Rising personal crisis reports alarm urban society
The country reports a growing rate of death by own action, with 1908 at 21.3 per hundred thousand, higher than 1907 and 1904. Census estimates may push the rate higher. Analyses show larger and western southern cities more affected, with educated and prosperous individuals most at risk. Correlations between crime and self-inflicted death suggest mental and physical deterioration among city migrants.
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North Atlantic
Cure for hereditary crime and new railroad safety features
Judge Warren W. Foster urges sterilization of criminals via basectomy as a cure for hereditary crime, citing 1907 Indiana legalization and over 800 cases. The Erie Railroad pilots a new automatic signaling system with third rail contact, cab instruments, and central stopping capability, enabling trains to halt automatically for obstructions.
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Warren W. Foster
New York City Court of General Sessions
November Pearson
Foster
Indiana
Dafrie
Erie Railroad
Frederick Lacroix
Thale
New York
Women to Storm Capitals Propaganda For Equal Franchise
Mrs. C. H. P. Belmont and associates in the equal franchise movement will open headquarters in state capitals. Quarters have been secured at Albany and agents sent to Harrisburg Columbus and Springfield to actively lobby for laws favorable to women during upcoming legislative sessions.
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Mra. C. H. P
Five men die in Nanticoke mine fire tragedy
A mine fire at Nanticoke Pennsylvania kills five men who perished in the blaze. The incident adds to a string of dangerous mine accidents reported in regional coal towns.
Warning About Land Schemes Targeting Farmers and The Public
A department of agriculture warning notes schemes to lure farmers with advertised land claims and hybrid plant incentives. It cites undrained swamps sold as prime farmland and fruit tree slips on range land as common tricks, urging inquiry with state authorities to verify land value and intent. Related aviation notes cover early 1900s pilots debating speed, navigation, and the future of flight versus ocean crossing.
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Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Labor leaders clash over top by treading others at At lantia City
At a labor meeting in At lantia City John Mitchell, ex Mine Workers' Union president, decried the race to the top by harming others. He rejected unionism as cause of the condition and argued for shorter hours and better pay to win men away from the devil.
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Nanticoke
Yale University
Grafé M. Acklin
Oloe
Ohio
Hoyal
Masona
Bavannah
Joshua Strang
Indiana
Farmers' National Congress
Raleigh
N. C
Soulavale
Nashville
Levierte
Tenn
John Hubbard
Cquadron
Orient
Giles D. Harber
Atlantia City
John Mitchell
Mine Workers’ Union
2900 Switchmen On Strike Paralyzes Rail Traffic
Conflicting claims emerged in St Paul over a switchmen strike that began at 6 PM affecting thirteen railroads from the Twin Cities to the Pacific Coast. Union officials say a complete tie-up. the Northern Pacific General Manager reports traffic delayed but moving at several points. About 2,209 workers are affected including 1,000 in the Twin Cities with hundreds more in Seattle Tacombre port Spokane Everett and Billings Mont.
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Northwestern
St. Paul
Switssmen
G. T. Slade
Pactic
Twin Cities
Pacific Northwest
Beattle
Tacombre
Porta
Spokane
Everett
Billings
Mont
Onty
Banishment for Wife Beater in Plankinton
Charles M Bryant was held to the State Circuit on a peace bond after disobeying Justice Rowland and was exiled from his wife’s home for one year. Judge Frank B Smith ordered he not visit the home. violating the order permits the sheriff to detain him.
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Tiret
Charles M. Bryant
Bryant
Rowland
Aicourt
Omaha Youth Admits Fatal Hunting Accident
Wes ley McBride, 16, reports he accidentally shot Harry Long, 16, in the jaw during a hunting outing and then fired two more shots to “make a good job of it.” He says the revolver was being tickled on his finger when the accident happened and he notified police about the death.
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Omaha
Wesley McBride
Harry Long
McBride
Long
Grants Stay To Gomper Jail Sentence On Appeal
The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia granted a stay of execution of the jail mandates for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison officers of the American Federation of Labor in a contempt case. The stay lasts indefinitely pending appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Foderation ‘of Labor
Supreme Court of the United States
Men trapped in Tennessee copper mine fire rescued believed alive
Eight men were imprisoned in a cave in a Tennessee Copper Company mine at Copper Hill. Four oxygen helmets, two oxygen tanks and rescue gear arrived from Knoxville. Fire under control. men believed alive after Tuesday incident.
