Roosevelt and Taft drive nation through a packed political week
A sweeping calendar unfolds with Roosevelt meetings in Oyster Bay and Taft backing the postal savings bank bill. Other items include Lorimer bribery probes, New Mexico and Arizona statehood votes, and ongoing border tensions with Mexico.
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United States
Great Lakes Towing Company
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
House
New Mexico
Arizona
Senate
William Lorimer
Dominion reserves eastern slope of Rockies as forest preserve
The Dominion government has reserved the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains from the American line northward to the fourth parallel as a forest preserve to protect the Prairie region water supply. The area covers about 14,900 square miles.
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Dominion
Rocky Mountains
Skyfourth
Missouri suits seek ouster of five meat packers
Missouri Attorney General Elliott W. Major filed quo warranto actions in the Missouri Supreme Court naming Armour Packing Company Morris and Co Swift Co Hammond Packing Company and the St Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company as principals in a trade conspiracy to control Missouri markets. The petitions seek removal of the corporations licenses confiscation of property or fines and cessation of corporate rights. The suit alleges a 1909 conspiracy to fix prices in livestock poultry dairy and dressed meats.
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Elliott W. Major
Missouri
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Armour Packing Company
Morris & Co
Swift & Co
Hammond Packing Company
St. Louis
Armour, Swift and Morris
Hammond and
National Packing Company
Patten Indicted in Cotton Market Conspiracy Case
James A. Patten and seven others indicted in New York by a Federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to restrain trade under the Sherman act. Accused allegedly formed a pool to corner and fix cotton prices. bail set for five, warrants issued for three. Noted cotton operators Hayne Brown Scales linked to the case.
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Browne
Chicago
Senate
Roosevelt
America
New York Harbor
Senator Burrows
Lorimer
Richard Parr
New York
James A. Patten
Eugene B. Scales
Frank B. Hayne
William P. Brown
New Orleans
Texas
Coal mine deaths fall in 1909 despite Cherry disaster
U S coal mine fatalities decreased to 2412 in 1909 from 2450 in 1908 despite the Cherry mine disaster. Edward W Parker of the U S Geological Survey notes that more coal was mined in 1909 than in prior years and future statistics will be compiled by the new bureau of mines.
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Cherry Mine
United States
Edward W. Parker
Division of Mineral Resources
United States Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Governors Meet for National Conference in Kentucky
The National Conference of Governors will convene in Kentucky with sessions in Frankfort on November 29 and Louisville on November 30. States will discuss conservation prison reform and related policy actions with expected attendance by President Taft and ex-President Roosevelt. Governor Willson of Kentucky will issue the official call.
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Roosevelt
Frankfort
Louisville
Taft
Willgon
Kentucky
Fowl Bite Said to Cause Rabies Woman Dies
Mrs. Gertrude Crompton of Philadelphia died from rabies after a rooster bite at home. Physicians report this as the first medical record of rabies arising from a fowl bite.
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Gertrude Crompton
Philadelphia
Postal Bank Bill Passes Senate in Historic Action
After nearly thirty years, the Senate approved the House postal bank bill by 44 to 25 without changes. The act designates money order offices as savings depository sites, limits accounts to one per person, and sets minimum deposits, interest up to 2 percent, and annual credits up to 500 dollars with monthly deposits not to exceed 100 dollars. Postal funds will be placed in nearby banks at not less than 2.14 percent.
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Postal Savings Bank
House
Senate
Zeppelin Dirigible
Friedrichshafen-Dusseldorf
First Woman To Sew On Machine Turns Eighty
Elizabeth M Kilbourn of Winsted Conn has just celebrated her eightieth birthday. She taught in New Hartford when Elias Howe lived there and visited his workshop. He had her sew a sample and declared her the first woman to operate the sewing machine.
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Winsted
Conn
Elizabeth M. Kilbourn
New Hartford
Howe
Christmas Shopping Hints and Oddities in News Notes
In a blend of quips and quick takes the column muses on early Christmas shopping, quips about Nicaraguan insurgents, Tennessee politics, Halley’s Comet, Nevada’s map patch, and the gap between prairie schooners and modern flying machines. It also jokes about aspiring stunt aviators rushing to gain fame.
