Review of mounted regiments and global tensions in 1910s era
Washington to review large regular army mounted troops during October in a scene likened to Grant Sherman and Sheridan era. Reports accuse slavery in the Philippines while Jones defends no slavery outside uncivilized areas. Wall Street security calls grow with 250 New York financiers petitioning to boost Governor's Island garrison. Joseph Folk named solicitor for state department. Rogers nominated for U S circuit judge in Second Circuit. Public smoking and attire crackdown discussed by Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Danvish dynamite tragedy in Bloomington leaves several dead and wounded. Helen Jenkins property sale aids customs smuggling case. Roman killings and divorce suit precursor. Impeachment trial fallout sees Garrison jailed for contempt after remarks on bribery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
New York
War Department
Governor's Island
New York Harbor
Wall Street
Financial District
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across Early 20th Century News
Reports cover Mayor William J. Gaynor's lying in state and burial in New York. A passenger train wreck near Manhattan, Kansas injures fifteen. College tuition rises at Wellesley. Tobacco crop shortages forecast by E. T. Robards. Robbery at J. J. Thompson jewelry store leaves two dead and one wounded. Marie Colliers seeks health clearance after leaving a convent leper colony. Rochester primary favors anti-Tammany candidates amid Sulzer impeachment fallout. Five men drown from the schooner J. B. Curret near the Gulf. Sandusky Eagles injury in Castalia accident. U S submarine report notes torpedo runs. Bishop McDowell criticizes caustic sermons. Governor Sulzer faces unverified threats to public identity.
Mexican Revolt Claims Jurisdictional Fallout and Killings
A Mexican civil conflict summary reports Lieut Francisco Cardenas assassinated, Morris F Root nephew of Senator Elihu Root stabbed near El Tigre, and Americans W O Robertson and four others killed by rebels near Mazatlan while safeguarding property. Forecasts in Mexico City indicate Felix Diaz as presidential candidate with Huerta likely to chair cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Cardenas
Francisco J. Madero
Mexico
American Comsulate
Guadalajara
Mex
Morris F. Root
Elihu Root
Leonardo Aguila
el Tigre
Washington
Mexico City
Felix Diaz
the Republic
Chaif
Victoriano Huerta
W. O. Robertson
San Antonio
Tex
Mazatlan
Queen’s Second Daughter Declares Deaf and Dumb
Foreign relatives of the queen of Spain are shocked by the report that the queen’s second daughter and her second son will be deaf and dumb. The Manchester Guardian cites the detail amid broader royal family notes and a London strike truce pending arbitration. Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimer killed herself after her father Prince William of Germany refused consent to a marriage with a banker’s son.
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Spain
The
Manchester Guardian
London
Bua
Board of Trade
Prince William
Germany
Sophie of
Saxe-Weimer
Notable Kansas City Woman Sought by Police
Personal friends of Mrs Lizzie Medford known as the tallest woman in Kansas City enlist police help in locating her She is seven feet tall and weighs 300 pounds and is 64 years old. The report notes multiple other incidents including killings and a trial date for Gust Penman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Medford
Kansas City
Prominent Laymen to Attend Northwest Indiana Conference
Hammond hosts the Northwest Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference from September 23 to 29 with visitors including C. W. Fairbanks J Frank Hanly Rev E S Shumaker and Bishop William F McDowell. committees arrange lodging and the Ladies Aid Society plans meals for guests during the week long program. In Columbus a local woman recalls a ten width gown in a fifty year old photograph and notes a lifelong milliner still active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
C. W. Fairbanks
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
E. S. Shumaker
Indianapolis
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
William F. McDowell
Chicago
Northwest Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference
Ladies’ Aid Society
City
Tanyard Relics Found in Greenfield Excavation
Relics of Greenfield history uncovered during construction of the Daily Reporter building reveal a tanyard site seventy years old. An oak tanning vat remains red with years, and a steel scraper and oil stone were recovered. The tannery’s leather was hauled to Cambridge City and shipped to market via the Whitewater valley canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Daily Reporter
Tanyard
Cambridge City
Whitewater
Evansville Barber Fire Injures Mason Member
Edward Roach secretary of the Evansville Masonic Association requested a massage in a barber shop. The barber heated an alcoholic lotion with an electric device causing a flame that reached near the ceiling. Water was thrown on Roach to extinguish the blaze and he was later seen by a physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Edward Roach
Blacksnake Interrupts Card Game in Nashville Barn
In Nashville on a rainy day, a group of young men gathered in an old barn to play cards around a jackpot. A large blacksnake crawling through a roof hole fell among the players, interrupting the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Aged War Nurse Fractures Hip in Home Accident
Mrs Susan Graham eighty seven a former army nurse pensioner in Madison county Indiana assisted to nurse her grandchild at the home of Mr and Mrs W H Thomas near Lapel when she fell in a doorway breaking the left hip. She served as a nurse with the Eighty ninth Infantry in the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Susan Graham
Madison County
W. HH. Thomas
Lapel
Graham
Eighty-ninth Inlinia Infantry
Old Courthouse Sold For 250 Dollars At Auction
The old Clay County courthouse a three story brick and stone building was sold at public auction to M. T. W. Johnson Sr for 250 The commissioners plan to dismantle it in thirty days and repurpose the site for a simmer home on the Maple Lane farm north of the city Two missionaries dead in Africa death toll reports from South Bend say Ray Eldred and his wife who served in Congo district died from accidental drowning and African fever respectively.
