Path of the Week News Old World and New
A cabinet of early 20th century items covers wars to come and political action. The Jamestown wooden war vessel sale was ordered by the Navy Department. A Panama-Pacific Exposition two cent stamp was approved. The Delaware earns efficiency pennant for gunnery. Taft vetoes a private pension bill, reaching his twelfth veto. Congress limits Sunday mail delivery in large cities and blocks stamp sales at certain post offices. The Penrose inquiry on Archbold Perkins Roosevelt conversations passes unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Navy Department
Hitchcock
Delaware
Senate
Congress
Taft
Joseph Perry
Penrose
John D. Archbold
George W. Perkins
Theodore Roosevelt
Notable World Figures and Events Span Global Headlines
Personal Louis D. Brandeis meets Governor Wilson in Boston. German Emperor recovers from rheumatic attack and rises from bed. Miss Rhoda Wilson and Noel Deerr marry after 9 000 mile journey to New York. Mulai Hafid laments loss of 380 wives left in Tangier. William F. McCombs seeks health in Adirondacks. Bramwell Booth outlines Salvation Army social work as future focus. Vatican protest over Catholic conversions raises diplomatic tension. George Clinton Paine dies at 100 in Elmira after a New York visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Woodrow Wilson
Rhoda Wilson
London
Noel Deerr
Honolulu
New York
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Tangiers
Paris
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Adirondacks
Sophie Loeb
Bramwell Booth
Vatican
George Clinton Paine
Elmira
N. Y
New York City
Odessa, N.Y
Packey McFarland OKs Tommy Garry as lightweight
Packey McFarland approves Tommy Garry of Chicago as a first class lightweight. Harry Wolverton remains named Yankee manager for another year per reports.
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Packey
McFarland
O. K
Tommy Garry
Chicago
Harry Wolverton
Yankees
H. J. D. Astley
Brooklyn _Superbas
Sommers
Nahville
Chicago Cubs
William Jensen
New Haven
Detroit Tigers
Maurice McLoughlin
Thomas C. Bundy
California
Charlie Ebbets
Superbas
Roger Bresnahan
Cardinals
Brooklyn
Nap Rucker
Zack Wheat
Impostor Takes $40 From Foreigner After Refusal to Leave
A young foreigner says he paid 40 dollars for a life job to an impostor who refused to depart after discharge from the Philadelphia Electric Company. Prices on all coal grades rose 25 cents a ton in Boston. Twenty guests at a North Carolina health resort suffered ptomaine poisoning from impure milk. Gus Conzmen, theatre property man in Terre Haute Indiana, died from spinal meningitis linked to an eye injury caused by a spark from a match. J J Coward and Miss Mary Johnson of Brooklyn, separated fifty years by the Civil War, met at a summer hotel in upper New York and soon married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Electric Company
Boston
North Carolina
Gus Conzmen
Terre Haute
Ind
J. J. Coward
Mary Johnson
Brooklyn
Upper
New York
Many World News Snippets From The Era
A broad collage notes job ads in Wall Street papers, storm deaths near Cleveland, a Delaware gubernatorial resignation, a Georgia man killed in a posse shootout, Red Cross flood aid, battleships sailing from Norfolk, counterfeit currency arrests, a Philadelphia child’s death from ear piercing blood poisoning, Aviator Vedrines’ speed claim, Newport women’s reform actions, Debs’s Socialist nomination, a Chicago alderman robbed, Des Moines sailing plans, fundraising for North Dakota silver service, California forest fires gain, Navy vaccination crackdown, bar association recalls, Housewives' League market opening, Burke's return to business, Tarrytown child’s death, Montclair auto accident, Hazleton mine strike impact, Wicomico tug sinking, Dennison mercury poisoning death and a widow's later birth.
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Wall Street
Cleveland
Charles R. Miller
Wilmington
Delaware
Gadsden
Ala
American Red Cross
Louisiana
Mississippi
Norfolk
Ignacio Mancini
Denver
New York
Anna Bainbridge
Philadelphia
Jules Vedrines
Chicago
Newport
Eugene V. Debs
Roosevelt
John A. Richert
Des Moines
Boston
North Dakota
Devil's Canyon
Bear Creek
California
Navy Department
Mare Island
Cal
American Bar Association
Minneapolis
Housewives’ League
Queensboro Bridge
William J. Burke
Charles Paduzzi
Tarrytown
N. Y
Peter Cruchio
Montclair
N. J
G. B. Markle Co
Hazleton
Wicomico
Key West
Fla
Port Royal
S.C
Henry S. Dennison
Col
New Parcels Post System To Start By January 1
Washington reports Postmaster General Hitchcock says the parcels post system will be ready by January 1 under the new law. The program extends to rural routes and star routes, requires article classification and new equipment, and designs for stamps from 1 cent to 1 dollar. Indemnity rules and varying rates apply by distance and weight.
