Week of notable travel and appointments in high society
Dr Frederick A Cook seeks rest near New York with secrecy around his location. James M Green of Trenton was elected president of the Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools at its Washington convention. Evangelist J Wilbur Chapman and Charles Alexander returned to Victoria carrying news of Australia and the Orient. Mrs W F Goodspeed and Miss Helen Deshler toured the world with safety claims for women traveling alone. Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and children returned from Europe. Miss Bessie Wood Aspinwall and Lieut Hayden Wagner married in Newburg. James L Davenport named pensions commissioner after Vespasian Warner resigns. Taft appoints W J Mills as New Mexico governor. Baron Rosen and baroness sail to New York. Annette Gardner Munro named dean at University of Rochester. Warner resignation noted. Windsor (incorrect) referenced as reason. Duke of Roxburghe breaks leg while riding. duchess May Goelet at his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Cook
New York
James M. Green
Trenton
N. J
Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools
Washington
J. Wilbur Chapman
Charles Alexander
Binger
Australia
Orient
Victoria
B. C
China
W. F. Goodspeed
Helen Deshler
Columbus
Theodore Roosevelt
Bessie Wood Aspinwall
Newburg
N. Y
Hayden W. Wagner
Dekalb
James L. Davenport
Vespasian Warner
Taft
W. J. Mills
New Mexico Supreme Court
Baron Rosen
United States
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Cherbourg
Annette Gardner Munro
Portland
Ore
University of Rochester
United States Pension
Mar
Warner
Duke of Roxburghe
Quorn
May Goelet
Anti Saloon League of America
Chicago
Wilson
Iowa Implement Dealers’ Association
Des Moines
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Hughes
Charles A Towne
New York City
Cuba
Zayas
Gomez
Ludlow
Mass
Ludlow Manufacturing Association
Walter Wellman
Robert E. Peary
Cook
Verand
Paris
Fallieres
Manuel of
Portugal
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Congress
W. Lh Park
Union Pacific Railroad Company
New York and New England Association of Railway Surgeons
Scott Shaft
Shamokin
Thomas C. Giddings
New York Customs House
Loeb
James H. Dobbs
William Thompson
Emmeline Parkhurst
Philadelphia National Baseball Club
Horace S. Fogel
John Kling
Hatfield Conrad
Highland Cemetery
Great Falls
Mont
Maj
H. D. Bulkey
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Baltimore
Margaret Smith
Minnie Wright
Rochester
May van der Gughte
Winnipeg
Man
Montreal
Trans
Belgium
Children’s Aid Society of
Christian Church
Beaver
Okla
R. R. Coffey
Lake Michigan
Multiple Disasters Hit Davenport Fire and Mines News
In Davenport Iowa a three hour blaze imperiled homes after origin in the A N Roberts warehouse. In Cherry Illinois mine efforts to recover 150 or more bodies were halted as flames endanger the shaft incinerating remains. Andrew Nelson and Thomas Smith died from gas in Harrisburg Southern wines near Eldora Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew*Nelson
Thomas Smith
Harrisburg Southern Wines
Eldora
Davenport
A. N. Roberts Company
Joss Sa
United States
Department of Agriculture
David Simpson
Mint Hill
N. C
Will Harris
Frederick A. Cook
Theniversity
Copenhagen
Hts
North Pole
Walter Lonsdale
Cook
New York
Denmark
House of Commons
Chicago
Chast
France
Wash‘ington
Annual Meeting Notes and World News Highlights
The 1909 program includes a five day superintendents conference and a four day national convention in Chicago. Secretary Wilson reports 1909 the most prosperous year for farmers with farm products valued at 8.76 billion. Other items cover Cuban politics, Ludlow Massachusetts evictions, Peary Cook dispute, rail safety figures, and naval humanitarian gifts.
Ballinger Urges Vigorous Prosecution of Land Frauds
Ballinger's annual interior report urges relentless pursuit of land frauds, warns that vast timber and public lands were obtained illegally, and calls for continued prosecutions and tighter administration under private enterprise with federal supervision. It also outlines a $30 million reclamation fund bond proposal and favors reorganizing the Indian bureau and modernizing park policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reclamation Fund
The
Indian Bureau
Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
James R. Garfield
Ballinger
Hitchcock
Garfield
Wbite
Congress
Reclamation Service
Reclamation
New York
Chicago
Omaha
St. Louis
San Francisco
Yelowstone
Yosemite National Parks
Uncoupte exchange on rail car sparks boastful claim
A Scottish clergyman and a long-time railway worker debated tenure in a carriage. The minister boasted thirty years as a coupler, while the worker countered that he could uncouple and the minister could not.
Ring Engraving Choice Sparks Customer Debate
A jewelers scene captures a youth requesting inside engraving for a ring reading From Guy to Gwenyth. The jeweler notes the client may later change Gwenyth to Gladys or Irene, prompting a cautious approach to depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy
Gwenyth
Gladys
Irene
What’s the yes aske the philosopher of Folly
The fragment presents a colonial era philosophical riddle about judgment and human nature. The text is incomplete but suggests a dialogue on truth and folly within a reflective essay or aphoristic piece.
