Attempt on King Haakon of Norway Fails at Christiania
An apparently insane Swede fired a fusillade at the royal castle in Christiania Tuesday. Bullets pierced walls but King Haakon VII and Queen Maud were unharmed. Police arrested the attacker who planned to kill the king and carried forty or fifty cartridges. The king, born 1872, has reigned since 1905 after Norway’s union with Sweden dissolved.
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Norway
Christiania
King Haakon
Ming Haakon
Queen Maud
Boc
Voxenkollern
Haakon VII
Frederick
Denmark
Sweden
Bjorthing
Christian
Haakon
Maud
Edward
Great Britain
Olaf
Tragic North Collinwood School Fire Claims Hundreds
The article depicts a devastating school fire in North Collinwood Ohio where nearly 800 children faced tragedy and around 200 lost their lives or eyes. Eyewitness descriptions recount exits blocked by flames and a deadly crush at the interior doors as teachers shielded students in a terrifying concert of smoke and flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Collinwood
Ohio
Wants Land Worth Millions: Farmer Sues Pelham Manor Residents
Edmund C. Jessup of Connecticut sues to recover 50 acres in Pelham Manor New York. He claims the land, once owned by his father and left to him and his three sisters, now valued at about 4 million dollars, was sold by the sisters after his disappearance. He argues he never consented to the sale and that he is sole heir to the land and thus entitled to it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund C. Jessup
Connecticut
Pelham Manor
N. Y
Jessup
Railroads Lead Wave of Prohibition Among Workers
Railroads push total abstinence as policy. Chicago and Northwestern reports 26 000 employees abstaining. Baltimore and Ohio bans intoxication for train staff on or off duty. Other lines follow, with banks like Fifth Avenue National forbidding employees saloons and gambling, signaling broad corporate moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Railrondes
Piffth Avenue National Bank of New York
Ite
Syndicate Purchases Panhandle Ranch and Livestock
A Chicago syndicate connected with and Co acquired the 200000 acre ranch of G. W. Littlefield in the Panhandle and about 20000 head of cattle for around 8200000, forming a major agricultural deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
With & Co
G. W. Littlefield
Panhandle
Slips Under Construction at Harlan & Wolff Yard Ireland
At the Harlan and Wolff Shipyard in Belfast Ireland work has begun on slips long enough to haul 1000 foot liners for the Bier Company. The Canar Mine’s Mau is noted as the longest ship service at 700 feet.
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Harlan & Wolff
Bei
Ireland
Bier Company
New Life to Philadelphia The Hallen Steamship Run
The Hallen Steamship Company operated ships in April between Philadelphia and the Mediterranean ports marking the Delaware River’s first such service. This inaugural sailing signals renewed maritime activity connecting Philadelphia with southern ports.
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Philadelphia
Hallen Steammehip Company
Wis
Government to Deport Anarchists by Census of Public Charges
Washington orders inspectors to count prisoners, asylums and other institutions to track aliens who become public charges. Deports may follow under the new immigrant law, with reports due to Washington by May and radical future immigration legislation anticipated.
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Shippy
Chicago
United States
Washington
Bonaparte
Strauss
Department of Commerce and Labor
Steticenl
Torg Department
Southern party leaders urge free, uninstructed delegates to GOP convention
Ex Senator William Chandler and ex Louisiana Governor Kel logg call Southern delegates unbound to avoid defeat, warn against federal officeholder control, and oppose excluding colored Republicans. Governor Hughes asserts impartiality, will respond to party call, and refuses to influence delegate selection. President denies patronage charges, says selections follow senator and representative guidance, with limited interference. Florida convention details show anti Taft efforts to split Southern delegations. Hutchinson Dems push solid Bryan vote at Denver.
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William BE. Chandler
New Hampshire
William Piet i Kellogg
Louisiana
Washington
South
Gov. Hughes
New York
New York City
Republican Club
Taft
William Dudley Foulke
Indiana
Florida
Denver
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
National and State Railway Commission
Bryan
Snid
Women Pioneers Push Private Reform of City Factories
Miss Anne Morgan and other wealthy women lead a national scope movement to improve conditions for workers in large cities. They voluntarily audit New York City factories, aiming to privately influence manufacturers to address abuses and poor hygiene without pursuing new legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York City
Immigrant Outflow Across Transatlantic Route
A midyear record shows 2. BHO incoming foreigners in the first 45 days of the year and 744 travelers leaving, with incoming 24 percent below 1907 and outgoing 263 percent higher.
Explosion at La Roslin mine kills seventy six workers
A massive blast at the La Roslin mine near San Juan Le Cablne Meson leaves seventy six miners dead, many of them lay them, in a catastrophic industrial accident. Rescue efforts and investigations are expected to follow as authorities assess the scope of the disaster.
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la Roslin
San Juan le Cablne
Meson
Therosloy
Ohio Republicans Adopt Nationally Noted Platform
The Ohio Republican platform, created by leading advisers of Roosevelt and Taft campaign managers, is hailed as a keynote for the national ticket. It calls for railroad regulation without ownership, employer liability Act reenactment, tariff revision, civil rights protection for black citizens, and reduced representation where disfranchisement exists.
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Ohio
Congress
Roosevelt
Senator Young expelled from Philippine assembly in 40 to 35 vote
The Philippine assembly voted 40 to 35 to expel Senator Young after a bitter attack from party leaders. Dr. Inslee S. Berry of New York recommends a train safety kit including bandages, whisky, splints, plaster, and pollen. The German steamer Robert Heyne reports a 20 day storm battle near New York. Assad?
