News Summary Of Global Events And Figures
Notable deaths include W. Van Clanve opponent of organized labor and foe of Samuel Gompers in St Louis and John A. Ryerson president of an electric company who leaped to his death in Chicago. Fires threaten Bemidji Minnesota as crowds seek rain while troops assist. Public figures across nations are referenced, from Ballinger dismissal to Roosevelt dinners with monarchs and imperial embassies. A Canton Ohio boiler explosion kills thirteen and injures thirty, while rail rate debates stir shippers nationwide.
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Dq. W. van Clanve
Samuel Gompars
St. Louis
Samuel Gregsten
Chicago
Board of Trade
West Hinsdale
Bemidji
Minn
Cberammergau
Ballinger
Kerby
Charles W. Morse
United States Supreme Court
Halley Sky Tram Shies At Earth Upsets Calculations
Scientists around the world report Halley’s comet tail curved away from Earth delaying expected contact. Observatories led by Frost Barnard and Mitchell admit inability to explain tail reappearance while some officials doubt Earth would pass through the tail at all. Public fear prompts suicides cash gifts and alarm, with drastic actions reported in Chicago South Bend and Minnesota Point.
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Halley
Edwin B. Frost
Yerkes Observatory
E. E. Barnard
5. A. Mitchell
Columbia University
Transvaal Observatory
South Africa
R. T. A. Innes
Chicago
Christ Chekos
East Chicago Avenue
North State Street
South Bend
Ind
Ohio
Neenah
Wis
Minnesota Point
Minn
Lake Superior
Black Belt
Lower West Side
Atlanta
Heinze Receives ovation after acquittal in copper case
Fritz Augustus Heinze exits the U S Circuit Court in New York amid cheers and embraces from relatives and supporters after jurors clear him of overcertifying $500,000 in checks for his brother’s brokerage firm and allegations of misappropriating funds linked to United States Copper. He tearfully murmurs thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Augustus Heinze
United States Circuit Court
New York
Fres
Mercantile National Bank
United States
Helnza
Mysterious Stranger Returns Thousand To Gale
A heavyset man returns $1,000 to Gale of Iuneapalm Illinois after Michael Rock was jailed in Minneapolis for a $1,000 robbery. Gale, accosted on a downtown corner, said the stranger claimed Rock faced no charges yet and handed over the money to settle the matter. Rock has been released.
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Iuneapalm
Gale
Michael Rock
Minneapolis
Rock
Six Sentenced in Pittsburg Bribery Case
Ten Pittsburg men including bankers physicians and politicians faced Judge Robert Frazer for bribery and conspiracy tied to council corruption. Six were sentenced with four cases deferred. Sentences: A A Vilsack eight months jail and $5000 fine. Charles Stewart eight months and $600. Hugh Ferguson eight months and $500. Dr W H Weber six months and $500. P B Iearns four months and $250. Morris Einstein six months and $2600. Remaining youths E H Jennings and F A Griffen postponed. G W Friend and M L Swift Jr postponed.
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Pittsburg
Robert 9. Frazer
Frazer
A. A. Vilsack
German National Bank
Charles Stewart
Hugh Ferguson
Dr. W. H. Weber
P. B. Iearns
Morris Einstein
Rough surgery saves lad by foreman at factory
Harold Keller, 15, had his right arm torn by a knitting machine at Fort Stanwix Knitting Company in Rome N Y. Foreman Herbert Mills swiftly cut the arm off with a jackknife to save the boy, as the machine at 900 revolutions threatened fatal injury.
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Harold Keller
Fort Stanwix Knitting Company
Rome
Herbert Mills
Keller
Van Zandt Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Cincinnati Case
In Cincinnati jury delivers guilty verdict of manslaughter against Jesse Van Zandt for the murder of his wife whose body was found bound and gagged and roasted over a lit gas stove at their home. The verdict was reached by a compromise.
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van Zandt
Cincinnati
Jesse van Zandt
Standing of the clubs in the pennant race in bone ball leagues
National League standings show Pittsburg 16 8, Philadelphia 12 11, Chicago 14 11, St. Louis 13 13, New York 15 12, Boston 9 16, Cincinnati 12 10, Brooklyn 9 18. The table reflects wins and losses for each club with varying records.
