Seven Days in Washington Wire Briefs
A summary bulletin notes lawmakers and officials testifying in major inquiries. It mentions suffragists appealing to a House committee for parcels post, Senator Pomerene denouncing Rockefeller, Nelson criticizing Taft, Smoot protests, and plans to summon Roosevelt and Morgan. They also reference Sugar Trust hearings with J F Smith, Knox vouchers, and a recall vote outcome. Taft awards medals to six sailors linked to the North Dakota rescue after the explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Pomerene
Ohio
Oil and Tobacco Trust
John D. Rockefeller
Nelson
Taft
Smoot
Sugar Trust
J. F. Smith
Mormon Church
Stanley
Theodore Roosevelt
J. P. Morgan
Steel Trust
Charles FR. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar
Knox
Houge
Frederick Hale
Senate
North Dakota
Royal couple at Ascot races in full state attire
King George and Queen Mary attended the Ascot races in full state. John D. Rockefeller arrived in Cleveland to spend the summer. Congressman Dies of Texas wed his secretary in April and left Washington to abandon public life, yet both still draw pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
Queen Mary
John, D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Congressman
Texas
Washington
General cotton slump follows rain in belt and more
Reports of rain in the cotton belt accompany a sharp drop in cotton prices. News notes merger activity as twenty-one concerns in seventeen cities form General Baking Co with 25 million capital. Elm Farm Milk Co Boston pleads guilty to Elking Act violations and is fined. West Point admits 249 students, largest class. Obituary notes C A Bogardus dies. William Gerry found guilty of manslaughter in Hanlin West Virginia. Judge Grosseup urges dividend regulation. A 1000 rifles and 301000 rounds seized in Mobile bound for Ceiba Honduras. Warriner testifies in Cincinnati embezzlement case. Stimson and Leonard Wood greet 82 West Point grads joining U.S. Army. New York allocates 50,000 for Fourth celebration. tracks blamed for Martins Creek crash. Wong Suey arrested in opium case. New Orleans crime control on filibuster fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Baking Company
New York
Elm Farm Milk Company
Boston
United States Military Academy
West Point
C. A. Bogardus
Springfield
William Gerry
Hanlin
W. Va
Clarence Ford
Ceiba
Honduras
Mobile
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four
Edgar §. Cooke
Cincinnati
Henry L. Stimson
Leonard Wood
Military Academy
United States Army
New York City
Board of Aldermen
Martins Creek
N. 2
Board of Public Utility Commissioners
Wong Suey
San Francisco
Ophim Ring
Soldiers of Fortune
New Orleans
Central America
Multiple Local Incidents Highlight Urban News Pulse
Lightning hits ferry Colonial near Saybrook causing beaching. Ethel Conrad and Lillian Graham remanded with bail set at 25000 each as W K E Stokes’s condition improves. James B Wilson, Northville glove maker and village president, dies on a train. New York Presbytery adopts pacific resolutions while dissenting voices emerge. Baldwin Locomotive works strike resolution fails with 2000 of 10000 workers still out. Albany enacts commission form government bill for Beacon. Bronx wall collapse injures 9 workers after warning about unsafe building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freschl
New York
Ethel Conrad
Lillian Graham
W. KE. Stokes
Miss Conrad
James B. Wilson
Northville
N. Y
New York Presbytery
Dr. Wylie
General Assembly
Jowell
Fifth Avenue
Dr. Fox
American Idle Sociery
Global Dispatches Chronicle Turbulent 1912 World News
A sweeping 1912 article summarizes events from Olympia horse show audiences in London to Anglo American arbitration efforts. It notes shipping losses near Trieste, U S peace treaty talks, Belgian cabinet formation, Turkish amnesty promises, and a long Atlantic race from Johanesthal with most aviators forced to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
United States
Olympia
London
England
Canada
Trieste
Austria
Adriatic Sea
Andrew Carnegie
Edinburgh
France
Germany
Holland
National Peace Congress
Taft
Firebug Held On Arson Charge In Butler Case
Thomas Donaldson, a self confessed firebug, is held for trial on arson. He alleges Criswell paid him to burn the Criswell barn, which burned August 18, 1908. Donaldson testified about payoffs and his confession, while Criswell faces a future hearing after investigators charge arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Thomas Donaldson
Dale Walters
Mars
Criswell
J. A. Criswell
Donald
Walters
Mr. Criswell
Criwell
Donaldson
Bakerstown
Pittsburg
Critwell
Greer
Wheat Not Dead but Sleeping Greeley Discovery
In Greeley Colorado wheat once entombed with an Egyptian mummy for over a millennium has sprouted after being planted at a local farm. Ten grains germinated into tall stalks, suggesting a potential variety superior to regional crops. The remarkable find draws attention to ancient grains and agricultural possibility in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Col—aAfter
Greeley Farm
Hickman Granted 30 Day Execution Respite
