Happenings That Are Making History Abroad and at Home
A digest of global and national events includes La Follette defending his tariff stance in a first night Senate session, plans for balloon stations along the coast by Brig. Gen. Allen, and reflections on political shifts. Reports cover storms, fires, legal cases, and notable deaths, with dispatches from Washington and abroad.
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la Follette
Senate
Senator la Follette
United States
Gen
Allen
Army Signal Corps
D. North
Notable 1909 News Snippets on Exploration and Affairs
George W Perkins plans Alaska mining property visits this summer per a New York report. Count von Bernstorff says England has no cause to fear war with Germany. Edward Payson Weston nears San Francisco after passing Laramie. Dr W S Bovard resigns Richmond colleges presidency to join University of Chattanooga. Andrew Walker McAlester’s Missouri medical school deanship resignation accepted. George Baglin jailed in New York for failing to produce United Copper books. Maj Gen Arthur MacArthur retires. Maj Gen Leonard Wood becomes senior US Army officer. Albion College President Dickie and Milwaukee Mayor Rose to debate the Haover question at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle on June 11.
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Vetor Croth
Youreala
Dennis Shay
Charles Haynes
William P. Fox
San Francisco
Shay
Fox
J. M. Green
Richland
Tex
Gov. Smith
Order of Eagles
Indiana State Aerue
New Albany
United Norwegian Lutheran Church
Des Moines
Philadelphia
M. L. Bowman
Milwaukee
New York Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
Albert T. Patrick
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Virginia Hot Springs
Alexandretta
Asiatic
Turkey
Dourtyul
Roosevelt Rifles
East Africa
George Phillips
Battle Creek
Michigan
Missouri Pacific & Iron Mountain Railroad
Little Rock
Ark
Manila
D. A. BR
Mra
Matthew T. Scott
Bloomington
Til
William Darragh
Washington
Isthmian Canal
United States
Lima
North Platte River
Douglas
Wyo
Enrico Caruso
Milan
Italy
Bella Vedova
Specialiata
Imperial Valley
San Diego
Cal
Salton Sea
John J. Binkley
Hvansville
Ind
Wellington Hotel
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Frankfort
Willson
Canada
Sarah ,Richman
Springfield
National
Whole and Grocers’ Association
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Taft
William Penn
England
New York Chamber of Commerce
Gould
New -York
Boston
Rose
Iim
Texas
Bermuda Islands
Als
Bermudas
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Alaska
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
Edward Payson Weston
Laramie
W. 8
Bovard
Moore's
Richmond
United States Army
Dickie
Albion College
Seattle
Wash
Massacre claim denied by Rus embassy in Washington
The Rus embassy denies 80,000 slain in the regent massacres and cites 4,000 dead. Reports cover a Russian sentenced to hang in Fairbanks saved by Mrs Taft, a Somerville knife attack killing five and wounding three, a coroner's finding of strychnine death in Los Angeles, a Missouri mother killing herself and children after husband’s embezzlement arrest, a Tallahassee jailer overpowered and a lynching, cholera outbreaks in St Petersburg, subway ticket sales in New York, and various international events and recognitions.
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Rus
Washington
Nui
Tsisinel Perovich
Fairbanks
Alaska
Mra
Taft
John * Murphy
Somerville
Mass
Joasph Carleton Archer
Los Angeles
Cal
Oneida
Strych Maine
John Glaesser
Gleasser
Tallahassee
Fla
Mark ‘Morris
Sherif Langston
St. Petersburg
New York
National Conference of Charities and Correction
America
Buffalo
N. Y
B. P. Bicknell
National Red Cross
Michigan
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
Philadelpha
New England Comat
Northwestern University School of Law
Chicago
Basaador Jusserand
el Francisco
CLOUDBURST AND FLOODS HARM IOWA AND WYOMING TRAILS
Des Moines reports a cloudburst causing extensive property damage and train service disruption from Shannon City to Diagonal with sixteen miles of track washed out. Ringold county suffers flood losses to cattle and crops as streams rise since 1889. A separate Montana- Wyoming storm floods roads, damages over 50 thousand dollars, and endangers the Pathfinder dam.