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Mack Hurst
Bloomington
Ind
Brazil
Clay County
M, TW
Johnson, Sr
Maple Lane
Mcres
South Bend
Ray Eldred
Africa
Flared
Jared
Cheri UN
Congo
Five Saloon Keapers Fund Charged in Clinton Township
Five saloon keepers were brought before Clinton township authorities outside Clinton and fined 10 dollars each on charges of overtime selling and sundry sales, brought by George OL Sunteel.
Jasonville Land for Oil Leased to Thompson and Morgan
The Coal mont Gag and Old Sompatny leased 1,700 acres to Thompson and Morgan for oil exploration. Drilling begins immediately on the retained land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasonville
Tavonville
Coalmont Gag
Old Sompatny
Thompson Ad Morgan
Works for a Saloon Too
The police board opened an inquiry after Patrolman Burnett testified in court that he and other officers worked in saloons on Saturday nights for $2 each. Burnett cited Ashlebaugh's Meridian Street saloon, noting fellow officers were paid similarly. He also receives $7 a month as city policeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Burnett
Ashlebaugh
Meridian Street
Indiana News In Brief Highlights Local Tragedies and Trials
In Indiana briefs, Rochester man 21 burns himself pouring gasoline on a fire by mistake. Evansville carpenters die from fall injuries and a boy shoots his foot while hunting. A Gary woman kills herself after taking bichloride of mercury. Several arrests and accidents across towns including Greensburg, Elwood, Rushville, Logansport, Brazil, Aurora, Princeton, Terre Haute, Warsaw, Shelbyville, Jeffersonville, and Alban Lutz are noted with divorces, a trial adjournment, and a veterans’ Grand Army inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Hugh Foglesong
Evansville
Taylor Hendrix
Frank Weincatel
St. Philips
Gary
Peter Gavinal
Gransville
Clarence Galloway
Louisville, Henderson
Anna
Eugene B Long
Shelbyville
Hugh Conklin
Cleveland, O
Manlove
Greensburg
Elwood
Jesse Staver
Rushville
Frank Vance
Greely Ferguson
Willard Bennett
Ferguson
Bennett
Logansport
Milburn Flooks
Vandalia
Hooks
Walter Poor
Brazil
James Runnels
Burton
Clay
Runnels
Patoka
Princeton Water Company
Terre Haute
C. M. Fortune
Harry Raske
Vincéaunes
Warsaw
John Webster
Jeffersonvile
Clark County
Frrand
Chattanooga
Tenn
Progress of Sulzer Case Rejected In Special Session
Albany reports that a bid to set aside impeachment by the special session was rejected with a single dissent. Louis Marshall argued for Sulzer, while Alton B. Parker and Edgar Truman Brackett defended the impeachment’s legality. Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall ready to testify to deny Sulzer’s charge of instigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Louis Marshall
Sulzer
Alton B. Parker
Edgar Truman Brackett
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Greek actions in Koritsa provoke protest over American schools
In Koritsa Albania Greek authorities seized American mission schools serving nearly 100 Albanian girls and began arresting Albanians returning from America. Avlona telegram reports British consul at Monastir lodged a vigorous protest with the Greek government on behalf of Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Koritsa
Albania
Avlona
Adriatic Sea
America
Monastir
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Price Listings
Market quotes show corn and wheat futures by grade with prices per bushel. Hay, oats, rye, eggs, poultry, cattle, hogs, sheep, lambs, and stock ewes are listed with varied price ranges and unit measures across commodities and grades.
