Thaw trial details unfold as witnesses testify
Across the week in the Thaw case Evelyn Thaw and Mrs. Thaw testified as court considers public morals in reciting a sensational tale. Harry Thaw's mother arrived to back his defense while new eccentricities from witnesses painted a portrait of his irregular behavior and past actions.
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Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
William Thaw
Paris
Jerome
Justice Dowling
Harry Thaw
New York
Shaw
Charles H. Koehler
Winona
Brazil foiled anarchist plot against American fleet
Police in Brazil said they uncovered and stopped an anarchist plot to damage part of the American battleship fleet at Rio. Navy officials in Washington expressed surprise and skepticism about the claim.
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Rio
Navy
Washington
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Chicago National Bank
Corydon Junction
Ind
Southern Railway
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia Press
Russia
Arlen Campbel Burrows
Ohid State University
Columbus
Gueatemala Northern Railway
Latin America
Atlantic
Pacific
Giroux
Ely
Nev
A.D. Bailey
P. J. Brown
Fred McDonald
Missouri Colony
Marshall
Sunflower Glass Company
Coffeeville
Kan
Dragooh
Macedonia
Cleveland Franklin
Dothan
Ala
Langdon
San Francisco
Abe Ruef
First National Bank of
Texola
Okla
Jones
Coal Mining
Monongah
W Va
Notable deaths and events sweep across the world
obituary notes top US ministers and scholars ages and causes. fires injure clergy in Illinois. valued figures like Stedman and Ford pass away or wed. global events include political trials, banking indictments, naval moves, and disasters from coast to coast. Names include Evanston St. Marys church, Edmund Stedman, Lydia Bradley, Roosevelts era shifts.
Missouri Court Voids 1907 State Transfer Ban
Judge Smith McPherson in Kansas City federal court voids Missouri 1907 law forbidding foreign railways from removing cases to federal courts or suing state citizens. Rocky Island Santa Fe and other lines sought injunction against Secretary of State Swanger to enforce the act. The decision addresses Eleventh Amendment issues and alleged contract impairment while detailing case law.
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Angus Johnson
United States
Avalon
Tex
St. Mary's
Evanston
Ill
Edmund Clarence Stedman
New York
Italy
Griscom
Paul Leicester Ford
Malcolm W. Ford
Linley R. Wiliams
Coral
Ind
New Jersey
New England
International Harvester Company
Dana
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Isaac N. Hascail
Nebraska
Omaha
Honolulu
War Department
National Guard of
Hawaii
Denmark
Straits of Magellan
Mary Robinson
Druce
Portland
London
Rio Janeiro
O. S. Sisson
Grand Army
Wisconsin
Northwest
la Crosse
Imperial Knitting Company
Scranton
Mobile
Ala
Federal District Court
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Gov. Sparks
Nevada
Sovereign Bank of Canada
South Carolina
Lydia Bradley
Peoria
ArcNeil & Higgins Company
Chicago
Masonic Temple
Baltimore
Indiana National Guard
Almncie
Herbert H. Sears
Boston
St. Regis
Thomas Bates
Springfield
Mays
Tennessee
Jeanie G. Sorg
Paul J. Sorg
Middleton
Merchants’ National Bank of
Ore
St. Petersburg
Caucasus
Juibdi-Egbat
Baku
Edward Henry Strobel
Government of
Siam
Silent
John W. Crawford
Admiral Dewey
Potomac
Kansas City
Moa
Smith McPherson
United States District Court
Missouri
Rocky Island
Santa Fe
St. Louis
Secretary of State
McPherson
Two-Cent Fare Law Declared Unconstitutional by Pa Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules the two-cent fare law unconstitutional, affirming a Philadelphia common pleas court decision. The 4 to 3 vote includes Justice Mestreza in the dissent. Separate items report Hitchcock seeking post office division expansion and Taft’s convention campaigning.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia
Mestreza
Ridgeley on Guaranty Fund Power of National Banks
Comptroller Ridgeley states national banks lack authority to use funds to guaranty deposits in other national banks. The letter replies to Kansas Governor Hoch on the legality of mutual guaranty. It reiterates a prior message to G. Robertson, cashier of the First National Bank of Lawton Oklahoma.
