Death toll from 1907 football rises in parts of the nation
The Chicago Tribune notes 1907 saw eleven deaths and ninety-eight serious injuries among players, with college and high school groups showing declines while outsiders faced higher danger. It tracks causes of death, injuries by category, and the impact of 1905 rule changes on safety in college, high school, and independent play. It also reports on rail companies dividing territory and doubled fares.
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Chicago
State
Minola
Ohio
Pennsylvan
Michigan
Utah Coven
Connecticut
Seeeae
Canada
Chicago Tribune
Qrade
Inc
Regent for Belgium Predicted as Regent Likely Soon
Court circles predict Prince Albert will be appointed Regent of Belgium due to King Leopold's frequent absences. Mrs. Croker killed by news of her son’s accidental drowning. George Croker, a ranch foreman near Denver, died. Mrs. Sarah A. Croker, 65, of Millerton, N.Y., was visiting him when she fell dead. Bourbon stockyards in Louisville destroyed by fire. loss estimated at 250000, ten carloads of hogs burned.
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Belgium
Prince Albert
Leopold
Louisville
Thirteen Perish in Fire at 2121 Second Avenue Tenement
Trapped on the top floor of a four story tenement at 2121 Second Avenue a fire started in the lower hallway killed thirteen people mostly women and children. Bodies were found in rooms on the top floor with some families identified including Cardinale and Baraca members. Investigators found oil soaked wood at the shaft and say the act was deliberate revenge connected to a prior attempted safe robbery at Giuseppe Cudeno’s saloon nearby.
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New York City
Second Avenue
Cardinale
Pasquale
Nicolino
Giovanni
Donito
Juliette
Julia
Rosa
Luig
Judito
Baraca
Catherine
Rocco
Jennie
Cosette
Marie
Catherine Baraca
Cozette
Rocco Baraca
Dominick
Jill
Giuseppe Cudeno
Three Girls Drowned After Wave Off Cape Flattery
The steamer President reported three girls swept overboard and drowned near Cape Flattery during rough seas. Florence Buckman age 13 and Rita and Adam Schiotte ages 12 and 4 were in a midship gangway when a large wave likely swept them into the funnel of flooding water. The children had been traveling with their mother from Australia to join their father in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Seattle
Cape Flattery
Florence Buckman
Rita
Adam Schiotte
Schotto
Australia
Los Angeles
Commissioner shoots prominent attorney in Laurel County case
In Laurel County Kentucky master commissioner Robert Boyd Jr. fired four shots into James Sparks a leading Eastern Kentucky lawyer and died amid a spree that also reports a crazy woman killing her husband in New York City and a Baltimore Pittsburgh rivalry note with a city population figure.
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Robert Boyd, Jr
Laurel County
James Sparks
Kentucky
New York City
Charlotte Hitchcock
Farm Staples Return to Normal Conditions Promoted
The article notes that farm staples will return to normal levels faster due to large exports of Carm staples, signaling accelerated stabilization of supply and prices.
Notable Early 20th Century Obituaries and Notes
Governor Deneen submits a long message to the Illinois Legislature. Moncure D Conway dies in Paris. Charles Eliot Norton turns eighty in Cambridge. Rev Harvey Des Brown of Kenosha announces retirement and political shift. Senator Foraker reports a pleasant interview with the President. Admiral Sir Francis Hutok dies in London at eighty eight. Cleveland’s condition varies with reports. Joseph Choate comments on the era's Civil Service Reform leaders.
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Govenor Deneen
Sinois
Moncure D. Conway
Paris
Charles Eliot Norton
Cambridge
Mass
Harvey Des Brown
First Baptist Church
Kenosha
Wis
Foraker
Francis Leopold Mess Hutock
Llder
Trinity House
London
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Snys
National Civil Service Reform League
Joseph WT
Choate Uy
George William Curtig
Carl Schurz
Danslel
Gilman
Saloon closures sweep Oklahoma as dry victory spreads
Chicago reports Mrs. Evelyn Romadke, wife of a Milwaukee trunk maker, tells judges how yellow crime stories lured her into burglary. She fled luxury for Chicago to meet thieves, citing the glamour of newspapers as the lure and detailing her schemes with an associate, Albert Jones.
