Boston men seek Orinoco source in perilous jungle trek
Dr Hamilton Rice of Boston and Prof Hiram Bingham plan an overland expedition beginning January 38 from Caracas toward Bogota to locate the Orinoco river source in the Parima range. They expect months of peril, possible encounters with poisoned arrows, and aim to reach the Amazon's mouth within a year aided by a small escort.
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Mamilton Rie
Boston
Hiram Bingham
Harvard University
Jeff Caracas
Bogota
Colombia
Splugham
Trogota
Rice
Orinoco River
Parima
Orinoco
Indicts Fairbanks Jr for Perjury by Grand Jury
Steubenville Ohio grand jury indicts C Z Fairbanks son of Vice President for perjury in a Pittsburg marriage case. He allegedly posed as a workingman from Adams County to obtain a marriage license with Miss Scott, after which they wed and departed. Papers to be served on Holebanks.
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Steubenville
Ohio
C. Z. Fairbanke
Muirbanks
Miss Scott
Pittsburg
Fairbanks
Breabenville
Adams County
Hole Banks
Close School to Jap Boy in Frisco Suit Begins
The case tests the San Francisco board of education power to bar children of Japanese parentage from public schools. Kellichi Aoki, 10, refused admittance to Redding primary, prompting an immediate Supreme Court writ and federal bill in equity to be filed simultaneously under Attorney General Bonaparte. Additional items note society impersonator in South Dakota, a museum shooting in Washington, railway telegraph wage gains, lands added to Modoc reserve, political expulsions, and a bomb at a St. Petersburg bank.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Bonaparte
Indictments Against Standard Oil Trust in Hancock County Ohio
Grand jury returns multiple true bills charging Standard Oil Company and subsidiaries along with named individuals as members of a trust aimed at restricting trade and reducing production. Alleged goals include fixing prices and limiting competition across petroleum products, under the Valentine anti trust act. Fines potentially total 68 million dollars. each indictment filed separately with swift service to defendants.
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Standart
Ohio
Hancock County
Segarate
Standard Ol Company
New Jersey
Ohio Ol Company
Buckeye Pipe Line Comatty
The
Solar Refinery Company
Manhattan O! Company
John D. Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
Wesley Tilford
John D. Archbold
Frank Q. Barstow
Willisin Rockefeller
Cuthbert
Hannock
Sheri Groves
Standard Oil Company
Therselves
Obio
Railways Swamped Say James J Hill In Letter
James J Hill, president of the Great Northern and Minnesota governor James J Johnson exchange letters warning railroads have reached capacity. He cites a 110 percent rise in business over ten years while freight growth lagged, and urges bold, costly fixes including vast track expansion, new slip from St Louis to New Orleans, coastal export points, and inland markets to ease a now intolerable national freight bottleneck. He cites Tennessee as an example of broad demand for explanations amid a corse shortage.
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James J. Hill
Hil
Tere
St. Louis
New Orleans
Hin
New Shah of Persia Begins Rule Amid Decapitation Memo
Dispatch from Teheran reports the new Shah of Persia has started duties with the industry his grandfather valued. He vows to restore order and reportedly says a few shaved heads are the best police. Prince Sul taneh, brother of the Shah, attempted opium self-harm but survived. He seeks governorship and vows to bring his wife if needed. The eldest son Totuseln Ali Mirza may be named crown prince per the Shah’s wishes.
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Sayn
Sah
Shah
Totuseln Ali Mirza
Currant Events Notes Report Violent Incidents Across Cities
Gordon McDonald killed Colay Chone and Percher Burns in Cochran Georgia after a quarrel. Walter Nightower, a painter, killed Hesaie Jones aged 22 in Atlanta then shot himself. Dakota Mining Company hoist works at Lead South Dakota destroyed by fire. Wilson, vice president of the International Association of Machinists, notes wage rises and fewer strikes in New York. Prince Dolgaruki, a Rus sian parliament figure, dismissed from court chamberlainship duties.
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Gordon McDonald
Colay Chone
Percher Burns
Cochran
Renault
Walter Nightower
Hesaie Jones
Atlanta
Dakota Mining Company
Lead
8. D
Wilson
International Association of Machinista
New York
Prince Paul Dolgaruki
Ibera
Kingston Suffered Catastrophic Earthquake and Fires
A devastating Kingston quake struck Monday afternoon at 8 30 pm causing about 400 deaths and at least 1 000 injuries. Fire followed wreckage and torched the city, with $10 million in property loss and most buildings, including Myrtle Bank Hotel and military hospital, destroyed. English visitors and dignitaries were in Kingston, but no Americans reported killed or wounded.
