Record of Disaster and Change in 1907 Era
The chronicle lists 1907 calamities from Jamaica to Hong Kong with 26 major disasters including earthquakes floods and typhoons. It notes notable deaths from royalty to politicians and the era’s financial shocks, Oklahoma statehood, Standard Oil fines, Rockefeller gifts, and major public works like the Catskill aqueduct.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Swettenham
Mexico
Chile
China
Karatagh
Russian Turkestan
Hongkong
Caroline Islands
Japan
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
du Pont
Fontanet
Ind
Sweden
Oscar III
Persia
Shah
Korea
Casimir Perier
France
Morgan, Pettus and Alger
Galusha A. Grow
James H
Oklahoma
Standard Oil Company
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Jamestown
Louisville
McClellan
New York
Great Catskill
Harry Thaw
Fred A. Busse
San Francisco
Harry K. Thaw
Howard Nicholas
Leonard Leopold
Margaret Leslie
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Illinois
James H. Eckels
Chilapa
Chilpancingo
Great Northern
Oriental Limited
Bartlett
N. D
Manila
Two Kinds of Consumption Found by Royal Commission
London reports that the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis identifies two forms of consumption. Experiments show bacilli from one type cause rapid fatal general tuberculosis in animals, while the other type produces only local effects and often cures, though the distinction in patients remains uncertain. The findings also challenge Koch's view that bovine and human tuberculosis are different diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Commission On Tuberculosis
Koch
Rabies Disease Confirmed as Germ Generated by Bureau Chief
Chief Melvin of the Bureau of Animal Industry states that hydrophobia is proven to be germ generated and infectious. It can transfer from animals to humans and animal to animal. Two types exist dumb and furious. Early dumb rabies risks vary by stage. furious rabies remains highly dangerous with frothing mouth. No cure is known in medical science.
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Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
The
Agricultural Department
Bureau
New Principle in Structural Work Tower by Bell
Scientific American details a ronkout tower designed by Alexander Graham Bell built from tetrahedral cells. Each cell uses one half inch iron piping, measures 48 inches tip to tip, with 260 cells forming a 70 foot tower. Benefits cited include lightness rigidity rapid construction minimal falsework and easy renewal of parts.
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Scientific American
Alexander Graham Bell
United States Tops Coal Production Worldwide
Tables from the London Board of Trade show the United States mining 370 million tons, more than the United Kingdom and Germany. Per capita output remains higher in England, while America also consumes the most coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Board of Trade
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
England
America
Indiana Heir Emerges as Trust Funds Await Settlement
Steps were taken to declare May Settlemeyer legally dead to release a large trust from the estate of Susan Graves of Cobus. After ten years with no word, she reappears as Mrs. James Bo Turpen of Eberfeld Indiana and will claim her share. The funds cannot be distributed until all heirs are found and the action proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Settlemeyer
Susan Graves
Cobus
Womn
Miss Settlemeyer
James Bo Turpen
Eberfeld
Ind
Turpen
Octogenarian Recluse Lives Alone at Old Farm
William Oliphant, near Burney station, is perhaps one of the state’s oldest men living alone. He is over 80, insists on rising at 3 a.m., tills an eighty acre farm in summer, and has not needed a physician in twenty five years. He has lived alone for fifty five years despite his children's pleas to join them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Post Office Department
William Oliphant
Burney Station
Enemies Wreck Hardware Store in New Paris
An explosion destroyed George W. Crilbert's one story frame hardware store in New Paris at 8:30 PM. The stock was a total loss and the building was demolished. A small quantity of cyanoline and powder was stored elsewhere in the building. No injuries occurred. Suspected private enemies believed responsible. The shock was felt ten miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Crilbert
New Paris
Gilbert
Widow Dies of Grief in Michigan history in Berrien County
Mrs. Clifton Gardner the first white child born in Berrien county Michigan died of grief after her husband died three weeks earlier ending fifty five years of marriage. She was famed for keeping a candle lit home rather than using lamps. In South Bend a man refused whiskey on a cold night saving Raymond Lewenicht from a long reformatory sentence. The jury found Lewenicht showed manly resolve and fortitude before a court.
