Notable Obituaries and Political Notes From Global Briefs
Eddress Anna White head of the North Family of Shakers dies at Mount Lebanon aged 79. Harriman dairy Arden to close. daughter to pursue sheep farming. Mrs. R. R. Brown sister of Gen. Stirling Price dies in West Seattle from blood poisoning. Carl Hagenbeck, zoo pioneer, dies in Stellingen near Hamburg. Central of Georgia workers strike five minutes at Maj. J. F. Hanson funeral in Macon. Cuban army chief Maj. Gen. Pino Guerra resigns. Gomez accepts. Maine Governor-elect Frederick W. Plaisted ill with bronchitis in Augusta. Senator Lafayette Young of Iowa makes maiden Senate speech amid tariff revision debate with Cummins over rules.
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Eddress Anna White
Mount Lebanon
Mass
New York
E. H. Harriman
Arden
N. Y
Stirling Price
Missouri
West Seattle
Carl Hagenbeck
Stellingen
Hamburg
Central of Georgia Road
Macon
J. F. Hanson
Gomez
Pino Guerra
Frederick W. Plaisted
Maine
Augusta
Lafayette Young
Iowa
Senate
Senator Cummins
Cummins
House
Lorimer committee clears Lorimer in bribery probe
The Lorimer investigating committee submitted its unanimous report to the full privileges and elections committee, findings bribery could not be traced to him and his constitutional majority intact. Other items include Taft’s peace assurances and a Swedish banker’s eight year sentence.
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Lorimer
Natonal Assembly
Charles £. Erbstein
Grant McCutchen
Lee O’neil Browne
Taft
American Society For the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes
Washington
P. A. Albert
Sweden
Albert
Ilopango
Salvatore
Anhui
Hua
Four Italian laborers die after cider incident
Reported fatality follows an alcohol mishap at Summit New Jersey where four Italian workers in an elder party suffered burns while a candle was lit during a make believe Christmas celebration. The incident joins a list of diverse 1909–1910 news items across the nation.
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Summit
N. J
Atlanta
Virginia
M. M. Mason
Georgia-Carolina Railroad
American Society For Judicial Settlement of International Disputes
Washington
Capital Investment Company
Chicago
Aurora
Joliet
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Pittsburg
Earl Ward
States Bank of Paradise
Paradise
Kan
United States
West Point
Barry
Andrew Carnegie
Bond Coal Company
Greene
Norton
Jerusalem
Syria
Parasite Mistletoe Threatens Local Trees
Observers warn mistletoe is a parasitic plant that weakens and can kill host trees. Though slow growing, it spreads through regions where it thrives and, if neglected, will ruin successive branches and possibly entire trees.
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Christ
English Women Smoke Pipes Latest Fashion Accessory
The Londono Mail notes that English women favor larger pipes over cigarettes, carrying a briar or a neat meer schaum with a gold card case and chain purse. They prefer cigars to cigarettes, craving a bigger, mellower smoke.
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Londono Mail
Remarkable Cripple Rides Pedalless Bicycle in Leicester
George Anstey aged 12, a Leicester cripple, is praised as a leading cyclist. He uses a two wheeled pedalless machine provided by the Leicester Cripples Guild, with a padded axle cover, and drives it by his hands acting as pedals steering gear and brake.
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George Anstey
Leicester
England
Leicester Cripples’ Guild
Height of aggravation as told by a barman in verse
A London Tit Bits quip describes the eight of aggravation as trying to catch a flea with boxing gloves, told by a shaky booted gentleman in a well known hostelry. The humorist sets his pewter down and speaks with a boastful air about to unleash a good line.
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Fleet Street
London
An Alaskan Luncheon Menu Inspiration from Sitka Craft
A Woman's Home Companion description portrays an Alaskan luncheon setting with 12 woven Indian basketry place covers, Sitka doilies, a central frosted glass vase, four smaller vases, four totem poles, watercolored place cards, abalone nuts, and Indian-made dishes. The menu features halibut chowder, salmon, roast duck, arctic ice cream, and Klondike style cheeses among Alaska themed names.
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Sitka
Yukon
Dialogue from Royal Society anecdote in a banquet scene
Acknowledgment and playfully terse exchange unfold with Mr Cunrox insisting his marriage grants him entry to his wife's events. The banter centers on social acceptance and the perks of being married to the hostess.
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Mr. Cunrox
Amateur Guessing Contest Prize Contested
A contestant was disqualified after officials ruled the brother of a participant a professional. The claim states he is employed in a government bureau, triggering ineligibility for the amateur prize.
Lightning Changs The Manager
A brief note recalls a theater scene where the hero villain and a friend collide as a single actor played all three parts in one night due to the others’ illness. The piece hints at quick changes and acting range.
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Ili
Not Altogether Dead at Exeter Conference
Mr Robert Butler of Marlborough England believed dead after a delegate moved to replace him on Wiltshire’s central committee. Butler rose from the platform to declare he is alive and well and would continue in the role if desired by the conference.
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Robert Butler
Marlborough
England
Exeter
Butler
Wiltshire
Bankers and Bank Notes Highlight Counterfeit Skepticism
Four men tied to Wall Street brokerage circles discuss United States paper currency and counterfeit disappearance. A broker boasts of current public indifference to genuine notes and fails to identify portraits on a ten dollar yellow back, only to reveal it is Michael Hillegas, the first U S treasurer, admitting he did not know moments earlier.
