Condensed weekly news items from around the world
A compact digest reports Annie Armour’s quiet marriage in New York to Capt. Charles Littlet on. Senator La Follette undergoes gallstone surgery in Rochester with hopeful prospects. the Duke and Duchess of Manchester face a $680 claim in London over a cancer cure. William Moody resigns from the Supreme Court as Taft accepts. A Howard University instructor urged vaccination resistance. Dr George Witter is killed by a car in San Jose. Prof Venberg urged prison official training at an International Prison Congress in Washington.
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Annie H. Armour
Kirkland Brooks Armour
Armour Packing Company of
Cicago
New York
Charles W. Littleton
United States Navy
Boston Navy Yard
Robert M. la Follette
Rochester
Minn
Duke and Duchess of Manchester
London
George Thomas
William H. Moody
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Harry B. Bradford
Howard University
Washington
Instituton
George F. Witter
San Jose
Cal
William Johnston
International Prison Congress
Venberg
Hungary
Massive inter urban crash kills thirty eight in Illinois
A head on collision on the Illinois traction line near Staunton results in thirty eight deaths and twenty six injuries as disobedience by green train crews is blamed. One man and conductor Leonard among the dead. Wreck recovers 37 bodies, coroner to hold inquest in Carlinville. Governor Hoke Smith wins Georgia re election amidst split results. Alaska gold output drops sharply. Manila braces for Boxer outbreak. Intercollegiate Socialist Society notes rising student advocacy. Navy commends Arnold J Smith for bravery in fire on North Dakota. Los Angeles Times building destroyed by explosion. California legislature calls for Pacific coast naval fleet congress. New slot magazine groceries venture planned for crowded city tenements.
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Dickerson
Staunton
Green
Ill
Lierman
Leonard
Carlinville
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Joseph M. Brown
Smith
Seattle
Alaska
Manila
China
J. G. Phelps-Stokes
Inter-collegiate Socialist Society
Arnold J. Smith
Chicago
Navy Department
Washington
Eblp
North Dakota
American Prison Association
Amos W. Butler
Tndianapolia
Los Angeles
Cal
Times
California
Seauion
Pacific Coast Congress
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Gonto
Cincinnati
Portugal settles under Republican rule with Braga as president
A provisional government under Theophile Braga takes control of Lisbon as Republican banners fly over public buildings. Warships greet the new regime with salvos while casualties rise to several hundred. The day also reports Standard Oil expanding refined oil sales abroad and other global currents, from Kentucky horse racing records to New York divorce court rulings and railway accidents.
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Portugal
Theophile Braga
Standard Old Company
J. J. @. Clarke
Europe
Far East
Standard Ol
Standard Oil Company
United States
Farmers’ National Congress
Lincoln
Neb
Joshua Strange
Kentucky
New York
New Jersey
Senate
Denver
Col
House
Spokane
Wash
John Sa Sa
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Panama
Buena Ventura
John Armstrong Chanler
Bob" Chanler
Virginia
Dolgorouki
National Association of Commercial Executives
Grand Rapide
Mich
German Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Peter Muhlenberg
St. Patrick's Cathedral
John F. Dietz
Winter
Wis
Cameron Dam
Dietz
Fraight
Lake Erie & Western
Laporte
Ind
Harry Grant
Revolt Tops Lisbon as Republic Declared
In Lisbon revolutionaries seize control as Theophile Braga is named president and a red green flag rises over public buildings. Warships fire salvos in support, the king and queen flee aboard the royal yacht to Gibraltar, and public order is restored after bombardment by joint army and navy forces.
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Lisbon
Theophile Bragate
New
King Safe
Portugal
Theophile Braga
Manuel
Amelia
Amalia
Gibraltar
38 SLAIN IN CRASH AT DICKERGON CURVE NEAR STAUNTON IL
Sixty-two injured or killed in a head on Illinois Traction System collision two miles north of Staunton. Two interurban cars crashed on a hill curve at high speed. The wreck left many dead or fatally maimed with victims identified from Staunton and nearby towns. Car crews mutinied over orders amid state fair traffic surge. The injured were taken to Granite City hospitals as a special train carried twenty eight bodies to Carlinville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
McKinlay
Dickergon Curve
Staunton
Iil
Tuasney
Qld
Ilinois
W. 8. Street
Minors Traction System
A. Price
Champaign
Illinois Traction System
J. W. Miller
Gillespie
Superior Coal Company
J. H. Habbegger
Jamestown
C. Werner
Chapin
Herman Bauer
St. Louis
D. B. Black
Tiiola Traction System
T. J. Kerwin
Manuel A. Indermill
Baden
Ill
H. ©. Janaway
Decatur
J. G. Schaefer
William Cloud
Benid
Tl. 8
CO. Hill
Princeton
Ind
John Blotna
B. F. Redshaw
Curran
B. Robinson
Miner
R. M. Rose
Chicago
Frank Ruble
O'Fallon
T. Henry
Princeville
Teatrice Seniger
M. Judd
Litchfield
B. J. Young
William Curle
Edith Lansford
Hillsboro
Til
Hazel Linneger
J. R. Anee
Edith
Julus Engieman
O’fallon
George GO
Miller
Troy
Mary Duffner
Nwood
Daniel O. Tarrant
Brooklyn
Mia
L. EB
Cordum
G. B. Clifton
F. Miller
Sparta
C. W. McGehee
Shawneetown
Geo. Smith
John Hohe
Trenton
George Oehler
James Parker
Henry Saul
Belleville
C. F. Mehl
McCall
James Scotland
Edward White
Carlinville
Granite City
Browne Testifies on Lorimer Vote Bribery Claim in Illinois
Browne, Illinois House minority leader, testified before a senatorial committee that Speaker Shurtleff urged votes for Lorimer and denied bribery charges. Broderick, questioned about payments, stood firm and said he never received money or helped fund votes. Griffin denied soliciting Terrill’s vote for Lorimer in exchange for money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lea O'Neil Browne
