Attempt on President Taft in Columbus Hotel
An allegedly insane woman attempted to attack President Taft at a Columbus hotel. A secret service agent restrained her and a knife was found on her. Taft was unharmed. Police detained the suspect, Carolyn Beers of Greenville, Ohio, who claimed to be the president’s wife and said she had a “sacred knife.”
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Columbus
Taft
Secret Service
Southern
Caroline Beers
Greenville
Ohio
Carolyn Beers
Cincinnati
Sauer Kraut Day Draws 10000 to Ackley Iowa Festival
Ackley Iowa hosted Sauer Kraut Day with more than 10 000 visitors. Free kraut and wieners fed the crowd as a dozen barrels of kraut and 1000 pounds of wiener wurst were consumed. Athletic contests and attractions complemented the program as growers forecast ample cabbage for winter sauerkraut production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley
Iowa
Mosbys Men Hold Nineteenth Bull Run Reunion
Groveton Va Aug 29 Mosbys men the Forty third battalion Virginia Cavalry Army of Northern Virginia held their nineteenth annual reunion on the field of the second Bull Run battle. Veterans shared war stories songs and speeches and an old fashioned dinner was served by the Bull Run Chapter UDC. Mosbys troopers once numerous are now few but vow to carry on reunions while any survive. Col Mosby disbanded the troopers three weeks after Lee surrendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groveton
Forty-third Battalion
Virginia Cavalry
Army of Northern Virginia
Bull Run
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Mosby
Virginia
Lee
Col. Mosby
Million mourners march for Will Booth at London funeral
In London on August 29, a vast Salvation Army cortege carried General Will Booth to Abney Park cemetery. Twenty nine thousand Salvationists in 51 brigades led by forty bands joined by about a million mourners, with the Lord Mayor, Queen Victoria and continental notables present as 5,000 soldiers and sailors accompanied the procession. The ceremony paused to honor the founder among the city’s mourning populace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
Salvationists
Will. Booth
Abney Park Cemetery
England
Continent
Davenport man injured in auto crash near Grinnell
Four miles east of Grinnell on Friday a car skidded on a bridge and plunged into a ditch. Tom McCarthy of Davenport suffered internal injuries and was hospitalized while Tom Walsh and Reed Lane returned home. The vehicle, owned by Walsh, struck the bridge railing before leaving the roadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Tom McCarthy
Davenport
Tom Walsh
Reed Lane
Walsh
Dying Clerk Uses Telephone to Bid Farewell
William Haskin a Denver court clerk died after a hospital stay during which he used a telephone to speak to friends. He called several old friends saying he had only hours to live and then collapsed and died within an hour.
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Denver
Colo
William Haskin
Haskell
Jack
Billy Haskin
Official Scorer Killed in Auto Crash at Elgin Races
In Elgin Illinois on August 30 J R Ballinger official scorer for the races was killed when the steering gear failed and the car left the road. His brother Leon Ballinger was seriously injured in the crash while en route to the event.
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Elgin
Ill
J. R. Ballinger
Leon
Ballinger
Kidney cure claim from Georgia man
T L Parks of Murrayville Georgia Route 1 in his 73rd year says a 50c bottle of Foley Kidney Pills cured his kidney and bladder trouble. He reports back pain and bladder irregularities ceased and claims the pills contain no habit forming drugs. L S Bradshaw Co Sept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Parks
Murrayville
L. S. Bradshaw & Co
Montana Lands Put Up For Record Public Sale
In Helena Montana on August 30 4 000 acres in Granite county lead the first public auction marks largest state land sale. Sequential auctions planned in September and October aim to dispose of about 300 000 acres more suitable for farming or grazing.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Granite County
Land sale restriction: no land sold below ten dollars per acre
The text states a legal limit on land sales restricting sales to not be below ten dollars per acre per the law. It specifies an explicit minimum price for all parcels involved in the sale.
Kindergarten Entrance Rules For Five Year Olds
A notice to parents states children who are five or will be five before January 1 1913 may enter kindergarten next Monday. Those not five by that date must wait until fall. A six year old in the primary grade should start in kindergarten at five. One year in kindergarten guarantees entry to the primary the following year. All pupils must bring a paper with name and address to school Monday. Hours will be announced tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Tribune
Bachelors Charged With Race Death and Graft Opposition
Chicago reports a tumultuous mayoral platform by Mrs Nee Copley Baum sister of Congressman Ira Copley. She calls bachelors responsible for race death by their action and urges municipal reform run by women. She promotes taxing bachelors and marriage to curb selfishness.
