Tappenings Of A Week Highlights Mixed Society Gossip
In Seattle a affidavit by Mrs. Maud Glavis accuses her husband Louis R. Glavis of offering a government post and attorney fees for a divorce. Other notes include Capt. Robert E. Scott joining Terra Nova in New Zealand, a Chicago woman marrying Matsuzo Shofi in Omaha, Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy’s 89th birthday, a jewelry mishap in Manhattan, the death of Joseph Sheffield Van Buren aboard Prinz Estel Friedrich near Naples, excommunication of Princess Agatha of Ratibor for marrying a Protestant.
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Maud Glavis
Louis R. Glavis
Seattle
Wash
Gravis
Robert E. Scott
London
New Zealand
Dorothy Miller
East Thirty Eighth Street
Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Matsuzo Shofi
New York City
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Brookline
Eddy
Florence Mastick
New York
Joseph Sheffield van Buren
Prinz Estel Friedrich
Naples
Egypt
Mr. van Buren
Hongkong
Princess Agatha of
Ratibor
Prince Frederick William
Potsdam
Convention opens as Shallenberger greets visitors in Omaha
Reports from the Associated Advertising Clubs of America convention in Omaha with Governor Shallenberger welcoming delegates. Other items note a planned street car strike in New Orleans averted with wage offers of 22 1/2 to 23 1/4 cents per hour over three years. Taft's Maine coast cruise begins. Speaker Cannon faintness incident near Winfield Kansas. A detective shooting in East Liverpool and subsequent arrest. Harris Ansel Wheeler seeks debt relief in federal court. Strike votes among Grand Trunk and Central Vermont workers show broad support for action. Mary Stout admits shooting deputy state game official John O Connor. Chinese pirates displaced by Portuguese gunboat. A national convention of Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies' Auxiliary in Portland. Railroads and industrials increased disbursements totaling 57.6 million dollars since January 1.
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Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Omaha
Shallenberger
New Orleans
Taft
Beverly
Mass
Maine
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Winfield
Kan
Albert Keddie
Ira Rickett
Anti-Saloon League Force
East Liverpool
O. Keddie
Rickett
Alvin Dawson
Harris Ansel Wheeler
Ilinois National Guard
Chicago
Grand Trunk
Central Vermont
Murdock
John O'Connor
Wermer
Mary Stout
Springfield
Colowan Island
Patria
Hongkong
Oraf Hibernians
Ilary
Portland
Ore
Supreme Court
William J.kelly
Brooklyn
N. Y
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Rock Island
Ill
Theodore Roosevelt
John Struble
Canton
Decatur
Seatland Yard
Hawley H. Crippen
Belle Elmore
North
London
Crippen
Gifford Pinchot
Knife and Fork Club
Kansas City
William Moore
Toledo
Ballinger lauded as Interior chief by inquiry panel
Richard A Ballinger is praised as a wise honest conservative official fit to run the Interior department by a five month joint congressional committee that investigated department affairs. Milwaukee has raised 30000 dollars for entertaining the national grand encampment of the Knights of Pythias meeting August 1 to 10. Former Pittsburg councilman M L Swift Jr jailed for eight months on bribery votes and fined 100 dollars. he will appeal.
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Richard A. Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
Joint Congressional Committee
Department of the Interior
Milwaukee
Knights of Pythias
M. L. Swift, Jr
Pittsburg
Toledo
Atlantic City
Ernst Paul Weber
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Bank of Egypt
Cairo
Pennsylvania the Sweet
A. B. Garrettson
Order of
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hnes
Erie
Buffalo
Chicago
Taft
Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Khergon
Black Sea
Wampoa
Lovki
Detroit
Red Cross
H. B. Gardner
St. Louis
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Harselle
Liege
Kiewit
Chevalier de Laminne
William Pittman
Madrid
Bluefields
Managua
Nicaragua
Olivares
State Department
Dr. Madriz
Tuberculosis Demonstrations Mark Indiana Veterinarians Meet
At the twenty eighth annual convention in Indianapolis delegates witnessed the killing and exhibition of five cattle carcasses infected with tuberculosis. Dr J M Wright of Chicago led the tests with US Inspector Mattatall assisting. Photographs will be archived for records as Dr Peters and others spoke on disease issues.
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Indianapolis
State Veterinarians’ Association
State Biological Laboratory
Fair Grounds
J. M. Wright
Chicago
United States
Mattatall
East St. Louis
A. T. Peters
Paul Juckiness
Lincoln
Neb
FM. Wright
Phil B. Haner
The
Livestock Commission
Dyson
A. J. Lovejoy
Roscoe
Frank D. Whipp
B. R. Burroughs
State Board of Administration
Grace Lutheran Ladies
Typhoid Fever Higher In Southern Indiana Says Board
Dr J N Hurty reports typhoid fever most prevalent in the southern section of Indiana with a death rate of 16.1 per thousand while central and northern regions show 10.6 and 10.2 respectively Diarrheal diarrhages are also higher in the south alongside general disease death rates The board appoints Dr William F King as field officer to assist local officials in improving sanitary conditions statewide.
