Week's News Epitome Highlights Taft Dinner and Record Flight
President Taft accepts invitation to speak at New York Pennsylvania society dinner on January 21 1911. Myrtle Berger of Chicago drives a racing auto at near ninety mph on the Santa Monica course. Col Moses C Wetmore injured in St Louis by a horse and bogey. Robert C Clowry resigns Western Union. Theodore N Wall named successor. Senator Elkins may return to Congress after Christmas. J Armstrong Drexel sets world aeroplane height record in Philadelphia at 9 970 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
New York Pennsylvania Society
Myrtle Berger
Chicago
Santa Monica
California
Moses C. Wetmore
National Democratic Committee
W. J. Bryan
St. Louis
Robert C. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Theodore N. Wall
Friends
Elkins
Congress
Coli
Missouri
J. Armstrong Drexel
Philadelphia
Mutinies Nod Warships of Brazil and Global Tensions
Reports describe mutinies aboard four Brazilian ships including dreadnoughts Minas Gereas and Sao Paola, the Sceut Bahia, and cruiser Floriana with limited naval unrest. Elsewhere findings include a U.S. judge ruling the Wellington avalanche claim, Madero wounded in Guerrero engagement, and plans for conscription and parcel post expansion. The Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway convention begins in St. Louis as Dutch Neck pastor and wife are murdered, and U.S. House party standings show Democrats leading with 227 seats to Republicans 163 and one Socialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Minas
Gereas
Sao Paola
Bahia
Floriana
Hermes Fonseca
Everett
Wash
Wellington
Great Northern
Francisco Madero
Guerrerro
Dove
Eagle Posse
Tex
Ciudad Porfirio
Diaz
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the East
United States
Europe
Feldheim Company
Chicago
J. R. Whiting & Co
St. Clair, Mich
Abraham Ruef
San Francisco
District Court of Appeals
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
London
Joseph Sears
House of Representatives
Retter
Washington
Legislators Cle gt Interested in Laws
Indianapolis reports that Indiana lawmakers elect plan broad bill draftings with liquor control top priority. The legislative reference department, led by John A. Lapp, notes widespread interest in liquor laws and workers’ compensation, with many bills mirroring Democratic platform provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Legislative Reference Department
The
State Library
John A. Lapp
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Ontario
Canada
Lapp
House
Senate
Indiana Teachers Annual Meeting in Evansville
Between 1,000 and 1,500 teachers from fifteen Indiana counties are expected to attend the fourth annual Southwestern Indiana Teachers association convention in Evansville. Sessions will be at Evans hall Fifth and Locust with Dr J M Greenwood Dr Charles H Judd and Dr W L Bryan among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Cattle Feeders’ Association
Purdue
Purdue Farm
Indianapolis
Indiana
Evansville
Southwestern Indiana Teachers’ Association
Evans Hall
Fifth
Locust Streets
J. M. Greenwood
Kansas City
Charles H. Judd
Chicago University
W. L. Bryan
Indiana University
O. L. Kelso
Department of Mathematics
Indiana State Normal
Harriet E. Cook
Washington, Ind
Lydia R. Blaich
Alys F. Bentley
Washington, D. C
Charles E. Skinner
Boonville
Evans's
Jennie Rebecca Faddis
Books Read by School Children in 1909 10 State Survey
The state reports 1 973 230 school library books read by school children during 1909 10. Total books accessible from all libraries reach 1 112 251, but counting overlaps where one book is read by two children at different times overstates total on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Wylie
Rochester Township
Fulton County
State Board of Accounts
B.noftiger
C. J. Sparks
Wylie
B. Noftiger
K. P. Richardson
Richardson
Fred
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indiana Physicians Form Pure Drug Association in Indiana
Physicians in Indianapolis launch the Indiana Physicians Pure Drug association to press the next legislature for stronger pure drug laws. Officers include Dr. Edmund D. Clark president and Dr. Charles E. Cottingham secretary treasurer with multiple vice presidents. Over 4,000 letters sent urging physician-wide support to fund prosecuting drug mislabeling, including tincture of opium cases cited by Dr. Clark. The group seeks more state health department funding to enforce standards and protect patient safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana Physicians’ Pure Drug Association
