Broad world notes of 1910 era figures and events
Senator Stephen B. Elkins dies in Washington after septicemia. William Eisner Corey resigns as president of United States Steel. Taft congratulates Nicaragua’s Estrada on a peaceful term. Various political, crime, and maritime items span the globe, including cabinet shifts, rail robberies, battleships, and notable deaths.
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Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Henry Guassaway Davis
Senate
Washington
Doctor Sowers
William Eis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Corey
Taft
Estrada
Nicaragua
Republic
United States
Cannon
Helen
J. J. Keogh
St. John’s Cathedral
Milwaukee
John Carson Smith
Chicago
Hingis
Earthquakes devastate Turkestan towns and kill many
Reports warn of heavy loss of life as a violent earthquake rocks Russian Turkestan. Towns lie in ruins with fissures opening, houses swallowed, and extreme cold likely to cause widespread suffering.
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Russian Turkestan
Northern Pacific
King Street
Seattle
Harry ©. Clark
Petulas
Ecuador
Hague Tribunal
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Burglara
Sherman State Bank
Sherman
8. D
AD Experimental Postal Savings Bank
National Ice Association of America
New York
Albany
Charles Adkins
General Assembly
John A. Dix
New York State
Felipe Salvador
Luzon
Manila
Salvador
John B. Molsant
New Orleans
Adama County
Ontario
Texarkana
Fulton
Ark
Little Rock
Hallas
Tex
North Carolina Endorses Taft in 1908 presidential race
North Carolina Republican executives endorse Taft for renomination, signaling a southern lead in GOP support. The piece notes possible implications for the national convention, Taft Tawney discord over canal fortifications, and a Pan American trade conference amid a broader political climate.
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George Clinton
Washington
Linces
Taft
Republican State Executive Committee of
North Carolina
Congress
Old North
Panama Canal
Army
Navy
United States
Panataa Canal
Winona
Representative Tawney
Tawney
Panama
Mr. Tawney
Friends
Pan-American Commercial Congress
Pan-American Union
Pan- American Union
Bureau of American Republica
Hias
Andrew Carnegie
Longworth
Tariff Commission
Earthquake Rips Turkestan. Thousands in Peril and Cities Ruined
A massive quake in Turkestan devastates Semiryat chensk and nearby towns. Two thousand killed or injured, 1000 square miles shaken, troops dispatched for rescue. Destruction reported at Vyerny Kopal and Lake Issyk Kul. mountains split and boats swamped on Lake.
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Perioh
Taahkend
Russia
Turkestan
Semiryatchensk
Tashkend
Vyerny
Kopal
Nea
Sirke
Lake
Tssyk-Kul
Koongi- Ala-Tau
China
Indict 22 in Bomb Plot
The Los Angeles Times explosion case yielded 22 indictments from a grand jury. Names may stay secret until arrests. Suspected many San Francisco men. Charges center on wholesale murder from a dynamite plot. Public panic led to rewards near 100000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco
Foss urges direct nominating reform and recalls as new politics
Governor Eugene N. Foss, delivering his inaugural address, urged measures to curb party bosses and empower voters. He backed direct nominations, recall and initiative and referendum, and criticized gerrymandering, proposing redistricting by engineers using latitude and longitude, not party advantage.
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Boston
Boss File
Eugene N. Foss
Renew War on Tobacco Men
Washington scene as American Tobacco companies press bid to dissolve under Sherman law. The federal suit, filed in 1907, resumes with defense arguments amid a high stake case. New York report notes District Attorney Whitman claiming Clarence Lexow, Robin’s banker counsel, frets over tangled affairs and threats to his health.
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D. W. Holst
Senate of Illinois
Senate
Lorimer
Holstinn
James J. Gallagher
Gaynor
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Jersey City
Sait
United States
Sircuit
New York
Hues
America
Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger
Oklahoma
Kansas
Chill Rossi
Seattle
Spokane Avenue
Fred Marino
Georgetown
Havana
Scots Guards
Peter the Painter
Dutch Fritz
Hountsdirch
London
Eng
Southern Pacific
Overland Limited
Reese
Ogden
Utah
William Davis
A. W. Taylor
San Tals Potosi
Max
Supreme Court
Willa van Devanter
Joseph R. Lamar
Puerto Barrios
Honduras
Hornet
Truxilio
Ruatan
Revoluionists
Venus
Thomas Jefferson Jackson Lee
United States Navy Observatory
Mare Island
Cal
Arch Hoxsey
Hoxsey
Augusta BE. Stetson
First Church of Christ
Mary Baker Bday
Lick Ford
Red Jacket Coal Company
Thacker
W. Va
Republic of Portugal
Lisbon
Viscount de Alte
Washington
American Tobacco Corporations
Supreme Court of the United States
Tobacco Trust
Killa Robin
Whitman
Clarence K.lexow
Joseph G. Robin
Robin
Twenty Five Die In Bechunyland Storm Disaster
Johannesburg reports a violent storm that struck Bechunyland on Thursday. Twenty five people were killed and twenty natives were struck by gigantic hailstones amid the disaster.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Bechunyland
Free Kidney Pain Recipe Promised By Doctor Advertisement
A vintage free remedy offer promises to cure bladder and kidney pain with a home recipe. Dr A D Robinson of Detroit invites readers to request the full prescription by mail, claiming quick, self-administered relief and no cost, despite a claimed $3.60 value.
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Theas
A. D. Robinson
Luck Building
Detroit
Mich
Political quip on Green and five-syllable rhetoric
A critic notes Green plays little role in politics. He is described as a politician who uses five-syllable words to express simple ideas, highlighting a preference for verbose language over substantive action.
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Green
Cuticura Claims Cure for Childs Hair Loss and Rash
A mother describes her six month old son's severe head and skin disease spreading over the scalp face hands and arms. After trying various treatments with no success she reports rapid improvement after using Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment claiming the child fully recovered in days. She endorses Cuticura products for cuts and sores and toilet use.
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F. E. Harmon
Atoka, Tens
Shopping Early Cited In Knicker-We Mention
A fragment notes urging early shopping with a shopper mentioning his wife already hiding a forty nine cent tie in the top bureau drawer. The quote reflects domestic detail in a casual exchange.
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Bocker
The Limit Advertises Medicine and Motivational Snippets
A crowded ad page parades quips about auto trouble and marriage, a constipation cure from Dr. Pierce and his Pleasant Pellets, a Goethe quote on self knowledge by action, a Lion's Man cigar mention, and a note on an Original Tin Foil Smoker Package. Love is described as the only thing that never fails.
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Pierce
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Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
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