Capitol Park Plan Destroys Washington Landmarks
Washington nears razing of condemned Capitol area buildings to clear space for a new park between the Capitol and Union Station. The 1785 99 George Washington residence will be demolished amid the project. A trust regulation amendment failed as senate leaders unified. A $4,000,000 Potomac bridge plan tied the capital to Virginia.
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Washington
Capitol
Union Station
George Washington
Commerce Committee
Potomac
Virginia
Domestic Hights and High-Profile Figures in Tax Auction News
A sprawling digest notes a New York tax sale seizing real estate of notable figures including Duchess de Talleyrand, Anna Gould, Hettie Green, and others. It covers Diggs and Harris in a white slavery case, Hammerstein divorce action, a hurricane-era news item, Sherman anti trust filing against National Wholesale Jewelers, Buckeye Window Glass plant fire in Columbus, SF police chief accusation, and speed dance debates. It also mentions a Gaynor endorsed mayoral bid, jewel theft probes, copper miners clashes, and a fatal auto race near Ottumwa Iowa.
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City of
New York
Duchess de Talleyrand
Anna Gould
Hettie Green
Big Tim" Sullivan
Howard Gould
H. G. Phipps
Victor Herbert
Delegates Attend 10th National Encampment in Buffalo
Several hundred delegates attended the tenth national encampment of the United Spanish American War Veterans, holding a three day session in Buffalo New York.
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United
Mexican Revolt Dynamics and Mexico City Politics
Reports show Juarez subsided in outward anti American sentiment after a police shooting in Hi Pand Texas where Lieut Acosta was killed. Insurgents retreat as federal forces advance north. In Mexico City talk grows that Huerta will quit to T revino with Trevino aiming for October elections. The American Bar Association met in Montreal urging U S action on Mexico. Taft urged judiciary independence.
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Juarez
Lieut
Francisco Acosta
Hi Pand
Tex
Acosta
Geronimo Treving
Mexico City
Huerta
General Trevino
American Bar Association
Montreal
Wilson
Mexico
Taft
Protests and disasters across Europe and Asia
A 15000 strong protest in Tokyo denounces the United States over Japanese treatment, while Rome's streets stay guarded as Catholic athletes gather for mass. A German aviator dies after a test flight at Strasburg. Berlin architects win a design contest for the new German embassy in Washington. European royalty attend a marriage in Sigmaringen, and Zionist congresses in Vienna end in disorder over control of financial institutions. A Manchester warehouse fire destroys a large bonded facility, with $1 260 000 in damage.
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Vienna
David Wolffaohn
Colonial Trust
National Fund
Thaw Hearing Delayed as Ottawa Debates Transfer
Personal Word reports no decision yet on when Harry K Thaw will be moved from Coaticook to Montreal for a September 15 hearing before the king's bench on the writ of habeas corpus. James W Gerard takes oath as U S ambassador to Germany in Washington. Provisional Quebec authorities arrest a man on gambling charges and may issue a formal apology. Geoge M Cohan and daughter Georgette injured in Hartford car crash near Hartford. Albert Trogi dies from brain hemorrhage after a crash in Missouri. Harry Orchard seeks October pardon with Metropolitan church aid. Miss E H Larkine and Mrs Ida H Bartel plead guilty to smuggling in New York, fined.
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Coaticook
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Harry K. Thaw
Montreal
King's Bench
William Travers Jerome
State of New York
Que
Norton
Mila
Quebec
Gamling
E. H. Larkine
Chicago
Ida H. Bartel
St. Joseph, MO
New York
Rebels shell city as US rushes ships to Santo Domingo
United States orders cruiser Des Moines to hurry from Guantanamo to Puerto Plata and arrange a revenue cutter relay to Mona Passage after Dominican gunboats shell Puerto Plata. Vice Consul Estevía reports bombardment. Wilson and Bryan back official support to Santo Domingo’s government. Rebel leader Hector Velásquez believed to head Puerto Plata forces. Refugee aid sent aboard Tamaulipas sailing to New Orleans. Manuel Zamacona faces court martial in Piedras Negras threats. Zamacona denies being Huerta envoy and travels to Key West.
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Washington
United States oMcials
Dee Moines
Guantanamo
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Mona Passage
Long
Des Moines
Estevla
State Department
Wilson
Bryan
James Sullivan
Bordas
United States
Hector Velasquez
Eagle Pass
Manuel Zamacona
Constitutionalist Board of Advisers
Piedras Negras
Students Slain in Mystery Near Salem
A double tragedy unfolds near Salem as eighteen year old Ida Les is found dead in a grove and Oscar Gray, her mushroom hunting partner, is found nearby on a farm. Gray had two gunshot wounds and likely died by his own hand. both families believed they had eloped. Gray was a leading athlete.
