News of the Week Big items from around the world
The feature itemizes events from 1910 including Mayor Gaynor’s hospital bill at 34000 dollars, Kansas printing costs total 93818 dollars, and Logan Page urging state control of roads. Also noted are explosive damage at the Los Angeles Times building, 18500 dollars in rewards, naval food discontent, a Hudson tragedy, and other national affairs.
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Gaynor
Kansas
Oklahoma City
Logan Waller Page
United States Office of Public Roads
Busbee
Rock Island Railroad
Arkansas Railroad Commission
United State
Five Civilized Tribes
Supreme Court of the United States
Los Angeles Times
Gen. Otis
Zeehandelaar
Merchants and Manufactures Association
North Atlantic
Hudson
New Hampshire
Methodist of Nebraska
James C. Dahlman
Department of Commerce and Labor
Standard Oil Company
J. I. C. Clarke
Europe
Far East
United States
Pollock
United States Court of Appeals
Kansas Bank
Missouri
Census Bureau
Kansas City
Washington
Secret Service
New York
John A. Dix
Oct 19 Rates Adopted by Commission in Advance
The commission has carried the new rates as an advance over the old before they take effect. Nutrition experiments will occur at Fort Riley with cooperation from the State Agricultural College. The 880 cavalry and artillery horses at the post will be used in the test. Sixteen thousand dollars in gold bullion and a large sum in Canadian and American bank notes, estimated at five thousand dollars, were stolen from Seattle's city mail room en route from Alaska.
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Fort Riley
State Agricultural College
Seattle
Alaska
Revolution and upheaval sweep Lisbon and beyond
The article reports Lisbon’s revolution with a provisional government led by Theophile Braga and the capture of King Manuel. A new red and green flag flies over public buildings while Manuel and his mother flee to England. Riots in Valencia injure many, and a large coal mine explosion near Esperanza Mexico leaves over 200 workers presumed dead.
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Portugal
Theophile Braga
Manuel
England
France
Marseilles
Lisbon
Valencia
Spain
Esperanga
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Tex
Waldemar Puzenim
Noted 1911 Headlines and Local Obituaries Span North America
John McAllester of Atchison resigns after 27 years as night depot master at union station. Mrs Julia Ward Howe, 92, receives Doctor of Humanities from Smith College. Taft plans Panama trip. Moody resigns from Supreme Court. Moran shot by son during play. La Follette presidential bid rumored. Walter Brookins flies 85 miles Springfield to St Louis. Bryan to stump 18th district against Cannon. Edward F Robbins dies at 94. Borrows Time club founder. Gen Senn reference appears truncated.
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John McAllester
Atchison, Kan
Union Station
Smith College of
Northampton
Mass
Julia Ward Howe
Howe
Taft
National League of Republican Clubs
New York
William H. Moody
Supreme Court of the United Sttes
Joseph Moran
The
Shabbana Express
Lee
Times
Evans Cottage
Burgess Point
Senator la Follette
Walter Brookins
Springfield
St. Louis
Beverly
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Cannon
Edward F. Robbins
Oak Park
Chicago
Robbins
Ace Gen. Senn
Missouri Crop Report Notes Mixed Conditions Across State
The September crop report for Missouri shows corn at 85.8% health, wheat sowing delayed in wet areas, and soil seedbed at 87.6% with near 99% planted acreage. Cotton remains 82% healthy, tobacco at 88.6% and potential yields depend on frost. A separate Webb City note describes a $250,000 mineral find sealed beneath a railroad right of way after a cave-in, with the Frisco Railway restraining mining activity and refusing offers to mine the deposit.
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T. Co. Aes
Missouri Sees of
Missouri
Webb City
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company
Frisco
Intergrity
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
National Guard Association Holds Twelfth Convention in St Louis
The twelfth annual National Guard association meeting gathered in St Louis with welcomes from Governor Hadley and Mayor Kreismann. Generals Stewart and Wood spoke as top officers among about 250 delegates and several regular army officers attended. The group discusses military matters, legislation and guard measures.
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National Guard
St. Louis
National Guard Association of the United States
Herbert S. Hadley
Frederick H. Kreismann
Stewart
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Regular Army
Why Population Decreased in Missouri Rural Areas
E. Dana Durand, director of the census, refutes claims by Gov. Hadley and Missouri officials that lax census enumerators caused lower returns. He cites three factors: the pioneer farmer’s urge for new fields, rural-to-urban migration, and the adoption of improved farm machinery.
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E. Dana Durand
Hadley
Missouri
St Joseph Population Figures Trigger Census Controversy
Census Director Durand claims St Joseph counted about 50 000 fictitious persons in 1900 to pad the tally. He cites proof in possession and places the 1910 population at 77 403 versus 102 979 in 1900 per former director William Marriam.
