Railroads Seek Right of Way to Move Grain for Gold
Railroads press the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant grain shipments priority over other freight to speed exports to Europe. Banks and railroads contend amid currency shortages that accelerated grain and cotton moves will unlock gold in New York and southern ports, as hoarded cash circulates and premiums surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Europe
Aomission
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobiie
Savannah
New Orleans
Galveston
Erporta
Texas
National City Bank
Metz
Wall Street
New Jersey
Bolognesi, Hart- Held & Co
Mann, Bill & Ware
Clearleg House
Treasury not handling monetary relief measures, says senator
Washington senator Heyburn of Idaho contends the Treasury Department is not handling relief measures properly and mentions New York in the critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Y
Washington, D. C
Heyburn
Idaho
Treasury Department
New York
Island Swept Away on Connecticut River Landmark
The Elmorey Island between Hinsdale New Hampshire and Vernon Vermont in the Connecticut River was washed away by the freshet after heavy rains. The several acre wooded island was a river landmark. The Rev. Robert L. Paddock of New York accepted a call to evangelize among Seattlemen and Indians of Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmorey Island
Hinsdale
N. H
Vernon
Connecticut River
Oregon
Robert L. Paddock
New York
End of News Stub Reflects Diverse 1907 Outlook
October 1907 treasury surplus near 450000. General Booth arrives in New York. French writers greet Tepublic finances. New York banks paid 75000000 in dividends and interest. Omaha theatres ordered closed Sundays by mayoral proclamation. A New York woman wins 25000 damages from two doctors declaring her insane. Canada plans stamp sales via slot machines to evade Sunday law. Finnish Diet unanimously bans manufacture and import of alcohol. New York Board of Estimate suspends parks work costing 8000000 and limits Brooklyn sewer costs to 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
William Booth
Salvation Army
New York
Tepublic
New York City
Omaha
Postonce Department
Finland
New York City Board of Estimate
Co. of
Brooklyn
Senator asks funds halt until banks pay Western reserves
He urged the President to direct the Treasury to stop depositing money with New York banks until those institutions honor in currency the reserves they hold for Western banks. The President asked Heyburn to put the request in writing, and the Senator did so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
New York
Heyburn
Receivers Named for Four Wilton Area Mills
North Adams Massachusetts reports four major companies placed in receivership to safeguard interests and preserve about six thousand jobs. Arnold Print Works and related firms, Williamstown Manufacturing, North Pownal Manufacturing, and Gallup Houghton are under receivership led by A C Houghton and William Arthur Gallup. Aggregate liabilities approach ten million dollars with assets reportedly double that amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
Arnold Print Works
Williamstown Manufacturing‘ Company
Williamstown
North
A. C. Houghton
Willam Arthur Gallup
Soan-In-Law
Alabama Legislature Meets to Regulate Railroads
Governor Comer convenes extra session to pursue railroad control and prohibition bills. He cites railroads influence on Alabama politics and urges laws to change conditions and remedy evils. Many prohibition measures introduced. likely vote to make Alabama dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Comer
Alabama
Santa Fe Fined 330000 for Rebating Under Elkins Law
In Los Angeles Judge Olin Wellbourn ordered the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to pay 330000 for rebating under the Elkins law. The penalty was labeled intermediate, between a maximum 1320000 and minimum 66000. The jury found Santa Fe guilty on sixty six counts for rebates to Grand Canyon Lime and Cement Co of Arizona. verdict came after about an hour of deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Olin Wellbourn
United States District Court
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Elkins
The
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon Lime and Cement Company
Arizona
All Night Franchise Fight in Chicago Council
After a seventeen hour session the Chicago aldermen granted the Chicago Telephone Company a twenty year franchise at 2 p.m. The company will pay three percent of gross receipts to the city semi annually. Rates may be changed after thirty months. If challenged in court, refunds plus five percent interest may be owed to subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Telephone Company
Telephone Company
3400 Lost at Kartagh After Turkestan Quake