Pat Charles Hickman, convicted of murdering his wife on February 2, 1910, will not be executed on June 22. Governor Tener has granted a 30 day respite, delaying the death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickman
Beaver
Pat Charles Hickman
Tener
Highwaymen Rob Victim in Albion Hold Up and Beating
Joseph Viscroy a collector for Leonardo DiFogei was robbed of about $2,000 in Albion Erin county. He was forced to go from house to house after payday for foreign workers on the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad. Two Greek peddlers were later identified as suspects as the assailants fled on a freight train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Butler
Joseph Viscroy
Leonardo DiFogei
Erin County
Bessemer and Lake Erie
Viseroy
Runaway Mustangs Drag Wickboro Merchant to Death
John McClure, 45, a Wickboro grocery and general store owner, was dragged 300 yards by a runaway team to Cemetery Hill near Kittanning on Saturday morning. His 16-year-old son John Jr. escaped injury when thrown from the wagon. The elder McClure died in hospital 30 minutes after the accident. his head was crushed and his legs broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickboro
John McClure
Cemetery Hil
Kittanning
McClure
McClre
Desserts and Fruit Foam Delights From a Vintage Menu
Historic dessert guide offers Maple Pudding and Macaroon Pudding with milk maple syrup gelatin and whipped cream. Also Fruit Foam with fruit juice gelatin meringue and molded foam, plus Rice Pudding and a Chop Suey style fruit dish serving six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ummer
Omelet with Putter Mix Reveals Tasty Evening Dish
A historic kitchen note describes a savory omelet recipe using putter, sifted flours, beef stock, mushrooms, peppers, salt, and nutmeg. The mixture simmers briefly then shrimp are added, the omelet folded, and served immediately on hot plates for a dramatic finish.
Cream of Lettuce Soup from Lettuce Heads
Wash and trim three heads of lettuce then simmer until tender in a double boiler. Press through a fine sieve, return to the pan, add white stock, bring to boil. Stir flour with milk, blend into soup, then finish with butter and salt and pepper.
Cleaning tile grates with a fuller's earth paste
A strong paste made from washing powder and fuller's earth cleans tiled grates and marble stains. Apply thick paste, leave for one to two hours, then wash off with hot lather using a friendly gal.
Scaling Fish Made Easy For Any Size Family
A home tip advises busy housewives to dip fish in scalding water to loosen scales, then remove them quickly. The method saves time and reduces effort in preparing fish for meals.
Quicker Way For Filling Salt And Pepper Shakers
A reader describes a simple method to fill salt and pepper shakers faster by making two small glued paper funnels and attaching them to the shakers to aid pouring.
Free From Skin Disease Thanks to Cuticura Remedies
A Toronto born infant with severe dermatitis was treated with various remedies with little improvement. After hospital visits and failed treatments, family doctors and care led to using Cuticura products starting May 1909. Within weeks the skin cleared completely with no recurrence, and the family continues using Cuticura Soap for baths. Robert Mann of Proctor, Minnesota reports on May 2, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Duluth
Robert, Mann
Proctor
Minn
Old Superstition and Teething Remedies Recalled
A fragment recounts an old superstition about ague sufferers visiting crossroads at night to bury the disease, then shifts to pasted advertisements for Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething infants and various laxatives and tonics. It hints at moral questions about ingratitude and self-made men like Alphonse Karr.
Advice To Women Free From Lydia E Pinkham
Suffering women invited to write Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice. Hundreds of thousands of testimonials in file, promise of discreet response. Free 80 page text book offered by mail, not for general distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkham
Lynn
America
Vemce Weyer
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Indiana
Peter §. Grosseup
Chicago
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Colonial
Saybrook
Old Lyma
Conn
Baldwin Locomotive Works
New York Board of Estimate
Coney Island
Assembly At
Albany
Beacon
Dutchess County
Foteman
Bronx
Creign
Charles de Broqueville
Brussels
F. Schollaert
Johann Svendsen
Copenhagen
Portugal
Glasgow
Liverpool
Cardiff
Bristol
Southampton
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Castro
Port-au-Prince
Turkey
Frey
Rome
Turin
Viterbo
Maine
Havana
Lord Derby
Ascot
Relcherath
Marshall Roberts
Marshall Q. Roberte
Grosvenor Square
Tangier
Sifroo
Mequinez
Mons. de Broquevilla
Interior
Johannesthal
Lindpainter
Magdelburg
State’s Attorney
Talesman
Levis
Winslow
Alphonse
Karr
Samuel Pitcher
the Centaur Company
Innew York, Sufversary
Foodad
Bears
USA
Castoria
Carter
Presbyterian Building
Gray
le Roy
N. We
Pennsylvania Nursery Co
Girard, Erie Co
Watson E.colemen
Ington
D.C
Bookestree
Ww. N. Y
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