Circle the Globe Race Riot And Major News Roundup
A daylong race riot at the Vaughan Construction Tidewater Railway camp near Roanoke Va leaves a mix of fatalities and injuries among white and black workers. The dispatch also notes Yoropatk in s Russo Japanese war history release and a Washington murder suicide case. It covers a Jamaica earthquake warning by Prof Verrill, a Bayonne Standard depot explosion, and a dramatic rescue of a man trapped twenty four hours in a South Omaha well.
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Vaughan Construction Company
Roanoke
Yoropatkin
St. Petersburg
Russia
Leonard T. Brown
Margueret Strawb
Washington
Strawb
Brown
Connecticut Association of Arts and Sciences
Addison Verrill
Yale
Jamaica
West Indies
Verris
Ife
Standard Qi
Bayonne
N. J
Standard Company
New York
South
Omaha
Neb
Merman Frankholdt
Frankholdt
Muddle Ends as U S Japan California Reach Agreement
Washington reports a final settlement on the Japanese question with Congress already acting. The amendment excludes Japanese laborers from the mainland while allowing entry to Hawaii, promises San Francisco school integration for Japanese children, and grants the President power to enforce exclusions if California fails to comply.
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United States
Japan
California
Washington
Congress
Hawaiian Islands
Prer Nt
San Francisco
School Board of
Schmitz
Conference Committee
Pacific
Rail car leases reveal Pennsylvania railroad financing plan
Trust companies lease 19 537 freight cars for ten years at a $24 million valuation with annual rentals totaling one tenth of cost. Cars controlled by Pennsylvania directors. Also notes rail safety, car shortages, and 1906 industry spending trends including steel underframes and all steel cars. Western managers authorize over $5 million yearly wage increases for engineers impacting more than 15 000 workers.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Commerce
Lane
Northwest
Railway Age
Pullman Company
Atlantic City
Bridgetender
Daniel Stuart
Western Railroad
Chicago
Plan of Thaw Defense Faces Insanity Plea
The Thaw case weighs insanity versus self defense as experts testify that he was insane at Stanford White murder but has since improved toward sanity. The trial paused when juror Mrs. Bolton died, sparking concern among those following the case. Doctor Evans testified Thaw suffered a mental explosion at first visits but showed steady improvement, suggesting diminished responsibility at the time of the crime.
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Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Jerome
Stanford White
Wnospoken
Joseph B. Bolton
Bolton
Captain McVey Defends Lifeboat Departure After Larchmont Sinking
The Larchmont disaster near Block Island prompted survivor Fred Siergfelj to claim passengers were abandoned. Captain McVey says his lifeboat left early due to a capable crew and he stayed with the ship as it sank. About 157 aboard, with roughly 20 percent of crew saved versus eight percent of passengers.
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Larchmont
Block Island
Harry Knowleton
McVey
Fred Hiergseli
Brooklyn
Young Siergfel
Thaw Insanity Defense Receives Mixed Testimony
The article discusses Harry Thaw's insanity defense, arguing against commitment to an asylum while noting expert opinions. It highlights attempts to prove temporary insanity linked to brain irritation and references a controversial claim about White as the irritant. Also mentions the Larchmont disaster's unknown death toll.
Bristol Newspaper War Ends With Courier Purchase
Bristol, Tenn. The Daily Herald buys the Daily Courier ending a long running feud. In St. Louis a Civic League dinner honors Daniel H. Burnham of Chicago who speaks on art and city design. A Troy N Y brick factory building of six stories is destroyed by fire causing about 150000 dollars in losses. In Columbus an East Gay Street installment house Peebles Merchandise Company suffers a 100000 dollar blaze loss.
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Daily Herald
Daily Courier
Bristol
East Gay Street
Columbus
Ohio
Peebles Merchandise Company
Railroads Move to Raise Freight Rates Nationwide
National railroads plan broad increases in freight charges to boost revenue, with Chicago talks aiming to end commodity rates in favor of higher classification rates. Committees assess magnitude, likely reports by June, citing Wall Street fear and financing hurdles for ongoing improvements and equipment.