A Samarkand dispatch via Om Metal Telegraph Agency reports Kara Tagh in Hissar District Bokhara was razed by a landslide after the October 21 earthquake. It says 3400 people were killed and only seventy escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russe
Samarkand
OM Metal’ Telegraph Agency
Jocal
Karatagh
Hissar
Bokhara
Future Wars May Be Fought in Air
Leaders from the Army Signal Corps Major George O Squiers and Admiral C M Chester spoke at the International Aeronautical Congress urging expansion of air power. General Allen described aerial training facilities planned in Omaha and coast installations while noting a preference for dirigibles and the electric liquid air process. They discussed uses for reconnaissance, artillery support, and submarine detection, with a shift toward naval aviation and practical limits of early flying machines. Willis L Moore, Congress president, traced aerial navigation history and cautioned that commercial uses lag behind military potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
James Allen
Signal Corps
United States Army
George O. Squiers
C. M. Chester
Navy
International Aeronautical Congress
Automobile Club of America
Army
Allen
Omaha
Atlantic
Pacific
Taft
Congress
Roosevelt
Squiers
Cheater
Pear & Machine Shop
Willis L. Moore
Boston man denies attack by hysterical woman at hotel
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston released a statement denying any assault in Young's Hotel dining room. He said the alleged incident involved a woman claiming he caused her to lose $42,000 and that he merely replied to her claim before resuming his meal. He added he would not recognize the woman if seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Young
Holiday Turkeys Price Watch In New York City
Markets report holiday turkey prices amid supply shifts and weather outlook. Wholesale rates hover eighteen cents per pound with potential rises to twenty seven cents retail as cold snaps threaten supply and demand shifts. Most arrivals come from the West while local stock remains limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Mint Rushes to Produce Gold Double Eagles in 1890s
The United States Mint in Philadelphia is delivering $1,000,000 in gold double eagles to the Sub-Treasury and is projected to coin $52,000,000 in the next three months to ease currency stringency. Workers toil past 10 pm as new machinery and the split collar edge decoration with forty six stars reflect Oklahoma’s approaching statehood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Oklahoma
Roosevelt 10 Fight the Paper Trust Debates Tariff and Trust Laws
President Roosevelt told the American Newspaper Publishers Association committee he would urge Congress to abolish the tariff on newsprint and wood pulp and direct the Justice Department to probe paper trust violations. Medill McCormick presented the case noting a pending Justice investigation and a recent Federal order dissolving the General Paper Company. The discussion covered price increases, costs, and a alleged conspiracy to restrict supply, with claims that mills profit while exporting and press readers face a looming paper famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Committee On Paper
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Congress
Department of Justice
Medill McCormick
General Paper Company
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Germany
Norway
International Paper Company
Passing Alabama Railroad Bills Rapidly in House
The Alabama House passed four governor measures regulating railroads after a day of debate. The Senate faced the same bills but adjourned during House arguments. A maximum rate bill enjoined by a Federal Court was noted, along with penalties for delayed enactment and a measure removing suits by the Attorney General and Railroad Commissioners. Eight rate bills on 110 commodities remain to be taken up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
House
Senate
Wage raising time past prompts rail wage clash
Chicago reports a 25 000 strong committee of switchmen and switch tenders from Buffalo to the Pacific Coast pressed railroads to raise wages six cents an hour and adopt an eight hour day. Railroad representative Slason Thompson rejected any wage increase saying railroads may cut wages or reduce forces. All railroads reportedly agree on no prospect for better conditions for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Buffalo
Pacific Coast
Slason Thompson
Panic in Italy forces Rome Exchange closure plea for aid
Rome financial difficulties spill over to Italy as the Stock Exchange closes after a downward trend. A resolution urged government aid to stabilize credit by forming a bank syndicate under state control and by providing 14 thousand dollars to support the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
United States