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Nee Copley Baum
Santiago
California
President Wood Surrenders to Police in Strikes Case
Boston August 30 President Wood of the American Woolen Company surrendered to police in response to an indictment for criminal conspiracy connected to the Lawrence strikes last winter. He was admitted to five thousand dollars bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Wood
American Woolen Company
United States
Lawrence
Lawrence strike leaders deny Wood conspiracy claims
Giovannitti, a Lawrence strike leader, asserts President Wood backed prosecutions against strike leaders. Wood denies knowledge of any dynamite plot to blow up laborers’ houses during the Lawrence strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Wood
Lawrence
Connecticut Republicans hold caucuses for state convention
Republicans across Connecticut held local caucuses to choose delegates for the state convention in Hartford next week. Judge Silas A. Robinson of Middletown, retired from the state supreme bench, is the only name prominently mentioned for the gubernatorial nomination.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Silas A. Robinson
Middletown
Vermont Elections Loom In Tight Governor Race
Montpelier Vermont August 30 Vermont gears up for statewide polls next Tuesday electing a governor and other state officers representatives to Congress and legislators The contest features five candidates Republicans Democrats Progressives Prohibitionists and Socialists with Allen M Fletcher and Harlan B Howe heading major tickets Roosevelt and Taft fallout influencing campaign strategy and forecasts of party plurality.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Congress
Taft
National
Roosevelt
Green Mountain
Chicago
Thomas H. Brown
Rutland
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
Marshall
Allen M. Fletcher
Harlan B. Howe
St. Johnsbury
Fraser Metzger
Mother and four perish in flames in Kingsland NJ
Fire in Kingsland New Jersey claims the lives of Mrs Barboro and four children aged twelve years to five months. Emile Barboro saves one child by throwing him from a second story window as the house burns.
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Kingsland
N. J
Barboro
Emile Barboro
Wilson Declares After Big Game at Guardsmen Rally
Sea Girl New Jersey Aug 31 Governor Woodrow Wilson greets hundreds of guardsmen at the National Rifle Association gathering and says comradeship in arms surpasses other forms of fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Girl
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
National Rifle Association
Hunter of Political Big Game Vows Bold Retaliation
A speaker declares he does not fight for himself but for his country. He says he has long carried arms in the political jungle in pursuit of a powerful adversary. He expects to secure the foe’s downfall and display the trophies in his den.
Runaway Crash Injures Selma Cattle Man Near Fairfield
Mr. Van V. Baldwin of Selma was thrown from a bogey when a horse shied off a four year old child near the Fair Grounds. He suffered a dislocated ankle and torn ligaments and was taken to the Leggett House for treatment. The injuries are painful and will keep him confined for some time.
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van V. Baldwin
Selma
Fair Grounds
Baldwin
Fairfield
Mr. Baldwin
Ife
Leggett House
Gaumer
GIVES UP ASCENT OF MOUNT McKINLEY
Prof Werschell C. Parker of Brooklyn and Belmore Brown of Tacoma abandon mount McKinley attempt after three tries. They left Seattle for home with Parker greeting his bride and infant son at the pier. They previously reached 10 000 feet and 11 000 feet before storms forced retreat.
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Seattle
Wash
Mount McKinley
Werschell C. Parker
Brooklyn
N. Y
Belmore Brown
Tacoma
Parker
Prof Parker
Four Die in Pennsylvania Train Wreck Near Conway
Four laborers killed seven injured as passenger train collides with a wrecking crew train in Conway Pennsylvania. The incident occurred as the Cleveland bound passenger train struck the wrecking train in the yard.
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Pittsburg
Conway
Cleveland
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Praised by Georgia Family
Mrs. J. N. Hill of Homer Georgia says Foley's Honey and Tar Compound cures coughs colds and prevents croup. She uses it for five children and trusts it for all winter illnesses. L. S. Bradshaw & Co, Sept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Hill
Homer
Foley
L. S. Bradshaw & Co
Sept
Miners Battle With Detectives in Cabin Creek Clash
In Charleston West Virginia on August 31 striking miners clashed with guards at Cabin Creek. Detective Hines and a miner were hospitalized with injuries after Hines tried to arrest a miner. Over 200 shots fired. two wounded sought medical aid.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cabin Creek
Hines
Joker Found In Pure Food Law Amendment
Washington August 30 That the amendment to the pure food law which Congress has just passed de- scribed as a measure to curb misbranding and protect consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Wiley Warns on Sherley Amendment Against Fake Medicines
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley declares the amendment targets false and fraudulent claims on medicine labels and advertising. He notes legal hurdles to convictions, praises the Sherman amendment as strong, and warns vendors of fraudulent preparations face a legal victory in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Pure Food
Dr. Wiley
Sherley
Leader in Sun Cult To Face Justice Bar
Otoman Zar Adusht Han ish leader and founder of the Mazdaznan sun cult will face federal charges in Chicago as trial opens. He is indicted for sending obscene literature to a Brookfield Missouri woman after his father Richard E. Harnish testified about his son’s life story. Followers include women of social prominence in Chicago Montreal and Lowell Mass where cult branches existed.
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Chicago
Ill
Otoman Zar Adusht Hanish
Harish
Brookfield
Richard E. Harnish
Milwaukee
Sun Cult
Harnish
Persia
Zoroaster
Montreal
Lowell
Mass
Mazdaznan
Foley Kidney Pills Advertises Kidney and Bladder Relief
An advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder troubles and urinary irregularities. The copy claims quick, permanent relief and safety, noting the yellow package and listing Bradshaw & Co as publishers in September.
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Booth
President Wood
C. S. Smith
Smith
Prohibition
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Justice Bar
L, S, Bradshaw & Co
Dolly
Sam
Sam Boughner
Fairfield and County
Grimes Golden, Jonathan
M. B. Twigs
Stayman
Ben Davis
F. S. Simpson & Son
Sanford Zeigler
0. W. Green
H. C. Alston
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