Washington Looms as Center Of Interest In Week's News
Washington dominates this week's news with legislative action across states. The House passed the Underwood La Follette Wool bill amid the president's veto threat. Postmaster General Hitchcock opened an inquiry into La Follette's mail tampering charges. Secretary Meyer approved Monocacy gunboat at Mare Island with cost cap of 215000 dollars. Odell testified on Harriman's 240000 dollar Roosev el campaign fundraise, backing Harriman's account. Post Office Appropriation bill grants postal clerks the right to join unions. Root and La Follette clash verbally. Assistant Surgeon McClintick dies after tick bite in Bitter Root Valley.
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House
Hitchcock
Senator la Follette
Meyer
Harriman
Senate
Root
la Follette
T. B.mcclintick
U. S. Public Health Service
Bitter Root Valley
Mont
Notable figures tied to politics and society face legal and civic events
Personal Joseph E Widener suffers appendicitis at Newport. Reginald W Rives sues for divorce in Reno alleging cruelty. Mrs Belmont advocates suffrage on checks. James Whitcomb Riley forwards 50000 to Edmund Eitel. Theron Catlin loses seat amid spending concerns. La Follette accuses postal theft. charges denied. Roosevelt plans Seattle speech on September 10.
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Joseph E. Widener
Newport
Roosevelt
Washington
Seattle
Reginald W. Rives
New York
Reno
Oliver H. P. Belmont
James Whitcomb Riley
Edmund H. Eitel
Theron Catlin
St. Louis
la Follette
Sportins Stovall Drives Seven Assists at First Base
The report notes Sportins Stovall of the Frowns recording seven assists at first base in a recent game. Other tidbits include Mike Donlin batting .364 for the Pirates, Phil Bryant winning the national title at Soldiers Field with 230 hits and 1 090 score, and a Steubenville pitcher William Craig dying from injuries after a curve ball incident. Also mentioned are boxing plans for Jack Johnson vs Joe Jeannette on September 25 with ticket tiers, and Maine doubles tennis champions Henry R Scott and Sydney L Beals from Boston defeating Blair and Burr.
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Stovall
Mike Donlin
Pirates
Soldiers’ Field
Boston
Phil Bryant
William Craig
Steubenville
Ohio
St. Nicholas A. C
New York
Jack Jonson
Joe Jeannette
Maine
Bar Harbor
Henry R. Scott
Sydney L. Beals
William McCormick Blair
Chicago
R. A. Burr
Multiple New York court notes and disasters reported
Doorkeeper at a New York cinema convicted for admitting a minor. Two boys arrested for stealing to see movies. Amann and Hartley win 60000 in damages from United Booking Offices over discrimination. Frank Work estate valued at 14228728.29 with rail securities dominant. Ellis Kinsley linked to New Jersey epidemic claims. 58th International Typographical Union convention held in Cleveland. Elizabeth Lebar, balloonist, drowns in Lake Michigan. Georgia mob executes a captured black murderer in a courthouse.
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New York
Amann and Hartley
United Booking Offices
Frank Work
Ellis Kinsley
New Jersey
International Typographical Union
Cleveland
Ohio
Elizabeth Lebar
Lake Michigan
Muskegon
Mich
Georgia
Multiple 1900s News Snippets From Across the Nation
Reports include no new bubonic cases in Puerto Rico and four Chicago theatres cutting orchestras under the Chicago Federation of Musicians demand for 11 employed. Arrests and elections span Brooklyn drug adulteration case James Gillen, Alaska delegate James Wickersham re election, and more.
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Porto Rico
Chicago
Chicago Federation of Musicians
James F. Gillen
Brooklyn
Lilly
Louise Schigman
Maysville
Henry F. Donaldson
Society of Automobile Engineers
New York
John T. McGraw
West Virginia
United States
Pittsburgh
Joseph Brown
Baltimore
International Typographical Union
Nashville
Tenn
Morristown
N. J
Hilles
Republican National Committee
William Barnes, Jr
Philadelphia
Porter
Susanna Blatchford
Vesta
Frank Avery
Blue Point
L. L
Equitable Life-Assurance Society
Gen. T. Coleman du Pont
Wilmington
Del
International gloom and peril touch Europe and beyond
Mourning declared in Italy over the Dowager Duchess of Genoa. A slag bank collapse at Dortmund leaves 26 missing and eight bodies recovered. A sailboat capsizes on Lake Schwerin with four drowned. Colombia reopens Medellin mint to coin gold, impacting gold exports. China’s silk districts fears rising prices as fabric shifts to western clothing following revolution.
