Global Affairs Briefs Signal Press Bill and Political Moves
The article surveys international notes including Britain proposing a press control bill for India, Cipriano Castro’s suspected plans from Canarias, Greece moving toward a national assembly, and a German tariff loophole for American apples. It also mentions Cook's status in Heidelberg, Chicago aiding Paris after floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Lord Minto
Imperial Council
Herbert Hope-Risley
Home Department
Cipriano Castro
Malaga
Spain
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Central America
Gomez
Greece
National Assembly
Dragoum
Heidelburg
Germany
F. A. Cook
Chicago
Paris
Deaths and legal notes from early 1910s briefings
Reports include Massachusetts representative Loring's death from pneumonia, Lakota bank president Radders jailed for forgery with $7500 bond, and military notes on Lt Mitchell's resignation. Divorce suit at Reno, Taft actions, and various local trials, appointments, and economic updates follow in rapid succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring
Massachusetts
F. A. Radders
People’s State Bank of
Lakota
N. D
State Bank Examiner
Burton J. Mitchell
Twelfth Infantry
Frederick Funston
Taft
Reno
Nev
James Gayley
United States Steel Corporation
MacVeagh
West Virginia
Joseph A. Graham
Salisbury
West
John Embry
United States
Oklahoma
William
Germany
National
Taggart
Indianapolis
Ind
W. H. Morton
House
Indianapolis Sun
Rudolph Leeds
Richmond
W. B. Leeds
Alaska
W. T. Lopp
Commissioner of Education
Paulino Goiley
Congress
Tafth-On Alg
Mickey
Nebraska
Gissumone
Toledo
Mine explosion near Drakesboro leaves many feared dead
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Treasury and Indian funds rules move toward aid parcels
The piece notes per capita circulation down from 35 to 34.82 dollars, with a proposed bureau revision allowing Indian school superintendents to allocate up to 100 dollars monthly from individual funds to meet genuine needs. It also cites Senate digs at postal savings bill, treasury results, and a forest service funded increase in the agriculture appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Postal Savings Bank
Dill
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Senate
Wall Street
Treasury
House
Forest Service
Legislative caucus near for Mc Laurin successor vote
The Mississippi legislative caucus fell within ten votes of choosing a successor to the late Senator Mc Laurin. Various political maneuvers and resignations are noted including Wade H. Ellis leaving the attorney general’s office to lead the Ohio GOP effort.
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Mississippi
Senator McLaurin
Congress
Phoenix
Ariz
Wade H. Ellis
Pittsburg
aKs
William J. Bryan
la Paz
Bolivia
Fairbanks
Rome
Samuel L. Shank
Indianapolis
Binger Hermann
Public Land
Portland
Oregon
Patrick’s Day
Canada Beckons as Prospective Free Homesteads Grow
The piece notes Americans from Kentucky and 35 states report satisfaction with lands in Central Canada. A Frankfort man praises Alberta and a Calgary Edmonton half section near a railroad, urging settlement in the coming country. Editors caution readers to move thoughtfully and rely on long term settlers' success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Canada
E. K. Bell
Frankfort
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Canadian West
M Speogle
Movig
Tuberculosis Funding Shifts Toward Public Money
A bulletin from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis notes a major funding shift. In 1909 public funds covered 53.5 percent of tuberculosis expenditures, while 1910 projections show over 75 percent from federal state city and county sources. 1909 totals were 8.18 million with 4.36 million from public money and 3.82 million from voluntary contributions. 1910 appropriations exceed 9 million with 4.1 million by states, 3.98 million by municipalities, and 1 million by the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Practical Christianity and a Teamster Punishment
A Harper's Weekly note praises a sewing circle for 57 buttons in a church box and begs for donated undershirts and other garments next Sunday. A Chicago teamster who abandoned horses for six hours during a storm was fined 50 dollars. the humane society pursued the case, and he may go to jail for nonpayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Weekly
Chicago
The
Humane Society
Paradox of Tempered Metal and Hot-Headed Courage
A witty remark contrasts fiery temper with strength noting that metal should be tempered. It suggests paradox in how hot-headed men are seen as brave when tempering improves metal. The exchange plays on irony and wordplay.
