Washington Looms in Foreign Affairs and Domestic Pulse
Washington’s prominence as a foreign affairs hub dominates this week’s glance. John W. Garrett moves from Vene zuela to Argentina as minister. Postal savings banks plan to buy savings bonds at par. House inquiry chair questions Gary and Frick about Roosevelt.
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Washington
John W.garrett
Venezuela
Argentina
Postal Savings Banks
Postal Savings
Stanley
House
Steel Trust
Gary and
Frick
Roosevelt
Personal Professor Holden Links High Living Costs to Farming Methods
In a Produce Exchange speech Holden of Iowa blamed the high cost of living on the lack of scientific farming methods. Cardinal Gibbons supported ratification of arbitration treaties, calling them a breakwater against war. Sarah Bernhardt is set to marry Lou Tellegen, a 26 year old Flemish actor who performed in her company on her last American tour.
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Holden
Iowa
Cardinal Gibbons
Sarah Bernhardt
Lou Tellegen
Bernhardt
Philadelphia Wins On Path To Victory Over Havana
The Phillies defeated Havana by a score that left fans cheering as the team extended its winning form. Mike Donlon is slated to play right field for the Giants next season. Willie Lewis claims a legitimate world welterweight title shot. Tom O Rourke expects Al Pal to reach world white heavyweight status with more ring time. Stanage of Detroit served as iron behind the plate, appearing in over 140 games. Abe Attell beat Young Cohen of England to reaffirm his strong left arm after a winter injury.
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Philadelphia’s
Havana
Mike Donlon
Giants
Willie Lewis
Tom O'Rourke
al Palger
Catcher Stanage
Detroits
Abe Attell
Young Cohen
England
Various National News Snippets Include High Profiles And Legal Actions
General remarks cover Dr M Ethel Kirk of Pittsburgh who died by suicide, a 200 pound deer shot on Duluths main street, and plans for Standard Oil dissolution. Other items note injunctions in National Grange, Idaho governor clashing with Taft over a bank embezzler pardon, Virginia death sentence cases, Tompkins County election results, New York garbage strike, Cincinnati Republicans courting Taft, Buck Crouse claimed title, California female jury views, railroad rebates indictment, Roosevelt criticizing anti trust laws, English socialite bail, Delaware delegates to the Democratic National Convention, San Franciscos Chinatown Red Cross collection, and a Chinese New Year street pageant.
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M. Ethel Kirk
Pittsburgh
Duluth
Minn
Standard Oil Company
National Grange
Gov. Hawley
Idaho
Taft
Clarence W. Robnett
Gov. Mann
Virginia
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Ithaca
N. Y
Tompkins County
New York City
Cincinnati
la Follette
Buck Crouse
Pittsburg
George Cryer
United States
Los Angeles
California
Baltimore & Ohio
Lehigh Valley
New York
Western Points
Theodore Roosevelt
Steel Trust
Tennessee, Coal and Iron
W. S. S. Dickason
Olga von W. Haskell
Minneapolis
Diverse 1900s News Snippets On Trials Deaths and Diplomacy
A mix of brief reports: Mrs. Booth Tarkington gains a divorce decree. Texas authorities target rebels. Dr. Eliot praised in Paris. archbishops sail to Rome for cardinals. Courts uphold interstate clause. Philadelphia bishop dies. local option study urged in Richmond. Twin sisters found dead in Brooklyn. mayor resists vice crusade on Madison Street. Rail merger talks. Luigi Bono linked to counterfeit case. Dr. Wasdin dies. Jewish representatives in New York seek passport aid. Bank theft conviction. Sherman law indictments discussed in Detroit. Red Cross prize fund. valuable items returned to Newark.
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Texas
Charles W. Eliot
Farley
Falconia
New York
Rome
Commerce Court
Alexander Mackay-Smith
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Richmond
National Municipal League
Eva L. Eno
Ada L. Sanford
New Britain
Conn
Brooklyn
West Madison Street
Harrison
St. Louis
San Francisco
Louisville & Nashville
Mobile
New Orleans
Luigi Bono
Lupo
Eugene Wasdin
President McKinley
Buffalo
Senator O'Gorman
Senator Root
Russia
William —J_Cammins
Nineteenth Ward Bank
Carnegie Trust Company
Michigan Lumber Dealers’ Association
Detroit
Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Red Cross
Emma Shuck
Newark
Stormy World Events Prompt Global Turbulence
Foreign Stromboli vents violence near Colonia Italy while Boehm dies in Berlin and Santo Domingo’s president is assassinated. Cen turion launches in Devonport as Russia Persia relations sever. An earthquake shakes Central Europe and Switzerland. Madonna della Stella is stolen from San Marco monastery. Robbery nets 600000 on Marseille train bound for India and China. Shuster targeted in press campaign in St. Petersburg. Asquith signals acceptance of full responsibility for women's suffrage. France reports 18179 excess deaths in six months of 1911. Gustave Michiels dies in Brussels. London hearing suggests liner suction blamed in Olympic Hawke collision. Russia vows famine relief spending six million. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte widow dies in Washington aged 72.