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Weke We
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Kansas City
Denver
Lincoln
St. Joseph
Topeka
Sioux City
Des Moines
Wichita
Omaha
Rock the Boat Drowning Tragedy at Huntington Mills
Eight students from Huntington Mills High School die when a rocking old mill pond boat capsizes during a party of twelve. Four boys escape as six girls and two boys drown while attempting to save them. Names listed include Maud Sutliff Caroline Koons Ruth Bonham Iris Davenport Kathleen Good Rachel Thompson Robert Minnick and Ray Dodson.
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Mill Pond
Huntington Mills
Maud Sutliff
Caroline Koons
Ruth Bonham
Iris Davenport
Kathleen Good
Rachel Thompson
Robert Minnick
Ray Dodson
Berlin Centennial Invitations and European Political Shifts
A government exploring party locates diamonds resembling Luderitz finds off German coast islands under Cape Colony. Berlin invites American universities to centennial celebration October 10 to 12. In Italy, Prime Minister Luzarti’s budget plan pleases radical and reform groups, aiming to tax relief for the poor and reform the upper house by removing royal nomination of leaders and extending suffrage to literate men over 26.
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Luderitzbucht
German South Africa
Cape Colony
University of Berlin
Berlin
Italy
Luzarti
Ohio Insurgents Lose as Six of Seven Regulars Are Renominated
In Ohio primaries seven present Republican Congressmen faced insurgent rivals over the Aldrich-Payne bill and Tawney amendment. Six regulars won renomination: Gochel of Cincinnati, Cole of Findlay, Douglass of Chillicothe, Taylor of Columbus, Kennedy of Youngstown, and Thomas of Niles. Incumbents defeated included in district races for McLaughlin, Joyce, and Howland, among others, with Senator Charles Dick seeking a Senate endorsement.
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Ohio
Aldrich-Payne
Herman P. Gochel
Cincinnati
Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
Albert Douglass
Chillicothe
Edward L. Taylor
Columbus
James Kennedy
Youngstown
W. Aubray Thomas
Niles
George R. Young
James M. Cox
Aa. R. Johnson
Edmund Willis
J. BD. McLaughlin
C. C. Anderson
H. C. Claypool
Ross County
L. Taylor
Francia
Storm damages crops and closures hit Chicago play
A hail and windstorm devastated cotton and corn in Culverton Georgia while peach crops suffered heavy damage. Homes were unroofed and some blown from foundations. In Chicago the play Get Busy with Emily, also known as Have You Anything to Declare, ceased performances at the Cort Theater for vulgar and indecent content.
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Culverton
Emily
Cort Theater
Chicago
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills Offered Free Sample Request
A dated advertisement touts Munyon's Paw-Paw Laxative Pills as a universal remedy for digestion, liver disorders, and related ailments. It promises a free package for a postal request and lists Munyon's Home Remedy Co. contact details in Philadelphia. The text shifts to a short fiction excerpt about a proposal scene during a parlor visit and porch talk.
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Munyon
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Doan’s Kidney Pills Restore Evansville Woman’s Health
Five years of suffering from kidney trouble left Mrs. A. P. Hester of Evansville Indiana swollen limbs and severe pain. After using Doan’s Kidney Pills she improved rapidly and was eventually cured. She urges readers to remember the Doan’s name and notes the medicine is sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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A. P. Hester
Ava
Evansville
Ind
Doan
Ala Long
Glories of Montreal and Quebec in Grand Trunk Pamphlet
A Luxe edition promotes Montreal and Quebec tourism with fine printing and photographs. Free upon request from W S Cookson in Chicago. Also recounted is an anecdote of a farmer and Prince Arthur during cavalry maneuvers, depicting class and authority with humor and irony.
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Montreal
Quebec
Grand Trunk Railway
Canada
Cookson
Merchants Loan & Trucat Building
Chicago
Hia
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Prince Arthur
There’s a Reason Why Grape-Nuts Helps Brain Health
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as aiding weak physical or sluggish mental conditions. It claims high nutrition and partial pre digestion to ease stomach digestion and supply vital phosphates for brain and nerve centers. The copy cites Road to Wellville and exhorts readers to read the ploys.
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Wellville
Postum Cereal Company, Ltd
Battls Creek
Mich
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