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Genoa
Dortmund
Germany
Lake Schwerin
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg- Schwerin
Medellin
China
London Daily Telegraph
Peking
William W. Rockhill
Turkey
Mont D'Or
Flying Fox
Deauville
Joseph E. Widener
Italia
Alexandria
Egypt
England
Drew
Helensburg
Scotland
Walter Scott
State-Wide Jersey Items Chronicle Local Happenings
A long list of notices from New Jersey towns covers fire company wins, farming payments, grape and pepper crops, school heating upgrades, clerical changes, church calls, injuries, and local legal actions. Highlights include Monroe township clerk election, Millville school program adoption, and a Jersey rail bridge raised per War Department orders.
Reform ex convict Burke seeks to stay on council
William Burke a Philadelphia common council member from the Thirty third Ward reveals a past as a pickpocket yeggman and burglar known as New York Slim. He describes his 1907 release, a 1904 move to Philadelphia and his rise as a reform politician while paying an old crime associate to keep his confession secret. Mayor Blankenburg advocates letting Burke resign or face consequences while remaining a city leader.
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Philadelphia
William Burke
Common Council
Keystone
New York
Charleston
Massachusetts
Burke
Charlestown
Yeggman
Common Councils
Rudolph Blankenburg
Pocono Pines
Inspector Hayes Suspended After False Statement Claim
New York police Inspector Cornelius G Hayes is degraded to captain and suspended pending trial for allegedly making an unqualifiedly false statement that he was ordered by Commissioner Waldo not to raid disorderly Tenderloin houses without notification. Hayes will face trial and must answer for district conditions shown by raids. Rosenthal sought warrants against Hayes and Capt William Day for oppression. magistrate Butts denied the application, leading Rosenthal to report graft to the DA.
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New York
Cornelius G.hayes
Waldo
Hayes
William Day
Herman Rosenthal
Butts
Rosenthal
Health Director Orders 30 000 Vaccinations in Pittsburgh
E R Walters head of Pittsburgh Department of Public Health orders immediate vaccination for all residents in the upper Lawrenceville district to curb the spreading smallpox.
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Pittsburgh
E. R. Walters
Department of Public Health
Old
Lawrenceville District
Woman named to Topeka police force
Mayor Billard appoints Mrs. Lillian A. King to the Topeka police force. The former newspaper publisher is described as level headed and serves as Secretary of the Kansas State Temperance Union. She will be detailed to arrest wayward young girls.
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Topeka
Kan
Billard
Lillian A. King
Mulai Hafid to Receive France Grant to Stay Out of Politics
Mulai Hafid ex Sultan of Morocco will be paid 7000 dollars annually by France to remain non political. He and his harem reached Gibraltar en route to Paris. East Side merchants in New York blamed the Yiddish Camorra for recent horse poisonings. Segura Sugar Co plant at New Iberia Louisiana burned, loss about 500000 dollars, partly insured. US training ship Newport arrived at Plymouth England, all aboard well.
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Mulai Hafid
Morocco
France
Gibraltar
Paris
East Side
New York
Segura Sugar Co
New Iberia
Newport
Plymouth
England
Sweden
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mother of Thirteen
Mrs. JG Johnson of Scottville Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with keeping her fit while farming and caring for thirteen children. She says the remedy prevents backache and bearing down pains and helped her daughter with painful periods.
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Scottville
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
JG. Johnson
R.F.D
Natica and Evelyn Debate Marriage to Reggy
Natica asks Evelyn if she plans to marry Reggy. Evelyn affirms and notes he is a fine catch, but Natica worries about risking the match and questions the decision.
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Natica
Reggy
Evelyn
Fiine
Base Ball Sparks Between Fans and Umpire Cited
A Washington Star quotation notes a humorous comment by Mr Meekton about taking his wife to a baseball game. She enjoyed some parts but found much of it repetitive while finding the umpire arguments fascinating.
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Mr.Meekton
Washington Star
Wise Doctor Recommends Postum for Convalescents
A physician praises Postum as a nourishing, caffeine free beverage for convalescents and nervous patients. He notes he began using it in his own family decades ago and now prescribes it widely, replacing coffee and tea as a staple in homes. The letter, attributed to Postum Co., urges readers to try the product and mentions The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pligs
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