Various World Notes and Political Shifts in 1912 Era
Weekly digest highlights U S Navy enlistments total 308 for week ending Sept 21. Taft to issue order placing fourth class postmasters in classified service. Wickersham to retire March 4. Standard Oil probe and Taft on Indian garb ban. Food price rise from 1890 to 1912, meats up 65 percent. Boston hotel labor dispute to arbitration board. Alameda hotel roof collapse in Kansas City. 3 dead, 4 injured. Krasno confesses false murder claim. Krampe gets life. Riverfront hold up injures priest etc. Grand Rapids teachers seek higher salaries. Rail crash near Rochester. multiple deaths. Marines sail to Santo Domingo. Struck town shooting near Strawn. Minneapolis freight collision. several killed. Boston Chinese nominee Chin Shue for seventh ward. Massachusetts primaries renominate Foss. GOP nominee Walker. New Jersey primaries favor Hughes for Senate.
Opening game of world series set for New York October 8
The series starts October 8 in New York then alternates cities, with a statement by Chicago NL president Charles W. Murphy accusing some players of overindulgence in drink for the pennant failure in 1912. Separately Gano and Minor Heir set a world exhibition mile record at Kalamazoo Recreation Park in 2:05.
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New York
Hoston
Charles W. Murphy
Chicago Baseball Club
Gano
Minor Heir
Recreation Park
Kalamazoo
Mich
Notable figures injured in early 20th century accidents
Personal Guglielmo Marconi suffered serious injuries in a Borghetto Italy car crash with doctors noting likely recovery. Itas Fernando A Carter Syracuse Museum of Arts director and noted artist and critic sustained probable fatal injuries in a separate auto collision. Joseph Widener had no successful appendix operation at his home near Philadelphia. Mabel Hite, near death in June, is recovering as she supports husband Mike Donlin at New York Polo grounds where he plays right field for Pittsburgh.
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Mabel Hite
Death's Door
New York Polo Grounds
Mike” Donlin
Pittsburg Baseball Nine
Cuban debt crisis deepens as demand hits government
The American charge d affaires Slugh Gibson presses Cuba for a 400000 monthly installment on Havana sewer and water works, signaling severe Cuban fiscal strain amid protests over debt payments and governance.
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Slugh Gibson
Havana
Bartenders Elect Leaders At State Convention in Richmond
The Indiana Bartenders Association elected John Howe of Evansville as president and named five vice-presidents from Indianapolis Richmond Wabash Terre Haute South Bend and others. Delegates from multiple cities attended a banquet after sessions as the federation plans a state organizer. The report notes rapid growth and improving member standards.
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John Howe
Evansville
State Association
Indianapolis
Foderation of Labor
Bartenders’ Association
Richmond
Terre Haute
South Bend
Franaville
Munele
Wabash
Anderson
Lafayette
J. C. Wilson
Henry Schroed
Indiana Election Preparations and Civil War Veterans Reunion
State election officials estimate 786 423 votes will be cast in November, with 3 161 precincts and 2 000 extra ballots per county. Marion county prints election supplies while primary status and candidate lists are discussed. About 1 200 Civil War veterans and wives attend the State Soldiers' Home reunion in Lafayette, with regimental gatherings, speeches, and band performances as veterans share memories and honor the GAR banner race.
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State Board of Election Commissioners
Secretary of State
Indiana
Brown County
Edwin D. Donnell
Election Board
State Bureau of Printing and Binding
Marion County Board of Election Commissioners
State Soldiers’ Home
Lafayette
State Soldiers’ Association
Soldiers’ Home Fire
Mulberry Band
D. B. Kehler
M. WW. Collett
Logansport
James J. Mitchell
Indianapolis
HA Ritter
Soldiers’ Home Board
G.A. R
H. McAbee
The
Mide
R. J. Powell
Americ
Tree Culture Urged By Indiana Forester In Report
Indiana state forester Charles Deam plans extensive coverage in his upcoming report urging farmers to cultivate trees along highways and in open fields. He cites lax roadside tree care, notes animals benefit from shade, and suggests pruning trees high enough to allow sunlight to reach crops.