Stock Exchange
Peanuts Diet Tragedy In Fremont Man Dies
Fremont Neb says a Frenchman named Venuto attempted survival on a diet of peanuts only after scientists claimed peanuts contained all life sustaining elements. After four days he became insane and was placed in a hospital, then died of exhaustion following a week of the peanut regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Chile
Three couples drown in canal accident in foggy Amsterdam
In Amsterdam a minister of state Jonkeer van Pan buys his son the Mayor of De Leek and their wives perished when their carriage plunged into the Hoogkery canal during dense fog. Van Pan buys was seventy years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Jonkeer van Panbuys
de Leek
Hoogkery
Jonkeer van Panyhus
Voter Registration Gap Between 1906 and 1907 in NYC
Analysis shows about 150000 voters who registered in 1906 did not exercise suffrage in 1907 across New York City, highlighting a drop in turnout despite registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Dominion Park Far From Toronto Fire Destroyed By Blaze
Dominion Park, likened to Coney Island for Toronto, was wiped out by a fire that caused about 200000 in damage and was insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Park
Montreal
Canada
Coney Island
New York
Pope in gout and public audiences despite ailment
The Pope again suffers gout yet continues his audiences. John Stevens once of the Panama Canal was hired to value President Mellen's railroad systems. Judge Charles Fields, in his ninety third year, sits in Worcester's First District Court. James Allan, Allan Steam Ship Line, a Socialist candidate in Glasgow municipal election. Regent Duke Johann Albrecht pursues democratic ties. Major Alfred Dreyfus assigned to Dalgrein staff in Paris. Henry C. Morrison elected president of American Institute of Instruction. Arthur Maillet leads French scientists in the United States studying the steel industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stevens
Panama Canal
Mellen
Charles Fields
First District Court
Worcester
Maes
James Allan
Allan Steamship Line
Glasgow
Scotland
Brunswick
Johann Albrecht
Mecklenburg
Alfred Dreyfus
Dalgrein
Paris
American Institute of Instrucction
Henry C. Morrison
Concord
Arthur Maillet
Andrew Carnegie
Fire damages Agriculture building in Washington DC
A Department of Agriculture seed division building on C Street Southwest suffered a partial early morning fire a few days ago. The origin is believed to be spontaneous combustion with $30,000 in losses and the destruction of valuable items that will be hard to replace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Department of Agriculture
C_ street
Labor and wage notes from North America and Britain
The Labor World reports wage increases for barbers in Windsor Ontario and marble cutters in Toronto. Electrical workers in Unalfaax Nova Scotia gain 1.5 weekly, Minneapolis cigarmakers trial a banking system. U.S. railroad payrolls reach 1,521,455 in 1906. British clerks union convention set for Birmingham 1908. 3,212 of 271 unions report 4.9 percent unemployment by December 1906. Transvaal petition asks return of 2,000 unemployed to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Frencisco
Cal
Windsor
Ont
Victoria
Australia
Toronto
Cuan
Fleetrical Svorkers
Unallfax
Cigarmaakers
Minneapolis
Minn
United States
Co. P. It
Winnineg
Cau
British Nations Union of Clerks
Birmingham
Transvaal
England
Imperial Tobacco Buys 16 Million Pounds Kentucky Burley
The Imperial Tobacco Company completed a Henderson Kentucky deal to buy the entire 1907 tobacco crop pledged to the American Society of Quality in Henderson Union Webster Hopkins and Todd counties. The 16 000 000 pounds are valued at 500 000 pounds English currency to local farmers. It is the highest price paid aside from war time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Henderson
Imperial Tobacco Company
American Society of Wqulty
Union
Webster
Hopking
Crittenden
Field of Sport notes and scattered baseball updates
The report highlights McGill of the St. Louis Browns studying for the ministry and declining Sunday play, confirms auto firms backing a spring stock chassis race, and mentions management changes with Columbus. It also notes Albert Corey’s 100 mile run record, praises Ball Donovanty as a top pitcher, cites Wagner atop NL batting leaders, and mentions a Rhodes scholar connected to a pro ballplayer heading to Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGill
St. Louis Browns
New York City
William J. Clymer
Columbus American Associaation Baseball League
Albert Corey
Chicago
Milwitakes
Ball Donovanty
Walsh
Brown
Mathewron
Hans Wagner
Pittsburg
Ocford
Keith
Little Rock
Anna Gould Denies Reports of Engagement to Prince Helle
