London Suffrage Parade Draws Half Million To Dense Demonstration
Half a million people packed Clyde Park and surrounding streets as women in white dresses with green white and purple sashes urged votes for women. About twenty speakers addressed the crowd amid color and songs while ambulances ferried minor injuries. Police reinforcements were required after scuffles near Mrs Parkhurst and Mrs Martel’s platforms. thirty people treated for minor injuries.
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London
England
Clyde Park
Twenty Injured In Wreck On Wabash Railway
A collision between a passenger train and a freight train on the Wabash near Pendleton Missouri injured twenty people. About 140 passengers were aboard the train. Engineer Christ Smith sustained a broken leg and internal injuries and was taken home to Montgomery City Missouri. Mail clerks W W Barrill H E Hubbard and W J Cleary also suffered serious injuries and were hospitalized at Moberly Missouri.
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Louis
Pendleton
Christ Smith
Montgomery City
WW. Barrill
H. E. Hubbard
St. Rauig
W. J. Cleary
Kansas City
Moberly
Prohibition Bill Signed in North Carolina by Governor Glenn
Governor Glenn signed the prohibition measure in Raleigh with state leaders present. Official vote: 113,612 for prohibition and 69,416 against. twenty of ninety eight counties voted wet. Temperance supporters presented banners noting Buncombe for largest majority and Yancey for highest percentage despite ten votes against.
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Evermor Glenn
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Glenn
Prohi
Buncombe
Prohibition
Yancey County
Auto capsizes near Le Wallerton killing S O Minter
A trial trip accident two miles north of Le Wallerton Cal. S O Minter 35 died instantly when his auto went out of control on a slight incline. The machine dumped over a three foot bank and a probe pierced his neck before overturning. Authorities believe fainting from weakness contributed to the crash.
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le Wallerton
Cal
S. O. Minter
Minter
Miller
Williams Resigns as Democratic Leader in Congress
Washington 1908 John Sharp Williams resigns from the leadership of the Democratic members of the House effective at the start of the next session. He says the quit is delayed by current controversy and notes the next speaker’s experience and party control could affect leadership.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
John Sharp Williams
Henry D. Clayton
Cucus
House of Representative
Mix. Williams
Williams
Explosion on German steamer Arcadia kills one in Philadelphia
An explosion aboard the Arcadia from Hamburg in Philadelphia injures about sixteen and leaves one dead, a Black stevedore, with many others missing or burned. Fire followed the blast but the ship was saved. causes likely gas buildup in closed holds.
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Philadelphia
Arcadia
Hamburg
Washington Avenue
Delaware River
Crippled Hero Saved Comrades From Drowning in Brooklyn
Joe Gilligan an 18 year old from New York Morristown New Jersey lost both legs and one arm in a trolley accident in Brooklyn. He heard Alexander Patterson and Eustace Monahan crying for help at a gravel pit pond and saved them despite his handicap. Gilligan swam with the right stump and left arm to shore guiding Patterson who could not swim and pulling Monahan from the water. The boys were on a damaged boat when it capsized in ten feet deep water.
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New York City
Morristown
N. J
Joe Gilligan
Brooklyn
Alexander Patterson
Eustace Monahan
Gilligan
Betting clash over pari mutuel system at Latonia track
In Cincinnati the Kentucky Racing Commission and Latonia Jockey Club clash over betting methods as the spring meeting opens. French pari mutuel machines installed in betting sheds show public approval, but club receipts fall short, with officials citing daily losses up to 1000 dollars. The machines yield five percent commission to the club on all wagers.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky Racing Commission
Latonia Jockey Club
Butler Becomes Nobleman in Germany Inheritance Twist
Theodore von Thien, a Richmond, Virginia butler for twelve years, was told by French and German consuls in Washington that he is the heir to a German count’s vast estates. His brother August lives in New York and handles the inheritance as Theodore continues his Richmond job. The revelation came as Theodore was scrubbing his employer’s doorsteps.
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Germany
Richmond
Theodore von Thien
Count von Thien
Washington
August von Thien
New York
Georgia Claims Fastest Battleship Title At Sea
Officers and crew of the battleship Georgia insist they hold the fastest ship in the navy. On a Bremerton run south to the California coast she reportedly maintained 19.5 knots for four consecutive hours.
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San Francisco
Cal
Georgia
Bremerton
Navy Yard
California
Battery Dix Soldiers Injured At Fort Wadsworth Practice
New York National Guard Battery Dix men were injured during a 6 inch gun firing at Fort Wadsworth during a mimic war. Privates McDowell Harvey and Welsh suffered severe injuries including a broken arm, crushed skull, and internal damage. Two may die tonight.
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New York City
Dix
Ninth Regiment
New York National Guard
Fort Wadsworth
McDowell
Harvey
Welsh
Cholera Strikes Camp Grego Severe Death Toll Rises
Cholera outbreaks hit Camp Grego with three scouts and one civilian dead and quarantine imposed. Lieutenant Jones and Lieutenant Muldoon among affected as Pangasinan reports ninety-three cases in twenty four hours with sixty fatalities. The collier Caesar arrives with submarines for the station.
