News Notes for the Busy Nan Brief Round About the World
Taft denounces Canada annexation. Miss Daisy Oden becomes first female division passenger agent. Harold B Sampson resigns after failing Annapolis exams. James Whitcomb Riley and Nicholas Murray Butler elected to American Academy. Edward and Albert measles attack. Measles epidemic active at Dartmouth naval college. Rome Tribuna reports anarchist plot against monarchs. John M Carrere injured in NYC car crash. William D Corey denies plans with Schwab. Seattle mayor Kretsmann faces charges. responds from home.
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Taft
Pitlander Chase Knox
Chicago Association of Commerce
Canada
United States
Daisy Oden
Davenport
Tawa
Dartmouth Naval College
Rome
William D. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
France
Corey Chateau
Charles M. Schwab
Frederick Kretsmann
St. Laws
Seattle
Deaths of notable figures and political shifts across nations
Reports confirm Commander Frank Marble died by his own action in Newport. In Britain, Premier Asquith pledges full self government for Ireland after home rule debates. George J. Gould to resign as president of Missouri Pacific, remain as chairman. Kansas official Leahy summoned for remarks on legislative crookedness. London court finds American thread company liable to English income tax of 900000. Dorothy Arnold still missing. Flower Hospital tale debunked. Smith warns on timber monopoly. new US lumber report to Congress. Senate pensions bill to raise annual cost by 45000000. Haitian troops crush rebellion in north, Juana Mendez razed. Ohio, California, and other U.S. and international items include various crimes, fires, and legal rulings. Reports also note politics, railroads, and pending legislation shaping early 20th century affairs.
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Frank Marble
Naval War College Star
Newport
R. 1
Asquith
House of Commons
Ireland
George J. Gould
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Gould
David Leahy
Stubbs
Kansas Senate
Wichita
Tusthea Hamilton
Iding's Bench
London Ish Court of Justice
American Thread Company
Lawn
New Jersey
England
Dorothy Arnold
Flower Hospital
New York
Giganti O
Herbert Knox Smith
United States
Congress
Senate Committee On Pensions
Senate
House
Simon
Haiti
Juana Mendez
Mary Louise Snyder
Charles P. Snyder
Masillau
Ohio
Los Angeles
Cal
Thalmia
Atlanta
Birmingham & Atlantic
John McCoombs
West
Lebanon
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn
Bischoff Cocoa and Chocolate Company
Ashland Place
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Tuscmanas
B. F. Carroll
Iowa
House of Representaives
Taft
Canada
National House of
Orrell
Vienna University
Abraham Lincoln
Grand Trunk Pacific
Kitzelay
B. C
Supreme Court of Kansas
Breschi
New York City
William Vernon Cole
Cole
Philadelphia
Harry Cambran
J. B. Laxague
Peter Erramuspe
Reno
Ney
Juarez
Mexico
Navarro
Vladivostok
Busson
Rheims
Menard County
Ill
Petersburg
Menard County Grand Jury
Albert W. Ferris
New York State Lunacy Commission
Tibet
Colorado
R. A. Tawney
Grand Junction
Louisville
William H. Murray
Spring River
Carthage
Bherin Weaver
Colonel Mason
Jefferson
Lafayette
Potomac
Gunston Hall
White House
Washington
Army and Navy
Admiral Newey
Nelson
A. Miles
Army
Navy
Legation
State Department
Civil Service
Consular Service
Foreign Service
Posta
House of Representatives
Longworth
Theodora Roosevelt
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Goethal
Maine
Canal Headquarters
Cost of Carrying Mails Studied for Rate Cuts
Washington reports a six month inquiry by the post office department into the true cost of carrying U S mail on all railroad lines aiming to curb overcharges by carriers. Findings may reduce first class postage or expand rural routes, with possible use of freight for magazines to cut costs.
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George Clinton
Washington
Post Office Department
United States
Hnes
Uncle Sam
Post Office
Czar Races Troops to Frontier Amid Trade Dispute
Russian notice to Germany France and Britain warns of a military demonstration on the Russo-Chinese frontier over 1881 trade treaty violations. War seems likely if China refuses concessions. Washington to urge both nations to seek Hague arbitration and delay hostilities while The Hague acts.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Germany
France
Great Britain
China
Mongolia
Keobdo
Chinese Foreign Board
Peking
Ili
Japan
Washington
State Department
United States State Department
Hague Tribunal
Czar
Nicholas
Eranch
Hague Court
Society sees prize fight in Goulds Lakewood gym
In New York society circles a crowd including prominent New York and London figures watched Anthony J Drexel Jr and Hon Robert Beresford fight in the Goulds Lakewood New Jersey gym. Beresford knocked out Drexel after a spirited three rounds amid applause from women in evening dress.
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Anthony J. Drexel, Jr
Robert Beresford
Gould Gymnasium
New York
George J. Gould
London
Robert Beresford Foht
Gould
Lakewood
N. J
Drexel
Beresford
Saconde
Lord Campys
Alastair Graham
Drexell
Jay Gould
Mr. Moffart
Lieut
Hubert de Burgh
George Gould
Kansas Farmers Oppose Reciprocity Convention Stance
Four hundred farmers, delegates to the Kansas Farmers Educational and Co operative Union convention in Salina, unanimously condemn the Canadian reciprocity agreement as detrimental to farmers interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Salina
Kan
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of America
Favor Votes for Women at Des Moines as Joint Resolution Passes
The house committee on elections Thursday recommended passage of the joint resolution authorizing woman suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
House Committee On Elections
Pat Proved It Am Irishman in India Regt Trick
An Irishman in India served in a regiment. He disliked the climate and sought a homeward trick. He told a doctor his eyesight was poor. The doctor asked how to prove it. Pat looked around and admitted he could not see the nail on the wall.
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Pat
India
Chicago Tribune
Can Heredity Be Overcome Through Diet Says Woman
A testimonial from Conn Indiana describes quitting coffee and using Postum to banish severe bilious attacks. The writer credits stopping coffee with eliminating pains and weakness once linked to heredity, and claims no medicines were needed for three years. The notice promotes Postum and its slogan There’s a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indy Saya
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Postoffice Department
America
Panama
de Lanseps
National Geographic Society
Bureau of Plant Industry
Plant Industry Bureau
Belvoir
Commissioners
District of Columbia
Virginia
Mount Vernon
Fairfax County
George Mason
Mason
Hi Ole Triot
Monyon
Munyon
Phila
Manufacturers, di Association Co
Lyndonville, Vt
J. M. Towner
Aris
Chicago
Colee
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