Prominent Figures Reach Aged Deaths And Marital News
Rear Admiral McCalla dies in Santa Barbara. Alexander McLaren, noted English preacher, is dead in Edinburgh. Miss Beatrice Godfrey engagement to be announced. Ernest Shackleton highlighted in Chicago receiving Helen Culver gold medal. Princess Nobuko of Japan wed to Prince McCumber of North Dakota. Thomas H. Croft committed to Patton Asylum after stroke. Miss Mary Harriman engagement announced in New York. Mes A. McClurg dies in Denver of pneumonia. Prof Frederick Paxson of Michigan named to Wisconsin history chair.
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Emrof
Japan
Itor
McCumber
North Dakota
Washington
Thomas H. Croft
Pasadena
California
Patton
Cal
Mary ‘Harriman
E.harriman
Lawfange D. Rumsey
Buffalo
A. McClurg
Denver
Col
Lurg
David H. Keatat
Frederick L. Paxson
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin
University of Gan Regents
Rockefeller denies charter link to charity foundation
Washington dispatch says Starr Murphy deny Rockefeller tied to Economic and Generating foundation seeking New York charter for an aged man of wealth with $2.5 million for charity. Edward VIII dies at 69. George V ascends. Charles White and H J Beckmeyer linked to bribery retractions. Rep Link pleads purged. admitted $1,000 payoff for senator vote and $1,000 share of slush fund. Trainmen and New York Central details noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Washington
Joho.p. Rockefeller
Wea
Starr
Murphy
Rockefeller
New York
Edward VIII
Great Britain
Ireland
India
England
Prince of Wales
Privy Council
George V
Michael
Link
Charles A. White
H. ©. J. Beckmeyer
Erand
Chicago
Himsell
Gerjory
William Lorimer
United States
St. Louis
Lee O'Neil Browne
Southern Hotel
St.nd
Reobert E. Wilson
Chias
New York Central
Buffalo
R. Clarké
World News Roundup From The Week In 1910s
A long dispatch covers Costa Rica earthquake toll near Cartago with extensive destruction and loss of life, followed by royal ceremonies as George V is proclaimed king. Other items include Byrnes death, Swope trial deposition dispute, Erie wage talks, Normandy sinking, St Louis farmers rally with Bryan, Hearst suing Watterson, Deimling Michigan fire deaths, and coal mine entombment in Palos Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Berlin
Edward
Sweden
Great Britain and Ireland
India
St. James’ Palace
Privy Council
Earl of Crewe
Thomas F. Byrnes
New York
B. C. Hyde
Mra
John M. Cleary
Swope
Kansas City
Erie Railroad Company
Normandy
St. Johns
N. F
St. Louis
Willam Jennings Bryan
Srings
Costa Rica
William Randolph Hearst
Henry Watterson
Courier-Journal
Mr. Watterson
Mr. Hearst
Gaynor
Deimling
Mich
Matt Servis
Buckingham Palace
Palos
Ala
New Jersey State Bankers’ Association
John Reardon
Pittsburg
la Belle Ironworks
Steubenville
Iron Concern
John Sellers
Chicago ,& Northwestern Railroad
Waldra Church
Northwestern
Sterling
Logan D. Swope
Avapes Teati
Grand Hye
Career of Edward VII King of Great Britain
Edward VII eldest son of Queen Victoria, born 1841 in Buckingham Palace, held multiple titles and pursued broad education in Britain and Europe. He ascended the throne in 1901, married Princess Alexandra in 1863, and while prince enjoyed culture and travel, his reign later earned praise for liberal arts patronage and diplomatic steadiness amidst European tensions.
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Edward VII
King OF
Great Britain
England
United Kingdom
Ireland
India
Victoria and
Albert
Prince Consort
Buckingham Palace
Albert Edward
Prince of Wales
Edward
Duke of Saxony
Tenth Hussare
Rifle Brigade
Baron Stockmar
Charles Kingsley
University of Edinburgh
Oxford
Cambridge
United States
Canada
Curragh Camp
Jerusalem
Dean Stanley
Westminster
House of Lords
Alexandra Caroline Mary Charlotte Louise Julia
Christian X
Denmark
Hae
Victorii
Royal College of Music
Inperial Institute
Gladstone
Bright
Lberal
Victoria
Emerald Isle
Europe
Germany
William
Alexandra
Prince Albert, Duke of Clarence
Ick
Ernest Albert
Financial markets calm after unsettled period with mixed effects
Unsettled and apprehensive market tones have eased modestly though prices remain soft in mercantile sectors. Industrial and mercantile activity shows slow or hardly noticeable change in many states, with overproduction issues in pig iron easing and April output near 1909 levels except for one month.
