Likely Rhode Island Senate successor floated in 1911
The Rhode Island scene weighs possible successors to Senator Nelson W. Aldrich as his retirement nears. Gov. Abram J. Pothier ex-governor George H. Utter and Col. Samuel P. Colt are named as probable successors. General Brayton confirms Aldrich will not seek re election and plans private life for health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pothier
Utter
Col. Colt
Providence
R. J
Nelson W. Aldrich
United States
Rhode Island
Charles KR. Brayton
Aldrich
United States Senate
Brayton
Florida
West
Senate
General Hrayton
Senator Aldrich
Abram J. Pothler
George H. Utter
Samuel P. Colt
Eulogies in House Honor late Georgia Rep James Griggs
Washington reports eulogies delivered in the House Saturday honoring the memory of Representative James Griggs of Georgia who died in January. Strong personal and official tributes mark the session as members paused to remember his service and legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
James Griggs
Georgia
Carter’s Fortune Seized After Army Dismissal
Washington court actions end Capt Oberlin M Carter’s career and 400000 dollar fortune tied to the harbor improvement fraud in Savannah Ga. Supreme Court ruling follows legal proceedings as Washington hosts the Daughters of the American Revolution Continental Congress with President Taft receiving delegates and praising patriotism.
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Carter
Washington
Savannah
Oberlin M. Carter
United States Supreme Court
Daughters of American Revolution
National Colors
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Nineteenth
Continental Congress
Taft
Representative Mann Stands Alone on Publicity Bill
The House passed the McCall campaign publicity bill with Representative Mann of Illinois voting against it. The party line split showed Mann as the sole negative vote on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonesome Mann
Washington
Representative Mann
Illinois
House
McCall
Rough Riders to Welcome Teddy in New York reunion
An official call announces the fifth Roosevelt Rough Riders reunion in New York City with expected attendance by former members and supporters. The event aims to honor Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy and the unit’s wartime service.
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Rough Riders
Teddy
Oklahoma City
Rooseevelt
New York City
Record of notable events from the past week
A jury was secured for the Swate murder trial in Kansas City. Deaths include ex Judge Thomas J. Anderson of Utah at Sawtelle California, and Dr. G T Twyman, a key witness in the Swope murder case. A Northern Pacific wreck near Spokane killed eight and injured several. The Neck Island and Santa Fe plan multi million dollar western improvements. An auto accident near Seattle left four injured, one fatally. Multiple other items cover robberies, diplomatic disputes, political pardons, strikes, and notable crimes across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Thos. J. Anderson
Utah
Sawtelle
Colif
Spokane
Neck Island
Santa Fe
Seattle
G. T. Twyman
Swope
Wm. D. Oates
Texan
O1 Company
J, H. Boon
Houston
Tex
China Japan
San Francisco
Bentela
Fairbanks
Mount McKinley
Dr. Cook
Ruth Frances Wilson
Rio Grande
el Paso
Licin
Salt Lake
Union Pacific
William J. Buehhr
South Dakota Stock Growers’ Association
Rapid City
John Schilheimer
Los Angeles
Indianola
Calhoun County
Texas
Gulf
George Olin
Allie Snake
Government agencies probe western sugar industry ties
The report surveys federal scrutiny of the western sugar industry, amid assertions by Rear Admiral Sehley that Dr. Cook’s claims were genuine. Other items note Aldrich’s retirement March 4, a push to lead the Spanish War Veterans, the Daughters of the American Revolution in session, and the McCall campaign bill passage with Mann opposing. The Indoor Rifle Team title goes to Rocky Mountain Rifle Club of Butte, and flood loss is estimated at 100 million dollars annually. Federal engineers study flood reduction, rail bill implications redraw the coast’s freight map, and Thomas Walsh’s will outlines equal shares to widow and daughter with specified bequests. Formal testimony flags cold storage as price influence, while Maj. Gen. Bell resigns as chief of staff. Gen. Wood heads to Buenos Aires, with Maj. Gen. Bills covering duties briefly.
