Germany Dominates Continental Politics Through Armies
The passage argues Austria's diplomatic gains harmed Russia England and France while Germany's support shaped Europe. It notes Austria prevailed over rivals in Europe’s map, Morocco conflicts show four powers’ limits, and Serbia’s incident marks a German diplomatic win reflecting Berlin’s military strength.
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Austria
Russia
England
France
Europe
Germany
Italy
Morocco
Gold Exports Support U S Credit Abroad
Observers note that the recent surge in American gold exports reflects a strong money market at home and attracts favorable rates abroad. Foreign centers see no threat to American interests and credit has strengthened overseas as new gold discoveries push the United States toward leading global production this year.
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United States
Importing South African corn may test U S duties
The notice says corn from South Africa could be imported in sizable quantities and compares well with American corn. It notes a 15 cent per bushel duty and discusses free trade critics. The piece suggests foreign competition could convince farmers the duty is worthwhile.
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South Africa
United States
New York Bill Aims Farm Colony For Chronic Drunkards
A pending New York measure would send chronic drinkers to a farm colony with an attached inebriate hospital where they are to be treated and made to work for meals. Proponents cite Bellevue Hospital weariness and charity fatigue, arguing the plan addresses habitual drunkenness without erasing the problem, even in dry areas.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Vermont Attorney General Leaves Court Weeping
A Rutland dispatch reports the Vermont attorney general, after a murder in the first degree verdict, exited the courtroom in tears. The piece notes Americans’ tender lachrymal ducts, with Vermonters regarded as sterner, yet law and duty justify the attorney general’s shown emotion.
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Rutland
Vermont
Turcoman Massacre Report Raises Alarm in Persia
The story cites a massacre of about 2,000 people by Turcoman tribesmen at Astrabad in Persia following earlier Armenian violence. The report cautions that figures may be exaggerated but notes Turcoman atrocities in past incidents.
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Asia
Armenia
Astrabad
Persia
Nevada judge bars word-only divorces for actresses
A Nevada judge rules actresses who merely send word cannot obtain divorces in the state. The decision implies many will stay with their husbands, since returning to Broadway would be a long walk.
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Nevada
Broadway
Physician claims dogs endure vivisection easily
A learned physician asserts that dogs are quite easy under vivisection, comparing it to painless dentistry in a pointed, satirical remark.
Senate kills McCumber amendment on tariff bill for free lumber
In the tariff bill debate senators clashed over lumber policy with Heyburn backing high duties and McCumber urging free lumber. Mrs Taft improves and may skip Pittsburg and Gettysburg duties. Secretary Dickinson cuts canal inspection short due to illness. Treasury notes a counterfeit two dollar bill. Navy plans 1911 program include two dreadnought battleships five destroyers and one repair ship. Aldrich defends tariff delays amid cross party criticism.
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Senate
McCumber
Taft
White House
Pittsburg
Gettysburg
Senator Heyburn
Senator McCumber
Dickinson
Panama Canal
Washington
Treasury
United States Navy
Hampton
Aldrich
Tillman
Notable 1909 Figures Attend Peace and Politics Roundup
William H. Burletson, Parma cashier, sentenced to eight years in prison. Mrs. Rockefeller recovering from pneumonia at Virginia Hot Springs plans a summer home at Pocantico Hills. Taft appeals for intercession in Morse case. Awards and arrivals span Minturn to Denver from Jiangsu to Shanghai. Wu Ting Fang at Mohonk calls arbitration. Taft in Charlotte observes Mecklenburg Day.
