Mrs. Alice Longworth Undergoes Successful Appendectomy
Mrs. Alice Longworth wife of Representative Nicholas Longworth and daughter of President Roosevelt was operated on for appendicitis at the White Horse in Washington D C. The procedure by Dr Finney of Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore assisted by Dr Sophie Nordhuff Jung and Surgeon General Rixey of the navy was successful and she recovered from anesthesia quickly before a two hour nap. President Roosevelt played an afternoon tennis game with little worry.
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Alice Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
White Horse
Washington, D. C
Finney
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Sophie Nordhuff Jung
Rixey
Navy
Longworth
Fatal Trolley Crash Kills Attorney at Acton Indiana
Shelby County attorney D. M. Sleeth died instantly in an interurban wreck at Acton Indiana as the car jumped the track at high speed. Eleven others were badly hurt but expected to recover, with passengers calling it a miracle more fatalities were avoided.
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D. M. Sleeth
Shelby County
Acton
Ind
Quiet at Goldfield Mohawk mine. workers at mill and underground
Fifty six men are at work at the Mohawk combination mine in Goldfield Nevada with more than one hundred signing the Mine Owners' Association agreement. Only the number mentioned appeared and there was no molestation. Pickets of the union are not strongly in evidence and no other mines attempted to reopen.
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Goldfield
Nev
Big Pawnee Fire Destroys Block of Buildings
A large blaze in Pawnee Oklahoma wiped out an entire block with damages pegged at 200000 dollars. The O P C H department store Weinberg dry goods Rollinson grocery Globe Hotel Mentzer Brothers hardware Masonic Lodge and the post office suffered major losses.
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Pawnee
Okla
O. P. C. H. Department
Weinberg Dry Goods
Rollinson Grocery
Globe Hotel
Mentzer Brothers’ Hardware
Masonic Lodge
Swiss elects Dr Ernest Brenner President for 1908
The Federal Assembly at Berne chose Dr Ernest Brenner radical as president of the Swiss Republic for 1908. Brenner is vice-president of the Federal Council, succeeding Edouard Muller. In a separate note a bank cashier R E Easton of Hersher J shoots himself. Directors report the bank in good condition. no motive is known.
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Federal Assembly
Berne
Switzerland
Ernest Brenner
Dr. Brenner
Federal Council
Edouard Muller
R. E. Easton
Hersher
Sousa III Succumbs to Bronchitis Forces Tour Pause
Bandmaster Sousa III John Phillip Sousa, at his Madison Avenue home in New York City, suffers bronchitis and ends his tour in Buffalo. He plans to resume in three weeks. Also reported is a Cadillac Michigan fire at the Cummer Diggins wood alcohol distillery destroying the plant, with $100,000 loss, partly insured.
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Sousa III
John Phillip Sousa
Madison Avenue
New York City
Buffalo
Cadillac, Mich
Cummer, Diggins Company
Pacific Fleet Departure Marked by Roosevelt Salute
World watches as Evans leads sixteen U S Navy battleships from Hampton Roads in a wartime scale demonstration. The Mayflower carries President Roosevelt and Navy officials, while ships decked with guns salute and planes play national airs, signaling the move toward the Pacific theater. The voyage marks a farewell to the commander in chief before the fleet sails to the Pacific.
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Spain
Admiral Evans
Pacific
Tampton Roads
Haopton Roads
Roosevelt
Navy Department
United States Navy
Tteamy
Atvy
Navy launches Pacific fleet tour shifting power from Atlantic
The new fleet, led by the Connecticut as flagship, includes 32 battleships and armored cruisers with ships such as Louisiana Alabama Georgia Kansas Virginia Minnesota Ohio Idaho Vermont Kentucky and more. The voyage marks a historic shift of U S naval strength toward the Pacific and signals a major epoch in the nation's maritime history.
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Louisiana
Connecticut
Alabama
Georgia
Kansas
Virginia
Minnesota
Ohio
Idwede Ishin
Kentucky
Vermont
United States
Relief Effort Grows For Monongah Mine Disaster
In the wake of the Monongah West Virginia mine explosion 350 to 400 families face long recovery with widows and orphans dependent on charity. Churches lead a relief drive as early insurance may help only a few, and communities prepare to aid many generations through this harsh period.
