News of the Week Interesting Items From World Wide Sources
Brief roundup from national and foreign pages notes Taft Aldrich tax talks Wrights honored at the White House. Brussels expo funding proposed. Porto Rican bill passes. June 1909 events include bank congress in Waterloo, Iowa. Lopez and Sartoris resignations. West Point grad. Lake Pontchartrain disaster toll. strikes and labor news. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition plans. and international finance in China.
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National Capital
White House
Aldrich
Taft
Finance Committee
Aero Club of America
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Congress
United States
House of Representatives
Bartholdi
Missouri
Mohonk Lake
N. Y
Washington
Army ‘Engineers
Gulf
Fort Dodge
Alice Newman
Des Moines
Adr
Newman
Chicago
Supreme Court
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Birmingham
Ala
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Philadelphia
Bryce
Northeast Harbor
Maine
Buffalo
Kansas State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Oklahoma
Texas
Southwest Shippers’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gulf of Mexico
Natonal Association of Railway Commissioners
Boards of Health
Western Transcontinental Passenger Association
Seattle
Mystic Shrine
Louisville
Happenings in Missouri in a storm of death and bills
A violent vendetta ends in the St Louis courthouse corridor. Fred H. Wobrie known as the Yellow Kid is killed by Billy Kane after Wobrie faced murder charges. Missouri news also notes drummers seeking mileage books, the largest Sunday school in Mexico and a long list of bills signed by Governor Hadley, plus county bonds and a boy struck by lightning near Liberty.
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St. Louis
Corsica
Fred H. Wobrie
the Yellow Kid
Mobrie
Charles P. Johnson
Missouri
Sam J. Young
Thomas Kane
Billy” Kane
Young
Michael Young
First Christian Church of Mexico
Walter M. White
John W. Dry
Arge
Certificates Granted To State Teachers In Eight Cities
State Superintendent Gass completed exams for state teachers certificates in Clinton Jefferson City Joplin Kansas City Macon Poplar Bluff St Louis and St Joseph. Of 94 applicants 6 certificates were issued including 17 life certificates 3 renewed five year certificates and 16 five year certificates. Represented states include Washington Iowa Ohio and Kansas.
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State Superintendent of Public Schools
Gass
Ertificates
Clinton
Jefferson City
Joplin
Kansas City
Macon
Popar Bluff
St. Joseph
St. Louls
Seveteen
Washington
Iowa
Ohio
Kansas
Sixteen Roads Fight Low Fate Before Supreme Court
Railroads filed demurrers to Attorney General Major's petition challenging their rent fare rate actions. They contend the petition fails to show any usurpation or unlawful exercise of their franchise rights.
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Supreme Court
Major
State Revenue Interest Reaches New High for May
The state deposits’ May interest totaled 41765.70, the largest monthly sum on record. The money is more than enough to cover the salaries of all state capital officials and clerks for the previous month.
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John C. Radford
Kansas
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Sing Sing
William E. Annis
Jackson
Funston
Army Service School
Fort Leavenworth
Senator Root
Roosevelt
Marvelous Officeholder Honored In Camden Point Community
The Bee lauds Camden Point as a calm, civic town. H. L. Jenkins donated one month’s salary to the town, feeling payment without earning it would be improper. Gov Hadley names four-year board members for Farmington Asylum: Green D. Greer Sikeston, B. B. Sahoon Fredericktown, H. William Lang Farmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden Point
the Bee
Chacoa mAshal
H. L. Jenkins
Farmington Asylum
Hadley
State Asylum For the Insane
Farmington
Green D. Greer
Sikeston
B. B. Sahoon
Fredericktown
H. William Lang
Waterway Plan Declared Not Desirable by Engineers
Washington reports that a 14 foot deep waterway from St. Louis to the Gulf is not desirable. The board estimates construction at 128 million dollars and annual maintenance at 6 million, favoring dredging and bank protection to preserve the existing river channel.
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Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Gulf
Board of Engineers
Congress
Mississippi River
Specia Board of Engineers
Special Board
Cairo
Paris funeral of H A Chauchard draws half a million
Paris witnesses a royal scale funeral for H A Chauchard proprietor of Magasine La Louvre. The Madeleine church processions crowd streets as 5 000 Louvre employees join a hearse drawn by six black horses and flowered cars. Gov Hadley in DeSoto Kansas stricken with paralysis. family at bedside.
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Paris
France
H. A. Chauchard
Magasine la Louvre
Valasquez
O 1
Madelein
Louvre
Hadley
Desota
Kan
J. M. Hadley
Johnson County
J. W. Lyman
Kansas City
Herbert 3. Hadley
Missouri
Ernest Robinson
New Packing House Scandal In St Louis Meat Inspectors
After eighteen months as a United States meat inspector in East St Louis packing houses, J W Harms resigns and writes to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson demanding an investigation of the meat inspector system at the National Stock Yards in St Louis Missouri.
