Robbery at Waggoner Bank yields $8100 in Fort Worth
A well dressed highwayman robbed the Waggoner Bank and Trust Company in downtown Fort Worth, taking $8100 in small denomination bills. He escaped before police arrived, leaving cashiers and bystanders shaken as investigators chase leads. The bank insured the loss and offered a $1000 reward, likely matched by the city. Additional reports describe train robberies in Vancouver and Bay City with various loot and escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Waggoner Bank
Walter BH. King
King
Mr. King
Vancouver
3. C
Canadian Pacific
Ducks
St. Paul
Revelstoke
Green Bay
Wis
United Sates Express Company
Decline in U S Exports Shows 1909 Drop Across Goods
Washington reports a $200 million drop in merchandise exports for the fiscal year ending May 1909 versus 1908. Declines span cotton corn wheat meats copper and manufactures with foodstuffs and other goods hardest hit. UK Canada Germany all post lower import totals. The cotton export total through May 1909 reaches $4.3 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa.s
Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Statistics
United Kingdom
Canada
Ban of Heresy Shocks Chicago Ministers Conference
Professor George Burman Foster of the University of Chicago was dropped from the Baptist Ministers Conference of Chicago after denying the divinity of Christ in a recent book. The stormy meeting saw shouting and confusion, but no church expulsion or definitive action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Ministers’ Conference of Chicago
Chicago
George Burman Foster
University of Chicago
Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Chicago
Balloon Honeymoon Ends Near Holbrook After 120 Mile Flight
Newlyweds Roger Noble Burnham and Eleanor Howard Waring took an aerial honeymoon from Pittsfield. The balloon landed a mile from Holbrook, Massachusetts after a 120 mile journey. Burnham is a sculptor from Brookline and Mrs. Burnham is an author from Savannah.
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Roger Burnham
Holbrook
Mass
Pittsfield
Roger Noble Burnham
Broookline
Five Foot Shelf Library Additions by Dr Eliot
Dr Charles W Eliot proposes a five foot shelf of essential English works for general education. New titles include Volpone The Maid s Tragedy Duchess of Malfi The Changeling All for Love Becket Faust Dr Faustus Wealth of Nations Letters of Cicero and Pliny Pilgrim s Progress Tom O Shanter Complete Angler Lives of Donne and Herbert Autobiography of St Augustine Plutarch s Lives Canterbury Tales Imitation of Christ Divine Comedy Origin of Species Arabian Nights and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot
Boston
Mass
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Peterson
Johnson
Volpone
Beaumont & Fletcher
Webster
Progress
Government Introduces New Little Watermelons for U.S. Markets
The Department of Agriculture announces a large government program to raise small watermelons about the size of a canteen, yellow and red, grown nationwide for hotels and dining services. Horace G. Knowles, former American minister to Roumania, discovered them in Romania. The melons may be named Princess Marie to honor Romania’s crown princess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Horace G. Knowles
Roumania
Carpathian Mountains
Department
Marie
Roumlania
Knowles
Tuberculosis Among Hogs Affects U S Slaughtered Herd
Washington officials report rising hog tuberculosis with 2 percent of slaughtered hogs infected. Disease hits packers hard, while Europe shows 6.5 to 7.5 percent. Hogs acquire TB mainly through feeding. alfalfa, oats, corn, peanuts in Arkansas Oklahoma Texas herds associate with lower infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Arlansas
Oklahoma
Texas
60 000 Freight Cars Wanted Reflects Growing Prosperity
New York reports rising railroad car demand as evidence of economic recovery. Orders totaling sixty thousand freight cars are expected soon with major railroads like Pennsylvania for 35,000, Baltimore and Ohio for 10,000, Harriman lines for 4,300, Western Pacific 2,500, Chicago and Great Western 1,000, and Northern Pacific 2,000 in the market.
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New York City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Harriman Lines
Western Pacific
Chicago and Great Western
Northern Pacific
Legless Man Marries Widow in Chicago Area
Earl Moran, a legless 23-year-old vaudeville performer, wed widow Mrs. Julia Davis in Waukegan after meeting her in the South last winter. Davis, 35, came from Plaquemine, Louisiana, to marry him, saying she was kind to him and hoped to make him happy. Moran’s background includes vaudeville work.
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Chicago
Earl Moran
Waukegan
Julia Davis
Plaquemine
Moran
Snow Storm in June Shocks Malone and Franklin County
A mid June snow flurry surprised Duane and other Franklin County areas. The air felt sharp and cool, resembling early April days. The snowfall was brief and melted quickly as it arrived.
