Atlantic fleet sails for 13000 mile Pacific voyage
The December day marks the start of the Practice Cruise to the Pacific as the Atlantic fleet departs Hampton Roads led by Rear Admiral Evans’ Connecticut. The voyage, described as the most momentous ever, equates a disciplined army of nearly 2,000,000 men in naval form, with 223,836 tons of battleship power and about 33,000 crew plus auxiliaries.
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Pacific
Hampton Roads
Rorestvensky
Cape of Good Hope
Evans
Connecticut
Magellan Strait
Ocean
Atlantic
Pacific Seaboard
Naval Institute
Cantain
Bradley A. Fiske
Maine
Fiske
Navy prepares for a Christmas voyage with lavish provisions
The Navy lays out lavish onboard provisions for a long voyage to sea over Christmas New Year and Washington's birthday including turkeys plum puddings pumpkin pies and nuts. Officers fund their own supplies while fresh food and distilled water will be onboard. The cruise involves massive coal purchases and a fleet of colliers, signaling an ambitious, spectacular voyage that will draw global attention to the Armada.
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Washington
Navy Department
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Great Battlefleet Assembles for Global Cruise
A massive fleet combines battleships armored and protected cruisers and gunboats under Rear Admiral Evans. The plan includes coaling stops at Trinidad Rio and Magdalena Bay with a magnetic course toward Callao and San Francisco or the Philippines, then around the world via Suez. The operation features two fleets, extensive maneuvers, and target practice in rough and calm seas.
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Rio
Punta Arenas
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Strait of Magellan
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Magdalena Bay
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Tennessee
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St. Louis
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Wisconsin
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Congress
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Louncer
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Suca Canal
Hone
Naval supply list for battleship and crew rations described
The article details a battleship's power and a vast material list for crew sustenance. It enumerates thousands of pounds of flour beef potatoes ham vegetables canned fruits coffee tea eggs and more, noting nearly everything edible except intoxicants. The Navy considered these supplies in preparing the ship.
Diamond rich area in Pike County Arkansas report says
Professor Philip Schneider of Syracuse University, hired by Arkansas State Department of Agriculture, found that while much land inspected is barren, a few acres in Pike County produce genuine diamonds comparable to the Kimberley mines.
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Ark
Pike County
Philip Schneider
Syracuse
N. A
State Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt nominates Whipple and Fowler for key posts
In Washington President Roosevelt sent Colonel Charles N. Whipple’s nomination as paymaster general of the army. Charles N. Fowler urged currency reform. Speaker Cannon announced Banking and Currency Committee members. Whipple and Blackburn appointments were recalled or confirmed in executive session.
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Oklahoma
Charles N. Fowler
Washington
Ha Senate
Charles 44. Whipple
Army
Committee On
Banking and Currency
Roosevelt
Platt
Edward S. Fowler
Port of
New York
N. N. Stranahan
Senate
Charles N. Whipple
Blackburn
Kentucky
Jathmlan Canal
Harvard psychologist declares Nellie Titus has psychic marvel
Prof. William James examines Mrs. Nellie M. Titus of Lebanon Illinois and finds a super-normal seership faculty. In a trance she locates the body of Bertha Huz from Enfield nine years after she disappeared near Old Shaker Bridge.
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Wm. Janes
New Hampshire
Boston
Mass
William James
Harvard
Nellie M. Titus
Lebanon
N. IL
Fresh Incidents and World Affairs Across Europe and Africa
Reports depict German fears over rising European migration to America, Taft urging world peace at a St. Petersburg banquet, Kurdish raids burning 22 villages in the Armeno Kurdish area, plans for President Fallieres visits to European sovereigns next year, Glasgow noting Spanish navy contract signings, King Oscar of Sweden surrendering duties to Crown Prince Gustave due to poor health, Moroccan forces invading Algeria causing French retreat, and Von Bülow defending the German empire as Tokio previews the 1912 international exposition to diplomats.
