Governor Issues Appeal For Michigan Fire Relief
Gov. Fred M. Warner urged Michigan residents to donate urgently to aid northern forest fire victims. Detroit and major railroads coordinated shipment of provisions and bedding to Alpena, as authorities warned of exposure risks for refugees. Reports from Ossineke and surrounding counties noted improved fire conditions but continued need for relief, with 26 known deaths in Presque Isle and Alpena counties.
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Detroit
Mich
Forest Fire District
Michigan
Fred M. Warner
People of
William B. Thompson
Common Council
Charles D. Williams
Episcopal Diocese of
Detroit Board of Commerce
Detroit Club
Detroit & Mackinac Railroad Company
Alpena
J. D. Hawks
Detroit & Mackinac Railroad
Detroit & Mackinac
Michigan Central
Pere Marquette
Henry Hines
Cathro
Metz
Rogers City
Presque Isle
South Rogers
Cathedral Cornerstone Laid in St Louis $2 Million Edifice
Monsignor Falconia officiated the corner-stone ceremony for a new cathedral in St Louis, part of a church-building era. A vast procession and parade filled the streets, with Archbishop Falconio, Archbishops Diomede Falconio and Glennon present, and a Roosevelt message read from the reviewing stand. The project noon ceremony coincided with the old cathedral’s 74th anniversary.
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St. Louis
Kings Highway
McPherson Avenue
Maryland
Newstead Avenues
Pine and
Beaumont
Diomede Falconio
United States
Glennon
Roosevelt
Cure a Cold in One Day Compounded by Druggists
Laxative Bromo Quinine tab jets claimed to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. Each box bears E. W. Grove’s signature and costs 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Methodist Boards To Meet In October Sessions
New York officials announce three week series starting October 21 for the Methodist Episcopal church with bishops ministers and lay members. Appropriations for benevolent work in 1909 will exceed 4 million dollars across the church. The agenda includes a semi annual bishops meeting and conventions of the laymen mission movement and the Federation for Social Service.
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New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Laymens’ Missionary Movement
Methodist Federation For Social Service
Italian King Grants Consent to Abruzzi Marriage
Turin Oct 19 The king has reportedly given consent to the marriage of the duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Elkins though no official announcement has been issued. The duke plans to depart for the United States likely via Havre. Newspapers say Miss Elkins would become an Italian royal princess upon marriage and gain royal honors thereafter.
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Turin
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
United States
Havre
Elkins
Attempt on Priest Fielding in Corpus Christi Church
An unidentified man fired twice at the Rev. J. K. Fielding in the church vestibule after a struggle and fled. Fielding, a widely known Corpus Christi priest, was targeted during Sunday afternoon services in Chicago.
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Chicago
J. K. Fielding
Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church
America
Father Fielding
Drought Benefits Missouri Farmers Respecting Corn and Hay
Kansas City reports drought breaks records with 48 days of rainfall under one third of an inch. Despite dry springs and wells, crops benefited as corn and hay ripened and no frost has yet arrived.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Greenfield Inventor Refuses 55000 Offer for Invention
George Williams, a Greenfield inventor of a metallic railroad tie, has rejected a $55,000 offer for his patent or parent form.
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George Williams
Greenfield
Battered Fleet 5 at Yokohama Opens Fanfare for Visitors
Storm battered but magnificent American battle ships lie in Yokohama harbor as garden party lanter n parade dinners and a grand ball mark a formal welcome. Two thousand school children sang the national anthem while officials from both nations exchanged calls aboard the Connecticut. Sailors and civilians thronged the waterfront amid illuminated streets.
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Yokohama
American Asiatic Association
Connecticut
Mikasa
Gero Ijuin
Sperry
M. Mate
Admiral Sperry
Gov. Suru
Managawa
Bryar on His Final Tour Heads to Lincoln and Chicago
William J. Bryan begins his final nationwide swing from Fairview Nebraska traveling in a special car with Mrs. Bryan, Rose, and Lincoln mayor Brown. He plans four Chicago stops after an East St. Louis stockyards talk and ends in Lincoln November 2. Taft in Washington forecasts victory after White House talks with Roosevelt.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Atlantic Coast
St. Louis
National Stock Yards
East St. Louis
Bryan
Mrs. Bryan
Rose
F. W. Brown
Chicago
Washington
Judge Taft
White House
Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Trainmen Fatally Hurt in Bainbridge Collision
Two train men were probably fatally hurt when a Detroit Toledo Ironton passenger train crashed through an open switch into an accommodation on a siding at Bainbridge. Engineer Sharp and Fireman Siles of Springfield were trapped in wreckage. Many passengers suffered minor injuries. both trains were wrecked.
