Notable Honors and Global Wanderers Highlight Week
Theodore Roosevelt gains LL D from Cambridge in quiet ceremony. Dr Robert Koch, famed bacteriologist, dies in Baden Baden. William Rankin, 99, claims oldest US college alumnus status from Williams 1831. William Brown circles globe toward $10,000 prize after 25,600 miles. Mathilde Townsend wedds Peter Gerry in Washington. Stephen Higgins jokes land him as Lawson’s would be captor. Leroy Hendricks begins world tour by motorcycle to fund painting. Mrs Theodore Roosevelt visits Buckingham Palace and chats with Queen Alexandra. James A Patten retires from business. Robert E Peary receives honorary LLD from University of Edinburgh.
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Theodore Roosevelt
LL. D
Cambridge
England
Robert Goch
Baden Baden
Klausthal
Hanover
Koch
William Rankin
Summit
N. J
United States
Williams College
William Brown
Newfoundland
San Jose
Cal
Mathilde Townsend
Washington, D. C
May Scott Townsend
Peter Weeler Gerry
New York
Elbridge T. Gerry
Boston
Mass
Stephen Higgins
Thomas W. Lawson
Leroy Hendricks
A. R. Hendricks
Sterling, Ill
Buckingham Palace
Alexandra
Roosevelt
James A. Patten
Robert E. Peary
University of Edinburgh
Hutton suspended by NYSE over commission rules
A. E. F. Hutton and Co. faces a one year suspension from the New York Stock Exchange for breaking exchange rules on commission splitting. Separately, an elevator accident leaves a man with a broken arm and scratches after a four story fall into water.
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E. F. Hutton & Co
New York
New York Stock Exchange
John J. Sloggart
New York City
Glen C. Merritt
Naval
Des Moines
Vallejo
Cal.) Navy Yard
Sarah E. Peck
Union College
Lincoln
Neb
United District
Munger
Jackson Edwards
Denver
Col
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Milwaukee
James T. Morse
Rockland
Belfast
Paris court-martial convicts two privates in Gouin murder
Privates Graby and Michel are found guilty by a Paris court martial for the killing of Mme Gouin wife of the Bank of France governor aboard a train. Graby receives the death sentence while Michel is sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Graby
Michel
Mme. Gouin
Bank of France
Paris
Ballinger
Brandeis and
Pepper
Vertrees
Taft
Tawney
Minnesota
House of Representatives
Congress
South
Navy Department
Gilmer
Paducah
Madriz
Bluefields
Wayman
Lee O'Neil Browne
Illinois
United States
D. W. Holstlaw
Iuka
Marion County
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Holstian
English Channel
Pluviose
Oliver Spitzer
American Sugar Refining Company
Williamsburg
New York
Atlanta
Henry O. Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Louis Gratch
Belle Moore
Auburn
James A. Patten
Bears
Chicago
Presbyterian General Assembly
Atlantic City
N. J
Cannon
Federal Commission
Hardang Cleminson
McSurley
Orange
Alexandra
Roosevelt
Buckingham Palace
America
Fraternal Tribunes Company
I ‘Owls
Mins Barab
Louisville Janitor's Wife Arrested in Alma Kellner Case
Lena Wendling wife of Joe Wendling janitor of St Johns church is arrested as an accessory after the discovery of a dismembered child body in the St Johns school cellar identified as Alma Kellner missing since December 8. She confessed washing blood from her husbands garments.
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Louisville
Lena Wendling
Joe Wendling
St. John's Church
Alma Kellner
Wendling
St. John’s School
Senators face charges bond posted in Hols law case
Springfield based lawmakers John Broderick Stan ton C Pemberton and Joseph S Clark appeared before Judge Creighton in the circuit court to post bonds after the Holslaw confession. Broderick signed for 10000 with Kirlin and Egan as sureties Clark 5000 Crawford and Ashmore checked, Pemberton 35000 with Checkley as surety. No trial date set as defendants and their sureties remain bound to produce the trio.
