Appreciation of Affection and Aqueduct Police Force
The article contrasts marital affection with neglect of love after marriage and notes New York City’s water works expansion. It highlights a new aqueduct police force led by a popular college graduate, drawing 300 applications from college men who viewed civil service exams as a vacation in the Catskills with $100 monthly gratuity.
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New York Weekly
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New York City
Dea
Grenery
Catskills
Civil Service Commission
Aqueduct
Madrid to dismantle Pantheon of Spanish colonies
The Boston Herald reports Madrid plans to dismantle the Pantheon of the Spanish colonies and scatter its collections to city libraries and museums. Proponents cite removing a symbol of past empire as a step toward better governance and future generations.
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Madrid
Bostom Herald
Greece
Rome
Carthage
Holland
London
Herlin
Quebec Bridge Collapse Attributed To Design Flaw
The royal commission reports defective design caused the St Lawrence cantilever bridge collapse at Quebec. The designer relied on standard strain formulas, though the bridge exceeded prior cantilever sizes. The finding aims to guide future bridge builders and public understanding.
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St. Lawrence River
Que- Dec
Royal Commission
Quebec
English suffrage demands gain political leverage at liberal convention
English suffrage advocates push a real political issue as a liberal convention adopts a favorable resolution and a bill is read in the House with little opposition. London police worry, Asquith is escorted by detectives, and the National Woman suffrage Societies press their case with precision amid broader labor and job concerns.
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London
Asquith
Women's Suffrage Societies
Week of World News Narrows on Naval and Political Moves
Washington debates four battleships with a push for Pacific fleet expansion. House passes pension bills and authorizes $7,000,000 for two ships. Roosevelt vows veto if no naval funding. Oregon land suits proceed. anarchic fires, wrecks, and disasters thread a turbulent week with multiple deaths and indictments.
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House
Lilley
Electric Boat Company
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Senate
Attorney General
Oregon & California Railroad Company
Oregon
Roosevelt
Hale
Cannon
Mann
Stafford
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Ryan
Miller
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Sims Tenne
Bonaparte
Notable 1907 cases span escapes and conversions
Jasuis A. Gourdain, once a lottery king, escaped from St. Elizabeths asylum in Washington. Jennie A. Call, Chicago matrimonial agent, jailed a year for mail fraud. Gov. Davidson of Wisconsin injured on a polished floor. William D. Haywood fired from the Western Federation of Miners. Taft plans Panama trip via Maay. Rev Russell J. Wilbur shifted from Episcopal to Catholic faith amid church censure. Thaw and Wilbur tied to habeas action. Ford Warner of St. Louis convicted of bribery.
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St. Elizabeth's Federal Asylum
Washington
Jennie A. Call
Chicago
Bridewell
Gov. Davidson
Wisconsin
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Taft
Panama
Russell J. Wilbur
Episcopal Church
Grafton
Fond du Lac
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White Plains
N. Y
Justice Morschauser
Harry RK. Thaw
Ford Warner
House of Delegates of
St. Louis
Tornado toll, blizzards and venom extraction mark era
Returns from districts struck by tornadoes report at least 650 dead and 46 towns wrecked. Neue Dame De Salette near Buckincham Ontario buried by a sliding mountain with many perished. A severe British blizzard causes damage. A Bronx Zoo first extracts venom from a deadliest viper, promising long medical supply. Train wreck near Laguin, Pennsylvania kills nine, injures fifteen. Rich woman’s home in Rye dedicated. Harvard defeats Annapolis in rowing. Two White Star Line steamers planned for Belfast. Instructions for William...
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Ont
Lievre
Great Britain
Bronx Zoological Park
New York
Laguin
Charles Osborne
Wall Street
Rye on-the-Sound
N. Y
Harvard
Annapolis Naval Academy
William Wolcott
Charles Wolcott
Milan
Mich
Dearborn
Michigan Central
White Star Hne
Belfast
Wittiam
Titanic Storm Sinks Steamer Miriam in Mississippi
Helena Ark April 28 A fierce Mississippi storm lifts the steamer Miriam from the water and capsizes her five miles from the St Francis River. Seventy three passengers many carnival workers endure two hours clinging to wreckage as twelve perish. Rescuers including Captain Schafer of Home Run and Captain Joyce battle waves to save survivors. The storm rages for fifty miles wrecking churches homes and crops.
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Ark
Miriam
Carnival
St. Francis River
Mississippi
Memphis
C. E. Schafer
Joyce
Wreck of Frisca train near Stanley injures and kills
Train No. 1 derailed on a straight track at a steep embankment near Stanley Oklahoma. About 25 injured including two fatally J A Maxwell of Lowell Arkansas and J Adams of Francis Oklahoma. Fire contained before affecting victims.
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Okla
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Lowell, Ark
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Francis
Okl
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Rogers
Ark
Thomas Whitten
George Smith
Milwaukee
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St. Louis
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Eureka Springs
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Anthers
Tom Wilmoth
Tuscahoma
Ellis Colbert
E. B. Price
Venus
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Hugo
H. M. McCoy
Talibana
N.V. Lothard
Remarkable Escape From Death In Storm Shock
Philadelphia April 28 Jennie Martin 29 narrowly escaped death after a severe thunder and hail storm in Lancaster county Monday night. She was struck by lightning her clothing torn to shreds hair burned and shoes ripped off yet she suffered only minor injuries. Her shattered clothes were found near the strike site as if cut by a knife.
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Lancaster County
Jennie Martin
Town Ravaged by Fire After Engine Breaks Down
In La Plata Missouri on April 28 a fire destroyed much of the north side of the square after the town's only engine failed in a high wind. Loss reached 100000 dollars. Two men were injured during firefighting as flames spread toward residences following a gasoline explosion.
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la Plata
The Poet in Hard Luck in Georgia Plows
A humorous note from the Atlanta Constitution about a poet mocked by a Georgia farmer, who ends up a mule manager after a run in with the vagrant act. The anecdote lampoons farm life, poetry, and the mule's lack of appreciation.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Pecans Grower’s Lone Tree Earns Big Value
Charles Nicholson Sr a former slave now farmer in Texas cultivates pecan trees though aged and unable to work. His one tree yields the largest pecans in America with sales last year totaling 54 dollars. He sent samples to Washington and is selling young trees at one dollar each with demand high.
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Charles Nicholson
Texas
America
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Westfield
Houston Post
Telephonic Marine Intelligence Along the St Lawrence
Early next fall an innovative telephonic marine intelligence system will operate along the St Lawrence between Montreal and Quebec. Vessel owners can receive real time movement updates and issue captain orders. Stations with 65 foot masts and 25 foot cross spars will display signals for downstream and upstream traffic.
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St. Lawrence
Montreal
Quebec
Emma Westbrook Leads Salvation Army Work In Michigan
Adjt Emma Westbrook now in charge of Salvation Army bar racks in West Pontiac Michigan is one of seven women who came with Commissioner Railton from England in 1880 to found the Salvation Army in America. She just passed her fifty fifth birthday and has been in army service 32 years. She refuses a pension or retirement and will stay in the work as long as she has strength.
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Adjt
Emma Westbrook
Salvation Army
West Pontiac
Mich
Railton
England
America
Old Custom Revived in Paris Wolf Tooth Mascot and Thumb Ring Fashion
A revival in Paris embraces wearing a wolf or badger tooth set in gold as a mascot, linked to old superstitions of good fortune. The thumb ring also returns to favor, with a popular English stage actress showcasing the trend, aligning with the era and Parisian fashion.
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