News of the Week World items in brisk summary
A digest of global and national items covers aviation feats by Wilbur Wright, tariff and legal issues, political violence, car and train racing records, and regional developments from Kansas to Kentucky. Notable mentions include a plan for a Sapulpa form of government vote, a 70 mph Buick road record, riverhead speed, and Oregon to Wyoming news.
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Omaha Street Car Company
Wilbur Wright
New York Harbor
Hudson- Fulton
Pollock
Federal Court
Kansas
Kentucky
Riverside
N. Y
Jackson County
Missouri
Sapulpa
C. E. Murrow
Des Moines
Riverhead
Taft
Spokane
Wash
Congress
S. M. Jordan
Missouri State Agricultural Board
Columbia
Ozarks
Bonner Springs
Kan
Breathitt County
Julius Caesar Hurst
Hannibal
Chicago
Galveston Island
West Bay
Burley Tobacco Society of
Kansas City
West Duxburg
Mass
Indiana
Illinois
St. Louis
First National Bank of
Topeka
C. J. Devlin
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Wellington
Waynoka
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Tex
J. S. Crumbine
Kansas State Board of Health
Frank A. Perret
Messina
Wabash Railroad Company
Good Society
Great Northern Fast Mail Train Cuts 11 Hours From Seattle Run
Reports detail a new fast mail service from St. Paul to Seattle by the Great Northern railway, claiming the longest distance train travel time reduction and status as the world’s fastest long distance run.
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Great Northern Railroad
St. Paul
Seattle
Chicago
France
United States
Mineral
Kan
New York
Hudson River
Holland
Robert Fulton
Board of Prison Inspectors
Missouri Penitentiary
White House
Canda
Texas
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Seattle World’s Fair
Tulsa
Dr. Cook
Harry Whitney
International aviation rules urged by congress
Dispatches report Monterey relief needed as Spanish forces advance from La Restinga and burn Moorish villages. Paris hosts long distance balloon race with thirty balloons. Consul Hanna notes ongoing relief, while Nancy hosts an International Aeronautic congress backing aviation rules akin to sea travel.
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Paris
French Aero Club
la Restinga
State Department
Hanna
Monterey
Mex
International Aeronautic Congress
Nancy
France
Medical faculty pick E H Schorer for KU post
E H Schorer of New York will replace Dr C S Emley on the University of Kansas medical faculty while Dr Emley tours with the tuberculosis exhibit.
Johnson Declared Not Guilty in Buckner Attempted Murder Case
William A. Johnson of Buckner was acquitted by a Kansas City jury in the attempt to kill his wife Mrs. Johnson. The case leaves unresolved the mystery of the attack on the Buckner couple at their farmhouse as she lay injured in their room on August 20 1908.
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Johnson
William A. Johnson
Buckner
Kansas City
Taft Backs Ship Subsidy to Build U S Merchant Marine
President Taft told a 20 000 strong Alaska Yukon Pacific crowd in Seattle he will urge a ship subsidy law in his coming message to Congress. He argued government mail service earnings justify subsidies as protective policy and likened it to river harbor work and irrigation projects. He warned U S fleets would handle coal supply if war arose and questioned buying foreign vessels during an emergency.
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Seattle
Wash
Taft
Congress
United States
Butcher Held Liable for Smallpox Injuries in Marshfield
In Marshfield circuit court Fred Hendricks of Springfield received a $600 judgment against J. M. Butcher a Springfield realty dealer for giving him smallpox. Rebecca Franklin also earned a $300 judgment on similar grounds. Butcher had left a local smallpox hospital before cure and mingled with others who contracted the disease. Four additional damages suits against Butcher on similar grounds are pending. Cases were moved to Marshfield on change of venue.
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Marshfield
Fred Hendricks
Springfield
J. M. Butcher
Rebecca Franklin
Butcher
Smallpox Hospital
Man Survives 25-Foot Bridge Collapse Rescue Jump
Will Towers of Huntsville escaped a wagon plunge when the middle span fell, sending his team into a creek 25 feet below. He jumped 35 feet through the air to land safely, with both horse and man uninjured in this daring midair escape.
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Will Towers
Huntsville
Cattle Burn at Kansas City Stock Yards
A lightning fire damaged a section of the native cattle division at the Kansas City Stock Yards. About 100 cattle and 75 calves died in the flames. The Pinnell Mcmullen Live Stock Commission Co lost two carloads of feeder steers. Total stock loss estimated between 5000 and 6000 dollars.
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Kansas City Stock Yards
Pinnell-McMullen Live Stock Commission Company
Eighth Fifth District MFWC Meeting Held in Sedalia
The eighth meeting of the Fifth District of the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs convened in Sedalia. Officers elected include President Anna Lurck Boonville first vice president Herman Kuellman Clinton second vice president O M Barnett Sedalia and Secretary Kraus Eldon. The next gathering will be in Clinton for a two day session.