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Springfield
John Broderick
Chicago
Stanton C. Pemberton
Oakland
Josephs. Clark
Vandalia
D. W. Holslaw
Creighton
Old State House
Broderick
Benjamin F. Kirlin
Richard Egan
Representative Clark
Senator Pemberton
J. F. Crawford
C. C. Ashmore
William M. Checkley
Mattoon
Curtiss Sets World Aeroplane Record In Albany to New York Flight
New York observers witnessed Glenn A Curtiss complete a Albany to New York flight covering 187 miles in 152 minutes. He outpaced a special train on the New York Central line, breaking records for distance speed and height. Curtiss won a $10,000 prize as his wife and official timekeeper accompanied the journey. The flight reached 1,000 feet, with average speed 54.06 mph and best sustained speed 29 mph in 32 minutes.
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New York
Slenn A. Curtiss
Albany
New York Central
Curtiss
Metropolitan Journal
Ohio Democrats oppose Bryan interference in senator race
Washington Democrats from Ohio back Gov Harmon in opposing Col Bryan's meddling in the Ohio Democratic state convention. A majority reject the Peerless Gender's intrusion into party affairs and endorse no candidate at this time.
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Bryan
Washington
House of Representatives
Ohio
Gov
Harmon
Col
William Jennings Bryan
Queei
United States
Breaks Record in Army Airship Flight in Texas
San Antonio reports Lieut. B. J. Foules flew the Wright biplane for 1 hour 21 minutes, beating all prior Army airship records. The craft maintained an average altitude around 200 feet during the mission.
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Army
San Antonio
Tex
B. J. Foules
Wright
Church Raised in Ten Hours by 190 Builders in Peoria
In Peoria New Jersey initial services began in a chapel erected by 190 men from the Central Christian church in ten hours. The church is electrically lighted and features an electric sign above the entrance.
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Peoria
Central Christian Church
Noted Lawyer Sidney Webster Dies at 82 in Newport
Sidney Webster, 82, renowned lawyer, clubman, financier and confidant of the late KH Merriman, died at his Newport home. He was widely associated with legal circles and The Aire authorship rumors shadowed his career.
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New York
Sidney Webster
Merriman
Newport
G A R Parade a Feature Terre Haute Grand Army Event
Terre Haute highlights the Grand Army encampment parade featuring veterans and National Guard units with thousands watching. Mayor Gerhardt welcomes, Somers uses a key as a cane, and a large audience attends the opening session before a closed business meeting. Somers notes aging membership and war wounds impact.
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van Sant
Terre Haute
Grand Opera House
Louis Gerhardt
Nicholas Filbeck
Somers
A. Somers
Grand Army
Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the
Sona of Veterans
Child Dies Under Engine Near Adamsboro
Logansport reports a five year old son of Henry Co Gingrich crushed when the rear wheel of a traction engine backed over him. The child climbed to the platform while holding his father's trouser leg and fell beneath the wheel after the engine backed.
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Logansport
Raymond Gingrich
Henry Co. Gingrich
Adamsboro
Gingrich
Drys Push Remonstrance in Jackson Township Petition
Jackson township engages in a blanket remonstrance drive led by the dry faction. They seek 590 signatures to force county commissioners to rule on a Cambridge City petition at the June meeting regarding the town’s alleged Oasis reputation.
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Drys
Richmond
Jackson Township
Youth Arrested for Trespass in Philadelphia Train Yard
Sidney Crumpton seventeen, son of JF Crumpton of Indianapolis, was arrested by a Pennsylvania railroad patrolman on a trespass charge and fined $15. He said he was enticed from home by a stranger who promised to take him to California.
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Call of West
Columbus
Sidney Crumpton
JF. C. Crumpton
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Railroad
California
Local quarrel over singing sparks town riot fears
In Goodland, Charles White, a music teacher, whipped Henry Kennell for singing out of tune and was later beaten by Henry's father. Kennell fought Charles Pierce, was fined ten dollars and awarded damages to White. White forced to resign amid town unrest. In Kokomo, Rosa Fortner wins a divorce from Leander Fortner who disappeared in 1903 after kissing her goodbye and later reappeared in Seattle to settle the case.