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Salem
Ida Les
Oscar Gray
Thedor Allen
Patinog
Mia Lee
Gray
Birth of an Heir to the Duchess of Roxburghe
London reports a son born to the duchess of Roxburghe who was said to owe his gender to the mother’s sugar free diet. The duke attributed the birth to a form of Eugenics and noted both parents cited the infant’s sex as influenced by this fact. The duchess had consulted Dr Leopold Bchanck in Vienna in 1898 for embryology guidance.
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London
Duchess of Roxburghe
May Goalt
New York
Duke of
Cloudburst Floods North Fork St Vrain Damaging Farms
A chain of cloudbursts along the north fork of the St Vrain river between Lyons and Mesa Park caused rivers to overflow and forced many farmers and families to flee to higher ground. No lives were lost.
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Longmont
Colo
St. Vrain
Lyons
Mites Park
Haldane’s Pleasant Stop in Montreal Visit
Lord Haldane arrived aboard the Lusitania after a flying trip to America for the American Bar Association meeting in Montreal. He said the journey was one of the most pleasing times of safe travel to America.
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Haldane
Fishguard
America
Lord Haldane
Lusitania
American Bar Association
Montreal
Peters Wins Maine Third District Special Election
Speaker John A. Peters Republican of Ellsworth won the Maine Third District seat in a special election to replace the late Forrest Goodwin. He defeated Democrat Mayor William R. Pattangall by about 653 votes, with Pattangall carrying Kennebec County but trailing in Hancock Somerset Waldo and Washington counties. Peters’ total exceeded Edward M. Lawrence Progressive by about 8,500. the district had given Wilson a 7,859 plurality over Taft last November. Pattangall benefited from Secretary of State Bryan’s eight district speeches.
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Portland
John A. Peters
Ellsworth
Maine
Forrest Goodwin
Peters
William R. Pattangall
Waterville
Edward M. Lawrence
Lubec
Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
Pattangail
Kennebec
Hancock
Somerset
Waldo
Washington County
Jessie Wilson Aids Girl In Mandate Car Ride Permit
Washington reports Jessie Wilson, daughter of the President, interceded to obtain a special permit from Postmaster General Burleson allowing a blind rural carrier's young daughter to ride with her father on the Mandale route, despite a post office rule.
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Washington
Sherry
Mandate
Post Office
Jessie Wilson
Burleson
Jessie Columbia
Cleveland
Mandale
Misa Wilson
Cincinnati Gunman Kills Wife Then Himself in Domestic Incident
Fred Butcher, 31, ex-saloonist, shot his wife in Cincinnati after a year of clashes, then killed himself. A neighborwoman was fired upon, and his stepson Harry Good 23 fought to subdue him, narrowly escaping injury. Barbara Nicholla was the wife wounded in the neck and survived. Butcher died at the hospital. the pistol and the scene prompted police inquiry.
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Cincinnati
Fred Butcher
Butcher
Barbara Nicholla
Harry Good
As Avolver
End Commerce Court Fails to Pass in House Vote
Washington Sept 9 The house failed to pass the urgent deficiency appropriation bill due to a lack of quorum. After long debate members approved provisions abolishing the commerce court and repealing a law that allowed the last five circuit court judges to be appointed.
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Washington
House
Commerce Court
Musician Fights Wolf Pack on Wisconsin Shore
Arno Waechtler concert master of the St. Louis Symphony was lost twenty four hours on the Three Lakes shore. He fought wolves with a club until a water spaniel saved him by luring helpers from a nearby camp after the dog led them to his side.
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St. Louis
Wisconsin
Three Lakes
Arno W. Waechtler
Symphony Orchestra
Two Cyclists Killed in 100 Kilometer Race
In Cologne Germany Sept 9 American rider Gus Lawson and German Scheuermann were killed and pacemaker Meinhold was probably fatally injured in a motor paced bicycle race for the 100 Kilometer Championship. Lawson paced Guignard when a motorcycle tire burst sending riders to the track bottom.
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Cologne
Germany
Gus Lawson
Scheuermann
Meinhold
Lawson
Guignard
American Chemical Society Meeting Opens in Rochester
The eighty eighth annual meeting of the American Chemical Society opened this morning in Rochwater Rochester New York. General session underway with divisional sessions starting tomorrow and excursions planned to several manufacturing establishments.