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Kingston
Jamaica
San Francisco
America
Cabje
Colon
England
Janes Fergusson
Alfred Jones
All Caine
Viscount Montnorres
H. C. Arnold Forster
M. P
Thomas Hughes
Thomas Shanna
Earl and Countess of Dudley
Watel
Jones
Phe
Myrtle Bank
Great Earthquakes Wreck Cities and Kill Thousands Across History
A historical tally notes dramatic earthquakes and disasters from 1520 to 1903. it catalogs Lisbon 1580s, Valparaiso, Santiago, Port Royal, San Juan, Jamaica, and Caribbean coast events, with towns wiped out, tens to thousands of deaths, and repeated shocks shaping coastlines and populations.
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Lisbon
Valparitisa
Port Royal
Pamdlen Hank
Santiago
Guatolinli
Santiago de’ Chile
Chile
Kingston City’s Fire, Earthquake, and Storms Through History
The article traces Kingston’s founding in 1098 by Port Royal refugees, its 1692 earthquake destruction, a 1792 fire causing about 1.1 million in damage, a 1848 blaze with 15 million loss, and later spectacular fires including the Mansion House tragedy. It notes repeated hurricanes, typhoons, and storms impacting the city.
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Ulutory
Kingston
Port Royal
Jamaica Earthquake and Fire Leave Kingston Scattered
Reports from Jamaica describe wide areas of devastation around Kingston with fires on the wharves and many structures destroyed. Shocks extended fifty to sixty miles, and panic followed as residents fled to the hills while fire crews worked to control blazes and rescue those trapped in collapsing buildings.
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Nuln
Jamaica
London
Kingston
Bull Bay
Minor Misfortunes and Crime Across Cities Relayed
City Marshal Henrrico Frisby of Lamar Colorado was shot by sixteen strangers who fled. In Denver a fire in the Ernest and Cranmer building caused $200000 in damage. Shipyard fires at Newport News Virginia also caused $200000 in losses. The Old Cambion liner Jeferson sustained damage. At Monroe Yacht Club in Michigan a muskrat banquet fed 1000 yachtsmen 3000 musk rats. A Madrid counterfeit operation used women to distribute faked coins. A Bennigton Vermont Gas Co receiver was sought by J C Colgate of New York over a $15000 note in default. The plant’s operation would not be interrupted. A lamp mishap in St Louis burned Mrs Ella J Longley and severely burned her husband Alexander Longley while attempting rescue.
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Henrrico Frisby
Lamar
Colo
Ernest & Cranmer
Denver
Newport News
Jeferson
Monroe Yacht Club
Monroe
Mich
Madrid
Bennigton, Vt
J. C. Colgate
New York
St. Louis
Alesander Longley
Tadly
Longley
Congress Debates Brownsville, Finances, and Fortifications
The Senate and House activity centers on the Brownsville affair debate, legislative appropriations, and fortifications. Senators push investigation plans, defense budgets, and executive actions while the House advances District of Columbia and fortifications measures, with President Taft's messages and related hearings shaping the week.
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Senate
Tilman
Brownsville
Patterson
Foraker
House
Browneville
Mallory
Clay
Titian
Bacon
Spooner
District of Columbia
Colorado River
Carmack
Stone
Knox Gefendé
Yester
Vermont
California
Sheppard
Texas
H. C. Adams
Wisconsin
Peruna Household Remedy Promoted Worldwide
An advertisement touts Peruna as a trusted remedy reaching over a million homes and expanding daily. It claims Peruna is a household word across the English speaking world and lists extensive uses for catarrhal ailments of the head throat lungs stomach kidneys bladder and female organs. The notice urges readers to ask their druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1907.
Porous plaster ad and rural dog anecdote from Fort Collier Courter
Local front porch notice in Horseshoe Jer sey City advertises Alcock s plasters praised as seventy year trusted remedy. A humorous reminiscence recalls Jim Moon s dog that ignored game when Jim carried a rifle but hunted birds and rabbits with a shotgun.
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Jim
Moon
Fort Collier Courter
Pink Pills Claim to Cure by Building New Blood
Mrs. Jennie Cowan of West Bay City Michigan touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as restoring health after a grip and fever. She describes severe weakness, facial pallor, heart flutter, and rheumatism before using the pills, which she says rebuilt her strength and she now uses them for occasional illness. The pills are marketed as valuable for blood diseases and are sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady New York.
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Williama
Jennie Cowan
N. Henry Street
West Bay City
Mich
Dr. Williams
Dr. Willams Medicine Company
Schenectady
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PF. W. Hughes
Iowa
Hamilton Rice
Fairbanks, JR
Jap Boy
Smaler
South Dakota
Rosecoe J. Burman
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National Museum
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Philadelphia
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Municipal Credit Company
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