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Chicago
Evelyn Romadke
Milwaukee
Bretano
Acta
South Side
Albert Jones
Tom
Jones
Yelow
Finland Enacts Universal Suffrage Prohibition Move
Finland passes a drastic alcohol ban amid universal suffrage and socialist influence. The 200 member legislature includes 19 women and 80 Social Democrats. police gain broad search powers with penalties from fines to three years in prison. Czar veto expected, Times notes the measure tests liberty.
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London
Finland
Social Democratic Party
Gripenberg
Relgion
The
Times
Grand Duchy of Finland
France’s Gold Wealth Surges as Savings Boom
France holds excess gold in its vast banks and state savings system with deposits swelling this year. Paris receives global gold appeals while local thrift drives high savings and lending activity.
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France
Europe
America
Paris
Postofice Savings Bank
Ximuni
Postofice
Portrait of George Washington arrives in New York City
A life size portrait of George Washington as a Colonial Army major arrives from Glasgow. R W Austin, American Consul at Glasgow, will send it to Washington for exhibition before Mount Vernon. The portrait remains property of the People’s Palace in Glasgow and is loaned to the U S government for an indefinite period.
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George Washington
Scotland
New York City
R. W. Austin
Glasgow
Washington
Mount Vernon
People’s Palace
Japan Enters Indian Beer Trade To Challenge English Market
Reports indicate Japan expands in India's beer trade while Britain increases pensions for native soldiers. Across Asia, Philippine mines show copper, silver, iron, and lead deposits with notable copper assays. Australia considers replacing conciliation boards with wages boards on state railways. Japanese matchmakers seek European and Australian markets aided by British capital. Philippines copper deposits reportedly exceed sixteen percent. Keren enjoys stability after a decade of reform.
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Japan
England
India
Philippine
Camerines
Australia
Europe
Philippines
Keren
New Death Test Aims to End Burial Doubts
At Larivoisiere Hospital a death test using radiographs allegedly shows organ outlines minutes after death while not revealing them during life. The method promises to prevent premature burial and has sparked a large debate in scientific circles.
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Paris
Larivoisiere Hospital
1907 Baseball and Sports News Highlights
Field notes show Tyrus Cobb of Detroit leading American League batting averages for 1907. Boston will not field a team in the national roller polo league this season. Jimmy Casey of the Brooklyn Club is slated to replace Joe Kelley as Toronto manager. U.S. Senator James L. Baley of Texas owns the top trotting sire Prodigal in 1907. Seven cars posted perfect scores in New Jersey's 24 hour road endurance run. The Waterland L, a model that runs on land and water, passed a dual test in New York. Dennis Costigan, trainer of Jack Dempsey, dies at Metropolitan Hospital on Blackwell’s Island at fifty-one.
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Tyrus Cobb
Detroit
Boston
Jimmy Casey
Brooklyn
Joe Kelley
Toronto
United States
James L Balley
Texas
New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club
Waterland L
New York
Philadelphia Nationals
Navy
Jobe Gibson
Dennis Costigan
Jack Dempsey
Metropolitan Hospital
Blackwells Island
Ciu
Five Children Die In House Fire, Man Heroically Saves
Franklin Pa. Thomas Zuver awoke to flames in his home at Tionesta and, despite being dazed, saved his wife and baby and dragged two unconscious children to safety. Five of his eight children perished in the blaze as the fire trapped them in their beds. A dog’s barking alerted Zuver to danger, enabling partial rescue before exhaustion blocked further efforts.
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Franklin
Thomas Zuver
Tionesta
St,burn
Wihibur Wuver
Nelson
Zuver
Wilbur
Tragic Princeton Athlete Killed by High Voltage
James T. Walker Jr., 19, a standout freshman end at Princeton University, died after climbing an iron pole to recover a rubber coat tossed from a dormitory window. Seared by 2500 volts, his injuries occurred near his dorm on university grounds. Walker, from Evansville Indiana, had been a top football and academic prospect for 1911 and played freshman end. He prepared at Haverford School and was regarded as a future star for Princeton football.
