Elgin Echo Chronicle of 1908 World News and Dread
The Elgin Echo reports heavy U S raw material imports for 1508, a spate of global events including drownings and rescue attempts, Greece and Crete tensions, China yielding to Japan on railroads, and looming rail and irrigation congresses. It notes notable deaths from actors to inventors, political shifts, labor clashes, and a vast panorama of early 20th century incidents across nations, empires, and American states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Turkey
Greece
Cretan
China
Antung-Mukden
Japan
A. R
Salt Lake City
MacVeagh
Treasury Department
Irrigation Congress
Spokane
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railway
Thaw Declared Insane by Justice Mills in White Plains
Harry K. Thaw was judged insane by Justice Mills in a Supreme Court ruling at White Plains and ordered returned to Matteawan State Asylum for the Criminal Insane. The decision, a 3000 word document, found Thaw’s paranoia chronic and dangerous, with no recovery evident, and noted public safety risk if released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
White Plains
Matteawan State Asylum
Mills
Westchester County
Thaw
Wiite Plains
Matteawan
Stanford White
Harry J. Thaw
Madison Square Garden
Neelyn Nesbit Thaw
White
Martha W. Littleton
Infantry
Dowling
Thaw reaction to court decision grips prison visit
Thaw learned his fate with a stunned pause and collapsed back on his cot. He later covered his face and seemed unable to be aroused. His mother Mrs Copley Thaw and sister the Countess of Yarmouth faced near collapse as the decision was conveyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Matteawan
Mary Copley Thaw
Yarmouth
Alicea Thaw
Former Judge Clarkson Found Working Under Alias in Iowa
Former Judge Joseph B. Clarkson Sr of Kenosha Wisconsin was found in Sabula Iowa employed at a button factory under the name John Paul. He had wandered the country for weeks and earlier disappeared from Omaha Nebraska eighteen years ago under the name Doolittle. He returned home with Detective John J Burns of Kenosha and said he was glad to be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kitchener
Duta of
Connaught
Joseph R. Clarkson
Kenosha
Iowa
Joseph B. Clarkson
Wis
Sabula
John Paul
John J. Burns
Judge Clarkson
Omaha
Neb
Doolittle
Racing Roundup of Horse Events Across Nations
A fire at Tulsa driving park killed Jo QDS LNOS Jo us Yobougan Pat Ornus and Arvid Ladd, injuring many crack horses. In Sandown Park England no starter won. H P Whitney J R Keene Richard Cocker featured. At Winnipeg Canadian Athletics meet George H Goulding of Toronto cut nearly a second from the world mark. mile walk record stands at 6 25 1 5. A noted scarcity of good steep to chase horses persists nationwide. fields remain large but resemble familiar horses long in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yobougan
Pat Ornus
Arvid Ladd
Tulsa
Oklo
Sandown Park
England
H. P. Whitney
J. R. Keene
Richard Cocker
Winnipeg
George H. Goulding
Toronto
Canada
Drowned Sunday School Launch Tragedy Claims Five Lives
A gasoline launch carrying Sunday School travelers from Huntington Avenue Baptist Church wrecked near Canton Baltimore. Five killed: Mrs Katherine B Brown age 60 Frank Pryor age 19 and five children. Two bodies recovered at Canton police station and two found at the river bottom. Sixteen survivors thankful to be alive after rescue efforts near shore. Pryor served as engineer. The craft struck submerged piling about a hundred yards from shore in four feet of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilina
Canton
Baltimore
Patapsco
Katherine B. Brown
Pryor
Huntington Avenue Baptisl Church
Murder at National Soldiers' Home in Dayton
Captain Oscar Eastmond 69, longtime superintendent at the National Soldiers' Home, was shot and killed by fellow veteran Edward Leonard. Eastmond, Civil War colonel of the First North Carolina, leaves a New York City widow and an adopted son. Leonard also fatally shot Sergeant George W. Arnold and wounded Private Warren Wright amid jealousy over promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Eastmond
Dayton
National Soldiers’ Home
Edward Leonard
First
North Carolina Infantry
Home
New York City
Cash Register
Leonard
George W. Arnold
Warren Wright
Salmon Catch Overwhelms Canneries and Docks
Thousands of salmon are allowed to ascend to spawning grounds as fish traps are lifted. Canneries stay glutted while scows and barges line the rivers and the catch cannot be handled. Sockeye prices have fallen to ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
Wash