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Wall Street
United States
Gard
Michael Hillegas
New York Tribune
Edison souls and a Baldwin boiler tale
The excerpt quotes Dr Hiram C Cortlandt of Des Moines contrasting Edison on immortality with a humorous anecdote about locomotive construction The girl explains boiler making with sand boxes stove lids and molten metal then the process ends with a boiler being built in a draft room and test runs resulting in a grand ride. The tale lampoons technical explanations with vivid detail.
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Hiram C. Cortlandt
Des Moines
Thomas A. Edison
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Desperate balloon voyage escape from Siberia described
The London Globe recalls a perilous journey in which a balloon rose a thousand feet toward Siberia. The crew faced rarefied air and wolves that detected their presence, triggering a desperate race for survival.
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Siberia
London Globe
Sargent of Whales Captured Off Port Arthur Texas
The largest recorded whale of its kind was captured off Port Arthur Texas. It measured about 93 feet long and estimated age around 300 years. Captain Cole Plummer of a US pilot boat sighted the whale and it was towed ashore for display and photographs before being cut up.
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Sargent
Port Arthur
Tex
Cole Plummer
United States
Rat Bounty Pokes Fun as Seattle Fears Plague
In Merriment Seattle offers ten cent bounty per rat amid buboule plague fears. Tacoma shifts from infection talk to laughter as the ledger notes non residents pocketing the bounty. The joke risks backfiring if Seattle’s rat population appears in the census.
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Seattle
Tacoma
The
Ledger
Everett
Bellingham
Two Very Old Ladies
A Dundee Advertiser note about Frau Dutkievitz of Posem Prussian Poland born February 21 1785 and Babavashka born May 1784 claiming they are the oldest people. Babavashka reportedly worked in fields for nearly a century and lives in Bavelsko with about 100 descendants sharing an allowance. She recalls events from the early 1800s more clearly than recent decades.
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Frau Dutkievitz
Babavashka
Posem
Prussian
Poland
Bavelsko
Dundee Advertiser
Too Ardent a Lover Inspires Paris Prison for Embroiderer
Georgette Fontano an Paris embroiderer living on Rue Sevies caused a brief alarm by breaking a fire alarm to summon her fiance a local firefighter. Fire crews arrived with the firemen angry and she was sent to a month in prison despite her protests.
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Georgette Fontano
Sevies
Paris
Fragmentary Puck quotation hints at Beef 2 ta Mowed
A fragment from Puck features a boastful line about “All flesh being grass” and a joking reference to Beef 2 ta Mowed. The text includes garbled names and stylistic quirks typical of a satirical period piece.
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Wes
Puck
Man’s cruel joy in tears sparks sharp exchange
A quoted remark about finding pleasure in a wife’s tears provokes a rebuttal from Miss Cayenne who notes a husband taking his wife to emotional plays, revealing tensions over affection and propriety.
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Miss Cayenne
Tesla Dines Alone, Radiates Solemn Absorption
The New York Press describes Nikola Tesla dining in a hotel restaurant, a solitary table chosen for visibility. He maintains a studious, absorbed Air throughout the meal, possibly with a portfolio of papers to scan with grave focus.
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Nicola Tesla
New York Press
Holidays In the States and Their Observed Days
The article lists state holidays including Washingtons birthday and Labor Day. It notes Decoration Day skipped in several southern states and mentions local observances tied to battles and independence. It also highlights Columbus Day emerging in a few states and Mississippi following federal holiday practice.
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Washington
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South
Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
New Orleana
San Jacinto
California
Planting Wedding Oaks Across Thuringia
Princess Augusta Wilhelm promotes an old German custom that couples plant two oak saplings after their wedding. Multhausen, Thuringia, is first to respond with municipal officials guiding couples to a roadside planting near their town. The practice originated to repair 30 Years War damage and once barred marriages until fruit trees were planted.
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Augusta Wilhelm
Germany
Multhausen
Thuringia
Brandenburg
Unnecessary Confession At Birmingham Court
A drunk and disorderly suspect caused laughter at Birmingham police court when the dock officer read a list of cases. Mistaking nearby items for his own record, he cried out that a shopbreaking entry eight years old was his, then realized the mistake and blushed as the court and spectators laughed.
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Birmingham
Dot
Birmingham Mail
Libel Suit Over Postum Cereal Ad Claims
A Postum Cereal Co. libel case centers on a dispute with a weekly journal over claims that Grape-Nuts could avoid appendix surgery. The company argues undigested food inflames appendicitis and that predigested foods aid digestion. Expert testimony supported predigested foods and stopping certain foods to prevent attacks. The trial aimed to prove Grape-Nuts is pure and partly predigested and advocates a diet including fruit and cream with Grape-Nuts for better health.
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New York
Chicago
Mishawaka
Ind
Thos. Darlington
N. Y
C. W. Pest
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Jacob M. Dickinson
la Junta
Minaca
Mexico Northwestern and Orient
el Paso
Chihuahua
National League of Baseball Clubs
Bobby” Leach
Niagara Falls
Aileen Christopher
Federal Brick Trust
Luandra
John A. Brown
Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnbull
Baldwin
Rivas
Los Angeles
Cal
Stocks and Bonds Commission
Ita
New York City
Harvard
Ottawa Free Press
London Dispatch
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Postum Ee Eat Ltd
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