Linton Circling the Globe and Rogues in Cuba News
The Clinton Plaindealer reports on the mysterious woman in black identified as Mrs. Frank Walker of Pittsburg who sues Peter McCool for desertion. It notes Cuba turmoil with roving bands and predicted cabinet shifts as officials prepare for year-end changes. A Denver laundry worker Harker learns of his wife’s $100,000 inheritance from Ernest Uhlrich. A baby survives a bird attack near Chamberlin, South Dakota, when a mother fought off a hawk with a broom.
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Matthew S. Quay
Pennsylvania
Frank Walker
Pittsburg
Peter FP. McCool
Cuba
Tiavana
Aftravin Es Copmend
Voliew
Roosevelt
Os Sar Sl Steere
New York
Qink
George von Th. Moyer
Doissia
Moorly
Stocy
John Harker
Denver
Chicago
Eipe
Ernest Uhlrich
Harkers
Harker
S. Ga Rhodes
Casles
Chamberlin
S. D
Alo
Diphtheria Reports in Worcester and Global News Update
The itemized wire from Worcester notes S000 diphtheria cases. major global items include the Duchess of Aosta's safe return, a New York copyright group formation, a weather bureau scandal, a philadelphia race riot tied to The Clansman, and Western blizzard devastation with mass loss and property damage.
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Worcester
Mass
Duchess of
Aosta
Amore
Ardbistop Purley
New York
Cuba Trade Bulletin Shows U S Share of Imports and Exports
The Commerce and Labor Department bulletin on Cuba’s foreign commerce reports total trade near 200 million dollars with imports at 825 million and exports at 110 million. U S shares of imports are 45 percent and of exports 86 percent, with sugar and fruits dominating exports and tobacco split between the United States and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Cuba
United States
Menis
S&t
Europe
Building the Highest Bridge Over Arkansas River
The American Inventor reports progress on a suspension bridge over the Arkansas River in Colorado. The 267 foot high span uses flat steel and cables with curved girders anchored to canyon walls. The plate floor and high railings will support an electric railway between Canyon City and Florence with Denver and Rio Grande tracks below.
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Arkansas River
Colorado
Canyon City
Tlorence
Denver and
Rio Grande
Education leader warns against political aims at university alma mater
Dr Elmer F Brown, United States Commissioner of Education, spoke at New York University’s school of pedagogy open exercises. He urged teachers not to pursue politics as a lesser art and urged pursuit of the larger public good. He warned education must resist materialism.
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Elmer BF. Brown
Elucation
New York University
Amope
Fraulein Krupp Married in Simple Essen Wedding
Bertha Krupp, the world’s richest woman, wed Lieut Gustav Von Bohlen und Halbach in a quiet ceremony at a chapel on the Krupp estate in Essen. Kaiser Wilhelm attended, saluted the bride, and a modest banquet followed, with workingmen present for the church rite.
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Kaiser
Sim
Essen
Germany
Krupp
Bertha Krupp
Gustav von Bohlen Und Halbach
Kaiser William
Nernp Industries
Banq
Kaiser Wilhom
Kaiser Wilhelm
Mme. Krupp
Krapp
Baron Krupp
Bertha
Nasser
Wertha Krupp
Mrs. Jefferson Davis Dies in New York
Varina Howell Jefferson Davis widow of Jefferson Davis dies at the Majestic Hotel New York after a weeklong pneumonia illness following a summer in the Adirondacks. Born 1826 Natchez Mississippi she spent much of her life at home and later attended Washington with her husband after his Mexican War service.
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New York
Jefferson Davis
Hotel Majestic
Congress
Bride Pays Tribute at Krupp Smithy In Simple Honeymoon
Fraulein Krupp visits the Krupp works smithy to place a wreath on a bronze bust of the first Krupp laborer. The couple begin their honeymoon with a thrifty $250 wedding, while Mrs. Davis supports her husband during Civil War years and writes his memoirs.
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Krupp
Fraulein Krupp
Iss
Jefferson Puvis
Connecticut Fire Insurers Pay San Francisco Claims
Six large Connecticut fire insurance companies have paid 15,952,749 on account of the San Francisco disaster, about six percent of the total claims against them.
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San Francisco
Connecticut
New Haven Railroad Plans Electrification With Overhead System
The New York New Haven and Hartford railroad annual report shows net earnings of 3 012 812 dollars and outlines plans to use single phase alternating current electrification with an overhead conductor. A contract has been awarded to equip a 21 mile section of track.
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New Haven
New York, New Haven and Tartford Railroad
Fire Damages Mayfield Woolen Mills in Louisville
A blaze at Mayfield woolen mills in Louisville Kentucky caused about 350000 dollars in property damage. No further details on casualties or cause are provided in the readable text.