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J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Indiana
William F. King
Columbia City
Harry
State House
King
Indiana Monument Dedicated At Antietam Date Set
The anniversary of the battle of Antietam on September 17 is chosen for the dedication of the Indiana monument at Antietam, overseen by the Antietam National Park commission. Many city delegates plan to travel to Atlantic City for the G A B encampment from September 19 to 24.
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Antietam
Indiana Monument
Antietam National Park Commission
Atlantic City
G. A.B
Indiana Boys' school eighth grade grants largest class diplomas
Governor Thomas R. Marshall delivered the class address likening life to a ball game and urging no cheating and duty. Katharine York performed a violin solo with Ester Milhouse on piano as superintendent E E York’s son. Guy H. Humphrey presented diplomas noting past classes had no parole violations. Articles of incorporation filed for Westminster Presbyterian church Tolleston Home Telephone Pittsboro and Newport Social Club with listed directors.
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Indiana Boys’ School
Thomas R. Marshall
Katharine
E. E. York
Ester Milhouse
Guy H. Humphrey
Board of Control
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Tolleston
J. B. Sleeger
J. O. James
James F. Jameson
Home Telephone Company
Pittsboro
J. D. Gentry
J. F. Leonard
W. E. Beaman
Social Club of
Newport
BH. Foss
G. W. Phillips
G.0. Yaumans
Train Strike Ties Up Traffic Across Grand Trunk
Montreal reports trainmen and conductors on the Grand Trunk and Central Vermont railways obeyed union orders and walked off, threatening widespread traffic tie-ups though passenger trains were promised to run on schedule. Wage disputes to be settled by arbitration. provincial rail actions include late passenger runs in London Stratford and Sarina. English ownership of Grand Trunk highlights its transcontinental expansion toward Moncton and the Pacific.
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Montreal
Grand Trunk
Central Vermont Railways
Grand Trunk Railway
London
Stratford
Sarina
Toronto
Belleville
Grand Trunk Pacific
Moncton
N. B
Pacific Coast
Man Rescues Passenger From Oncoming Train
O W Nelson of Chicago grasped the iron rod across a locomotive to save Miss Ellen Smakel as their car stalled on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul track at Roselle. The automobile was demolished but both escaped serious injury.
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Elgin
Ellen Smakel
O. W. Nelson
Chicago
Nelson
Miss Smakel
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Roselle
Threats and Tragedy Reported in Three Cities
In Princeton New Jersey Italian youth Emilio Bassi 20 employed by Miss Rose Norton is jailed on suspicion of poisoning several Norton household members after being discharged for disobedience. In Miles City Montana Helen Philbrick known as the mad woman of the Rockies killed her 11 year old daughter by chloroform then herself with prussic acid. In Schenectady New York crowds jeer as Rev Clinton Dewitt Sharpe the abducting pastor is brought before a justice. the girl is 14 and the scene outside the hearing turns tense.
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Princeton
N. J
Emilio Bassi
Rose Norton
Miss Norton
Harper
H. Newton
Norton
Bassi
Miles City
Mont
Helen Philbrick
Rockies
Here
Philbrick
Schenectady
N. Y
Clinton Dewitt Sharpe
Eunice Whittaker
South Schenectady
Asa Whittaker
Man Uses Rall as Pillow in Tragic Streetcar Accident
In Kittanning Pennsylvania Jerry Smelter of Vandergrift lay on a street car track with a rall as a pillow. A passing car struck his head, severing his right ear in the fatal incident.
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Rall
Kittanning
Jerry Smelter
Vandergrift
Voice Mystery Ties Shields to Poker Night Tale
A Cleveland Leader item recounts how Louis B. Shields, a noted Republican, was believed to have replied via a night call from Columbus during a state convention. A poker game with Cuyahoga delegates sparked a misheard exchange as Shields confirmed the voice near his home, ending the anecdote with a humorous note on recognition.
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Louis B. Shields
Columbus
Cuyahoga County
Shields
Mr. Shields
Cuticura Hand Care Ad Says How To Use
An old style promotion extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for smooth white hands. It recommends retiring baths, drying, liberal ointment application, linen pads for severe cases, and overnight gloves to prevent staining, with Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. listed as sole proprietors in Boston.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Masa
Dirt good for boys or moms washday with Easy Task soap
A light ad prose argues dirt is harmless for boys but burdensome for mothers. It praises Easy Task laundry soap, claiming it halves washday labor, costs five cents a cake, and offers great value.
Playbill dialogue about libretto pronunciation
The manager scornfully rebukes a poet for early merriment in the libretto. The poet laments the line We are hap py and gay, arguing the soft g should render happy as jay, revealing a clash over original language and pronunciation in the script.
How She Conciliated Them
Five enraged men at the nickelodeon were quickly won over by a clever gesture after the show. Rain drove them to seek shelter under the woman’s hat, where a moment of humor and warmth softened the mood and transformed anger into friendliness.
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Filmer
Nickelodeon
Mean Man Bribes Fortune Teller For Warning
A man jokes about bribing a fortune teller to warn his wife about a slim blonde rival. The dialogue shows a controlling figure restricting his partner and overestimating his power.
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Europe
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