Thaw Trial Highlights and Key Testimonies
Dr. Britton D. Evans testified that Harry Thaw said the killing was Providence not murder. Thaw's will and codicil named alleged victims of White. Counsel dissensions arose but Thaw's mother brokered peace. Juror Bolton’s wife died and the trial adjourned to Monday. jurors dispersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britton D. Evans
Harry Thaw
White
Thaw
Delmas
Bolton
Rock Island
Oklahoma City
O. T
Bloomer
Wis
Kansas City Star
Kansas Senate Chamber
Moses Hill
Farmville
Amherst College
Massachusetts
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Horace Sutton
Memphis
Tenn
Eau Claire Box and Lumber Company
Eau Claire
Alexis Alladin
Russia
Cleveland (O.) State
Cornell University
Nora Baggott
Indianapolis
Beacham
Mangum
Okla
Charles Thomas
Chandler
Ind
Jude Geehart
Joliet
Los Angeles
Lebanon
Cincinnati Enquirer
Louisville Times
Evening Post
Legation
Trinidad
Castro
Paredes
Immigration settlement and war bill actions reported
After the immigration bill passage the plan for JapaneseSF school integration was outlined admitting Japanese children to white schools with limits while excluding Japanese laborers from the mainland and American workers from Japan. A general staff bill to raise a volunteer army in war time was introduced in Congress. The naval appropriation bill totaling about 96 million dollars passed the house, and Burton of Ohio failed to reduce battleship authorizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
San Francisco
Japan
United States
General Staff
Congress
Burton
Ohio
Wisconsin two and a half cent fare ordered state wide
The Wisconsin state railway commission ruled to set a flat two and one half cent passenger fare across all railways in the state. Readied for immediate adoption, the decision follows debates over travel costs and service in the era of rapid railroad expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin State Railway Commission
Las Esperanzas
Mex
Conquista
John A. Creighton
Pertha Bauday
St. Louis
New York
A. L. Brannon
Malden
D. R. Cox
J. W. Beall
Kennett
Houston
Texas
Tulsa
Indian Territory
State Line
Ark
C. W. Pierce
Lincoln
Hastings
Florida
Chalmers Vestal
Caney Fork Lumber & Tie Company
Upper
Cumberland
Baxter
Tenn
North Dakota
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kathryn
N. D
William F. Walzer
New Britain, Conn
E. H. Harriman
Mer
Nate
Iowa News Briefs Spark Across Counties
A stream of short items reports Lizzie Bapster’s death from burns after an overturned lamp near Perry, legal shifts in Johnson and Polk counties, a spate of attempted suicides by strychnine and poison, mine deals near Des Moines, and multiple local incidents including accidents, drownings, and court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Bapster
Perry
Howell
Iowa City
Johnson County
Burt Brechtbill
Green Mountain
Inter- State Electric Supply Company
Sioux City
Des Moines
Charley Hile
Jesup
Elizabeth Cross
South Fifteenth
Mitchell Street
Matilda Powell
Wentworth
Nannie Taylor
Buxton
William Chitty
al Krantz
Gilbertville
Krantz
Waterloo
The Useful Gasoline Can
In arid southwest districts gasoline cans have become a versatile building material. Sides cut by a can opener form plates for roofs and weather boarding, while stacked cans serve as chimneys. Dovecoats on a pigeon ranch use tiers of cans as walls and porches, and cans function as plant pots or water buckets without greasy residue.
Baby Healed Quickly by Catcura Remedies
Mrs Hatte Currier of Thomaston Maine reports her nine month old daughter suffered a painful facial and foot rash that worsened at night. After using Catcura Ointment the feet healed within hours and cradle cap cleared from the scalp. She keeps the ointment on hand for future rashes or bites. June 9 1906.
Early Northwest Voyages and the Quest for Passage
A brisk survey of early efforts to find the northwest passage begins with Cabot in 1497 and tracks rival European expeditions. Frobisher’s 1576 88 milestones, Davis in Davis Strait, Hudson in 1612, and Batten’s 1616 voyage mark key steps toward the elusive route. It notes Batten’s ship, scant gear yet bold heart, reaching 77 45 N and revealing Jones Smith and Lancaster sounds as eastern gateways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cabot
Northwest Passage
Denmark
England
France
Portugal
A. W. Creely
Frobisher
John Davis
Davis’ Strait
Henry Hudson
Atlantic
William Batfin
Jones, Smith and Lancaster
Fous Toucht Passage
Cyclone Catarrh Cure Promoted For Home Use
A home remedy named Cyclone is advertised as a quick catarrh cure. The recipe calls for Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Kargon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to be mixed and taken in ten spoonful doses after meals and at night. The ad claims it cleanses kidneys and eradi cates catarrhal poisons from the blood.
