The Harriman of Canada and Price’s political rise
Montreal reports Charles M. Hayes aims to complete the Grand Trunk Pacific as Canada’s first trans continental link. The piece recounts Price’s resolute temperance stance, sharp tongue, and political near-miss. It also notes Mills’ land theft dispute and Spaulding’s rise and fall in northwestern Wisconsin.
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Montreal
Charles M. Hayes
Canada
Tion
Grand Trunk Pacific
Nels. P. Haugen
Price County
Price
Lottridge Event Ends Swiftly in Heated Convention
A convention collapsed into confusion after Lottridge's motion adjourned amid a Price faction trap. Price proclaimed a majority and stormed at delegates. Humphrey was named as a nominee and the crowd dispersed. Two years later Price formed a new eighth district and pursued a congressional career until his death in 1886.
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Price
Lottridge
Barron
Bayfield
Buffalo
Burnett, Clark, Douglas, Dunn
Eau Claire
Jackson
Pepin Pierce
Polk
St. Croix
Trempealeau
la Crosse County
Eighth
Hugh Price
Fergus Falls Mayor Says Anti Taft Feeling Surges in Ninth District
Fer gus Falls mayor John L Townley reports strong anti Taft sentiment in the Ninth district and warns that defending Speaker Cannon or aiding his allies would cost candidates their political lives. He says no candidate can safely defend Cannon in the district. Steenerson would face political death if he defended Cannon.
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ST. Paul
Minn
John L. Townley
Fergus Falls
Townley
Cannon
Halvor Steenerson
Wives Traffic Denounced by Clergyman in Port Arthur
Rev. H. S. Magee, field secretary of the Temperance and Moral Reform association, told a Y M C A gathering at Kinsale that Port Arthur harbors a colony of foreigners who traffic in wives, selling women for 1 to 5 dollars with no law preventing it. He urged action and reform.
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Winnipeg
Man
H. S. Magee
Temperance and Moral Reform Association
Young Men's Christian Association
Kinsale
Port Arthur
Methodists Create New North Dakota District
At the state conference in Mandan North Dakota October 20 the Methodists expressed support for holding their silver anniversary in Grand Forks in 1911 where the organization began. A new Bismarck district was formed with Rev. M Danforth as superintendent moving from the Fargo district.
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Mandan N. D
Methodists
North Dakota
Grand Forks
Bismarck
Rev. M. Danforth
Fargo
Boiler explosion at Indian School kills student in Rapid City
A boiler blast at the United States Indian school in Rapid City South Dakota yesterday killed Adolph Russell 19 from Pine Ridge and seriously burned Roland White also from Pine Ridge. Physicians fear for White’s eyes as he is badly scalded about the head and shoulders.
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Rapid City
S. D
United States Indian School
Adolph Russell
Pine Ridge Reservation
Roland White
Yeggm en Return From Seattle Fair
Bank burglars safe blowers and highwaymen who struck out for the Pacific coast as the Alaska Yukon exposition opened at Seattle are now stopping in Minnesota and adjoining states. C D Brown special agent of the Tri state Protective association cites this as a reason for increased bank robberies this fall. Brown notes many veggmen returned west early in the summer.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Minnesota
C. D. Brown
Tri-state Protective Association
Bankers of
Dakotas
Towa
Wisconsin
Brown
Beaten and Robbed Youth Attacked by Four Men
Oct 20 police report says Thomas Mullen aged 19 was struck with a revolver by one of four assailants near Cottage City at midnight. He was beaten into submission and robbed of money a watch and several pieces of jewelry.
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Minneapolis
Cottage City
Thomas Mullen
Indian and river man swim five miles in storm on Lake Winnibigoshish
A. S. Williams, an Indian, and a river man swam five miles in rough seas on Lake Winnibigoshish after their boat carrying farm produce caught fire near Cass Lake Minnesota.
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Cass Lake Minn
A. S. Williams
Winnibigoshish
Would You Appreciate Good Eye Sight
Advertisement for Eyeaid a home treatment antiseptic tonic and remedy for eyes. Claims to restore and beautify eyes with a safe dropper bottle and a 32 page booklet on request. Target audience includes children and adults with eye conditions.
Society Woman Shoots Her Husband In Self Defense
In St Paul Minnesota Dr Geo M Doran a noted physician was shot in the abdomen by his wife after a quarrel in his office last night Injury described as possibly fatal Mrs Doran says she acted in self defense through the domestic dispute remains under investigation by police
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ST. Paul, Minn
Geo. M. Doran
Gas Company May Withdraw From Akron At Any Time
The Ohio Supreme Court reversed Summit county circuit Court in East Ohio Gas Co v Akron. It ruled a natural gas company with multi city franchises may abandon a city when a rate revision period ends and an unsatisfactory rate is fixed. The city sought an injunction to stop withdrawal, but the high court upheld the company’s right to leave a single city while continuing operation elsewhere.
