snippets Across Various Topics
A wide array of fin newspapers notes and briefs cover corporate shifts crimes strikes rail derailments and natural disasters. It cites New York Life Insurance severing ties to comply with a state limit, mail robbery arrests in Omaha eight pouches found, a cross country endurance auto run, a Kansas murder verdict deadlock, Philadelphia streetcar strike actions and other incidents from Georgia Texas California and Venezuela with updates on aviation naval and political matters.
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New ‘York Life Insurance ™ Company
New York
Omaha
Overland Limited
Seattle
Heaton
Iola, Kan
Philadelphia
Brown
M. B. Madden
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Omaha
Fort Riley
Central of Georgia
Martindale
Chattanooga
Tenn
Pasadena
Cal
Sunset Telephone Company
Farmingdale
Rapid City
S. D
Georgia Railroad
Lattle
Zephyr
Brown County
Texas
Friscos Bad Showing and Other Missouri Happenings
Missouri railroad tax chief T Booth warned the state board of equalization of the Frisco line plight, noting 1688 Missouri miles and last year’s ~$20 million assessment with $3 million earnings drop. The oldest Missourian, Uncle Dan Perkins, aged 120–130, died in Randolph county. Missouri Supreme Court declined contempt against MKT over a 3 cent fare. Carrollton records cite pre-1800 horseless carriage references. Jefferson City assessors plan 50 percent valuation for next year. Gov Hadley urged real estate equalization to lower taxes. A psychic rest camp run by Rev A T Osborn moved near Mansfield, with healing experiments and a year-long test approved by the St. Louis Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
T. Booth
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
State Board of Equalization
Missouri
Dan Perkins
Randolph County
Perkins
Glasgow
Missouri Supreme Court
Missouri Kansas & Texas Railroad Company
George H. Williams
St. Louis
Williams
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Callaway County
Hadley
A. T. Osborn
Ozarks
Mountain View
Mansfield
Ava
Osborn
Bennington Heights
Kansas City
Methodist Church
Sedalia
Johns Hopkins Awards Johnston Scholarship to Missouri Instructor
Dr. Robert L. Ramsay English instructor at the University of Missouri has received a Johnston scholarship at Johns Hopkins University for next year. The award honors independent research ability and carries a value of 1500 dollars annually. He may be required to teach and must devote his time to study and research.
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Johns Hopkins
Robert L. Ramsay
University of Missouri
Johnston
Johns Hopkins University
Benevolent Philosopher on the General Assembly
The Glasgow Missourian notes the adjournment of the general assembly with cautious praise, stating senators and representatives did some wise moves and many foolish ones, yet overall no strong grounds for public complaint given the alternatives.
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General Assembly
Glasgow Missourian
Texas Fever Precautions Bill Signed by Gov Hadley
The bill authorizing exclusion from the state of cattle diseased with Texas fever and allowing quarantine of cattle within the state has been signed by Gov Hadley with an emergency clause, making it effective immediately.
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Hadley
Barberstakes in Chillicothe carnival shave duel
Charles Goodner aged 24 accepted a challenge from Capt. Cardona a Parker show trainer to enter the steel arena at a Chillicothe carnival and receive a shave performed by a man on each side while spectators watched.
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Chillicothe
Charles Goodner
Cardona
Parker
Lexington Builder Dead With Long Local Impact
Thomas J. Bandon, 70, died at his Lexington home from heart disease. A Confederate veteran, he served 24 years on the local school board and was a carpenter and builder who structured many nearby residences and business buildings. Sikeston chosen as next Southwest Missouri Drummers association meeting site.
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Lexington
Thomas J. Bandon
Sikeston
Southwest Missouri Drummers’ Association
Caruthersville
No Field Prize for Poetry at Missouri University
Announcement from the University of Missouri states the Nelson C Field prize for poetry will not be awarded this year. Several poems were submitted but none deemed worthy of the $100 prize offered annually by Mr Field a former student. Chillicothe Editor Dies in Chillicothe Missouri at age 60 T H Lankford publisher of the Missouri World and Chillicothe Crisis died at home from kidney trouble
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University of Missouri
Nelson C. Field
Field
Chillicothe
T. H. Lankford
The
Missouri World
Chillicothe Crisis
A Good Motto Do It Now in Missouri News
A Columbia Herald piece critiques how Missouri towns resist practical measures despite broad press urging. A Randolph County tragedy ends with Irvin Carter’s suicide after slaying Thomas R. Bagby by the Carter house, shadowing local life. Gov Hadley names Homer Hall to a bipartisan Revision Commission with Frank Walker John Brown and David Harris. Macon County history plans expand on Indian fights slavery Mormon era water wheel era and Civil War teachers. A Good Roads suggestion asks for a five year legislative cycle to fund roads. A Wheeling teacher Lizzie Daumcher goes insane in class and is hospitalized. John Stone of Chillicothe dies by suicide amid dissipation.