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Walker Clinvis
Ralugoata
Princeton
N. J
James T. Walker, Jr
Princeton University
University
Young Walker
Evansville
Ind
University At
Haverford School
Haverford
Government Accepts Cashier’s Checks for Revenue Stamps
Cincinnati collector Bernhard Bett Mann reports authorization from Commissioner John G Capers to accept cashiers’ checks drafts and certificates of deposit as payment for revenue stamps used on liquors in the district authorities in Washington approved the payment method to streamline stamp sales
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Internal Revenue
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bernhard Bett- Mann
John G. Capers
Washington
Venezuela raises duties on farm goods and paper
A decree increases tariffs on lard butter rice wheat corn and beer by ten percent and on straw paper potatoes milk and some glassware by twenty five percent in Venezuela to protect agriculture. A separate Gallatin Tennessee ruling by Chancellor J W Stout assigns the State a victory against the Standard Oil Company over alleged legal discrimination and license revocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
J. W. Stout
Gallatin
Tenn
Standard of Company
Tennessee
Duel Ends in Reconciliation Between Counts Near Paris
Count Jean Recope and Count Tris tan de Gramedo fought a pistol duel at Saint Clowd near Paris. Both were wounded in the first exchange before a reconciliation followed.
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Jean Recope
Tristan de Gramedo
Saint Clowd
Paris
Census Reports Cotton Bales Decline From 1906
The Washington census reports 7,911,202 bales of cotton from the 1907 crop as of November 14, down from 8,662,242 in 1906 and 7,501,180 in 1905. The count includes round bales in the totals.
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Washington, D C
Big Names in Sports Roundup Across Billiards and Football
Willie Hoppe plans a return to America while P. T. Powers secures a unanimous reelection as Eastern Baseball League president. Calvin Demarest shows peak form, Newman joins Lafayette football, Yale touts Coy against Harvard, and Oxford’s Muh wins the Red Cup.
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Willie Hoppe
America
P. T. Powers
Calvin Demarest
Newman
Washington and Jefferson
Lafayette
Yale
Coy
Burr
Harvard
Bank Robbery at Clinton Illinois Stolen $2200 in Coin
Robbers forced three bank employees into the Clinton State Bank vault, escaping with $2200 in gold and silver after shoving money into a bag. The trio fled to the Hotel Henson, but a raid on the hotel roof led to their disappearance. A posse pursued as officers freed the imprisoned staff. Charles Parker later opened the vault to find the trio almost suffocated amid the dust and fumes from the lock.
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Bloomington
Clinton
George Argo
T. R., Murphy
John Young
Henson
Charles Parker
Parker
Battle near Lalla Maghnia reports heavy Arab losses
In Lalla Maghnia Algeria ten thousand Benis Nassen tribesmen attacked the French camp. French forces repelled the assault with eight killed while Arab losses reach one thousand two hundred. The fight continued with a renewed Arab mobilization and artillery shelling heard into the next afternoon.
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Lalla Maghnia
Algeria
Artiry
Roosevelt Flips Coin to Split Dakota Patronage
President Roosevelt divided the Federal patronage of South Dakota by coin flip and drawing lots. A. B. Kittredge and Robert J. Gamble, hostile Senators, share sixteen federal jobs worth $40,000 for two years. Kittredge aims to defeat Gamble, while Gamble plans to challenge Kittredge next year.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
South Dakota
A. B. Kittredge
Robert J. Gamble
Senator Kittredge
Gamble
Kittredge
Taft
Baltimore wife shoots rival in a jealous rage
Mrs Annie E Maith shot and killed widow Mrs Sallie Brown at her home after accusing Brown of taking her husband John E Marth. Maith an engineer fled but later surrendered to police claiming amnesia about the events.
