News of the Week From World and Nation
Pittsburg won game three of the championship series against Petrait with a wide margin. Oklahoma forms a new Central State bank to replace the liquidated Columbia Bank & Trust. A heavy derailment in St Louis injures 34, mostly women. Cudahy Packing pays 97,777.50 in taxes after a stamp violation. Arctic observations to be examined with Cook and Peary records. An 18-year-old bank robber in Kansas commits a bank vault heist after threatening officers. Fort Riley tests produce a fatal fan explosion. Pittsburgh–Detroit World Series attendance and receipts set records. Florida coast hit by the worst hurricane, Key West wrecked. Utah judge rejects indictments against timber claimants, Indian affairs under federal law. North Topeka train collision kills 17, injures 10, mostly Mexican workers. U.S. crop conditions slightly above ten-year average. Tex. Troy head-on train crash injures crew. passengers unhurt. 4741 trespasser deaths on railroad property reported. Peoria hosts fourteenth charities and corrections conference. 7% of 3,000 post vacancies expected to pass civil service tests. Taft protests spark socialist riot attempts in Los Angeles. Point Pleasant memorial for 1774 battle dedicated. Kansas Supreme Court rules joint property remains state holdings for costs if culprit pays. Italians unveil Verrazzano statue in New York harbor. Springfield fire causes 100,000 loss. Rich Kan garok bed yields $790 nugget. Panama Canal Commission estimates 44.96 million for fiscal year 1910. Oklahoma’s state bank guaranty holds against Columbia bank settlement.
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Pittsburg
Petrait
Oklahoma State Banking Board
Columbia Bank & Trust Company
Central State Bank
St. Louis
Cudahy Packing Company
Internal Revenue Laws
Leavyeaworth
Kan
National Geographic Society
Cook and Peary
Earl Bullock
Lawrence
Eudora
Eudora Bank
Desperado
Fort Riley
Detroit
Florida
Key West
Marshall
Utah
District of
Oklahoma
North Topeka
United States
M. E
Troy
Tex
Los Angeles
Cal
Taft
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Kansas Supreme Court
New York
New York Harbor
Glaviana de Verrazano
Hudson River
Henry Hudson
Springfield
Guaranty Fund
Records show Arkansas River at Tulsa sinks to 25 year low
Government notes the Arkansas river at Tulsa Oklahoma hitting a twenty five year low while other items report Secret Service chiefs in El Paso preparing for Taft Diaz meeting, Sedalia Missouri delegates on good roads, and various federal actions on canals, infantile paralysis, and tribal land claims.
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Arkansas River
Tulsa
Eeeeee Les Goonan
Dareuien &Netee Railroad
Missouri
John Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Col
Ismal Zuniga
Secret Service
el Paso
Taft
Diaz
Sedalia
Hadley
Goethala
Panama Canal
Kansas State Board of Health
Texas
St. Louis
Springfield
International and Domestic Affairs in Brief
The document notes: Germany orders inquiry into US tariff effects on German industry. Cholera threats in Seoul with poor sanitation. Mexico rescinds US corn duty to replenish supplies. China calls for boycotting Japanese goods over Manchuria. Alcohol treatment value debated at London congress. London shipowners raise Atlantic freight rates. Guanajuato requests 200,000 bushels of US corn. Taft on Mississippi trips to receive banquets. Kansas Agriculture secretary elected president of State Temperance Union. Irene Leonard paroled from Lansing jail. Balloonists Von Puhl lands near Wahkon after 41 hours 35 minutes. Amundsen plans polar expedition with polar bears. Taft inspects Los Angeles harbor fortifications. Hearst nominated mayor of New York. Putnam equals rifle record in Washington event. Mrs Harriman to construct Arden estate palace costing about 10 million. Edward Mix wins Geneva balloon race, lands near Warsaw. Wright begins aeroplane instruction for Signal Corps. German editor Gehring dies at Kananaity aged 70.
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Germany
Seoul
Korea
Republic of Mexico
United States
China
Manchuria
London
Americas
Guanajuato
Mexico
Mississippi River
Taft
F. D Coburn
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
State Temperance Union
Lansing
Irene Leonard
Stubbs
L. von Puhl
St. Louis
Wahkon
Minnesota
Amundsen
President Taft
Los Angeles
Cal
William Randolph Hearst
New York
Cooper Union
Charles M. Putnam
Washington
E. H. Harriman
Arden
N. Y
Edward W. Mix
Geneva
Switzerland
Warsaw
Russia
Jolles
Wilber Wright
Jests About Smoking Inside Home Prompted by Couple
A humorous exchange between Mrs Henpeck and Mr Henpeck revolves around a smoking lamp and a man who smokes in the house. The playful banter ends with a prompt for another question, reflecting light domestic humor.
Hair Restored After Severe Hair Loss
A Pittsburgh resident describes near total hair loss following typhoid and scalp scaliness. After using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment, the scalp cleared and hair grew back thicker. This performance was attributed to the Cuticura remedies with dates May 7 and 21, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Steese
Broad St
Pittsburg
Penn
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Sole
Boston
When to Send Children to Europe Judge's Library remark
Advice on sending children to Europe from the Judge's Library advocates balancing timing with maturation. It suggests four as an ideal age for a trip, arguing early departures risk humiliation while delaying too long limits experience. The piece weighs Paris Parisian facilities and multilingual basics against the child’s gradual independence.
