Numerous 1900s crises and crimes flood headlines in Clinton Indiana
Floods devastate Visalia and surrounding towns in California while Kings and San Joaquin rivers overflow. Fire destroys Bevan's shoe store and damages a block of Pittston stores. A witness list includes John Wing dead at Louvre Theater and Miss Ruth Houdlette's Radcliffe death linked to wood alcohol. The piece also notes labor politics moves toward an independent party and various local incidents across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings
San Joaquin
California
Visalia
Woodville
Farmersville
American Smelting Company
Point San Bruno
Cal
Bay
Chicago
John H. Williamson
Glen Osborne
Fort Wayne
Manual Training
Taverhill
Mass
Whittier
Juneau
Alaska
Louvre
John Wing
John King
Moret
Spain
Alfonso
Canary Islands
Gilgore M. Wilson
Northampton
Smith
Rumor of Witte Resignation and Local Crime Roundup
Rumor spreads that Count Witte may resign the premiership amid a wider set of civic actions. Sheriff Quinn orders all Butte gambling houses closed. Three Mexicans condemned for killing an old woman in Toluca whom they believed a witch. Henry G. Wheeler of Duluth dies after 51 years of residence. Intercollegiate peace conference slated for April at Earlham College. Mrs. Jacob Simmons and two children killed at Pine Level Florida with a family member arrested. Foreman killed by Italian laborers after fight on the South and Western railroad. Louis K Swift of Swift & Co plans a $1,000,000 packing plant in Portland. Edward Wentzell dies after falling from a furnace stove in Ensley Alabama. he lived in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Witte
Civic League
Quinn
Butte
Mont
Toluca
Mexico
Henry G. Wheeler
Duluth
Minn
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
Jacob Simmons
Pine Level
Fla
Albert Simmons
Marion
N. 4
South and Western
Louis K. Swift
Swift & Co
Portland
Ore
Edward Wentzell
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Ensley
Ala
Denver
Multiple deaths and incidents reported from across the United States
A flood of brief items notes fatalities from a stone fall in Massillon Ohio and an anarchist leader in Cincinnati, educators in Michigan, a minister’s wife in Gratis Ohio, and a Kansas City mayoral race. Also reports an avalanche near Ouray Colorado, a murder in Omaha, Northwood Washington forest fires, a Kansas City shooting, a Finnish lumber town destruction, a Northwood recovery, and a U S attorney nomination withdrawal with a fire near Sheboygan and Carnegie donation offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocock
Massillon
Ohio
Fred Zett
Robert Booth
Johann Most
Cincinnati
A. Tl. Wattengill
Michigan
Ann Arbor
J. L. Kimmel
Progressive Brethren Church
Gratis
Kansas City Democrats
Robert L. Gregory
Camp Bird
Ouray
Colo
Jay O’bearn
Nels Laustén
Twentieth
Cutting Streets
Omaha
Northwood
Wash
Ida Danielson
Kansas City
FE. C. Harris
Rudolph WK. Uynicka
Hoss” Cox
John Embry
United States
Oklahoma
Ixmbry
Goodrich
Atlanta
Sheboygan
Wis
Andrew Carnegie
Multiple Negligent Incidents Highlight National News Flow
A sweeping roundup reports on a Kansas library endowment pledge, Ohio and Oregon political and labor developments, a St Louis police injunction, Oregon crop totals, fires in Michigan and Ohio, a Cincinnati machine tool fire, a fatal bobsled crash in Missouri, a St Paul suicide, a Cincinnati hospital stabbing, dustings of legal and crime cases across the Midwest, and a San Francisco municipal rail decision.
Multiple Fires and Legal Actions Hit Southern States
Summary of varied incidents: Garth Tompkins hanged for Brame's death in Madisonville. Bristol lumber mill alight. Adams Brothers lumber partial burn. International Fire Engineers to meet in Dallas Oct 9–12. Louis Brown commits suicide in Norfolk cell before trial for lamp explosion murder. George H. Stephens convicted of counterfeiting in Tampa federal court. Winokur marshal Thomas Robinson shot. one assailant killed, suspect Lucius Crawford arrested. Greensboro to host special term for Congressman Blackburn case. St Vincent's Academy in Shreveport destroyed by fire. loss $60,000, insured $12,500. Fire due to defective fuse during lunch hour.
