Indiana University Hails James Whitcomb Riley Birthday Parade
Faculty members and students at Indiana University honored poet James Whitcomb Riley with a convocation in Bloomington. Riley reviewed a Bloomington school children parade celebrating his birthday as students rose to greet him upon entering the hall. Manhattan reports nine buildings taller than thirty stories.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Free Kellogg's Sanitone Wafers offer and claim
A promotional notice offers a free fifty cent box of Kellogg's Sanitone Wafers and a mail test of the product. It promises nerve restoration and vitality, claiming cures for rheumatism neuralgia headaches kidney and digestion issues, urging readers to send name and address for the free trial.
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Kellogg's
Kellogg Co
the Creek
Mich
Peturo
Kellogg Wafers On Sale In Cheyenne At Local Stores
Local page ad lists Kellogg's wafers for sale in Cheyenne with multiple retailers including Crook Hanson Brug Confetionary Co Palace Pharmacy Drug Co A B Roedel 312 W 17th and W Roedel Sands Drug Co. indicating a community distribution network for the product.
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Kellogg's
Cheyenne
Crook- Hanson Brug
Confetionary Co
Palace Pharmacy Drug Co
No Pardon for Wealthy Crime Seekers, Wilson Says
Washington October 8 President Wilson rejects clemency for Charles A Houston and John H Bullock who were convicted of defrauding the government in Alaska Their cases show that wealth and influence no longer guarantee pardons as in Taft era. Wilson vetoed clemency action and insisted justice run its course The men faced collusion charges in supplying coal to government stations in Nome Alaska with profits cited as $27 a ton vs $16 in market, and appealed their convictions at high cost while seeking pardon
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Charles A. Houston
John H. Bullock
Almaka
Taft
Texas
Heike
Gerbracht
Charles M. Hyde
South Dakota
Charles Morse
Wall Street
Houston
Bullenkesem
Wilson
Department of Justice
Bullock
Alaska
Nome
Socialists seek damages for Seattle riots
Senator Milea Poindexter introduces a congressional bill to reimburse Seattle socialists $2851.80 for property damage during spring riots allegedly fomented by U S sailors and marines. The events occurred as Secretary Daniels was en route to Washington. Poindexter criticizes inaction amid political fallout.
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Milea Poindexter
Washington
Congress
United States
Horndester
Hindus Held as Birls Slayers In Richmond Hoax Case
Evidence links Said Ali Khan a Hindu to the Rosa Domingo murder after clothing a gold ring and a home key were found in a Richmond shack. Tara Khan Said Amir and Said Dabhi, occupants of the cabin, were arrested with M. Mura already in custody as police pursue leads.
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Oakland
Cal
Said Ali Khan
Rosa Domingo
San Franesco Bay
San Francisco
Richmond
Ali Khan
Tara Khan
Said Amir
Said Dabhi
M. Mura
Tuberculosis Fate Seen Bright for Next Ten Years
Dr W J Galbraith of Los Angeles says TB will vanish within a decade after study of Pierkowski serum at Vienna congress. He cites Arizona sanitarium Safford treating 300 cases since February with notable weight gain and disease disappearance in many young patients. He reports success among investors and elites under his care.
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New York
W. J. Galbraith
Los Angel Cal
Giredge
SaffSed
Arna
Pr. Galbraith
Vienna
Pierkowek
Berlin
Galbraith
Arizona
Safford
Pierkowski
Darden Brod Wedding Vows Report From Colorado Springs
The ceremony in Colorado Springs joined Miew Bernice Shirley of Denver to Henry James, a New Mexico ranchman. The bride was too ill to sit up and could barely answer the questions from the clergyman. The account notes she was later to recover.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Cpt
Miew Bernice
Shirley
Denver
Menry James
New Mexico
Clerayman
Sulzer defense rests as governor refuses to testify
In a 1912 campaign trial Judge Cullen barred new evidence as Sulzer defense rests and the governor declines to testify. Testimony from Sarecky on campaign accounting faced cross examination while details of alleged graft involving Peck and Kohler emerged in the proceedings.