Anna Gould authorizes a denial of rumors claiming she is to marry Prince Helle of Sagan. The denial emphasizes there is no engagement under way and calls the reports unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Gould
Prince Helle of
Sagan
Girl Scalped By Machine At New Jersey Plant
Lulu Dreher of Newark suffered a severe scalp wound when her hair tangled in a moving shaft at the B. J. Brooks & Co. printing plant on Thirteenth Street and Park Avenue. She was rushed to City Hospital for surgery to reattach the scalp. supervisor Gottlieb acted quickly to shut off power and aid the injured worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Drehar
Newark
Miss Dreher
B. J. Brooks & Co
Thirteenth Street
Park Avenue
Theodore 8. Gottlieb
Migs Dreher
Pardons Court in Trenton Sees Surge of Applications
The December term of the Court of Pardons in Trenton will hear an unprecedented number of applications from homicide prisoners and others seeking clemency. Twenty six inmates from state prison, including William A Desth and Walter McAllister linked to Jennie Bosschichter death, seek pardons or paroles with applicants from Passaic, Essex, and Hudson counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Pardons
Trenton
William A. Desth
Walter McAllister
Jennie Bosschicter
Paterson
Passaic County
Baptist Boozll
Domenico Chiarella
George Doremus
Michael Forman
Nicola de Pasquale
Essex County
Henry Briggs
George Clark
Vito Ceneccla
James K. Darby
John
Squirrels Attack Farm Hand Britton in Chestnut Hunt
James Britton of Fairfield was brutally attacked by about two dozen squirrels while gathering chestnuts. He dropped his basket and fled after the first onslaught believing they were weasels. He returned armed with a stick but faced another attack before retreating again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Britton
Fairfield
Britton
No Receiver For Rubber Company Action Denied
Vice-Chancellor Howell at Newark denied John R. Hegeman's request for a receiver for the Atlantic Rubber Shop Company. He found the current trustees running the business satisfactory and deemed a receiver unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubber Company
Howell
Newark
John R. Hegeman
Atlantic Rubber Shop Company
Engineer Walter Crosby Wins Arm Loss Verdict in Trenton
Walter E. Crosby, a locomotive engineer from Cuba, received a $6000 verdict in U S Court at Trenton against the Cuban Railroad Company for the loss of an arm. Mary O Shea of Boston was awarded $6500 against the Central Railroad of New Jersey for injuries in a wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Crosby
Cuba
United States
Trenton
Mary O'Shea
Boston
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Accused Junk Man's Death Under Arrest in Altoona
Louis Seeel a 43 year old retired junk dealer, jailed in Altoona for failing to deliver two carloads of sand after payment. He went to Louis Sliverman’s store to obtain bai, entered a closet and shot himself with a revolver, death attributed to his own actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Louis Bataram
Harrisburg
Louis Seeel
Louis Sliverman
Bai
Locomotive Makers Laid Off At Cooke Works
Orders received at Cooke Locomotive Works in Paterson instruct managers to reduce force by 300 to 350 workers. First batch of seventy five has been laid off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke Locomotive Works
Paterton
American Locomotive Company
Horse Buyers Active in Western Market
Buyers are seizing price dips in the West to accumulate high class draught and delivery horses for the forthcoming winter and spring trade.
Atlantic Lobsters Planted on Pacific Coast Initiative
By order of the United States Fish Commission two carloads of lobster fry from the Government hatchery at Boothbay Maine will be shipped to the Pacific Coast this week for the first experiment in breeding the Maine lobster in the Pacific Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
United States Fish Commission
Boothbay
Pacific Ocean
Eggs Cheaper Than Meats In Local Prices
Local market shows eggs at thirty or thirty five cents a dozen cheaper than meats at twenty five cents a pound. A dozen eggs weigh one pound three quarters, making eggs a bargain for shoppers seeking value.
Bandits Rob Interstate Bank in South Dakota Heist
Seven armed bandits blew up the Interstate Bank safe at night in South Dakota town, stole 6300 dollars, and fled. The blast woke hotel occupants across the street as robbers fired, driving residents back. Fires were started in nearby homes and forced owners to extinguish them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Canovi
Duffield Named to Redway Reformatory Board
Edward D. Duffield of South Orange, former Assistant Attorney General, was appointed by Governor Stokes as a member of the Board of Managers of the Redway Reformatory to succeed George A. Squire of Morristown.