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Charles ©. Deam
Deam
Indiana
Indiana State Board Assigns Inspectors To Higher Education
The state board of education assigns members to inspect Indiana high schools and colleges over the school year. Teams visit multiple institutions including Central Normal at Danville, Miami Normal, Oakland City, Winona Lake, Indiana University, Valparaiso, Tri State Normal at Angola, Teachers College of Indianapolis, Rochester Normal, South Bend Training, Butler, Earlham, Evansville Training, Purdue, Wabash, DePauw, Manchester, and Goshen among others.
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State Board of Education
Indiana
J. H. Tomlin
William
Stone
Central Normal College
Danville
Miami Normal School
Oakland
City College
Winona’ College
Winona Lake
Indiana University
George H. Tapy
R. Kelly
Valparaiso
Tri
State Normal School
Angola
Teachers’ College of Indianapolis
Rochester Normal School
South Bend
Butler College
J. G. Collicott
J.C. Webb
Earlham
Evansville
Deaf Tennessee Lawyer Fined for Contempt in Court
A noted Tennessee lawyer, known for a quick temper and deafness, argued in a courtroom before a younger judge. The judge fined him $10 for contempt after he persisted in speaking, prompting the lawyer to quip that he would pay the fine as a just debt.
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Tennessee
Saturday Evening Post
Tea's Conquest of Rome Heads Into Afternoon Tea Era
The piece notes Rome's shift as tea becomes a civic staple among tourists and locals alike. Twenty years ago English tea rooms were rare near the Piazza di Spagna. now Grand and Excelsio hotels place tea at their centers with uniforms at 6 pm. Cafes and pastry shops in Corso advertise Afternoon Tea in gold letters, signaling a social change.
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Rome
Piazza di Spagna
Cook & Sons
Grand
Excelsio
Pincan
Corso
Rhine Museum planned for Koblenz site
A Rhine Museum is to be founded at Koblenz if plans proceed. It will house charts pictures models and diagrams on the river's physical conditions past and present and its economic history. Koblenz has provided a site for the building.
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Koblenz
Reversed Willis and Gillis Viewed by Puck
The fragment notes Willis as an honest congressman and Gillis as frank, with a reflection that retirement made him feel the country had served him long enough, per Puck.
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Willis
Gillis
Puck
Repartee Delivers Candid Court Exchange
Mrs Benham recalls offering no decided answer when first proposed while Benham notes a suspended sentence. The judge presides over a terse exchange highlighting tension in the courtroom.
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Mra
Benham
CAREFUL DOCTOR PRESCRIBED FOOD OVER DRUGS
A historical note praises a physician who chose nutrition over medicine for a despairing patient. The account recalls a gastritis case four years prior where a specialist from New York advised a cautious food plan starting with meat to stabilize the stomach and avoid starvation.
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Sumer
N. Vanda
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Mr. Taft
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Department of Ecommerce and Labor
Boston
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
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Colo
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Newton
Leo Krampe
Fludson River Water Front
Grand Rapids
Board of Education
W.A. Harris
Fillmore
N. Y
Grace Mareh
Portavile
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Niles
Rochester
Philadelphia
Prairie
Santo Domingo
United States
Tony Kennett
Strawn
J. W. Dahl
A. W. Jamison
Minneapolis & St. Louis
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Chin Shue
Seventh Ward
Massachusetts
Eugene N. Foss
Joseph Walker
Brookline
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William Hughes
James Smith, Jr
Democratic Party
United States Senate
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Borgheto
Italy
Itas
Fernando A. Carter
Syracuse
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Leonardo da Weixel
Louvre Museum
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St. Petersburg
Guillermo Billinghurst
Peru
Lima
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Pascual Orozco
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