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Sulzer
Cullen
Herrick
Duncan W. Peck
Superintendent of Public Works
John A. Hennessy
Sulser
Laula A. Sarecky
John
Stanchfield
Sarecky
New Zealand All Blacks Rout California in Rugby Test
The New Zealand All Blacks topped the University of California 31 to 0 on California field in a game dominated by the visitors. New Zealand led 18 to 0 at halftime as Stohr the All Blacks fullback showcased strong kicking including a fifty yard field goal and repeated long touch kicks.
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Klev
Cal
New Zealand All-Blacks
University of California
California
Goa
Stohr
The
All-Bucks
Supreme Court Cites Sassy Seattle Judge
Supreme Court cites Seattle Superior Judge John B. Humphries in a case to remit penalties on Glenn Hoover and G N Hodgen for contempt of court related to street speaking injunctions against Socialists. Hoover remains disbarred. Wells’ disbarment stands. Humphries must appear before the state supreme court in Olympia on October 31.
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Seattle
Wash
John B. Humphries
Glenn Hoover
State of Washington
G. N. Hodgen
Hoover
Humphries
Hulet M. Wells
Thomas Russell
United Mine Workers of America
Emil Hendrickson
State Supreme Court
Judge Humphries
Olympia
Jordan Sells 8100 Steers at About 10,000 Total
John L. Jordan returned from South Omaha after selling a shipment of steers at an average of 100 dollars per head, amounting to about 10,000 dollars. The lot, raised on his ranch north of town, fetched 8.18 dollars per hundredweight, a strong rate for the year.
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John L. Jordan
South
Omaha
Jordan
Dance Night at Fraternal Mall Draws Local Crowd
Thursday event at Fraternal Mall features good music for couples with admission priced per couple. Local planners promote a social outing and community gathering.
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Fraternal Mall
Railway Fined for Overtime Violations in Federal Case
The San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad was found guilty and fined 3100 in U S district court for employing workers overtime. Judge Olin Wellborn directed a verdict of guilty under the interstate commerce law after noting 14 engineers and trainmen 100 each, 14 trainmen 160 each, and 4 telegraph operators 160 each. The railroad blamed wrecks for the overtime.
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Ban Francisco
Oct
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
United States District Court
Ita
Olin Wellborn
Wreck injures twenty on Olympian train near Ingomar Hill
Forty miles west of Forsyth Montana on the east bound Olympian of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad twenty persons were injured in the derailment. Four are seriously hurt including W H Dugan of Chicago a Pullman conductor with torn ribs. A relief train was sent from Miles City. The cause of the derailment has not yet been determined.
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Forsyth
Mont
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company
Olympian
Here
Ingomar Hill
Miles City
W. H. Dugan
Chicago
Pullman
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Kaiser 18 Proprietor of Sans Souci Cafe
Berlin reports Emperor Williams is named owner of a small cafe and restaurant near the historic mill of Sans Souci at Potsdam. A former nearby cafe was moved to make way for palace gardens, and the emperor rents the new venue to the former steward of his domestic staff for 1000 dollars a year with a future increase if profitable.
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Berlin
Emperor Williams
Vossische Zeitung
Sang Souci
Potsdam
Palace
Motor Jumps Track And Two Are Killed
Delta Colorado October 8 George Baker Rio Grande section foreman and an Italian laborer were killed when a gasoline motor car jumped the track and went over an embankment. Baker was married and leaves a family in Delta.
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Delta
Colo
George Baker
Rio Grande Section
Baker
Secretary of War Overrules Fort Stevens Court Martial
Secretary of War Garrison overturns the Fort Stevens court martial conviction of Waldo H. Coffman coast artillery. Coffman, sentenced to a year and dishonorable discharge for disrespectful remarks about the late vice president Sherman and questions about the American flag, is ordered released from prison.