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Garth Tompkins
James Brame
Madisonville
James A. Wilkinson
Bristol
Tenn
Adams Brothers Company
International Association of Fire Engineers of America
Dallas
Texas
Louis Brown
Norfolk
W. Va
Flossie Reese
Tampa
Fla
George H. Stephens
Princeton
Lafayette College
Pennsylvania
Thomas Robinson
Winokur
Lucius Crawford
Robinson
Greensboro
N. C
Blackburn
Grand Jary
St. Vincent’s Academy
Shreveport
South
Congressional debate and votes on rail rate bill and war reports
Senate debates over the railroad rate bill drew responses from Foraker Lodge Dolliver Aldrich Tillman and Knox. A bill authorized Rear Admiral Davis to accept gifts from Britain and Russia. The House passed a resolution expanding the Interstate Commerce Commission powers and a Post Office publications inquiry. The Army lieutenant general grade was abolished with promotion timing set for Corbin and MacArthur. The Senate discussed Moro battle reaction. the House filibuster over Lieutenant General bill ended in a stalemate.
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Senate
Rayner
Foraker
Lodge
Dolliver
Aldrich
Tillman
Knox
C. S. Davis
Secretary of War
War Department
Philippines
Mount Dajo
House
Babcock
Wis
Gardner
Mass
Garrett
Tenn
Grosvenor
Ohio
Newlands
Nelson
Bacon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stone
Postofices Department
Roosevelt
Mr. Jones
Prince of Ilnois
Corbin
MacArthur
Shackleford
Cannon
Messrs. McCreary
Bailey
Heyburn
Nebraska
Wyoming
Tawau
Indian Affairs Panel Supports Brule Reservation Bill
The House Committee on Indian Affairs reports favorably a bill to authorize the sale of 56,000 acres on the lower Brule reservation in South Dakota. The Geological Survey chief proposes a new $1.2 million building for the agency. Alphonse Zeelaya, son of Nicaragua’s president, returns to Washington to marry Stella Baker after a prior kidnapping incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Lower Brule Reservation
South Dakota
Director Walcott
The
Geological Survey
Congress
Government Service
Alphonse Zeelaya
President Zeelaya
Nicaragua
Washington
Stella Baker
Vanderbilt Lumineuse Wins Prix Chemin de Fer at Paris Races
Telegrams from Shadrinsk report platinum discoveries in Ouray district Russia. An earthquake at Kagi Formosa destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed many. The plague resurfaces in Sydney with two cases and three more in the same block. Census returns show Germany’s 1905 population at 60,605,183 with 868,991 more women than men. Projections suggest males may outnumber females by 1945 if trends continue.
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W. KK
Vanderbilt
Aris
Shadrinsk
Ouray
Russia
Kagi
Formosa
Sydney
S. W
Germany
Legal move to block Pacific Mutual Conservative merger
F C Howard, a Pacific Mutual Life policy holder, sues to stop the proposed merger with Conservative Life Insurance Company. Other items report Ole K E Finstad and L C Coughener, LA residents, sentenced in Mexico for a Diaz ranch murder, and the Konigin Luise's Halifax arrival after gale damage and rudder break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Howard
Pacific Mutual Life Company
Life Insurance
Ole KE. Finstad
L. C. Coughener
Los Angeles
Santa Rosita
Mexico
R. W. Rutherford
Philadelphia
C. W. McMurray
Diaz Ranch
Chihuahua
Halifax
Repai
Panama Trade Surges Without Canal Yet
An immense volume of trade passes over the isthmus of Panama without a canal. The article notes significant transit, with emphasis on the strategic role of the route and shipping dynamics affecting global commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Meyer
Taft
Moody
House Post Office
United States
Republic of San Marino
Manly Lawton
Lawton
Military Academy
J. Ki. Markel
Senate
Canal Zone
Roosevelt
Rheumatism Cured By Dr Williams Pink Pills At Foundry
Mr W S Geisel of 125 East Coates St Moberly Mo narrates severe rheumatism from damp foundry work. Feet knees and shoulders swelled and he nearly could not walk. After a month of Pink Pills his pain swelling appetite and color improved by June and by October he was fit for outdoor work. Pills claimed to cure related blood and nerve disorders with a Schenectady N Y supplier listed.
