Roosevelt Tours Wyoming Towns and Mining Areas
Colonel Roosevelt traveled 150 miles through 16 mining towns in Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley visiting workers and elites alike. He tours the anthracite fields with Lawrence Abbott to study social conditions amid ongoing mining life. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria flee to England amid religious strife. Spain unsettled. Virginia Governor Mann names ex Governor Claude A. Swanson to the U.S. Senate to fill the unexpired term ending March 3.
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Chatham
John W. Daniel
United States Senate
Iowa Republicans oppose Taft policy propose independent tariff panels
The Iowa Republican state convention endorsed the party platform while dismissing president Taft’s fulfillment efforts and calling for independent nonpartisan tariff committees to assess import facts.
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Nicholas Longworth
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Hawley Harvey Crippen
Ethel Clare Leneve
England
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Quebec
Mayor Gaynor Shot On Trans Atlantic Voyage
New York Mayor William J. Gaynor was shot in the head aboard a liner en route to Europe. James Gallagher, a discharged employee, fired the 38 caliber pistol shouting that Gaynor robbed him of bread and butter. Gallagher was restrained by William H. Edwards as the mayor was taken to Hoboken for treatment.
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St. Mary’ Hospital
Hoboken
N. J
Extraordinary features at Mitchell Corn Palace Festival
The contract closed for Pat Conway's Concert Band at the Corn Palace Festival in Mitchell S D during the week of September 26. Also on the program is the Lyric Sextette of Chicago with top notch entertainers. The committee promises an exceptional lineup including top vaudeville stunts for a complete program.
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Fire in Boston lumber district causes $1 million loss
A blaze in the wholesale lumber yards of Blacker and Shepard in Boston caused losses estimated above $1,000,000 on a Tuesday night. The fire grew quickly prompting a general alarm, the first in the city since 1872, within ten minutes of the initial call.
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Blacker & Shepard
Fires Rage in Yellowstone Park Curbed by Troops
Three forest fires burn in Yellowstone National Park with 200 regular troops battling the blazes. Authorities expect control before major damage, as reports reach Livingston Montana.
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Livingston
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Yellowstone National Park
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Quebec police arrest Crippen case raised in Montreal paper
A Montreal lawyer argues Crippen and Leneve were arrested illegally by Quebec provincial police in federal territory, presenting a novel point in the long Crippen tale. The paper cites authority and reframes the legality of the arrest amid cross jurisdiction questions.
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H. H Crippen
Ethel Leneve
Montreal
Biology Professor Drowns in Canadian Lake Incident
Philadelphia news reports Dr. Charles H. Shaw, biology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, drowned Monday in Kin Basket lake near Revelstoke British Columbia while on an unspecified trip.
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Sioux City Live Stock Market Prices Report
Sioux City market quotes show top hogs at 8.26 and top beeves at 7.50 on Tuesday.
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Mutiny on ore boat quelled. two jailed in hold
The Doug las Houghton crew mutinied 100 miles from Gary Ind. Captain John F. Parke quelled the revolt. two men were chained in the dunnage room. Passengers, mainly women, crowded into a cabin during the fight as tensions rose.
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Monroe County
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Allen's Foot-Ease Foot Powder Remains Trusted
Advertisers tout the enduring value of trusted goods. Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder, first sold sixteen years ago, remains popular due to steady newspaper ads and word of mouth, while many imitators flood the market with inferior substitutes. Seek proven advertisements and avoid substitutes.
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Why Washington Crossed the Delaware in a Childish Guess
In a third grade class the students guessed why Washington crossed the Delaware. Most offered the famous chicken answer until Annie proposed a summer trip to Atlantic City as the reason. The teacher and class laughed at the clever twist.
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Philadelphia Times
The Nurse's Opinion in a Medical Billing Case
A nurse testifies during cross examination about a physician bills dispute. The lawyer presses on visits after danger status, but the nurse says the doctor’s continued visits kept the patient in danger.
You Ought to Have a Burglar Alarm System
An electrical supply agent urges a burglar alarm at night. Mr Newpop replies that their home is safe while they sleep and while they are weaning their baby.
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Taxi debtor seeks jail in Louisville exchange
A brief Louisville Courier-Journal item notes a taxicab dispute where a debtor resists payment and asks to be taken to the poorhouse, prompting police involvement. The exchange highlights financial distress and legal consequence considerations in a city setting.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Life and Law in a Candid Verse Observation
A reflective aphorism contrasts life bluff with law tyranny and piety pretense urging genuineness and humility for lasting respect. It frames virtue against social performance and mortal dignity.
Looking Toward Heaven The Christian Longing for Home
A devotional meditation on the Christian longing for heaven as a true homeland. It cites Paul and Luther, contrasting earthly vicissitudes with a heavenly city and eternal reunion. The text blends quotations from scripture and church fathers to urge faithful hope beyond present life.
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Willy the Liberal and the Whisky Funeral
Dean Ramgay s a memoir tells of an old woman of Strathspey who, on deathbed, bids her grandnephew Willy to serve as much whisky at the funeral as at her baptism. Willy, lacking baptismal figures, lets mourners drink freely, delaying the procession by ten miles and a night. The coffin rests at a wayside inn and arrives a day late at the grave.
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Strathspey
Willy
Cuticura Cures Severe Eczema Says Virginia Woman
A Virginia woman reports ten years of hand eczema cured after using Cuticura Ointment and three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent. She notes rapid improvement within a bottle and full recovery after the third bottle. Her daughter also healed in two weeks, with the family crediting Cuticura for all skin and blood diseases.
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M. E. Falin
Speers’ Ferry, Va
The Wrong Sort
An old Irish peasant sits before his cottage smoking a pipe as he lights many matches. He misreads a glass, hoping to see shoots on the sun, debating if his fortune is in the glass or a trick from Moike Mulrooney.
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Biddy
Moike Mulrooney
Moike
Paddy Blake of Clare Dies at 119 in Corolla Union Hospital
Paddy Blake born at Ballygheen Kilnasoolagh County Clare died aged 119 in Corolla Union hospital. He remembered events from a century ago and was among observers who watched Daniel O Connell pass through Bunratty Pike toward Ennis for the 1828 election.
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Ballygheen
Kilnasoolagh
County Clare
Ireland
Corolla Union Hospital
Paddy
Daniel O'Connell
Bunratty Pike
Ennis
Fire Devours Reach as Flames Sap Adjoining Building
A Birmingham Age Herald report describes a blaze with voracious flames consuming all within reach and licking paint from an adjacent building. The dramatic scene emphasizes the fire's indiscriminate spread and damage.
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Birmingham Age Herald
Reformer's vow to undo reforms in town
A local boss defends reformist stance with a wry twist saying he is a reformer at the deepest dye and hints at undoing last year’s changes to restore previous conditions. The exchange frames a cycle of reform and counterchange in the town.
Not Really Famous Declines to Earn Notable Ranks
Detroit Free Press quotes a critic questioning whether an individual ever attained real eminence. The dialogue notes he was never regarded as the “hope of the white race,” reflecting on his perceived status and impact.
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Detroit Free Press
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