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Washington
Garrison
Fort Stevens
Ore
Fort Leavenworth
Waldo H. Coffman
Coast Artillery
Sherman
Northwest
Coffman
War Department
Radical atheist art student kills self in room
Alexander Bock, 30, an art student in New York, left a note for police asking that his body be given to the homeless and stray cats and dogs of the city. He died by gas in his east side room, describing himself as the most radical atheist in the world.
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New York
Alexander Bock
Hock
Beautiful India and Its Rich Historic Art and Monuments
The writer extols Beautiful India as a land bearing names and likenesses to the Orient. It is celebrated for Justices, temples, and monuments, with art work in varied materials. Cities boast ornate temples and shrines, tombs of ancient rulers, and palaces surpassing Europe in decoration.
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India
Italy
Europe
Orlemk
Setting Him Right on a Country Road Exchange
A brief vignette from Lippincott's Magazine shows two travelers on a country road. A man asks to ride with the woman, who declines politely describing she has her gloves on. The exchange hints at social mores and restrained humor.
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Lippincott's
Misheard Quip Sparks Wife Tale From The Slate
A humorous exchange frames a man recalling his wife once being a school teacher. She reportedly made him write a hundred times on a slate, I must be home by 10 o clock, illustrating domestic discipline.
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Mim
Briggs
Griggs
Seathing and Monogram Request in Louisville Exchange
An odd dialogue from Louisville features a character who claims not to refuse the food but desires a monogram engraving. The scene centers on a request to engrave initials and hang a chain, reflecting peculiar speech and local color.
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Louleville
Danderine Hair Cleanse Promises Luscious We’ll in Ad Claim
An advertisement extols Dandering for scalp care and hair strengthening after soap use. It claims Danderine cleanses, invigorates, and nourishes from root to tip, preventing dryness and shedding while making hair wavy and abundant. It urges buying a 25 cent bottle at drug stores.
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Thia
Knowlton
Conor
Mexicans Seize Norwegian Ship Jason
The Norwegian steamship Jason was seized by Mexican gunboats Morelos and Tampico for alleged neutrality violations. The Isthmian reports the Jason was loading arms for constitutionalists at Topolobampo and was being escorted to Guaymas awaiting Mexico’s decision.
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San Diego
Cal
Jason
Morelos
Tampico
Isthmian
Topolobampo
Gulf of Lower California
Guaymas
Kilbane Beats Julian In Ten Round Featherweight Bout
Cleveland featherweight champion Johnny Kilbane outboxed Kid Julian of Syracuse over ten rounds in New York. Kilbane scored a knockdown in the sixth with a right to the jaw for a nine count, Julian clinging on to hear the final bell despite the close action. Kilbane weighed 125 pounds to Julian’s 127.
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New York
Johnny Kilbane
Cleveland
Julian
Syracuse
Kilbane
One Way to Obey. Lovers' Purses and Proverb
A fragmentary item features a joke about obedience and affection with phrases and a proverb attributed to Italian origin. The text mentions a judge pronouncing pleasure and a newlywed couple, conveying light satire and wordplay.
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Ovey Charley
The Fishless Fisherman Day Off Exchange
A brief Washington Star exchange quotes a cheerful man asked why he skipped work to bake. He answers with a wry line about a day off being enough, highlighting a lighthearted moment in a casual street conversation.
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Inisey
Washington Star
What Is Thy Meaning of the Word Wafer
A fragment from Chicago News features a playful exchange where a teacher questions a student about the meaning of wafer and the student replies with a pun about a wafer and a child without parents.
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Maurice
Chicago News
Which Is Which Willie Pin in the Difference Between Firmness and Obstinacy
Fragmented text shows a garbled query about firmness versus obstinacy with stray phrases and odd spellings. No clear events, names, or locations emerge to form a coherent news item.
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Willie
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