Congress scraps plans amid cabinet and tariff turmoil
Subpoenas reach Baltimore lobbyist Martin Mulhall as Senate probes lobby ties. James Fowler remains in the Justice Department while awaiting a successor. Cotton crop value tops $920 million. parcel post stamps extend to parcel post. Wilson rejects a Cornish trip to review Union Pacific talks. France’s Gerard named ambassador to Germany. Justice suspends investigator Herrington over Diggs-Caminett cases. Argentina to host a government breeding station with U S hogs and chickens. Multiple drownings reported in Chicago Cedar Lake and elsewhere. Weather oddities note snow in Massachusetts. Po mare’s trial ends in disagreement. Grant Park hosts Olympic trials as labor strikes press for wage gains. Missouri court blocks insurer pullout. Kasota windstorm causes heavy damage. Nurses found dead in Bedford Hills hospital. cabin Creek miners strike. East St Louis bribery confessions surface. Lexington DC fire claims six. Leechburg raft disaster claims drownings. Port land hosts second world Christian Citizenship conference.
Disaster events and notable deaths across regions 1908 13
A survey of global shocks and misadventures includes Sicily and Calabria quakes memories, a major launch capsizing at Hold monton Alberta killing six, and notable deaths of Rodman C Hooper Earl Merideth Cromartin Sutherland-Laveson-Gower. Also reports Bulgarian Serb fighting losses, a Paris paternity law case, London suffragette riot, Duke Ludwig divorce suit, Mongolian lamas fatalities, and a Canadian Pacific Imperial Limited wreck near Ottawa killing and injuring dozens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hdlmonton
Alberta
Rodman C. Hooper
Marshall-Wells Company
Earl Merideth
Mrs. Case
Case
West
Imperial Bank
Dayton tragedy and New York lawsuit in flood era notes
Personal Samuel Heck of Dayton shot his wife Jane and killed himself amid flood-related distress. Samuel Greenebaum of New York sued Miss Leah Seier for alleged breach of promise, seeking $5,000 plus $260 for entertainment. Dayton financier Joseph Himm, banking director, died by suicide after flood losses. Philip Kahn publisher found guilty of criminally Abeling Henry Russell sentenced to one year in the house of correction.
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Samuel Heck
Dayton
Ohio
Jane Heck
Heck
Samuel Greenebaum
Broadway
New York
Leah Seier
Greenabaum
Joseph 3. Bimm
My. Himm
City National Bank
Philip Kahn
Henry Russell
Boston Opera House
House of Correction
Lobbyist Mulhall subpoenaed in Senate inquiry into Congress lobbying
Baltimore born Martin M. Mulhall, longtime field agent and lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers, has been subpoenaed to appear before the Senate lobbying committee. He alleges names of Congress members who were paid and spurred by the association to influence legislation, but officials deny the charges, calling the statements false and politically motivated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Martin M. Mulhall
Baltimore
National Association of Manufacturers
Washington
Overmien
Mulhall
Congress
House of Representatives
Joan of Postal
Samuel Gomipers
American Federation of Labor
The
National Council For Industrial Defense
Mulhail
Schwedtman
Manufacturers’ Association
Colonel Mulhall
Emery
National Associaton of
Littlefield
Maine
Tella Mulhall
Capitol
National Association
Offix Cera
Labor
Brendan Quiz
Overman
bin Beara
A Modern Trend in Mixed Society Dialogue
A contemporary view highlights the up-to-date woman who speaks plainly while criticizing the old-fashioned man's discomfort with discussing eugenics in mixed company. The exchange suggests evolving social norms and gender roles in public discourse.
Cheltenham witness quips on drinking before lighting pipe
A Cheltenham witness remarks that a man is not drunk until he lights his pipe at the pump during a licensing hearing. The remark underscores the informal attitudes cited in the application and reflects local humor during proceedings.
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Cheltenham
Message from a gloomy speaker at the hall
A somber figure on the platform declares having no message for the world while a man from the hall asks if the message is prepaid before proceeding.
Two Classes Vaudeville Quote From Sipart Set
A compact aphorism notes all men fall into two groups those who enjoy vaudeville and those who endure it only when intoxicated. The wry remark reflects cultural humor of social tastes.
Merger Ends After Utah Court Approves Union Pacific Plan
Federal judges Sanborn Hook and Smith approve the plan to dissolve the Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger. The decree, approved by President Wilson, will take effect upon filing in Salt Lake City next week. The plan covers exchange of holdings, sale of remaining stock, and a commissioner to ensure compliance with the court order.
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St. Paul, Minn
Walter H. Sanborn
William C. Hook
Walter J. Smith
District Court of the United States
District of Utah
McReynolds
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific
Salt Lake City
Sanborn
Louis C. Krauthoff
New York City
Wilson
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Central Trast Company of
New York
Oldest Man in World Dead at Millin Island Station
Dr Cho Choy of China and Cuba, in his hundred and fiftieth year, died after arriving from Havana and traveling under bond to Canada. He stood over six feet, with a stoop and gray-wrinkled features, and claimed to have spent nearly a hundred years in Cuba practicing medicine among Chinese communities.
