Political shifts and crises across states and borders
The Republican committees from New Jersey West Virginia North Carolina and California had vacancies filled after resignations for Roosevelt support. Wisconsin Governor candidate Karal led a Democratic platform pledge to repeal the state income tax. Oregon's Bourne was rejected by the Roosevelt camp while B A Clark won the U S Senate nomination. Mac Veagh sent nine health service surgeons to study contagious diseases among Indians and border clashes with Mexican insurgents prompted frontier troop moves. MacVeagh also awarded a gold medal to Private Henry Hanson for saving comrades at Lake Lanao Mindanao January 28.
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Yeats
Tio
Republican National Committee
New Jeraey
West Virginia
North Carolina
California
New York
Oklahoma
Minnesota
John C. Karal
Wisconsin
Madison
MacVeagh
Henry Hanson
Company
Sixth Infantry
Lake Lanao
Mindanao
National League convention opens in Richmond Va
The domestic convention of the National League of Third and Fourth Class Postmasters opened in Richmond with Governor Mann welcoming delegates. Charles Barry of Walker, Ohio, presided. In Hartford Conn 1,000 Colt workers struck, the plant's first strike in seventy years. Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee attacks Catholic school attendance rules. A straw hat riot at Bridgeton N J prompts police and firemen to disperse the crowd. Niagara Falls promontory condemned by New York officials as a suicide point. East side New York charity workers plan a $400,000 home funded by Mrs John Stuart Kennedy. West Virginia Governor Glasscock approves 37 miner sentences for intimidation. Atlantic City crime rate highlighted in grand jury projections. Bank robbery in Grand River Ind. nets about $1,000. Rev C S Lyles of Logan Pa suspended for one year. American Municipalities meet in Buffalo N C. Public Health Association meets in Washington. Archbishop Messmer reiterates ban on church sacraments for violating Catholics. George C Morrison of Baltimore faces death by suicide after protracted pressure. Theodora Booth survives auto crash at East Lake N Y. Pontiac plant manager Thomas Wilton dies in car crash near Pontiac. James Williams Negro killer dies in electric chair at Auburn N Y. Miss Helen Taft’s Poodle Bertram C Spencer’s execution in Springfield Mass draws comment.
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Germantown
Grofe
Marion County
Roberts Place
Knoxville
Enterprise Mining Company
Everiet
Clay
Latter Day Saints
Magnolia
Tabernacle
R. C. Hvana
Canada
Biston G. H. Hilliard
Independence
Fred A. Smith
Lamont
Humboldt
Great Western
Sixth Street
Mason City
Supreme Court
Twenty-first “ Iowa Infantry
Dubuque
Herbert ‘Northey
Waterloo
Alvin Mass
Greene
J L
Wateras Waterloo
Monticello, Canning Company Ja
Clarion
Kansas
Iowa
Clarinda
Shenandoah
Pacific Junction
Iewa State College
Ames
J.B. Adams Elevator Company
Sac City
English Township
Marengo
John Reese
Walnut
Onawa
Derne engagements and European rail disaster reports
The most ganguinary war action near Derne in Tripoli leaves Italian losses of 41 dead and 113 wounded while Turks and Arabs tally over 800 dead. A Chester to Liverpool express derailment near Liverpool causes thirteen deaths and nearly 100 injuries as nine cars crash into a station. A US naturalized citizen involved in an attack on American sailors in Bluefields Nicaragua is reported. Cancer research notes from Heidelberg’s Prof. Czerny state no cure yet found. The will of Count Nog and Countess Nog is published in Yokyo as they join the emperor’s journey. Italy and Turkey discuss peace terms and a proposed 600 million francs loan among financiers.
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Tripoli
Derne
Mediterranean
Bengazi
Chester
Liverpool
England
Marasuke Nog
Nogi
Yokyo
Hae
Actress Pat Campbell Abroad as Recovery Wanes
Mrs Pat Campbell, famed actress, remains in London with only faint hopes for recovery while former United States Senator Hernando De Soto Money of Mississippi dies at his Biloxi home after a uraemic illness at age seventy four.
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Pat’ Campbell
London
United States
Hernando de Soto Money
Mississippi
Biloxi
Eminent engineer from Melbourne visits Ames
Elwood Mead of Melbourne Australia, an expert on river and water supply, has toured Iowa State College and addressed engineering students. His Ames connection and high earnings from Australia highlight the college’s reputation, while other items report a missing man near Millersburg, legal moves in a Solon case, a Rev. Beach’s death, and local industry and accident news across Iowa.
