Pan American unity event in Washington with Taft
President Taft attended a Washington ceremony with Cardinal Gibbons and officials from across the Americas to mark Pan American unity. Other items report Judge Archbald trial resuming, Hitchcock rail mail pay plan, Taft to reappoint Clark to ICC, a deadly Pennsylvan ia derailment near Philadelphia, Michigan women suffrage defeat, Albert Patrick pardon at Sing Sing, child labor in New York canneries, typhoid inoculation in the army, Togel exclusion from NL, dynamite conspiracy bonds, McManigal plot against Los Angeles, Paris earthquake date claim, a Norwalk sentence, Stanford baldness claim rebuttal, Ettor Giovannitti Caruso verdict, NAWSA adjourns, Quigley on Cecelia Farley, and prairie fires across southern SD and northern NE.
Balkan War Durazzo Occupied by Serbian Troops
Balkan war developments show Durazzo, the Albanian Adriatic port, seized by Serbian forces. Turkish minister of war rejects Bulgarian peace overtures and a ceasefire, awaiting new instructions as talks with Bulgaria begin near Blyuk Chek mendye in a neutral zone. Meanwhile Woodrow Wilson leads in Nebraska, Republican leaders plan a December 14 New York conference with Taft as keynote, and Ad Wolgast defeats Willie Ritchie to claim the lightweight title in Daly City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durazzo
Servia
Austria
London Standard
Constantinople
Eee
Turkey
Bulgaria
Beghtche
Blyuk Chekmendye
Republican Party
New York
Taft
Ad Wolgast
Willie Ritchie
Daly City
Cal
Jim Griffin
Queensberry
California
Notable 19th Century American Obituaries and Appointments
A collection of brief notices: John EB D Trak appointed director of the fine arts department at the Panama Pacific Exposition. Col Daniel M Ransdell, former US marshal for DC, dies after surgery. President-elect Wilton cancels engagements in Hamilton due to indigestion. Memorials honor James Schoolcraft Shermans. Anna Howard Shaw reelected president of the National Woman Suffrage Convention. John T Brush dies of locomotor ataxia in Louisiana while en route to California. Senator Saldor Rayner dies after five years of neuritis and a six week illness, after lingering in a comatose state.
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John EB. D. Trak
Pennsylvania, Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia
Batg
Saldor Rayner
United States
Maryland
Washington
Mr. Rayner
Pasa
Iowa couple marks seventy one years of marriage near Bloomfield
Ninety year old Daniel Cay and ninety year old Sarah Morgan Cay recently celebrated their seventy first wedding anniversary at their home one mile west of Bloomfield. The report notes Cay’s vigor at age 90 and outlines other local happenings including court actions, school vacancies, bank troubles, and various local incidents across multiple Iowa counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis County
Daniel Cay
Sarah Morgan Cay
Bloomfield
Coy
Judge Vans
Creston
Matthew ‘Ahern
Costa
Ahern
Marshall County
Refhus
Franklin County
Jack Hunt
Chapin
Hunt
Josie Clemmer
Brown
McClosky
James Bauer
Kingsley
Idle
Charlton Savings Bank
Walter CC
Eastman
Linn Grove
Eva Haines
J. BR. Brown
Jalat
Waukon
Missouri
George A. Gates
Winter Park
T. B. James
W. E. Craft
New York
S. G. Durant
Iowa Northern Road
Dubuque
Rila Caya
Paul Hoffman
Waterloo
FP. B. Payne
Panville Township
Mason City
Mollie Lease
Dumont
Hampton
Hickey Confesses to Kidnap, Murder of Two Boys
J Frank Hickey, prisoner in Buffalo, confesses to strangling seven year old Joseph Josepha of Lackawanna whose dismembered body was found behind a saloon on November 16 and to killing New York newsboy Michael Kruck twelve years earlier. He blames excessive liquor and admits to an irresistible urge to kill when drunk. He denies other crimes and says he is repentant.
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Buffalo
N.i
J. Frank Hickey
Joseph Josepha
Lackawanna
Michael Kruck
New York
Hickey
Ha Gal
Young Josephs
George Josephs
Weasley C. Dudley
Gilson
Whiting
N. J
New Jersey
Faurot
Kruck
Typhoon Devastates Philippine Islands Killing Thousands
Seventeen thousand people are dead and the Leyte capital Tacloban wiped out in a catastrophic typhoon. More than 500 Americans among the homeless as damage soars past 16 million dollars with wreckage along coasts of five islands and extensive damage to Capiz.
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Manila
P. I
Leyte
Philippine Islands
Father Algue
Tacloban
Capiz
Jackson Succeeds Rayner as Maryland Senator
Baltimore Maryland December 2 William Purnell Jackson Republican national committeeman from Maryland was appointed United States Senator by Governor Goldeborough at Annapolis successor to the late Senator Isidor Rayner who died in Washington The appointment cuts the Democratic majority in the Senate to one.
