World and national notes of interest and action
National and domestic items summarize finance, tariffs, and tax debates. Turkish ambassador welcomed by Taft. income tax amendment scrutiny. Venezuelan purchases. agricultural inspections in East St. Louis. various state and national legal and political developments. notable trials, anniversaries, and regional updates from Missouri Idaho Illinois and New York with mentions of churches, universities, and law changes.
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National Capital
State Department
Hossein Kiazien Bry
Taft
White House
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
East St. Louis
Congress
Senate
New York Disaster Marked by Half Mast Flags Nationwide
A disaster with 1200 New Yorkers dead prompted flag half masting at city hall and other public buildings. Other notes include Topeka ouster suit against Standard Oil, Kansas crude oil decline, typhoid inoculations by Army personnel, Lake Minnetonka bankers’ convention, a 3 million cubic feet per day gas find near Wooster, Maine forest fires, cream rate cuts under 65 miles, Alaska wireless signals, Missouri law timing, Brooklyn auxiliary yacht Carnegie, Holy Cross church lightning fatalities, Michigan battleship tests, Oklahoma tax restraining orders, and various personal notes.
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New York
Topeka
Standard Oil Company
Geneal Jackson
Standard Oil
Kansas
Standard
Omaha
Minnesota Bankers Association
Lake Minnetonka
Wooster
Maine
Kansas State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Express
United States Signal Corps
Alaska
Attoreney General Major
Missouri
Brooklyn
Carnegie
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Bay Settlement
Green Bay
Michigan
Oklahoma
Crabtree
John C. Raymond
Fort Des Moines
German Emperor Hosts 60 English Clergy Visit
In Berlin the German emperor welcomed sixty visiting English clergymen and highlighted pacific German intentions toward Britain. Meanwhile Jiji editor Negoro in Honolulu appeals to Tokyo after his paper’s office raid and his arrest for conspiracy to riot. Rockhill was bid farewell by Prince Chun in Beijing, praising U S relations. Manila reports describe American women at barracks during mutinous attack. Brazil’s President Penna dies after influenza. Honolulu strike leaders face trial on riot and murder charges. Campbellton hosts 90 refugees driven from wildfires. Russian submarine rescue attempt ends fatal for two divers.
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England
Berlin
Pacific
Great Britain
M. Negoro
Jiji
Honolulu
Tokio
W. W. Rockhill
China
Prince Chun
Rockhill
United States
Manila
Penna
Brazil
Republic
Campbellton
N. B
Sabastopol
Pension for Dr McAlester Receives Carnegie Fund Grant
Dr Andrew Walker McAlester will get 2000 yearly from the Carnegie Foundation. He served 37 years as professor of surgery at the Missouri University Medical School and 15 as dean. He resigned after last two years of the medical course were abolished and only seven students would attend next year. Other pension recipients include ex-president Dr Richard Henry Jesse at 3000 yearly.
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M’alester
Andrew Walker McAlester
Carnegie Foundation Fund
Henry 8. Pritchett
Carnegie Board
McAlester
Medical School
University of Missouri
Richard Henry Jesse
Supreme Court blocks injunction on railroads fare case
The supreme court issued a writ of prohibition against Judge George Williams of the St. Louis circuit court stopping him from proceeding with Attorney Jones’s injunction suit to stop railroads from implementing a three cent passenger fare. The decision follows a petition by several railroads and a prior finding when the higher court refused to cite a railroad for contempt for ignoring Judge Williams’s temporary restraining order.
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Sudevass Supreme Court
George Williams
St. Louis
Attorney Jones
State Supreme Court
Missouri
Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City
Prices for Hogs Hit Record Highs at Kansas City
Prices for hogs at the Kansas City stock yards are among the highest in history with top hogs at $7.65 per hundred pounds. Only two years have exceeded this level, 1902 at $8.17 and 1893 at $8.30. Current prices exceed last year's by about $2 per hundred pounds and are more than double the lows seen during late 1907 financial disturbance.
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Kansas City
Measure to curb state spending by signed releases
State institutional heads agree to spend only portions of their appropriations. Governor Hadley requires releases for unspent parts to keep expenditures within revenues. The plan could save several hundred thousand dollars and push the state toward a cash basis.
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Hadley
Insurance Firms Seek Rehearing Over Missouri Licensing Ban
The Equitable Prudential and Metropolitan Insurance firms, denied renewal to operate in Missouri under a law banning life insurers paying over $50 000 in salaries, have filed a motion for a rehearing after the supreme court denied their mandamus against Superintendent Vandiver and sustained the act. The Missouri Supreme Court previously upheld the act.
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Equitable, Prudential and Metropolitan Insurance Companies
Missouri
Supreme Court
Vandiver
New Court of Appeals Created and Expanded Jurisdiction
Gov Hadley signed two DIAs creating a three court system with branches in Kansas City St. Louis and Springfield and extending appellate jurisdiction to verdicts up to 7500. The move ends last winter’s corporate opposition and divides Missouri into three districts for the new courts. Meanwhile Koshkonong peach growers brace for harvest as thousands of hands will be needed to handle the crop likely arriving in late July.
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J. A. B. Adcock
State Board of Health
St. Louis
Kansas City
Joplin
Court of Appeals
Hadley
Springfield
Courts of Appeals
Koshkonong
Hog ridicule and fatal accident reported in Dunlap
A Louisiana Press-Journal note disputes a reader’s libel about hogs spitting tobacco on sidewalks. In Dunlap, farmer William Cate, 56, was killed when a shotgun on his plow discharged accidentally, the shot entering his chest.
