London trains a new breed of plant doctors at Imperial College
The Marshfield Times notes London’s Imperial College of Science in South Kensington houses the bethaleai department studying vegetable physiology and pathology to train plant doctors. Demand grows as industry relies on disease control for crops in tropical and colonial trades like rubber, sugar, and cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Toveh
Bethaleai
Imperial College of Science
South Kensington
Ron
Mustache Cut Off At Grace Church Camp
Dr Charles Auer of Nyack awoke to discover half his mustache had been cut off while campers slept. The incident occurred during the Grace Episcopal Church camp, after midnight, when several boys, armed with scissors, entered his bunk and removed half the mustache. He rowed to Haverstraw to seek a partner to complete the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Auer
Nyack
New York Herald
Jalovs
Grace Episcopal Church
de. Aver
Tarritovne
E. L. Reed
Grace Church
Misread Menu Sparks Confusion in Cleveland Restaurant
A German traveler in Cleveland, arriving from Paris, misreads a menu item at a Superior Avenue restaurant. Expecting roast beef with horseradish sauce, he asks in a loud, mistaken German-accented plea for horse meat with radish sauce, drawing attention from diners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Paria
France
Superior Avenue
Not New to Him. 4 set Andrew Laos in London
A Chicago literary agent recalls meeting Andrew Laos in London at a luncheon. He criticizes modern authors, mentions Lang of Winston Churchill and Marie Corelli, and recalls a confrontation where Laos claimed to have read all modern fiction 40 years earlier.
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Andrew Laos
London
Chicago
Cheshire Cheeac
Lang
Winston Churchill
Marie Corelli
George Moore
Hall Caine
Plehed
Pshawed
Had Paid for Then Wrap Up My Purchases
A garbled quip from Mack's National Monthly about a grouchy customer and a grocer. The customer insists on finishing purchases while the grocer points out the unpaid item, mentioning a thumb weighed with butter and meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack's National Monthly
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Sparks Debate
A group of youths gathers as Philip and friends inspect the freshly obtained Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. The host asks for opinions while Pup probes the choice, noting the volume's accuracy and the conversation shifts toward its value and utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip
Pup
Weil
Success Magazine
Rajulting of 2 Vegetarian Nebuchadnezzar Recalls Summer Boarder Boast
A quirky snippet quotes Nebuchadnezzar boasting that he alone among summer boarders avoids canned foods while crops a lawn and remarks on his selective diet as a humorous, vivid antiquated scene.
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Nebuchadnezzar
Revolutionary unrest grips Spain amid martial law and rail strike
Madrid reports martial law as King Alfonso signs decrees amid a general railroad strike. Premier Candejas says Valencia and Barcelona outbreaks mark a planned revolution to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic. Riots, troop deployments, and arrests surge across Valencia Bilbao Seville and other cities. Twenty six wounded in Bilbao clashes as Ferrer’s 1909 execution is cited by revolutionaries.
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Valencia
Barcelona
Madrid
Spain
General Union of
Igbor
Alfonso
Repubic
Establas
Republic
Candejas
Weyler
Catalonia
Cullera
Bilbon
Saragoesa
Cadiz
Iluelva
Seville
Gijon
Bilboa
Ferrer
Five Trust Heads Indicted Over Trade Restraint Scheme
Boston officials at Chited Lion Machinery and the corporation were indicted by a U.S. grand jury for operating a restraint of trade under antitrust law. Individuals named include Sidney W. Winslow and Edward P. Hurd along with William Barbour Elmer P. Haws and James J. Storrow. The case cites an oppressive exclusive purchasing provision threatening leases and removal of United machinery from shoe manufacturers.
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Boston
Chited Lion Machinery Company
United States Grand Jury
Tust Vesa
Sidney W. Winslow
Orleans
Edward P. Hurd
Newton
William Barbour
New York
Elmer P. Haws
James J. Storrow
United Company
United Machinery
Ireland crippled by strike paralyzing railroads nationwide
Dublin reports industrial unrest has shut three of four railroads across Ireland, driving up food prices. Strike leaders seek a national walkout affecting England, Scotland and Wales as well. The crisis dwarfs the earlier general strike, with shipping labor still unimpacted but at risk soon. The unrest arose from a small timber trade coalition among carters and laborers in Dublin.
