Elgin Echo Reports Wide Range of Early 20th Century News
One fourth of Yale students fail to graduate. Philadelphia streetcar riots paralyze transit. Billy Sunday converts Youngstown. U S. Supreme Court hands down key rulings. Alaska mining, Silty Clement dies in action. Guggenheim deal under scrutiny by senators. Waukegan railway treasurer confesses shortage. Philadelphia seeks outside aid to end streetcar strike. Taft proposes radical government reform and $100 million annual savings. Asquith wins parliamentary vote. Nine gain immunity in grand jury. Taft era, Knox tariff tie, and various indictments and arrests feature in mixed coverage.
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Yale
Philadelphia
Youngstown
Ohio
Alaska
Mineral Lands
Hull
Vaughn
Beveridge
Cambridge
Illinois Supreme Court
Chicago
Joseph A. Joyce
New York
Taft
Newark
Philadelphia Strikes and Riots Endanger City Transit
Philadelphia faces paralysis as a Central Labor Union strike of about 100 unions and 100000 members threatens city life. Clarence Pratt, a national organizer, is jailed on inciting riot charges. Rioting injures youths, wrecks 297 street cars, and prompts 3000 extra police, martial-law like measures, and transit suspensions.
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Central Labor Union of
Philadelphia
Clarence O. Pratt
Murphy
Central Labor Union
Pratt
Kensington
Great Mill District
Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electrice Railway
Gat
Kensington Avenue
Stanes
Reyburn
St Louis Car Runs Amuck on Park Avenue
Brakes fail and trolley surges down a Park avenue incline at high speed collapsing into a curb. One man killed, seventeen injured, seven seriously, two carriages demolished, street car wrecked. John Voyce, 64, crushed under wheel, dies. companion badly hurt.
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Park Avenue
St. Louis
John Voyce
King of Siam King Heads to the United States
Paoraminde Maha Chulalongkorn, the King of Siam, plans a US visit. The King is noted as a lavish spender, and Americans inclined to host a royal welcome should start saving to fund a royal good time.
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Siam
Paoraminde Maha Chulalongkorn
United States
P. M. Chulalongkorn
Powder Sloat Coste 5 Lives in San Lorenzo Explosion
A blast at the Trojan Powder Works in San Lorenzo California killed five workers and caused $50000 in property damage. Four others were seriously injured and about 40 more workers suffered burns or bruises, including Superintendent Martina, as they narrowly escaped death. Eleven miners were recovered from the St Paul coal mine in Cherry Illinois after being entombed since November 13, with bodies found almost perfectly mummified.
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Trojan Powder Works
San Lorenzo
Cal
Martina
St. Paul
Cherry
Ill
Young Wife Mary Materson Fatally Shoots Paul Fimbolisky
In Fort William Ont a young married woman Mary Materson aged 20 shot and killed Paul Fimbolisky at his home after he allegedly insulted her. The incident occurred in the coal dock district and the victim died instantly.
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Mary Materson
Paul Fimbolisky
Fort William
Fimbolisky
Saya
King Opens Third Parliament with Finance Authority Plan
King Edward in state opened the third parliament of his reign with a throne speech seeking undivided Commons authority over finance. He outlined a mini major campaign against the Lords to ensure initiation revision and control of legislation with safeguards, accompanied by Queen Alexandra amid ceremonial pageantry.
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Commons
Edward
House of Larda
Houses of Parliament
House of Commons
Alexandra
Edward II
Neil Burgess Dead Actor of The County Fair Fame
Noted stage actor Neil Burgess died at his New York home after a yearlong illness. Burgess rose to fame with The County Fair first staged in 1888, a comedy in which he starred and which ran for over four years in New York theaters.