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America
Taft
St. Petersburg
Fallieres
Vsits
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Oscar of Syweden
Gustave
Algeria
Prince von Bulow
Themperor
Klingelf
Viscount Kuneko
Tokio
Japan
Trolley lights trap rabbits along Delaware line
In Wilmington and surrounding Delaware areas rabbits are drawn toward the powerful electric searchlights of the West Chester Kennett and Wilmington Electric Railway cars at night. The rabbits perform gyrations and appear hypnotized when the beams strike their eyes.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
West Chester, Kennett and Wilmington Electric Railway
New Berlin Subway Cost Set at 15 Million Dollars
The era of rapid transit moves forward as plans cite a 15 million dollar price tag for Berlin subways. In other news, the Sons of the Revolution seize Fraunce's Tavern in New York City amid broader cultural and legal shifts across Europe and the United States.
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Sons of the Revolution
New York City
Egypt
Spain
France
Italy
Takahira
Aoki Ag
Washington
Toklo
Jacob Downing
Denver
Col
Vere St. Leger Goold
Muna Levin
Monte Cartos
Ife
Jerome
Chicago preacher denounces high school fraternities as plague
Charles W. French condemned local high school fraternities calling them instruments of the devil and a plague spot. He described chapter houses open day and night filled with tobacco profanity and late night orgies as degenerating influences likely to ruin participants.
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Chicago
Charles W. French
Curious News Condensations From Around The World
New Yorks Zoological Park houses 2243 birds. German tourists head the list in Alpine accident reports. A Moscow drug store employs 700 staff. Exports focus on cultural products. Hungary offers cheap travel. The Emperor of Japan has 30 physicians and 60 priests. In some Russian regions wives are still pursued as property. A European signatory card aids identification. A New York scientist says the spine governs 3 billion nerves. Massachusetts man divorces after wife pockets assets. US Treasury gold roughly matches a share of the national debt. France credits debt above its gold reserve.
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Zoological Park
Moscow
Hungary
Tiee Miley
Japan
Russia
Europe
Maggachusetts
United States
Seven Men Drowned As Bridge Goes Down
Seven workers die and nearly a score injured when a partially completed traveler bridge over the west branch of the Susquehanna at Mayville collapses amid rising floodwater. Forty men were on the span when debris and swift current brought the structure down and dragged workers downstream. Names of the dead include A W Fahs and Charles Creitzer among Selinsgrove and Millville residents. several others injured with serious wounds. The State project to replace a 1903 flood-destroyed bridge, led by Superintendent Lawton, seeks cause as rescues continue and recovery of victims proceeds downstream.
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Bloomsburg
MiiMayille
Here
William Nesbit
Lawton
Selling Grove
Charles Creitzer
Selins Grove
Adam Nuss
Madam Tritt
Beaver Valley
Irvin Updegraff
Georgetown
Millard Bowman
McMinville
George B
John Seesholtz
John Fisher
William Welking
Jaco Johnson
Chicago Wins 1908 Republican Convention Showdown
The Republican National Committee chose Chicago to host the June 16 1908 convention by a 31 18 4 vote over Kansas City and Denver. Taft backers favored Chicago while anti Taft and third term factions split. The decision, reached after a lively meeting, emphasized hotel and climate advantages.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Kansas City
Denver
Hibbard Wins Boston Mayor Race In Tight Contest
In a close municipal election Boston swung Republican by about 2000 votes. Postmaster George A. Hibbard defeated Mayor John F. Fitzgerald for re election. The revised returns: Coulthurst 15,871. Fitzgerald 36,064. Shibbard 38,067. City approved liquor sale licensing by a solid majority amid temperance campaigns. Worcester Lynn and Woburn also carried by temperance voters.
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George A. Hibbard
John F. Fitzgerald
John A. Coulthurst
Independence League
Fitzgerald
Shibbard
Lcense
Haquor
Worcester
Lynn
Woburn
Promoter Killed in Goldfield Shootout
Francis L. Burton was shot and killed at Mina by J. Boltman Buck editor of the Western Nevada Miner. Buck had printed an India paper article alleging Burton had been run out of Rawhide by a town committee and urged Mina citizens to similarly act. Purton confronted Buck and in the ensuing quarrel Burton was killed.