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Malone
N. Y
Duane
Franklin County
New Senate Chaplain Chosen in Washington D C
Rev Ulysses Grant Pierce D D pastor of All Saints Unitarian Church was designated by a senate resolution to serve as chaplain until further order He succeeds the late Rev Edward Everett Hale who had led the role and attended the president
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Washington
D. C
Ulysses Grant Pierce
D. D
All Saints Unitarian Church
Senate
Pierce
Edward Everett Hale
Hey seeks end to press gallery in U S Senate debate
Idaho Senator Hey burn calls to abolish the press gallery saying it treats statesmen lightly and harms liberties. He condemns criticism of himself and defends his own stance while blasting the press in his remarks.
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Washington, D. C
Heyburn
Idaho
Confederate States Constitution on loan to Library of Congress
The original permanent Constitution of the Confederate States, adopted March 11 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama, is exhibited in the Library of Congress manuscripts division. It passed through Richmond and was saved from looters by F G Defontaine of Chester South Carolina later owned by W J DeRenne of Savannah and deposited with the Library as a loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Library of Congress
F. G. Defontaine
Chester
Defontaine
G. W. J. DeRenne
W. J. DeRenne
Savannah
Librarian of Congress
Fortify the Mississippi: Commercial Bodies Urge Action
New Orleans commercial groups urge Congress and the executive branch to defend the Mississippi Valley gateways. They demand immediate and adequate fortifications at the river’s entrance and a first class fortified naval base, citing Pan American Canal trade growth and war risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
New Orleans
Naval Bureau
Washington
Mississippi
Panamg Canal
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Mississippi Valley
Dead Brought Back 10 Life 45 Revived In Medical Report
A Medical Record review describes 45 resuscitation attempts after death using direct manual heart massage. Seventeen patients revived, nine fully recovered, eight died after short intervals. Most cases linked to anesthesia. procedures included chest opening, heart massage, and rhythmically squeezing ventricles while supporting artificial respiration and infusions.
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New York
Ster. Aede Banka
Ten Killed in Porter County Trolley Collision
Forty seriously injured in a Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend Railroad wreck in Porter county Indiana as two electric cars head on collide. General Manager H A Wallace says Motorman George A Reed of the eastbound car disobeyed orders and was killed.
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Indiana
South Bend
Ind
Chicago, Lake Shore
Porter County
H. A. Wallace
George A. Reed
Locked in Box Car Girl Survives Three-Day Westbound Ride
Thirteen year old Mabel War ren fell asleep in a Kansas City box car and woke to movement and darkness. After three days the car arrived in Denver where yard workers heard faint cries and rescued her. She was emaciated and taken to the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Denver
Colo
Mabel Warren
Taft and Diaz May Meet at Border of Two Republics
Mexico City reports that President Diaz would welcome a meeting with President Taft at the border this year. Foreign Minister Marigeal says Taft expressed a wish to meet and Diaz indicated pleasure at the prospect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Mexico City
Mexico
Marigeal
Diaz
de la Bara
Taft
Hawaii Strike Sparks Noninterference Pact With Japan
Washington reports that due to treaty understandings the United States and Japan will refrain from intervening in Hawaii strike matters until local courts decide. The State Department and the Japanese embassy issued formal statements confirming noninvolvement. Ambassador Takahira is in Washington, staying in touch with developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
Washington, D. C
State Department
Hawaii
Munster
Takahira
Washington
American Trade Exports Vast Reach in Global Markets
The Bureau of Statistics reports extensive American manufacturing exports across many sectors. Plows and cultivators reach seventy five countries and colonies led by Russia in Europe. other items like billiard balls stove polish candles automobiles streetcars bicycles baking powder watches and textiles target dozens of nations worldwide including Greenland Iceland Gibraltar Tripoli Falkland Islands and China ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Bureau of Statistics
Russia
Europe
United Kingdom
Mexico
Cuba
Central America
Australia
New Zealand
Dutch East Indies
Greenland
Iceland
Gibraltar
Tripoli
Falkland Islands
Canary Islands
Kiao Chau
China
Port Arthur
Talintwan
Morocco
Congo
Africa
Serbia
Roumania
Tasmania
German Oceania
French Oceania
British Oceania
RULES FOR LONG LIFE TELL DIFFERENT CHICAGOAN ON 97TH BIRTHDAY
Chicagoan E. F. Robbins aged 97 offered life rules after breakfast on his birthday. He advised staying cheerful, living simply yet freely, enjoying life with a future view, keeping temper, loving neighbors, avoiding giving advice, observing the Golden Rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Row
Chicago
E. F. Robbins
Lamb bone graft used in first American operation
Chicago physicians report a novel surgery at Frances Willard Hospital where a section of lamb bone was grafted into Docearl Townsend's right leg to repair a compound fracture. The team calls it the first known attempt of its kind in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Docearl Townsend
Frances Willard Hospital
America
Chicago census shows vast subway riders and no seats
The Chicago subway bureau reports an average daily 136,861 straphangers in streetcars and elevated lines, with yearly totals suggesting 45 to 60 million passengers failed to secure seats on trolleys and elevated routes.
