World At a Glance Best of the News
Items from around the world note railroads opposing two cent fare laws in Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Newark grand jury indicts Wilson McFarland for wife’s cyanide murder. Ocean to gulf canal plans for Florida. A Denver minister attacked for attending an unwanted meeting. Taft proclaims U S neutrality in Turkey Italy war. Wyandotte county jail escapes investigated. Socialists buy land for a cooperative farm near Independence. Snow covers Panhandle Texas to northwest New Mexico.
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Central Passenger Association
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Newark
N. J
Wilson McFarland
Atchison
Topeka
Western Aero Association
Arndt
Pittsburg
Kan
Hatteras
Norfolk
Florida
Denver
Tobacco Trust
Wichita
One Hundred Club
C. P. Rodgers
Spofford
Tex
Rodgers
University of Wisconsin
Monroe
San Francisco
Taft
United States
Turkey
Italy
Lee Guthrie
Minnie Haynes
Joplin
Pierce City
Miss Haynes
Millersburg
Eight Mile Road
Neosho River
Iola
Wyandotte
St. Louis
Kansas City
Independence
Keokuk
Youcum
Mississippi
Avis Linnell
Boston
Mass
Brewer's Congress
Columbia dinner for good roads boosters announced
Columbia Missouri will host a large dinner for good roads boosters. A newly organized company will develop Oklahoma minerals. The cornerstone of the library building for the Rolla Missouri School of Mines has been laid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Good Roads
Oklahoma Minerals
School of Mines
Rolla
Madero to Inaugurate President in Mexico on November 5
Reports claim Francisco I. Madero will be inaugurated as president of Mexico on November 5. In Milpa Alta near the capital a fire and dynamite attack by Zapatistas nearly destroyed the town.
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Francisco I. Madero
Mexico
Milpa Alta
Mex
Zapatistas
F. A. Cook
Copenhagen
Berne
Switzerland
M. Mouchet
Elbues
Normandy
Pierre Lepreux
Suez, Canal ‘Company
Paris
von der Tann
Tamaulipas
Guaymas
Yin Tchang
Kwang Shui
Nu Peh
Multiple accidents and crimes cited in terse notes
A cascade of brief notices reports deaths from car crashes in Georgia Kansas and California. Other items include a man killed in a streetcar collision in Chicago a derailment near Los Angeles a man fined for swearing at his wife and a university student injured sliding on a gym pole.
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S. M. Butler
New York City
Tifton
W. R. Dobyns
St. Joseph
Billy Sunday
Joseph Thornburg
Ellsworth
Kan
John
Sedalia
Orville Wright
Manteo
N. C
August Carrado
Samuel Simon
Chicago
Herman Stettmeyer
Muskogee
Antone Carlson
le Loup
Santa Fe
Henry Connely
Sunland
Cal
Ralph Jackson
Sterling
Wichita
Texas
Thomas B. Root
State University
Lawrence
Robert J. Shields
Senatorial Committee
Isaac Stephenson
Milwaukee
Joseph Oman
St. L
Los Angeles
Rex B. Magee
University of Missouri At Columbia
Lee Hay
Mayeville
J. Howard Phillips
Bankers’ Colony
Leavenworth, Kan
W. P. Montgomery
Hadliff
Druggist Reports Kidney Cure From Swamp Root in 1909
A Kansas druggist, W. C. Summers, describes his fifteen year kidney trouble cured by Swamp Root after physician treatment failed. He endorses Kilmer’s remedy and notes notary verification and a request for samples and literature from Dr Kilmer & Co.
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W. C. Summers
Central Ave
Kansas City
Kans
Grand View Drug Co
State of Kansas
County of Wyandotte
Charles Wilson
Cure for Eczema Claims by Cuticura Remedies
A testimonial from Mrs. Julia Finnegan of St. Louis, 1911, details long illness from eczema after failed medical treatment. She reports severe pain, sleepless nights, and a dramatic recovery after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for three months, with later note of renewed health and age. The ad cites availability through druggists and requests a 32 page sample booklet from Cuticura Dept. 12 K.
