Massachusetts Republicans Endorse Moody and Roosevelts Views
Massachusetts Republicans adopt a tariff friendly platform and nominate an in office slate led by Governor Curtis Guild Jr. The convention cheers U.S. Attorney General William H Moody and praises President Roosevelt while opposing public railroad ownership. Inclusive language references Poland and Russia Jews and calls for enforcing the Fifteenth Amendment.
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Curtis Guild, Jr
Ken S. Draper
William M. Olin
Henry B. Turner
United States
William H. Moody
Roosevelt
Governor Guild
Poland
Russia
South
Eugene N. Foss
Murder Doctors Riots Roil Brooklyn School Crowd
In Williamsburg 1500 women, mostly Italian, rushed a Brooklyn school dazed by rumors that board of health doctors were harming children. Police injuries, one arrest, and other district schools also stormed as pupils were examined for eyes and throats.
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New York
Board of Health
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Cuba's Flag Kept Aloft Amid Havana Disarmament Efforts
Havana reports Taft declares support for the Cuban republic as the flag stays raised during disarmament. Progress spans Pinar del Rio to Santa Clara, with 800 rebels surrendering 600 guns. Montero, Bacon, and McCoy push eastern measures while Palma's Washington letters surprise Cubans. An Indianapolis elevator tragedy claims five lives. Socrates quote closes the item.
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Disarming Commission
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Bacon
McCoy
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Matanzas
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Baseball standings and results from early baseball leagues
American League games listed with Chicago and Cleveland results and battery lines. National League results feature New York and Boston with Pfeffer, Brown, Mathewson, Bowerman, and team records showing Chicago, Brooklyn, New York, and St. Louis standings.
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Bernhard’ and Clark
Boston
New York
Orth
Chesbra
McGuire
Oberlin
Carrigan
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National League
RHE
Pfeffer
Phila
Boat
Rural Excitement in Country Town Cemetery Gatherings
A compact reminiscence recalls lively Sunday gatherings in a rural town cemetery, contrasting field life with community presence. The anecdote highlights nostalgic social currents surrounding rituals and notables from the local past.
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Harper’s Bazar
Cuban Exiled Cuban Official Arrives in New York
Domingo Mendez Capote former Cuban vice president arrives in New York with his family aboard the Merida from Havana.
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New York
Cuba
Domingo Mendez Capote
Merida
Havana
Cyclonic Capers New Orleans Tornadoes Across Parishes
Multiple tornadoes hit Louisiana and nearby areas on Friday. West Baton Rouge Parish deaths include Mrs. Theodule Foret and her daughter. two children in the same house fatally injured. refinery collapse injures. Baton Rouge city damage reported. St James Parish reports fatalities and fifteen buildings destroyed. Puntochatoula fatalities include George Hawes family. additional injuries. New Orleans sustains heavy damage and injuries, large portion of buildings ruined. A third tornado near Biloxi injures two. An Alabama tornado near Kushier and Mangella causes widespread damage but no deaths. A separate verdict awards $8,915.50 in a bank-related suit. A footbridge collapse in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, injures several and kills a 14-year-old.
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West Baton Rouge Parish
Theodule Foret
White
St. James Parish
R. Webner
John Meyer
Puntochatoula
George Hawes
Hawes
Mississippi River
Audubon Park
Marengo
Carondelet
Gravier
Magnolia
Biloxi
Miss
Explosion in Philadelphia subway kills eight workers
A Philadelphia subway explosion killed eight workmen and wounded forty as a series of accident reports roll in. The event outlines a deadly week with multiple accidents and fatalities across several states and countries, including a fatal switch-engine collision in Akron and a lamp explosion fire in Portland.
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Charles Phillips
Akron
E. W. Mousts
Marion
Corning
Ohio
Joseph Wauter
Portland
Taft
Bacon
Washington
New York
Cuba
United States
Canada
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Russell Cadotte
Bellboy
Sloane
Sandusky
Pocahontas Mine
Bluefield
W. Va
Jennie Anderson
Youngstown
Electric mule project again eyed for Miami Erie canal
Cleveland promoters file articles of incorporation for Lake and River Transit with 200000 capital to revive electricity driven canal boats between Cincinnati and Toledo. Key backers include W B Whiting and Squire Sanders firm. Previous electric mule attempts faced legal and logistical hurdles, with state actions and court cases delaying equipment and franchise enforcement.