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Chillicothe
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Bainbridge
Sharp
Siles
Springfield
Meridian Shooting Affray Claims Birmingham Man
Eugene Chestnut of Birmingham was shot and killed. L. O. Henderson a contractor was seriously wounded in Meridian Mississippi on Sunday night. A. L. Clay, prominent local businessman, arrested and charged with the shooting amid reports domestic troubles sparked the incident.
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Meridian
Miss
Eugene Chestnut
Birmingham
L. O. Henderson
A. L. Clay
Four Children Die In Summit Fire Near Altoona
An overheated stove started a blaze in a Summit dwelling, ten miles west of Altoona, causing four children to die and two other occupants to be fatally injured.
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Altoona
Summit
Here
Broker Kills Girl and Self in Nebraska
Omaha on Oct 19 reports Sewall Sleuman a wealthy broker shot and killed Miss Eva Hart at her home and then fatally shot himself. Sleuman, a married man, was reputed to be worth about a half million dollars and known across the west.
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Self
Omaha
Neb
Sewall Sleuman
West
Eva Hart
Miss Hart
Sleuman
Arkansas Restores Three-Cent Passenger Rate
Little Rock Ark October 19. At 12 01 o clock Monday morning the three cent passenger rate went into effect on the trunk lines of Arkansas replacing the two cent rate that the state legislature ordered in 1907.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Train Kills Two Young Girls Near Liscomb
Marie Trimble aged 19 and Minnie Cook aged 15 were killed instantly when struck by an Iowa Central freight train while walking on the tracks two miles north of Liscomb Sunday evening in Marshalltown Iowa.
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Marshalltown
Liscomb
Marie Trimble
Minnie Cook
Iowa Central
Demented mother kills infant in Pittsburg tragedy
Mrs Martha Brown aged 32 killed her three months old daughter while suffering dementia on Sunday night and attempted to take her own life in Pittsburg on October 19.
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Pittsburg
Martha Brown
Ashland Village Fire Levels Town in Boone County
Ashland, Missouri, a 400 resident town fifteen miles southeast of Columbia, was burned in an early Sunday blaze. Loss estimated at $50,000.
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Columbia
Ashland
Boone County
Fire destroys seven Perdue buildings in Alexandria
Seven structures owned by A. L. Perdue of Alexandria were burned. Authorities suspect arson as the cause, with investigators examining the scene for signs of incendiary activity. The losses include multiple buildings tied to the local businessman.
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A. L. Perdue
Alexandria
King George of Greece Arrives in Paris
King George of Greece arrived in Paris on a Sunday, marking a notable royal visit as he reaches the French capital.
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King of
Greece
Paris
King George of
Milan man injured by disc plow accident
John Murnan of Milan suffered serious injuries when his team ran away and knocked him under the disc plow blades during operation.
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John Murnan
Milan
War in Balkans Averted Through Diplomatic Effort
Constantinople reports no Turkish mobilization and denials of imminent war. Sofia says Bulgaria called reservists by mistake. Paris notes Bulgaria Turkey understandings forming with French diplomatic help. The crisis ends with mobilization halted and peace prospects improved.
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Constantinople
Saloniki
Adrianople
Macedonia
Smyrna
London
Sofia
Turkey
Bulgaria
Paris
Naoum Pasha
France
Porte
Council For National Defense
Asia Minor
M. Constans
M. Pichon
M. Paleologue
Kiamil Pasha
Ferdinand
Three Quakes Felt in Salinas Area on Sunday
Three slight earthquake shocks were felt in Salinas California Sunday with times at 12 22 a m and 4 39 p m. No damage occurred. The tremors were also reported in Hollister.
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California
Salinas
Cal
Santa Fe Shops Burned in Amarillo Fire
Fire early Sunday morning destroyed the Santa Fe roundhouse and shops in Amarillo Texas causing about 200000 dollars in losses.
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Amarillo
Tex
Santa Fe
Farmer Charles Williamson Found Dead Near Lafayette
Charles Williamson, a farmer living near Lafayette, was found with a bullet wound to the head. Officials ruled the death accidental after initial investigation.
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Charles Williamson
Lafayette
England’s Rufus Isaac Sinks Jew Bar to New Heights
Rufus Isaac K C M P of London is noted for the largest income ever by an English lawyer with an estimated daily earnings near 1000 dollars. Born in 1860, he left a planned Cambridge path, sailed at sea, then traded on the stock exchange before taking up law in 1887. He now handles many major cases and starts work at 5 a.m. daily.
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Rufus Isaac
K. C
London
M. P
Cambridge
Rio Janeiro
The
Stock Exchange
Isaac
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Rock Creek Township
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T. J. Clyne
M. J. McGreevy
Jacob Herz
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