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JuHa
Hebert St. St. Louis
Association of Ideas Flies and Mosquitoes Attract Summer Boarders
A supercilious girl notes a swarm of flies and mosquitoes while Farmer Corntessel agrees that each year they seem to coincide with summer boarders. The playful line hints at a rural scene where pests and guests arrive together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Ideas
Farmer Corntessel
Madge-Was George Fooling While You Golfed
Conversation about George during a golf game with Marjorie and a remark about Lippincott's. It presents a light social exchange referencing a person named George and a publication.
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Madge
George
Marjorie
Wizard Oil Advert Plays on Pain and Urgency
An old time advert promising instant relief from burns cuts and inflammation. It urges quick action and claims dramatic pain reduction with Wizard Oil, warning not to wait for the injury.
Noblest Work of God Won Yet Some Married Women Reluctant
A terse observation notes a prize victory described as the noblest work of God while acknowledging that certain married women are unwilling to participate in relief tasks.
GO BY WATER IN PULLMAN CAR
A party of St. Louis and San Francisco railroad officials left for New Orleans in two Pullman cars and a dining car. The journey will be by river on the transfer steamer B F Yoakum with no locomotive motion during the trip and passengers will sleep in the Pullman and eat in the diner aboard the steamer.
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St. Louis
San Francisco Railroad
New Orleans
B. F. Yoakum
Baton Rouge
San Francisco
Government in McNamara Case Opens Investigation
Indianapolis reports the Department of Justice has begun an inquiry into the McNamara dynamite cases. A subpoena requires Frank P. Baker, county prosecutor, to testify before the federal grand jury on November 7 and bring all evidence related to raids on the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers offices and the arrest of John J. McNamara.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Department of Justice
McNamara
Frank P. Baker
Federal Grand Jury
International Association of Bridge,and Structural Iron Workers
John J. McNamara
Association
Postal Bank to Open in Atchison Kansas Post Office
Atchison Kansas will gain a postoffice savings bank to be set up in the local post office immediately. Postal inspector J W Carr has been in town two days teaching Scott Jones who will serve as cashier. Deposits to be received at the registry window.
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Atchison, Kansas
Atchison
Postoffice Savings Bank
J. W. Carr
Scott Jones
Robbery Bound Girl In St Louis Basement
Mr and Mrs Henry Waldermeyer returned home at midnight found their daughter Martha Waldermeyer 28 bound and gagged in the basement with bruises and gashes inflicted by two negro robbers police investigation ongoing in St Louis Missouri.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Henry Waldermeyer
Martha Waldermeyer
Strikers Turn to Prayer at Illinois Central Picket Line
Striking Illinois Central railroad shop employees substitute prayer for picketing at Turner hall Chicago. At a mass meeting the workers prayed the Lord would soften the hearts of company officials.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Illinois Central Railroad
Turner Hall
Ladue student wins Missouri corn scholarship contest
Chesley Hull of Ladue wins the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad free scholarship at the University of Missouri in the corn raising contest for boys. Corn judged by S. M. Jordan of the state university.
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Clinton
Missouri
Chesley - Hull
Ladue
St. Louis & San Francisco
University of Missouri
S. M. Jordan
The
State University
Suffrage Car to Tour West from Louisville
A well equipped suffrage car with speakers and ample literature will be sent west soon to promote voting rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Farm Sale Near Sedalia Nets $85 000
ArnoN Brothers sold their 630 acre farm near Sedalia Missouri formerly owned by Maj William Gentry to W W Wheeler of Henry County for 85000 dollars.
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Sedalia
Missouri
Arnon Brothers
Here
Maj. William Gentry
W. W. Wheeler
Henry County
Public land nearly all gone in Missouri
A federal land office report from Springfield shows Missouri's government land reduced from about 20 000 acres to 1340 acres available for settlement in four counties Barry 116 Miller 160 Pulski 178 and Shannon 128 with only 21 of 114 counties having any homestead or entry funds open from the government.
