Taft Heads for Four Day Mississippi River Trip
President Taft and his party depart St Louis for a four days journey down the Mississippi. They will attend the Lakes and the Gulf Deep Waterways association fourth annual convention in New Orleans. Taft enjoyed ranch life in Texas riding a balky cayuse and witnessing cow herd activities.
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Taft
St. Louis
Mississippi
New Orleans
of the Lakes
Gulf Deep Waterways Association
Texas
World News and Obituaries Roundup from Various Cities
Emperor of Russia greeted warmly at Racconigi Italy as cannon roars mark arrival. King Victor Emmanuel ceremony followed by cheers. Berlin confirms death of Privy Councillor Albert Meissner, long public servant. Senator Patrick McCarren dies after appendicitis operation. Dr James H. Carlisle, educator, dies at 84 in Spartanburg. Irving Fisher argues human lifespan could reach 160 years. Josephine Floyd Jones’s will leaves $10,000 and wardrobe to servant Davenport. Bernhard Dernburg at Kansas City weighs German England war risk. May Clayton and Peary S. Tsuji wed in Seattle after Pay Streak meet. Rudolph Gluck to join Russian army from New York, protects mother’s Kaprin estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Racconigi
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Albert Meissner
William
Berlin
Patrick McCarren
New York
James H. Carlisle
Hannah Davenport
Bernhard Dernburg
Kansas City
Germany
England
May Clayton
Mquor
Peary S. Tsuji
Seattle
Wash
Rudolph Gluck
Kaprin
Warsaw
Various World News Notes From A Brief Period
A digest of scattered items reports Peary doubting Rasmussen’s first-hand accounts, Nicaragua rebels defeating Zelaya’s forces, a Tensleep murder case, jury list removals, antitrust actions, dry farming expo, and obituaries. It mentions the death of Judge Rufus Peckham, a bridge tragedy at Ashtabula, and multiple political and legal developments in the U S and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Peary
Knud Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Parmalee
Basin
Wyo
Attorney Penal of
Missouri
Jefferson City
Billings
Pat
Kbar
Charles N. Fowler
New Jersey
House Committee On Banking
Aldrich
Cinstments
H. G. Lewis
People's Bank
Coatie
United
St. Louis
Lewis
Ities
Bhbeeoid Maus
Assassination of Prince Ito Shocks Island Nation
Tokyo reports Prince Hirobumi Ito president of Japan’s privy council was assassinated in Harbin by a Korean while en route from Tokyo. Details are unclear as bulletins spark crowd unrest. Ito had traveled toward Manchuria to meet Russian and Chinese officials on a financial diplomatic mission amid Manchurian rail talks.
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Tokyo
France
Ito
Bismarck
Japan
Harbin
Hirobumi Ito
Privy Council of Japan
Manchuria
Prince Ito
Russia
China
Mukden
Hsi Liang
Explosion at Pabst Brewery Power Plant Kills Worker
An 18 inch steam pipe failure at the Pabst Brewing Co power plant in Milwaukee triggers a blast that kills Fred Stern and injures four others. Three 400 HP boilers exploded shortly after the break, debris blocks Tenth Street, and nearby buildings suffer shattered windows within about a half mile.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Pabst Brewing Co
Fred Stern
Tenth Street
Cold Spring Avenue
Chestnut Street
Bank Cashier Kills Himself in Bank Vault
Henry C. Carpenter, 50, cashier of the Queen County Savings Institution in Flushing, shot himself in the bank vault Monday afternoon. The death caused great excitement and halted business in the community for about half an hour, as Carpenter was a prominent figure in local financial and social circles.
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New York
Henry C. Carpenter
Queen County Savings Institution
Flushing
Roanoke Man Fatally Strikes Wife in Wise County Tragedy
A Wise County man Chas Rhinehart fatally struck his 13 year old wife during a domestic quarrel in their home. After the attack the man died in a personal crisis as the girl-wife attempted to fetch water from a well.
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Roanoke
Wise County
Chas
Rhinehart
Market Reports From Cincinnati Chicago and Louisville
Market notes list commodity prices for cattle calves hogs sheep and staples in three cities with daily figures. Prices include wheat corn oats hay butter eggs apples potatoes tobacco and hogs with ranges and per unit values observed across Cincinnati Chicago and Louisville on October 25.
