Week's News Stories Retold
Governor Dennen of Illinois denies Hines story before the Lorimer committee and calls Hines a Soke. The attack on Chief Chemist Wiley ties to the Whiskey Trust amid Pure Food law probes by a House committee. Taft's report on the Controller bay controversy will allege Ryan acted under Congress approval and that Ryan does not represent Guggenheim interests.
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Gov. Dennen
Illinois
Lorimer
Edward Hines
Hines
Wiley
Whiskey Trust
House
Taft
Congress
Controller Bay
Richard C. Ryan
Act of Congress
Ryan
Guggenheim
White House
House Committee
Department of Agriculture
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Dushkind
Dry
Dry, Health Officer of the Port of
New York
Hoffman Island
Doty
Hoffman
Swinburne Island
Anthony Bloom
Dorchester
Mass
Boston
Wickersham
Alaska
Générak ‘Wickersham
Notable 19th Century Figures in Paris and London Obituaries
Emma Eames and Emilio de Gogorza marry in Paris while Charles M Schwab and Lord Pirrie sail for New York. Ed ward Murphy Jr of Troy recovers well after gland operation at Long Branch. Ogden Armour denies wheat speculation ties to James Pettit of Peavy Grain, defalcation over 1.8 million. Sir John von Gorst, former British agent to Egypt, dies in London. George Gardner Lockwood, photographer, dies at Lakeville Conn after 58 years in the field with 250000 plus images.
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Emma Eames
Emilio de Gogorza
Barytone
Paris
Charles M., Schwab
Lord Pirrie
Harland & Wolff
Shipbuilding and Engineering Works
New_ c_on-the-OHy
Tipe
United States
Edward Murphy, Jr
Troy
Long Branch
Ogden Armour
James Pettit
Peavy Grain Company
John —.von Gorst
Egypt
London
Sir Lldon
Roosevelt
Cairo
George Gardner Lockwood
Lakeville
Conn
Labor Sunday observed with union services nationwide
The Sunday before Labor Day will be marked as Labor Sunday with union services in many churches. Postmaster General Hitchcock named New York Chicago Boston and St. Louis post offices as postal savings banks. A Chicago X-ray scientist claimed to photograph the aura departing from a dying person. Gov Dix urged a tax on secured debts to cover a state deficit exceeding 1.6 million dollars.
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Postmester General Hitchcock
New York
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Patrick S. O'Donnell
Gov. Dix
Celebration events and disasters linked to the word America in 1597
The text notes a Saint Die fete for the naming of America in 1597, injuries from aviator falls at Amsterdam and a 150 foot fall of aviator Paillette. It mentions Spain sending troops to Larache Morocco amid Franco risk, a Christie’s auction of Lady Janet Traill portrait for 73500, and other disparate items including Irish MPs’ return and the Anglo Japanese alliance renewal.
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America
Saint Die
France
Alieslagers
Amsterdam
Holland
Spain
Larache
Morocco
H. Raeburn
Janet Traill
William
10Th Earl of Caithness
Christie’s
London
A. H. Whatley
Parral
Mex
Timothy Healy
John Muldoon
Cork
Ireland
W -M. Hughes
Australia
Carnarvon
Wales
Prince of Wales
Paillette
Robert Bacon
Paris
St. Die
Maine Wrecked From Outside Says Engineers
The Maine wreck shows evidence of a massive exterior blast with the bow structure exposed and the double bottom raised. Engineers note cofferdam success resisting 95 percent of estimated strain and expect board inquiry inspection within two months.
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Havana
Maine
W. H. Bixby
Powelson
Sampson Court of Inquiry
Naval
Ferguson
Board of Inquiry
Jersey City Rejects Walsh Act Commission Plan
In a special election voters chose against the commission form of government under the Walsh act by 111,685 to 13,088. Jersey City becomes the fourth New Jersey city to reject the plan after Bayonne Hoboken and New Brunswick. Trenton remains the only city to adopt it.
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New York
Jersey City
New Jersey
Bayonne
Hoboken
New Brunswick
Trenton
Olea Bull Vaughn Dies in West Lebanon Tuberculosis claims heiress
Mrs Olea Bull Vaughn daughter of the famed Ole Bull and Sarah Bull died in West Lebanon Maine from tuberculosis. Judge Nathaniel Hobbs of Biddeford Probate Court approved an agreement from a probate contest over her mother Sarah Bull s will, allowing Vaughn a large portion of the fortune exceeding 500000 dollars.
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West Lebanon
Olea Bull Vaughn
Ole Bull
Sarah_ (Thorp) Bull
Nathaniel Hobbs
Biddeford
Vaughn
Hunger and Flood Suffering Reported in Mexican Provinces
Red Cross volunteers report hunger and misery in Jalisco between Lagos and Ensenada and in Guanajuato’s San Francisco and Leon area after recent floods. 5,000 starve in Mexico City area.
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Mexico City
Red Cross Organization
Lagos
Enecarnacion
Jalisco
San Francisco
Leon
Guanajato
Cholera Spread Linked to Animals Garb and Waste Says Doctor
Dr Bulzara reports a Russian study shows water is not the main spreader of cholera. Animals, garbage and clothing are identified as vectors. In Port Mahon Minorca a German steamer Hispania from Naples with cholera on board is quarantined.
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Paris
Bulzara
Academy of Medicine
Russia
Port Mahon
Minorca
Hispania
Naples
Fearless Isabelle Ivan Wins Suitor With Spider Fear
Allen Linthrop praises Isabelle Ivan for poise and bravery as they navigate dog fights train scares and a rose farm outing. When a spider triggers her fear, he accepts a single weakness and asks to protect her, sparking mutual love.
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Toses
Aleried Allen
Isabelle
Allen
Bert
Ivan
Isabelle’s
Great Rose Farm
A Horse Compared To Family In Rural Banter
A farmer and a lover of animals debate the kinship with a horse. The lover calls the animal a true friend, while the farmer calls it more like a relative. He notes the horse can be gentle yet ready to work or defend itself.
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Farmer Corntossgel
Josh
Josiah Reforms Amid Scythian Invasion in Judah
A July 23 1914 Sunday School lesson surveys Josiah’s early reign starting at age eight, his reform efforts in the twelfth year, the Scythian invasion’s disruption, and the discovery of the Book of the Law. It urges cleansing sin, renewing family worship, and aligning daily life with spiritual law.
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Josiah Devotion
Josiah
Judah
Jerusalem
Manasseh
B. C
Amon
Bat
Acapiats
Jedidah
Adata
Boscath
Lachish
Mediterranean
Jehovah
David
Far East
Herodot
Temple
Shapan
Maaselah
Joab
Solomon
Joash
Ian
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Ice Trust
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