Week's News Highlights From Washington and Beyond
A War Department hiking assignment heads a week’s set of minor to notable items. Eight public health service surgeon vacancies offer starter pay of two thousand dollars. Aviator William Kabitzke was unhurt after a plane accident in Washington. the machine was destroyed. George W. Perkins and Thomas F. Ryan testify about contributions to political campaigns.
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Washington
War Department
United States Public Health Service
William Kabitzke
George W. Perkins
Clapp
Public Figures and Events Highlighted in 1908 News
Senator Elihu Root elected Stafford Little lecturer on public affairs at Princeton. Grover Cleveland chaired the position until 1908 death. Joseph H. Choate succeeds McClellan as lecturer. William J. Bryan plans a 100000 home on a 200 acre Texas farm. Roosevelt returns to Sagamore Hill after Chicago. Taft hosts 15 Massachusetts mayors at Beverly. Mayor Fitzgerald sings for the President.
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Elihu Root
Stafford Little
Princeton University
Grover Cleveland
McClellan
New York
Joseph H. Choate
William J. Bryan
Mission
Tex
Col
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Chicago
Taft
Massachusetts
Beverly
Fitzgerald
Boston
Promoter McCary Offers New Heavyweight Belt
The article notes promoter McCary of Los Angeles offering a new belt for the heavyweight championship with racial exclusion implied. It also reports John Evers named Chicago Cubs second baseman to manage next season, replacing Frank Chance, and Roger Bresnahan firing by St. Louis Cardinals owners despite a three year contract. Hugh McIntosh cables from Australia to cancel Jack Johnson fights with Langford and McVey, signaling Johnson likely finished boxing abroad amid rising hostility and the prospect of pugilistic exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCary
Los Angeles
John Evers
Frank Chance
Roger P. Bresnahan
St. Louis Cardinals
Hugh McIntosh
Australia
Jack Johnson
Langford
McVey
Youngest spotted leopard General Tom dies in New York menagerie
Various city and national news items report unrelated events including a leopard death in Central Park after a steak incident. Other notes mention salary increases for Clark Griffith to ten thousand dollars annually, staggering profits from J P Morgan related to International Harvester, and relief efforts following a Philippine typhoon.
Strike disrupts Walters and kitchen staff in three hotels
Reports say Walters and hotel kitchen workers across three Washington hotels went on strike. Other items note a Wilmington Delaware ordinance banning pressed apple cider and a 94 year old Venice California resident Elizabeth Leavitt preparing to vote for the first time.
Foreign Berlin markets see shoppers conflict over meat prices
Berlin housewives storm markets as butchers refuse to sell imported meat to curb living costs. In London, the Duchess of Marlborough Consuelo Vanderbilt faces appendicitis surgery. In Spain, a harbor accident kills seven. an Energetic Explosive Co plant blast leaves seven dead. Robert Barr dies in Surrey. Federal forces move on Vera Cruz amid refugees. Comet and eclipse news unfold. German obscenity gang linked to Bruno Schultz conviction ends.
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Berlin
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
London
Gijon
Spain
Hallybury
Ont
British Board of Trade
United States
Schaumasse
Nice Observatory
Bruno Schultz
Germany
New Oyster Trade Rules Aimed at Purity In New Jersey Waters
Trenton reports a set of regulations agreed by the State Board of Health and Maurice River Cove oystermen to ensure oyster purity. Rules cover pollution limits, floating durations, vessel cleanliness, packaging, and transport conditions with a $100 fine for violations. A separate note from Assistant Attorney General Gaskill suggests paupers who leave almshouses to work may qualify to vote, citing the constitution and potential legal removals of disqualifications.
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Gaskill
Back to Prison on New Charge for Malicious Mischief
William Welsh of Newark, released after five years for an atrocious assault, is arrested as he leaves the State prison on a new offense. He is accused of destroying about 500 handkerchiefs with a knife in the handkerchief shop, and the contractor charged him with malicious mischief. In another matter, a post office site sale in Jersey City prompts service issues in Ida Freleigh's suit, with her claiming he denial of tax sale notice and heir status amid a government payment dispute.
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William Welsh
Newark
Jersey City
John A. Hartpence
Judge Cross
United States
Ida A. Freleigh
Poor Men at College and Public Notices From Trenton
Princeton reports 167 undergrads or about 12 percent self supported during the year with $18,000 passing through the bureau to aid them. The First Presbyterian Church marks its 200th anniversary as East Jersey history notes, while New Jersey and Pennsylvania seek funds to free local bridges. Police ride free on Public Service cars per a Supreme Court ruling.
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Princeton
Bureau of Self-Help
Princeton University
Bureau of Self Help
University Store
University Athletic Association
Great White Way Lights Erected Before City Hall
Two heavy iron poles for arc lights, each about a half ton, have been installed in front of City Hall on State street. The four-lamp block plan stretches from South Clinton avenue to Willow on State and from Market to Perry on Broad, forming “The Great White Way” with two lights per curb. The project is made possible by cooperation with Commissioner Burk.
