Reynolds to be Named as the Census Director
Special Dispatch from Washington reports President Taft will appoint Robert R. Reynolds as census director for the First census district of Ohio covering Cincinnati. Reynolds, a prominent Cincinnati business man and Taft supporter, would serve about a year at roughly $5,000, with appointment expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Robert R. Reynolds
Ohio
Cincinnati
Reynolds
Queen City
Business Men's Club
Citizen’s Taft Club
Hamilton County
Reynols
Peal
Taft
Promised Bride of Toledoan Elopes in Chicago
Toledo, Sept 11. Charles Wallace of Chester Ind wins Miss Mabel Wilder of Toledo in a whirlwind courtship and marries her in Chicago after Kadlett of Toledo seemed set to wed. Wilder, the bride’s father, and Kadlett handled plans for a Western avenue home as the romance collapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Charles Wallace
Chester
Ind
Mabel Fider
Frank H. Kadlett
G. W. Wilder
Lake Shore
Miss Wilder
Wallace
Rochester
Kadlett
Kadletz
Wisconsin
Mr. Wilder
Western Avenue
Wilder
Kadlets
Miss Wil der
Chicago
Broadway
Western
22 Cases of Typhoid at Mansfield Reformatory
Dr C O Probst reports 22 typhoid cases at Mansfield Reformatory with probable common origin. Dr Platter tested water samples. Delaware Girls Industrial School shows no new cases. Statewide epidemic appears to abate and authorities say control is within reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield Reformatory
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Cc. O. Probst
State Board of Health
Mansfield
Health Department
Young American Woman Takes Her Life in London
Mrs. Jane Perin, a young American guest at Harrow-on-the-Hill, shot herself with a revolver in the conservatory morning of Sept 11. She was staying with Mr and Mrs Ackroyd, Harrow on the Hill school music master, and was found dead with the revolver nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jane Perin
Harrow-on-the-Hill
Lawrence Perin at Waldorf after wife’s London death
Lawrence Perin, husband of the American woman who killed herself in London, is staying at the Waldorf Astoria. He said he had been informed by his sister-in-law Mrs. Ackroyd of a fatal accident and voiced no clear motive, being well known along Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lawrence Perin
London
Waldorf-Astoria
Broadway
New gold fields reported as Innoko district opens
Mining men arriving from the fair report glowing prospects in the Innoko district and on Itadarod creeks 140 miles from Innoke. William Koon of Fairbanks says many stampeders with outfits head to the district. Dust from several claims has appeared in Fairbanks confirming strong reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Fair, Banks
Asska
Innoko
Itadarod
Innoke
William Koon
Fairbanks
Harriman Funeral Draws Fifty to Sixty Prominent Mourners
Edward H. Harriman's funeral in Arden, New York will be private until 11 am at St. John's church, with 60 guards, a solitary eulogy by Rev. Dr. J Holmes McGuiness, and a public memorial at 3 pm. Prominent attendees include J P Morgan and Taft family members, while Erie Railroad suspends trains for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arden
N. Y
Edward H. Harriman
New York
Jersey City
St. John's Episcopal Church
Tower Hill
Arden House
Harriman
Arden Station
J. Holmes McGuiness
Woodbury
Tuxedo
St. John’s Church
Erie Railroad
Erie Station
Arden Telegraph Office
Nicholas Longworth
J. P. Morgan
Thomas Ryan
Charles P. Taft
William A. Crosswell
Episcopal
Albany
McGuiness
Archdeacon Nelson
St. John the Divine
Harriman Death Cause Listed as Pernicious Anaemia
In Arden New York on September 11 the death certificate for Edward H. Harriman filed by Dr W G Lyle states pernicious anaemia and oedema of the lungs as the chief cause of death with no mention of cancer. The word chief was inserted after the cause question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arden
N. Y
Edward H. Harriman
W. G. Lyle
New York
Highland Mills
Tidal Wave Destroys Soto La Marina Village in Mexico
Reports confirm total obliteration of Soto La Marina in Tamaulipas after a daytime tidal wave swept ashore. residents fled to hills as floodwaters subsided, authorities dispatched food from Tampico, with Miquihuana also added to flood destruction list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Soto la Marina
Tamaluipas
Tampico
Miquihuana
Scalded inmate dies at Sandusky home
Joseph Berry a paralytic patient at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors home was found severely scalded in a bath tub and died at noon. Dr. T J James reported the death and said nurse Ben Weaver was dismissed for carelessness after leaving Berry unattended before the day shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Taft Reviews Beverly Parade as Tariff Board Named
President Taft reviewed a 1600 veteran Grand Army parade in Beverly Massachusetts from city hall. Secret service aided crowd control and women and children were helped to safety. Taft announced the new tariff board with three members and authority to hire experts. He pledged $100 to a Beverly Y M C A building fund and planned talks with Attorney General Wickersham.