Land Draw At Coeur dAlene Spokane and Flathead Lands
Crowds gathered in Spokane for land lottery drawing operated by the U S. crowds of several thousand attended as applications were filed for Coeur d Alene Spokane and Flathead reservations. Each of the 105000 Coeur d Alene applicants has one chance in 23 of winning. Spokane has one in 400 and Flathead one in fifteen among 87000 applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Spokane
Coeur d'Alene
Flathead
Dishwashing Not Husband Duty Says Cleveland Judge
Police Judge Mc Gannon ruled in Cleveland that mere man is not obliged to wash dishes. Harry Cohen faced charges for beating his wife after a dispute over house chores. Cohen claimed he did not beat her but acted in self defense and was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGannon
Cleveland
Harry Cohen
Cohen
Lost Millions By One Spree Death of Robert Womack
Robert Womack, the Cripple Creek gold discoverer, dies after a spree that ended his mining career. He found the El Paso lode of the Gold King property in 1891, sold his bonanza for $500 during a Colorado Springs spree, then rode through town with a six shooter. Upon sobering, others outpaced him and he worked for day wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Womack
Cripple Creek
Womack
el Paso Lode
Gold King
Colorado Springs
Fire destroys Monticello NY summer resort hotels and town
A major blaze at Monticello New York gutted thirty six buildings along main street including three hotels the Rockwell House Palatine Hotel and Bolsum House injuring no one and forcing guests to flee. The fire also wiped out Union National Bank two newspapers and all but one shop, with dynamite used to halt further spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
N.Y
New York City
Rockwell
Sullivan County
Palatine Hotel
Bolsum House
Union National Bank
Georgia Senator Re-elected As Taft Stance Unchanged
The Georgia Legislature re-elected United States Senator G. H. Clay, with his term ending in 1915. President Taft remains firm on the corporation tax measure, refusing substitutions or modifications. Colorado suffragists back Mrs. Sarah Plate Decker as their 1914 candidate for Congress. The Democratic committee maps strategy for winning the next House, while Speaker Cannon plans to sacrifice a few insurgent leaders on the committee-board to preserve others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
G. H. Clay
Georgia
Taft
Colorado
Congress
Sarah Plate Decker
Democratic Congressional Committee
House
Cannon
Munyon's Free Medical Examination Offer
A historic notice advertising Munyon's eminent doctors offering free medical examination. Readers are urged to mail a medical examination blank to receive a diagnosis with no obligation, and to return the form to Munyon's at 8d and Jefferson streets in Philadelphia, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon’s
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Chinese Scholar on Marriage and Love in Far East
Sir Robert Hart quotes a story of a great Chinese scholar comparing Western love marriages to Chinese arranged marriages. He notes the Western kettle cools after marriage while the Chinese kettle warms with time, leading to lasting affection after 50 or 60 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hart
Far East
Discouraged Women and Kidney Cure Claim Ad
A health ad urges cure for kidney troubles in women, praising Dean's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from Mrs. Kane Tudor of 118 N Cragg St Ball e Fontaine Ohio, price 50 cents a box. Also a brief New York police court joke about a street piano player earning two dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane Tudor
N. Cragg St. Ballefontaine
Ohio
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Italy
New York
Tony
Maglc
Well Supplied. Pampered pet talks on time
A quoted exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal features a pampered pet declaring it hard to kill time and claiming only music as company, while another girl replies she manages with music plus sweeping, dusting, sewing, and dishwashing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier Journal
Coffee Dreams Replaced by Postum Health Letter Claim
A reader recounts nervousness and sleepless nights from coffee and credits Postum with rest, steadier nerves, and peaceful sleep after switching. The letter touts Postum as healthier than coffee, cites a young woman’s stomach relief, and encourages others to read The Road to Wellville for the reason behind the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
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