World News Roundup Highlights Early 20th Century Events
Lincoln pennies production at Philadelphia mint tops 70 million in 3.5 months. Chicago audits reject all voting machines as imperfect. Counterfeit $5 bills traced to Italy via New York agents. Kansas City enjoins salary cuts except fire dept. Shipton Kansas sold for 2620 dollars. Missouri mineral output hits 32.59 million in 1908. New York Tribune cuts price to one cent. Alonzo Van Royen and sister murdered near Kansas farm. husband found buried. San Francisco bay discovery and city rebuilding celebrated. Mohonk Lake conference on dependent people hosts 300 delegates. Franklin County Ohio allows mayor and congressman to hold both offices. Boswell New Mexico land district set aside for school use. Mount Union student tarred by upperclassmen. Storm death toll reaches 37 in Tennessee to South Carolina. Topeka bank receiver pays 82 percent to depositors. US revenue may surpass last year by 12 to 15 million. Supreme Court rules against life insurer in Perkins case. Cook expedition affidavits challenge Dr Cook’s narrative. Ridder urges Taft duty on printing paper. mills may close or move to Canada. Three KU women seek Rhodes scholarships. Churches to launch broad social reform ad campaign. Oklahoma City bank bond sales authorized to repay depositors. Trade balance nine months to Sept 1909 shows surplus of 92.29 million, down 339.98 million from prior year. Santa Fe railroad faces federal court action over stock law violations. Marshall Admore overrules motion in stock law case.
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Chicago Election Board
New York
Italy
Kansas City
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Shipton
Salina
Kansas
Missouri
State Board of Miners and Mining
New York Tribune
Horace Greely
Alonzo van Royen
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Mohonk Lake
Circuit Court
Franklin County
Ohio
Interior Department
Boswell
N. M
Mount Union College
Alliance
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Arkansas
South Carolina
First National Bank
Topeka
Treasury
United States Supreme Court
Lucius H. Perkins
Lawrence
Cook
Mount McKinley
Fred Printz
Walter Miller
Samuel Beecher
Barrill
Dr. Cook
Herman Ridder
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Taft
Mann Committee
Canada
University of Kansas
United States
District Court
Young
Oklahoma City, Ok
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Straarsueert
Marshal At.ardmore
Multiple crimes and legal actions reported in Kansas and neighboring states
The itemized notices describe a Greenburg post office safe blown with $300 stolen, Scottsville bank robbed of $2,900, three Oklahoma lawyers jailed for forgery, a Katy Flyer collision at Halstead Texas injuring crew, a New York court damage award of 17,500 for wife affections, a Kansas Osage coal strike settled, and Nebraska bank guaranty law enjoined as unconstitutional.
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New York
Osage County
Kansas
Nebraska State Banking Board
Munger
University of Copenhagen resists first examination claim of Dr Cook records
The University of Copenhagen refuses to renounce its priority to examine Dr Cook's North Pole records, while the Danish Royal Geographical Society urges compliance. In London, King Alfonso is dejected, and a wave of threatening letters is reported.
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North Pole
Dr. Cook
W. S. Buchanan
London
Atlantic
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Madrid
Alfonso
United States
Hanna
Monterey
Mexico
Danish Royal Geographical Society
Cook
Schoubye
Codthab
Count de Lambert
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Notable Kansas City Tragedy Death by Street Car
Fred Riske of Independence Missouri died after throwing himself under a street car at Eleventh street and Grand avenue in Kansas City. Authorities say ongoing illness may have caused his suicide amidst a string of recent regional events and inquiries.
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Fred Riske
Independence
Eleventh Street
Grand Avenue
Kansas City
University of Copenhagen
National Geographic Society
Cook
Strong
University of Kansas
Dyche
Mount McKinley
St. Louis
Chicago
William E. Buchanan
Cleveland
State Department
London
L. L. Dyche
Far North
William Jones
Rule
Neb
Missouri Forest Output Tops 1908 Value In State Report
Missouri forest products for 1908 totaled 22.96 million dollars with lumber and cooperage extending through Ozark regions and major markets like St. Louis and Chicago. Output dipped from 1907 but was seen as clearing space for new stock.
County Clerks Set 1910 Annual Meet in St Louis
The Association of County Clerks of the state plans to meet next year in St Louis on the second Tuesday in November 1910. Officers elected include A Dickson Carroll county president S A Boyer Jackson first vice president Fred Goyert Cape Girardeau second vice president Glenn A Dirck Cole third vice president E O James Clinton B F Woodford Lawrence assistant secretary Marsh H Martin Sullivan treasurer W B Cloud Greene assistant treasurer.
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Sullivan
W. B
Cloud
Greene
Army School founder Maj Gen Otis dies at Rochester roots
Maj Gen Otis founded The Army School in Rochester New York and rose to brigadier general in the Civil War. Born 1838 in Frederick City Maryland he moved to Rochester as a child and studied at Rochester University before Harvard Law School. He was twice brevetted for gallantry at Spottsylvania and Chapel House and died of heart disease.