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Goldfeld, Ney
Francis L. Burton
Mina
J. Boltman Buck
Western Nevada Miner
Buck
India Paper
Burton
Rawhide
Purton
Vicat Lieutenant Cordier Witnesses Peruvian Army Manoeuvres
Lieutenant Constant Cordier of the Fourth Infantry and American Military Attache visits Lima Peru as guest of the Minister of War to observe Peruvian Army manoeuvres.
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Constant Cordier
Fourth Infantry
Lima
Peru
Goebel Murder Predicted at Powers Trial
Judge D D Piehl testified at the Powers trial in Georgetown Kentucky that Goebel’s murder was openly discussed before it happened. The remark linked the governor’s death to pretrial conversations among officials and shown the charged atmosphere surrounding the case.
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Goebel
D. D. Piehl
Powers
Georgetown
Riverside Plant Idle Halts Operations at National Tube
Riverside and Benwood West Virginia area plant of the National Tube Company suspended flat time operations. The Riverside department employs about 4000 men and idle status marks a historic pause in production.
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Riverside
Riverside Department of the National Tube Company
Aud Benwood
Via
Robbers Use Dymunde Method to Raid Banks in Sten and Pranktin
In a string of heists, criminals employed a method described as dymunde to steal thousands of dollars from banks located in Sten, Massachusetts, and Franklin, Massachusetts. Police pursuit follows as authorities review surveillance and collect forensics.
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Sten
5.D
Pranktin, Ma
Harry So New Chiteman Repulican National Committee
The Republican National Committee met in Washington and elected Mary 8 to lead the committee as new chairperson in a brief, official session.
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Harry So New Chiteman
Republcan National Committee
Washington
Opening Day Sixtieth Congress Sparks 4000 Bills
The Pittsburg Dispatch features Week's cleverest cartoon by Jamieson. The report notes on opening day about 4000 bills introduced, signaling a busy start to Congress and a flood of proposed legislation.
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Jamieson
Pittsburg
Thousands Back At Work as Confidence Recovers Across Industries
Reports from New England mills to West Coast rail projects show a broad revival in production and hiring. Rice & Hutchins Marlboro shoe factory returns 2200 workers to full time while American Woolen Moosup and other mills resume. rail and construction projects restart from Youngstown to St. Louis, with unions and firms forecasting sustained growth despite earlier panic.
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New England
Rice & Hutchins Company
Marlboro
Mass
American Woolen Company
Moosup
Conn
Madison Woolen Company
Madison
Apsley Rubber Works
Hudson, Mass
The
T. Fairbanks Company
St. Johnsbury
Dover
N. Hi
Biddeford
North Adams
Anthony, R. J
Manville
R. K
New England Cotton Company
Fall River
Pawtuxet
St. I
Blackstone Valley
Worcester
Valley Iron Works
Youngstown
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Baltimore
Cohoes
Rochester
Standard Steel Car Company
Newcastle
Illinois Steel Company
National Tube Company
Syracuse
N. Y
West Carrollton
Friend Paper Mills
National Cash Register Company
Dayton, O
Far West
Harriman
Lane
Omaha
Portland
Seattle
Los Angeles
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Union Pacific
St. Louis
Terminal Railroad Association
Witness Traction
Congress
Chicago
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Return of Thousands From America Germany Considers Excluding Undesirables
Berlin reports alarm over returning labor migrants swelling unemployment. Officials cite 20 000 skilled and 35 000 unskilled workers in Berlin affected as prices rise and food costs approach famine levels. Trades unions report cuts to jobless aid amid Austrian struggles with similar influx.
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Germany
Berlin
Ung
Schoeneberg
Austria
Clubwomen Crusade Against Christmas Gifts And Customs
Chicago clubwomen plan a crusade to denature Christmas, aiming to eliminate giftgiving and the shopping mania within years. Led by Mrs. Blackwell and Mrs. Helen M. Honorin, they deem current celebrations degenerate and fraught with evil. Government reports note varied global trade and industry figures, including Japan’s cement plant investments and British India jute farming progress, alongside Australia’s savings banks and New Zealand trade balances. Consul-General Michael urges India as a field for American cotton seed oil mills.