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Cincinnati
Per Capita Cost of Indiana Schools Rises Sharply
The state superintendent reports that for 1907-1908 the per pupil cost in common and high schools was 17.49 based on enumeration 25.26 by enrollment and 31.70 by attendance. State institutions cost far more and overall expenditures rose from 7.97 million to 12.88 million, driven by higher wages and new buildings.
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Indianapolis
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indiana University
Purdue University
State Normal School
Fassett A. Cotton
Boards of
County Commissioners
County Institute
Cotton
County Institute Fund
State Board of Accounts
Fort Wayne invites congressmen for canal meeting
Twelve congressmen from Indiana Illinois and Ohio have pledged to attend a waterways meeting in Fort Wayne on November 10 and 11 to promote the Toledo Fort Wayne and Chicago canal project. A large delegation from New York is also expected to participate.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Ilinois
Ohio
Toledo, Fort Wayne
Chicago
New York
Bargain Hunter Keeps Vacation Weight Loss Tale
Hodge and Dodge joke about a dramatic weight drop from 200 to 149 pounds during a vacation. The punchline: the beat girl dumps him, but the buyer partner explains she stayed because she loves bargains and discounts rather than the man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Hodge
Cure for Itching H m or? Cutiura Remedies Claim Relief
O L Wilson of Puryear Tennessee reports three years of skin swellings that itched and scarred. After two doctors and ineffective treatment he used three sets of Cutiura Remedies and recovered within a week for the remaining lesions. February 8 1908. Potter Drug and Chem Corp sole proper.
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O. L. Wilson
Puryear
Tenn
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Prope
Their Advantages
A conversation about choosing a medical specialty and its practical prospects. The speaker weighs chiropodists manicurists beauty doctors eye and ear doctors dentists and hair experts, noting footholds during tough business and humorous caveats about outcomes for throat specialists and hair experts.
Henson Slams Archbishops Dress At Yale Dinner Remarks
Canon Hensley Henson condemns the English archbishop attire during a Yale lecture dinner in New Haven. He cites a Kansas church sermon noted by the town paper for its description of the archbishop in knee breeches gafters and apron, with the headline calling it Highland dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hensley Henson
New Haven
Yale
Kansas
Dy o la Dyes and Catarrh Cure Promoted in Odd Ad Mix
An advertisement urges Dy o la Dyes from Burlington Vermont for fabric coloring and markets Hall s Catarrh Cure from Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy. It also notes anecdotes about authors editors and a Panama Canal Zone shipment of Rough on Rats. The passage closes with a quip about changing opinions and stubbornness.
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Burlington
Vermont
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J.cenes , CO
U. S
Panama Canal Zone
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Ashtabula
William D
Great Lakes Towing Company
Lexington
Burley Tobacco Insurance Company
Kentucky
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Maura
Senor Moret
Revolutionist Ferrer
American Ice Company of
Lake Derkes
Constantinople
Calcutta
London
Ganges and
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Bengal
India
United States
Griffiths
Great Britain
Wayman
Cook County
Robert Fulton
John H. Whitlock
East Orange
N. J
Charles Eliot Norton
Archaeological Institute of America
Washington
James Loeb
New York City
Fort Meyer
Tasker H. Bills
The
War College
Lisbon
Portugal
Alfonso
Spain
Edward
Ferrer
House of Lords
Luzon
Minocqua
American Antiquarian Society
Worcester
Mass
Eleanor Lorraine Beattie
William Fagan
Paterson
United States Supreme Court
Northern Illinois Circuit Court
M. Carter
Mojave
Cal
John R. Walsh
Supreme Court of the United States
Ohio Wesleyan University
Carnegie
Se Educational
Island Kingdom
Pabst Brewery
Market Reports
National Child Labor Committee
Indiana Child Labor Committee
Columbia
State Finance Board
Marshall
Billheimer
Hadley
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Reformatory
Board of Health
State Board of Health
Jnat Tagued
Evanaville
Terre Haute
South Bend
Railroad Commission of
Henry M. Dowlingt
Rhodes
Oxford University
Cecil Rhodes
Robert L. Kelley
Earlham College
John Cavanaugh
Notre Dame
George Lewis Mackintosh
Wabash
Francis J. McConnell
de Pauw
W. L. Bryan
Albert Whallon
T. C. Whallon
B. W. Douglass
Mr. Douglass
Fort Wayne Booms Canal
Cutiura
Dean Shailer Matthews
Ram Sheten
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