Week of notable events and sudden deaths across nations
Theodore Douglas Robinson, Roosevelt kin, lost a bid for the Oneida-Herkimer district nomination to the regular Republican organization. Dr. Frederick L. Graves of Bridgeport, gravely ill, committed suicide by drinking poisons from his medicine case. George Westinghouse resigned, claiming he was being frozen out. Richard Sprague, a Wyandotte lawyer, sought help identifying himself at Cincinnati police. Dr Graves died eighteen hours after ingesting a deadly poison mixture amid crisis. Mayor Brand Whitlock of Toledo and associates were arrested in Sandusky for speeding. they were discharged after identity was revealed. Rear Admiral James Albert Hawke, 69, died in Washington. Nicaragua’s Dr. Modesto Barrios and Dr. Sebastian Salivas seek to resume relations in the U.S. Maj. Gen. Grant in New York questions Krupp gun reports' wartime impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
Oneida-Herkimer
Frederick L. Graves
Bridgeport
Conn
George Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Richard Sprague
Wyandotte, Mich
Central Police Station
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Modesto Barrios
Sebastian Salivas
Madriz
Nicaragua
United States
Grant
New York
War threatens New York's Chinatown amid news world shocks
The era's turmoil touches Chinatown as war looms while Germany faces a Niederdeutsche bank collapse with $12.5 million owed. Chicago butchers plan independent abattoirs to cut meat costs. fire devastates Herreich in Campbell county Dakota worth $75,000. Census shows Rock Island Illinois up 4,802 and Columbus Ohio up 55,988. Otto Bernson, likely Chicagoan, killed himself in Geneva jail after being jailed for forgery. Washington criticizes postal bank law as flawed. Oklahoma capital stays Guthrie until election legality settled. Cleveland car crash injures twenty with several fatally harmed. Illinois Central graft testimony cites 40 percent profits. Crippen and Miss Le Neve reportedly aboard a London-bound ship. Minnesota convention opposes county option. Lind declines. South Bend rail strike yields mob attacks and train ditching on Grand Trunk line.
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New York
Niederdeutsche Bank
Germany
Chicago
Herreich
Campbell County
Rock Island
Ill
Columbus
Ohio
Otto Bernson
Geneva
Washington
Indianapolis News
State Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Guthrie
St. Clair Avenue
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Harold A. Sims
Montrose
Hawley H. Crippen
Miss Leneve
John Lind
Minnesota
Lind
South Bend
Ind
Grand Trunk Railroad
Lands Open to Settlement in Western States Proclaimed by Taft
Thousands of unappropriated forest lands restored to public domain by Taft proclamations will open to homestead settlement this fall. Areas span Colorado New Mexico Washington Oregon Utah Idaho Wyoming with openings dates October 18 October 22 and November 21 for entry. Descriptions include White River Battlement Uncompahgre Cochetopa San Isabel Lincoln Datil Ranier Umatilla Deschutes Malheur Whitman Wallowa and more across multiple national forests and counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Taft
Colorado
New Mexico
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Great Falls
Mont
White River National Forest
Rio Blanco
Garfield
Battlement National Forest
Mesa
Delta Couniies
Socorro
Wash
Ranier National Forest
Kittitas
Stevens County
Okanogan
Ferry
Umatilla
Deschutes
Malheur
Whitman
Wallowa
Minidokta Forest
Box Elder
Minidolita
Caribou
Pocatello
Targhee
Extraordinary concert lineups chosen for Mitchell festival
EXTRAORDINARY FEATURES contract has just been closed for Pat Conway's Concert Band at the Corn Palace Festival in Mitchell South Dakota during the week starting September 26. The Lyric Sextette of Chicago is also booked. The committee boasts top notch entertainers and vaudeville stunts for the most complete program yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Conway
Mitchell
S. D
Lyric Sextette of
Chicago
Committee On Attractions
Clash of Factions in Vigo Spain
Police dispersed rival crowds after Capuchin procession pro pope was attacked by anticlerical elements amid Spain Vatican dispute in Vigo. Demonstrators clashed as authorities intervened to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Vigo
Vatican
Capuchines
Quebec K of C In Session Opens Convention
The annual Knights of Columbus convention opened here Tuesday with services at the Basilica where Rt. Rev. M. J. Fallon preached to attendees from Quebec and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec K. of C
Quebec
Order of Knights of Columbus
the Basilia
M. J. Fallon
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotation Details
Sioux City Tuesday live stock quotations list top beeves at 7.25 dollars and top hogs at 8.00 dollars, reflecting market values for cattle and swine in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Fatal Tree Incident Claims Polleys in Missoula