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Dubin
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
Dublin
Ireland’s traffic tied up by rail strike
Dublin reports Great Southern and Western railroads completely tied up as a strike spreads rapidly to west and south centers. Troops guard railroad stations while food prices soar and hundreds of American and English tourists are held up due to suspension of bookings.
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Dublin
Great Southern and Western
West
South
Troopa
Yari Ota
Judge Grosscup Plans October Resignation from Bench
Chicago September reports judge Peter Stenger Grosscup of the United States circuit court will resign in October. He said he seeks more freedom as a citizen and to influence public opinion as the country nears a formative political era. He plans to return to law practice in a less strenuous role.
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Chicago
Peter Stenger Grosscup
United States Circuit Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Taft
Pefeve
Court of Public Opinion
Quaker City Bank Closed in Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports the Tradesmen's Trust Company with $500000 capital and $1028000 in deposits has closed its doors. Peter Boyd, noted attorney, becomes president after Mayor Samuel H Ashbridge's death. In Cincinnati the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company also shut on state banking department order. $120000 capital stock. Examiners say all depositors are fully protected and no losses expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Madison dies at breakfast in Dodge City Kansas
Edmond H. Madison representative from the Seventh Kansas district dies at his old home in Dodge City while having breakfast with his wife. He had suffered stomach trouble for a year but was not in alarming danger. He was preparing to join President Taft on a Kansas tour next week. His two daughters are in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Kan
Edmond H. Madison
Kansas
Congress
Madison
Taft
Washington
Army test passed by Jew Bloom faces officer corps
Washington reports Private Frank Bloom a Hebrew recruit from Fort Myer passed mental and physical exams for second lieutenant and is eligible for April. The Army chief commissioned officer at Fort Myer opposed Jews in the officers' corps, prompting President Taft to reprimand him and ensure Bloom receives full rights and opportunities as any American citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Bloom
Tort
Forecaster Predicts Severe Winter in Connecticut
Middle Haddam, Conn. Sept. 20 Mortice Johnson, famed for predicting the 1888 blizzard, says a long and severe winter lies ahead. He forecasts snowfall beginning October 18 and ice forming on streams by November 12, with drought anticipated in 1912.
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Middle Haddam
Conn
Mortice Johnson
Connecticut
Slbo
Special meeting probes wedding of Astor pair
Providence RI September meeting of Congregational ministers forms a three member committee to investigate Rev Joseph Lambert for performing the wedding of Messages Madeleins Ore and Col John Jacob Astor amid questions over ceremony authority and church standards.
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Providence
Rode Island
Joseph Lambert
Msgs
Madeleins [Oree
John Jacob Astor
Pittsburg Drops Final Letter in Spelling
Pittsburg, Pa as of Sept 19 will no longer spell the city with a final four. Washington dictates the change and local authorities report the new spelling takes effect immediately.
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Pittsburg
Samues
Washington
Death of Russian Premier Stolypin Triggers Mass Jewish Exodus
Kiev reports Stolypin died from bullet wounds at the municipal opera. In the wake, Russia tightens security as mobs and reprisals surge. martial law spreads in Kiev while authorities arrest hundreds linked to unrest. Fears of further assassinations grow. border crossings increase.
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Kiev
Stolypin
Dimitry Bogrom
Russia
Ha Czar
Kiov
Bogroff
Borro
Bosrol
Bis
Big Victm
Nis
Bogrok
M. Stolypin
Klev
Trafic
Dita
Detroit Car Men Strike Disrupts City Transit
Detroit officials report 130 conductors and motormen idle as a street car strike continues. Labor seeks two cent per hour raise and improved conditions while two arbitrators have acted, a third not yet chosen. Governor Osborne was rejected by the company.
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Detroit
Mich
Svelress
Teo
Osborne
Fiend Murders Six in Bed With Axe in Colorado Springs
A brutal axe attack in Colorado Springs leaves six dead across two adjoining houses including three children. The victims are Mrs. Alice May Burnham, her six year old daughter, two year old son, Mrs. Blanche Wayne, Henry F. Wayne, and a one year old baby. A. J. Burnham, husband of one victim and a cook at Modern Woodview sanitarium, is detained as a suspect after the sheriff intercepts him en route to the scene. Authorities report extensive, deliberate violence with brutal head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Alice May ‘Burnham
Blanche Wayne
Henrry F. Wayne
A. J. Burnham
Woodview Sanitarium
J. A. Rutledge
Burnham
Wayne
New York Import Firm Executives Charged in Customs Fraud
Sigmund Wielscher of Naday & Fleischer and employee David R. Bratzer were arrested in New York on charges of conspiring to defraud the government of customs duties totaling about $500,000. The alleged plot, in operation since January 1 1908, involved a series of false valuations of imports.