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Elwell
Otis
Frederick City
Rochester
Rochester University
Harvard
One Hundred and Fortieth New York Infantry
Chapel House
Richmond
Spottsylvania
New School Land Ruling Ends Patents for Unpaid Improvements
Topeka Kansas state auditor James Nation declares no patents for school lands will be issued when improvements on the land are not fully paid for into the state treasury. The rule targets schemes where leaseholders add fences sod houses and other improvements to unfairly boost land value and keep buyers from paying for improvements.
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Topeka
Kansas
James Nation
State Permanent School Fund
State Treasury
Auswor
Lovett Elected President of Union Pacific
Robert S. Lovett was chosen to lead Union Pacific to succeed the late E. H. Harriman. The executive committee, with Judge Lovett as chairman, was re-elected, continuing his position after a prior selection.
Hookworm Invades University of Georgia
Athens reports rising hookworm prevalence at the University of Georgia with Dr. J C Bloomfield revealing about 30 percent of students examined are afflicted. The parasite is blamed for laziness and poor football team performance, affecting both wealthy and poorer families.
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Athens
Georgia
University of Georgia
J. C. Bloomfield
City Board of Health
Bloomfield
Farmers' State Bank of Oklahoma City Converts to National Bank
The Comptroller of the Currency approves the conversion of Farmers' State Bank of Oklahoma City into Farmers' National Bank of Oklahoma City with capital set at 300 thousand dollars.
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National Bank
Washington, D. C
Farmers’ State Bank of
Oklahoma City
Farmers’ National Bank of
Capital
Pheasants for Oklahoma Stocking Farms Near Tulsa
Oklahoma hunters voted to stock area farms with Mongolian pheasants around Tulsa. A rancher offered a free lease on a hundred acres of land to the sportsmen.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
Gloomy plea from Georgia man during mercy visit
The secretary reports a Georgia man refusing immediate release asking to stay until evening because dinner and greens are being prepared. He remarks he would like some greens before leaving the place, catching the visitors by surprise. The exchange highlights a surprising request connected to basic comforts during aid.
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Lippincott’s
Sermon Pause Deflates Plan for New Church
A story recalls a parish debate on a new church edifice with a great grandfather denouncing the expense during a Sunday sermon. He challenged the audience by remarking that sleepers in the old church are sound, implying the project was unnecessary.
Fragmentary Exchange Between Lovers Reveals Defiance
A clipped dialogue shows a defiant couple, one naming a daring man as a hero of recklessness, while the other challenges his gaze as they confront a tense emotional moment.
Lewis Single Binder cigar advertised as premium five cent staple
An advertisement touts Lewis Single Binder cigars as hand made and foil wrapped for freshness. It claims superior tobacco quality justifies a higher dealer price and warns against imitations, urging buyers to insist on Lewis Single Binder.
Dorothy and the Stork Baby Visit Tale
Dorothy Walworth, five, greets her newborn brother at the Yonkers First Methodist Episcopal Parsonage. She recounts visiting the Bronx Zoo and recognizing a stork by its striped wings. She whispered to the stork to bring a baby sibling, and says the stork winked and bent its head.
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Dorothy
Dorothy Walworth
Yonkers
N. Y
Bronx
Neck breaking line and extra charge in dispute
A man complains he must place a pulley clothes-line for a woman who insists on a hard to reach spot. He warns he will break his neck if forced to reach it and agrees to the placement with a cheeky offer to charge two dollars extra if he breaks his neck.
Deafness Cure Claim Appeals to Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It links deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering $100 for any case cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure and urging readers to send for circulars.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Proper Breathing and Tuberculosis Risk
An article argues that improper breathing causes consumption and that most people breathe shallowly, limiting lung development and creating fertile ground for the tuberculosis germ to grow.
Cause of Discord and Enduring Strife in Life
A fragment examines the clash between religion and society as a couple debates happiness. The dialogue contrasts rigid beliefs with social norms, noting an enduring conflict within personal relationships and public life.
Serpent Parade at Versailles Station Alarmed Tourists
A Paris summer anecdote tells of two schoolteachers discovering their platform seats were crates containing a boa constrictor and other snakes. A shabby uniformed worker explained in French he must open the boxes to feed the reptiles en route to the Versailles zoo.
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Paris
Versailles
Joke Medicine and the Healthful Laugh
A practical businessman shares an alleged joke with a friend and laughs heartily. When the friend questions the point the man admits he does not see it either but follows a rule to laugh at all jokes for health reasons.
Why Not Vote Protest Sparks Family Debate
A humorous exchange shows Aunt Spinsterly urging Mamie to uphold women's dignity and voting rights. Mamie resists full stance but asserts belief in every woman's right to vote, highlighting striving suffrage discourse between relatives.
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Mamie
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