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Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs
Sedalia
J. L. Babcock
G. S. Martin
Marshall
Anna Lurck
Boonville
Herman Kuellman
Clinton
O. M. Barnett
Kraus
Eldon
Editor mocks Kansas prosperity in vanishing wife joke
The Winchester Times editor ridicules a Kansas farmer who offered $35 for the return of his missing 18 year old wife. The Missouri paper notes prosperity reports seem inflated as flagged by such quotes that would not even buy a mule.
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Winchester Times
Kansas
The
Missourian
Missouri
Rock Island Plans Pension System for 45000 Employees
Rock Island lines will implement a comprehensive pension by June 30 1910. Mandatory retirement at 70 and optional at 65 set. 25 years service required for benefits. Pension equals 1 percent of the average salary for each year of service, with 25 years yielding 25 percent of the averaged earnings.
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Chicago, Ill
Rock Island
Adair County Raising Goats For Land Clearing
Adair county in Missouri is a major goat producer. Goats clear underbrush by browsing saplings and stumps, preventing regrowth. They are moved through thick brush, mature to market weight, and sold to city buyers for high quality mutton.
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Adair County
Missouri
Elevator Fall in New York Life Building Injures Operator
A crosshead failure on an elevator in the New York Life building in Kansas City released a car from the eighth floor. Calvin Kester, the operator, was carried to the basement, treated for a strained back a cut on the left leg and bruises. Injuries not serious.
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New York Life
Kansas City
Calvin Kester
Drought Spurs Prosperity In Kirksville Temperance Town
Kirksville wraps up its first year as a temperance town with drought boosting growth. Butcher shops and bakeries filled saloon vacated premises, and merchants report 25 to 50 percent higher business than the prior year.
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Kirksville
Insurance Man Death by Self-Inflicted Shot in Kansas City
Edwin Fulton of the firm Baird Eaton Fulton shot himself at 209 Garfield Avenue Kansas City in a case attributed to heat affecting his mind on July 4 last.
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Edwin Fulton
Baird, Eaton & Fulton
Garfield Avenue
Kansas City
Girl Shot In Ambush Near New Point
Miss Jessie Kunkel aged 20 was wounded in an ambush while crossing her yard near New Point. She crawled to her house and summoned help by phone. Bloodhounds trailed the suspect but were misled to a man who had an alibi.
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New Point
Jessie Kunkel
European stock cars undersize cattle transport says Burch
W S Burch of Lemonville claims European stock cars are too small to carry more than four or five head of cattle. He says the cars are light and unsubstantial and the engines are about as light as motor cars as compared with Missouri standards ahead of France.
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France
Missouri
W. S. Burch
Lemonville
Europe
Silex Girl Kills Herself Over Love Disappointment
Miss Otie Cox, 20, of Silex ended her life at home by shooting herself in the head with a pistol. Officials report heartbreak over a failed romance as the probable cause.
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Silex
Otie Cox
Fourth District Federation Meeting in Columbia
The Seventh annual gathering of the Federation of Women's Clubs of the Fourth District met in Columbia. Mrs. Rosa Ingel gave the welcome, district president Mrs. I C Dempsey replied, and state president Mrs. E M Shepard of Springfield spoke.
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Federation of Women’s Clubs of the
Fourth District
Columbia
Rosa Ingel
I. C. Dempsey
E. M. Shepard
Springfield
Springfield's Run of Luck Highlights Local Prospects
Springfield gains a sequence of wins with the Southwest District Normal School, the Frisco shops, and a new $100 000 Pythian home boosting the town’s prospects and civic pride.
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Springfield
Southwest District Normal School
Couple marks 65 years of marriage in Chillicothe
Judge E. J. Howard and Mrs. Howard celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in Chillicothe. They married in Newton Falls, Ohio, on September 22, 1844, and though advanced in years they enjoy good health.
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E. J. Howard
Oklahoma Farmers to Meet in Shawnee for Central Sales Plan
A convention of the Farmers' Union of Oklahoma is called by the executive committee to meet in Shawnee on October 12. The gathering will consider a central selling agency for marketing all farm products and include all union or cooperative concerns such as cotton gins warehouses elevators mercantile and industrial interests.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Farmers’ Union of Oklahoma
Shawnee
Tulsa Heat Record Amid Drought With Sparse Showers
Tulsa experiences extreme heat with a government thermometer at 94 degrees and only one shower since July 6, underscoring ongoing drought conditions and record heat in the city.
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Tulsa
Missouri Democrats to Meet in Kansas City Event
The Democratic state committee met in executive session in St Louis and decided to hold a Missouri Democrats conference in Kansas City on November 19.
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Kansas City
Democratic State Committee
St. Louis
Warsaw Enterprise Proposes Pole Division Solution
The Warsaw Enterprise suggests settling the North Pole dispute by assigning the above ground portion to one explorer and the underground portion to another.
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Warsaw Enterprise
North Pole
Sedalia Stockman Major Buckle Dies at 78
Maj. John G. Buckle, 78, a Virginia native and Confederate veteran, died in Sedalia where he had lived over 30 years. He was widely known as a stockman and was a prominent local figure.