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Washington
Ridgeley
Hoch
Kansas
G. ©. Robertson
First National Bank of
Lawton
Okla
President confirms court martial sentence for Lt Allan LeFort
Washington confirms the sentence imposed by a court martial on First Lieutenant Allan LeFort of the coast artillery, recently stationed at Fort Jay, NOX.
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Washington
Allan le Fort
Coast Artillery
Fort Jay
Nox
Rural Carriers to Get Higher Pay Under Bill
Washington representative Shaw introduced a bill setting annual pay at 900 dollars for rural carriers serving routes twenty four miles or less, effective after July 3. The proposal targets shorter routes to improve compensation for rural delivery workers.
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Washington
Truth and Quality Claim For Fig Syrup Laxative Claim
The ad extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe pleasant laxative that cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility. It asserts physician approval, urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrep Co
Luck Dennis Hinoldy and the Five Dollar Promise
A fragment from Smith's Magazine recounts Luck Dennis Hinoldy famed as the luckiest divil. Dennis swore Patrick would repay the five dollars borrowed next week, then unexpectedly died yesterday in a casual, humorous anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis
Hinoldy
Patrick
Seed Sales Offer Sparks Curious Notion Of Value
A Illinois reader sent a year’s seed list for 12 cents and promised seed packets worth 37.76 dollars at 314 percent return, including onions lettuce cabbage and radish varieties from John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse Wisconsin. A separate item recounts Policeman Kneirem recalling a boy’s bread and fish coin dilemma, illustrating petty patter and humor from the city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mlinois
la Crosse
John A. Salzer Seed Co
Wis
Banished Coffee Ties Tested By Postum Use
A reader recounts a seven year struggle with headaches from coffee and a family shift to Postum. After properly brewing Postum for fifteen minutes, headaches vanished and both homes banished coffee, with a friend adopting it after tasting. Published by Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan, referencing The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Mina
Ly Postum Co
Battle Creek
Michigan
Wellville
Saving Grace and the Value of Economy
The piece urges prudent spending and distinguishes economy from stinginess. It argues savings protect the future and notes arithmetic of squandered dimes versus saved dollars as a guide for wealth building. It frames the saver as a steady, capable girl shaping better prospects.
Notable Facts From A Wide Range Of Figures
An assortment of short items notes Emeror Joseph of Austela hosting audiences twice weekly for all subjects. Oran Perry of Indiana works on a Mexican war troop movements history. Theresa S Haley of Boston studies women and child labor for the government. H G Wells and Conan Doyle are cited for prolific writing. The marquis of Ailsa is a floriculturist at Ayrshire. Lord Curzon is described as highly methodical in India with quick access to pertinent papers.
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Emeror Joseph
Austela
Oran Perry
Indiana
Theresa S. Haley
Boston
United States
H. G. Wells
Pigeons Used by Italian Cavalry in World War I
Italian army cavalry regiments rely on carrier pigeons for battlefield communications. Young officers study training of pigeons for military use at the Pisneral college during camp maneuvers and maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisneral College
Influence of Nature on the Wanderer Quincey
A reflective passage depicts two travelers aboard a calm day, urging that old griefs fade as cool air and distant hills form a tranquil landscape. Dew is imagined as washing fever from the brow, promising unhappiness no more.
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Quincey
Boston Dental Cure Mentioned in Harper's Weekly Note
In Boston a brief Harper's Weekly excerpt thanks Mrs Backley as a toothache disappears after attending Prof Wiggin's dental parlors where an offending molar was removed. The language echoes mock Dantean imagery about dental suffering and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Archbishop and clergy adjourn for luncheon amid church function
An archbishop and clergy break for luncheon after an ecclesiastical service when a canon jokes about a bride on their appetites. The archbishop retorts with wit about placing a bit between their teeth. The piece also notes John Burns MP and his library filling three rooms as a boy volunteers to gather books.
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Canterbury
John Burns
M. P
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