Fish Dealer Mixes Orders In Angling Tale Of Frye Trip
An August 9 1911 Marshfield Times tale recounts Senator Frye and Senator Spooner planning trout deliveries via a fish dealer who mistakenly ships smoked herring. The duo adapt, noting smoked herring cannot catch fresh trout, and the dealer’s error becomes a humorous fishing anecdote.
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Weather Bureau
Frye UM Malne
Senator Spooner
Senator Frye
Frye
Frya
Spooner
National
To the Potato Bins
A hotel clerk jokes that guests seeking shelter from storms are driven to the potato bins for refuge. He notes storms here are mild and underground potato storerooms offer the farthest light from lightning, drawing a procession of well dressed women to the bins during storms.
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New York
Salismer Honest at Hart on Get Rich Quick Schemes
A World’s Work quote reveals a talesman condemning securities sales after an irrigation bond collapse. He admits the business can be legitimate but recalls one awful blunder and prefers a small steady income over repeating the risk, noting that others bear the losses.
Stolen Eloquence in Banquet Humor at San Francisco
Dr C W Aked, famed minister, praised Eloquence yet advised silence after toasts at a San Francisco banquet. The tale includes a corny exchange about sermons printed long ago and a quip about bottles and rage, plus stray jokes on funerals and capital versus labor.
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C. W. Aked
San Franciso
Clash Over Alaska Delegates Accuses Attorney General
Washington August 1 Charges of bribery and graft filled a hearing between Alaska delegate Wickersham and Attorney General Wickersham before the House Judiciary Committee. The debate centered on alleged protection of Alaska syndicate criminals tied to government coal contracts and possible prosecutions by federal officials in Alaska.
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Wickerahams
United States
Alaska
House
Sterling
Wickersham
Department of Justice
Wickergham
H. K. Lova
Cunningham Coal Land
Bowers
Kodiak
Love
Board of Prisoners
Repubican
D. H. Jarvis
Alaska Syndicate
J. H Bullock
John J. Senior Company
Howland
Ohio
Attorney General’s Department
Littleton
New York
Judiciary Commlitas
Pasteur Head Hurt In Auto Crash Near Poughkeepsie
Dr. George Rumbeaud director of the Pasteur Institute in New York lies near death at Vassar hospital after a automobile accident. His wife Mme Gerville-Reache prima donna of the Manhattan Opera company is injured. Five other relatives of the couple were hurt, some seriously.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
George Rumbeaud
Pasteur Institute
New York
Vassar Hospital
Mme. Gerville-Reache
Manhattan Opera Company
Automoto Party
Rambeaud
Millionaire Phipps Dies in Hotel Prisoner Case
Maj. W. A Phipps, an eccentric multimillionaire, died suddenly at the Hotel Van Nuys after eight years of confinement with his wife kept in the hotel. He earned his fortune as a partner with Andrew Carnegie in a steep business venture and had been deeply attached to his pet dog before his death.
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Los Angeles
Cal
W. A Phipps
van Nuiss
Hhe
Andrew Carmmegis
Bual Neas
Napolitano Baby Born in Sault Ste. Marie Hospital
A girl was born to Mrs. Angelino Napolitano at General Hospital here in Sault Ste. Marie Out Aug 3. In a related case, Men Napolitano was sentenced to be hanged next Wednesday for killing his wife. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment due to widespread public interest in her case.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Out
Angelino Napolitano
Napolitano
Eight Lunatics Burn to Death in Asylum Fire
Hanton Ort Aug 2 Eight lunatics and one attendant died as a fire swept a main building of the mountain asylum. Eight patients perished on the fourth floor while nurses and attendants under Dr English worked to evacuate others. Despite brave rescue efforts, several maniacs resisted and had to be subdued as firefighters reached the upper floors.
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Rea Tuo
Insane Asylum
English
Asylum Brigade
Andi
Ship Upsets Sinking Drowns Dozens on St Lawrence
Massena New York Aug 2 The ferry steamer Sirus struck a shoal eight miles below and capsized with 75 passengers aboard on a day trip to Cornwall Canada Most aboard were residents of Ogdenburg and Massena Four bodies were recovered Rescue craft from International Park aided many survivors as the river claimed several more lives in the chaos after the crash.
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Massena
St Lawrence
Sirus
Cornwall
Ogdenaburg
Masseng
Meet Death in Auto Crash at Erie Crossing
In North Randall at the Erie railroad crossing two teens, Mar guerite Tuller of Chicago and Louise Snow of Cleveland, died after a collision with the Cleveland-Pittsburg flyer. Donald French, son of W H B French, reported engaged to Miss Tuller, was injured but survived. Tuller drove the car and appears to have lost control as the crossing whistle sounded.
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Atte
Marguerite Tuller
Shicago
Louise Snow
Erie
North Randall
Donsald French
W. HB. French
Monneaguz Machine and Foundry Company
Tuller
Water crisis hits Charlotte as tank cars haul aid
Charlotte August 1 This city faces a severe water shortage with no supply from regular sources. Tank cars are delivering water from the Catawba River ten miles away while engineers link the city reservoir to Briar Creek in hopes of restoring about two thirds of normal supply. City residents endure curtailments and pipe lines are extended to creeks for relief.
