News of the Week Condensed World Items and Local Oddities
United States Supreme Court rules against insurer over $100000 life estate to Lucius Perkins of Lawrence Kansas. Portola festival in San Francisco marks discovery of the Golden Gate by Gasper de Portola. Fire at Wichita kills four, injures one. Katy Fiver wreck near Halstead Texas causes deaths. Oklahoma lawyers sentenced for forgery. Recount backs Heney for San Francisco district attorney. Seven+ indictments in Leavenworth for mail misuse. Santa Fe fined $900 for stock law violations. Two Italian children identified after street wandering in Chicago.
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United States Supreme Court
Lucius H. Perkins
Lawrence
Kan
Winols Mayors’ Association
Elgin
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Gasper de Portola
Michael Ryan
American Packers’ Association
Chicago
National Spiritualists
Rochester
N. Y
Wichita
Clayton
St. Joseph
North
Blackhawk
Andrew Jackson
Greenburg
Scottsville State Bank
Scottsville
Cook
Mount McKinley
Fred Printz
Walter Miller
Samuel Beecher
Barrill
Dr. Cook
Pittsburg
Oklahoma
Katy
Halstead
Texas
Mount Union College
Alliance
Ohio
Oklahoma State Banking Board
Oklahoma City Bank
Francis J. Heney
Witness Tax Reform League
J. Ogden Armour
Leavenworth
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Arkansas
South Carolina
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Marshall
Ardmore
Gov. Haskell
Muskogee
Thomasso Viviano
Grace Viviano
St. Louis
Court grants war over guaranty in New York ruling
Judge Munger approves a court war verdict noting the syllabus that the enforced guaranty violates the fourteenth amendment of the federal constitution. Six men drown when the freight steamer George Stone wrecked near Point Peleo, Lake Erie, and Topeka bank receivers pay final dividend to depositors. Internal revenue near year end may surpass last year by 12 to 15 million dollars. Kansas railroad board demands Pullman Car rates cut to Oklahoma levels within 30 days. Frost damages North Carolina cotton crops. A Missouri Pacific freight wrecks into a passenger train near LeRoy Kansas, killing one and injuring many.
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New York
Munger
George Stone
Point Peleo
Oat
Upper
Lake Erie
First National Bank
Topeka
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Kansas State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Pullman Car Company
Kansas
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Missouri Pacific
Woody Station
LeRoy
Kan
Relief work urged through winter by Consul Hanna in Monterey
In a Paris skyline note a Wright aero plane startled spectators circling the Eiffel Tower. The Danish Royal Geographical Society urged Copenhagen University not to renounce its priority claim on Dr. Cook's polar records. Various international items follow including executions, protests, and political upheaval across Europe and the Americas.
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Hanna
Monterey
Mexico
Count de Lambert
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Danish
Royal Geographical Society
University of Copenhagen
Dr. Cook
Schoubye
Codthab
Arctic
St. Petersburg
Barcelona
Spain
Edgar W. Mix
National Geographic Society
Cook
Diaz
Chihuahua
Juarez
Taft
Francisco Ferrer
Ferrer
Nicaragua
France
Gardiner Woman Credits Pinkham’s Compound for Relief
Gardiner Maine woman describes severe organic troubles and a feared operation. After three months using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash she reports complete relief. The letter urges other women to try the remedy before surgery and notes Mrs Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Gardiner
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Willums
L E. Pinkham
United States
New Geyser Emerges Near Fountain Geyser in Yellowstone
A Mammoth Hot Springs dispatch reports a new and magnificent geyser erupting about 100 feet north of the Fountain geyser near Fountain hotel. It reached 150 to 200 feet, ejecting hot water mud and steam. Eruptions occur irregularly every five to six hours and last about an hour.
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Yellowstone Park
Fountain Hotel
Mammoth Hot Springs
Wyo
Fountain
No Trespassing Field Humor Echoes Hale Wit
A Boston woman at a Bar Harbor dinner praised the late Edward Everett Hale’s wit. She recounts a Boston stroll where Hale and she wandered into a field with a No Trespassing sign. A farmer warned of prose cuters, Hale replied they were Unitarians, prompting astonishment.
