Unlucky Thirteen and Notable Alerts Across Nations
An Ohio clergyman is arrested after marrying his thirteenth wife. Theodore P. Shonts aims to reform New York streetcars. Europe seeks assurances over the Kaiser’s wartime past. British women adopt nightcaps, not the drinking kind. Secretary Wilson remains a McKinley era stalwart. King Edward’s speech hints at house of lords quips. Reading Railroad president Baer cites high fares. Miss Lillian Tyson gives free theater tickets to orphans, messenger boys, and schoolchildren.
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Ohio
Lillian Tyson
Bon Ton Theater
Philadelpnia
Mrs. Kennon Celebrates 92nd Birthday in Georgetown
Mrs. Britania W. Kennon born in Georgetown D C celebrated her ninety second birthday at her home where she has lived all her life. She is a great granddaughter of Martha Washington and a descendant of the last Lord Baltimore.
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Britania W. Kennon
Martha Washington
Lord Baltimore
Georgetown
D. C
Knight of Jerusalem Bestowed on Dr George Post Missionary
The Kaiser grants the Knight of Jerusalem to Dr George Post an American missionary in Beirut now in Berlin. Count von Wedel will represent the Kaiser at a Sunday church service as Post preaches. Yale Library receives four volumes once owned by Israel Dickinson class of 1758 from Miss Maria Peck.
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Jerusalem
George Post
Beirut
Berlin
Count von Wedel
Dr. Post
Yale University
Maria ©. Peck
Pittsfield
Mass
Israel Dickinson
English-born editor takes treasury post in America
Arthur F. Slater, new assistant secretary of the treasury, was born in Carlisle England in the early eighties. He came to the United States at age one and lived in Iowa until recently. Three months ago he became editor of the Walla Walla Daily Union.
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Arthur F. Slater
the Treasury
Carlisle
England
America
Iowa
Walla Walla
Diamond find spurs staking of 50 yard claims at Christiana
In Christiana Transvaal about 70 miles above Kimberley an alluvial diamond deposit has been found and claims granted by the government each 50 yards square. About 3 000 diamond miners from many nationalities live in huts and tents near the diggings in the surface deposits.
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Christiana
Transvaal
Kimberley
Trade with Alaska Hawaii Philippines and Porto Rico rises
Official 1906 figures show U S trade with non-contiguous territories totaling 131 million dollars, up from under 100 million in 1904. The data suggest extraordinary growth and depict Uncle Sam as a generous patron, as the territories buy more from the United States than Americans buy from them while still increasing their purchases from the U S.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines
Porto Rico
Sam
London Court Gaiety Sets the Stage for Parliament
London fans court display as King Edward grants public appetite for royal pageantry. The glittering scenes provide a pleasing backdrop to Parliament sessions, while the people recognize ultimate power remains with the House of Commons.
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London
Queen Victoria
Edward
House of Commons
England
Royal Cats Claim Queen’s Plump Pedigree Lineage
Queen Alexandra owns several fine elephants no. Actually the text notes royal cats in Britain. Princess Victoria of Schleswig Holstein has the only royal cattery at Cumberland Lodge with sophisticated features including curtained windows, a front door, knocker and letter box. The portals are crowned with a crown and initials V I.
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Alexandra
Alexander of
Teck
Prince Maurice
Battenburg
Great Britain
Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Cumberland Lodge
1906 British merchant fleet sees record growth
The London Financial Times notes 1906 brought the largest annual addition to the British merchant fleet, with 1,550,000 tons added to the register and shipyards turning out 1,800,000 ton gross, a 12 percent rise from 1905. Sailing ships fade as tonnage afloat, while 200,000 tons were removed from the register.
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British Mercantile ‘Marine
London Financial Times
Raid Fatal Night In Brownsville Involves Twenty Fifth Infantry
A discharged Twenty fifth Infantry soldier in Galveston claims the Brownsville raid on August 13 was sparked by a white man’s injury claim. He says several soldiers joined to wipe out a perceived grievance and helped clean weapons after the shooting. The investigation spanned seven months with most soldiers denying premeditation.
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Galveston
Tex
Brownsville
Galveston News
United States
Crownsville
Wall Street Recovers Some From Worst Stock Slump in Years
The market closed with losses totaling over 300 million in listed securities amid heavy liquidation. Treasury relief measures and Cortelyou’s bond and loan actions boosted confidence, lifting major rails and copper shares and easing panic as banks pledged support across the Atlantic.
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New York
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Northern Pacific Stock Corner
Treasury Department
Atlantic
Rothschilds of
London
Reading
Union Pacific
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Delaware & Hudson
Steel
Cortelyou
Treasury
Shaw
Pleads Guilty in Broad Street Bribery Case
Columbus court records show three men Nelson Cannon Arthur Beck and Alfred Shoemaker pleading guilty to bribery tied to Broad Street paving. They receive fines Cannon 650 Beck 1175 and Shoemaker 200 with no jail. Others indicted including Fred Immel Fred Lind Bramley Lang Rhodes Emerson Johnson Irwin Moriarty face not guilty pleas or upcoming hearings.