General Assembly
Edward Shurtleff
House of Representatives
Willam Lorimer
United States
Legisthtore
Charles A. White
Browne
Lorimers
Shurtle
Lorimer
Shurtleff
St. Louis
Shephard
Link
Beckemeyer
Luke
Clark
Auntrian
Senate
Holstlaw
West Side
Chinese Bequest to Missions Endows Newark Church
The Sunday school of Third Presbyterian Church in Newark will receive about one tenth of the $10,000 estate of Wong Hoey Hong. The bequest establishes an endowment fund for missionary work among Chinese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Third Presbyterian Church
Wong Hoey Hong
Buck's Stove Sues Over Hat Boycott In Supreme Court
The Buck Stove and Range company of St. Louis filed a brief in a high court injunctive contest over the AFL boycott slogan We dont patronize Hat. The case heads to argument likely next week after the District of Columbia's high court broadened an injunction against the AFL to stop the boycott against the open shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Stove and Range Company of
Bt. Louie
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Daniel Davenport
J. J. Dartington
Buck’s Stove and Range Company of
St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
American Federation
Buck’s Stove and Range Company
Court of Appeals of the District
Census Returns Washington Population Statistics
Census data released from Washington shows population figures and geographic distribution. Details indicate counts by region, with officials noting shifts since the last tally and implications for representation and funding.
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Washington
Bn- Pa
Steamer Sunk Near Panama With Fifty Missing
A Pacific Steam Navigation steamer named Chiriqui sank near Point Jarina eight miles from Panama after an explosion. She departed Panama on September 27 bound for Buena Ventura with 70 aboard. fifty are reported lost.
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Panama
Pacific Steam Navigation
Point’ Jarachine
Buena Ventura
Riot Leaves Thirty Hurt in Cologne Strike
A chaotic scene in Cologne witnesses a strike riot leaving thirty injured as confrontations erupt between workers and authorities. Police report scattered arrests as tensions flare amid labor unrest.
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Cologne
Senator Robert L. Taylor Nominated for Governor in Nashville
The regular Democratic convention on Thursday nominated Senator Robert L. Taylor for governor to succeed M. R. Patterson who resigned. A temperance plank was adopted declaring the temperance issue had no place in the gubernatorial campaign and should be battled by the legislature.
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Nashville
Robert L. Taylor
M. R. Patterson
Train Wreck Delays NY NH Hartford Line. Two Die
A wreck between a fast mail train and a freight at Sharon Massachusetts halted traffic on the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad. An engineer and a brakeman were killed and others injured in the collision.
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Sharon
Mass
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Ill Austrian ambassador’s wife hospitalized in New York
Baroness von Hengal muller, wife of the Austrian ambassador, is seriously ill at the Hotel St. Regis. She is staying with her family, under care in New York City.
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New York
Baroness von Hengalmuller
St. Regis
Aga
ATCHISON S ORDER OF SPINS
A local Atchison Globe item reports the Ancient Order of Sping meeting where members discussed varied topics from car grease removal to memories of old letters. A visiting Spin urged visiting lonesome wives and mothers, and the group began a six week campaign of calls and visits, yet has not completed half the rounds.
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Order of
Sping
Atchison Globe
Love a Grime in a Grimy Pair
In a lighthearted court note, George a manly fellow and Maude his sweet heart are charged with theft by kissing. They admit their acts and are sentenced to serve their time together, remaining loyal as minor offenses are attributed during their joint term in Puck.
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George
Maude
Puck
A Question Vera Asked About Transatlantic Terms
Vera asks what transatlantic means and her mother answers across the Atlantic but warns her to stop. Vera ponders if trans can mean across and later asks when transparent might mean a cross, prompting a puzzled parental response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera
Atlantic
Mother
Age Guessing Quip Cited By Houston Post
A brief quotation notes a man’s reply to a woman asking his guess of her age. The line, “Every Time. What do you do when a woman ap ta you What you think her age is? Tell her what I think it isn't,” appears as a clipped witticism attributed to the Houston Post.
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Houston Post
Sensible Men See No Need To Seek Trouble
A concise aphorism notes that prudent people avoid unnecessary danger and trouble, suggesting restraint and measured action over provoking risk. It frames calm judgment as wiser than chasing conflict.
Postum A Daily Drink From A Doctor’s Enthusiastic Testimony
A lady doctor extols Postum as a daily pleasure and coffee substitute. She recounts eight years of use, improved sleep and calm nerves, and notes better weight and daytime focus. She urges friends to try Postum, praising taste, appearance, and health benefits. She mentions “There’s a Reason” and recommends related writings.
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Kentucky
Thad
Wallville
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Stephenson
Winnebago
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