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Cleveland, O
Miami & Erie Canal
Columbus
W. B. Whiting
C. E. Sanders
R. F. Denison
C. C. Owens
A. J. Sperry
Cleveland
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
New Lake and River Transit Company
Therme Bank
Cincinnati
Toledo
Electric Mule” Company
Miami & Erie Canal Transportation Company
C. C. Richardson
J. G. Schmidlapp
Ellis
Sllis
State Board of Public Works
Herrick
Fatal fall after fourth floor scuffle in Cleveland
Two clerks at Lake Shore railroad offices plunged from the fourth story during a deadly altercation. J. W. Bunts aged 90 died instantly. Harry Wilfred 17 died en route to hospital. The men, both embroiled in a dispute, clung to each other as they fell, their bodies striking the pavement in a fatal grasp. Separately, Dayton hosts a new airship venture, International Aero Vehicle Co., with $5 million capitalization to build airships and demo the Jones invention. In Xenia, grand jury ignores voter fraud charges against C. W. Ryan and Dr. H. R. Hawkins, bound over by Mayor Brennan's court.
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Lake Shore Railroad
J. W. Bunts
Harry Wilfred
Bunts
Wilfred
Xenia, O
C. W. Ryan
H. R. Hawkins
Drys
Brennan
Veiled Reference to Polygamy Charge by Mormon President
Salt Lake City oct 6 long address by Joseph B Smith Mormon church president dominated the seventy seventh semi annual conference. He spoke of his Europe trip and urged parents to end sending children to Berlin noting many youths there kept aloof from German meetings. He avoided direct reference to his indictment for unlawful cohabitation with his five wives but urged exemplary life true to Zion and to his people, with the Lord upholding him whether free or in prison. In Wichita Kansas same day Ralph Hutson a private in Troop C Thirteenth United States cavalry died from injuries after falling from a streetcar during a practice march from Fort Riley.
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Joseph B. Smith
Mormon Church
Smith
Europe
Berlin
Zion
Wichita
Kan
Ralph Hutson
Thirteenth United States Cavalry
Fort Riley
Mutsom
Faly Mount
Grain and Livestock Market Reports Across Cities
Grain and livestock prices listed for Chicago East Buffalo Pittsburg Cleveland New York Cincinnati and Toledo. Cattle hogs sheep and lamb values include prime and common grades with varying weights and regional quotes. Wheat corn oats rye and cloverseed prices appear per bushel or ton as reported in the market summary.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
Doly
Cleveland
New York
Toledo
Magnetic Compass First Used on European Vessels in the Twelfth Century
Cyrus C. Adams notes in Harper's that lodestone and the magnetized needle enabled early navigation. The discovery spurred precise coastlines and cartography, with Italian sailors producing notable surveys of the Black Sea, Mediterranean, and Atlantic coasts reflected in Portolan maps.
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Black Sea
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Cyrus C. Adams
Harper’s
Twins and the elder twin’s broader face remark
A physician notes that despite great likeness twins can be distinguished by facial breadth, with the elder typically having a broader face. He observes twins often being girls or a girl and a boy, and that twin brothers are rare.
Husband and Wife Bicker Over Suit Style
A husband and wife visit a merchant tailor to order a suit. They clash over material and makings. The wife loses her temper and jokes that the husband will wear the clothes. He modestly retorts he doubts she would wear the coat and waistcoat. Also noted are light musings on soft sentimental song titles from period papers.
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Everybody’s Magazine
The London Child Observation in Dialogue Fragments
A brief, quoted satire notes how a London child’s life resembles a rabbit’s frantic scurry from authority. It contrasts reason guiding the wise man with cudgels frightening the fool, drawing from Italian source material.
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London
London Spectator
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