Portola festival notes and worldwide events overview
A collection of brief items including Taft speeches in Texas, Wright teaching army pilots, Moros smuggling rifles, a magnetic Atlantic storm crippling cables, and the Portola festival in San Francisco. Also mentions bank arrests in Nashville, labor and railway news, and various international tensions and curiosities.
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Taft
Houston
Dallas
Tex
Russia
Italy
Wilbur Wright
Army
Atlantic
San Francisco
Bomb Threat Targets New Japanese Store in Eureka
Eureka Cal October 26 a bomb exploded at the Tsuchiya Brothers Japanese store entrance at 2 45 am tearing the storefront and shattering nearby windows. Police pursued a man mistaken for the bomber. no one injured. The shop, opened days earlier, is Humboldt counties first Oriental store since 1887 Chinese exclusion.
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Eureka
Cal
Tsuchiya Brothers
Humboldt County
Justice Peckham Passes After Illness at Altamount
Rufus W. Peckham, associate justice of the U S Supreme Court, died at his Altamount summer home Sunday night at 8 15. Heart trouble Brights disease and arteriosclerosis caused his death after a period of ill health. He had returned from Washington with Mrs. Peckham after the May term adjourned to spend the season at the Altamount estate.
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Albany
N. Y
Rufus W. Peckham
United States Supreme Court
Altamount
Bright
Justice Peckham
Washington
Mra. Peckham
Cleveland
Rebels Gain Victory in Nicaragua Civil War
News from Bluefield Nicaragua dated October 26 reports Chamorro forces defeating President Zelaya troops at Boca San Carlos on the San Juan river. About 100 government soldiers were killed and 300 wounded as insurgents seized two Krupp siege guns and 400 rifles, gaining control of the Atlantic coast.
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Bluefield
Nic
Greytown
Chamcorro
Zelaya
Boca San Carlos
San Juan River
Chamorro
Dione
Managua
Emory
Cape Gratias
Atlantic
Canada to Claim Pole in Land Possession Parade Reference
The captain states no land possession was taken today in honor of General Jose de San Martin during an April procession. He notes Peary and Cook polar trips and mentions a statue in his honor with troops marching past it.
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Canada
Pole
Peary
Cook
Jose de San Martin
Vette
AIRSHIP DEFIES GALE! Latham soars in 50 mph wind at Blackpool
Reporter recounts Hubert Latham in a French monoplane battling a gale at Blackpool on October 23. The aircraft circled the course twice, then, in gusts, reached speeds between 30 and 100 mph. Spectators urged him to descend as the wind kept him aloft and he narrowly avoided crashing into the sea.
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Blackpool
Hubert Latham
Latham
Cody Renounces American Citizenship for British Subject Status
Captain 5 F Cody, the American aviator teaching British officers to fly, has renounced his U S citizenship and taken British naturalization papers. He received his papers in Doncaster England where he attends an airship meeting. A crowd cheered but he refused to lower the American flag at headquarters.
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Cody
America
New York
F. Cody
Doncaster
England
Coday
Indians Residency Rules Curtail Bachelor Renters
Pendleton Oregon reports new rules by the Department of the Interior limiting rental land on the Umatilla reservation to married men. Unmarried renters may keep leases only if they move or adjust to smaller allotments, with exceptions for those living with parents. The policy targets graft tied to leasing commissions and requires public bids to curb abuses.
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Pendleton, Or
Umatilla
Department of Indiag
Immigrant Hopes Rise as Hawaii Sees New Arrivals
Immigration agent W A Perel reports over 190000 Fiala pose seek passage to Honolulu while Russians who came via Siberia are hinted to number in the hundreds. Veterans of the recent war with Japan and Romig are among the arrivals, with Manchuria trips cited in searches led by A Te Atkineos.
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Honolulu
W. A. Perelstrook
A. Te Atkineos
Manchuria
Hia
Nawai
Siberia
Apne
Japan
Romig
Calcutta Music Revers Tragedy Reports Quake Toll
A partial read of Calcutta reports a major earthquake causing extensive deaths and injuries. The article lists fatalities in the dozens with hundreds of people affected, noting widespread damage across the area.
New Cure for Consumption Clinic Opens in New York
A tuberculosis clinic using high potential electrical currents and high frequency will open at the Throat and Lung hospital on East Twenty seventh Street. Dr. Frederick de Kraft says the Oudin D'Arsonval and Tesla currents may revolutionize treatment and possibly cure consumption, even in advanced stages.
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New York
Throat and Lung Hospital
East Twenty-seventh Street
Frederick de Kraft
Seventieth Street
de Kraft
Oudin
Malaria Conference to Study India Campaign Plan
An official conference will assemble at Simla to examine malaria and draft a government ready plan for India and local authorities. The sanitary commissioner urges permanent organization to investigate the disease, with India’s fever deaths cited near 4.5 million and a high overall illness burden.
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Calcutta
Simla
India
Convict Camps Probed in Texas Logbook Findings
Testimony before a senatorial committee on Texas penitentiary farms and camps reports deplorable conditions at some camps and better conditions at others. Highlights include poor sanitation and mistreatment at an unnamed form and the Lignite mine at Calvert. Food has improved overall, bunkhouses remain ill kept.
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Houston
Tex
Senatorial Committee On
Penitentiary Farma
Texas
Calvert
Delaware Shows Speed in Offshore Test Flight
Rockland Me Oct 25 The bat American Delaware today attained a maximum speed of 21.98 knots and a mean of 21.44 knots during speed trials.
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Delaware
Rockland
aurora borealis disrupts Atlantic cables reports smash
New York on October 26 reports of a magnetic storm affecting oceanic cables. The aurora borealis is blamed for disturbances along the Atlantic lines, posing hazards to communication links and prompting warnings from operators.
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New York
De Lara Defense League Forms in Los Angeles
Los Angeles forms the De Lara Defense league to fund his possible release and aid his case. Mass meeting planned for Saturday with speakers including John Kenneth Turner. Attorneys say De Lara is a socialist, not an anarchist, and seeks naturalization papers.
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Los Angeles
de Lara
John Kenneth Turner
Mexico
Clarence Meily
A. R. Holston
Ian
Nh Perm
Deange_W. retro . Haren
Pankhurst Arrives in New York to Speak on Equal Rights
Mrs. Emmeline Gould Pankhurst, British suffragette leader, lands at the White Star pier amid a quiet crowd as she arrives to study the American situation and advocate universal suffrage. She recalls Holloway prison confinement and notes intent to press for votes as the government prepares. The reception is restrained under customs limits.
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New York
White Star
America
Sff Tragette
Fifth Ave
Bomb Barrages Struck Church in Unknown Attack
Report says a bombing struck a church causing damage while paramedics responded to the scene. No confirmed casualties or suspects were named, and officials urged caution as investigations begin.
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Oklahoma
Spain
Philippines
Islands
Nashville, Tenn
Omaha
the River Railroad
Alaska
New York Ice Trust
Gostemala
Nicaragua
Marjorie Gould
The
Municipal Association of Portland
E. B. Perrin
California
Lovett
Union Pacific
Harriman
Ago
Newlands
Nevada
Finland
Arma
American Federation of Labor
Ferrer
Yorktown
Lord Cornwallia
McCrea
Pennsylvania Road
Montana
Bri Savages
Estrada
Wright
Ridder
Eh Oete
China
Oregon
Soren
Dees Bate
Alee
Orville Wright
Berlin
Prasengero
New York City
Diaz
Supfragette Beaches
Acterior
St. Petersburg
St. Peterna
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