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Washington
Postal Service
Hitchcock
Department
Congress
News of New Jersey from a chaotic week across towns
A compilation from across New Jersey reports varied happenings from Mam monton chestnut crops to Gloucester watermelon failures. Notable items include a Bridgeton glass plant tentative labor deals, Petersburg death from heart disease, Trenton shooting, Jersey City drowning, Hammonton road completion, Passaic fatal fall, Jersey City injury at the Pennsylvania Railroad, bondholder meeting at Clayton, new bridges contracts in Gloucester County, and a women’s motorboat race at Lake Hopatcong.
Lesson on the Twelve and the Disciples Mission
The lesson describes Jesus choosing the twelve as his vice-gerents to carry on his ministry after Calvary. It outlines their limited earthly mission to Israel, their dependence on the Father, and the dual call of proclamation and compassionate service. The text links Jesus’ shepherding to the church’s ongoing outreach and duty to show forth the Father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Calvary
Church of Today
Peter
James
John
Andrew
Israel
Paul
Sodom
Gomorrah
God
Father
New Orleans Adopts Commission Form of City Government
The Metropolis approved a commission government in a special election with 23 900 for and 2 119 against. In November a constitutional amendment will extend recall rights, making them part of the new system. Executive and legislative powers shift to a mayor and four commission councilmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
New Order
New Orleans
Grelvaine
Man Dies by Own Hand Over Vacation Delays
East Orange New Jersey resident Herman J. Kuster, 48, a Manhattan tailoring firm manager, shot himself in his Linwood Place home after eight years without vacation and no prospects for a break. His wife Mrs. Herman J. Kuster discovered the body at breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Orange
N. J
Linwood Place
Herman J. Kuster
Kuster
Fulton Street
Manhattan
Plague of Flies Haunts Texas Farms at Night
Texas farmers plow by moonlight to save livestock as a deadly fly attack devastates horses cattle and dairy herds in Dallas Northern Texas. Cattle driven blind cows refuse feed and milk supplies drop amid widespread losses to dairy men and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
England vows new protest over Panama Canal dispute
England fled a second protest threatening to take the Panama Canal question to The Hague if a satisfactory agreement is not reached. In Kansas City two water mains were blown by dynamite causing a three day repair. John D. Archbold corroborated Senator Penrose about Standard Oil contributions to the Roosevelt campaign in 1904 and cited unjust attacks over a refusal to give $150,000 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Hague
Kansas City
John D. Archbold
Penrose
Standard Oil
Wholesale Market Prices Reported for Milk Eggs Poultry and Produce
New York wholesale prices list dairy eggs and poultry with state and western origins. Includes butter creamery extras, various hen and broiler categories, regional vegetable and fruit quotes, per basket or crate pricing, and live stock ranges for beef calves sheep hogs and hay from multiple markets and states.
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State
Phila. & L
Penn
Seco
East
Dursley
N. Y
Jersey
Cr Valles
Ees
Orange Co
Hee l. T
Wa Ind Md
Bh Ltd
Long Island
Astrachan
U. RR
South del
Virginia
Pat. Wethers
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THE
Sportins
Turkey
Russia
Hongkong
Macao
United States
Liscom
Shanghai
Hamburg
Germany
Canton-Hankow
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Glasgow
General Booth
Salvation Army
Beirut
Asiatic
Rome
Madero
Kaiser Wilhelm
New Jersey
Mammonton
Gloucester County
South Jersey Hunting Club
Millville
Deer Woods
Bridgeton Glass
Stephen T. Young
Petersburg
Trenton
Michael Grat
Daniel Cumbill
Frederick Peterson
Jersey City
New Brunswick Fire Department
Joseph Lautter
Glassboro
Board of Education of
Salem
Marguerite Dunham
Alloway
Fairview
Bellevue Avenues
Hammonton
Passaic
Mary Engelsman
Morris R. H. Jevin
Westerly
St. Francis’ Hospital
Bordentown
Stanley Sisten
Pennsylvania Railroad
Second Street
Clayton
Moore Brothers
Gloucester County Freeholders
Thorofare
Pitman
Gibbstown
Lake Hopatcong
Union County
Roselle
Roselle Park
Westfield
Cranford
New Providence
Monitor Association
Atlantic Highlands
Satengpland
Reiny
Tabernacle
Moore
Elizabe Council
Remail Street
Ants of
Broad Street
Theresa Gra
Branch
Shore Cottage
Airls
John Linghan
Black Wander
Newark
Stockton
Linghan
John Banta
Hackensack
E.O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Commission For
Formosa
R.D
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