GAR Encampment Opens at Saratoga
Saratoga N Y Sept 11 The forty first national Grand Army encampment opened with Gov Charles E Hughes of New York welcomed by six thousand veterans and relief corps members A silver jubilee offering was presented by Mrs Carrie Sparklin of St Louis to Commander Brown Competition grows for next encampment with Toledo Topeka Omaha and Kansas City It is likely Charles G Burton of Nevada Mo will be elected commander-in-chief with Lewis E B Griffith and C C Royce also favored.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
New York State
Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps
Ladies of the
Gov. Hughes
Grand Army
Robert Bruce Brown
Zanesville
James Tanner
Washington
John Ireland
United States
Macomber
South Dakota
Carrie Sparklin
St. Louis
Relief Corps
Brown
Toledo
Topeka
Omaha
Kansas City
Oldroyd
Lincoln
Burton
Charles G. Burton
Nevada
Feld
New York
Ilinois
Ohio
Wisconsin
Lewis EB. Griffith
Troy
C. C. Royce
San Francisco
Smuggled Clothes Seized in Port Huron Auction Planned
Port Huron Michigan reports a four thousand dollar seizure of lace silk waists dresses and velvet coats by customs officers who say the goods are new and to be sold at auction. Three well-dressed Chicago women identified as Mrs A L Olson Mrs L L Ropp and Mrs Sallie Stierel defend the items as worn and bought abroad during a year abroad but claim offer to pay full duty once the trunks were seized on a westbound Grand Trunk train Sunday.
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Port Huron
Mich
Chicago
A. L. Olson
L. L. Ropp
Sallie Stiere
Gans Beats Britt in World Lightweight Title Fight
In San Francisco at Recreation Park about 14 000 fans watched Joe Gans win after a fifth round stoppage. A left body blow blocked by Gans shattered Jimmy Britt's wrist in the fourth round and left Britt unable to mount offense or defense.
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San Francisco
Joe Gans
Jimmy Britt
Recreation Park
Gans
Britt
Daniels lowers world record in 100-yard swim
Charles M. Daniels of the New York Athletic Club lowered the world 100-yard swimming record by two seconds in Manchester on a Saturday, clocking 55.25 seconds. Zolan de Halmey of Budapest finished second and J J Derbyshire of Manchester placed third.
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Manchester
Charles M. Daniels
New York Athletic Club
Zolan de Halmey
Budapest
J. J. Derbyshire
Reward Offered for Mrs Roschach Slayer in Norfolk
Gov Swan son posts a 200 dollar reward for the capture of the murderer of Mrs Roschach wife of Lieut Frank Roschach U S N slain by a burglar Tuesday in her Portsmouth Virginia home in Portsmouth VA.
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Roschach
Norfolk
Swanson
Frank Roschach
Portsmouth
Wisconsin Fair Tragedy Claims Man’s Life
Charles Farris of Decatur Illinois threw himself under a steam roller on exhibit at the Wisconsin state fair in Milwaukee on Tuesday afternoon. He died instantly and had been an inmate of a Milwaukee sanitarium.
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Milwaukee
Charles Farries
Decatur
Ill
Farries
Cliff House Destroyed In San Francisco Fire
The Cliff House, a famed San Francisco tourist landmark, burned to the ground after a five o'clock blaze. Built of wood and battered by a Pacific breeze, the fire spread before help arrived, leaving only ruins. The Sutro estate built it about 20 years ago. value was $50,000.
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San Francisco
John Tait
Adolph Sutro
Sutro Tunnel Fame
Sutro
Cliff House
America
Pacific
Seal Rocks
Leopold Foils Belgium in Congo Transfer
King Leopold moved to hand the Congo independent state domain to a joint stock company in which he is said to have an interest. The transfer removes Belgium from the most profitable region of the Congo and undermines a recent Belgian effort to annex the territory through a negotiating committee.
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Crown
Congo
Brussels
Leopold
Congo Independent
Belgium
Mountaineers Mob Train At Carter County Stop
Bristol Virginia September 10 mountaineers ejected from a train on the Virginia and Southwestern at Carter County Tennessee attacked the conductor and crew. Pistols used in the battle. Conductor Capt Robert Carnahan and brakemen R B Taylor and A D Cross narrowly escaped. Dan Berry led the assault and was captured while others were beaten back.
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Bristol
Virginia & Southwestern
Carter County
Tennessee
Robert Carnahan
R. B. Taylor
A. D. Cross
Dan Berry
Eagles Aerie Destroyed In Major Philadelphia Fire
Philadelphia reports Eagle Temple, home of Eagles Aerie 42 on Spring Garden near Broad, burned Sunday. Only walls remain as insurance covers a $100000 loss. Built six years ago for 55000, $45000 spent since April. floors rebuilt, ornamental stone front underway.
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Philadelphia
Eagle Temple
Philadelphia Aerie 42
Order of Eagles
Spring Garden Street
Broad
The
Eagles
Bullets Beat Back Soldiers Mob at Junction City
A mob of about 50 soldiers from Fort Riley arrived in Junction City in the early hours to free a comrade jailed there. Sheriff and city police fired from windows, dispersing the crowd as they tried to force an entrance.