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Iowa
L. J. Goodman
Millersburg
Iowa County
Sherrif Cafferty
Blackhandersa
Solon
United States District Court
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Dvorak
Charles Ham
C. C. Cawley
Dvorak
Ham
J. L. Adams
Cawley
Adams
Clarinda
Samuel J. Beach
Congregational
Farragut
Corning
Cedar Falls
Clarion
Redfield
Nelgh
Neb
Town Canning Company
Vinton Canning Company
Dr. Miller
Council Bluffs
Copeland
Missouri Valley
Nebraska
Kansas
James I. Gibson
Sidney Company
New York
Sioux City
Waterloo
Mason City
Ottumwa
Christopher C. Werner
Rochester
N. Y
Clarence H. Barbour
College x. M. C.A
Clyde
M. C. al
Ames
L. Ru Pnstahl
Vinton
Cedar Falla & Northern
Denver
J. A. Boehme
Rev. N. Mass
M. Rowena Morse
Kenosha
Wis
Albert Harvey
Smiley's
Boone
Backed Mexico War Figures Face Treason Charges
New Orleans reports Charles P. Taft Henry Clay Pierce and Harriman interests accused by Juan Didapp of financing the Madero revolution against Diaz. He claims six million dollars loaned and paid back with a twenty million premium. Also notes rebel leaders Orozco Jr and others in Marfa under U.S. custody and neutrality law complaints. American deaths in northern Mexico and Yaqui actions near Altar Sonoita tied to ongoing conflict with unclear American casualties.
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New Orleans
Charles P. Taft
Henry Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Didapp
United States
Marfa
Tex
Pascual Orozco
Prealdio
Okinaga
Mex
Mathews
Griffin
Washington
State Department
Mexico
Jacob Meyer
San Pedro Maren
George Belterman
Altar
Sonoita
Emilio Campa
Marines Fire On Granada Rescue Mission Amid War News
Three Marine companies with machine guns left Managua for Granada after reports of rebels firing on U S sailors and Marines. General Pendleton sent the dispatch, noting the urgency of reinforcement. Masaya is cited as a firing point on the Managua Granada railroad line in the evolving conflict.
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Washington
Managua
Granada
United States
General Mena
Navy Department
General Pendleton
Pendleton
Masaya
Strat
Butler
Armies Tied Up By Flyers In Cambridge Maneuvers Halted
Cambridge, Sept 21 Officials announced army maneuvers were abandoned and a military conference would explain the stoppage. About fifty thousand men on rival sides faced a stalemate as air reconnaissance forced frequent tactic changes hindering broad action. Firebugs Burn Mine Tipple in Kanawha County, Charleston. Incendiaries destroyed the Carbon Coal tipple as authorities investigated the fire.
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Cambridge
England
Charleston
W. Va
Carbon Coal Company
Kanawha County
Threats Target Anti-Vice Leader Linked to Brooks Case
Chicago detectives and postal authorities joined in a search for the writer of anonymous letters that threatened death by dynamite to Miss Virginia Brooks, a reader in West Hammond’s anti-vice crusade, amid a widening probe.
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Chicago
Mies Virginia Brooks
West Hammond
Hawaiian quarantine on nearly all tropical fruit announced
Acting Secretary of Agriculture Hayes signed an order placing a quarantine on nearly all tropical fruit grown in Hawaii to prevent the importation of the Mediterranean fruit fly. The action aims to curb pest spread and protect U S fruit crops.
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Washington
Hayes
Hawaiii
London finds reveal medieval cloister remains and ancient artifacts
Archaeologists uncover a 0 foot long wall and pea vessel fragments near Bartholomew in London. Finds include Simian ware and a camel skull unearthed at Algh-Hol born Andia, plus an eighteenth century pipe. Three Norman arches believed to belong to a priory cloister are revealed near the old town site.
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Andia
Bartholomew
London
Alta
Burned and Itched Severe Burn Case Promoted by Cuticura
An opinionated 1912 advertisement describes a severe burn on the left arm with ulceration and intense pain. It claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment provided relief after ineffective salves, touting free samples and a Skin Book offer while mentioning other product claims and unrelated hype.
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Lincoln Park Blvd
Chicago
Théodore
Dept
L. Bostom
Young wife saved from hospital in Upper Sandusky
Mrs. Benj H. Stansnae of Upper Sandusky writes of relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She recalls years of fatigue backache headaches and nervous strain before treatment and urges others to try the remedy.
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Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
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