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Charlotte
N. C
Catawba River
Briar Creek
Leishman Goes 70 Berlin
Taft is reportedly ready to appoint John G. Leishman ambassador to Germany succeeding David Jayne Hill. Thomas J. O'Brien, ambassador to Japan, will go to Rome to replace Leishman. General Howard's widow dies in Burlington, Vermont, after a paralytic shock. her son and daughter-in-law were at her bedside.
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Taft
John G. A Lelabman
Italy
Germany
David Jayna Hill
Thomas J. O'Brien
Japan
Rome
Leishman
General Howard
Burlington, Vt
C. Howard
Howard
H. 3
Roward
Wiekod
Wealthy Indianapolis Woman Dies in Magnolia
Aug 2 news item reports Mia L Ayres of Indianapolis, deemed among the city’s wealthiest women, died at her summer cottage in Magnolia. The exact cause and funeral details are not disclosed in the readable text.
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Magnolia
Mase
Mia
Ayres
Indianapolis
Indiax
Pac o Farmers Bill Forces Common Cause For Free Trade
In Washington on August 2 the House Farmers free bill passed the Senate 43 to 30 after a prior tied vote. Amendments shifted, with Kern’s free goods for Canada, Gore’s pulp and paper defeat, and Bulley and Jones proposals rejected. The bill would free meats, cereals, bread, leather, and more from duty, taking effect after presidential approval. Democratic leaders warned of continued sessions to push tariff revisions. A conference on the wool bill was requested with conferees named from both parties.
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House
Senate
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Actios
Kern
Canada
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Fee
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Bailey
Jones
Underwood
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Clark
Alabama
Randall
Tezog
Harrison
New York
Payne
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Remiblicens
Abbey Dies in London After Illness and Surgery
Edwin A. Abbey, American painter, died in London, England. Officials noted his illness was not clearly understood until recently. he underwent liver trouble surgery about a month ago and had shown signs of recovery before a relapse led to his slow decline.
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Vendon
England
Edwin A Abbey
Mr. Abbey
Tie Cendion
First American Air Pilot License Awarded to Miss Quimby
Aug 2 Misa Harriet Quimby of California became the first American aviatrix as officials of the Aero Club of America awarded her a pilot license at Hempstead Plains aerodrome.
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New York
Misa Harriet Quimby
California
The
Aero Club of America
Hempstead Pialus
Haiti's President Flees Capital Amid Revolt
Aug 3 Port au Prince Haiti reports reveal Antoine Simon fled the capital to the Seventeenth of December with his wife and children. Rebels seize control as a safety committee governs, while foreign interests remain secure. A riot at the wharf killed Deputy Prin of Jeremie and five others. Miss Simon and six more were wounded.
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Haiti
Antoine Simon
Decembre
Simon
St. Thomas
Jamaica
Firmin
Committee of Safety
Prin
Jeremie
Clementina Simon
Migs Simon
Saint Lo
Misa Simon
Fred
Embezzler Manker Attempts Suicide in City Prison
Carey A Manker, an elderly inmate known as a bank wrecker and fugitive, cut his throat with a rusty knife in the city prison shortly after California governors signature on Illinois requisition papers. He severed the jugular vein and was taken to Central Emergency Hospital. condition is not improving.
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San Francisco
Carey A. Manker
California
Ilinois
Pearl
Manker
Reyes to Oppose Madero in Mexican Election
Mexico City August 2 Gen Bernardino Reyes will run for president in October elections. Madero offered to release Reyes from his cabinet minister pledge if elected, but Reyes initially refused to enter the race citing his opposition stance and not aligning with Madero.
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Mexico City
Bernardino Reyes
Mexico
Francisco J. Madero
General Reyes
Reeyes
Bryan Attacks Underwood as Iron and Steel Tariff Turmoil Surges
In a dramatic House scene during the extra session Democratic Leader Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama clashed with William Jennings Bryan over the iron and steel tariff revision. Bryan criticized Underwood's stance while supporters including Kitchin defended the Democratic leadership amid talk of delaying tariff schedules and revising iron and steel terms.
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Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
House
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Congress
Leadr
Mr. Bryan
Underwood
Utide Sa
saJd Bryan
Kitchin
North Cavallos
Tong
Bryan
Ritchin
Voice Way
Clark
Theron and Steel
Fitzgerald
Connor
Nebraska
Entombed Miner Is Saved In Missouri Shaft Rescue
Joplin Missouri August 3 Joseph Clary twenty two years old was rescued from the White Oak mine after being buried 72 hours under rough ground and seepage water up to his neck. Spectators crowded the shaft as earth settled. a sister stood near the opening while relatives urged haste to lift him to safety.
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Joseph Clary
White Oak
Clary
W. H. Brookabire
Wite Slayer p death by own action
Aug. 3. Lee Murrell, a Black man who murdered his wife in Mound City, was tracked by a posse with bloodhounds and returned to Vienna where he killed himself with a gunshot to the head in his own home.
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Lee Murrell
Mound City
Vienna
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