Long Contest Promises World Wide Car Race From New York
Ole Gare represents four nations and leads six teams in a New York to Paris automobile race set to start from Times Square. The route travels through Yonkers, Siberia, and the Trans Siberian line toward Paris, with nine months projected for the full journey. Cars feature spiked tires and heat devices, crossing Alaska and Siberia en route to Moscow and Paris.
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New York
George B. McClellan
New York City
Prench
G. Buyreior St. Chalfray
Hans Hendrik Hansen
M. Autran
M. Goward
M. Hue
M. Livier
Prenci
M. Tons
M. Deschaulps
M. Bertha
Malian
Antonio Sestfoglia
Emilio Slrtovl
Ment Langa
Gernan
Koenpen
Hans Knape
Ernest Maus
Monmque Roberts
Howard Drinker
Whnrlus
Pekin-to-Parls
San Francisco
Polar
Paris
Frogon
Alaska
Sineria
Eist
California
Reno
Mojave
Santa Barbara
Seattle
Valdez
Nome
Bering Straits
East Cape
Siberia
Arocle Gen
Lena River
Irkntsx
Moscow
St. Paetersburg
Berlin
Railways to Reduce Salaries in 1908
Cincinnati Feb 10 Vice President Murphy stated that due to reduced business and revenues railroad companies including the Cincinnati New Orleans Texas Pacific and Alabama Great Southern will cut salaries by ten percent on March 1 1908 for presidents vice presidents and other officials plus monthly earners of 250 or more.
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Cincianati
Murphy
Cincinntti
New Orleans & Texas Pacific Sails
Alabama Great Southern Rarlroad
Field Estate to Pay $1 Million Settlement
Chicago Feb 18 The executors of the Marshall Field estate have agreed to pay $1,000,000 to settle back tax claims pending two years. The full claim stood at $1,730,000.
Light battleship fleet sighted in strait voyage
Pacific Navigation Company ship Orita reported passing the American fleet 12 miles east of Cape Pilar in smooth but stormy weather near Punta Arenas. The sighting confirms a favorable voyage through the strait with 19 vessels seen including 16 battleships and a Chilean cruiser. The fleet plans to reach Callao around the 40th, skirting near Valparaíso along the coast.
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Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellyn
Pacific Navigation Company
Orita
Etrmit
Cape Pilar
Chacabucno
Smyd Channel
Magellna Atrakt
Ortin
Cape Piilar
Magellan Strait
Cane Froward
South America
Magellan
Stralt
Pacific
Baying
Cate Pillar
the Evangélists
Callao
Valeparaiso
Archbishop Riordan Returns From Rome Mission
Archbishop Patrick William Riordan of San Francisco returned by steamer Cedric after a Rome mission advocating Rev. Edward J. Hanna as coadjutor archbishop. He said the congregation would act and that vice names would be debated at the next meeting in March to address Western affairs. The pope was in good health and in touch with affairs.
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New York
Patrick William Riordan
San Francisco
Rome
Edward J. Hanna
Robests
Cedric
Congregation of the Propasania
San Fremnelaco
Riordan
Dr. Hanna
Minch Oo
Kent
Viennese Official Denies Interview With Noted Figures
Vienna 10 reports Coun. Madi denies an interview about a alleged coup. He states he knows Mrs. Vanderbilt of New York and that the reports are fabrications. He claims renewed acquaintance with Mrs. Vanderbilt dating back ten years.
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Vienna
Tech
the Zeit
Coun
Madi
Cornelius Vaterbilt
New York
Fabricalian
Vanderbit
Three Killed by Gas Fumes in Cleveland Home
Cleveland Feb 10 Three persons were asphyxiated and two probably fatally harmed by escaping gas fumes Sunday. The dead are John Gebringer an auctioneer his wife Ida and his niece Mrs Pansy Brockway of Peoria who was residing at the Gebringer home Harold Gehringer a son and his wife Millie were overcome and are not expected to survive. The chimney became clogged with soot while the family slept.