Get Power From Food The Right Fuel For The Body
A Missouri woman recounts severe stomach trouble until she tried Grape-Nuts. She reports improved digestion, weight gain from 98 to 116 pounds, restored strength, and renewed ability to work after using the product. The ad urges a ten day trial and to look for the booklet The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Wellville
Court Issues. Agitation Against High Prices Fades in New York
New York February 10. Judge Swayos charge that storing food to raise prices is a conspiracy spurs Hudson county grand jury to keep probing Jersey City cold storage warehouses. Prosecutor Garvin expects indictments to curb the alleged system while New York City's push for meat price relief wanes and a cold storage regulation ordinance stalls. Butter and eggs show slight declines as general agitation subsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Swayo
Hudson County Grand Jury
Jersey City
Garvin
New York City
Board of Aldermen
Carnival of Crime in St. Louis Sees Police Bonded Suspects
In St Louis police report 778 robberies including 148 burglaries and 485 sneak thefts over 21 days as relief fund shortages of 17000 to 25000 prompt probe. Promissory notes forged by high ranking officials trigger defense, secretary John Healy faces 10000 bond to answer February 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Relief Association
Relief Fund
John Healy
Hoodoo Still Active At St Paul Mine Disaster Scene
In Cherry Illinois on February 10 a four inch steam pipe burst near the 500 foot level as workers prepared to start the main pump to remove seepage water. The scalding steam forced men to flee causing a delay of several hours though no injuries were reported. The incident heightened fear from the mine fire that claimed nearly 300 lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry
Ill
St. Paul
Alaska coal land fraud probe at Nome
B C Ribler was examined by J M Sheridan and W J Magee of the interior department regarding alleged patent takings on Alaska coal lands. Ribler denied statutory fraud as proceedings before American Consul Chapman Coleman continued with BE C Hughes of Seattle acting for coal claimants.
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Nome
Alaska
B. C. Ribler
J. M. Sheridan
W. J. Magee
American Department of the Interior
Riblet
Chapman Coleman
BE. C. Hughes
Seattle
Wash
Dentist’s molar Pulled Into Lung Sparks $3,000 Judgment
R W Pell won a $3,000 judgment against Dr A A Shaw after alleging a molar slipped into Pell’s lung during an extraction. Pell suffered two years of tuberculosis like illness before coughing up the tooth revealed the true cause of his health decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
R. W. Pell
A. A. Shaw
Pell
Sugar Trust Man Sentenced For Sugar Frauds
Oliver Spitzer former dock superintendent for the American Sugar Refining Co. Williamsburg plant was sentenced to two years in a federal prison in Avlanta Ga for his role in extensive sugar underweighing frauds His bail appeal was denied and he was to be taken to Atlanta to start serving time.
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New York
Oliver Spitzer
American Sugar Refining Co
Williamsburg
Avlanta
Spitzer
Atlante
Celebrate Chinese New Year in San Francisco Streets
San Francisco observes a lively Chinese New Year with fire crackers, punk sticks, and abundant spending. Canton bank reports $60,000 changed into quarters for poorer relatives and servants as celebrations proceed under Mayor McCarthy’s proclamations allowing traditional gambling.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Canton Bank
McCarthy
Chicago merchant praises Peruna remedy in ad
Becker of 134 Van Buren Street, a well known wholesale dry goods dealer, declares a thirty year catarrh cure using Peruna. He says it cured him and his wife and credits the medicine with rapid relief of colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lars Aner
Bellas
Becker
van Buren
Peruna
Why the Sun Takes Its Time to Set
A family in the country enjoys a simple sunset routine on the veranda. Four year old Roberta suddenly explains with childlike insight that the sun takes long to set because it must hatch many little stars, revealing a hopeful, humorous moment from daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
H.’s
Roberta
Los Angeles Times
Exploded Theory on Mental Suggestion Questioned
A Sunday Magazine piece in the Cleveland Leader questions belief in mental suggestion. A respondent rejects influence, stating no such power exists, while noting a personal wish about repayment of a debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cleveland Leader
Deafness Cure Claim and Catarrh Remedy Ad
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It links deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube caused by catarrh, offering a $100 reward for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promoting Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
FE. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Their Status Are They Happy Theyre Rich
A witty quote from the St Louis Post Dispatch contrasts happiness with wealth. The remark frames a public perception of status and fulfillment.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kodak on the Farm and Household Remedies Ad Line
A vintage catalog-like item offers a free booklet by E. B. Meyrowitz and advertises remedies including a one day cold cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine and Perry Davis Painkiller. The snippet notes marriage life quirks and a humorous remark on conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodak
E. B. Meyrowitz
Nicollett Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Drogelsts
E.W. Grove
Cagey Bachelor and a Call from a Harbor Lawyer
A woman pursues a coy bachelor who dodges direct talk. The scene shifts to a Marine Eye Remedies advertisement pitching a 48 page illustrated booklet and eye care products sold by a Chicago based company. The piece blends social gossip with an alluring sales pitch promising relief for sore eyes and baby eyelids.
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Chicago
Boy Earns Horrible Mention at Prize Distribution
After a Sunday school prize event Johnny is asked about his prize. He replies no prize but says he received a horrible mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Eye Ear Nose and Throat Specialist in Fargo Ad
An ad for Dr. J H Rindlaub of Fargo announces eye ear nose throat services. It promotes Pierce's Pellets for stomach relief and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and pain in children. Includes a moral quote and a note on average wages.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
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