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Baltimore
Annie E. Marth
John E. Marth
Sallie Brown
Cheats Law By Swift Death In NYC Forgery Case
Detectives awaited arrest for forgery when Louis Straus, a wealthy New Street mine broker, killed himself at his West Eighty third Street home. Struck by ruin from a $200,000 loss, he faced hypothecating a forged bill with William Avia of Front Street for $5000, likely among many charges not pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Louis Straus
No. 16
New Street
West Eighty-third Street
William A. Avia
Front Street
John Bigelow Celebrates 90th Birthday in New York
John Bigelow, lawyer journalist statesman and diplomat, marked his ninetieth birthday at his home 21 Gramercy Park New York City as friends sent congratulations and flowers. On the same day Andrew Carnegie and friends celebrated his seventieth birthday in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bigelow
Gramercy Park
New York City
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Notable Women in Global Civic News and Odd Deaths
A mosaic of short items notes Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt joining the New York Assembly of Mothers, Vicomtesse Sophia Cruvelli dies at eighty one in Nice, New Zealand housewives win wage reforms, Edith Van Buren’s Naples divorce from a pretended count, Iceland’s women gaining municipal roles, Emma Packard dies of apoplexy in Marshalltown, Ireland’s Parliament in session amid women’s petition drives, Mey French’s suicide at Carmel-by-the-Sea, and George F. Sterning connected to a writers’ colony.
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Theodore Roosevelt
New York State Assembly of Mothers
Vicomtesse Visier
Sophia Cruvelli
Nice
New Zealand
Edith van Buren
Naples
Iceland
Emma Packard
B Packard
Louisiana
Marshall Town
Ieeland
Teeland
Atte Thor
Bungaon
George FP. Sterning
Carmel- by-the-Sea
Portraits of New Jersey governors prompt ID trip to Trenton
A batch of portraits delivered to the New Jersey State House was unpacked by Custodian Weseman and found to lack identification. Only a few figures were recognized, including former Governor Fort, uncle of Governor elect John Franklin Fort, with others believed to depict Livingston Patterson Jeden Mablon Dickerson Phite non Dickinson Southard and Beeley.
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New Jersey
Trenton
State House
Weseman
Fort
John Franklin Fort
Livingston
Patterson
Jeden
Mablon
Dickerson
Phitenon Dickinson
Southard
Beeley
Park Club Lands Put Up For Foreclosure By Sheriff
Sheriff Norcross of Mount Holly announces the sale of Chatsworth Park Company land near Chatsworth totaling 6428 acres on December 19 under foreclosure. The property hosts a well equipped clubhouse, lakes, cottages, and private drives used by wealthy New York men for recreation for twelve years. The Trust Company of America is the complainant. The company’s authorized capital was 100000 dollars. incorporators include William I. Zelley, George A. Hamill, and Relph Shropshire.
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Princa Rusport
William I. Zelley
Brooklyn
George A. Hamill
Jersey City
Relph Shropshire
New York City
Strangled Burlington Grocer Killed Near Home
Jefferson a well to do Burlington grocer was strangled near his home. His body was stripped of valuables and laid on a railroad track where a Philadelphia train mangled it. Police pursue a stranger who accosted him three nights earlier asking for money and threatening him.
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Jefferson
Burlington
Philadelphia
Rue
Shumard
Jersey
George Guslang
Edward S. Jefferson
City to ban acetylene lamps on autos and trolley lights
The Board of Works moves to stop acetylene gas lamps on cars and the strong electric headlights on Hudson River and Newark trolley cars after pedestrian and driver complaints of blindness and runaway accidents. A committee will consult the trolley company and an ordinance will be drafted. Saves Girl From Footpads. Miss Lydia Willey of Florence recounts being attacked but rescued by Elvie Wilson who saw the struggle and alerted a doctor.
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Hudson River
Newark
Paterson
Board of Works
Trolley
Lydia Willey
Florence
Willey
Trenton
Elvie Wilson
Swept Over Dams and Rapids Belvidere Man Found
The body of Henry Brink, 43, disappeared from Belvidere, was found in a clump of brush at the Pequest Creek mouth. He had been seen intoxicated at a Belvidere saloon. No foul play suspected. his clothing was torn and bruised but the body showed passage over two dams and rapids.