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Cleveland
John Gebringer
Ida
Pansy Brockway
Peoria
Lil
Gebringer
Harold Gehringer
Millie
Wild Horses to Be Killed in Nevada Reserves
The forestry department orders rangers on the Toelvave Toquima and Monitor reserves in Lander county to kill all wild horses found on government domain. About 15 000 horses roam the reserve damaging vegetation and attracting domestic animals to their herds.
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Iteno
Neb
Forestry Department
Toelvave
Toquima
Lander County
Khl
Cold Weather Kills 21-Year-Old in Oil Region
In Old City Pennsylvania on February 10 the oil region endured the coldest night on record with temperatures from 20 to 30 degrees below zero. Frank Barnes, 21, of Wandeavor near here, was found dead in a shed frozen to death.
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Old City
Frank Barnes
Wandeavor
Bank of Sulphur Springs Vault Cracked in Heist
Four men blasted open the Bank of Sulphur Springs in Sulphur Springs Arkansas early Sunday morning and took more than 31 800 in cash along with notes and other valuables. The bank and its vault were wrecked in the raid.
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Arkansas Bank
Sulphur Springs
Ark
Bank of Sulphur Springs
Taft Seen Dominant In Ohio Primaries Ahead
Ohio delegates for the March state convention favor Taft with potential unanimous support. Only four of 18 counties in primaries show opposition, notably Cuyahoga with Cleveland, as Foraker factions seek court action. Roosevelt defends against patronage charges in a February letter. Kansas City hosts a Taft banquet drawing over 1,000 diners and 10,000 spectators with speeches by Spencer and Ashley.
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Columbus
Ohio
Deler Gates
William H. Taft
Republican State Central Committee
Nele
Taft
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Knox County
Cuyahoga County
Whicti
Foraker
Supreme Court
Denisa
Washington
Roosevelt
Willismudley Foulke
Richmond
Ind
Voulke
Senate
Kansas City
Pashe
College Glee Club
Henry M. Seardsley
Repubilican
Selden P. Spencer
St. Louis
Herberts. Ashley
Missouri
Tait
EB. E. E. McJimsey
Springfield
Panic in Copenhagen Rocks Money Market
Copenhagen faces a financial panic as tight money and speculative activity strain small banks. Two smaller banks suspend payments and a government plan with five major banks guarantees all risks, providing funds to satisfy both Danish and foreign creditors.
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Copenhagen
Watch
Indians Fight Fatal Stabbing on Pottawatomie Reservation
A fight at a Pottawatomie reservation dance 250 miles north of here left John-Wieh-E-No fatally stabbed. Four other Indians, including Chief Mich-Me and Indian Policeman Rice, suffered dangerous wounds. Authorities report no arrests and the tribe is not talking.
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Topeka
Kao
Reo
Iv—Vonng
Pottawatomia Reservation
Here
John-Wieh-E-No
Mich- Me
Rice
Busy Man's Corner and Notable Events Across the Nation
A digest of rapid-fire items includes a vow to hold diamond prices, a Chicago publisher's Ottawa home lost to fire, a Chicago paint firm's troubles, a Civil War lineage death in Mam pis Tennessee, a Petersburg report of a czar assassination plot, a Birmingham judge ruling golf on Sunday unconstitutional, ship contracts awarded to Chicago New York Dayton firms, a Moline malleable steel president's suicide amid worry, and related industrial and legal notices.
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Diamond Trust
W. D. Boyce
Chicago
Ottawa
Ill
Lousiq
Heath & Milligan Manufacturing Company
William M. Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Mampis, Tenn
Petersburg
Union Malleable Tron Company
Moline, IL
Western Iilinoia Hospital For the Insane
Watertown
Aged pair found murdered in Corry apartments
County Detective Watson backs murder finding in Corry where Albert Damon and his sister Mrs Jane Satterlee were killed. Damon’s injuries and the sister’s head contusion noted. Bodies decomposed and clothed, not robbed. Stepson John Sillaway detained for developments.