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Sbusband
Clifton Gardner
Berrien County
Michigan
Seth Lend
Raymond Lewenicht
South Bend
Lewenfelt
Leweneicht
Man Died in Indiana Reformatory after Eight Hours Illness
Charles Shepherd, 28, committed to the Indiana Reformatory from St Joseph County on Oct 17, died of cardiac insufficiency after an eight hour illness. He was convicted of petit larceny. The body likely will be sent to the State Anatomical Board as no friends are known.
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Charles Shepherd
Indiana Reformatory
St. Joe County
Tie
State Anatomical Board
Shepherd
General Assembly
People of
New York
Narva
England
America
Continental Congress
Baltimore
John Jay
Congress
Charleston
Sierra Leone
United States
West Indies
Charles Lee
Virginia
Sardinia
Indiana
Boston
Mississippi
Ayacucho
National Republican Party
Senry Clay
Jamaica
Atherton Gage
Hhouse of Representatives
Texas
Punjaab
Louis Napoleon
New Orleans
Victoria Bridge
Montreal
Lewis Cass
Michigan
Prince Consort
Queen Victoria
S. C
Burnside
Battle of
Fredericksburg
Thouse of Representatives
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
Wade Hampton
South Carolina
Osman Vasha
Washington
Albania
William
Dbradley
Kentucky
Atlanta
80 Year Old Man Marries His Grandmother in Michigan
Fred A. Shotwell of South Bend aged 50 and Emma Shotwell aged ?. They kept the secret for a month before announcing their marriage in Potterville Michigan on November 16. The bride is the groom’s step grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Shotwell
South Bend
Emma Shotwell
Potterville
Mich
Fatally Wart in Explosion at Prestolite Plant
An Indianapolis Prestolite plant exploded in the afternoon killing Elmer Jessip and John Vangor der. Investigating officials say two workers died from blast injuries and the cause is under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prestolite Company
Indianapolis
Elmer Jessip
John Vangorder
State News Briefs: Accidents and Local Officials
James Ray a well known union man in Evansville was killed when attacked by a mule. Perry King near Brazil was injured in a mine accident with possible fatal internal injuries. Clark Mills settles a county accounting shortfall of 1700 dollars with the Commissioners. Jack Anderson quarantined at Elizabethtown home for smallpox. two county cases total. Fort Wayne School Board drafts ultimatum to parents of high school fraternities. members must quit or face expulsion after Christmas.
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James Ray
Evansville
Perry King
Brazil
Clark Mills
Grant County
Mills
Supreme Court
Jack Anderson
John B. Anderson
Elizabethtown
Anderson
Lope
Fort Wayne
Chronology of Major Historical Events From 1282 to 1862
A compact list of dates and events across centuries, noting notable figures and milestones. It includes Welsh princes, colonial milestones, independence, battles, political offices, rail and banking developments, state admissions, and key international incidents.
Gyroscope Test Keeps Ship Deck Nearly Level at Sea
London dispatches report a three day North Sea test off Tynemouth under Dr Schlick on torpedo boat See bar 116 feet long. The gyroscope kept the deck nearly horizontal as the vessel rolled, prompting plans to install the device on commercial lines.
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London
North Sea
Tynemouth
Schlick
Bell's Aeroplane Files Tetrahedral Kite Flight
Reports from Baddeck Nova Scotia state Alexander Graham Bell's tetrahedral kite Cygnet made a successful ascent on December 6. The aero plane lacked a motor, so it was mounted on a platform on a lake and towed by a steam launch, then lifted as speed rose.
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Baddeck
C. B
Alexander Graham Bell
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Shah of Persia
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Oscar II
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Dexter M. Ferry
Seedsman
Detroit
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Cleary
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Rathdrum
B. D. Pritchard
Allegan, Mich
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Oscar
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United States Army
Isthmian Canal Commission
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Cannon
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Towler
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Treasury
Indiana State News
George W. Gilbert
Tlewellyn
Wales
Llandewyer
Albany, N. Y
Pilgrim Fathers
Plymouth Rock
New Zealand
Tasman
Bell's
Aeroplane Files
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