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Henry Brink
Belvidere
Pequest Creek
William Walters
Brink
Potter Harry Walker Dies of Heart Failure in Daughter’s Arms
Trenton potter Harry Walker collapsed in his daughter’s arms as he asked her to call a cab and take him to a hospital. He died before reaching the hospital, with heart failure given as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Walker
Trenton
South Jersey corn season faces longer drought in fields
Inquiries note corn remains still abundant in South Jersey. Katie Mandella of Paterson, 15, took poison while cleaning teeth with Jaudanum. her parents report the incident. Calvin C. Vannote of Long Branch, bank director and G A R Mason, died of stomach cancer at about sixty. Marty Unwin appeals case upholding Frelinghuysen Automobile law. Captain Malcolm Woodruff appointed Chief of Police of Atlantic City after Chief Maxwell's death. Dr Hamilton and Dr Shaw criticize Roosevelt's push to remove motto In God We Trust from coins.
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South Jersey
Katie Mandella
Paterson
Calvin C. Vannote
Long Branch
Citizens’ Bank
G. A. R. Man
Mason
Marty Unwin
Court of Errors
Frelinghuysen
Malcolm Woodruff
Atlantic City
Maxwell
David Stuart Hamilton
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Dr. Shaw
West Presbyterian Church, Paterson
Roosevelt
God
New Device Aims to Stop Car Telescoping on Wrecks
General Manager Frank Sedley of New York City describes a simple attachment for wagon cars to prevent telescoping on wrecks. The device uses three-pronged projections on the car plate that interlock when two cars meet, preventing any car from rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sedley
New York City
Ledhey
Corin
Roosevelt bars federal officials from third term push
Long dispatch notes President Roosevelt forbids federal officeholders to promote a third term. Reports cover his meeting with Mehmed Ati Bey, War Department graduation plans at West Point, and navy officer discharges tied to Atlantic Fleet movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
United States
Mehmed Ati Bey
Root
War Department
West Point Military Academy
Army
Tatt Q& Barry
Navy Department
Washington
Springfield
Mass
Rock Island
San Francisco
Financial distress sweeps through early 20th century cities
The New York City market faces lingering disturbances as post prosperity fades. October rail layoffs rise, manufacturing cuts hit Chicago and Marlboro, and jewelry and loom industries trim hours. Oversupply in turkeys and rice crop signals cautious times while gold imports ease stress. Stock Exchange seats drop to a historic level as currency tightens and railway receipts show modest gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Chicago
Pittsburg
Marlboro
Mass
Providence
Worcester
Amsterdam
N. C
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University of Chicago
Macroons
Wisconsin-Minnesota
Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Rapids Transit
Long Island Railroad Companies
International Spinners’ Union
Mich
Wia
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Oklahoma State Federation of Labor
International Marble Workers’ Union
Tailors
Manhattan
Brotherhood of Tailors
Organization of Tailors
Horrom
Wave Wills
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Sahara
Han
F. Bowers
Indianapolis News
Pao
Comrade
Oxford
Ta Cc. Muh
Braxenose College
Hales
Metropolitan Turf Association
Ilnois Bank
Lock Gashler
Vauit
Bigelow
Carnegie
Late News BY Wire
Our
Wood
Weston
Havana
Alfredo Zayas
Cuba
Mr. Taft
Pasig River
Fort McKinley
Hawaiian Realty Maturity Company
James K. Taylor
Treasury Department
San Juan
Porto Rico
Algonquin
Taylor
Magoon
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Portland
Ore
Atlantic Coast States
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
J. Hampton Moore
C. T. Barney
Harry Payne Whitney
Knickerbocker Trust
Ohio League of Republican Clubs
Senator Foraker
Vorys
Bonaparte
Storm Bull
University of Wisconsin
the Bull
Enterprise Transportation Company
Fall River
Newport
Thomas Dugan
Edward Yeaton
Coffeyville
Kan
Henry Campbell-Hannermen
Imay
Liberal Party
Ensign Ullmo
Germany
Paris Temps
Salvador
Figueroa
Tokio
Békhara
Asia
Baronne Adolpho da Rothschild
Geneva
Switzerland
Okuma
Miss Robinson
T. C. Druce
Duke of Portland
Herr Wittfeld
Berlin
Calcutta
Allahabad
Asansal
Bengal
New Yorks
Fireta
Rene
Delaware
Turkeya
Steven
Necee Eeseey
Wteveek
Nk KK
Standard
Standard Oil Company
Somerset
Eka
Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
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