Edmund D. Clark
Charles E. Cottingham
Frank Morrison
F. C. Heath
Thomas C. Kennedy
G. H. Roberts
Indianapolis
State Board of Health
Doctor Clark
Association
Liquor Right Attracts High Court Ruling In Bedford Case
State brief reports Judge George S. Ensminger's ruling that liquor in a blind tiger is immune from seizure while the owner is present and in charge. If upheld, the seizure and destruction provision would be void. Freeman and Launis, druggists, had two barrels seized and re seized, now custody rests with the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
George S. Ensminger
Freeman & Launis
Shelbyville
Cambridge City
Jeffersonville
Madison & Indianapolis
Schoentrup Bros
Anderson
Chester Gephart
Gephart
Crawfordsville
Benjamin
Haywood
Porto Rico
Charles Haywood
New Richmond
Sarah Quiggle
Winamac
Chrajes B. Caldwell
Sheardstown
Not a Harmless Sport and Everyday Advertisers
A fragment shows a humorous exchange about a bareheaded duel and sunstroke from Journal Amusant. It includes an ad line for Mrs. Austins Famous Buckwheat Flour available at all grocers. An entry defines a bachelor girls' club as women who pretend not to want husbands to attract them. Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are advertised as regulating stomach liver and bowels. Sugar coated tiny granules marketed as candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Wood-Splitting Sketch Brings Laughs to Vaudeville
In Home Vaudeville a performer recalls past stage work and recalls a side-splitting sketch. The act pivots to a wood-splitting routine showing quick wit and physical humor to entertain the audience.
Pneumonia Cure Claimed by Wizard Oil Remedy
An old advertisement touts Hamlin’s Wizard Oil as a chest rub that “draws out the inflammation” from ordinary colds to prevent pneumonia and consumption. The claim presents a medical cure in a period paper style, urging readers to use the product to avert serious illness.
New Orleans Man Goes to Philadelphia for Show and Surgery
A New Orleans man told friends he would travel to Philadelphia to see the world series and undergo a minor surgery. In the city a specialist advised no operation was needed, but the man insisted to “make good” or risk mockery from friends back home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Telegraph
Unsightly Complexions With Cuticura Remedies
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for cleansing, purifying, and beautifying skin, scalp, hair, and hands. It claims prevention of pimples, redness, and roughness, suited for infants to adults, and offers a free 32 page Cuticura care book from Potter Drug & Chem Corp in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Labor Day remark by hotel union head in Cincinnati
Jere L. Sullivan, leader of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance, praised improvements in American hotels on Labor Day in Cincinnati. He contrasted modern hotels with the "One Horse" Tin Can, recalling tales of archaic service and a fearless English earl who was shown a room by a blunt landlord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jere L. Sullivan
International Alliance
Cincinnati
Rope and hammer thefts endanger town fire safety
Note from Basswood Bugle reports repeated tool thefts disrupting fire operations. The bell rope was removed for a clothesline, a hammer went missing, and when Hank Purdy's corncrib caught fire the constable had to fetch a hammer from Hilliker’s store. By the time help arrived, Hank’s corncrib burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basswood Bugle
Hank Purdy
Hillliker
Hilliker
Deacon Renfrew
Hank
Also Mentioned on This Page
General News
Brooklyn
N. Y
B. Clark Hyde
Col
TH. Swope
John Edgerton
Helena
Mont
Edgerton
Hyde
Charles Leathers
Glasford
Anna Leather
Mexico
Augustine Birrell
Ireland
Birrell
St. James Park
Rome
Edward D. Kelly
Ann Arbor
Mich
Detroit
A. J. Davidson
Minnie Pickett
Canyonville
Ore
Mexico City
Creel
Corral
Hawley H. Crippen
Belle Elmore Crippen
Pentonville
England
Crippen
Eugene N. Foss
Henry Cabot Lodge
Eugenie Ladenburg
John Hart
House of Correction
United States District Court
Yasnaya Pollana
Leo Tolsto
Isthmian Canal Commission
Samuel C. Taylor
Zanesville
Seattle
Clegt
State
Wicked
State News
Journal Amusant
Post
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!