Quake Relief Efforts and Political Movements Across Provinces
Sunday reports note American battleships aiding quake sufferers at Messina as Stromboli erupts with lava flows. US moves include funds for earthquake relief, Navy involvement, and unemployment of political figures. Monday coverage covers secret service, Brownsville case, Standard Oil retrial, and WWII-like fiscal plans amid disasters.
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Desperate quake survivors beg for rescue and food
A press report from the Sichian earthquake zone describes famished survivors at Reggio pleading for government evacuation or execution to end suffering. Mobs clash with authorities over bread tickets as soldiers seize meat and rations, while stories of miraculous escapes and brutal scenes emerge among the ruined city.
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Two Cities of Dead Evacuated Reggio and Messina
Fear of pestilence drives authorities to evacuate Reggio and Messina, surrounding both with military lines to prevent reentry. A royal decree places the districts in a state of siege stricter than martial law as ships carry terror-stricken residents to safer areas in Italy.
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American Fleet at Suez Heads to Messina for Aid
The US Atlantic battle fleet reaches Suez from Colombo after an 8440 knot voyage, with one seaman lost overboard en route. The cruiser Yankton and the supply ship Gulfoa enter the canal as doctors and provisions head to Messina. Ships coal at Port Said, with 25,000 tons stored.
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Port Said
$500,000 for Italian quake relief approved by Congress
Resolutions in Senate and House propose a 5000000 appropriation for Italian relief to provide provisions clothing medicines and other necessities. The President would use US Navy vessels or chartered ships to deliver aid. Roosevelt urged a direct 500000 appropriation as supply ships Celtic and Calgoa head to Messina with diverted cargoes.
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Denunciation of Christian Science by Chicago pastor
Rev Johnston Myers of Emanuel Baptist Church Chicago condemned Christian Science as a great menace and a fabric of lies. He linked Mrs Mary Baker Eddy and her former physician associate to the movement and said the delusion has caused deaths. In a talk on Christian psychology he backed mental treatment alongside drugs and physicians per Bishop Fallows.
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Chicago
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Death of Fly Saves Many in Poison Plot
A boarding house on First street Los Angeles saw a failed poisoning attempt when a fly was killed by falling into a five gallon can of poisoned milk. Two men named Morris and Johnson are jailed on suspicion of plotting to kill twenty occupants. Police found poison salts of vitriol at Johnson’s Rose Street home. The landlady Mrs Fannie Martin said the men visited, were warned away, and vowed revenge.
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Fire alarms at Erie theater. 1300 saved as blaze rages
Chaos at the Park Opera House in Erie as a fire broke out during a performance. Abraham Louch urged actors to continue the show to avoid panic, saving many lives while rescue efforts faced foul smoke and quicklime complications. Police investigated a death linked to contaminated milk in the building.
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Keo Turns Three Years Salary For City Official
Rudolph Blankenburg, well merchant and reformer, once Philadelphia city commissioner in 1906, was appointed to the board of city trustees. He sent a clock worth 15000 dollars to the police, fremen and teachers pension fund to cover three years of his salary.
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Prohibition sweeps Alabama Mississippi and North Carolina
A wave of statewide prohibition takes effect at midnight as saloons are banished in Alabama Mississippi and North Carolina. Lawyers, including Leon Well of a large Southern firm, prepare to test the new law in court while campaigns for broader dry status spread to Tennessee Virginia and Louisiana with local option and future legal challenges anticipated.
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General Watts Retired From Racing Plans After Declining Return
The six year old colt General Watts will not race next year as his owner Mr Geers intended. The horse has set trot records with twenty four trotters hitting 2 10 or better and The Abbot clocked 2 03 4. Separately at City Park New Orleans a test of a Locks and racing law led to several arrests and affidavits against others. If punished the future of racing in New Orleans is in jeopardy.
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New Orleans
Dandruff remedy brag in a 1908 testimonial tale
A Cleveland reader reports severe dandruff and scalp crusting eased by Cuticleura remedies in 1908. The letter, signed Mrs J A Darhing, also notes use on a baby's crust, with an endorsing stamp from Potter Drug. Separate note recounts a nosebleed incident where a traveling man advocates a hard slap to halt bleeding, citing Mexican physician lore.
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Kidney Health Claim Prompts Patient Testimony
Mrs John Wright of Mitchell South Dakota credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing a decade of kidney pain backache and urinary trouble after a doctor declared long term relief impossible. The ad-like note promotes the remedy at 50 cents a box via Wester Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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St. Mitchell
Dean
Wester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Grape-Nuts Credited With Restored Health In Letter
A stated testimonial from A Vamito describes remarkable recovery in his wife after consuming Grape-Nuts with cream. He claims she regained strength and became rosy and plump again, noting the product as a “great fund” and urging belief in the letter’s truthfulness. The notice cites Postnin Co Battle Creek Michigan and the Road to Wellville slogan.
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