Bear Hunter’s Breakfast Delay in New Hampshire Tale
Stephen Allard born 1770 New Durham New Hampshire died 1870 Albany famed as Steve the Bear Hunter. A Woll-authenticated anecdote describes his bear trap in corn near home. His brother David delayed breaking fast, returning with an axe only after Stephen scolded him. Stephen later killed the bear with David gripping it.
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Bear
Stephen Allard
New Durham
N. H
Albany
Pequeke Country
Steve
David
Stephen
Brain
Nan
Dave
Varnant
Mr Cassatt Dies of Heart Disease at 67 in Philadelphia
Alexander Johnston Cassatt president of the Pennsylvania Railroad died suddenly at his home in Philadelphia on Friday. He was 67 and suffered a fatal heart attack in his apartments after a year of ill health and a recent bout with a cold. His death stunned officials and stock markets noted Pennsylvania stock fell modestly after the news.
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Philadelphia
Alexander Johnston Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Cassatt
Stokes-Adams
Bar Harbor
Haverford
Broad Street
West Rittenhouse Square
Mr. Cassatt
W. Plunkett Stewart
J. H. Musser
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Negroes Supplanting Japs in Tacoma Rail Yard
The Great Northern Railroad is importing Black laborers from Missouri to replace Japanese workers. Three coachloads arrived with 150 men joining the workforce. Japanese laborers are scarce as the plant notes they work steadily but less productively per day.
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Tacoma
Wash
Greet Northern Railroad
Missouri
Ledger reports Mrs Stickles perishes in Hudson house fire
In Livingson Columbia County the home of Cyrene Stickles, a prosperous farmer, burned. Mrs Stickles saved her husband then reentered to recover papers and died from smoke inhalation.
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Hudson, N. Y
Cyrene Stickles
Livingson
Columbia County
Stickles
Young Man BASSETT Dies After Self-Inflicted Wounds
Special from La Grange Ga Frank Bassett a young white man cut his throat and bled to death after tearing out his stitches despite a physician’s efforts to save him. The incident follows reopened wounds report from Macon Ga.
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Macon
Frank Bassett
la Grange
Bassett
Fraught With Danger in Transvaal Citizenship Policy
The Indian National Congress in session in Calcutta passed a resolution denouncing denial of citizen rights to Indians in the Transvaal. It warned that such policy poses danger to the democracy and colonial governance in that region. The delegates urged international attention and urged reconsideration of policy affecting Indian nationals abroad.
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Calcutta
Indian National Congress
Transvaal
WeWs of the Week: varied federal and local crime notes
Joseph D. Sulsona was arraigned in New York on bail as a confederate in counterfeit peso notes. A street walker case involved Mrs. Jeanne Trautman, later discharged. Cotton growers’ conference set for October 1907. Cleveland and Princeton residents seek game fish at Carnegie Lake. New York Life Insurance indicted for forgery. Yaqui massacre in Mexico leaves eight dead. Lincoln Bank boss jailed in Chicago. Black Hand threats target Dr Dadarian for $10,000. Lackawanna buys Ellsworth Coal. Dayton man to die by electric chair for murder. Naval scandals probe in St Petersburg says Russian defeat ties to Sea of Japan. Ohio judge limits probate court in Standard Oil cases. San Francisco denounces Roosevelt-Metcalf over school issue. Phelps Stokes declines donation amid real estate class. Beresford killed in North Dakota wreck. Nicolai de Raylan reveals noble lineage. Cold claim deaths in NY. Southern Railway wreck near Samuel Spencer car. 500 horses burned in Harper Brothers stable fire. Brady indicted for fencing public land. Morgan and others urge Congo reforms. Schaffhauer, key witness in Philadelphia sale, dies.
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Mexico
W. J. Atkinson
Lincoln Bank
Morton Park
Chicago
Marker G. Dadarian
New York
Lackawanna Steel Company
Ellsworth Coal Company
Pittsburg
Dayton
Roy Fowler
St. Petersburg
Grand Ducal
Sea of Japan
Duncan
Ohio
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Circuit
Supreme Courts
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Metcalf
California
J. G. Phelps Stokes
D. J. Beresford
Lord Beresford
North Dakota
Nicolai de Raylan
Washington and Florida Express
Southern Railway
Samuel Spencer
Harper Brothers
Atlanta
T. E. Brady
Great Falls
Federal Grand Jury
Helena
Mont
Valley County
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lyman Abbott
Root
Congo Free State
Frederick J. Schaffhauer
Philadelphia
Jas. P. McNichol
Royal engagements and global incidents summary
A varied news fragment reports the betrothal of Princess Victoria Alexandra to Prince Augustus William, troop movements in Santa Clara, German arms factory activity, Indian Congress anger over veal denial, a French bishop fined for an incident, Tangier forts and governance orders, a German aristocrat’s suicide, a Russian consul’s death in Liverpool, Yaqui massacre victims in Valencia, and a St. Petersburg court martial condemning naval officers for surrender.
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Victoria Alexandra
Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Augustus William
Germany
Magoon
Santa Clara
Indian National Congress of
Calcutta
Turinoz
Nancy
France
Tangier
Raisull
von ™ 4Viledenbach Notitz Zu
Massacre by the Yaqui Indians near Valencia
News from Nogales and Los Angeles recounts a Yaqui attack near Valencia 60 miles below Guaymas killing Mexicans and Americans. At Sancho on the Cananea Yaqui River line four were slain, a station burned, and later four more bodies found as a small railroad party resisted until rurales could arrive.