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Columbus
Supreme Court Today
Summit County
East Ohio Gas Company
Akron
East Ohio Company
Johnson Reports Stay in San Francisco Aims to Lure Jeffries
Jack Johnson remains in Frisco and plans to keep James Jeffries from traveling to New York. Johnson expects Jeffries to come to him, continuing a planned confrontation.
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San Francisco
Jack Johnson
New York
James
Jeffries
Wisconsin man arraigned for vagrancy in wife death case
Frank Brooks was arraigned in district court on a charge of vagrancy after a pattern of leaving his wife and being absent when she died. Judge Nealan sentenced him to sixty days in the house of correction.
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Milwaukee
Frank Brooks
Neelan
House of Correction
Child Lays Down In Auto's Path
Milwaukee readers recount a dramatic curbside incident at the Hippodrome as 9 year old Nick Brenzici saved his life by throwing himself flat on the ground with feet toward the car. He escaped with a minor bruise to his left leg and resumed school the next day.
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Milwaukee
Nick Brenzici
Massacre in New Britain Details Reach Victoria
Reports via the steamer Marama reveal Captain Lindsay of the Ketch Rabaul and ten crewmen murdered and burned near New Britain while recruiting laborers off the east coast. The Rabaul was looted and burned. the attack followed a spear thrust from behind and brutal killings by a flotilla of canoes.
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Rabaul
Kerosene Fire Claims Life Of Wisconsin Girl
In Waukesha Wisconsin Clara Schultz five died after children using kerosene for play fireworks ignited a blaze. The girl, daughter of Charles Schultz, perished yesterday while siblings used a can of kerosene left by parents away.
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Waukesba
Wis
Clara
Charles Schultz
Woman Walks in Sleep Falls Off Bridge
Ashland Wisconsin reports Mrs Richard McMartin of Thompsonville fell from a bridge while asleep. The incident occurred October 20 with no immediate details on injuries or cause.
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Ashland
Wis
Richard McMartin
Thompsonville
Mich
Bay City Creek
Path of Halley’s Comet and its Discoverer Edmund Halley
The article explains Halley’s comet approaching Earth at about 2 million miles per day with a near 10 million mile approach next May. It notes its 76 year cycle, predicted return in 1758, and Halley’s insight linking 1682 and earlier comets to那 the regular visitor to the sun. Edmund Halley died in 1742 before the 1758 return.
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Halley
Edmund Halley
Wilmarth Seen as Possible Gordon’s Successor in Wis.
Madison Oct 20 Rumor spreads that Dr Alfred W Wilmarth superintendent of the Home for the Feeble Minded Chippewa Falls may be chosen by the State Board of Control as successor to Dr Gordon late superintendent of the Northern hospital for the insane near Oshkosh The board will not select Gordon’s successor until the November meeting.
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Madison, Wis
Alfred W. Wilmarth
Chippewa Falls
Tr State Board of Control
Gordon
Northern Hospital For the
Oshko3si
Jordon
Low Fares to Milwaukee via Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Special offer for the National Dairy Show dates October 14 to 24. One and one half fare round trip from Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway stations with minimum excursion fare of $3.00. Sale dates October 14 15 16 18 19 20. Return must reach origin by October 26. For details contact nearest ticket agent or W B Dixon assistant general passenger agent St Paul.
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Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul RY
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
W. B. Dixon
St. Paul
71 Year Old Woman With Many Love Affairs Marries Yale Student
Hartford reports Mrs. Lucinda Treat Goddard aged 71 married Charles R. Goddard a junior at Yale Law School after her son sought conservatorship. Witnesses described romantic advances toward painters and a young handyman. The couple met when he sold stock to support himself while studying law.
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Hartford
Conn
Lucinda Treat Goddard
Charles R. Goddard
Yale Law School
Sonny
Mi Dard
John Mallender
Patrick McCarren in Brooklyn Hospital After Appendicitis
State Patrick McCarren of Brooklyn remained weak after an appendicitis operation at Therines hospital in Brooklyn. He passed a restless night and showed signs of collapse without careful use of stimulants to support strength.
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Pat M’carren
New York
Therines Hospital
Brooklyn
Patrick McCarren
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Capitol
D. J. Spaulding
Spaulding
Len” Lottridge
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Humphrey
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