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Europe
Paris
England
France
Italy
Judge's Library
True Representative of Race in German Leadership
Dr Bethmann Hollweg may claim to be the first German chancellor to wear a beard while rivals shaved under diplomacy. Bismarck shaved his beard for state matters, Caprivi and Hohenlohe kept moustaches, and Bulow shaved. Bethmann Hollweg stands gaunt and rugged, a pan Germanic countenance.
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Bethmann-Hollweg
Bismarck
Caprivi
Hohenlohe
Bulow
Love and meals in a light city humor snippet
A witty dialogue contrasts a man’s feelings for his wife with respect for his mother sisters and other women. A dieting joke follows about not eating between meals, with a playful quip about having more meals instead.
Food Question Settled with Perfect Satisfaction by a Dyspeptic
An Illinois wife recounts her husband's severe stomach troubles and poor appetite. After starting on Grape-Nuts for breakfast, his health improved steadily. she notes he now works almost every day and asks for Grape-Nuts at every meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Wellville
Admiral Jesford Visits Kansas City Stock Yards
Admiral Jesford toured the Kansas City stock yards observing cattle unloading, weighing, and sale procedures. He noted buyers’ skill, yard efficiency, and differences with Chicago, explaining how English and European demand shapes American packing. He and his attorney left for New York City, aiming for England by October 21.
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England
Europe
Kansas City
Kansas City Journal
Walter Camp and Ellery Clark in Amateur Athletics
Walter Camp, a longtime authority on American amateur athletics, will contribute yearly articles to The Century Magazine and holds Yale leadership roles. Ellery H. Clark, author of Loaded Dice, won the New England A A U all round meet at Wood Island Park with limited training, exceeding rivals by nearly 400 points and skipping the mile. The note ventures playful speculation about authors competing in track and field events.
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Walter Camp
Century Magazine
America
Camp
Yale University
University Council
Ellery H. Clark
Bobbs-Merrill Co
New England A. A. U
Wood Island Park
Boston
Clark
Mark Swain
Henry James Doling
James Lane Allen
Week of October 17 Drama and Playhouse Highlights
For the week beginning Sunday October 17, Wingorgeota presents Beverly the sequel to Graystark with a splendid cast. Polly of the Circus opens at Willis Wood that Sunday with a strong cast and dramatic situations. Maxine Elliott debuts in The Chaperon at Shubert the following Monday night in a three act Adirondack setting comedy. A pistol duel at Lake Buelor, Florida ends with deaths of A. Rich and John Parker. Herbert Quick introduces Virginia Suarez in Virginia of the Air Lanes from Bobbs Merrill.
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George Barrie-Cutcheorns
Beverly
Graystark
Polly
Willis Wood
Shubert Theater
Maxine Elliott
Marion Fairfax
Adirondack
Lake Buelor
Fla
A. Rich
John Parker
Herbert Quick
Virginia Suarez
Air Lanes
Bobbes- Merrill Company
Indianapolis
Bealties
hia _ vious books
Aladdin & Company
Freed at Last From Awful Kidney Disease Torture
An elderly woman near eighty years old reports enduring kidney disease with constant back pain and weakness. After using Dean's Kidney Pills her health improved, enabling her to work as before. The advertisement urges readers to remember the brand Dean's and buy at 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. T.
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Dean
Foster. Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. T
Visitors at Harrisburg Capitol Register in Big Book
The Troy Times notes visitors to the Harrisburg capitol begin by signing a large guest register with name birthplace and residence. During a tour, a stout girl asked an elderly woman born in a stone house where she was born, prompting the amused reply about the old residence.
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Harrisburg
Troy Times
Poverty and Consumption in German Statistics
Poverty correlates with higher consumption deaths in German data. Among 10,000 well-to-do, 40 die from consumption yearly, moderately well-to-do 60, poor 77, and paupers 97. John Burna, English labor leader, notes 80 percent of London consumptives receive in-home charitable relief.
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John Burna
London
Miss Gaddie in Everyone’s Business Scandal
A witty exchange on Miss Gaddie’s occupation. She is said to deal in wholesale and retail, jokingly described as being “in everybody’s business” and “retailing” scandal, implying she trades in gossip rather than goods.
Pettit's Eye Salve Promises Instant Eye Relief
An ad touts Pettit's Eye Salve 250 for irritated eyes from smoke sun wind with Howard Bros Buffalo NY as the distributing druggists. The copy includes quips about marriage and a satirical line on a man losing a five dollar bill before noting Dr Poren's Pleasant Pollute bowel Suga and granules.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Poren
Take Care Of Good Health And Death From Sting
An editorial urges proper care for good health, contrasting harsh habits with quiet care and medical help. It notes three deaths in Marseilles from poisonous flies, likely carried from South American wool, as a warning about urban insect infestation.
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Marseilles
Echo de Paris
Faded clothes and old ads mix with jumbled notices
A garbled OCR fragment mixes laundry product pitches with phrases about a will reading and unrelated advertising lines. It references a Red Cross Ball Blue promotion, a 5 cent price, names like Smith and Jones, and stray medical and teething product mentions, all in a noisy, incomplete snippet.
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Kella
Lord Beresford
Chicago
Smith
Jones
Winglow
Tor Ohijtren
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Oe E. Pi
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