Happenings of a Week Reflects Amid Global Events
A special jury before Lord Chief Justice Alverstone clears King George of implying a morganatic alliance by convicting Edward F. Mylius of circulating a Libel. George Grey is mauled by a lion near the Athi river in East Africa. Rockefeller opposes a tax rise on his Forest Hill estate. San Francisco backs California for the 1915 Panama Exposition site by a large margin. Ecuador’s presidents abandon leasing the Galapagos to the U S. Elkins and Widener fund a Philadelphia Y M C A building drive. Rockefeller and Fifth Avenue Baptist church trustees boost Rev Aked’s salary to 12000 a year.
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Alverstone
King George
Michael Culme Seymour
Hdward F. Mylius
Parla
George Grey
Athi River
East Africa
John ©. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Cleveland
San Francisco
National House
California City
Panama Canal
Senate
Alfaro
Bpatrada
Ecuador
Galapagos Islands
United States
George W. Elkins
William L. Elkins
Mra
George D. Widener
Young Men's Christian Association
Philadelphia
Fifth Avenues Baptist Church
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Charles F. Aked
Various World Events Marked By Disasters and Political Shifts
The report surveys a tumultuous period with a deadly dynamite blast near Communipaw, a fatal discovery in Wisconsin, and political moves from Taft commuting a Socialist editor’s sentence to corporate leadership changes at United States Steel. It notes hospital fires, river and harbors funding, and a spectrum of international tensions including China, Germany, and Chile.
Congress to honor Elihu Root with national thanks
Washington dispatch details the push to grant Elihu Root the thanks of Congress for his counsel in The Hague fisheries case, noting he volunteered three months of effort without pay or expense reimbursement, and that this civilian receiving such honor is rare alongside military recipients. It also covers church leaders meeting Taft, ship subsidy turmoil, Hamilton monument plans, and debates on free speech protections for government workers.
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George Clinton
Washington
Hihu Root
New ‘York
Congress
Army
Navy
Newfoundland
Hague
New York
Elihu Root
United States
Erles
el Hu Root
Root
House
Senate
Executive Department
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America
E. B. Hendrix
Kansas City
Taft
White House
Hendrix
Executive Council
Menna
Federal Council of the Churches
E. R. Sanford
Aubardy
Hamilton
Webster
Theodora Roosevelt
Ancle
Court of Claims
Roosevelt
Republican Party
South
New Orleans
Davis
Arkansas
Admitted Error Retractions in Major Defamation Suit
Standard Oil sues Hampton's Magazine and writer Cleveland Moffett for 360000 dollars over alleged ties to impure candy in Philadelphia. Retractions signed by Hampton's and Moffett's statements admit error, regret, and the magazine’s intention to publish letters in the March issue.
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New York
Ubel
Standard Oil Company
Hampton's
Cleveland Moffett
Philadelphia
Shearman & Sterling
Standard ON
Broadway
Hampton's Magazine
Stra
Hampton
Therawart
Cassidy
Dealtra
Cleveland
New York City
Benj, B. Hampton
Broadway Magazine, Inc
Lorimer’s election questioned by Senator Brown
Washington senator Norma Brown charged that Senator William Lorimer’s Illinois election by the Illinois legislature relied on corrupt practices. He accused Holgtlaw, Broderick, Lee O’Neil Browne, White, Link, Beckemeyer, Wilson and Speaker Edward D. Shurtleff of Illinois of acting as Lorimer’s agents. Brown pledged to obstruct appro priation bills unless the senate votes this session on Lorimer’s case, the popular election for senators, the tariff board bill, and the general service pension bill.
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Washington
Norma Brown
Nebraska
Senate
William Lorimer
Ilinoia
Holgtlaw
Broderick
Lee O'Neil Browne
White
Link
Beckemeyer
Wilson
Lorimer
Browne
Edward D. Shurtleff
Tlinois House of Representatives
Permanent Tariff Board
General Service
President Taft commutes Socialistic editor Warren’s sentence
Washington Taft commuted the sentence of Fred D. Warren the Socialistic editor recently sentenced to six months imprisonment and a 1600 dollar fine by striking out the imprisonment and reducing the fine to 100 dollars to be collected by civil process only Warren was convicted in federal court of a technical misuse of the mails
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American Breeders’ Association
Columbus
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Communipaw
N. J
Kenosha
Wis
C. J. Jacobson
Mary Zahon
Paul Zahon
Somerg
Miss Zahon
Taft
Fred D. Warren
William EB. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
James A. Farrell
Mercy
Altoona
Bremen
United States Senate
Washington
Warren
Increased Freight Rates On Fruits And Vegetables
Washington reports that tariffs filed by Chicago Northwestern and Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul railways for freight from Chicago and Milwaukee to various destinations were escalated and held until June 1 2011 by the interstate commerce commission. The commission will investigate reasonableness as the increases are deemed too radical.
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Washington
Chicago
Milwaukee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railways
Tuberculosia Day Set for April Across Churches
National tuberculosis leaders announce Tuberculosia Day to be observed in about 200,000 churches nationwide. Unlike 1910, meetings discussing prevention will be held on Sunday April 20 or nearby dates to reach all 22 million church members as evenly as possible.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of
National Association
Livingston Farrand
National Association For the Study
United States
Merit Wins and Resinol Cure Claims
Merit won and Reginal did the work as the remedy spreads by word of mouth. Claims it cures Bezema and many eruptive skin diseases and soothes infantile skin troubles. Resinol products are promoted as same medication in soap and used for bathing, hair luster, and skin health. Sold by Resinol Chemical Co, Baltimore, Md.
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Reginal
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Blame Physicians for Growth of Dope Habit
New York physicians were blamed for the rise of morphine addiction as druggists protested a city ordinance banning retail sale of morphine preparations without a doctor prescription. Board of health members noted most habit victims formed the habit from physician prescriptions, with only a small share from proprietary medicines.
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New York
Board of Health
Caswell Mayo
Vagaries of Finance and a Farmer’s Dilemma
A farmer explains to a Countess that while the mortgage is paid off, neighbors have the same good fortune leaving him with money on hand that nobody wants to borrow. The exchange highlights idle capital and local economic caution.
Twenty-Five Years of It Judge's Library
A compact reminiscence notes twenty five years of events and weddings, reflecting on endurance and social life with a Judge's Library as a framing reference. The piece hints at public display of perseverance and community memory through local ceremonies.
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Judge's
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