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Des Moines
Great Western
Shannon City
Diagonal
St. Joseph
Ringold County
Iowa
Mount Ayr
Creston
Burlington Railroad
Here
Afton
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Carbon Timber Company
Douglas
Edson Cut
Union Pacific
Harriman Seasick on Ocean on Way to Paris
London reports H Harriman arrived from New York en route to Paris. He said the Atlantic crossing was largely fine apart from a few days of seasickness and he is in better health than a year ago. Rabies scare covers Pennsylvania with widespread quarantines. Twenty five boroughs and townships are under quarantine as cases rise across the state.
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Harriman
London
H. Harriman
New York
Paris
Atlantic
Harrisburg
State
Hive ‘Stock Sanitary Board
Interior opens North Platte land for settlement in 112460 acres
The interior secretary vacated a withdrawal under the reclamation act for about 112,460 acres in Nebraska’s North Platte project and restored land to the public domain. Lands will be open to settlement on August 31 and entry on September 20, with 12,800 additional acres in Wyoming for the same project.
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Washington
Secretary of ‘the Interior
North Platte Project
Nebraska
Wyoming
Peru cabinet resigns after outbreak engineered by Pic rol a faction
The Peruvian cabinet tendered its resignation in Lima amid confirmation that last week’s revolutionary outbreak was engineered entirely by followers of the Pic rola party.
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Lima
Peru
Picrola Party
Noted Editor Dead in Philadelphia at 81
Col Alexander Mel Clure a noted editor and journalist of the supreme and superior courts of Pennsylvania died Sunday at age 81. He was a prominent figure in politics and journalism for many years.
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Philadelphia
Col. Alexander
Mel Clure
Supreme and Superior Courts of
Pennsylvania
Norris Exhorts Senators On Paper Duty
John Norris, chair of the committee, forwards a letter urging attention to newspaper and periodical duty. The senator’s note directs focus to the duty and forthcoming dates, spreading the statement through the paper to inform constituents.
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Norrie
Root
Y Kk
John Norris
Eooletion
The Silent Bell and the Photograph Pact
Belle Edwards known as the Silent Bell bursts into speech over a failed engagement and a missing photograph. Allerton returns to claim his place after a mistaken principal appointment and discovers Belle’s secret desire. She blushes and yields, accepting a life with him as school leader and partner.
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Bell
Belle
Bel
Eduiards
Allerton
the Silent Bell
Robert
Board of Education
Mobert
Keling
Onfleman
Hms
Delphic
Deas
Gilica
Figure It Out For Yourself Gov Dined Alone Puzzle
The governor of Egorjul was widowed with a marriageable daughter and sister. He became his own relatives through marriage, leading to a paradox where all listed relations cancel out and he dined alone.
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Egorjul
French Mountaineer Plants Flag on Swiss Peak Betrayed by English Rival
Basel visit recounts a French climber obsessed with scaling a forbidding peak. After failed attempts he returns and, with precautions, reaches the summit and plants a blue flag bearing his name. An Englishman later reveals he won the flag from the peak and sends a package to the climber.
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Basel
Switzerland
Hmb
Why and What Named Kittens In A Childs Riddle
A story of a girl named Mary who always asks questions. Her mother suggests the kittens be named Why and What, a playful moment that reveals the child’s endless inquiries. Mary later asks why Why is named Why, prompting a gentle parental response.
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Mary
Japanese Children Learning Delay Beliefs and Korea Climate notes
Japanese children are barred from school until age six due to beliefs about harm. Korea is roughly 600 miles long and 19 percent wide, very mountainous with a fine climate. Nine months per year the skies are bright. winters are dry and crisp with no extreme heat. Eight in ten who reach sixty live past midnight, a note on late hours in aging.
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Korea
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Arcord
Washington News
General News
General Synod of the
Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church Extension
D. T. Blodgett
Congress
Supreme Court
Blodgett
John Allerton
Cnn
John Henry Allerton
Miss Edwardh
Atmbenson
Adicma
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Dubuque Brewing & Malting Co
Dubuque
H. 7
Josephine Turk Baker
Eorror
Corror Enevisa
Evanston
Illinois
Lyon & Healy
Hensen
Southern
Minnesota
LeMars
Freeman
C.L. Trewery&g
Court Street
LeMars, Iowa
X. D. Brower
Main Street
Bellaire Music House
McDuffie & Keenan
Attorneys-At-Law
First National Bank
Nelson Miller
Sammis
C. C, Bradley
Sammis & Bradley
Offen
National’ Banks
Batage
Mattar
Town
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