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Hammond
Charles White
Goodland
Here
John Kennell
Charles Pierce
White
Kennell
Henry
Pierce
Costa
Rosa Fortner
Leander Fortner
Ips
Review of Trade Indicates Moderate Improvement Across Sectors
R G Dun & Co reports mixed signals with improved crop reports and a downward price trend. Iron and steel show demand growth for pig iron and finished products, rails for rolling stock bought moderately, and rail freight rate uncertainty. Cotton goods demand remains weak, woolens and worsted offered at concessions, yarns steadier, footwear slow, leather inactivity, and hides weaker across domestic and foreign markets.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Failures And Exports Data From Bradstreets Report
New York Bradstreet's review shows US business failures for the week ending May 26 at 200, down from 225 last week and 203 in the same week of 1909. Canada reports 15 failures, vs 19 last week. Wheat exports for the week ending May 16 total 3,594,144 bushels, rising from 2,918,165 last week. For 47 weeks ending May 26, US exports total 133,531,354 bushels, vs 158,784,812 last year. Corn exports for the week are 340,364 bushels, down from 862,609 last week. For 47 weeks, corn exports total 27,019,043 bushels, vs 28,919,548 last year.
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New York
Bradstreet
United States
Canada
Live Stock Markets Report from Cincinnati May 31
Market notes show cattle prices with heavy steers at 6.50 to 7.75, cows to 8, bulls to 6, Milch cows up to 75, calves to 8.60, hogs from 7.75 to 9.66, light shippers around 9.50, sheep and lambs with outsized ranges from 2 to 5.25 and 6.25 for extras.
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Cincinnati
Grain Market Report from Cincinnati Wheat and Corn Prices
Wheat No 2 winter red quoted 1.0501.08 with a car of No 3 winter red at 95c on track. Corn No 2 mixed 60% 4c No 2 yellow 4c. No 2 white 64 4c. Oats No 2 white 42 42 c, No 2 mixed 40 4le. Rye No 2 81 83c. Mill Feed mixed 22.50 23.50 per ton middlings 22 4.50. Hay No 1 timothy 18 18.50, No 2 timothy 16.50 17, No 2 clover mixed 15 15.50.
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Cincinnati
Tobacco market report from Louisville Hopkinsville Clarksville and surrounding areas
Tobacco offerings totaled 1397 birds with 182 burley and 1194 dark as Louisville reports prices up to 4 cents higher due to better burley color and condition. Hopkinsville market remains active with leaf prices listed across grades and sizes while Clarksville reports 549 hands and 193 birds with varied open market receipts and sale figures.
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Louisville
The Real Wrench No Easy Path to Marriage
A satirical item notes marriage is hard to form and harder to sustain with witty contrasts. The piece mocks social pressures and gender roles using playful names and phrasing in a humorous column.
Cuticura Remedies Restore Child's Scalp Health
J Fish and Bila M Fish describe a three month old daughter with severe scalp eczema. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for five weeks the crusts disappeared hair grew back and the child recovered fully. Mt Vernon Ky October 12 1909.
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J. Fish
Bila M. Fish
Mt. Vernon
Unusual Attic Ghost Tale Prompts Reward Claim
A child narrator speaks of an old ghost in the attic eliciting fear from a nurse while a companion asks if the ghost bites. The excerpt includes a $100 reward notice and an advertisement for Hall’s Catarrh Cure claiming to cure constitutional disease.
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Johnnie
Ware Sas Dace
Astheaun Hall
Doctors Recommend Soap For Cleansing And Sterilizing
An advertisement touts Easy Task soap as cleansing and antiseptic for clothes and contagion prevention. It cites a family physician quip about a Paris marriage, then adds scattered odd phrases and a stray eye remedy company reference from Chicago.
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Henry Haake
General News
Almma Kellner
Will
Bond
Aviation Records Sroken
G. A. R. Parade
Terre Haute—Loass
Fort Wayne
Joseph Mason
Michigan City Penitentiary
Herman Miller
Columbus Croy
Supreme Court
Reichelderfer
Miller
Shelbyville
Hils
Charles Thompson
Shelby County
William Wood
Charles Raper
Wood
Review OF Trade
Grain Market
Tobacco Market
Hopkinsville
Clarkaville
Tenn
Wrench
Smith
Nye
Eyee
Eye Remedy Co
Kinney
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