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Damon
John Sillaway
Watson
Sillaway
Train Derailment In Ontario Highlights Rail Dangers
Limited train on the Wabash derailed near Delhi Ontario after a broken rail. No serious injuries reported among passengers or crew. In Detroit a pastor resigns to lead the anti saloon league Pittsburg district. Detroit declares a dry Sunday as authorities curb liquor sales. Sunderland shipbuilders suspend operations affecting 5 000 men as creditors await restructuring plans.
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Detroit
Mich
Keb
Continental Limited
Delhi
Sunderland
England
Sir
Deptford
Moersiter
Peninsular & Orientel
Cunart
Veteran of Three Wars Dies in Detroit
James B. Elderkie a drum major and veteran of the Seminole Mexican and civil wars died at his Detroit home aged 99 from complications of a wound from the Mexican war. He was born December 1 1820 near Salmon River N Died Sunday after a long army career attached to General Grant's staff. City Marshal Kills Two Men in Marion. Abney shoots Ambrose Grogan and Frank Blake at midnight after attempting to send them home. Coroner's jury backs officer. a later warrant sets bond at 6000.
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Detroit
Mica
James BD. Elderkie
Salmon River
A. 3. Grant
Marion
William Abney
Ambrose Grogan
Frank Blake
Abney
Indianas mob violence case shields Cassell in arrest
In Indianapolis Indiana on February 10 Tsineary Cassell was brought under strong guard to stave off mob violence after being charged with the murder of Thoms Mills near Quincy.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Tsineary Cassell
Thoms Mills
Quincy
Orly
Men Rescued After Three Days on Ice Near Bayfield
Three men traveling by skin boat from Presque Isle were trapped by bad ice between Bayfield and Presque Isle for three days. Lacking food or fuel they rationed an old baiting can and used spare clothing to stave off freezing. A freezing cold wave eventually solidified the ice, allowing their rescue and arrival in Bayfield for shelter and clothing.
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Bayfield
Presque Isle
Slayer Of Wife Captured In Wisconsin
A Wisconsin posse captured Mike Anklin in Kaukauna after he shot and killed his wife in Menasha and badly wounded his one year old son. Anklin, a 60-year-old welder and longtime Menasha resident, reportedly left his wife six weeks earlier amid money quarrels and contemplated divorce. He entered the home, a neighbor noticed nothing amiss, and an alarm followed when his wife was found dead and the child gravely injured. He was seized as he tried to flee.
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Menasha
Mike Anklin
Kaukauna
Anklan
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Counle
Aeighbor
Ankian
Mike, Jr
Widowhaunts Headstone Inscription Misquote Tale
A widow consults a headstone dealer about a grave marker for her husband. She asks for inscription “To my dearest husband” and a hopeful addendum if room remains. Reading the engraved text, she finds the joke misquoted as “To my dearest husband, and there be any room laf, we shall meet to heaven.” Port Chester Record.
Castoria and assorted health advertisements echo early era tones
A fragmented page section brims with late 19th and early 20th century ads and pseudo medical claims. It touts Castoria and a long signature claim, touts easy money schemes for sales agents, and includes various quack remedies and dubious health products. The text mentions Liniment Salve Family Health Tablets and several dubious slogans and names.
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Vosena Company
Washington, D. C
Helpful Advice From Mrs Pink Lynn Mass Letter Confidential
A trusted adviser urges women to open up to Mrs Pink in Lynn Massachusetts about private illness. Her decades of correspondence with sick women are claimed to yield knowledge that can aid individual cases.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Customer Testimony
Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allentown Pa shares her recovery story after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. The advertorial piece claims the product has cured thousands of cases including displacements inflammation and fibroid issues and promotes it as a standard remedy for thirty years.
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Norman R. Barnett
Allentown
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Ély
Tam
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Howe Avenue Congregational Church
Anti-Saloon League
Pittsburg
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Earth
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State Railroad Commission
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South Dakota
Charles H. Kellar
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S. D
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Business Men's Association
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American Society of Equity
Egelhoff
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Exelhart
Merchants’ Association
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