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New York
Cho Choy
China
Cuba
Millin Island
Canada
Havana
Choy
Heat Kills 32 in Chicago as City Endures Severe Heat
Chicago reports thirty two deaths and 160 prostrations amid a heat wave peak at four pm with a 98.6 degree record. Crowded tenements suffered most as hundreds gasped for air and were hospitalized. Forecaster Cox notes a nationwide furnace with near 100 degree readings across Indiana Tennessee Missouri and Illinois.
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Chicago
Cox
Indiana
Tennessee
Missouri
Suffragist Plot Alleges to Murder Cabinet Members
London July 1 The Daily Express reports a suffraget murder plot once known only to home office circles. It claims a small militant faction seeks revenge for militant deaths through personal starvation tactics against cabinet members. The paper warns the prime minister would be in extreme peril if any militant dies in custody.
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London
The
Daily Express
Home Office
Navy to Test Alaskan Coal Expedition
Dr Joseph A Holmes director of the federal bureau of mines left for Seattle to take charge of an expedition sailing July 6 to Alaska to obtain 1000 tons of coal from the Matanuaka field for the Navy.
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Navy
Wahekington
Joseph A. Holmes
Federal Bureau of Mines
Seattle
Alaska
Matanuaka Field
Small Patient's Statu In a hospital dining scene
The duty nurse serves meals to ill children as one rosy cheeked convalescent insists she is still a patient, not a helper. An English nurse questions the girl, who replies she is a patient still learning her role, highlighting care and mispronunciations in a hospital ward setting.
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Florence
Willing to Oblige. New Yorker recalls Broadway car scene
A New Yorker recounts a Broadway car ride where a rude conductor is puzzled by a woman's command. She asks to be let off at thirty one, and the conductor politely asks for the floor. The moment ends with passengers grinning and the conductor complying in courteous style.
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Gotham
Broadway
Ryan
Remedial Coffee Called For After Fall On Ice
Returning from business I slipped on ice near home and twisted my ankle. My wife and son aided me as a freckle-faced boy directed, Missie to give him black coffees when inside, as his mother always does for his father.
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Fadder
Little Robbie’s Ice Cream Lesson From a Sick Horse
A boy named Robbie is refused a second ice cream by his grandmother who says it would cause stomach pain. While walking with his uncle they encounter a sick horse. Robbie asks if the horse also has a pain in the stomach from overeating ice cream.
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Robbie
Fletcher's Castoria Promotes Trust Amid Bargain Hype
An early 20th century ad style note highlights Fletcher's Castoria as a safe infant remedy used for over 30 years with the signature claim. A reader observation mentions a department store crowd around perfumery bargains and a remark on after dinner speakers and women sharing knowledge before dinner.
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Castoria
Fletcher
Remarkably misspelled vintage ad and wry quotes
A fragmented page item mixes a vintage remedy ad for Allen's Foot-Soap with scattered ad-like lines promising relieve for foot pain and urging samples from Le Roy. It weaves in aphorisms about speaking, marriage and memory, ending with a quip about an old inhabitant recalling things that never happened.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A plaintiff from Athens Texas reports relief from long standing female illnesses after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and other suggested remedies. The Pinkham Laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts cites hundreds of thousands of letters from women attesting health gains and mentions that some avoided surgery.
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Athens
Texas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sanah R
Wuattey
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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James A. Fowler
Department of Justice
Bureau of Census
Postm Naster General
Cornish
N. H
Tustica Jamea
W. Gerard
New York State Supreme Court
Germany
Clayton Herrington
United States Department of Justice
San Francisco
Digge-Caminett
Mc. Reynolds
Portuguesa Prince
Argentina
United States
Pergamino
Argentina Republic
Cedar Lake
Ind
Charles Olis
F. D. Savill
Harvey
Mili
Ald Tim
Waltham, Masq
Moody Street
Giuseppe Pomare
Youngstown
Tim
Day
Cleveland
Pamare
Grant Park
Cincinnati
Missouri Supreme Court
Kasota
Minn
Kasota Elevator Company
Rosalia Roqua
Catherine Lacy
Bedford Hilla N. Yu
Montefiore Sanitarium
Cabin Creek
W. Va
East St. Louis
Joseph A. Fansler
John Jacobs
Lexington
D C
Leechburg
Kiskminetan River
Portland
Ore
Sicily
Calabria
Cromartin Sutherland-Laveson-Gower
Fourth Duke of Sutherland
Zietovo
Malle
Juliette Schettler
Camille Clermont
Paris
James Gordon Bennett
Poincare
France
Guildhall
York House
Duke Ludwig of
Bavaria
Bavarian Court Opera
Kwelhwacheng
Shansi
Mongolia
St. Petersburg
Imperial Limited
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Ottawa
Ont
Martin Mulhall
Pacific
Mirey
S. P
BR & C
St. Paul Court
Ellis Island
Allen
Allen & Olmated
le Roy
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