Week in Review: Notables and Nations Amid Fires and Policy
Threatened with pneumonia, William J. Bryan cancels a Jacksonville lecture while Albert I ascends Belgium’s throne in Brussels. Peary hints at a possible pole attempt, and McLaurin dies of heart trouble in Brandon Mississippi. Rockefeller recuperates after appendicitis as Harris dies in Chicago. Various global moves include Nicaragua’s Madrid elected president, a Belgian queen leaving for France, and Utah launched as a premier battleship.
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William J. Bryan
Jacksonville
Fla
Williams
Jennings
Florida
Democratic National Committee
Europe
Albert I
Belgium
Brussels
Peary
New England Society
New York
North Pole
South Pole
United States
A. J. McLaurin
Brandon
Miss
Percy E. Rockefeller
Willam Rockefeller
Greenwich
Conn
Willam A. Harris
Kansas
Lydia M. Mackey
Chicago
Spencer F. Eddy
Balkan States
Owen Kildare
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Washington
Jose Madriz
Central American Court of Justice
Cartago
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Congress
Madrid
Vaughan
Leopold
France
International sanitary convention opens in Costa Rica
The fourth international sanitary convention convened by Dr. Walter Wy man began sessions in San Jose Costa Rica with representation from all American republics. Reports of fires in Grand Rapids Detroit wreckage and a London store fire followed as major incidents in the global news round.
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Walter Wyman
Washington
International Sanitary Bureau
San Jose
Costa Rica
Siegel Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Howard Chandler Christy
Zanesville
Aire
Arding & Hobbs
Clapham
London
England
Walter R. Carroll
Cal
San Francisco
Cape Breton
Boise
Idaho
Federal Grand Jury
Great Western Beet Sugar Company
Florence Crittenton
United States
Aogaemoria
Mharies Nelson Critterton
Corner in Rock Island stock shocks New York market
A dramatic corner in Rock Island common stock sent prices surging to 314 points above a 81 close within minutes and then dropping 31 points. Exchange officials opened an inquiry while figures like Judge Moore and Daniel Reid were away, with theories ranging from accidental order placement to a speculative frenzy.
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New York
Rock Island Common
New York Stock Exchange
The
Stock Exchange
A. O. Brown & Co
Northern Pacific
Rock Island
William H. Moore
Daniel G. Reid
Reid
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
Judge Moore
Chicago
Death Toll Mounts From New England Storm At Sea
New England storms wreck multiple vessels off Massachusetts with the Davis Palmer believed lost near Boston harbor. Nan Tasket, Belle Halliday, and two Martha's Vineyard schooners are reported wrecked or rescued. Provincetown sloop Henna aground. communication lines damaged as recovery work continues.
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New York
Davis Palmer
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts
New England
Cape Cod
David Palmer
Palmer
Nantasket
Scituate
Belle Halliday
Brant Point
Nantucket
Martha's Vineyard
Provincetown
Henna
Plymouth Harbor
Raymond Lloyd Ends Life in Seattle Hotel Room
Raymond Lloyd, a 3 year old rather than a 30 year old man? The source text is garbled.
Slayer Shot To Death Near Junction Bar
Orville Snyder, who killed Arthur Green near Junction Bar, had surrendered to authorities and was taken from Deputy Sheriff J H Casady by masked men. The assailants shot him to death in Canyon City Oregon.
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Slayer
Canyon City
Ore
Orville Snyder
Arthur Green
Junction Bar
J. H. Casady
Three Children Die in Pratt Kansas Fire
Mrs Henry Blantey fled to a neighbor after a blaze at her Pratt Kansas home. The fire claimed the lives of three children and caused extensive damage before extinguishing crews arrived.
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Pratt
Kan
Henry Blantey
Pheno
Indiana Supreme Court Upholds Bounty Law
Indiana Supreme Court, in a 3 to 2 decision, upholds the bounty option law as constitutional. Justice Hadley writes the majority opinion concurred by Monks and Myers with Montgomery and Jordan dissenting. The ruling affirms the conviction of George McPherson for selling whisky and discusses title text and legislative intent, while noting a forthcoming dissenting brief. The report also covers the state land survey fund need, corporate tax blanks, Warrick county assessors funding, and a planned major historical meeting in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Hadley
Monks
Myers
Montgomery
Jordan
George McPherson
State Board of Tax Commissioners
County Council
Warrick County
State Board
J. W. McCardle
Tax Board
Warrick
Attorney General to Decide Health Commissioner Appointment Question
The state board of health asks the attorney general whether a general assembly member who helped enact the health law can be appointed county health commissioner after resigning from the assembly. No opinion yet. The board is also flooded with inquiries from deputy health commissioners about eligibility under the new certification requirements beginning January.
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General Assembly
State Board of Health
J. D. Foot
Blackhawk
Vigo County
Board of Commissioners
State Board
Clty
Shealth Commissionera
Harvest of Ice La Begun Laporte
Northern Indiana ice packers began harvesting ten inch ice from fresh water lakes. The work will provide employment for about 1,000 men across several counties and ensure large shipments of high quality ice to supply the Chicago market.
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Laporte
Indiana
Chicago
Prominent Man Arrested In Washington Assault Charge
Clyde Burton, a leading business and social figure, was arrested in Washington on charges of assaulting Anna Glenn, 19, according to local reports.
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Washington
Clyde Burton
Anna Glenn
Fish electrocuted by trolley wire along line
Fishermen along the Indianapolis Columbus and Southern Traction Company's road hook a wire to the trolley ring and drop it into the stream to charge the water with electricity. Fish are killed or stunned by the current, prompting concern over legal boundaries and safety.
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Indianapolis, Columbua & Southern Traction Company
Fish and Game
Central Canada homestead lure proves fertile and vast
The piece notes that 160 acres offered as homestead or purchase in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta yields well under cultivation with 20 to 60 bushels per acre and 62 to 63 pound wheat. It highlights rail lines schools churches towns and new wealth built by prairie farming and urges readers to consider Canada for a future home while noting the United States may become a wheat importer.
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States
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Grand Trunk Pacific
Winnipeg
Edmonton
United States
Eve's New Costume Causes Puzzled Vogue in Eden
The Chicago Record-Herald quotes Eve lamenting fig leaf fashion after Adam offers consolation that they still have each other. Eve notes isolation now that she must discuss her attire with no other woman.
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Eve
Adam
Chicago Record-Herald
They Came to Bigws: Lobster and Shrimp Fight Sparks Feud
In a local skirmish at Bigws, Lobster and Shrimp clashed after Shrimp taunted Lobster as a measly thle shrimp and Lobster retorted by labeling Shrimp a lobster, escalating tensions between the two rivals.
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State Department
Consul Moffat
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Red Cross
Utah
New York Shipbuilding Company
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N. J
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Senate Finance Committee
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Panama Canal
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W. 8. Schley
National Geographic Society
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