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St. Joseph
Durand
Preachers Desert Holden Sees Pulpits Vacant
Holden city loses multiple pastors as Rev F H DeVol resigns to run for congress in the Sixth district. Rev W G Smith moves to Iowa. Father Sullivan resigns from the Catholic church. the Presbyterian pulpit remains vacant since May leaving Rev L J Harris as the sole regular pastor.
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Holden
F. H. DeVol
Christian Church
Congress
L. J. Harris
Baptist Church
W. G. Smith
M. E
Iowa
Father Sullivan
Presbyterian Church
Nevada hotel and sanitarium gifted to Weltmer Institute
Col Simon bought Lake Park springs and Iron Springs west of Bloomington Illinois from Col H C Moore of Nevada for 30000 dollars. He donated the property to Weltmer Institute and the National Association of Suggestive Therapeutics to serve as the home for these groups. Weltmer will build a sanitarium and a hotel.
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Nevada
Col. Simon
Bloomington, Ill
H. C. Moore
Lake Park Springs
Iron Springs
Weltmer Institute
National Association of Suggestive Therapeutics
Weltmer
Carthage Woman Re-elected S W C T U Leader
Mrs. Kate T. Newton of Carthage was re-elected president of the State Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Chillicothe. Miss Rowena Shaner of Jackson county was named vice president at large with officers Nellie G. Burger Clark County and L. O. Middleton Kansas City as secretaries and Ottie Hill May St. Louis as treasurer. The convention adopted the strongest possible statewide prohibition plank.
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Carthage
Kate T. Newton
State
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Chillicothe
Rowena Shaner
Jackson County
Nellie G. Burger
Clark County
L. O. Middleton
Kansas City
Ottie Hill May
St. Louis
Deserter Steer Wins Grand Champion At Live Stock Show
Deserter the grade Hereford yearling won grand champion at the Interstate Live Stock Show in St Joseph. Missouri College of Agriculture captured 15 prizes including six firsts. total prize money reached 315 dollars. cattle to Sedalia fair then American Royal in Kansas City before stock judging back at the state farm.
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Missouri Colege of Agriculture
St. Joseph
Chicago
Sedalia
Kansas City
State Farm
Prohibition Resolution Leads Blue River Baptists Meeting
The Blue River Baptist association formed in 1834 held its seventy third annual gathering at Michigan Avenue Baptist church in Kansas City. It comprises 54 Baptist churches in Jackson and Cass counties and Liberty church in Clay county Missouri. The group unanimously adopted resolutions to actively support Missouri's prohibition cause in the upcoming election.
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Baptists For Prohibition
Blue River Baptist Association
Michigan Avenue
Kansas City
Jackson
Cass
Baptist Church
Liberty
Clay County
Missouri
Train Kills Stockman at High Hill
Clare a farmer and stock man accompanying a stock train to St Louis was killed when he stepped from a side track onto the main line and into an oncoming Wabash passenger train near High Hill. The accident involved a fast passenger service.
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Orion
Clare
High Hill
St. Louis
Drift Wood Explosion Fatally Injures Woman Near Joplin
Mrs. F. Lyons, eight miles north of Joplin, was fatally injured when drift wood from Center Creek exploded while she prepared supper. The drift wood, saturated with explosive liquids, had been discarded at the Independent Powder Company plant nearby.
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Center Creek
F. ©. Lyons
Joplin
Independent Powder Company
Lyons
Cadet Accidentally Shoots Fellow Cadet at Wentworth
Cadet Cockerell of Platte City discharges a contraband pistol in Wentworth Military Academy barracks wounding Cadet Ray Ainslee of Webster City Ia. Ainslee dies five days later from the injuries.
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Wentworth Military Academy
Cockerell
Platte City
Ray Ainslee
Webster City
Ainslee
Filipino Enrolls at Missouri Engineering School
Filipino student from Pampanga, son of Aguilar of Canada Pampanga, owner of 7000 acres in the Philippines and a major farmer, has entered the University of Missouri engineering program to prepare for work on his family’s rice and sugar plantations.
Women Missionaries Meet in Liberty Conference
Over fifty delegates attended the Woman's Missionary Union of the Upper Missouri Presbytery three day conference at Liberty.
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Woman's Missionary Union of the
Upper Missouri
Pioneer Ridge of Lafayette County Dies at 77
B. C. Ridge longtime Higginsville resident and last survivor of a notable Lafayette County family died at home aged 77. He spent his entire life in the county and was brother to the late Dr. I. M. Ridge of Kansas City.