Sweeping Reforms in Naval Affairs
Washington announces the Meyer plan to reorganize the navy department with four new advisers and two divisions. Changes include abolishing the board of construction and the bureau of equipment, shifting influence to line officers, and creating divisions for material personnel operations of the fleet and inspection. Rr. Adm. Richard Wainwright leads fleet operations adviser, Rr. Adm. W P Potter personnel adviser, Rr. Adm. Wm Swift material adviser, and Capt. Aaron Ward inspection adviser who becomes rear admiral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Meyer
Navy Department
Navy Yards
Navy-Yard
Board of Construction
Bureau of Equipment
Bureau of Navigation
Wm. Swift
Boston Navy Yard
Aaron Ward
New York Harbor
Reginald F. Nicholson
Board of Inspection and Survey
Potter
Sperry Board
Newberry
WETS' Victory Over Prohibition Proposed Amendment
In Alabama a proposed constitutional prohibition amendment was defeated by about 22 000 votes amid high turnout. Voters statewide participated as women and children prayed at polls and bands played to drown voices. Analysts expect the next legislature may alter or reverse current laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Miner Killed By Gas Explosion Near Marion Ill
A gas explosion in a nearby mine killed Frank Morrow and entombed about 100 miners. Rescue teams saved many by using the mine cage to bring them to the surface after the cage remained undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Marion
Frank Morrow
Tobacco Markets Open in Clarksville Tennessee
Tobacco market opens in Clarksville with favorable conditions and expectations of large deliveries. Prices show low leaf at 7 to 7.75, common leaf 8 to 8.75, and medium leaf 9.25 to 10.26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Tenn
Bank robber sentenced in Madison for Mazomanie attempt
George Benton a 19 year old from Mazomanie was sent to the state reformatory for 14 years after trying to rob the People's Bank. The crime occurred near Madison Wisconsin and Benton faced a district court verdict and sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
George Benton
People’s Bank
Mazomanie
Here
State Reformatory
All Motions Denied in Sugar Refining Case
New York. All motions of all employees of the American Sugar Refining Co. indicted for defrauding the government were denied, and jury selection for their trial began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Sugar Refining Co
Industrial Revival Gains Steam Across Sectors
New York K G Dun Weekly Review reports favorable industrial conditions remain unchanged with production at an enormous rate. Steel demand stays heavy while cotton prints lift on a higher basis and woolens, worsteds stay active. Footwear trade improves and leather and hides stay strong despite softer yarns and mixed mercantile activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
K. G. Dun & Co
West
Fall River
Philippines
Cross Currents in Trade and Wheat Outlook
New York Bradstreet reports colder weather and holidays boosting retail trade and dampening country trade due to bad roads. Cotton prices restrain wholesale output while prints advance. Industrial demand remains high, iron and steel active. pig iron softer. US Canada weekly failures totals. wheat and corn exports for week and 21 weeks show declines from prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet
United States
Canada
Market Reports from Cincinnati Nov 29 Flour Wheat and Livestock
Flour markets hold steady with winter patent at 5.60 to 5.90 while spring patent sits 5.60 to 5.90. Wheat prices range with No 2 red at 1.28 to 1.26 and No 3 at 1.10 to 1.17. Corn and oats show steady action with mixed and white varieties priced around 69 to 60 cents for new corn and 42 to 43 cents for No 2 white oats. Hay values hold with No 1 timothy around 16.00 to 16.25 and clover mixes at 14.25 to 17.75. Mill feed lists bran at 21.50 and middlings 23.50 to 24.50. Cattle receipts total 2,490 with steady market. extras 6.85 to 7. Good to choice 5.25 to 5.00 for heifers. cows 4.50 to 4.00. Calves quiet at 9.25 to 9.50. fall to good 7.25. Hogs receipts 4,756 with active market. good to choice 4.0 to 4.90, mixed packers 3.25 to 8.25, pigs under 110 lb 7.76 to 8.76. Sheep receipts 602 with steady market. extras around 8.50 to 8.75 and choice 8.25 to 9.40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Digest of Advertisements and Health Remedies
A faded compact of ad hints and remedies notes pineapple for indigestion and overexertion tips. It promotes CURE-ETTO from the Home Treatment Association with a $1 course and 20c mailing, plus Mrs L Sage Tea for hair care. Names Mrs L Sage Tea and Mrs L. B. W. appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Home Treatment Association
E. Md. St
Indianapolis
Ind
Cheap Coals and a Laugh at the Railway
A humorous dialogue shows Smythe asking about coal costs while Jones boasts paying nothing and sending his son to grimace at engineers passing the railway line. The exchange captures a light local tone and interaction with rail workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smythe
Jones
Cure using Cuticura soap cured severe skin eruption
An anonymous testimonial from 1907 Chicago describes intense itching that tore skin. After failing other treatments, the author reports relief within days and no further trouble following three weeks using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Krutskoff
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Potter Drug & Cham, Corp
Engagement Announced in Atchison Parlor
Special note from Atchison reports the engagement of Hiram Hardesty and Suzette Snarley announced late evening. They met on Snarley's red sofa as she wore black and no ornaments. The couple cannot recall what was said and admit it was not the first kiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Hiram Hardesty
Suzette Snarley
Miss Snarley
Hypnotism Through the Ages in Medical Thought
An early 20th century reflection notes hypnotism’s long recognition by medicine since the fifteenth century and its examination in thousands of cases by Charcot in Paris and Bernstein in Nancy. It argues that despite long trial its results have not justified broad medical use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charcot
Paris
Bernheim
Nancy
New York
Earth Shape Debate Irrelevant If Practical Harmony Achieved
The article argues that whether the earth is flat or spherical matters little as long as the geometric models align in practice. It emphasizes utility over philosophical correctness and suggests collaboration to reconcile differing theories for workable outcomes.
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Secretary OF the Interior
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Live Stock
Curea
Cuthura
London
Blaster
John GB. Dain
Eng
Solomon
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