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Springfield
Missouri
United States Land Office
Barry
Miler
Pulski
Shannon
T J Hudson Injured In Fall In Fredonia
Fredonia Kansas ex representative T J Hudson fell while walking and dislocated a shoulder He is resting well but very sore.
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T. J. Hudson
Fredonia
Kan
Jeff
County Option Amendment Headed for Oklahoma Voters
Oklahoma officials announce an amendment to the state constitution to repeal statewide prohibition and replace it with a county option. The measure will be placed on the ballot for the next election.
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Oklahoma
City
National Primary Law Drafted by Major Parties
Washington lawmakers from the Democratic and Republican parties work on a national presidential primary bill to be introduced in the upcoming congressional session. The plan aims to standardize primary voting across states and influence candidate momentum nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Ellen Key’s Scotch Roots and Lisbon of Sweden
Ellen Key, a Swedish writer and public thinker, traces her lineage to a Scotch highlander Colonel McKey who served under Gustavus Adolphus. After her father’s 1880 financial ruin, she worked as a teacher and later lectured on civilization history at Stockholm’s Popular University for two decades.
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Ellen Key
Sweden
Colonel McKey
Gustavus Adolphus
Miss Key
Popular University of Stockholm
Continuous Performance Poem Keeps Doors Open
In winter I write poems to keep the wolf from the door and admire a friend. In summer I must continue writing to slow the iceman from arriving.
Market Wipeout After Sudden Wall Street Flight
Quoted exchanges reveal Mr. Lambkin admitting a brief surge in a stock market gamble on Wall Street. He explains he could not determine the gain before a sudden drop erased his lead and left him ruined.
Spohn's Distemper Cure Offered for Horses and Poultry
Distemper and related ailments in horses of all ages touted as curable by Spohn's Distemper Cure. Also claimed to treat chicken cholera. Sold by agents or direct from Spohn Medical Co of Indianapolis at 50 cents per bottle.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Sloan
A. W. Lay
Lafayette
Ala
L. Rice
Easton
G.G. Jones
Baldwins
L.L
SPOHN
Spohn Medical Co
Spec
Oan Diseases
Ind
J.p.alles Medicine CO
Dept. AS
St. Paul
Minn
Domestic science quips and social quibbles from a 1910s column
A lighthearted column quotes conversations on domestic science and manners with jests about leftover hash and croquettes. It advertises Mrs Winston's teething syrup at 25c a bottle while musing that fame comes from 4 5 cent cigars and dogs named after a person.
When Friendship Counts in Revealing the Self
In the September Atlantic passage, the deformed man’s doors are locked. the outside key is needed to reveal inner treasures. Friendship becomes the vital means to discover one’s personality, yet this sensitivity hampers business and social life where quick, superficial impressions rule.
Not at Home by Charity Worker Joke in Tit-Bits
A humorous exchange features Mrs Tenement joking about her husband’s absence at home. She quips that half the time he is in the lockup, reflecting the era’s playful social satire.
Suppression of Selfishness Elevates the Moment
A reflective aphorism by Lydia Maria Child notes that suppressing selfishness elevates the present, suggesting selflessness enhances personal and communal significance.
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Lydia Maria Child
If You Have a Sickly Youngster Try This Free
A brief note urges heads of households to know how to handle little emergencies at home. It suggests that most childhood ailments are mild and that a doctor is not always immediately needed, emphasizing home care for common intestinal disturbances.
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Binghamton, N.Y
Eczema
Mississippi River
Ironworkers Headquarters
Postal Bank For
Wall Street
Mr. Lambkin
Remingtons
American Writing Machine Co., Inc
Wyandotte Sr
U.K
Tulsa Bank
Bateau
Tulsa
Okla
Lloyd Manufacturing CO
Monominse
Mich
Vacas
MPO. Corp
Weed Withiesburg, Pe
Zaveres
Thompson
N. H. Mead
Auscesafuil Andor
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