No Leniency for Rich Malefactors in Cape Cod Monument Speech
President Roosevelt spoke at the cornerstone laying for the Cape Cod Pilgrims Memorial in Provincetown on August 21. He urged a national incorporation law and pledged firm action against corporate violators, while stressing no vindictive measures against innocent stockholders. The event drew about ten thousand people, with speeches by James Bryce, Henry Cabot Lodge, and William C. Lovering, and the monument is planned to reach 250 feet in height to honor the Mayflower era. The president toured Fishermen and sailed back aboard the Mayflower after a reception at Odd Fellows hall. The monument is expected to be completed in about two years.
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Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod Pilgrims’ Memorial
Roosevelt
Town Hill
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Bay
James Bryce
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
William
Lovering
J. Albert Blake
Boston
Massachusetts
William B. Lawrence
Medford
Odd Fellows Hall
Gloucester
Oyster Bay
Davis
Shaw Warns Of Distress But Sees Strong Wealth Base
Former Secretary Leslie M. Shaw cautions that while U S wealth from farms mines forests and industry remains vast and payrolls stay robust, sentiment and bank liquidity could trigger downturns. He argues the country has not faced genuine crisis and stresses confidence courage and sane policy to sustain activity.
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New York
Leslie M. Shaw
Wreck injures twenty on Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line
Cedar Rapids Aug 20. Passenger train No 3 on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad wrecked Monday at Keystone thirty miles west of here. Twenty persons hurt several seriously. Wreck caused by collision with a hand car on a twenty foot embankment. Express messenger C T McElwaine postal clerk F C Myers baggageman Deland and conductor F W Stockton among the more seriously hurt.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Keystone
Here
C. T. McElwaine
F. C. Myers
Deland
F. W. Stockton
Professor E Bogue Dies at Michigan College
Prof. E Bogue, head of forestry at Michigan Agricultural College, died after a lingering illness in Lansing on August 20. He was 42, nationally renowned in forestry, and previously taught botany at Oklahoma University. He leaves a widow and an adopted daughter.
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Bogue
Michigan
Lansing
Mich
E. Bogue
Michigan Agricultural College
Oklahoma University
Fire sweeps Steeplechase Island amusement grounds
Fire at Steeplechase Island in Bridgeport causes about 60000 dollars in damage with 20000 visitors panic. Six structures burn including the grandstand and bleachers during the Chicago Bridgeport baseball game attended by 8090. Loss falls largely on George Tilyou, owner of the Steeplechase Park brand.
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Bridgeport
Conn
George Tilyou
Coney Island
Venezuelan Invasion Sparks Frontiers Fight Alleges Illicit Balata Seizure
Georgetown British Guiana August 19 reports excitement over Capt Calder leading a small frontier force from British Guiana into Venezuelan territory. He seized balata gum said to have been collected on British soil, prompting tense reaction and claims of incursion.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Calder
Col. Francis Suydam Keese Dies in Cynwyd at 66
Philadelphia tribute reports Col. Francis Suydam Keese a Civil War veteran who died Sunday at Cynwyd suburb at age 66. Born in New York City in 1841 he enlisted as a Rutgers College student and joined the First Regiment from New Jersey.
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Philadelphia
Francis Suydam Keese
Cynwyd
New York City
Rutgers College
New Jersey
Pinkerton Co-founder Dies Aboard Bremen at Sea
Robert Allan Pinkerton, one of the two principals of the Pinkerton national detective agency, died on the steamship Bremen on August 12 while en route to Germany for his health. He was accompanied by F E Suli van, a well known newspaper man.
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Robert A. Pinkerton
New York
Robert Allan Pinkerton
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Bremen
Germany
F. E. Sulivan
Irving to stage new play in New York
Laurence Irving, son of the late Henry Irving, travels to New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. He plans to rehearse and present a new play titled The Inheritance of the Meek for E. H. Sothern.