Bee culturist Joseph Riker dies at Mountainside Hospital
Joseph W. Riker age seventy of 116 South Fullerton Avenue Montclair died at Mountainside Hospital. He was a noted bee culturist. Survived by his widow and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Riker
South Fullerton Avenue
Mountainside Hospital
Montclair
Mgr. Riker Gy
Woman Confesses Aid to Child Kidnap Ring in New York
Angelina Mamollia told police she was coerced by a gang of child abductors to help hide a boy they had kidnapped. The confession details her involvement and the criminal scheme unfolding in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelina Mamollia
New York
Trolley Strike Settled and Labor Unions Worldwide
A report notes a Yonkers trolley stroke settlement, a new labor temple cornerstone in Kansas City, and various union movements. Cigar makers in Minneapolis explore organizing banking. Canada printing trades employ about 10,000 with payrolls around 5.54 million. Boston tailors plan a Yiddish weekly. Bulte Montana miners approve wage production. UK railway workers vote to end a general strike. Regia Canada had one union of twenty in 1900. city unions reach twelve with 400 more members. International biennial Metal Polishers and Brass Workers convenes in Boron in August 18048.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
New Labor Temple
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Canada
Regia
Ato Pressent
Metal Polishers, Buffers, Plitera
Brass and Silver Workers’ Union International
Boron
Salem Seeks Charter and New Town School for Cadora
Salem discusses a new charter while residents of nearby Cadora push for a schoolhouse. Other notes list Daniel Stanton trapping 400 musk rats in four weeks near Bridgeport, a Glasshorn book club formed by local matrons, and plans for a stone raid from Brown's Mills to Lakehurst. Also mentioned are church revivals, aid society payments, immigrant clothing drives to Ellis Island, muskrat trappers settling marsh cabins, a strong coming season, and Gloucester County Grand Jury indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Cadora
Pitman
Daniel Stanton
Bridgeport
Glasshorn
Brown's Mills
Burlington County
Lakehurst
Ocean County
Methodist Church
Woodbury
Clarkshoro M. R
Wenonah W. C. T. Ur
Ellis Island
New York
Salem County
Gloucester County
Grand Jury
College gridiron notes from early 1900s sport scene
The piece reviews long passes by the Indians, Princeton beating Carlisle at the Polo Grounds New York City, and Cornell seeking a quarterback. It notes Yale versus Harvard history since 1897 with eight and two wins respectively, two scoreless games, Roosevelt’s Cambridge appearance, Mike Thompson the Georgetown referee, and Harvard Yale Princeton officials chosen from the Central Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Carlisle
Polo Grounds
New York City
Cornell
Harvard
Yale
Teddy Roosevelt
Cambridge
Mike Thompson
Georgetown
Central Board
Coal Deposit on the Slope in Monterey California
A large Monterey coal deposit is ready for development and will be marketed in quantities enough to supply the Pacific Slope. Previously controlled by factions unable to agree, practical Eastern coal men and California miners now hold possession and work has begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Cal
Pacific Slope
California
India a Land of Spice Trade Surges Exports
India earned over 46.51 million dollars from spice exports last year as trade in spices grows. The rise reflects strong demand for pepper, cloves, turmeric, and other aromatics in international markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Roosevelt review cites Atlantic course and tariff stance
The article notes President Roosevelt would review the Atlantic voyage at Hampton Roads and the Pacific route, discusses Taft's Manila dinner remarks on tariff reduction and export limits, and mentions a favorable shift in the Republican showing based on election returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Treat
United States
Ridgely
Roosevelt
Indian Office
Washington
America
England
Navy Department
Manhattan
Atlantic
Hampton Roads
Pacific
White House hosts Hitachiyama wresting exhibition
Ambassadors and Cabinet members at the White House watched Hitachiyama perform a 16 foot mat bout in the East Room. President Roosevelt, the French ambassador, and others expressed astonishment at the 298 pound champion as he dispatched three wrestlers in sequence. The event followed a Sho Kiji sword ceremony and featured a prior meeting with Roosevelt to present a diamond studded sword from Japanese admirers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