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Press-Journal
The
Louisiana Press-Journal
William Cate
Dunlap
Farmer Hatfield Shot Dead in Ambush Near Ki ton
Clyde Hatfield, 24, a farmer living 12 miles south of Ki ton, was shot to death in his pasture from an ambush. A rifle fired the fatal shot, striking him in the neck and causing instant death.
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Clyde Hatfield
Kiton
Hatfield
Holt County Good Roads Convention Hears Mud and Road Woes
Holt county road overseers met at Mound City for a good roads convention. The group noted heavy mud and highly lop sided roads across Missouri, presenting ample raw material for improvement plans.
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Holt County
Mound City
Holt
Missouri
Sedalia Man Kills Himself Amid Despondency
John T. Smasal former Sedalia police officer and later Missouri Pacific shop worker died by suicide using carbolic acid. He was ill and despondent at the time of the act.
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Sedalia
John T. Smasal
Missouri Pacific
Prohibition Smoking Rules Spark Public Concern
A Warrensburg Journal-Democrat report notes rising concerns as illicit joint snakes appear in local option areas. The article urges the prosecuting attorney to address the issue promptly while mentioning a rule forbidding smoking of cigarettes in public places by people aged 10 to 18.
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Warrensburg Journal-Democrat
Hadley
Cheaper Here Than in Canada Debate Opens in Senate
Washington DC observers note Senator Brown of Nebraska leading a rowdy skirmish in the senate over wood pulp and print paper on the free list. He argued the United States produces both with cheaper labor and materials, yielding a cheaper product than Canada. He cited wage comparisons to support the claim.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Senator Brown
Nebraska
Aldrich
Hale
Lodge
Gallinger
Smoot
Brown
United States
Dominion
Canada
Honors for Wright Brothers in Dayton Ohio
Dayton residents hoisted banners and arches to honor Orville and Wilbur Wright. Brass bands played as the brothers rode through decorated streets while stores closed for the celebration. A banner linked Dayton, Washington, and Lemans France, recalling the Wrights' famed flights.
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Dayton
Ohio
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers
Wright
Hawthorne Street
Huffman Prairie
Lemans
France
Washington
No Cigarettes for the Navy Ban Proposed by Admiral Schroeder
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder commander-in-chief of the Atlantic battleship fleet urges a ban on cigarette smoking for enlisted sailors. He recommends the Navy secretary prohibit cigarette sales at ship stores on vessels under his command, with action expected from Secretary Meyer.
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Washington, D. C
United States Navy
Seaton Schroeder
Atlantic
Schroeder
Five Year Old Drowns Self After Beating Threat
In Central City Kentucky a five year old boy, son of Mrs Samuel Scott, carried out a suicide threat by drowning himself in a well on the premises after reportedly being whipped by his mother.
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Central City
Kentucky
Samuel Scott
Army staff ride from Fort Leavenworth to Petersburg
The Fort Leavenworth staff class of the army service schools, 23 student officers and five instructors led by Maj. J. F. Morrison, will depart July 1 for a 13 day 260 mile staff ride. The route starts at Manassas Virginia and ends at Petersburg Virginia with ten enlisted men accompanying.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Army Service Schools
Fort Leavenworth
J. F. Morrison
Manassas
Petersburg
Democrats Fail To Pass Foreign Wages Resolution
In Washington Democrats in the house wrangled for nearly an hour without success over a resolution demanding the state department send to the house reports on foreign wages and production costs in foreign countries except Germany.
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Washington, D. C
House
State Department
House of Representatives
Will Extend Uniform Bank Detroit Michigan
Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World appropriated thirty thousand dollars for the extension of the uniformed rank of the order.
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Uniform Bank
Detroit
Michigan
Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World
Order
More Injured Than in Battle At Boston Fireworks
A Boston hospital treated sixty five people for injuries from fireworks during the Bunker Hill celebration with an older battle comparison. Beverly MA reports Mrs Taft will depart the White House and Taft plans a July arrival at Woodberry Point for the summer home visit.
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Boston
Mass
Bunker Hill
Hospital of
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad
An old testimonial extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a safe cure for backache linked to female weakness. The ad claims relief, strength, and lasting health, inviting readers to write for advice and citing many unsolicitated endorsements.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia F. Pinkham
Witt Youxo
Columbia Avenue
Lydia E. Pinkhame
Ask Father Clergyman Queries Sunday Worm Digging
A humorous exchange contrasts pious instruction with streetwise wit. Willie replies that his father would comment on digging for worms, remarking that if Willie stopped digging he would say, That's him fishing over there.
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Clergyman
Willie
Editor chats and pole expedition lists in 1908 era tone
In a playful newspaper exchange Arizona Al grills the editor about policy promising truth and rights. The piece notes 1908 pole expedition entrants from Canada Denmark France England Russia Sweden and the United States led by Peary Cook Bernier Erichsen Rasmussen Charcot Shackleton and Geer. The column ends with a quip about a pitcher forgetting his curves.
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Canada
Denm
France
Germany
England
Russia
Sweden
United States
Peary
Cook
Bernier
Erichsen and Rasmussen
Denmark
Charcot
Shackleton
Geer
Post Toasties Toasties Toasties are fully cooked
Post Toasties are fully cooked rolled into thin wafers and toasted crisp golden brown bold by Grocers.
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