Four Die in Explosive Accident at Gibbstown DuPont Plant
Four workmen were killed and a fifth injured by an explosion in the gelatine mixing house at the DuPont powder works in Gibbstown New Jersey near Philadelphia. The blast leveled the workers leaving only partial remains and the injured man faced probable death. Only four men were in the building at the time. The shock was reported across Southern New Jersey Philadelphia and areas toward Chester Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
DuPont Powder Works
Gibbstown
N. J
New Jersey
Here
Chester
Noted apology on the lawn yields to suitor’s approach
A confrontation on the lawn reveals Miss Plummer rebuking Mr Pinhead for an attempted kiss. He asks for palliation, and Miss Plummer urges him to depart so she can greet a man known for getting what he wants who is approaching.
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Miss Plummer
Mr. Pinhead
Pimples Cleared by Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad
Miss Marguerite BE Jacobs of Dayton Ohio reports a year long face neck and arm pimples and itching improving after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She credits relief from itching and swelling and says she is now cured. The ad notes Cuticura sold worldwide with free samples and skin book. A brief dispatch mentions a man attempting to fit new bristles to an old toothbrush.
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Howard St
Dayton
Ohio
Marguerite BE. Jacobs
Postcare
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Important to Mothers Examine Castoria Bottles
A caution about Castoria emphasizes checking for its signature and notes the remedy has been used for over 30 years. The ad mix includes remarks about neighbors, manners, and a stray line about Red Cross Ball Blue and blue in water. The text also references Frost and snow and a note about Agnes at home.
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Fletcher
Pithy Postscript Reveals Marriage in Letter
A brief note highlights a young woman in India who ends her letter with the postscript claiming, You will see by my signature that I am married. The line serves as a striking example of a hidden personal update within correspondence.
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India
Whimpler and Wigglesworth Banter After Premiere
In a post premiere exchange Whimpler tells Wigglesworth the show felt like a farce. Wigglesworth quips that the tragedy was merely a humorous performance and that Whimper was trying to be helpful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whimpler
Wigglesworth
Jludge
Lantern and parrot joke at a dinner party
After a pleasant evening Mr. Sydney Buxton told a humorous anecdote to illustrate a point at a dinner. A guest invited to dine at a friend’s house faced a muddy lane on the way home and had to carry a heavy lantern. The host sent a note next morning asking for the lantern and the parrot and cage.
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Sydney Buxton
Grape Nuts Evidence for Aging Health and Digestion
A Nostalgia style ad extols Grape Nuts as ideal for older age, claiming easy digestion, preserved phosphates, and muscle brain nerve support. Letters from users praise regularity and vitality, noting Postum pairing and long term use as beneficial.
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William A. Jones
House Insular Affairs Committee
Chasue
W. M. Phipps
Philippines
Garrison
Jones
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
State Department
Henry Wade Rogers
Connecticut
United States
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
St. Louis
Helen Dwella Jenkins
Nathan Allen
Kenosha
Wis
John R. Collins
Memphis
William Sulzer
N. Y
James C. Garrison
William J. Gaynor
Trinity Church
David H. Greer
Greenwood Cemetery
Manhattan
Kan
Wellesley College
E. T. Robards
Burley
Kentucky
Robards
J. J. Thompson
Grand Rapids
Mich
John A. Thompson
Ed Smith
Paul Thompson
Misa Marie Colliers
Health Department of
W. Y
Axemen
J. B. Curret
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Sandusky Aerie of Eagles
Bellevue
Lll
Bellevue Aerie
Lake Shore
Castalia
Ste
Gardiner
Galesburg
William Acker
George Kovack
San Francisco
Kate Gallagher
A. R. Coulson
Dalton
Decatur
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Lincoln & Herndon
Gust Penman
Harold Shaw
Shaw
Champaign
Ill
W. 8. Kenyon
Fort Dodge
Yale Law School
McReynolds
Vermont
G. W. Fairbanks
J. F. Hanly
M. E
Columbus
Mary A. Davis
Davis
A. FE. Williams
Indiana News
Uncle Sam
Western
Union News
Laredo
Texas
Mexican National Railroad
Vanegas
San Luis Potosi
W. W. Mervain
el Paso
Juarez
Ignacio Lopez
Joseph Ravel
Cincinnati
Red Cross
Frost
Agnes
Postum Co
Battle Crack
Kea
Wetlville
Prigr
Thue
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