Chronicle of early 1910 national events and trials
Listings cover labor conditions at Bethlehem Steel Works with 2332 workers, battleship wrecks policy, census estimates, Civil War veterans pensions, railroad rate actions, Taft and Roosevelt letters denial, Hughes Supreme Court confirmation, Panama fortifications, weather droughts, Kansas City Hyde murder trial, and coal strikes among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Capital
Bureau of Lator
Senate Committee
Bethlehem Steel Works
South Bethlehem
Congress
Havana Harbor
Census’ Office
United States
House
Senate
Washington
Taft
Senator Root
Theodore Roosevelt
Gov. Hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Panama Canal
Interstate Commerce
West of
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Young
Columbia Bank
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Logan O. Swope
Hyde
Kansas City
Peet Brothers
Louis W. Potterton
Arkansas City
Kan
Topeka
Morrison & Maier
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Kansas ‘City
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Chicago
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
A.A. Berle, Jr
Cogan 9 Week Trial Sees Prosecution Move Forward
The district prepares for the ongoing Cogan case as prosecutors outline aims during the ninth week of the trial. De Hyor defense challenges evidence and requests rulings on key motions.
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Cogan
Sweekk
DE Hyor
Swope Case Evidence Focuses on Strychnin Tests
Kansas City reports detail Dr. Haines and Dr. Vaughan test results on vomit and liver from Col. Thomas H. Swope, finding traces of strychnin and discussing uræmic factors. Defense argues autopsy rules were violated and questions the accumulation and elimination of strychnin.
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Kansas City
Walter
Haines
Victor Vaughan
Margaret Swope
Vaughan
Dr. Hektoen
Butark Hyde
Col. Swope
Frank P. Walsh
Thomas H. Swope
Chrisman Swope
Hektoen
Swope
Victor C. Vaughan
B. Clark Hyde
Criminal
Col
Tom” Swope
Dr.Haines
Hunton
Hyde
S. W. Spangler
Colonel Swope
Berlin
Bonn
Leipsig
Froebling
Funeral for Barret Weighing 565 Pounds Held in Locust Valley
The funeral of William H. Barret, who weighed 565 pounds, was held in Locust Valley. The undertaker used a wagon to move the large casket due to its unusual size.
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Joseph M. Huston
Philadelphia
State Capitol
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Taft
St. Louis
Col. Roosevelt
Norway
Theodore Roosevelt
National Conservation Congress
National Conservation Association
William H. Barret
Locust Valley
S. 1
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Convention of Farmers’ Unions
St Louis
Farmers
Organized Labor
Louis W. Potterton
Emma A. Allen
Arkansas City
Frances Kimmel Potterton
Potterton
Ballinger
Senate
Creares
L. 1
Bryan speech blocked at Otoe County Court House
An address in favor of the initiative and referendum by William J. Bryan, scheduled in Bryan's hometown, was postponed after Otoe County commissioners refused to permit him to speak on the subject in the county court house.
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Nebraska City
Neb
William J. Bryan
Otoe County
Bryan
Laymen Missionary Congress in Chicago maps world evangelization
Four day gathering in Chicago draws 4500 delegates from major Protestant churches to craft a global missionary policy. Notables include former Vice President Fairbanks and governors from Missouri Illinois Indiana and more. Speakers cover unity and world outreach as Edinburgh conference looms.
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Supreme Court
Re m
Southern Coal Operators
James Wilson
National Farmers’ Union
St. Louis
National Missionary Congress
Chicago
University of Missouri
Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
United States Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company
Western District
New York
Indiana
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Hektoen
Paxton
Hyde
Kansas City
Col. Swope
Chrisman Swope
Thomas Swope
Dr. Hyde
Kansas Tax Commission
Ardmore
Carner
Oklahoma
Pittsburg
Mike Shimko
Taft
Farmers’ Union
Patten
The
Stock Exchange
America
Fairbanks
Edinburgh
Scotland
Methodist Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church
Northern Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Methodist Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
Charles P. Anderson
Episcopal
W. L. McDowell
J. Campbell White
Laymen’s Missionary Movement
J. A. MacDonald
Toronto Globe
Goodman critique sparks church robe debate
The Kansas City Star quotes a speaker criticizing preachers who use inflected speech and robe symbolism. The remark notes Episcopals’ advantage, suggesting a preacher in a long robe would be unremarked, highlighting tense church politics and local attitudes.
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Goodman
Kansas City Star
Itch Cured in a Day with Cuticura Remedies
In a March 1909 account Frank Gridley of New York describes a severe all over body itching that began at night. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment from April 1 the symptoms vanished and he felt rejuvenated. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. promotes Cuticura worldwide.
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Frank Gridley
East 43Rd Street
New York City
Ocean Liner Term Sparks Quarterly Debate
In a casual exchange a character wonders why ocean liners are named so and a reply suggests the term refers to a hot ball that isn’t fielded well and rolls into a puddle. A female character then calls a doctor after seeing to a sick partner.
Deafness and cures promoted in old medical ad
An advertisement argues deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and promotes Hairs Catarrh Cure. It claims the only cure is constitutional remedies and offers free circulars from Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Includes a testimonial line about a Philadelphia physician and a bishop anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney
Toledo
Drugeiets
Emperor completes wall fence task proves statesman
The emperor declares the wall finished and instructs all fence mending to be done at once. He claims this action shows he is a statesman rather than a politician.
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Iceland
Gottingen
Great Britain
London
Edinburg
Vaugan
Chrismand Swope
Ludvig Hektoen
the Undertaker
Nebraska
Buffalo
Prince T. H. Yun
Korea
J.,a. MacDonald
Robert E. Speer
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
William J. Schiefelin
Ctizens’ Union of
Alfred E. Marling
Mornay Williams
New York State Board of Charities
Clement Chase
Omaha
Howard A. Kelly
Baltimore
Samuel B. Capen
Boston
John R. Pepper
Memphis
Tenn
H.M. Beardsley
George Sherwood Eddy
India
Robert H. Gardiner
Elijah W. Halford
President Harrison
Thomas Tippey
William H. Lewis
Seattle
R.A. Long
John B. Sleman
William E. Sweet
Denver
Charles A. Rowland
Athens
Selden P. Spencer
N. W
Rowell
Montreal
Ened
Bishi
Foss
Dodds
W._L. DOUGLAS
W.L. Douglas
Sansas
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