Bowen Removed From Service In Loomis Bowen Controversy
President Roosevelt orders Herbert W. Bowen dismissed as United States minister to Venezuela and exonerates Francis B. Loomis after a lengthy probe into the Loomis Bowen controversy. Taft report faults Bowen’s conduct as unworthy while Loomis is praised for restraint amid slander. Bowen defends himself in New York statement, calling the affair a national disgrace.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Bowen
Herbert W. Bowen
United States
Venezuela
Francis B. Loomis
Loomis-Bowen
Prent Roosevelt
Powell
M Howen
Loomis
State Department
New York
Herbert W,wen
Venetia
Howen
Powen
Cyraeas
Department of State
Washingon
Caracas
Loom
Department
Jerome Starts After Equitable Inquiry
New York June 23 District Attorney Jerome opened an inquiry into the Equitable Life Assurance Society and telegraphed Superintendent of Insurance Henricks for immediate copies of his report. He would not comment on his intentions.
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Jerome
Equitable
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Insurance
Henricks
Never Hover a Thought That Won’t Bear Good Results
A terse caution about cautious thinking urges avoiding mental detours that fail to yield positive outcomes. The message emphasizes disciplined mindset and practical focus.
Polish City Bluch Opilt as Troops Storm Barricades
Lodz Poland June 24 troops stormed barricades as 60 000 striking workers turn political. Fifty dead and hundreds wounded reported amid general strike. streetcars shutdown and vodka shop pillage accompany rising violence. Warsaw reports similar turmoil and a bomb trial unfolds.
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Lodz
Russia
Poland
Cty
St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Okrsov
Committee of Ministers
Alexieff Named to Empire Council After Far East Rule
In St. Petersburg on June 24, reports say Admiral Alexieff, once viceroy of the far east, has been made a member of the council of the empire and will keep his post as aide-de-camp general to the emperor. The retirement of Grand Duke Alexis and the far east committee followed by a muted rescript signals imperial disfavor amid the Manchurian venture.
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St. Petersburg
Far East
Admiral Alexieff
Council of the Empire
Alexieff
Grand Duke
Alexis
Far Eastern Committee
Janan
Lake Shore Offers Reward in Mentor Wreck Case
The Lake Shore railway company offers a $2000 reward for the arrest or information leading to arrest of the person or persons responsible for the wreck of the Twentieth Century Limited at Mentor on Wednesday night.
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Lake Shore
Cleveland
Lake Shore Railway Company
Twentieth Century Limited
Mentor
Negro Shot to Death in Tennessee Mob Action
In Nashville on June 21 Simon Ford, a Black man, who assaulted a white woman near Riverside, was taken from jail at Hohenwild by approximately fifty men and shot to death. After arrest he admitted guilt and was identified by the victim. he was brought to the crime scene about ten miles away, suffering wounds and requesting the quickest death.
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Nashville
Tenn
Simon Ford
Riverside
Hohenwild
Ford
Fast Train Disaster Rocks Mentor With Loss of Nineteen
The Twentieth Century Limited wreck near Mentor Ohio left nineteen dead and many injured after the open switch caused the fast Lake Shore train to derail and burn. Officials say a malicious switch act may be involved. Local doctors and ambulances aided victims to Cleveland area hospitals.
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Twentieth Century Limited
Mentor
New York
Chicago
Mentor Station
Lake Shore Road
D. C. Moon
Lake Shore
Esecane
Collinwood
Ashtabula
Painesville
Pay for Tea Wrappings in 1903 Britain
A 1903 estimate shows the British public paid for tea wrappings totaling 5 088 648 pounds of paper and twine. This calculation reflects the cost of packaging for loose and bagged tea in that year.
Nightcaps and Insomnia Opinion Stirs Sleep Debate
A short note from The Draper asserts that wearing a night cap keeps the head warm and guarantees a good night's rest. The piece frames head warmth as the great secret to sleeping like a top.
When Men Cease to Read Books Cambridge Librarian Says Age Forty Ends Reading
A Cambridge free library curator with fifty years on the post concludes that men generally stop reading books after they reach age forty. He cites diminished interest and shifting priorities as reasons for the decline.
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Free Library
Cambridge
England
Acetylene Light Aids Children By Reducing Eye Strain
In Chicago on June 20 a discussion notes that poor lighting from kerosene and coal gas harms sight, while acetylene light provides bright clear steady illumination. It claims acetylene is cheap to produce, install, and pipe throughout homes, schools, churches and institutions, reducing eye defects among children as its adoption grows.
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Chicago
Alice
Misa
Vast Bequests and Vest Buttons Sparked Text Mix Up
Laurence Hutton recalls a 19th century fumbled line in an article about the consolidation of the Astor Tilden and Lenox libraries. He aimed to say New York has been enriched by vast bequests but the phrase came out as vest buttons of James Lenox.
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Laurence Hutton
Astor
Tilden
Lenox
New York
James Lenox
Stones in a bag from a traveling geologist tale
A group of Scots recall a traveling geologist who gave a heavy bag to a man to carry to an inn. He opened it and found stones. He emptied them, then filled the bag again from a cairn to repay the geologist with good measure, joke following about mad Englishmen.
Saved Childs Life in Sedgwick Ark Remarkable Cure
The father of W. B. Taylor’s son credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his child’s dropsy after doctors failed. He reports swelling vanished after eight days on three pills daily and a total of thirty five pills, allowing the boy to run, dance and sing.
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Sedgwick
Ark
Taylor
Dodd
South Carolina Senate Highlight Flags Purple Robe Display
The lieutenant governor presiding over the South Carolina senate wears a purple robe of office. The tradition underscores ceremonial authority and formal proceedings within the chamber.
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South Carolina
Senate
Iowa Denies Blind Physicians in State Exam
Iowa Attorney General Mullan ruled blind persons cannot take the state medical examiner’s certification exam under existing law. The ruling affects J. R. Shike a four-year student at Still College of Osteopathy who planned to graduate and seek certification this month. Regulations require candidates to answer exam questions in writing, which the blind cannot do, so Shike is barred.
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Des Moines
Mullan
Iowa
J. F. Kennedy
State Board of Medical Examiners
J. R. Shike
Still College of Osteopathy
Shike
State Board
Fire destroys Bowman livery barn in Muscatine blaze
A fire at the F. Bowman livery barn in Muscatine caused about 5000 dollars in losses. Thirty horses were saved from the flames as workers fought the blaze. Authorities suspect a hobo started the fire in the hayloft.
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F. Bowman
Muscatine
Zinc Coating Process and London Sandwich Men
The piece notes galvanizing as iron dipped in molten zinc not electrical. It mentions Brussels hosting a grave diggers school whose graduates may seek a sexton post. It highlights 7000 London sandwich men as walking advertisements, many drawn to the role by drink.
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Brussels
London
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