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Manila
P. 1
Grego
Jones
Muldoon
Philippine Scouts
Pangasinan
Luzon
Caesar
Sunday School Convention Closes with Delegates Elected
The International Sunday School association wrapped up its twelfth triennial convention at the armory in Louisville Kentucky amid heat and hurried schedules. Delegates elected H J Heinze of Pittsburg and Justice J J MacLaren of Toronto to attend the next world peace conference in London.
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Louisville
International Sunday School Association
Armory
London
Tne Association
H. J. Heinze
Pittsburg
J. J. MacLaren
Toronto
Good Law and Pure Food Act Improve Meat Quality
Inspectors in major cities monitor meat products for standard compliance under the Pure Food Law. Daily, about forty samples are sent to Washington for chemical analysis, with a decreasing rejection rate and broader market quality gains. Officials credit the law with deterrence and incentives for better goods from packers.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Washington
Bureau of Animal Industry
Iy Aos Aft
D. C
Sherman in Hospital After Gallstone Illness
Cleveland Ohio Representative James Schoolcraft Sherman Republican candidate for vice president has been removed from Governor Herrick home to Lakeside Hospital. He is a gallstone patient, holding his own. If his condition improves, doctors say surgery may not be needed. Physicians credit his abstinent habits for his strength against the illness.
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Cleveland
Ohio
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Herrick
Lakeside Hospital
Sherman
W R Leeds Dies Suddenly in Paris Ritz Hotel
W R Leeds, prominent American financier aligned with Rock Island interests, died suddenly at the Ritz hotel in Paris. He had been in poor health for several years and his death marks the end of a long career in major enterprises.
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Paris
France
W. R. Leeds
Ritz
Leeds
Rock Island
Spanish King Welcomes Second Son to Royal Family
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria celebrate the birth of a second son on May 10 1907. The monarch pardons a condemned prisoner after learning of the birth, delaying the morning execution.
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Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Madrid
Spain
Victoria
Ena
Battenburg
Prosperous South Fueled by New Industries Report
Chattanooga list highlights recent southern state industrial growth with Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee entries. Notable investments include canning factories lumber and mining companies chemical works and textile mills across cities such as Florence Mobile Macon Winston Salem Nashville Darlington Sumter and Knoxville area firms.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Alabama
Florence
Lumber
Barnwell
Russellville
New Decatur
Mobile
Huntsville
Florida
Orlando
Jacksonville
Woman races time to catch steamer to Europe
Mrs. Robert 8. McCormick, wife of the former American ambassador to France, won a fifteen minute race against time to sail aboard the steamer Kasserine Auguste Victoria. Delays in Chicago and Jersey City nearly endangered her departure, but a special tug ferried her to Hoboken and she boarded just as the ship began its voyage.
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New York City
Robert 8. McCormick
France
Europe
Jersey City
Hoboken
Woman Must Die in Auburn Double Murder Case
Watertown New York Mary Farmer 23 was found guilty of first degree murder for killing neighbor and friend Mrs Savaran Brennan 55 on April 23 to gain Brennan home deeds she forged in October Brennan’s body hacked with a hatchet stuffed in a trunk Justice Rogers sentenced her to be electrocuted at Auburn prison the week of August 2 Her husband faces similar indictment as accessory to the crime.
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Mary Farmer
Watertown
N. Y
Savaran Brennan
Justice Rogers
Brennan
Slander charge leads to small fine in Atlanta court
Tom Sullivan paid 15.75 at the recorder's court in Atlanta after calling a woman a goat while on the phone with another lady. The report notes broad diversions from rail dividends to distant disasters and church leadership changes.
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Tom Sullivan
Recorder’s Court
Atlanta
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Madrid
Spain
Africa
Congo
Ville de Bruges Las May
Charles Henry Brent
Philippine Islands
Washington
Henry V. Satterles
Brent
Polis
St. Paul
Minn
Woman Restored to Health After Seven Years with Pinkham Remedy
Sallie French of Pancannla Indian Territory writes that years of female troubles left her run-down until she used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring her strength and health after seeking advice from Mrs. Pinkham.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sallie French
Pancannla
Ind
Ter
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills and has cured thousands troubled by displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and other symptoms. Women are invited to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Model Villages In Hungary Under Agricultural Aid
The Agricultural Ministry expands model village programs in Hungary. The state allocated 32 874 acres for sixteen settlements housing 1590 families. Igazfalva and Szilagyi are newly formed, with thirteen centers revived. Low church costs, cheap land, long purchase terms, and 2 4 percent interest aid Transylvania. Over 2 250 000 crowns repaid. 150 000 crowns remain. Seeds trees cattle supplied. road work funded.
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Hungary
Agricultural Ministry
Igazfalva
Szilagyi
Transylvania
Budapest
Pall Mall Gazette
Grape-Nuts Vows Balanced Nutrition Across Life Stages
A testimonial extols Grape-Nuts as a perfectly balanced food delivering brain and nerve sustenance for all ages from infancy to old age. The author, over sixty and weighing 165, credits Grape-Nuts with improved nerve power memory and well being. others in the family also use it daily with milk or cream.
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Husban
Postum Co
Mich
Wellville
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First Cavalry
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