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Monongah
W. Va
Cal
Wint
Uuimy
Fleet preparations for Pacific voyage and powder stores
The fleet, slower than battleships, nears San Francisco after weeks of Atlantic shipyard activity. Brooklyn to Charleston workers paint and repair while powder magazines fill for anticipated target practice and salutes. Admiral Evans notes the vast Atlantic reach and rising Pacific strength as balloons and public notices unfold.
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San Francisco
Atlantic
Brooklyn
New York
Boston
Norfolk
Thtadelphia
Charleston
Hyans
Pacific
Alibi Trial Testimony in Rathdrum Mining Case
Adama Pleada an Alibi, Steve Adams a Western Federation miner, testifies by counsel direction that he was never in Marble Creek before the cabins were dynamited. He recalls being in Boise jail in 1906 with Orchard and says officials told him to corroborate Orchard’s confession. The statement, later repudiated, is presented as evidence of Adams’s role in the murder of claim jumper Fred Tyler.
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Adama
Steve Adams
Rathdrum
Idaho
Clarence Darrow
Marble Creek
Orchard
Boise
Adams
Whitney
McFarland
Hint
Federation
Haywood
Fred Tyler
Broward Elected President at National Drainage Congress
At the Baltimore meeting of the National Drainage Congress Governor N B Broward of Florida was elected president. Speakers included Prof J A Ayres of New York Major J A Dapr ay of the U S A and G C Blanchard federal - etatletic lam.
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National Drainage Congress
Baltimore
N. B Broward
Florida
J. A. Ayres
New York
J. A. Dap‘pray
GC. A Blanchard
Senate and House in brief session on bond issues and reforms
The Senate began at noon with Irye elected president pro tem and debates over treasury bond issue information. Resolutions by Clay and Culberson advanced to committee while Tillman seeking finance inquiry was tabled. Agriculture swamp land reclamation resolution adopted. adjourned 1:15 p m. The House met at noon but did little beyond several bill introductions and an early adjournment. Jeff Davis of Arkansas delivered a maiden speech denouncing trusts.
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Senate
William P. Irye
Rro Tem
Daniel
Clay
Culberson
Secretary of the Treasury
Oklahoma
Culverson
Aldrich
Tillman
Committee On Finance
Secretary of Agriculture
House
Texas
Georgia
Jeff, Davis
Arkansas
Cause of Poverty Advocated at New York Charity Jubilee
Gov. Hughes urged tackling poverty causes over effects in a silver jubilee speech for the New York Charities Organization Society. He called the society a true democracy agent and pressed changing environments to prevent misery and moral decline, noting preventable deaths among workers as a national disgrace.
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Gov. Hughes
New York Charities Organization Society
New Phoning Method Uses Chest Vibration
Two young St Louis women discovered that placing the transmitter against the chest or other body parts allows sound to travel the wire without near the lips. Prof Calvin M Woodward of Washington University notes the principle is not new but applicable to telephones. He says lung vibration through the chest carries sound and aligns with stethoscope principles.
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St. Louis
Calvin M. Woodward
Washington University
Colorado Attorney General rests case on common law to curb trusts
Attorney General Dickson of Colorado adopts common law to curb trust evil. He files against a state grocers and coal dealers cartel accused of secret monopolistic practices and price hikes. If proven, an injunction would follow with possible fines or imprisonment.
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Dickson
Colorado
Railroad Commission
State Supreme Court
Price Cuts Reported in Fresh Meats and Livestock
The article notes a 1 percent concession by major meat packers to retailers amid financial stringency, with a 20 percent reduction in livestock prices. Retailers have generally lowered meat prices by 8 cents per pound.
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Lacey
Bristol
Tenn
John Duff
Willis
Nathaniel Barnes
Elijah Moody
World
The
West Virginia
Nongah
Great American Pacific Squadron
Washington
Tennessee
Rhode Island
States
Robley Evans
Pscific
Greats Hills
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