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New York
Sigmund Wielscher
Naday& Fleischer
David RK
Bratzer
Aso
Aviator Killed by Fall at Clinton County Fair
A Mineola aviator named Louis Rasenbaum aged 27 died after a 15 foot fall during a 20 minute flight at the Clinton County fair drawing about 2,500 spectators. The crash occurred in Clinton, Iowa. Separately in Harrisburg, Patt Peck a young Washington aviator fell 80 feet into a creek wall during an exhibition near the city. the airplane wreckage damaged his watch and he landed in the water and was injured.
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Qinton
Louis Rasenbaum
Mineola
Dewitt
Harrisburg
Patt Peck
Peck
Americans Wed in France in Deauville Ceremony
Ogden L. Mills son of Mr and Mrs Ogden Mills of New York married Miss Mar Garet Rutherford daughter of Mrs William K Vandebilt Sr in Deauville France. Civil ceremony held at village offices followed by religious rite at the chateau chapel conducted by Rev Dr Morgan.
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Deauville
France
Ogden L. Mills
Ogden Mills
New York
Mar. Garet Rutherford
Wiliam K. Vandebilt
de Launoy
Morgan
Conservatives Sweep Canada in Landslide Victory
Montreal dispatch reports a Liberal defeat of the Laurier government as the Conservative party gains a decisive majority. Robert L. Borden poised to become prime minister with a working majority. Conservatives pledge trade expansion within the empire and a closed door against the United States, delaying reciprocity with Ottawa.
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Montreal
Quebec
Laurier
Ffty
Ontario
Canada
Agaione
Robert L. Borden
Conservative
United States
Deadly collapse at St James Catholic church building
Eighteen workers were inside the Wausau site when walls bulged and the dome fell. Injured include Albert Schilz who may die, with Behulz in critical condition. Foreman J Z Walleh escaped. dome peak worker William Gendr on avoided injury. Cause unknown, rain blamed by contractors.
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Wausau
Bekee
New St. James Catholic Church
Albert Schilz
Behulz
J. Z. Walleh
Milwaukee
Wiliam Gendron
Madison attorney general orders pamphlets circulated before elections
Attorney General Bakroft rules in reply to the secretary of State that the pamphlets provided by the rupt practices act must be compiled printed and circulated before the primary and general elections. He also says no poll lists of voters will be released until after the September election and suggests the secretary can obtain voter names from county clerks’ poll books to mail copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Bacroft
Frear
Episcopalians to Hold Meeting in Milwaukee
Prominent bishops clergy and laymen from across the country gather in Milwaukee on October 3 and 4 for the Fifth Missionary Department council of the Episcopal Church. The department covers Wisconsin Illinois Indiana and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Aununi Council
Fifth Missionial Department
The
Episcopal Churches of the
United States
Winconatn
Sinois, Indiane
Wilson to Speak at Madison Conference Opening
Gov Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey will deliver the chief address at the opening of the first conference on civil and social development in Madison on October 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Wilson
Madison
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Delay 3 Cent Fare Decision in Milwaukee Case
Madison reports no decision will come for several weeks on Milwaukee's three cent fare case, according to rate commission chairman John Roemer. The delay extends the uncertainty for riders and local transit officials awaiting a ruling on fare adjustments and service plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Milwaukee
John Roemer
The
Rate Commission
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Institution of Instruction
United Bhor Machinery Company
Reland
Grosscup
Appelleta Jurist
Quaker City Bank
Tradesmen's Trust Company of Philadelphia
Bloom
Gol
Garrard
Lambert
Premier
Czar
Detroit Car
Fiend
Callorado Springs
Louis Rosenbaum
Iowa County
William K. Vanderbilt
Ogden L. Mille
Liberal Party
Dominion
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