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Lafayette County
B. C. Ridge
Higginsville
Missouri
That
I. M. Ridge
Kansas City
Kansas Fire Insurance Law Cuts Rates and Affects All Kneeling Citizens
Insurance Superintendent Charles W. Barnes reports Kansas saved 40 cents per person and reduced residence property rates by 14 percent on average under the new fire insurance law. The law lets the department fix rates and ensures equal protection for the poor and rich, placing all property of the same class on the same basis.
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Topeka
Kansas
Charles W. Barnes
West
Missouri
Illinois
Nebraska
Colorado
Iowa
Barnes
JAIL SENTENCES FOR SMUGGLERS IN U S CIRCUIT COURT
New York millionaire candy maker Mengo L Morgenthau was fined 35000 by Judge Hand for failing to declare 7000 worth of jewels and wearing apparel on returning from Europe on September 1. Judges Hough and La Combe backed the ruling that all smugglers, regardless of rank, would receive jail sentences instead of fines after a conference.
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New York
Mengo L. Morgenthau
Hand
United States
Europe
Hough and la Combe
Good Roads Meeting Adjourns With Highway Funding Call
Oklahoma City delegates to the National Good Roads Association adopt resolutions urging national highway appropriations and state aid for county road building. They urge formation of local and state associations to press Congress, commend prison labor use in road construction.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
National Good Roads Association
Short Life for King Alfonso
Madrid reports court physicians acknowledge King Alfonso suffers from caries a destructive bone disease. Bordeaux specialist Dr Moudre has slowed progression only slightly and a leading medical authority warns the ailment could eventually incapacitate or kill the king within years if untreated.
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Madrid
Spain
Alfonso
Moudre
Bordeaux
Hughes Resigns New York Governorship
Charles E Hughes has resigned as New York governor and will assume duties as a United States Supreme Court justice in Washington. The brief document provides the formal resignation to the Legislature and hints at his future as Presiding Justice to replace the late Chief Justice Fuller.
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Albany
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
New York State
Gover
Hughes
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Fuller
Dry Farming Congress Chooses Colorado Springs As Next Convention Site
Spokane Washington notes that after adopting the executive committee report naming Colorado Springs Col as the convention location, the Dry Farming Congress adjourned its meeting.
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Colorado Springs
Spokane
Wash
Col
Dry Farming Congress
Lockout Ends in Manchester Mills Reopen After Settlement
The Federation of Master Cotton Spinners and workers have reached a settlement ending a lockout affecting about 120,000 operatives in Manchester. Mills will reopen under new terms of peace.
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Manchester
England
Hoke Smith Wins Georgia Governorship by Large Margin
Final returns from Atlanta show Hoke Smith elected governor with 95 000 votes to 20 000 for independent candidate Joseph N Brown backed by Tom Watson. Brown ran against Smith in the state race.
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Hoke Smith
Atlanta
Joseph N. Brown
Tom Watson
Baby heals after Cutiura remedies in Atchison
John Leason of Atchison Kansas says his seven week old baby suffered eczema for six months despite care from three doctors. He reports the child slept poorly and scratched constantly until using Cutiura remedies, claiming a year and a half of clear skin since.
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Atchison
Cutiura
John Leason
Atchison St
Atchison, Kan
Oct
Boy Corrects Elijah Death With Translation Tale
In a Sunday school exchange the brightest pupil corrects the teacher. He says Elijah did not die but was translated from the original Hebrew. The humor hinges on a biblical plot twist and classroom wit.
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Elijah
Weather turns colder with rain and aches noted
The forecast warns of colder, rainy weather that may worsen rheumatic pains. Advertising promotes Hunt's Lightning Oil as a fast acting remedy for aches from rheumatism, pneumonia, cuts, burns, or bruises. Available in 256 and 50 cent bottles through all druggists. free samples from A. B. Richards Medicine Co. Sherman Texas.
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Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman
Texas
Queer Well Water Mystery Quoted in Conversation
A dialogue notes surprise over illness linked to well water in a place visited, highlighting the oddity of well water causing sickness. The exchange underlines curiosity about water quality and public health implications.
Beautiful Post Cards Free Offer
Free offer from Art Post Card Co at 731 Jackson St Topeka Kan for two cent stamps to receive five samples of Gold and Silk Finish Birthday Flower and Motto Post Cards with colorful designs.
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Art Post Card Co
Jackson St
Topeka
Kan
I hate to see a thing done by halves
Quote attributed to Gilpin about doing things boldly when right and leaving them undone when wrong, echoed as a cautionary motto.
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Gilpin
Red Cross Ball Blue Promises White Clothes
Advertises Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening fabrics with a 2 oz package priced at five cents. Ends with a humorous aside about a man who often misreads words.
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Promotion
Advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a gentle regulator for stomach liver and bowels. Sugar coated tiny granules are easy to take and claim to avoid griping. It ends by urging sensible men to ignore trouble and use the product.
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Dr. Pierce
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