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Sehley
Dr. Cook
Aldrich
Senate
Col. Roosevelt
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
House
McCall
Mann of
Athels
United States
Rocky Mountain Rifle Club
Butte
Mont
Engineers
United States Geological Survey
Ralln
Pacific Coast
Thomas F. Walah
Colorado
Walsh
J. Franklin Bell
Army
Leonard Wood
Wood
Buenos Ayres
Tasker H. Bills
Agslatant
Browns release Jackson and weather delays baseball season
Jeffries turned 35 on Friday while Ruelbach nears recovery. The St. Louis Browns released Jackson to Dallas as baseball seasons begin with many National League games postponed due to bad weather. Jack Johnson was acquitted in Chicago on auto speeding charges and the Chicago WA football team plans a Japan invasion next fall. De Rouen defeated the Turk Cara Ezet in Cleveland in two straight falls. St. South NL officers will eject spectators making remarks about players. Box practice in Chicago ends soon for the season. Papketa trains for a fight with Klaus at Jeffries quarters in Ben Lomond California. Wheaton urges more football rule tinkering to balance forward passes and defense.
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Jeffries
Ruelbach
St. Louis Browns
Jackson
Dallas
Jack Johnson
Chicago
Chicago WA
Japan
Raoul de Rouen
Cara Ezet
Cleveland
Ohio
Billy Papketa
Klaus
Ben Lomond
Calif
Henry M. Wheaton
Yale
Peeres Aeree
Wyoming News of the Week items from across the state
A broad roundup notes a Buffalo band formation, Big Trails sawmill, a $12,500 Carnegie Library at Buffalo, reappointed Buffalo postmaster Frank Lucas, Fort Russell soldiers salaries, Hagges bridge steel arrival, Wyoming Stockgrowers and Evanston Masons plans, Casper athletic ground, Sheridan school expansion, Ranchester cement church, deaths of Peter Nagel and Daniel Hanesworth, Taft invited to Frontier Days, Albany County library gains books, Evanston divorce docket, Mount Vernon Fruit Company orchard, Cheyenne meeting at Sheridan, high school district push, UP storm disruption near Cheyenne, sheep cattle tensions near Stranger mountains, new $75,000 courthouse petition in Laramie, Clifton coal plant fire damage, deserter sergeant Sargent, Green River irrigation work, Sam Sarsfield plea, Hattie Bolce robbery, statewide school funding allotment, Rambler plant copper output, Estelle Reel salary record, eastern traction tour, Asay adultery warrant, French-American oil shipments to Casper, Wyoming compiled statutes due May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Frank &. Lucas
Ft. Russell
Hagges
Wyoming Stockgrowers’ Association
Evanston Masons
Casper High School
Sheridan
Casper Ecitizens
Christian Church of
Ranchester
Uinta County Irrigation Company
Green River Valley
Sam Sarsfield
Evanston
Cumberland
Hattie Bolce
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Cook
Holmes
Oro
Misa Estelle Reel
Wyoming
Dayton
William Asay
Serepta Asay
Basin
Asay
Pranco-Wyoming Oil Company
War ren bill unlocks Rawlins city water land sale
Washington reports House approval of a War ren bill authorizing the Interior Secretary to sell Rawlins 160 acres at 1.25 dollars per acre to support the city water system. Also in Wyoming news Stockgrowers Bank of Worland filed incorporation papers with 25,000 dollars capitalization, listing Geo F Haef, A H Marble, W A Richards, Harry B Henderson, and W L Whipple as incorporators. Sheridan reports Dr W T Cooke of the state dry farm program spoke at a Sheridan chamber meeting on dry farm experimentation, with G W Holdrege of Burlington in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Washington
House
Secretary of Interior
City of
Rawlings
Stockgrowers' Bank
Worland
Secretary of State
Stockgrowers' State Bank of
Geo
F. Hae
A. H. Marble
W. A. Richards
Harry B. Henderson
W. L. Whipple
Sheridan Boilermakers Replace Strikes with 43 Chicago Recruits
Non union boilermakers and helpers at Burlington Sheridan shops were replaced by forty three strikebreakers from Chicago on Saturday. Police met the newcomers at the depot and escorted them to the shops as protesting workers claimed they did not intend violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Burlington
Chicago
Helpera
Burlington Shops
Body of Missing Man Found in Gooseberry Creek
The body of James Wooten, a Thermopolis born stage driver who disappeared last October after leaving Thermopolis, was found entangled in driftwood in Gooseberry creek near Meeteetse. Authorities suspect drowning during a crossing attempt.