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William H. Burletson
Parma
Mich
John D. Rockefeller
Virginia Hot Springs
Pocanto Hills
N. Y
Max C. Baum
New York
Taft
C. W. Morse
Sherman
National Good Roads Congress
Paul Ritter
Switzerland
United States
Amos P. Wilder
Shanghai
San Francisco
James M. Barkley
Detroit
Presbyterian General Assembly
Denver
Helen Taft
Gettysburg
Wu Ting Fang
Lake Mohonk
China
John Kirby, Jr
National Association of Manufacturers
Charlotte
N. C
Mecklenburg
International Young Men's Christian Association conference opens in St Louis
The thirteenth ER Railroad Department conference of the YMCA opens in St Louis with Col John J McCook of New York presiding. United States labor commissioner Charles P Neill arrives in Atlanta to address the Georgia railroad strike. The Dora wreck rescue saves 194 aboard off Alaska.
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Railroad Department of North America
Young Men's Christian Association
St. Louis
John J. McCook
New York
Charles P. Neill
United States Commissioner of Labor
Atlanta
Georgia
Dora
Columbia
Unimaka Pass
Alaskan
Cochran
Presbyterian Assembly
Denver
Sheriff Shipp
Hamilton County
Tennessee
United States Supreme Court
Missouri
Portland Gateway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Anna Held
Europe
Presbyterian General Assembly
Westminster Abbey
George Meredith
Senate
Numerous ongoing events and incidents reported across the U S headlines
A wide spread roundup notes drownings in Oklahoma and a suicide by Dr Oscar N Taylor in California. Lynch threats in Iowa, a Cedar Rapids mayor shot, railroad fatalities in Pennsylvania, religious liquor bans in Michigan, coal strike ends in Canada, Thaw versus Hartridge, a new Masonic temple in Indiana, baby shoes for Queen Wilhelmina, global meteorology talks in London, a San Francisco bribery trial, Union Pacific train robbery, Harvard Club meeting in Cincinnati, a dog attack disappearance in Illinois, Goldman barred in New York, pension witness subpoena, Taft river proposal, Grand Rapids fire, Georgia railroad strike, Roosevelt hunting trip, cave in fatalities in Mississippi, drownings in Indiana, a play by Frederico Mariani, race-related court ruling in New York, Roosevelt and son counts, funeral for Henry Rogers, Abdul Hamid’s funds, Kalispell workers strike, a mother’s murder suicides in Connecticut, Guam tariff debates, Stephen Barne’s recovery, prison life manhunt, Western Pacific locomotive order, a Henry Wade Longfellow statue unveiling, and Edward VII’s pressure on Ronaldshay over an American heiress.
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Oklahoma
Oscar N. Taylor
Berkeley
Cal
John Junken
Centerville
John T. Carmody
Cedar Rapids
Pennsylvania
Muskegon
Mich
Alberta
British Columbia
Government Board of Conciliation
Harry K. Thaw
Clifford W. Hartridge
Masons of
Indiana
Masonic Temple
Indianapolis
Brockton
Mass
Wilhelmina
Holland
Henry Traue
Fairfield
Ill
New York
Emma Goldman
Vespasian Warner
United States Pension Commissioner
Snell
Clinton
St. Louis
New Orleans
Gilbert
Ira M. Smith
Grand Rapids
Georgia
Roosevelt
Nairobi
Mr. Roosevelt
Kermit
Olive Branch
Miss
James Montague
Belmond
Peckham
Des Moines
Twin Lakes
Frederico Mariani
Tom Johnson
America
Appellate Court of
Col
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Fairhaven
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Kalispell
Mont
Somers
Louise Carston
East Hampton
Conn
Guam
United States
Pacific Ocean
Stephen Barne
White Plains Hospital
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Western Pacific Railroad
Consolidated
Brooks
American Locomotive Company
Henry Wadeworth Longfellow
Washington
Longfellow National Memorial Association
Taft
Edward
Earl of Ronaldshay
Countess of Granard
Disastrous ruling on flagmen dispute in Webster City
Iowa report details Judge Albrook of Eldora sustaining railroad motion after Webster City fought to require flagmen at crossings. The decision hinges on the city’s lack of right to order flagmen at railroads’ expense, ending the city’s long effort.