William Hovey Polleys Jr. of Polleys Lumber Co. Lincoln Neb. and Missoula is fatally injured near Tammany when a tree toppled during work. The accident occurred in Missoula, Mont. and the victim was a member of the Polleys Lumber firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Mont
William Hovey Polleys, Jr
Polleys Lumber Company
Lincoln
Neb
Tammany
Another Schooner Seized In Bering Sea
Washington D C The seizure of another Japanese schooner poaching in the Bering Sea was reported to the treasury department Tuesday by Capt. Foley of the revenue cutter Tahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington,d. C
Bering Sea
Treasury Department
Foley
Doan's Kidney Pills Aid Elderly Indpendence Resident
REOCTORED TO HEALTH Mrs John Way of Independence Kansas reports years of kidney trouble with back pain swollen feet and nervousness. After trying many remedies she credits Doan's Kidney Pills with a complete cure at advanced age. Also a light joke about a landlady and a difficult boarder ends the blurb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Way
St. Independence, Kans
Doan
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
A Protection Against the Heat Coca-Cola Advertisement
An old Coca-Cola ad urges cooling relief from the sun with Coca-Cola. It touts the drink as wholesome and thirst-quenching, sold at soda fountains and in bottles for five cents, and offers a 1910 booklet and baseball record book by mail from The Coca-Cola Co. in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Baseball
Merely a Prevaricator
A doctor recalls using hypnotism with a patient to imagine a sunny ceiling as a cure. The patient improved until death. the doctor reveals the patient died not from the illness but from sunstroke, a grim miscalculation in the ruse.
The Dentist's Joke at London Authors Club Dinner
Walter Emanuel of Punch recounted a tale about an English dentist who pulled a painful tooth without gas. The dentist held up the tooth to the window and laughed, remarking the joke was that it was the wrong tooth. The story highlights a dry humor moment among club members in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Author’s Club
London
Owen Seaman
Punch
Walter Emanuel
Carrying His Audience With Him
A young lawyer faced fear and began a speech with an apology to the court. Lord Ellenborough urged him to proceed, noting that so far the court remained on his side and fully supportive as the man continued his tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Ellenborough
Government to probe infantile paralysis in Iowa
Washington reports a government inquiry into the cause of infantile paralysis amid rising cases in Mason City and nationwide. Surgeon General Wy man and Dr. John F Anderson announce the study, noting the germ remains unknown and the disease often cripples children under five though adults can be affected. The illness tends to rise in June and peak in July and August before subsiding in September.
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Washington
Mason City
Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
John F. Anderson
W. H. Frost
Anderson
Bridge construction collapse injures three workers at Little Sioux
At River Sioux a false work supporting a new wagon bridge over the Little Sioux river gave way during raising of the steel frame. The structure fell into the river, throwing three workmen into the water. J. F. Walsh sustained the most serious injuries and remains under medical care.
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Little Sioux
Little Sioux River
River Sioux
J. F. Walsh
Fort Dodge Man Killed by Train Incident
Patrick Cahill of Fort Dodge was fatally struck by a westbound Illinois Central train in Webster City while walking on the tracks to the depot. Coroner's jury evidence suggests he was under the influence of liquor at the time. He worked in gypsum mills.
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Fort Dodge
Webster City
Patrick Cahill
Illinois Central
Dogs Attract Attention Ending in Tragic Discovery
Neighbors followed barking to a Centerville home where Mat Starks was found dead, believed to have died two days earlier. The same room previously housed Bob Gordon, who died alone a month prior. Both deaths suspected as drug-related.
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Centerville
Mat Starks
Bob Gordon
Drowns In Mississippi Dubuque Seining Accident
Henry Thiltgen aged 18 drowned at Spechts Ferry Dubuque county while seining minnows with his father. He was a companion of Nicholas and Peter Dubr who perished at the same spot a month earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Dubuque
Henry Thiltgen
Spechts Ferry
Dubuque County
Nicholas
Peter Dubr
River Claims Life of Clyde Paris Near Andalusia
The body of Clyde Paris, a Davenport youth, was recovered in the Mississippi near Geneva Island after drowning while swimming near Andalusia on Saturday evening. A verdict of accidental death was returned, with the belief that a cramp while diving from a skiff caused the tragedy.