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Mayfield Woolen
Louisville
Toledo Strike Injunction Presses Against Machinists
United States Judge Taylor in Toledo issued a broad injunction against members of the machinists' association on strike at Vope Toledo Company. The order bars threats or persuasion to quit, and prohibits strikers from gathering near the plant.
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Toledo
United States
Taylor
Machinists’ Association
Vope-Toledo
National Metal Trades Association
Trolley Trenton Collision Injures Several
Two trolley cars collided head on at Trenton New Jersey injuring several people. The report notes the impact and resulting injuries without detailing names.
Devastating Hurricane Hits Cuba and Florida Coast
A massive hurricane swept from Venezuela to Florida causing hundreds to thousands of deaths. Elliott Key was inundated by a tidal wave, a barge with 160 refugees wiped out, and the St Lucie steamer wrecked with twenty eight dead. Northern Cuba and San Salvador suffered heavy losses as the storm raged for hours.
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Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Utah
Las Vegas
Socorita
Kaqrerque
Union Pe
Tie Vine
Wwe
Salt Lake
Green Hiver
Wae
Tie Ford
Selt Lake City
Ptah Packing Company
OGO
Uce
Tn Ogden
Republic of Salvador
Coatepeque
Chulo Y Volcana
Panehinalco
Axelene
Jost
Wimipeto
Ruatan
Tela
Utila
EL Provence
Honduras
Mobile
Abv
lTarald
Ttunatan Wa
Tuatin
Venezuela
Florida
Fliott Key
Elliott Key
Key
Eliott Ishind
Pahama Islands
St. Lucie
Keys
Minami
Cuba
Ilavana
Pinar del Rio
Havana
Republic of San Salvador
The Chinese Reform Edict and Modernizing Push
Officials of all classes embrace a new reform era after the imperial edict promises a modernized legal system and constitutional government. Pekin police ban temple lot forecasting, Viceroy Tuan Shir Kai halts the Tiapulu festival, and a visiting commission urges the empress dowager to purge eunuchs from the palace.
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Pekin
Tuan Shir Kai
Europe
America
China
Tuberculosis Study Highlights Race and Living Conditions
Dr. Lawrence F. Flick of the Henry Phipps Institute in Philadelphia presents a two year report on tuberculosis. The study finds higher susceptibility among negroes and identifies houseworkers as most affected. It notes greater risk from indoor living and poverty, with blacks seen as a danger due to close contact in servant roles.
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Lawrence F. Flick
Henry Phipps Institute For
Philadelphia
Capitol Scandal Probed Over Capitol Expenditure
Pennsylvania State Treasurer Berry questions Gov. Pennypacker and Auditor Snyder on authority to authorize 89 million for Capitol trimmings after completion. They refuse to answer while Berry alleges 2 to 4 million overrun beyond the 4 million appropriation. Court action possible over unpaid bills.
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Capitol
Berry
Pennsylvania
Gov. Pennypacker
Snyder
Pennypacker
O. K
New York Clearing House Reports Record Transactions
The annual report shows year ending Sept. 80 transactions totaling 107 721 586 115 dollars with year end balances of 3 852 621 023 dollars, up over 20 million from the prior year. Alexander Gilbert elected president, Albert H. Wiggin named secretary. William J. Gilpin reelected manager.
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New York Clearing House
Alexander Gilbert
Market and
Fulton National Bank
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase National Bank
William J. Gilpin
South Carolina Senator Praises Peruna in Letter
Ex U S Senator M C Butler of South Carolina writes from Washington praising Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. He calls Peruna a wonderful medicine and a good tonic and notes catarrh of the stomach as the root cause.
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M. C. Butler
U. 8S
South Carolina
Washington, D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Crepe Counter Conversation Reveals Mourning Widow
A tall, businesslike woman enters a London crepe shop and, after declining the shopwalker, asks for mourning crepes for her late husband. The amused shopman offers French guards and half-mourning options, while she bluntly reveals she buried her fourth husband yesterday.
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London
Not of Much Account choir quip referenced
A historical quip attributes a humorous mishearing to a parish verger. The lord chief justice is linked to church life and a woman asks to identify Sir Richard Webster. The verger explains roles, then deflects on the choir’s members and their antecedents with a playful line about booty and inquiry.
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England
Richard Webster
Food Advice Promotes Grape-Nuts as Dyspepsia Aid
An article argues against habit of relying on medicines for indigestion and promotes Grape-Nuts as a digestible, strength-giving food. It cites a Maine user who recovered from nervous dyspepsia after weeks of use and recommends cream with Grape-Nuts.
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Tam
Maine
Postinn
Battle Creek
Wellville
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Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
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Panama Canal Zone
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Canton
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Rochester
N.Y
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Leonard Leopold
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Palace Hotel
American Missionary Association
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I. W. Chabbard
Churches of America
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Galveston
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National Association of Retail Druggists
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Detroit
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Anderson
Indianapolis
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