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Great White Way
City Hall
State Street
Clinton Avenue
Willow Street
State
Market
Perry Street
Broad
Burk
State wide Jersey items build booms reported
Real Estate Transactions Indicate 2 Business Awakening In Many Sections Churches Raising Funds for Worthy Objects. The piano works in Woodbury is rushed with orders night work has commenced. The Warren County Teachers Institute will be held in Phillipsburg on November 6 7 and 8. Weather prophets of South Jersey claim a mild coming winter. Another machine added in Glassboro glassworks turns out bottles at 50 a minute. Thieves broke into Arthur Gardner residence Phillipsburg took clothing and missed over 200 in money. Fred J Brown who shot Annie Lynch Phillipsburg was sent to Trenton for 15 years hard labor. Patrick Enwright held without bail after death of wife following quarrel at Enwright home Behm street. Carmelia Petraperzia and Leonardo Alonzo granted license to marry Newark. Welcome Fire Company Oaklyn plans second story addition costing 3000. Physicians Hospital Vineland adds charity beds costing 1000 funded by concerts. A brick building at Broadway Hudson Gloucester torn down for new stone building. Gloucester City stores unhappy over vegetable displays by order of State Board of Health. 24 crates raspberries shipped Hammonton. new raspberry variety promises crops. Church Workers Guild Rahway elect officers. William Lawlor Jersey City Mount Holly seeks investigation of forged will signature. Horatio B Joy estate worth 214939.47 in accounting filed Newark surrogate. National bank charter applied for at Westville by Farmers and Mechanics Bank Woodbury officials. Third Ward Newark residents seek gas repairs from Public Service Gas Company. Dickson and Archer fall from scaffold at Roebling. Dickson three injuries. Place East Ferry street Elizabethport hospital after brain concussion. Woodbury police detain Hethington. bundle found to contain harness stolen from Farmer Blensinger.
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Berkshire
Sidna Allen
Court House
Virginia
Roanoke
Edward Hoos
Jersey City
Spring Valley
N. Y
Newied-on-the-Rhine
Louis Revier
Francis C. van Dyke
Rutgers College
van Dyke
Pennsylvania
State Department of Health
Jack” Johnson
Chicago
Alexander O'Shea
Washington
Dr. Matthews
Seattle
Presbyterian General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
William H. Meyers
Guiteau
Garfield
Pottsville
Mauch Chunk
Baltimore
Clarence H. Hauck
Elizabeth
N. J
George S. Mawhinney
Port Richmond
S. J
Knox
Ransford S. Miller
State Department
Japan
Mikado
National Federation of Women's Clubs
Atlanta
Jack Johnson
Lunn
Little Falls
Will
Bulgars Capture Kirk Kilisse in Balkan Victory
Bulgarian forces under King Ferdinand directed the final assault that captured Kirk Kilisse, key to Adrianople, as the Balkan alliance backs its campaign against Turkish positions. Awet Montenegro joins the field, aligning with the three royal commanders. Kings George Nicholas Peter Ferdinand coordinate operations across multiple fronts against the Ottomans.
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Balkan
George
Greece
Servia
Nicholas
Montenegro
Peter of
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Kirk Kilisse
Adrianople
Bulgarians Capture Kirk Kilisse in Bloodiest Eastern Turkey Fight
Bulgarian forces under King Ferdinand stormed Kirk Kilisse Forty Churches and forced the Turkish garrison to surrender after brutal hand to hand fighting. The defeat follows Greek and Montenegrin gains in the region as celebrations erupt in Sofia with flags and anthem.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Ferdinand of Bulgaria
Adrianople
Kirk Kilisse
Turkey
Kenaan Pasha
Bunarhissar
Servia
Greece
Belgrade
Kumanova
Uskub
Chirki
Scutari
Constantinople
Kirk Killsse
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Sportin
Tom
Central Park
Washington Baseball Club
Clark Griffith
John Hopkins
Supreme Court of Illinois
Citizens’ Committee of Fourteen
Mellen
New Haven Railroad
J. P. Morgan & Co
International Harvester Company
Red Cross Emergency Relief Committee
Darke County
Ohio
J. A. Bills
L. B. Harvey
United States Army
Philippine
Cebu
Health Board
Trenton
State Board of Health
Maurice River Cove
State Bureau of Shell Fisheries
New Jersey
First Presbyterian Church of
Boards of Proprietors
East
West Jersey
Queen Anne
Falls of the Delaware
Stacy's Mills
Colonel Trent
William Edmundson
Delaware
Lawrenceville
Ewing
Pennington
Hendrickons
Woodruffs
Armstrongs
McNeelys
Strykers
Furmans
Brearleys
Chambers, Potts
Howells
Paxtons
New Jersey Free Bridge Commission
Pennsylvania Commission
New Jersey Commission
Pensylvania
Easton
John A. Campbell
R. W. Darnell
P. K. Hazen
Justice Swayze
Supreme Court
Public Service Railway Company
Public Utilities Law
James Butler
Woodbury
Warren County Teachers’ Institute
Phillipsburgh
Weather Prophets
South Jersey
Glassboro Glassworks
Arthur Gardner
Phillipsburg
Fred. J. Brown
Annie Lynch
Patrick Enwright
Enwright
Behm Street
Carmelia Petraperzia
Livingston Street
Leonardo Alonzo
Welcome Fire Company, No. 1
Oaklyn
Physicians’ Hospital
Vineland
Broadway
Hudson Streets
Gloucester
Gloucester City
Hammonton
The
Church Workers’ Guild of
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rahway
S. O. H. Mills
James B. Mershon
Joel Clarkson Melick
William T. Lawlor
Fifth Street
Mount Holly
Wilson
Horatio B. Joy
High Street
William H. Trippe
Comptroller of Currency
Washington, D.C
Westville
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank
Third Ward
Public Service Gas Company
William Dickson
Ambrose Archer
Roebling
Dickson
Archer
Newark Warehouse
Mechanic Street
Joseph Place
East Ferry Street
Elizabethport
Newark City Hospital
Thomas Hethington
Charles Blensinger
Kirk
Awet
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