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Bayers
Fall River
Failures and Exports Reported for Early May Trade
Bradstreet s notes US business failures for the week ending May 5 total 191, up from 189 last week and below early 1909. Canada failures reach 18, down from 21 last week. US and Canada wheat and flour exports for the week total 1,854,070 bushels, down from 2,059,239 last week, with 44 week totals at 124,085,507 bushels. Corn exports for the week are 205,907 bushels, down from 518,814 last week, and 268,734 in 1909. 44 week corn exports stand at 25,498,604 bushels.
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New York
Bradstreet
United States
Canada
Pedigree of Pig Sparks Faculty Resignations
In Starkville Mississippi a dispute over a pig pedigree led to Prof. McLatin resigning from Mississippi A. and M. College and Prof. Smith being moved to the experiment station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starkville
Mias
McLatin
Mississippi A. and M. College
Smith
Tobacco Market Report From Louisville Kentucky
The week saw 1 674 hogsheads offered with 245 burley and 1 429 dark types. Burley auctions sold 334 hogsheads while dark tobacco auctions offered 393 hogsheads of common air cured varieties. Private sales included 11 burley hogsheads and 1 036 air cured lugs and export leaf sold to various parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Burley
Emall
Dillon
Grain Prices and Livestock Quotes From Cincinnati Market
Grain market notes from Cincinnati dated May 9 show wheat at 1.11 to 1.14 for No 2 red and 99 to 1.05 for No 3 red. Corn prices range from 64 to 70 cents for various grades, with white ear and yellow ear bids listed. Livestock prices include steer and heifer quotes from 5 to 8 dollars, ranges for cows from about 6.25 to 7.15, and miscellaneous market figures for regionally conflicting entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Doan's Kidney Pills Save Life, Woman Testifies
A woman recalls severe leg and kidney pain that swelled her limbs and feet until Doan's Kidney Pills gave prompt relief. She credits the remedy with saving her life and urges others to remember Doan's, sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box through Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pugilist Confronts Spider in Unequal Bout
A dramatic brief notes a boxer facing a feared opponent described as a spider. The clash is framed as a tough, against-the-odds encounter with the pugilist determined to persevere despite the daunting adversary.
Inkmakers Thaddeus Davids Co Ad Promotes Sealing Wax
An old advertisement claims Davids Co 1825 founders supply ink and sealing wax used by U S post offices with Electro Chemical Writing fluid. Readers are asked to mail 10 cents for a box of perfumed tinted sealing wax in three shades. A separate remark mocks courtesy and a subway anecdote about a swallowed safety pin.
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Thaddeus Davids Co
van Dam
New York
Jones
When Company Comes Brightens Laundry Day
A housekeeper frets over an unexpected guest and dingy linens until Easy Task soap is praised as the dirt fighter and fabric friend. The copy urges trying Easy Task next Monday to transform washday into Easy Task day.
Room for Both Men and Women in This World
Speaker Cannon told a Washington dinner that there is room for both men and women. He said the woman’s work is to provide for the inner man while the man’s is to provide for the outer woman, addressing a young suffragette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speaker Cannon
Washington
Frank J Cheney sworn to pay sum by company partner
The document records Frank J Cheney as a partner in F J Oneasy & Co and confirms an oath that a Grm will pay a specified sum. The sworn statement, dated the sixth day of a month, is witnessed by A W Gleason with notarization notes and appears tied to a legal or financial action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Coanatth
F. J. Oneasy & Co
Frank J. Cheney
A. W. Gleabon
Saar
CZY & OO
Drain on Country's Resources in 1908 Immigration Figures
In 1908 the foreign-born population reached 13.6 percent, supplying 15.6 percent of criminals, 20.8 percent of paupers, and 29.6 percent of the insane. Between 1904 and 1908 aliens in these institutions rose by 34 percent.
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Paris
Riviera
Biarritz
Tobacco Market
Grain Market
May
Seater
Steeve
Alt Toke ‘A
Efraina
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