Nance
White House
Hia
Cooley, Smith and
Omiogi
Hyatami
Hitachiyama
Hitchiyama
Meyer
Gaidfield
Robert Bacon
Beckman Winthrop
Lawrence O. Murray
Foster Gifford Pinchot
A. W. Cooley
Loeb
Roosevelt
Hitch
Japan
Rise in railroad casualties reported by Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington D C reports the Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin shows total railroad casualties for the year ending June 30 at 81 286 with 5 000 killed and 76 286 injured an increase of 10 353 casualties from the prior year. Passenger deaths and injuries in collisions and derailments rose alarmingly with 410 killed in ten accidents accounting for 291 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Inter- State Commerce Commission
United States
Editor Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
Bernarr Macfadden editor of Physical Culture was convicted of postal law violations for sending obscene literature. Judge Lanning sentenced him to two years at hard labor in the New Jersey State Prison and imposed a $2000 fine, denying a motion for a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Bernarr’ Macfadden
Physical Culture
Gona
Lanning
United States District Court
New Jersey
Montgomery business men urge delay on legislature
About 100 Montgomery business men at the Commercial Club adopted resolutions calling a statewide mass meeting in Montgomery to appeal to the Legislature to postpone all legislation until the current financial downturn passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Commercial Club
State Authority Affirmed in Missouri Case Ruling
The United States Supreme Court affirmed a reversal by the District Court of the Eastern District of Arkansas, reiterating that the status of negroes depended on state courts rather than United States judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
District Court of the
Eastern District of Arkansas
United States
Peruvian Troops Capture Fort on Brazilian Frontier
Peruvian troops captured a fort on the Brazilian frontier and occupied the town of Tabatinga, the terminal port of entry on the Amazon River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabatinga
Amazon River
Notable Inquiries And Marriages Hit By Fame And Age
A string of human interest items spans famous actreses and heiresses and aged individuals. Sarah Bernhardt vows to perform until death while Miss Lelia Paget and Mr. Ralph Paget wed in London. Bulgaria bars pupil corsets. Maud Elis of Maysville Kentucky dives into the Ohio to rescue a drowning woman fully dressed. Mrs Susan Truman of Harrison County Kentucky marks her 101st birthday noting she has never seen a railroad train. Gladys Vanderbilt’s 12 million fortune is formally transferred. French mussel gatherers wear trousers and boots with a waistcloth apron. Mme Rodotlet the eldest woman in France dies at 106 in Neuilly after lifelong Paris residence. Hannah Goodrich, said to be 123, runs a small farm near Tracey Minnesota with 1000 chickens and hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Bernhardt
Lelia Paget
Ralph Paget
London
Bulgaria
Maud Elis
Maysville
Ohio
Susan Truman
Harrison County
Kentucky
Jigs
Gladys Vanderbilt
France
Mme
Rodtleat
Neuilly
Paris
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Senator Heyburn
Legislature
Wellbourn
Chicago Aldermen Voter Phone Company
Kartagh
Turkestan
Uncle Sam
Timely
Judge
Major Squires
Tom Lawson
Imig
Rency
R. R. Bills
Reself
Holland
Big
Burns
New Jersey State
Newo
Joseph Riker
United Kingdom
Qou the Gridiron
Manila
Hoe
Islands
Estrada Palma
Nla
Edward J. Dorn
Templin BM. Potts
Guam
Miguelista Party
Senor Alcosta
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Lacombe
Haight & Freese
Abraham Gellet
Bonaparte
Joseph H. Choate
National Civil Service Reform League
Bigelow’ Carpet Company
Lowell
San Francisco
Gillet
Ceasaro Vigl
Lusitantia
Florence
Mandera
David B. Hill
United States Circuit Court
Consolidated Gans Company
Bank of England
Imperial Railway
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Russia
Vinadivoatok
Baron Fergen
Berlin
Uruguay
Commission of Public Works
Yokohama
Bolivia
Wll
Robert Caldwell
Druce
Duke of Portland
Thomas Charles Druce
Torre la Riberta
Spain
Presidenta
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
Amapuly
Central America
Piera Strozzi
Alserta
Friends
Tailroads
Macfadden
MEN Cay
Hannah Goodrich
Tracey
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