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Bar Harbor
Boston
Edward Everett Hale
Dr. Hale
Washington Star
Not Asking Much The president and Plunkville trip tease
A fragment shows a secretary explaining the president cannot stop at Plunkville during a swing around the circle and notes a planned pass through Plunkville at 60 miles per hour. The committee leader asks about discarding one of his old hats amid hopes in Washington.
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Plunkville
Washington
Expensive Silence and a Penny for a Nickel
A four year old, Alice, wailed on the floor until her father offered a penny. She replied she would not stop for less than a nickel, illustrating a humorous, stubborn exchange between parent and child.
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Alice
A Banker’s Nerve Restored by Postum Story
A Chattanooga banker recounts overcoming coffee induced nervousness after switching to Postum. He notes tremors, facial twitches, and slowed thinking from coffee, then relief and steadiness after adopting Postum, claiming his nerves improved and his hand steadiness returned with age. The ad touts Postum as a reason for health.
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Postum
Chattanooga
Wellville
Grocers
Yorktown memorial marks Cornwallis fall in revolutionary memory
In Yorktown Virginia the town celebrated the 128th anniversary of Cornwallis s surrender and the birth of the United States. The village of under 100 people preserves the scene of the treaty when British rule ended and a republic began.
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Yorktown
Virginia
Liberty
Cornwallis
Nicaragua Closes Atlantic Ports Cited by Washington
The United States formally recognizes Nicaragua's action closing its Atlantic ports. Nicaragua notified the state department and the department of commerce and labor, which instructed customs collectors to refuse clearances to Nicaragua’s Atlantic coast ports until the dispute ends.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Nicaragua
State Department
Department of Commerce and Labor
McHarg
Court orders sale of defunct Columbia bank bonds
Oklahoma City District Judge G W Clark issues an order authorizing Bank Commissioner A M Young to sell bonds and warrants of the defunct Columbia bank for about 200000 to satisfy depositor claims. Young says the bank lacked funds to pay depositors and sought the order to avoid tapping state guarantee funds.
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Oklahoma City
A. M. Young
Columbia Bank
G. W. Clark
Young
Mandamus Suit Filed in Topeka Against Insurance Chief
Answer filed in the Topeka supreme court mandamus unit seeks to compel State Superintendent of Insurance Barnes to grant a certificate for the bankers deposit guaranty and surety company. Barnes argues control over insured deposit rates if the certificate is granted. Attorney General Jackson seeks to be made a defendant, arguing the state has an interest in the suit.
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Answer
Manadamus
Topeka
Kansas
Supreme Court
Mandamus
Superintendent of Insurance
Barnes
Bankers Deposit Guaranty and Surety Company
Jackson
Taft Blunder Allegation in Print Paper Schedule Row
An open letter from Herman Ridder of New York, president of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, claims President Taft blundered by altering his stance on the print paper schedule during the closing days of Congress.
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Taft
Chicago
Ilinois
Congress
Herman Ridder
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Kansas sophomores suspended for freshmen hazing
Lawrence Kansas two University of Kansas sophomores Herbert F. Spelter of Wamego and Harry C. Berger of Halstead were indefinitely suspended for taking part in docking eight freshmen in the park fountain two weeks earlier.
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Lawrence
Kansas
University of Kansas
Park Fountain
Herbert F. Spelter
Wamego
Harry C. Berger
Halstead
This Church Will Advertise Campaign Launch
A coordinated effort by the combined Protestant churches of the United States will begin early next year to advertise through newspapers magazines and billboards. The campaign aims to raise public awareness of pressing social economic and religious problems and promote remedies.
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New York
N. Y
United State
Belleville Freeman Sold to Consolidate Papers
Belleville changes hands as the Belleville Freeman, recently sold to H C Sticher, is announced to be purchased by Quinn Miller editor of the Belleville Telescope. The two papers will consolidate under the Belleville Telescope name.
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Belleville
Kansas
Belleville Freeman
H. C.sticher
Freeman
Quinn Miller
Belleville Telescope
Rock Island Lines Revenue Rises in 1909 Report
The Rock Island lines annual report for the year ending June 30 1909 shows total operating revenue of 61 184 886 dollars, up 2 700 690 dollars or 4.62 percent from the prior year.