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Williams
Pink Pilla
W. S. Geisel
East Coates Street
Moberly
Dr. Williams
St. Louis
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Language Fumbles Highlight Mrs Crossway and Gwendolen
A humorous exchange shows Mrs Crossway remarking on Gwendolen and Perkins as a bright child while Mrs Lapsling agrees, noting the girl’s cutaneous promptness in a Chicago Tribune style snippet. The dialogue plays on mistaken phrasing and playful mispronunciation.
Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonial affidavit 1886
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. to pay one hundred dollars for any untreatable catarrh. Notary A. W. Gleason witnesses. Cure advertised as internal remedy affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by all druggists. includes call to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Duck Hunt Tale From Louisiana Ends In Fatal Misread
A Louisville board of trade leader returns from a Louisiana hunting trip with substitute guide Louis Viger after Antoine Lemaitre falls ill. Louis recounts a duck shoot where both claim halves of a duck, culminating in a dramatic verbal quip about a kill that mirrors the other hunter’s claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Board of Trade
Louisiana
Antoine Lemaitre
Antoine
Louis Viger
Louis
Louisville
Gar
Antoine Keel
New York Tribune
Knew Her Ways. A Humorous Exchange
A joke exchange features Mr. Gayboy asking about his wife and a messenger. The messenger says she didn’t speak, prompting the punchline that he must have gone to the wrong house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gayboy
Messenger
Grand to Live After Giving Up Coffee
An Ohio woman details a drastic health turn after replacing coffee with Postum Food Coffee. She describes improvements in heart trouble digestion nerves and energy within weeks and credits Postum with renewed strength and better daily life. The testimonial cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Clinton Plaindealer
Van
Turkey
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Emma Caroline Roche Bussche
Baron von Dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
Berlin
Carl F. Bussche
Eighteenth Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Irian
Payton and
Troy
Chambersburg
William Pumpheys
Bert Hoover
Gustavus Nicol
Tippecanoe
John Morrison
Cumbola
Portisville
Morrison
Franklin Yarn Company
Franklin
Columbia
League Island Navy Yard
West Indies
Bevan
Pittston
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Braddock
Kenry C. Frick
Alexander Berkman
Mr. Frick
S. H. Kauffman
Washington Evening Star
Wayne County
Rachel Findley
Clayton Christy
Mabel Page
Weston
Jamestown
Potomac River
Newport News
Katherine Norment
Washington, D. C
A. N. Scholle
New York
W. E. Corey
Pittsburg
Riverside
Clark, Chapin & Bushnell
First National Bank of Freeland
F. M. Everett
Hazelton
Ruth Edith Houdlette
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Swan
Sixth Regiment
Bridge and
West Streets
Camden
N. J
New York City
Newark
Antonio Bozuffi
Morris Canal
Bozuffi
Western
Baker University
Baldwin
Kan
Friends of Baker
Bronson
Ohio House
Hill
Columbiana
Douglas
Board of Police Commissioners
Kiely
Salem
Oregon
Tustin
Compton
Tire
Diesel Machine Tool Company
Buckeye Foundry
Annie Woesky
Rosa
Aggie Burkowski
T. J. Seaford
St. Joseph
Standard Oil Company
Santa Fe
Charles Umphrey
St. Mary's Hospital
Vincent St. John
Burke Miners’ Union
Steunenberg
Boise
Idaho
Thayee
Adobe
New Mexico and Colorado Express
Leadville
Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad
Peren
St. Paul
Paul Lindberg
Gordon & Ferguson
Merchants’ Hotel
E. B. Bohnert
Moreland
Clark Taylor
Walter Scott
Death Valley
San Bernardino
Dr. Johnson
Scott
David E. Sherrick
Indiana
Indianapolis
Sherrick
Columbus
Dillon
Frankie Mellagh
W. A. Watkins
MecNugh
Anderson
Dunn
Fergus Falls
Fred Wagner
Tamaraeck
Lewis XVI
France
Joshua N. Pinault
Minneapolis
McMahon
Porter County
Thomas Bascom
Springfield
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Summan
Bascom
San Francisco
Murasky
I. Strassburger
Geary Street
Strassburger
Board of Supervisors
White Pigeon
Alfred Wicket
Farmers’ Savings Bank
E. N. Gortner
Gillam
A. L. Reed
Mason’s
N. A. Hamilton
Coro
Archibald Whittle
Rio Grande
Whittle
Catherine Morrison
Alfred Duncan
Jennie Duncan
Findlay
Jesse James
Frank Shoemaker
Duncan
James Boys
Southern
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