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Tennessee
Mr. Halley
Standings of the Clubs in the National League
National League table shows Chicago leading with 35 wins and 16 losses while Philadelphia holds 26 and New York 31 21. St Louis 25 29 and Pittsburgh 26 23 follow, with Brooklyn 23 29 Cincinnati 25 26 and Boston 18 37 at bottom.
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National League
Chicago
Philadel
New York
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Ww. Law Philadel
Cleveland
Detroit
Wash’gton
Boston Peace
Harmon Urged for President by Democratic State Convention
Judson Harmon was renominated for Governor of Ohio by the Democratic State convention in Dayton. He attacked the tariff and the Payne Aldrich bill, while the platform endorsed Harmon as the 1912 presidential candidate and called for a full Democratic ticket amid a hostile legislature and Republican officers.
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Judson Harmon
Ohio
Dayton
Harmon
Horses Die in Bee Attack on Virginia Side of Potomac
A team of horses on the Virginia shore near Washington was driven into twenty beehives by a swarm of 80,000 angry bees. The horses died from the stings as their driver George Law fled, severely stung and in serious condition.
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Virginia
Potomac River
Washington
George Law
Governor Hughes Slashes New York Appropriation
On the eve of an extraordinary legislative session Governor Hughes announced a sweeping cut to the appropriation bills, reducing state expenditures by $4,713,747. This executive action targets the budget ahead of critical legislative debate.
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Hughes
New York
Joseph C. Sibley
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Knox
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Lodge
Longworth
Meyer
New York State
Pellagra Linked to Gnat Carrier in Italian Research
Dr Louis Sambon reports in Italy for an English pellagra inquiry that the disease is caused by a parasite carried by a small gnat named simlum lorans, which breeds in running streams.
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Louis Sambon
Italy
Browne Prosecution Closes After Tense Chicago Trial
The State rests its case in the Browne bribery trial as Prosecutor Wayman cites three payments to Representative White totaling 850 plus 1 000 dollars to influence a Lorimer vote. Beckemeyer and Link corroborate cash payments while Browne’s team injects legal challenges. The Southern Hotel ledger and the so called jackpot fund are referenced but struck from record.
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Browne
Chicago
Wayman
Lee O’neil Browne
Charles A. White
Briggs House
Lorimer
H. J. C. Beckemeyer
Link
Southern Hotel
St. Louis
White
Wilson
World Briefs from Across Nations and Regions
Japan reports over 200 telephone exchanges now, more than double two years ago. Turkish sultan marks first throne anniversary by pardoning many prisoners. Vienna denies any German buyout of Austrian dreadnoughts. England's birth rate hits a low 25.58 per thousand. Paris plans about 300 million dollars in city improvements. Paris court of appeals rules idiots cannot vote. Canadian Pacific allocates 250000 to reduce dust by spreading gravel on the Fort William Winnipeg line.
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Japan
Turkey
Vienna
Germany
England
Paris
Court of Appeals
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Woman
Bloomdale Ohio user shares relief from backache and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges reaching the root of female derangement for lasting relief and promotes confidential, free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Bloomdale
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. M. Frederick
Lydia E Pinkham
Meanest Man in a Dining Car Reveals a Cruel Twist
A New York Sun tale recalls two strangers sharing a table on a train. One asks a favor to comfort his elderly mother by securing a lower berth. The other offers the berth and is grateful, but reveals the deception by identifying his lover awaiting in a different bed.
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New York Sun
Queen Eliza beth of York’s frugal court dress legacy
The article notes Queen Elizabeth of York often spent little on attire, remaining in debt despite modest costs. Bills to her tailor show gowns mended and reused, shoe cost of 24 cents with tin buckles, and wardrobes worn long rather than replaced.
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Elizabeth of York
Henry VII
Great House of Plantagenet
Determined Salisbury Woman Credits Grape-Nuts Cure
A Salisbury Missouri woman writes that Grape-Nuts relieved her crippling cramps nausea and vomiting after other remedies failed. She praises the food as scientifically prepared and notes her husband now promotes it to physicians and customers. A follow up letter invites readers to read The Road to Wellville and the claim of genuine testimonials.
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Salisbury
Chicago
Wellville
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