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Meeteetse
James Wooten
Thermopolis
Gooseberry Creek
Wooten
Mortgage filings on Hubbard Canal project noted in county records
The Hubbard Canal project was placed on record with County Clerk Enders, listing around sixty mortgages totaling over $100,000. The instruments cover land near Clark's Fork and secure a loan from the Colonial Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago. The filing will yield a handsome recording fee for the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enders
Clark's Fork
George E. Mulligan
Colonial Trust & Savings Bank
Chicago
Basin Progress Association Plans Regional Commercial Banquet
At a Basin Progress Association meeting a resolution was passed to hold a large banquet to entertain commercial bodies from Cowley Worland Thermopolis Lovell Byron and additional county points with the aim of organizing all basin commercial groups into a single body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin Progress Association
Cowley
Worland
Thermopolis
Lovell
Byron
Four Boys Drown In Town Reservoir
Four boys between six and seven years old drowned while playing at the town reservoir Saturday evening. Two bodies were recovered within minutes as physicians fought to revive them without success. The remaining two were in the water for about three and a half hours before being found after the reservoir was drained. The children included two sons of Mrs. Thomas Madden and two sons of Art Ferry. A passerby spotted the first two bodies at the outlet and alerted others.
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Thomas Madden
Art Ferry
Sheridan's Interurban Franchise Details Revealed
At a recent meeting Sheridan discussed an Interurban system with an estimated cost of 500000 and total track of fifteen miles. Three miles would be built in the first year, operations to begin after securing funds, with a clear right of way through city streets. The line must reach the coal camps via Fort Mackenzie, covering twelve miles total with no more than three miles inside Sheridan. A 5000 bond would be posted by builders to show good faith.
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Sheridan
Albert Emanuel
William R. Sullivan
Dayton
Ohio
Fort Mackensie
Koal Coal Camps
City of
Sergeant Jefferson Death by His Own Action
Sergeant Charles W. Jefferson of the Ninth Cavalry killed himself with carbolic acid Saturday in Cheyenne. The suicide was witnessed by three small boys after he confessed to the children. He died before help arrived. authorities attribute the act to humiliation over drunken misconduct.
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International Harvester Company
Pala
Homer Todd
Ethel
Monett
Philadelphia
Hoapsala
Prost
Yerkes Observatory
Willams Bay
Wis
tral‘Joey
Hue
London
Cheyenne
Charles W. Jefferson
Ninth Cavalry
Jefferson
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised by Mrs Kinnison
A Brookville Ohio resident credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending years of irregularity and nervousness. The ad claims the remedy holds a record for cures of female illnesses and invites letters for free advice from the Pinkham laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ark Rapids
Minn
Pang Tron
E la Dov
Park Rap
Brookville
Ohio
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Beret
Lynn, Maans
As a Matter of Fact Phrase Reprimand Sparked Exchange
A candid friend chides the man for overusing the expression As a matter of fact. The criticized speaker concedes the point and pledges to avoid the phrase in future talk.
Cure for Catarrh Promises Rewards in Testimony Styled Ad
The readers are told a disease called catarrh is curable by Hall's Catarrh Cure, a constitutional treatment taken internally to attack the blood and mucous membranes. Proponents offer one hundred dollar reward for evidence of a failed case. Address F. J. CHEESE CO. Toledo, Ohio, with notes of testimonials and widespread drugstore availability.
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Tas Serenes
Fall
F. J. Chee S CO
Toledo
Hal
Repairer’s Part Payment Prompted Car Return
A Cleveland Leader humor piece quotes a dialogue about repair charges. The repairer agrees to accept the car as part payment, avoiding embarrassment. The satirical tale touches on health remedies and oddities in a playful rural tone.
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Cleveland
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