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Win
New York City
Neil Burgess
New York
Wisconsin and Madison college bond vote and university news
A Miller South Dakota school election approved a 22000 dollar bond for a new school by 202 to 86 with about 150 women voting. Charlee R. Van Hise of the University of Wisconsin was named vice president of the Association of American Universities at Madison. The US Department of Agriculture urges movable farm schools via state experiment stations when fifteen farmers enroll, lasting a year or longer. Wisconsin State Superintendent Cary criticizes shaping high school courses to fit university entrance. The Princeton graduate school fund offer collapsed after supervision conditions dispute with William C. Proc tor. President Wilson supports university grade work autonomy and trustees sustain this stance.
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Miller
S. D
Charlee R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Association of American Universities
Madison
United States Department of Agriculture
C. P. Cary
Wisconsin
William C. Proctor
Cincinnati
Princeton
Wilson
Rushville Gas Firm Faces Bond Scandal Suit
Illinois investor D E Brooks seeks to stop sales of land traded for 75 000 in bonds tied to Rushville Gas Heat and Water Co. The firm claims a 720 plant value but issued 200 000 in bonds with Farmers Bank of Rushville as mortgagee and payer of interest. Directors include Carr Carroll and the Walters.
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Amnotsnn
Indiana
D. EB. Brooks
Illinois
Rushville Gas, Heat and Water Company
Brooks
Chicago
Owen L. Carr
Fred Carroll
John
Henry Walters
Farmers’ Bank of
Rushville
Farmers’ Bank
Bank
Theater Floor Collapse Kills One at Patton Pa
A large crowd of about five hundred theatergoers in Patton Pennsylvania collapsed through a weakened floor as a fire broke out in the basement. One person was killed and many injured as others escaped through doomed exits while the entire structure burned. The incident followed a series of recent disasters across several locations.
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Casement
Patton
Cincinnati
Jvater
Man Hit by Train in Snowstorm Ills Waterford Man
Bewildered by a heavy snowstorm, Reuben Collier of Waterford New York collapsed on suburban electric line tracks and was fatally struck by a train.
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Reuben Collier
Waterford
N. Y
Canadian tariff up shocks Washington talks on minimums
Officials in Washington probe applying the maximum of the minimum tariff to Canada. Secretary Knox summons John G. Foster in Ottawa for talks as Washington flags a misreading of Taft’s remarks. Canada and France align to resist concessions, risking US imposition of the 33 percent Canadian surcharge on American goods.
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Washington
Canada
Knox
John G. Foster
United States
Ottawa
Bryce
Taft
Wilfrid Laurier
France
Reform Efforts Rise Across States on Taxes and Suffrage
National efforts press for repeal of the corporation tax law while Iowa debates school science courses. A New York plan would let women vote before the upcoming election, though suffragists oppose it as illegal. Colorado officials rebut a Denver minister’s claim that suffrage harms women, noting fifteen years of participation and improved governance.
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Iowa
B. F. Carroll
General Assembly
New York State
Crackett
Ilegal
Shafroth
Steele
Colorado
Underhill
Denver
Clu
New York
Prescription for cold relief with glycerine pine concentrate
An old advertisement touts a winter remedy mixing two ounces glycerine half ounce Concentrated Pine with half a pint whiskey, advising a teaspoon to tablespoon after meals and at bedtime. It warns only genuine concentrate prevents nausea and notes availability from druggists. includes a humorous dog lost ad exchange from Chicago Tribune.
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Prince
Chicago Tribune
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Trained Nurse
A trained nurse from Osage, Mrs Emeline Green, testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills reliably relieve kidney and bladder troubles, backache, dizziness, and related symptoms. The ad promotes 60 cent boxes from Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo NY. Also notes a medical discussion by Charles E B Woodruff on climate effects on northern European races and implications for brain weight and vitality.
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Hae Yvo
Donnsa
Emeline Green
Osage
Towa
Doan
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles EB. Woodruff
Manila
P. I
American Northwest
South
Tropics
Europe
Alaska
Neurasthenies
A Good Change Change of Food Works Wonders
A letter extols Postum and Grape-Nuts as cures for stomach and nervous troubles. A Missouri woman credits improved health and strength after four months away from coffee and adopting the two foods, with her husband also sleeping better and cramps subsiding. A California brother and his family are said to share the benefits.
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California
Wellville
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