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Taft
Beverly
Mass
Grand Army
Secret Service
Tariff Commission
Wickersham
Meyer
Navy
MacVeagh
Treasury
New ‘Tariff Commission
Board
United States
Henry C. Emery
Yale
James B. Reynolds
Massachusetts
Alvin H. Sanders
Chicago
Breeders’ Gazette
Secretary of the Treasury
Queen City Man Named Chaplain Of A and N A
The Army and Navy Union session elected officers with J Edwin Browne of Baltimore as national commander and John Cox of Cincinnati named chaplain. The Ladies Auxiliary chose Mrs Catherine M Hurlburt and Mrs Mary W Field as leaders. The next gathering is set for Rochester New York in September 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
John Cox
Cincinnati
Catherine M. Hurlburt
Erie
National ‘Ady
Mary. W. Field
Corona
Louisa Lee
Washington
Ethel Wiggins
Rochester
N. Y
Ellis Holds Lack of Evidence for Peonage Charges
Acting Attorney General Ellis announces after the Pittsburg Pressed Steel Car strike investigation that no federal case for peonage or immigrant labor violation can be sustained. He says state law violations are suggested, and offers federal aid to Pennsylvania and New York governors for possible prosecutions. Licenses of employment agencies may be revoked or prosecuted. Acts of brutality at the plant are for Pennsylvania authorities to handle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Ellis
Hughes
New York
Stuart
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
McKees Rocks
Pressed Steel Cars Company
Department
Warehouse Fire Destroys Obermeyer Plant and Adjacent Structures
A midnight blaze in Evans Street, starting in the S. Obermeyer lead bunker, raged through a one story wooden structure and spread to a neighboring five story brick warehouse. Firefighters fought a doomed fire as the inferno damaged graphite and molasses while risking crew injuries. Insurance covers most losses, with totals estimated between sixty and seventy five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Obermeyer Company
Evans Street
Eighth Street
Ben Perwick
Charles Raymond
Perwick
Raymond
Martin Menckhaus
Company No. 17
Bntree
Betzer
Company No. 45
Obermeyer
Mill Creek
Oberemeyer
Cook Wins Warm Welcome In Norway After Polar Triumph
Dr. Frederick A. Cook arrives at Christiansand to a triumphal reception with flag decked ships and seven gun salutes. He praises Norwegians Arctic leaders Nansen Sverdrup Amundsen and Sverdrup's companions, credits their work for his polar route and notes Peary's supposed displeasure at not being asked for permission.
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Christiansand
Cook
Norway
Gnd
Nansen
Sverdrup
Roald Amundsen
Pole
Peary
Amundsen
Armrundsen
Knud Hasmussen
Osbon Attacks Peary Over Arctic Claims
New York dispatch reports Captain Osbon, Arctic club secretary and critic of Peary, branding Peary’s dispatches as a gold brick and urging him to stop. Dr. Stebbins says no word from Cook. club plans a September 21 banquet at the Waldorf for Cook aboard the Oscar II, meeting him at Christiansand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
O Sbon
Arctic Club
Dr. Cook
Commander Peary
Osbon
O. Stebbins
The
Waldorf Astora
Christiansand
Norway
Dr. Stebbins
Miranda
Peary Declines Newfoundland Visit Invitation
Commander Robert E Peary declines the Newfoundland governor's invitation to visit St Johns stating he must go directly to Sydney from Battle Harbor Labrador and expresses appreciation for the honor. The governor Sir Ralph Williams received the telegram dated September 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Johns
N. F
Ralph Williams
Newfoundland
Robert E. Peary
Battle Harbor
Labrador
St. Jenans
Sydney
Peary Delays Coming Message From Battle Harbor
Cable to Peary Arctic club reports H L Bridgman Brooklyn says Roosevelt will stay three to four days coaling at Battle Harbor and is expected to reach Sydney about the 15th with 100 walrus skins for the club. Bridgman at Sydney. Peary named as logical polar commission candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peary Arctic Club
Brooklyn
Battle Harbor
Cape Ray
H. L Bridgman
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sydney
Polar Commission
Peary
Mr. Bridgman
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Robert R. Reynords
Frank Kadletz
English Capital
Husband
America
Alaska
Agmingt
Carloa
Mexico
Rotert
Arcéc
Edugator
Tariff Board
Senate
House of Representatives
Commission
Board of Experts
Congress
A. and
N. A
Erle
Pressed Steel Car Co
S. Obermeyer & Co
Brook
Lyn Man
Christians and Sa
Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
Christians
Explorer
Melchior
Haakon
M. Cold
Scandinavian
Explorer Wires Club
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