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Chicago
Iinois
Rock Island
Japanese Bank in Sacramento Closes Again
The Nippon bank of Sacramento voluntarily closed its doors and informed State Bank Commissioner Anderson of the suspension. It marks the second Japanese bank in the city to shut within a week.
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Sacramento
California
Nippon Bank of Sacramento
State
Anderson
Interior authorizes 26585 acres for school purposes
Washington DC Interior department authorizes setting aside 26,585 acres of public land for school use in Rosewell Land District New Mexico. The measure earmarks land for educational facilities and related development in the district.
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Washington, D. C
Interior Department
Rosewell Lawd District
New Mexico
Prisoner Delays Release for Dinner Greens Plan
A Georgia colored man in Washington, jailed for a minor city violation, asks to remain jailed until evening so he can enjoy a home cooking treat. The YMC A secretary and a minister visit him, but his request centers on waiting for greens and dinner preparation before leaving.
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Georgia
Washington
The
Colored Y. M. C. A
Lippincott
John Henry
Reckless Bravery Sparks Silent Confession in Love Scene
A tense exchange centers on desire and fear as two lovers debate facing danger. He challenges the woman, confessing daring bravery, while she questions their future and truth in a charged, intimate moment.
Lewis Single Binder cigar taunts imitators
A hand made cigar fresh from the table wrapped in foil stays fresh until smoked. The Single Binder uses old well cured tobaccos and costs the dealer more, but this allows extra quality. Beware imitators and demand Lewis Single Binder from the dealer.
Dorothy and the Stork in Yonkers Parsonage Story
Five year old Dorothy Walworth greeted her baby brother at the First Methodist Episcopal Parsonage in Yonkers New York. She recalls visiting the Bronx Zoo recently and recognizing the stork by his striped wings. She whispered to the stork asking for a sibling and believes he winked in acknowledgment.
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Dorothy
Dorothy Walworth
Yonkers
N. Y
Bronx
Purley clothes-line dispute ends with a neck risk and a fee
The line-up man jokes about danger while installing a clothes-line for a demanding woman. She dictates a hard to reach spot. He warns he may break his neck and finally agrees to the job with a $2 extra charge if that happens.
Deafness and Catarrh Cure Claim Advertisement
An old advertisement claims deafness is caused by an inflamed Eustachian tube and can be cured by constitutional remedies. It promises a $100 reward for any case of deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and notes sales of Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Noleas
Hall
F. J. Cheney &O
Toledo
Dracciota
Yare Hall
Pilla
Proper Breathing Prevents Lung Disease Claims
The piece argues that improper breathing causes consumption and that most people breathe shallowly. It asserts lungs develop only partially, allowing tuberculosis germs to thrive, urging deep breathing to improve health.
Cause of Discord Blamed on Religion and Society
A concise note reflects a clash between religious strictures and social norms. One side advocates traditional cleavages, while the other seeks personal harmony, illustrating a timeless tension within communities. The snippet hints at a moral inquiry rather than a resolved story.
Gentle Rebuke From Pulpit In Youths Companion Tale
A reminiscence from Lucy Genulty of a sermon anecdote about keeping a weary congregation awake. It recalls a grandfathers quip during church expansion talks, pausing to scold sleepers with the line that the old church’s sleepers are already sound.
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Sre
Lucy Genulty
Snakes On Platform In Versailles Train Station
A school teacher recalled a summer trip to Paris and Versailles where she and another girl sat on crates at a railway station. A shabby uniformed worker announced in French he must open the boxes to feed boa constrictors and other snakes hidden there, leaving them startled amid a large arrival of serpents bound for Versailles.
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Paris
Versailles
Practical businessman laughs at an unseen joke
A serious man of business recounts an alleged joke to a friend who cannot grasp the point. He says he laughs at all jokes because he believes it is good for health, even when the joke is unclear to him.
Why Not Aunt Spinsterly Debate on Women's Vote
A short sketch centers on Mamie and her aunt as they debate suffrage. The aunt Upholds dignity of women while Mamie supports voting rights with cautious stance. The exchange highlights early 20th century attitudes toward women's suffrage.
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Mamie
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