End of an Intention in a Conversation
A fragment depicts a conversation about a gown. A passerby admires a delicate silk dress and suggests adapting it into an evening gown by removing its yoke. One character explains buying it on a whim after seeking a sturdy woolen mountain-climbing gown marked down that day.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congressional News
Taft
University of Minnesota
Washington
Gustave Leeman
James Findley Harrison
William Henry Harrison
Mound City
Kan
Philadelphia
Bremen
New York Central Electric
Bronx
New York Central
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company
Girard
Alaska
Highland Light
Mass
Missouri
Vermilion
S. C
East
West Prussia
Count van Bylandt
The
Hague
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Ethel Levy
George Cohan
Pullman
Chicago
Avenue B
Clinton Street
Hazelpatch
Saenserfest
la Crosse
Raddis Lumber and Veneer Company
Marshfield
Nora Turner
Harrisburg
Robert Kennedy
Marion
Heliopolis
Orianda
Cardiff
Wales
Allegheny
Eli Baker Hubert
University of Chicago Divinity School
Henry Sel Olcott
Mme. Blavatsky
Theosophists
America
Adyar
India
White Star Line
Republic
Centro America
Naples
John Hilbert
Ralph Schermner
Lauren Nye
Rock River
Dixon
Mary Hinkley
Warren Stamp
Ida Hinkley
Adrian
Mich
Nicaragua
Honduras
Walter Casey
Springfield
Ill
Chester
Baku
Larchmont
James Vann
Joy Line
Pennsylvania
Lahore
Arizona Copper Company
Clifton
Ariz
Charles W. Morse
Porto Rico
Leopold Wallan
Rome
Vatican
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association of Finds
District of Columbia
Fred Caster
Dan E. Davis
Columbus
James Bryce
Germany
Monitor
W. Va
John N. Bofinger
Valdivia
Cookton
Kuckku
Emmett
Idaho
van Raalte
Holland
Harry Corbett
James J. Corbett
J. T. Cline
J. Herman Feist
Rosa Mangrum
Nashville, Tenn
John S. Wren
Bloomington
Ofice
Theodore P. Shonts
Iowa Society of New York
Southern Railway
Tallaoosa
John B. McKim
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Yorktown
Giosue Carducci
Bologna
John E. McWade
Annville
Franz von Rottenburg
University of Bonn
Iowa News
W. S. White
Oskaloosa
Norwood Coal Company
Norwood-White Coal Company
Nor Woodville
Joshua Norwood
Fast Grand Avenue
W. B. Keffer
C. P. Keffer
Iowa Wool Growers’ Association
C. W. Moore
Cedar
A. J. Blakely
Grinnell
A. J. Stnta
Levi H. Hunt
Burlington Railroad Company
Neb
Iowa
Nebraska
Thorner
Jennie Steele Huegle
Polk County
Board of Supervisors
Huegle
Riggs
Thornburg
Institute
Hreele
Barbanks
Yankton
Dubuque
Cancer Institute
Claude Grant
Boone
Claus Meier
Meier
Grant
Wiliam
Sayles
Burlington Railroad
Prescott
Lorimer
E. S. Crossett
Young Men’s Christian Association
Davenport
Association
Henry Blank
Whitney Loan and Trust Company
Cass County Recorder
James G. Whitney
J. H. Whitney
Harry Cavanaugh
Atlantic District Court
Asa A. Bunyan
Louisville
Kentucky
Cass County
Jesse Barnes
Rock Island No. 6
Omaha
Tadly
Messrs
S. H. Biownt
Isaac Evans
G. M. Holmes
Patrick Welsh
East Fourteenth
Vine Streets
Casper
Kerr
Price
Eveland
Irs
Ottumawa
Cale Hewitt
J. M. Damon
Keokuk
Hills
Baby
Cutiura
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