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Hadley
McAllister
Gardner
Bridgeton Academy
Humphrey
Office
State Inspector of Petroleum
Senator Dowell
Missouri
Senator McDavid
Wilson
Major
United States
Board of Managers of the
Training School For Boys
Hudson
Mayer
Methody
New Packing House
St. Louis
East St. Louis
J. W. Harms
Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
National Stock Yards
Escape From Rolla Jail With Rope Of Quilts
Robert Colvin confined in the Rolla county jail fled by cutting a hole in the roof and using a rope made from bed quilts to descend two stories to the ground on robbery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Colvin
Rolla
Robery
Eight Monuments Unveiled at Crown Hill Cemetery
The 3edalia camp of Woodmen of the World and the Woodmen Circle unveiled eight monuments at Crown Hill Cemetery in a ceremony attended by over 5,000 spectators. The procession stretched six blocks.
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Woodmen of the World
Woodmen Circle
Crown Hill Cemetery
Taft To Address Reform Conference On Uniform State Laws
President Taft agreed to speak at a national conference in January addressing uniform legislation across states. Leaders present include John Mitchell Samuel Gompers John Hay Hammond J W Jenks and R M Easley representing various interests.
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Taft
Washington, D. C
President Taft
John Mitchell
Samuel Gompers
John Hays Hammond
J. W. Jenks
R. M. Easley
Edward Everett Hale Dies in Roxbury Home
Reverend Edward Everett Hale D D renowned Unitarian preacher author and peace advocate and Senate chaplain died at his Roxbury home in Boston Mass after a long illness warning of his passing ends a notable career in religious philanthropy and public service
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Edward Everett Hale
Boston
Mass
D. D
United States Senate
Roxbury
Central College Commencement Sermon and Choral Cantata
The baccalaureate sermon for the graduating class at Central College Payette was delivered by Rev. John M. Moore. In the evening Howard Payne College Choral Society performed a sacred cantata.
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Central College
Payette
John M. Moore
Howard Payne College Choral Society
May Panama Canal excavation set a record low
Washington D C May’s canal excavation totaled 2 896 095 cubic yards the smallest for any month in the past year though it surpassed the same period last year by 193 198 cubic yards This reflects ongoing dredging activity on the Panama Canal project with month to month variations.
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Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Robbers Blow Berwyn Post Office Safe
In Ardmore Oklahoma robbers wrecked the Berwyn post office with an explosion blowing the safe and escaping with about 100 dollars. The blast damaged the building.
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Ardmore
Oklahoma
Berwyn
Here
Honors to Chackleton in Italian arrival
Lieut. Ernest H. Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer, arrived in arinassi Italy from Port Said. He was welcomed by the British consul, many Italian officers, and local government representatives.
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Chackleton
Arinassi
Italy
Ernest H. Shackleton
Port Said
Local Remark Sparks Debate on Timely Action
Fragmentary dialogue quotes Mr. The and Miss Smart-Well urging timely effort with a cautioned proverb about delaying tasks until tomorrow. The text presents a playful exchange highlighting differing views on urgency.
Cure Found In Cuticura Soap For Childs Severe Rash
A Yukon Oklahoma family reports a three month intense itching rash in their two year old cured two years ago after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The ad notes endorsements from prominent individuals supporting tuberculosis campaigns and a critique of questioning obedience as key to success.
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Cuthura
J. W. Lauck
Yukon
Okla
Power Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Succes
Sunshine From Pure Food Claims Grape Nuts Help Recovery
An elderly Newburyport man recounts severe illness from October to December, losing 47 pounds as solid food distressed him. After trying Grape-Nuts, he recovered rapidly, gaining strength and weight, and credits the cereal with saving his life. His wife supports the affidavit of the experience.
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Newburyport
Mass
Old Orchard
Wellville
Okgs
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Perry C. Walker
Sault Ste Marie
Iowa State Bankers’ Association
Waterloo
Indiana
Ealtorial Association
Bloomington
Lazarus Silverman
New York
San Francisco
Algernon Sartoris
Guatemala
Sartoris
Grant
Stuart Godfred
Milford
West Point
United Commercial Travelers
Baltimore
J. O. Phelps
Bluefield
W. Va
Herington
Times
A. M. Crary
Walter Smith
Downs
Weekly Herald-Democrat
Ealing
Great Salt Lake
Utah
General Synod
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the United States
South America
Secretary of State of
Carrollton
Milwaukee
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Earnest P. Richnell
American Muuseum of Natural History
Montana
Wyoming
Pathfinder
Lake Pontchartrain
China
United State
Orient
Great Britain
Galveston
Denver
Yokohama
Adana
Middle West
Nancy
Lyons
Pau
Rouen
Associated Press
London
New York Irms
Hawaii
Puget Sound
Honolulu
Grand Council
Missouri United Commercial Travelers
Springfield
Senator Fields
Oliver
Krone
Green
Methudy
John P. Gordon
Jackson County
Russell Holt
Oswald Holt
Liberty
Army Engineers
Eer
I. Sol
Bob
W. K. Vanderbilt
Keith Spalding
Chicago Tubercule Institute
Collis P. Huntington
Borden Harriman
Porto Rico
Albert Norton Wood
San Juan
Mme
Emma Calve
Olga Nethersole
Pthorne
Orse
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