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Rochwater
Rochester
N. Y
American Chemical Society
Canadian Farmer Commits Self Decapitation at Union Station
Paul Cook a 25 year old farmer from Glengarry Saskatchewan killed himself at Saint Paul Union Station by placing his neck on a rail beneath a moving train. He was decapitated in the act. Authorities reported no known motive.
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Rall
St. Paul
Minn
Paul Cook
Glengarry
Sask
Union Station
Senate to Vote on Tariff Today
Senate to vote on tariff today as debate on inheritance tax amendment delays passage of measure. Body adjourned 1 27 this morning. Free sugar and wool win spotlight in the session with lawmakers weighing trade and tax impacts.
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Senate
Principal Tariff Changes by Senate Report
Senate tariff revision narrows exemptions to 8000 with allowances for a wife and two or more children. Cotton futures taxed after Sept 1, cattle and wheat join free items along with meats and flour. Meat imports require U.S. inspection. Bananas taxed at a tenth of a cent per pound. Fortified wines taxed. certain trade provisions altered. Countervailing duties modified. free art provisions tightened while average duty rate drops from 30 to 2 percent. free list expanded then restricted.
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United States
Senate Tariff Fight Locks In Free Wool And Sugar
Washington reports the senate at a night session defeated all amendments to the Democratic tariff bill. The sugar schedule including 1916 sugar provision was approved at one o clock. La Follette’s wool substitute failed 41 to 28, and a 15 percent wool duty proposal was defeated 29 to 28. Final passage expected later today.
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Washington
Senate
Bristow
Ransdell
la Follette
Catron
Louisiana
Thornton
Benator Norrig
la Folletta
Artist and Wife Killed in Railway Express Crash
Norwalk Conn Sept 9 A T Millar a well known artist and his wife were instantly killed at Nash s Crossing when their car was struck by the Pottsfield express Two friends riding with them were seriously injured and taken to a hospital The Millars had been living recently in the artist colony at Silver Mille
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Norwalk
Conn
A.T. Millar
Nash's Crossing
Policeman Receives Legion of Honor in Paris
Edmond Rousset, a river police officer, was decorated with the Legion of Honor in Paris on September 9. During his service on the waterfront he saved 28 lives and earned the high distinction for his courage and service.
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Paris
Edmond Rousset
Fragmentary Quote and Abridged News Snippet
A jumble of quotations and stray phrases from various sources mentions a remark about happiness, peace, and self-respect. It includes a line about eye inflammation and a debate on gender roles with a Baltimore American reference.
Dinner party neglect prompts child to ask for a plate
A dinner guest was preoccupied with neighbors and failed to offer food to a young girl seated beside her mother. The girl, sobbing, lifted her plate and asked if anyone wanted a clean plate, drawing attention to her hunger.
Baby Skin Ailment Healed By Cuticura Remedy
Mrs A K Wooden of Smithville Indiana reports a six month old girl developed watery blisters on the face that grew to a fiery red, cracked skin and intense itching. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, with warm water washes, the itching and burning subsided in two days and the face cleared within two weeks, with no recurrence eight months later. Samples offered with Skin Book and post card address in Boston.
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Smithville
Ind
A. K. Wooden
Cuttcura
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Ady
Wall From French Jurymen
In France and England jurymen complain about court walls and dull surroundings. Citizens sign a petition to the justice minister to hang Prudhon's "Justice to Pursuit of Crime" print in each court to relieve the monotony.
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France
England
Prudhon
Nation of Banana Eaters Replaces Pie Eaters
Banana Eatera notes Americans once loved pie but now largely eat bananas. The U S ships over two thirds of world banana exports and benefits from Caribbean proximity. A Boston skipper helped popularize bananas in America while Europe still lacked them. The United States leads as the world’s top banana market and remains Jamaica grower’s ally as global demand grows.
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United States
Caribbean
Boston
Europe
Jamaica
And Shea Had Been Warned
A dialogue reveals distrust of men as a married friend warns against all of them. A woman insists she will marry Fred, claiming he is different, despite common cynicism about marriage.
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Shea
Fred
The Doctor's Gift Food Worth Its Weight in Gold
A Pennsylvania doctor gives a patient Grape Nuts, described as worth its weight in gold. The patient reports rapid indigestion relief, renewed vitality, and sharper mind after starting the food, with continued improvement over two months. The ad cites Postum Co. and the Road to Wellville as context.
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Algo 8
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International Association of Masters of Dancing
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Farson, Jr
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Sigmaringen
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George M. Cohan
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Albert Trogi
Heno
Reno
Harry Orchard
Asaasain
Frank Steunenberg
Idaho
Metropolitan Church of
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Maud
Heith
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