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Stromboli
Colonia
Italy
Adolf Boehm
Berlin
Caceres
Santo Domingo
England
Centurion
Devonport
Russia
Persia
Europe
Madonna Della Stella
Fra Angelico
Monastery of
San Marco
Florence
W. Morgan Shuster
St. Petersburg
Asquith
House of Commons
France
Gustave Michiels
Switzerland
London
Admiralty
Shuster
Castro
Genera Chang
Nanin
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
Jerome Bonaparte
Daniel Webster
Washington
Promoter Cummins Found Guilty of Bank Theft
William J. Cummins, former Carnegie Trust Company official and promoter, was convicted in the Criminal Branch of the New York Supreme Court of stealing 140000 from the Nineteenth Ward Bank. He faced a potential five to ten year term as he was led to the Tombs after the verdict, with an appeal likely pending.
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New York
William J. Cummins
Carnegie Trust Company
Southern
Supreme Court
Nineteenth Ward Bank
Criminal Courts
Cummins
Davis
Domingas President Slain by Political Malcontents
General Ramon C aceres the Dominican Republic president was assassinated in Santo Domingo City as he left Leonte Vasquez home. Two political malcontents Luis Tejera and Jaime Mote Jr shot him, he fled to the American legation but died about thirty minutes later. The assailants fled to San Cristobal and officials called it a political act with no uprising.
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Caceres
Washington
Ramon Caceres
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Leonte Vasquez
Luis Tejara
Jaime Mote, Jr
Canada regrets reciprocity rejection, says J A McDonald
J A McDonald editor of the Toronto Globe and Liberal leader says Canada is sorry for rejecting reciprocity. In a Sunday Evening Club address he blames crowd emotion and the annexation scare, calling the action evil rumor now repented by voters.
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J. A. McDonald
Chicago
Toronto Globe
Liberal Party
Canada
Sunday Evening Club
Syracuse Students Apologize For Carlisle Victory Celebration
Syracuse University students from the School of Applied Science celebrated a football win over Carlisle, left campus, and were suspended unless they apologized. They returned to classes after all apologized and classes resumed.
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Syracuse
N. Y
School of Applied Science
Syracuse University
Carlisle
Woman Cattle Thief Guilty in Colorado Court
Glenwood Springs Colorado report on Mrs Mamie Mitchell found guilty of stealing a steer. She leaped from her chair and screamed, alarmed by the verdict, before being taken to jail by the sheriff after a quick exit.
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Glenwood Springs
Col
Mamie
Mitchell
Fra Angelico Madonna theft and world briefs set
The piece notes the 500000 Madonna della Stella stolen from Museo di SS Marco, Rainey returns from six months in Africa reporting 26 lions in a day, Premier Asquith supports a woman suffrage amendment, Rear Admiral Rogers is relieved at Newport, a court pardons list includes 26 murderers, Dr. Sutcliffe and his wife separate, Chicago river flow found under Orpheum Theatre site, Jay McNay dies while practicing for a racing event after a collision with a pedestrian on the Savannah course.
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Florence
Paul Rainey
New York
Johannesburg
Africa
Asquith
England
House of Commons
Raymond Perry Rodgers
Narragansett Bay Naval Station
Naval War College
Newport
Court of Pardons
Trenton
H. W. Sutcliffe
Chicago
BE. HH. Gary
United States Steel Coporation
Orpheum Theatre
West Washington Street
la Salle
Clarke Streets
Jay McNay
Savannah
Farmers Push News Across New Jersey
Woodbury Council cancels 1445.45 of worthless tax claims. Burlington farmer Bartis Moore treed opossums as rabbits thrive. eggs fetch 50 cents a dozen in Philadelphia market. Egg Harbor football accident leaves a fractured arm for Albert Regensburg. Pumpkins move by wagon from South Jersey at about five dollars a ton. Florence township votes to raise salary to 2500 with more trustees. Woodbury Council hunts a spending law on street vendors. Embezzlement case in Camden ends with bail set at 500. Atlantic Deeper Waterways appoints Wes Scott Hand as delegate for December in Washington. Gloucester County funds bridge contract over Mt Royal. Court recount granted for Glen Gardner candidate Force. Hospital plans in Egg Harbor City for needy children. Green election law prompts higher election-board pay. Various civic items and appointments across South Jersey.
Daring Ike’s Death Rumor Quelled by Local Revolt
A terse exchange confirms Ike was killed by a shot to the heart. The dialogue reflects community sensation and resolves rumors about his reputed weakness.
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Ike
He Proved It by Returning With the Gold Umbrella
A husband boasts he was among the first to leave an evening party and can prove it. His wife challenges him and asks him to show proof. He reveals the gold mounted umbrella as his evidence in a playful domestic moment.
Youre Fourth Husband Not A Habit Joke in Talk
A humorous exchange where one man claims to be his wife’s fourth husband after being teased as a third. The other quips he is not a husband but a habit, highlighting cheeky wit in casual conversation.
Apicultural Dialogue Sparks Bee History Question
The exchange features a childlike line about the queen bee being boss and a humorous question about a presidential bee, reflecting playful early science curiosity in a bee-themed vignette.
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Johnny
Grape-Nuts Praised By Brain Worker In Letter
A literary man praises Grape-Nuts for brain nourishment and mental clarity. He states ordinary breakfast foods slow thinking, while Grape-Nuts provides sustained energy and nutrition for the brain and nervous system. The testimonial mentions Postum Co. of Battle Creek and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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