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Nogales
Mex
Valencia
Guyamas
Southern Pacific Railroad
Guadalajara
Los Angeles
Cal
Col
H. B
Sancho
Thompson
Maxson
Colonel Maxson
Raisuli to be disposed and Tangier governship ends
Tangier dispatch says Sid Mohammed Gabbas with most of his army will read a sultan’s letter depowering Raisuli from Tangier governorship and urging tribes to submit to the maghren. Moroccan camp maintains order as Gabbas restrains forces. Transport Lanive sails to join Admiral Touchard at Tangier for joint policing with Spanish troops under the Algeciras convention.
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Tangier
London
The
Times
Sid Mohammed Gabbas
Anghera
Raisuli
Mohammed Gabbas
Toulon
Lanive
Algiers
Orand
Mersekebir
Touchard
Morocco
Algeciras
Japanese Turned Back at Rio Grande Border
Japanese nationals flock to the Rio Grande border seeking entry into the United States. Fifty four were refused admission at El Paso on Thursday. Some were smuggled to Fort Hancock but recaptured by immigration officials patrolling the border. They were turned away for lacking funds and being likely to become paupers. The men were part of a group refused admission at El Paso.
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el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
United States
Fort Hancock
SS Paso
Westchester Figure Reports Mother's Robbery at $5500
Thaddeus K. Green of Aqueduct funds says his mother Mrs. Hester Green of Katonah was robbed of 5500 in jewelry and gold. Sheriff James Merritt notes a young Aqueduct employee is suspected and an arrest is anticipated soon.
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New York
Thaddeus K. Green
Westchester County
James 8. Merritt
Hester Green
Katonah
Doings of the Old Dominion in Virginia and nearby
A sweep of Virginia news reports murders and accidents. Emmert marries his stenographer Myrtle Johnson after divorce. Oscar Flippo shot by his son during a hunt, turkey saved by fate. Mizzell wounds Faggand at Newport News after family quarrel. Danville deaths include a brakeman crushed between cars and a deaths and fires at Norfolk area shops. Cliff Shanks found dead at a Petersburg hotel, coroner cites apoplexy. Amputation of C B Lanham’s hand after a Roanoke hotel pocket explosion. Newport News man Vernon Jones commits suicide at Plum Point. Mrs. Maurice Fortune shot by brother in law Saywood Fortune, health of victim uncertain. The Bristol Typographical Union wins eight-hour day after long dispute. Legislation and local politics include boulevard appropriation plans and jailer overpowered escape at City.
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William B. Emmert
Virginia
Myrtle Johnson
Pennington Gap
Oscar Flippo
Caroline County
Fuippo
W. F. Faggand
George Mizzell
Newport News
Jim Moss
Danville
Peter McCarthy
Southern Railway
Post
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Carjiuters
Rikyens
Minnesota
Montana
North Carolina
Jefferson
Cliff Shanks
Crewe
Norfolk and Western Rairoad
Chesterfield
Petersburg
Dle
Bettie Jones
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Noteway Lodge of Odd Fellows
C. B. Lanham
Wanham & Magor
Pittsburg
Roanoke
Lanham
Farenholt
Gloucester County
Baltimore
Jones
Maurice Fortune
Lynchburg
Saywood M. Fortune
Poteat
Bristol Typographical Unt
King Printing Compa
Sig
Wise Words From A Bachelor Era On Flirtation And Virtue
A jumble of quips on flirting, hypocrisy, taxes, family life, and morals from a Beatader era column. Dozens of wry maxims critique social norms and the absurdities of courting, reform, and etiquette, attributed to reflections in a New York and Detroit press column.
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Mumford
Sands Smith
J. P. Nottingham
E. Mumford Banking Co
Old Dominion Line
Norfolk
Gloucester
Mathews
Severn Wharf
Severn River
Old Point
Government Wharf
Norfolk Bay Line
Norfok
Portsmouth
Richmond
Berkley
Brandon
Granby Street
Atlantic Hotel
M. B. Crowell
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Chesapeake Line
Augusta
Old Point Comfort
Baltimore Street
Arthur W. Russox
E. Baltimore Street
Light Street
Krupen Foster
E. J. Cuisin
T. H. McDanyrr
A. M. Marchant
M. S. Foster
Sibley Bros
Mathews C. H
Garnett
it-Law
Brown County
John Léidy
Jiv
Robinson
Frick OR
Rea
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph D. Sulsona
Boehm and
Ochera
Republic of Columbia
Jeanne Trautman
Alexander Trautman
Peter J. Hogan
James R. MacColl
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Carnegie Lake
New York Life Insurance Company
Southern Pacific
Milkado
Gilbert School of Shorthand
Dilbert School OF Shorthand
Calvin L. Fleet
N. Fremont St
C. S. Schermerhorn @ Son
Purina
Cheapside
Pratt Street
Baltimore, Md
Old Dominion
Fredericksburg
Prin Anne Street
National Celery
Swanson
Wesly Wilkie
John 14
City
Detroit
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