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Missouri
Columbia Herald
the Carters
Randolph County
Thomas R. Bagby
Beulah Carter
Irvin Carter
Bagby
Revision Commission
Hadley
Homer Hall
Trenton
Hall
Frank Walker
St. Louis
John C. Brown
Fredericktown
David H. Harris
Fulton
Macon County
Charlton River
United States
LaPlata Home Press
Brewers Seek Regulation and Strong Enforcement at AC Meeting
Atlantic City speakers urged proper liquor trade regulation and strict enforcement near saloons at the United States Brewers association annual convention. Percy Andreas blamed low dives for fueling anti liquor sentiment and urged members to assist authorities in wiping them out. President Carl J. Hester pledged to push regulations, enforcement, and a clean separation of beer dispensing from vice.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States Brewers’ Association
Percy Andreas
Ohio State Brewers
Carl J. Hester
Columbus
First Kansas case tests new freight passenger law
Concordia. The first case under the new Kansas law requiring freight trains on branch lines to carry passengers will be heard in Justice Troups court on June 8. Dr Smith of Miltonvale had N B Buck, a Santa Fe conductor, arrested for ejecting him from the caboose after he tried to ride to Concordia. Buck bond signed by the division superintendent. The law’s validity may be tested in the supreme court if needed.
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San Francisco Evening Post
Evening Globe
California
McCloud
Charles R. Willams
Delavan Smith
Wes
Panama Canal
Indianapolis
Cherokee
South Dakota
Georgia Railroad
The
Brotherhood of Firemen
Mississippi
United Copper Company of New York
National Association of Retail Grocers
Portland
Ore
Interstate Commerce Commission
Abraham Lincoln
Hodgenville
Henry Watterson
C. G. Abbott
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Mount Wilson
Cal
Dennis Washburn
Claysville
Leonard Wood
Arthur MacArthur
Farmers’ National Bank
Kingman
Kan
Kansas Charter Board
Harriman Hiness
Zanesville
Concordia
Kansas
Kansas Girl Dies on a Train Near Hanna
Miss Bertha Parks of Hutchinson Kansas died on a Union Pacific passenger train near Hanna while it traveled at 60 miles an hour. She died in her mother's arms as the train was in motion. The coroner removed the body at Rawlins. Acute nervous prostration from the high speed is listed as the cause. She had been in poor health and was being taken to Oregon by her parents.
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Hanna
Wyoming
Bertha Parks
Hutchinson
Kan
Union Pacific
Rawlins
Parks
Oregon
New Interurban Line Planned From Kansas City to Topeka
Topeka, Kansas reports a charter granted for an electric interurban line from Kansas City to Topeka with a $1,000,000 capitalization. The company would take over the Kansas City and Olathe Electric railway and extend the line through Lawrence to Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City
State Charter Board
Kansas City and
Olathe Electric Railway
Lawrence
Movement to bring William Penn’s body to Delaware banks
A campaign in Washington seeks to repatriate the coffin of William Penn from a nearly abandoned English cemetery in Buckinghamshire. The plan aims to inter it on the Delaware River banks to honor the founder of Pennsylvania.
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William Penn
Washington, D. C
Buckinghamshire
England
Delaware River
Country club tragedy ends grain dealer’s game
John H. Gregg of St. Joseph Missouri, a prominent grain dealer aged about 55, dropped dead after a round of golf at the country club. He appeared healthy at the start of the game and his sudden death shocked local residents.
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Wolf
St. Joseph
Missouri
John H. Gregg
Gregg
France births exceed deaths in 1908 official figures
Paris reports 1908 official vital statistics show an excess of 46,441 births over deaths, reversing 1907's gloomy outlook. Deaths declined by 48,266 while births rose 18,087, improving the national balance and suggesting improved prospects for the French population.
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Paris
France
Grocers Tour Salmon Cannery by Columbia River
Delegates to the National Grocers Association convention numbering about 500 took a 50 mile boat trip up the Columbia River in Portland Oregon. They visited a cannery along the river and were shown the complete process of canning royal Chinook salmon.
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Portland
Oregon
National Grocers’ Association
Columbia River
Canadians to Seattle and Ottawa visit by Earl Grey
Earl Grey governor general of Canada sails to England and will return in a month to attend the Seattle exposition. He plans a later visit to Ottawa, continuing his duty as representative of the Crown in Canada.
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Seattle
Ottawa
Canada
Earl Grey
England
Seattle Exposition
Japanese Residents Must Register in North America
The Japanese government issues new regulations requiring all Japanese residents in the United States and Canada to register at the nearest Japanese consulate. The notice appears in Victoria British Columbia as part of the policy rollout.
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Victoria
B. C
United States
Canada
Kansan Newspaper Man Dies in Los Angeles
T W Eckert aged 69 long a prominent Kansas newspaper man and political figure died of heart disease at his Los Angeles home.
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Kansan
Los Angeles
California
T. W. Eckert
Middle West
Kansas
Remedy Free Septyr Gana The Most Important Organs
Dyspeptics cannot eat the foods they like and suffer souring in the stomach. Chronic constipation and irregular health follow, leading many to seek relief only when chronic. The ad promotes Dr Caldwell of Monticello Illinois offering medical advice by mail with no charge.
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Dr. Caldwell
C. Fowler
Carson City
Mic
Ida A
Bee
Grand
Junction
Tenn
Boone
Total
Ieee
Rene Etette Gt
Elisha Ty
Dr. W. Caldwell
Caldwell
Monticelio, Il
Careless act nearly sparked theater blaze
A near disaster unfolded at the local theater when a villan lit a cigarette and dropped a match into the snow. No injuries were reported as staff contained the incident and extinguished the small blaze. Authorities warned against careless behavior and urged patrons to follow safety rules.
Itching cured by Cuticura remedy claims success
An 1907 testimonial from H A Kruts koff of Chicago describes severe itching and skin eruption. After trying various doctors and many ointments, he reports relief within days using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, with complete disappearance in about three weeks.
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H. A. Krutskoff
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Ill
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