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Webster City
Albrook
Eldora
Lone Tree
Traer
Mason City
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Catherine A. McCreary
Franklin Benjamin Company of
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Federal Building
Frank A. Nimocks
West Liberty High School
Ida Grove
Senator Stookey
Homer R. Dill
Dolliver Opposes Free Lumber As Cummins Backs It
Washington May 26 Senator Dolliver and Senator Cummins split on tariff revision over the lumber schedule Dolliver voting against free lumber Cummins voting for it when the McCumber amendment was offered. Dolliver argued the duty protects communities with lumber interests and questioned the impact of removing the tariff. He also urged overhaul of rough and finished lumber differentials to reflect current market conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Dolliver
Senator Cummins
Senate
Dolliver
Chicago
Georgian Bay Lumber Company
Southern
Pacific Coast States
Duluth
Iowa
Income tax vote eyed for June in tariff bill debate
Washington May 26 The finance committee plans a vote on the income tax amendment by June 10 if Bailey renews his motion. Aldrich hopes for a vote on the bill itself soon after and expects adjournment by June 25 at the latest.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Committee On Finance
Bailey
Aldrich
Congress
State Courts No Jurisdiction In Iowa City Case
Representatives of food products made in other states are immune from state laws and are only triable in United States courts. Judge Howell rules merchant J. E. Eckenrod must be tried under US pure food laws if at all. Iowa will likely appeal the decision.
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Iowa City
Iowa
United States
Howell
J. E. Eckenrod
Eckenrod
Revival Campaign In Estherville Under Lyon
Estherville Iowa churches begin a month long union evangelistic drive led by Milford H. Lyon and his team. A large tabernacle built for the meetings draws nightly crowds as the campaign starts May 26.
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Estherville
Milford H. Lyon
Escapee Captured in Sioux City Breakout Case
May 26 report from Sioux City Iowa states James Cullen, who escaped with Frank Brice from Dakota City jail, was captured by Sheriff Nascal at Ponca. Cullen will be sent to the penitentiary for one year on larceny charges. Brice remains at large.
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Burlington High School
Grand Opera House
Charles E. Shelton
Simpson College of Indianola
Wabash
Geo. B. Chapman
Des Moines
Grundy County
Reinbeck
Fritz Strohbehn
Grundy
W. J. Fowler
Postal Telegraph Company
Marshall Town
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Crawford County
Denison
Zimmerman Steel Company
Lone Tree
Charles City
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Interurban Company
Newton & Northwestern
Fort Dodge Junction
Rockwell City
Newton Road
Waterloo
Indianola
Hanly
Indiana
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Hughes
What Cheer Board of Education
T. M. Pratt
Grant Park School
Anna Shay
Penn Township
Iowa City
Johnson County
Lincoln
Fifty-ninth
Iowa National Guard
Chariton
Hubbard
G. V. Orr
Lorimer
Vera Lighthall
Alden
Daisy Boylan
Franai Schnieder
Monticello
Lena Inskeep
Hazel Chamberlain
McIintyre
Geneva King
Newton
W. J. O’brien
Carrol Driving Park
Sioux City
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Lucas County
Mary Mallory
Jessie Mallory
Jamison
Ottumwa
Iowa Retail Merchants’ Association
Davenport
Billy Sunday
Mose Arquette
Marshalltown
Rev. H. Specht
Gladbrook
Northdorf
Tripoli
James Cullen
Frank Brice
Dakota City
Nascal
Ponca
Brockwell
Brice
Seattle Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Opens
Opening ceremonies in Seattle on May 26 run one hour eighteen minutes then feature President Taft pressing the golden key at the White House to start the exposition.
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Seattle
Farmers Gather in Memphis Under Union President Barrett
Representatives of the farmers' union from nineteen states meet in Memphis Tennessee with President Barrett presiding.
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Memphis
Tenn
Farmers’ Union
Barrett
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Perry Society
Rebekah Lodge
Joseph Hutterer
Hutterer
Cresco
J. Linderman
Edith Holmes
Paullina
Carroll
Simpson College
Cummins
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