Harriman Wealth of 149 Million At Death Seen by Appraiser
A New York report states E. H. Harriman estate valued at 149000000 at death. Appraiser's filing with the surrogate shows the amount, not yet public, affecting a 1490000 inheritance tax for New York. Also notes Armour & Co contemplating a large New Brighton packing plant with a 50000000 mortgage filed in Hennepin County.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Armour
Armour & Co
New Brighton
St. Paul
Register of Deeds of
Hennepin County
A. W. Skog
Deer Hunt Tragedy Kills Brother in West Duluth
Ole Mos, 20, mistook his brother Alfred Moe, 24, for a deer and fatally shot him during a hunt nine miles from West Duluth in the swamp. The incident occurred while the brothers hunted on private land, leaving authorities to investigate the accidental shooting.
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Killin Beether
Kim
Ole Mos
Alfred Moe
Duluth
Peddler Seeks Boone County Damages for Lost Feet
William B. Wood a foot lease and pencil vendor, now a Mason City resident, seeks fifteen thousand dollars from Boone County alleging criminal neglect after his feet were amputated following freezing injuries. He claims county supervisors shipped him on trains to Nevada and later to Carro Gordo County, endangering his life. The case is set for the January district court term.
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Otlainto
William B. Wood
Mason City
District
Wood
Sca
Boone
Board of Supervisors of
Northwestern
Nevada
Story County
Carro Gordo County
Boone County
Wronged Husband Paid 3000 as Settlement in Oliphant Case
William Oliphant of West Branch receives 3000 in a court settlement against R B Scully after a prior court term acquitted his wife of murder charges in the death of their youngest child. The suit claimed marital interference and loss of support.
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Oliptain
A. B. Scully
William Oliphant
West Branch
Finda
Oliphant
Mra. Oliphant
Mabray Pal Dobbins Guilty in Federal Case
John R. Dobbins described as a pal of J C Mabray and charged with aiding the milk scheme. T W Ballew of Princeton convicted in a $30 000 race-fix at Council Bluffs. Jury verdict sets maximum five years. Inspector Swenson hailed for breaking the gang, others eyed for upcoming hearings this month.
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Mabray
John R. Dobbins
J. C. Mabray
T. W. Ballew
Princeton
Mikes
Council Bluffs
Dobbins
Inspector Swenson
Nevada girl hangs self after reading novels
Cerrla Skiles, 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs F W Skiles of Nevada, died by hanging in a barn the other night. Her mother found the body on returning home from a day in Ames. The tragedy is linked to her habit of reading novels and she had no known love affairs.
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Pandy
Nevada
Cerrla Skiles
F. W. Skiles
Ames
G A R State Meet in June Des Moines to host encampment
Des Moines expects 5 000 to 6 000 visitors for the 1910 Grand Army of the Republic state encampment financed by local arrangements. The event runs June 7 to 9 with Fort Dodge attendance previously over 2 000. Separate items note a Dunkard Church in Dallas Center planning a new church costing about 10 000 and a Marshalltown baby scalding incident in a wash boiler accident.
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Dés Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Dallas Centre
Dunkard Church
Dallas Center
Mila Gaat
Oalid
Sealdea
Gua Waber
Marshalltown
H. Robertson
FrantesPicola
Bancroft
Whch
Viola’ Hixon
Chestnut Street
Des. Moinds
Frank Rainbow
Davenport
Iowa Post
Travelgra’ Protective Association
St. Louis
Charley Kolesiak
Wellman
Towa
Law College
University of Iowa
Towa City
Leroy Ware
Mra. A. M. Miller
Kansas City
Nellie James Smelser
Slater
Wiliam Fence
Jamies
St. Paul's Episcopal
Smelser
Minnis Bheshy
Jerry Sherry
Scarsboro
Marion Lawrence
International Sunday School Association
Mason City
Dart Manufacturing Company
Anderson
Ind
Waterloo
Iowa
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Ocean
Miying
Wash
Industrial Workers of the World
Hoy
Gompe
Harriman
Agadie
William McKay
Jacksonville
Fla
Warl Bullock
Eudora
Kan
Hugh Means
Bullock
Kentucky
State Department of Public Instruction
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B. J. Rodamar
George Poen
John’ Garntz
Ulmer
Johnson Counsty
John Sundberg
Whiting
Atlantic Produce House
Prieda-Simater Company
Conron Brothers Company
Horace ™. Deemer
Iowa Supreme Court
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