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Irving
New York
Laurence Irving
Henry Irving
E. H. Sothern
Dredging Eleven Mile Channel Plans in Newark Bay
New York Aug 20 work will begin Thursday to dredge a deep water channel through Newark bay and the Passaic river. Government awarded the contract last week. The channel will extend 11 miles.
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New York
Newark Bay
Passaic River
United States
Big Suit Begun Against Unionism In Supreme Court
A major case filed in Washington seeks a permanent injunction against Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison John V Lennon James Duncan John Mitchell James O Connell Morris Hayes Keefe and others from using boycott and unfair list tactics against Bucks Stove Range Co. The action labels a conspiracy to injure business and cites 173 unions and state federations.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
James W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
van Cleave
St. Louis
Manufacturers’ Association
Frank Morrison
John V. Lennon
Bloomington
James Duncan
Quincy
Mass
Indianapolis
James O'Connell
Max Morris
Denver
James A. Hayes
Philadelphia
Daniel J. Keefe
Detroit
William D. Huber
Joseph F. Valentine
Cincinnati
R. L. Thixton
C. O. Buckingham
H. C. Poppe
A. J. Cooper
E. L. Hickman
Electrotype Molders and Finishers’ Union No. 17
International Stereotypers' and Electrotypers Union
Bucks Stove & Range Company
Diamond Robbery Strikes Appleton Jewelry Firm
Appleton Wisconsin August 20 two thieves robbed Henry Kamp's jewelry store of about 1000 dollars in diamonds while two clerks and several customers were present. One thief joked about pocketing diamonds from a counter tray then the second thief took diamonds from the other tray and left with his partner. Police have no clues to the thieves.
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Appleton
Wis
Henry Kamp
Horrible double murder shocks Camden farm community
In Camden New Jersey on August 21 two women Mrs Frances Horner 67 and Mrs Victoria Napoli were killed in their home by Charles Gibson a former farm hand. The suspect robbed the property two gold watches were pawned in Philadelphia and later identified. Stephen Dorsey was arrested as an alleged accomplice. Gibson allegedly fled the Horner home after the fire set to distract the owners.
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Camden
N. J
Frances Horner
Edward Horner
Browning Road
Merchantville
Victoria Napoli
Charles Gibson
New Jersey
Horner
Mrs. Napoli
Philadelphia
Gibson
Stephen Dorsey
News in Brief items from across the country
A long list of brief items includes the death of Circuit Judge James Pryor Tarvin in Cleveland, the birth of a girl to Gov. Hughes in Albany, a New York public service rule against stock watering, and the death of Dr. James Walkley Sweet in New Haven. Other notes cover appointments, antiquities dealer Obadiah Lum Sypher’s death, relapsing fever cases in New York, a reunion of estranged brothers in Massachusetts, a Tuskegee Institute official launching a Wall Street brokerage, a Philadelphia robbery of ranchman John Schmidt, inheritance from Charles J. Root, Leyte subduing by war department reports, a venue change in a Clinton murder case, Dr. Charcot’s Antarctic plans, auto crashes in Indiana, a $100,000 life-policy exhumation case, canal-lands purchase talks for Panama, Express company earnings, a British subs experiment, Ruth Peterson’s death in Staten Island, and a manslaughter arrest of her father after parents refused medicine in favor of prayer.
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James Pryor Tarvin
Covington
Cleveland
Charles E. Hughes
Albany
Public Service Commission of
New York
James Walkley Sweet
New Haven
Conn
Hughes
Matthew C. Flemming
State Insurance Department
Obadiah Lum Sypher
East Orange
N. J
Beth Israel Hospital
Jarvis
John Woods
East Brookfield
Mass
Robert W. Taylor
Tuskegee Institute
Wall Street
John Schmidt
Los Angeles
Cal
Philadelphia
Catherine Root
Charles J. Root
Great Barrington
War Department
Leyte
Philippines
Cochrane
Sullivan
Decatur
Fred H. Magill
Magill
Clinton
John Charcot
South Pole
Edward Lawrence
Joliet
Desplaines River
Channahan
McPherson
Red Oak
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Lucius H. Peri*ns
United States
Panama Bay
Féatt
United States Express Company
Admiralty
Ruth Peterson
Tottenville
Staten Island
Three Artillerymen Hurt In Fort Totten Explosion
An explosion in the ordnance storehouse at Fort Totten Willetts Point New York injures three artillerymen while unloading 19 pound shells. Private William B Lank of the 101st company Coast Artillery is expected to die Private Sneazer also of the 101st company and Private Alphia of the 82nd company Coast Artillery were injured but not fatally.