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Muscatine
Clyde Parris
Davenport
Andalusia
Mississippi River
Geneva Island
Greek band member killed by freight train near Atalissa
In Iowa Tony Stouropouilos a Greek section band member was killed instantly near Atalissa when he stepped from one track to another in front of a moving engine as two trains passed. Noah Cooper a 19 year old inmate escaped from Dolliver jail by breaking a lock. this is his third attempt and he remains missing. Mrs. John Albright near Atalissa attempted suicide by slashing her throat with a butcher knife. her life is in danger. The body of Harold Fitzgerald surfaced after a thunderstorm in Town City. he likely drowned after falling from a canoe. Earl Ray Hubbard, 28, Mason City grocer and cement company office worker, died Wednesday evening after illness.
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Tony Stouropouilos
Atalissa
Noah Cooper
H. McClune
Dolliver
John Albright
Harold Fitzgerald
Town City
Earl Ray Hubbard
Mason City
Northwestern States Cement Company
Multiple Iowa notices and deaths mark 1910 timelines
A string of brief Iowa items reports deaths from falls heart trouble and suicide including C W Yordy in Oskaloosa, Thomas Cheetham in Floris, Witter Johnston in New Jersey, and H L Woodman in Woolstock. It notes a Dubuque fire causing 5000 dollars damage, and several public events like Prohibition rally plans in Des Moines August 9. Building projects loom in Carroll and Onawa hosts old settlers picnic August 30.
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C. W. Yordy
Oskaloosa
Thomas Cheetham
Floris
Witter Johnston
Capt. W. H. Johnston
New Jersey
Trexler
Dubuque
Fuller Hotel
H. L. Woodman
Woolstock
Iowa
Mr. Copeland
Jackson County
Ind
St. John Township
Harrison County
Logan
Mabel Welker
Council Bluffs
Carroll
Armory Associations
Nockels Street
Opera House
German Bank
Carroll County
Onawa
Court House
Des Moines Faces Water and Funds Crises
Des Moines runs on a depleted contingent fund with eight months left in the fiscal year. City employees must supply their own water and towels as Councilman Mac Vicar orders cancelation of city hall water and tower contracts. Railroads may offer standard rates for fairs and conventions, while cigar tax payments proceed and dairy inspections bring admonitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John MacVicar
A. C. Frisk
Eczema Cure Report With Cuticura Remedies
A letter from Mrs. H. Kiernan of Brooklyn New York dated Sept 27 1909 credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with curing a niece who suffered eczema for five years. The child aged about two had severe sores before treatment and is now eleven free of symptoms. A photo from age 18 months is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Kiernan
Quincy St. Brooko
N. Y
Vacation song joke at Lawyers' Club luncheon
Paul D Cravath joked that vacation tunes about wives going to the country are revived at a Lawyers' Club luncheon. A second anecdote followed where one man asks another if his wife is off to the country and the reply is that she has back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul D. Cravath
New York
Lawyers’ Club
Smith
A Real Argument About Domestic Happiness
A bachelor asks a married man for the most unanswerable argument heard. He cites a wife saying If they can afford it we can as flawless and forever unrefutable, highlighting a witty domestic truth from Youth's Companion.
Ready Theorist Proposes Overshoes For Germy House Files
The scientist warns house files carry germs on their feet and a ready theorist suggests overshoes left on the porch. Dr. Pierce's Pellets are advertised as a small coated candy like regulator for stomach liver and bowels and claimed to cure constipation. Freedom not always happiness, but a tied dog howls message appears.
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Dr. Pierce
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Post
Postum Cereal Co., Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
West
James Parker
O. P. Thompson
James A. Hanna
E. Bolton
Highland Park
Hanna
Gov. Carroll
Gov. Eberhardt
National Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Sheldon County Agriculture Society
Harlan
Seonge Pine Squilbob
Squilligan
Squillbob
Cascarets Co
Hanford Produce’ Co
XTON
M. Spiesberger & Son Co
Omaha
John Deere Plow Company
Omaha, Neb
Central Tire & Rub
Ole Hibner
Farnam St
Thompson
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