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South Carolina
Chicago
Charles Fisher
Alaska
New York
J. P. Clyeus
Chicago Subway Bureau
Texas Crop Delayed As Boll Weevils Spread In Favorable Weather
Memphis dispatch notes crop conditions east of the Mississippi and in Arkansas show backward cultivation and small plants. Rain hindered field work in many districts, with some lands too wet to farm and some crops already foulened. Oklahoma and Texas saw beneficial rain and faster growth, but Texas remains late and boll weevils are increasing.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Pat Calhoun Mistrial Declared in San Francisco Case
Jury deadlocked ten for acquittal and two for conviction in the trial of Patrick Calhoun, president of United Railroads, on bribery charges. The five month case featured Calhoun defending against an alleged $4000 bribe to a supervisor to aid his corporation. Hendry said he would retry if needed. Calhoun voiced disappointment at the verdict.
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San Francisco
Cal
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Patrick Henry
Heney
Calhoun
Fatal Interurban Crash Kills Belton Man At Breazale Crossing
An interurban car of the Anderson Traction Company collided with a car stalled on tracks at Breazale's crossing nine miles east of Anderson. James H. Cobb of Belton, superintendent of Belton Cotton Mills, was killed instantly. Three others injured include Rev. D. D. Richardson of Belton fatally, Rev. I. A. McDowell with a broken shoulder and arm from Ninety Six, and Mrs. D. D. Richardson with body bruises.
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Anderson
8. C
Anderson Traction Company
Breazale’s Crossing
James H. Cobb
Belton Cotton Mills
Belton
S. C
D. D. Richardson
I. A. McDowell
South American President Quits Reyes Flees to Europe
In Colon Panama Advices confirm General Raehel Reyes, president of Colombia, has abandoned office and sailed for Europe. The resignation follows ongoing political turmoil and opposition to his support of the United States Panama Colombia treaty.
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Colon
Panama
Raehel Reyes
Colombia
Europe
Reyes
Barrow Chosen Third Arbitrator in Georgia Railroad Strike
In Washington the Georgia Railroad firemen strike gains a third arbitrator after Bishop Candler declines. Chancellor David C Barrow of the University of Georgia accepts the invitation, citing duty to serve. The decision follows discussions over the arbitration panel.
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Georgia Road
Washington
D. C
Bishop Candler
Georgia
Georgia Railroad
David C. Barrow
University of Georgia
Athens
aAfter
David Barrow
Appointment of Dr. R. Lin Cave as chaplain general
General Evans announces Dr. R Lin Cave will serve as chaplain general of the United Confederate Veterans, succeeding the late Dr. William Jones. Cave, a former Christian Church pastor of West End Nashville and ex Confederate soldier, is praised for his ability and bravery.
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R. L. Cave
Evans
Atlanta
Clementia
R. Lin Cave
The
United Confederate Veterans
William Jones
Nashville, Tenn
Cave
Christian Church
West End
Nashville
Cheaper Flour Expected as Virginia Millers See Crop Shortage
The Virginia Association of Wheat Millers met in Washington where a member said flour prices stay high not because of the Patten wheat corner but due to a 50 percent shortfall in No 2 winter wheat in Virginia. Prices should ease when the July 10 harvest starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Virginia Association of Wheat Millers
Multitude of early 20th century news items span crimes to navy plans
A Chicago restaurant owner learns his wife died then may be buried for another woman. A Seattle woman reports missing money found later, and a high auto output value is predicted. Mississippi bans near beer, Shackleton arrives in London, and Loos receives a pension. A Delaware man uncovers a century-old safe fortune. White year-round strawberries are claimed. Wilson orders packing-house probes, Venezuela clarifies steamer ownership, and two new battleships are sought with turbine power and elevators. Philippine mutiny at Davao leads to injuries and recovery.
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Portersville
John L. Marshall
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Jane Addams
Chicago
A.J. McKelway
Atlanta
Woody
English
Mica
Mitchell County
North Carolina
Supreme Court of Illinois
Katherine Gould
Divcrce
Margaret Montgomery
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Theddore Seliig
Seling
George Shea
Seattle
Wash
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Mississippi
Ernest H. Shackleton
London
England
Royal Geographical Society
Carnegie Foundation
Profesor
Charles Edwin Loos
Transylvania University
Professor Loos
Wes
Transylvania
Nathaniel Conway
Sussex County
Delaware
Conway
Hugo H. Lilenthad
Berkeley
California
Lilienthal
Washington
Wilson
J. F. Harms
East St. Louis
State Department
Venezuela
Nanticoke
Dispatch
Department of Justice
Navy Department
Arkansas
Wyoming
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Ft Worth
Tex
Press Gallery
C.S. A
J. W. DeRenne
Pat” Calhoun
Barrow
Army
Soo
Isthmian Canal
United States Navy
Florida
Utah
North Dakota
Philippine Constabulary
Davao
Philippine Island
Manila
Forbes
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Allen Walker
Philippine Scouts
Davao Province
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