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Baltimore
William Purnell Jackson
Maryland
United States
Goldeborough
Annapolis
Isidor Rayner
Washington
Way Finds Hyde Guilty in Illegal Fee Trial
New York on December 2 the jury in the trial of former City Chamberlain Charles H Hyde returned a verdict of guilty. The possible punishment is ten years imprisonment or a $100000 fine or both at the court's discretion.
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City Chamberlain
New York
Charles H. Hyde
Funeral for J. T. Brush Held in Indianapolis
Held at St. Pauls Episcopal church for J. T. Brush president of the New York National league club who died in his private car. Burial followed at Crown Hill cemetery. Bank officer Emmett Bagby commits suicide in Paducah Kentucky basement of City National Bank. Officials there declined to comment.
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J. T. Brush
Indianapolis
Ind
New York National League Baseball Club
St. Paul's Epscopal Church
Crown Hill Cemetery
Suiside
Paducah
Emmett
Bagby
Asulatant
City National Bank of
Edgar M Noel Falso Dead in Baltimore Home Den
Edgar M Noel head of the Noel construction company died Friday in his Baltimore home from a sudden uraemia and indigestion attack suffered in his basement den.
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Edgar M. Noel Falso
Baltimore
Edgar M. Noel
Twelve Dead at Waukegan and Brooklyn Plant Blast
Two Corn Products Refining plants, in Waukegan Illinois and Brooklyn New York, were destroyed by explosions and fires within an hour. In Waukegan twelve men were killed and twenty three injured, while in Brooklyn fifteen workers were crushed or burned but none died. The blasts followed a day of double shifts and heavy starch storage, with crowds watching and police keeping spectators back. The incident marks the third blast at the Waukegan plant in eleven years and caused about 100000 in losses, fully insured.
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New York
Corn Products Refining’ Company
Brooklyn
Waukegan
Ill
Martin Slater
Elgin
Frank Stanley
Charles Tomalis
John Adams
Joseph Yalenak
Peter Dangela
Joseph Perodski
Louis Monday
Martin Matachuck
Michael Bunch
Surate
Debria
Jane McAllater Hospital
The Value of Trying Thoreau Quote Reflections
The passage questions whether persistent striving for heroism magnanimity truth and sincerity yields any advantage. It ponders whether constant aspiration elevates a person and whether such efforts are worthwhile.
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Thoreau
Too Good to Lose in Letter Game
Dialogue features Jack and Harry arguing over engagement and letters to Blanche. Harry vows to reclaim letters as their value is in the effort, while Jack challenges the breakup.
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Jack
Blanche
Harry
Sam
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Supreme Court of the United States
Western Hemisphere
Cardinal Gibbons
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Sr F
Hitchcock
Edgar Be, Clark
Cedar Rapids
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Glenloch
Michigan
Secretary of State
Lansing
Sing Sing
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Dix
New York State
Mary HR. Chamberlain
New York Factory Commission
George B. Foster, Jr
United States Medieval Corps
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas City
Horace
Fogel
National League Baseball Club
National League
Togel
Tndianapolis
Ortio McManigal
Kern
McNamaras
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Ernest Welch
Minnie Lavallay
West Clarksfield
Norwalk
Toledo
Anatomy Department
Stanford University
Joseph J. Ettor
Arturo Giovannitt
Joseph Caruso
Salam
Mass
Anna Loplezo
Lawrences
President Taft
National Children’s Bureau
Jerome Quigley
Misa Cecilla Farley
Columbia, O
Alvin B. Zol- Mager
Mise Farley
Quigley
South Dakota
Nebraska
Fine Ridge Indian Reservation
Rose Bud Agency
Crookston
Woodrow Wilson
Daniel M. Ransdell
United States Senate
District of Columbia
Harrison
Wilton
Hamilton
Bermida
Lee
James Schoolcraft Shermas
Hiidy Root
Chauncey M. Depew
Republican Club
New York City
Anna Howard Shaw
John T. Brush
New York Giants
Louisiana
OWA x News
Willi McCue
Gratt
Denison
First National Bank
Manchester
B. R. McClosky
Thomas Brown
Webster City
Des
M. A. Lumbard
Black Hills
M. Delibridge
Knoxville
Woodbury County
Lodge
Floris
Laddsdale
Cerro Gordo County
John Spence
Nelson
New Algona Hotel
Mary Hatterly
Ed Walker
Geneva
Odd Fellows
Mystic
Ottumwa
Lee County
Keokuk
Ella Brashear
Interstate Tile ‘Association
Iowa Cement Users’ Association
Decorah
Fred W. Haase
Ed Rossley
Kossuth County
Stephenson
Gowrie
Merril Moore
Lincoln
Ned
Wm. Woods
Manning
Earle
Joseph Josephs
Philippines
Jackson
Rayner
Way
Hyde
Corn Product Refining Co
Btaroh
Union
N. Y
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