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New York
Fort Totten
Willetts Point
William B. Lank
101St Company
Coast Artillery
Sneazer
Alphia
82Nd Company Coast Artillery
Clash in the Pottery Trade in New York
In New York on August 20 a large meeting at the Hotel Astor brought together pottery manufacturers and operators to discuss workers wage demands. The employees sought raises of 10 to 20 percent along with other concessions, which the manufacturers had stated were not feasible. The situation was described as critical.
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New York
Hotel Astor
Bloodhounds Corner Tramp in Ohio Swamp Capture
A tramp who attacked 14 year old Alma Whitehead daughter of Rev J M Whitehead of Turnersville Pa was chased by bloodhounds from Warren Ohio and captured in a swamp near Wick in Ashtabula County. He was taken to Meadville Pa jail.
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Youngstown
Alma Whitehead
J. M. Whitehead
Turnersville
Warren
Wick
Ashtabula County
Tie
Meadville
Ill. House Speaker J H Miller Dies in St Louis
J H Miller of McLeansboro Illinois former speaker of the Illinois house of representatives in 1903 died Tuesday night at the Washington hotel in St. Louis For years he led the People's Bank of McLeansboro and was president of the First National Bank of Dahlgren Illinois.
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McLeansboro
Ill
J. H. Miller
Illinois House of Representatives
Washington Hotel
St. Louis
People’s Bank
First National Bank
Dahlgren
Canal costs and global comparisons from Century Magazine
The Manchester canal cost 75 million dollars to span 35 miles, with limited direct returns but claimed indirect benefits. Germany maintains 3000 miles of canals plus 7000 miles of other waterways, France matches 3000 miles. northern canals boost rail prosperity. England, Germany, France, Holland and Belgium plan further canal expansion. Also notes that white goods gain appeal from laundering and proper starching, recommending Defiance Starch for stiffer, neater results.
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Manchester
Germany
France
England
Holland
Belgium
The Crack In His Armor
A playful exchange about baldness follows as a girl points to a man’s bald spot and notes how it coolly deflates his swagger. The dialogue contrasts vanity with humor while strolling behind a hat silhouette.
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John
A Country Marvel Tale of Summer Outing
A boy enjoys a summer at a farmhouse near salt water and visits marshes. He gawks at the cat tails and tells a local companion he did not realize sausages grow on sticks, revealing his humorous misunderstanding.
The New Defiance Starch Claims Superior Strength
The advertisement claims patent starches from 25 years ago were inferior and that Defiance Starch removes harmful chemicals. It asserts an added ingredient, invented by the company, enhances strength and smoothness beyond rival brands.
Punishment by Inches for Tall Thief in Bergen Court
Henry Meyer, 27, seven feet two inches tall, jailed 90 days for stealing four bags of cats. Bergen justice uses one day per inch and one day per bag, delivering a quirky sentencing in Genesee county.
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Bergen
Genesee County
Man with side whiskers argues over lawn mower sale
A dealer and a customer clash over a lawn mower purchase. The customer claims a promised refund if unsatisfactory, while the dealer insists the payment was satisfactory in every respect.
Defiance Starch Proves Quality and Value in Sale
The extraordinary sale proves the product is both good and cheap with every package containing one third more starch than rival brands for the same price, delivering complete satisfaction to customers.
Love and loneliness echo in a cigarette ad
A fragmented quotation and vintage ad copy reference George Eliot, a claim about love versus bitterness, and a short note for Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar from Lewis' Factory Peoria. The text also hints at a German phrase about a life in continual need as half-death.
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Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
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