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Chicago
Wall Street
Roosevelt asks Congress to act on public land and fuel control
President Roosevelt sent a long message urging urgent legislation on public land issues. He seeks conservation of coal and fuel resources on government lands, government leasing of mineral lands, and a system of grazing fees. He asks for 500000 dollars immediately to detect land frauds and notes 2300 land-entry cases with widespread noncompliance and fraud.
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Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Cleveland receives $25,000 yearly from life insurance group
In New York a meeting of life insurance executives elected ex President Cleveland as chairman with a salary of 25000 dollars per year and named him chief counsel for the association. The group represents about thirty companies with vast assets. Separately Daniel Osiris bequeaths five million to the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
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Cleveland
New York
Association
Nature Remedies Offer Free Root and Herb Extract
An article recounts grandparent era folk remedies using Gentian, Rhubarb, Blackberry root, Ginger and others to aid digestion and fever. It promotes Mr. Zaegel at 107 Main Street, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, offering a free sample extract of nine roots and herbs for rheumatism constipation backache and piles with free trial bottle and prepaid mailing.
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Mr. Zaegel
Sheboygan, Wis
Zaegel
Main Street
Sheboygan
Wis
Couldn't Stop Him A Motor Man On A Trolley Car
The dialogue presents Hojax praising a trolley car motor man as a figure of life success, noting how hundreds try to overtake him yet he remains ahead. Tomdix reacts with curiosity about the man's identity, and Hojax confirms the man is the trolley car driver.
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Hojax
Tomdix
Baby Healed By Cuticura After Itchy Rash
Mrs Hattie Currier of Thomaston Maine recounts a nine month old baby with a facial and foot rash. She used Cuticura Remedies and saw noticeable improvement within hours, clearing cradle cap and preventing further irritation. The patient’s feet and scalp healed, and she now keeps Cuticura Ointment on hand for future rashes.
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Hattie Currier
Thomaston
Mr Diggs and McMuny sips at an at home party
In a Chicago Tribune quote a hostess questions Mr Diggs about Mr McMuny s literary fortune. The response confirms his success, though the host notes his appearance suggests otherwise. The scene unfolds at a social gathering with witty banter about authorship.
Allcock's Plastera Introduced Sixty Years Ago
A nineteenth century advertorial note recalls that in 1847 to 1907 Allcock's Plastera were introduced as the world's standard plasters. It claims they are the original genuine porous plasters, offering quick cheap healing for certain ailments and are sold by druggists worldwide.
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Allcock
Allceck
Travelin strickly in cog and a public sale notice
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century page includes a rustic dialogue about privacy and name disclosure. It also references a 5 cent cigar brand from Lewis Factory Peoria Illinois, a claim about Maita island imports totalling five million dollars yearly, a medical claim for Pazo Ointment as a cure for piles, a Siberia population figure near eight million, and a farm for sale at 120 acres priced at six thousand two hundred forty dollars with location details near Hurdland, ME.
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Kingman Star
B. C. Hudler
Kingman
India
Bradford Hibbard Cox
Kansas City
Joseph D. Bolton
James A. Bailey
Baer
Reading Railroad
State Railroad Commission
Pulajanes
Occidental Negros
P. I
W. IK. Bachelor
Walter J. Tse
Philadelphia
St. Albert Hotel
Charleston
W. Va
J. TH. Crouse
Baltimore
Salt Lake City
Uriah
Lena Lisith
Frank E. Grimes
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts
Daimler Manufacturing Company
Long Island
N. Y
Long Island Sound
Norwich
Harry Thaw
Himsel
Save Public Domain
Paris Pasteur Institute
Daniel Osiris
Ruffen Wratz
Strickly
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
Island of
Maita
Siberia
Hurdland
B. Porter
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