Notable U S Events Memorable Week Washington
Navy medical board investigates typhoid among midshipmen at Annapolis. Census 91,972,266 for continental U S with possessions over 101 million. Taft calls cabinet to discuss appointments. Clark pledges support for river and harbor aid. Gen Wallace Randolph dies by own hand in Washington. Panama bonds step by treasury to ease drain. Cotton crop put at 11,426,000 bales with rising prices. Knox orders deportation to Italy for Porter Charlton trial. insanity delay possible.
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Navy Department
Annapolis
Census Bureau
Continental
United States
Taft
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Commerce Court
Champ Clark
Congress
Wallace F. Randolph
Army
Washington
Treasury Department
Knox
Italy
Porter Charlton
Personal will records and obituary of Henry Guy Carleton
Mrs Eddy's 1901 will found and filed for probate with a copy from 1908. Henry Guy Carleton died at Hot Springs Arkansas of paralysis. Carleton, a reporter, soldier, playwright and inventor, was born at Fort Union New Mexico Territory on June 21 1856. His father General James H Carleton was an Indian fighter.
Public service plan urged by West Virginia governor
West Virginia Governor Glasscock proposes creating a public service commission. The note accompanies other items including hunting deaths in Pennsylvania, abductions in New York, and a high profile list of tragedies and political resignations from the period.
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Emeline Bernhard
George
Tom’Morgan
Worth
Bernhard
Martin City
William BE. Glasscock
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Pennsylvania
New England
New England. Charity Organization Society of New York
Columbus
Edward An Wyck Rossiter
New York Central
Flushing
Chicago
George W. Perkins
Edward P. Whitney
J. P. Morgan & Co
William H. Porter
Thomas W. Lamont
Mr. Perkins
William Deforest Brown
National India Rubber Company of
Bristol
BR. 1
Brown
Christian Science Church
Mrs. Eddy
Gororea
Mary Baker Eddy laid to rest in Mont Auburn Cemetery
The article notes Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy’s burial in Mont Auburn Cemetery after modest services. It also covers various 1900s events: a gold medal for historian Jas. Ford Rhodes at a New York joint meeting. antebellum and political figures. ship pilots laws. a French nobleman’s death. a kidnap case in New York. antitrust court actions. Newark inquest details. Wilson urging Martine for senator. Shaw’s estate revised. Boston club sale. Christian Scientists church affairs. Wabash Pittsburg Terminal bond case. and a festive European travel rush impacting steerage.
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Mary Baker Eaddy
Christian Science
Mont Auburn Cemetery
Jas
Ford Rhodes
New York
American Academy
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Sandy Hook
Duke of
Duke of Chartres, A Grandson of Louis Philippe
France
McClellan
Michael Rizzo
Upper East Side
United States Circuit Court
Philadelphia
Temple Iron’ Company
Newark
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
James E. Martine
Quincy A. Shaw
Boston
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
The
Christian Scientists
Mrs. Eddy
Colonial Trust Company of
Pittsburg
Wabash- Pittsburg
Europe
Global unrest and natural disasters dominate headlines
A cyclonic storm in Spain caused deaths and floods, while mutinies and battles flare across the Americas. Mexico reinforces near Chihuahua as European politics strain under liberal vetoes. unrest, riots, and disease plague cities from Calcutta to Madeira and Constantinople.
Hobble skirt joke sparks talk on dress absurdities
London reports a cartoonist's joke on the hobble skirt prefiguring a fashion craze. Haselden recalls imagining extreme outfits from knee to shoulder, while noting a few sensible elements and a fear women would adopt the dangerous style.
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London
Paris
W. K. Haselden
Eny
Squirrel Makes Good Fight At Birmingham Terminal
A crowd in Birmingham watched several boys try to tame a wild squirrel at the terminal station. The animal bit and scratched the youths, leaving multiple lacerations before a passenger bagged it, after which the squirrel became tame and quiet.
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Birmingham
Terminal Station
Two New Popular Games At Country House Parties
At country house parties this season two games gain popularity Fantasia similar to table bowls with heavy bets and roulette with cards using four packs Players bet on cards instead of numbers Hostesses praise the games for entertaining visitors who cannot play bridge
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London
Girl 16 Would Live On 20000 Year For Daughter Ladenburg
New York reports a petition from Mrs Ladenburg seeking 20000 annually for her daughter Hugenta. The plan lists maid and governess costs, travel and Europe tickets, car and horse upkeep, hotels abroad, country estate, and lessons totaling a high allowance while noting the mother's income of 8000 per year. Decision reserved.
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New York
Mineola
Hugenta
Europe
Walks 800 Miles to Wed in Alaska Town
Alan Rowe of Fairbanks, Alaska walked 800 miles to Forty Mile after navigation closed to marry Mrs. Lawrence in Tacoma Washington.
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Tacoma
Wash
Alan Rowe
Fairbanks
Alaska
Lawrence
Mammoth European Cave Near Obertraun Described
Hermann Bach and a small Alpine party first describe a vast cave under the Dachstein in upper Austria. The extensive chambers include a 340 foot high dome, crystal pools, a bottomless abyss, and a maze of passages before the explorers turn back due to dwindling supplies. In Geneva a bantam rooster is jailed to wake a typhoid patient after a doctor suggests the crowing annoys him.
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Vienna
Europe
Obertraun
Aia Ia
Hermann Bach
Dachstein
Upper Austria
Menders
Geneva
Fred Baker
Henry Kent
Geneva Hospital
Kent
Marconi Links Ireland and Canada to Launch Wireless Service
Wireless from Ireland to Canada, Pisa, Italy. William Marconi personally directed an exchange of communications between the wireless station at Coltano and the stations at Clifden Ireland and Glace Bay Nova Scotia, inaugurating a new service expected to greatly reduce the rates of wireless dispatches to America.
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Ireland
Canada
Pisa
Italy
William Marconi
Coltano
Clifden
Glace Bay
Nova Scotia
America
Cats Found Homes After Rain Frees Black Cats in Woodbury
In Woodbury New Jersey an S P C A agent investigated a report of two score black cats released into the city. The cats, jet black and appearing from a cat farm, were all given good homes following the incident.
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Woodbury
N. J
W. T. Cozens
Girl Samson Lifts 700 Pounds in Remarkable Feat
Isabelle Lengel of Boration Pennsylvania trains daily with increasing weights reaching 700 pounds without a harness. Her father, a strong man, lifted 2,000 pounds with a chest expansion of 10 inches, and her sister Ethel, 14, follows in similar footsteps.
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Boration
Isabelle “Lengel
Miss Lengel
Miss Lengeh
Cannister
Lengel
Ethel
Hasn't Slept for 7 Years in Vienna Case of Sleeplessness
Frau Bertha Hejemes of Vienna has not slept for seven years since a gipsy woman tried to kidnap her child. She remains awake, yet functionally capable, denying illness while suffering constant nervous agitation when lying down. Budapest doctors study her enduring sleeplessness.
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Vienna
Austria
Budapest
Frau
Bertha Hejemes
Frau Heremes
Farmer’s Gun Backfires Killing Him in Dayton Barn
Charles Carrenkopf, a Dayton area farmer, aimed at a tree to shoot a squirrel but the shotgun misfired and fatally shot him in the head inside his barn. Neighbors report his indignation at the failure of the weapon to respond as he pulled the trigger.
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Dayton
Charles Carrenkopf
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