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John G. Buckle
Virginia
Sedalia
Spain Plans Captain General in Africa with Ceuta Base
The government intends to create a captain general in Africa with headquarters at Ceuta or Melilla and garrisons of 15,000 troops each. Gen. Marina, currently in command in Morocco, would be the first captain general at a salary of 30,000 dollars.
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Spain
Morocco
Madrid
Iit
Africa
Ceuta
Melille
Marina
Ex Mayor William A Hall of Springfield Dies at 75
William A Hall a prominent Springfield businessman and former mayor has died at age 75. The longtime Mason and community figure was well known in local civic circles.
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Springfield
William A. Hall
Spark Burns a Wheat Stack Near Kirksville
Five miles northwest of Kirksville Jonathan Johnson sparked a flame from the engine igniting a wheat stack. In a short time 600 bushels of wheat and oats burned with an estimated loss of about $1,000.
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Jonathan Johnson
Kirksville
Canada Homesteaders Attract 75000 American Families
J Bruce Walker of the Canadian Department of the Interior, after inspecting immigration in the Northwest, said 75000 American families, each with about $1000, entered Canada this year to become homesteaders.
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Montreal
Ont
J. Bruce Walker
Canadian Department of the Interior
Canadian Northwest
Canada
United States
North Pole Found at Last? Lovers Advise Starch Solution
A humorous dialogue contrasts excitement over a supposed discovery with a practical tip on laundry starch. The ad-like passage promotes Defiance Starch, claiming its greater strength lets it be used thinner without dulling fabric.
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Miranda
North ‘Pole
Hiram
Rival muses on the fountain of youth quest
A wry exchange between Ponce de Leon and a boastful rival hints at a journey for youth. The rival muses aloud about passing a drug store with his partner and ends up paying for four sodas as he digs into his jeans.
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Ponce de Leon
Fountain of Youth
Ball Blue Ad Claims Red Cross Brand Quality at Low Price
An advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as the preferred Ball Blue with a large 2 oz. package priced at five cents. It emphasizes value and brand quality for household laundry use.
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Red Cross
Lewis' Single Binder Cigars Gain Favors in Dallas Market
A brief item notes the cigar Lewis' Single Binder offers a rich mellow taste to satisfy smokers as the Dallas News quotes an ad slogan positioning the product for those who mind their own business.
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Dallas News
Lewis
First St Joseph Youth Fined Under Anti Cigarette Law
Harvey Nash, public school truant officer, arrested 17 year old Gerald Stacey a post office messenger for smoking a cigarette. Stacey was fined $10 in the first case under the city's anti cigarette law in St Joseph.
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St. Joseph
Harvey Nash
Nash
Gerald Stacey
Baby Scalded to Death in Farmhouse Tub Accident
Three year old Michael Deil, son of Jacob Deil a farmer near Pilot Grove, fell into a tub of scalding water and died from injuries.
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Michael
Jacob Deil
Pilot Grove
Farmer Shocked by Restaurant Joke
A Springfield farmer ordered doughnuts and black coffee and was surprised when the waiter cried a pun about tires, saying one in the dark and two rubber tires.
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Springfield
Missouri Physician Major Joseph F. Hume Dies at 87
Maj. Joseph F. Hume a pioneer Missouri physician died in Kansas City aged 87. He served in the Civil War with the First Regiment Missouri Home Guards rising to major.
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Joseph F. Hume
Missouri
Kansas City
Missouri Home Guards
Publicity Kills One Trust at Columbia
The landladies’ trust at Columbia collapses after a newspaper tip from the daughter of a combine member. Public opinion forces the ring to dissolve as details leak to the press.
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Columbia
Combine
Indiana County Wet Vote Lands in Thirteenth Place
Vincennes Indiana Knox County becomes the thirteenth of Indiana's ninety-two counties to vote wet. At present sixty-two counties have voted dry and eight stay dry by remonstrance law. Nine counties remain where no action has been taken.
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Indiana
Vincennes
Ind—Knox
Colorado Bank Robbers Escape After Daylong Hunt
In Glenwood Springs Colorado a chase for two bank robbers ends with the manhunt virtually abandoned after an all day search through the hills. The Citizens National Bank was robbed and about $10000 taken in cash.
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Colorado
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Citizens’ National Bank
Record in Handling People Transported 2.2 Million in One Day
A New York record for passenger traffic on elevated and subway lines was set as 2,200,000 people were carried in a single day without an accident. This milestone reflects the efficiency and scale of the transit system.
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New York
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C. S. Emley
University of Kansas
Emley
Sarah Riddle
Strasburg
Singapore
W. J. Bryan
Senator Bailey
August Tischner
Chas. R. Crane
China
Robert Corman
Leavenworth
Stuckey
Ottawa
Michael Zanone
Hartshorne
E. H. Harriman
Goshen
McDonald County
John Buttram
Lamar Democrat
Kelly
John
Bear Hollow
Conin
Marhine
Women’s Federation
Rock Island Plans Pensions
Club Women In
Dodds
Guar
Carters
Cascarerts
Two Buttes
Cis
Maj. Josephf. Hume
Wr Orew
Ase Thompson
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