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Chicago
Chicago Woman's Club
Mra. JS. Blackwelder
Elen M. Honrotin
Japan
Gugarenne
Victoria
Australia
New Zealand
Michael
Calcutta
India
Government
Brithah India
Ita
Madras
Dog Cleans Sewers by Dragging Brush Through Tube
In Nice a new sewerage system prompts a novel method as a dog equipped with a harness traverses a narrow passage. A cord with a large brush is pulled through by workers, enabling cleaning in a space too tight for a man to pass.
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Paris
Nice
Season’s huge crowds stun veterans at football games
The report notes record attendances this season and mentions Mike Donlin signing with the New York Nationals to strengthen the team next season. West Point selects Cadet Wallace Philoon to lead the Army team, and Ty Cobb leads the American League in stolen bases amid an injury plagued season. Carlisle over Penn State and Princeton over Carlisle are among score updates as others drop plans for the America’s Cup race.
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Mike Donlin
New York Nationals
West Point
Wallace Philoon
Army Centre
Lajoie
Ty Cobb
New York Yacht Club
Watered the eggs. a Kansas tale to dodge debt
In Somers Point Captain Lake, an aged mariner, trusted a stranger to teach duck egg hatching for 300 dollars. The man vanished after secrecy, and the old sailor failed to hatch eggs, prompting a court ruling that the promissory note need not be paid.
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John Lake
3Uck Farm
Somers Point
Lake
Judge Ingersoll
Saptein
Governor Removes Ahearn from Manhattan Presidency
Governor Hughes dismissed John F. Ahearn as President of the Borough of Manhattan after six weeks of hearings. The decision centers on neglect of streets especially asphalted ones and abuses in the Bureau of Public Buildings, with no proven personal corruption. successors to be chosen by the Board of Aldermen as the City fights the likely appeal to courts.
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Hughes
John F. Ahearn
Borough of
Manhattan
Ahearn
Commissioners of Accounts
McClellan
George McAneny
Henry C. Wright
City Club of New York
Board of Aldermen
Bureau of Public Buildings and Offices
Financing Texas Cotton Opens Liberal Advances System
In Fort Worth a conference between Malcolm Graham of Galveston bankers and President D J Neill of the Farmers Union arranged to finance Texas cotton on liberal terms. Farmers may receive advances per bale depending on shipment plan, with $20, $30, or $35 options, aiming to boost fifteen cent cotton efforts across Texas.
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Texas
Malcolm Graham
Galveston
D—J.—Neill
Farmers’ Union
New York
Officials Asked to Quit in Asheville Southern Railway Row
Asheville North Carolina officials of the Southern Railway Asheville Division including Superintendent Ramseur Roadmaster Ramsey General Trainmaster Fortune Chief Dispatcher Johnson and others have been asked to resign over factional differences. They have one week to comply. Ramseur said he was discharged while others remained silent. General Superintendent Loyall arrived from Knoxville and met with General Agent Hayes.
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Ramseur
Ramsey
Fortune
Johnson
Southern Railway
Asheville
George A. Loyall
Knoxville
Hayes
Grandmother Kills Grandchildren in Somerville Crime
Mrs Emery Huntley surrendered at a Somerville police station admitting the killing of her two grandchildren Raymond Shomo six and Carl Oline Huntley four. The children, siblings adopted after their parents’ death, were found drowned in a bathtub after being stupefied by illuminating gas.
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Somerville
Mass
Emery Huntley
Raymond Shomo
Carl Oline Huntley
Notable Women in Society and Arts Across America
The item lists social figures and professionals including Mary K. Michael of Hamilton Ohio an expert plasterer and paperhanger. Mrs. Caroline Dana Howe a Portland poetess who died at eighty seven. Miss Helen Gould and Mrs Russel Sage seen shopping in New York. opera ushers training at the Manhattan. Mme Zola mourning theft of souvenirs. Mrs Claude A Swanson a Virgin Islands governor’s wife notable in landscape and china painting. Cobden-Sanderson comments on American women. and a committee including Queen Alexandra Princess Louise and others organizing aid for poverty due to unpaid Irish land charges.
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Helen Gould
Russel Sage
New York City
Mary K. Michael
Hamilton
Ohio
Caroline Dana Howe
Portland
Manhattan Opera House
Mme. Zola
Inter
Emile Zola
Claude A. Swanson
Virgin
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