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Young
Philipine Assembly
Inslee S. Berry
New York
Robert Heyne
Women in London Jailed for Suffrage Action
In Stalloway prison, North London, suffragists endure harsh treatment as they refuse fines and accept imprisonment. Ten to fifty women are jailed for marches and protests, then released only to be jailed again. Prisoners endure cubicle cells, stripped and re-clothed in uniform garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalloway
London
Hon
Wolves menace ranches as hydrophobia fear spreads
Ranchers report rising wolf numbers in Ancinal and surrounding areas. Coyotes, wolves, and other wild predators attack livestock, with hydrophobia concerns driving trips to the State Hydrophobia Institute in Austin. Safety measures like corrals increase amid costly eradication efforts.
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Ancinal
Austin
Suffragette Leaders Recount Harsh Prison Routine
The report describes the harsh treatment of suffragette detainees including forced strip searches, uniform limits, frugal rations, and strict cell routines. It notes leaders Mrs. Pankhurst and her daughter among those prominent in the movement amid warnings of persistent protest for votes.
Mixed early 20th century notices span finance illness transport and diplomacy
Leslie M. Shaw severs ties with the Carnegie Trust Company of New York. Blanche Walsh is gravely ill in Shreveport and sent to a Memphis sanitarium. Shanghai inaugurates its first electric street car line. A U S flag raised at Monterey custom house is found with a 4 year old in Honolulu. Eduardo de Beistegui dies of pneumonia at 27 in Washington. Charles Mickey, Nelson Morris & Co manager, laments a lost million at ponies. A legal defense unfolds in New York court over a claim. Japan reportedly to sell captured WW2 arms for Chinese market.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Carnegie Trust Company of
New York
Blanche Walsh
Shreveport
Memphis
Shanghai
China
United States
Monterey
Cal
Hlonolulu
Senor
Lion Eduardo de Beistegui
Washington
Charles Mickey
Nelson Morris & Co
Japan
Hard Luck Tales From the Nation's News
A string of abbreviated, garbled crime and accident items describes George W Glover of Lead suffering leg paralysis, Edward Dunne found dead in Deadwood, Walter White jailed in Norrisburg, Henry Kahen’s suicide in Sioux City, Lena Anderson’s attempted poisoning in Minneapolis, May Reid suing Pullman in St. Louis, Sophini Baratoni's shaft accident at Champion Copper, Willes Olson burned by boiling candy, and Alfred Peterson's manslaughter conviction in Rhinelander.
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George W Glover
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Scientist
Deadwood
Edward Dunne
Roonovale
Washington
Walter White
Madison
D. D
Dauphin County
Norrisburg
Henry Kahen
Sioux City
Iowa
Kahen
Woodman Hall
Cedar
Send
Minneapolis
Lena Anderson
United States
St. Mon
Magear May Reid
Minnesota
Pullman Company
Willes Olson
Rt. M. Olson
Lyndale Avenue North
Rhinelander
Wis
Alfred Peterson
Peterson
Austreem
Anarchist Threatens Bank, Demanded Money in Omaha
An unknown man entered Merchants National Bank of Omaha, flashed a nitroglycerin bottle, and threatened to blow up the bank and kill. Luther Drake, the bank vice president, engaged him in talk, then breakfasted with him. Detectives and bank officials intervened, subduing the man with the bottle.
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Merchaints' National Bank of Omaha
Luther Drake
Drake
National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
Woolly
Mr. Drake
Maintton
Bank
Lamilton
School Savings Banks Reach 200000 Pupils Nationwide
The school savings bank system, started 22 years ago by Jd. Al, Thiry of Long Island, now serves about 200000 pupils in 1008 schools across 22 states. Weekly deposits range from one cent to ten cents, with $1 earning a bank book and withdrawals allowed only after reaching $3 on the second Monday each month. Net total savings amount to $5,485,514 with $4,075,000 withdrawn and $955,000 remaining for 177072 depositors.
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Jd. al, Thiry
Long Island
Prohibition Drive Aims At Louisiana In National Campaign
Anti-Saloon League speakers from across the country prepare to push Louisiana into the prohibition column. A California farmer, Joseph Piraino, was robbed by three Italians who beat him and dumped him in the Sacramento River. he survived and was treated in a Sacramento hospital. Jacob Schilb of Minneapolis gains custody of his 10-year-old daughter on condition he relocates to Los Angeles. London clergyman Rev St J Campbell plans a new sect based on a form of the new theology denying Christ’s divinity. Mayor Taylor of San Francisco receives a letter from Roosevelt declining to greet the Pacific fleet on the West Coast. Metcalé to represent the administration. John Coe seeks oslerization at Bellevue after organ failure. Alre Esabella Martin indicted in Oakland for dynamiting the residence of Suhevor Judge Frank S Ogden. Debate over Hayashi policy stalls censure resolution in the House.
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Louisiana
Joseph Piraino
Sacramento
Jacob Schilb
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Cal
St. J. Campbell
City Temple
London
Taylor
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Metcalé
John Coe
Bellevue Hospital
New York
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Noree
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Pelham Manor, N. Y
Sam
Nicholas
St. Petersburg
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India
Rock Island Arsenal
Dinos
Tien Tein
Enegland
Texas
Chipel
Pankhulst
Stranger
Merchants’ National
Omaha
Hayashi
Jagmu
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