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Junction City
Kan
Farmers’ School
Fort Riley
Leffingwell Mikkelsen Arctic Expedition Safe
Cable dispatches report the Leffingwell Mikkelsen expedition to the frozen north is safe after their ship Duchess of Bedford sank. Members include Ernest De Koven Leffingwell of the University of Chicago faculty and Capt. Einar Mikkelsen of Norway with their crew.
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Mikkelsen
Chicago
London
Leffingwell-Mikkelsen
Ernest de Koven Leffinwell
University of Chicago
Einar Mikkelsen
Norway
Duchess of Bedford
Tombstones Tax Excise Planned in Delaware
Wilmington Delaware September 10 reporting that Delaware will raise revenue by taxing tombstone manufacturers. The measure targets producers of grave markers and related stone goods.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Lusitania Passes Lucania in Race Maiden Atlantic voyage attention grows
The Lusitania departs from Queenstown on its maiden voyage, matching speed with the Lucania. Notables aboard include Robert Balfour and Cyrus H. McCormick. crowds in Liverpool and New York await the outcome of the anticipated contest between the turbine Lusitania and reciprocating Lucania.
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Lusitania
Lucania
Liverpool
Luisitania
New York
Atlantic
Remorse Leads to Suicide After Accidental Shooting
Kilnanning Pa Sept 9 Following the accidental shooting of his companion Robert Ramsey Jr Howard Riley committed death by own action by jumping before an express train on the Allegheny division of the Pennsylvania railway near his Graff home early Sunday.
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Kilnanning
Robert Ramsey, Jr
Howard Riley
Allegheny Division
Pennsylvania Railway
Graff
Siberian Postal Train Robbed Near Tomsk
The Siberian postal train was halted Tuesday by highwaymen 13 miles from Tomsk. They separated the engine from the freight car and seized $50,000 before escaping.
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Siberian
Tomsk
Siberia
Man killed in auto rage at Brunos Island race
At a Pittsburg track near Brunos Island a 50 mile derby ended in tragedy. Rex Rainersten, 35, president of a local auto repair firm, died from a fractured skull after a turn accident. Several others were injured including Walter Christy, and mechanic Clarence Bastion. Police reported a chaotic scene as crowds surged and the race halted.
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Pittsburg
Brunos Island Track
Rex Rainerston
Automobile Repair Company
Walter Christy
West Eighteenth Street
New York City
Mineola
Long Island
Clarence Dastion
Ratherstein
Bastion
Allegheny
Frank Farnel
St. John’s Hospital
Rainersten
Dastion
Christy
Postmaster General Outlines Parcels Post Plan
Marblehead Mass Sept 11 Postmaster General George Von L Myer spoke at the Essex Republican club outing at the Corinthian Yacht Club detailing plans to establish a parcels post and postal savings banks. He urged extending rural delivery to lessen farmer isolation and said savings banks would not compete with ordinary banks.
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Marblehead
Mass
George von L. Myer
Essex Republican Club
Corinthian Yacht Club
Congress
Wellman Group Abandons Pole Flight Attempt This Year
Tromsoe Norway Sept 10 Captain Isachen in charge of the Norwegian Arctic expedition says Walter Wellman and his Chicago Record-Herald party will likely return at month end. No launch had occurred by Aug 26 and weather since then—northerly winds fog and snow—blocked an ascent of the airship.
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Wellman
Tromsoe
Norway
Isachen
Walter Wellman
Chicago Record-Herald
New Trial Granted Bechtel
Wm. F. Bechtel former president of Northwestern National Life Insurance company was granted a new trial by Judge Dickinson after a June 28 conviction for grand larceny. He faces five years in prison at hard labor and may not be retried.
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Bechtel
Minneapolis
Minn
Wm. F. Bechtel
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Dickinson
Diverse early 20th century deaths and crimes in brief
The brief item list reports Bishop Wilburforce's death in Bembridge Isle of Wight, a 105-year-old Forest Hill woman killed by a wasp, dentist Edward C. Kennon killed in a car collision, thieves stealing 1300 dollars from Eldorado Kansas, a train ditch near Cottonwood injuring several, and commanders and officials connected to various international and domestic events.
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Wilburforce
English Episcopal Church
Bembridge
Isle of Wight
Cox
Forest Hill
England
Edward C. Kennon
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Eldorado
Kan
Notable Seven Year Old Plays With Dog Ball Eloquence
A seven year old, proud of his diligent training, describes a dog’s ball game to his mother. He blurts out a misheard simile, asking what “h-” means, and offers that it’s faster than lickety split though he cannot define it himself.
Brutus of medical ethics in a medical crusade
A 1907 National Druggist piece laments Dr. Augustus Bernays as a premier surgeon ignored by the American Medical Association. It argues the AMA seeks control over legislation and the mails, warning of a looming medical bureaucracy and a closed shop for physicians and drugmakers.
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Augustus Charles Bernays
St. Louis
United States
Missouri
Bernays
American Medical Association
Congress
The
Pilgrim Congregational Church Sets 1616 Founding Record
The Pilgrim Congregational church near London traces its founding to 1616, making it the oldest of the denomination in the empire. Its historic role includes recruiting the London contingent of Mayflower men.
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Oldest Congregational Church
Pilgrim Congregational Church
London
Empire
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