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Columbus
Grand
Broad Street
Nelson Cannon
Trinidad Paying Company
Cleveland
Arthur Beck
Alfred Shoemaker
Cannon
Beck
Shumaker
Board of Public Service
Fred J. Immel
Fred Lind
H. F. Bramley
Trinidad Paving Company
H. C. Lang
R. S. Rhodes
Lawson Emerson
Supreme Court
John W. Johnson
NABBED WITH RICH JEWELS ON AMERIKA STEAMER
Arthur Preston Green and Charles Rohrer were arrested on the steamer Amerika from Hamburg for alleged smuggling. Diamonds and jewels worth about 25000 were seized as suspects face extradition. Police say they may be wanted abroad for a $35000 jewelry theft. Scotland Yard requested detention upon arrival.
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New York
Arthur Preston Green
Charles Rohrer
Hamburg
London
Scotland Yard
Green
Rohrer
Amerika
Beasts Shakes Cincinnati Explosion Rocks City
A 250 pound dynamite blast shattered a shack at the site of a new celty hospital early Sunday. Homes and stores across the area were damaged and residents awakened. Incendiarism is suspected amid threats by discharged workers. Jewish hospital patients feared in danger.
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Cincinnati
New Celty Hospital
Jewish Hospital
Suevic Strikes Rocks Near The Lizard in Thick Fog
The White Star steamer Suevic struck rocks near The Lizard and went ashore in dense fog at 11 30 p m Sunday night. About 400 people are aboard with no loss of life anticipated.
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London
White Star Line
Lizard
Purcell Mine Superintendent Killed in Blasting Cap Incident
L. L. Walden, superintendent of Purcell mines in the Serrita mountains near Tucson Arizona, was killed Saturday by an explosion from a blasting cap he was crimping between his teeth.
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Tucson
Ariz— L. L. Walden
Purcell
Serrita Mountains
French Torpedo Boat Collision Kills Two at Sea
At Ajaccio during a night maneuvers without lights the torpedo boat destroyer Epee rammed torpedo boat No. 263. A burst steam pipe on No. 263 killed two men and mortally injured another.
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Ajaccio
France
Epee
Louisville Strike Ends After Unanimous Union Vote
Louisville Kentucky workers of the Louisville Railway Company end a strike by unanimous vote accepting terms. Restored service by Friday noon, with pay raises from 18 to 20 cents for new workers and 22 cents after one year, 25 cents overtime, 30 minutes lunch, open shop for new hires, and return to old positions amid Thursday rioting. Mary Ollinger, 27, committed suicide by kerosene ignition, fighting rescuers.
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Louisville
Louisville Railway Company
Burns
St. Louis
Mary Ollinger
Taft Denies Chicago Drainage Permit Change
Secretary Taft refused the sanitary board of Chicago's request to divert part of Lake Michigan water into the drainage canal via the Calumet River. Since the chief of engineers had refused and joint action with the War Department was required, Taft upheld the denial.
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Washington
Taft
Sanitary Board
City of
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Calumet River
Secretary of War
Executive order bars entry of certain Asian laborers
President Roosevelt issued a sweeping executive order barring Japanese and Korean laborers who had obtained passports to move to Mexico, Canada, or Hawaii from entering the continental United States. The move follows San Francisco school segregation clashes and is tied to the immigration bill approved February 20, reflecting a pledge to San Francisco officials.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mexico
Canada
Hawaii
United States
Japan
San Francisco
Schmitz
School Board of
Demarest Wins National Amateur Billiard Title in New York
Calvin Demarest of the Chicago Athletic Association won the 14.2 balk line national amateur championship at the Liederkranz club in New York. He defeated Edward W. Gardner of Passaic New Jersey 200 to 211, finishing with five straight victories. Demarest also earned the championship cup high single average 273 11 and high run 115. The article also notes a separate libel case in Limerick Ireland where William O'Brien won six farthings in damages against the Freeman's Journal.
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New York
Calvin Demarest
Chicago Athletic Association
Liederkranz
Edward W. Gardner
Passaic
N. J
Demarest
Limerick
Ireland
William O’brien
Cork
Freeman's Journal
Harbor Blaze in Genoa Destroys Cotton Bales and Vessels
Fire swept Genoa Harbor on Sunday destroying 15 000 bales of cotton and damaging several vessels. Loss estimated at more than a million dollars.
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Genoa
Wisconsin Girl Ends Life At Parents Home
Grace Parish a 27 year old from Moorehead Wisconsin committed suicide at her parents home in Los Angeles by inhaling illuminating gas while her father a lumber dealer was away Saturday.
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Wisconsin
Los Angeles
Cal
Grace Parish
Moorehead
Wis
Bank President Kills Self at Canton Home
Horace G. McDowell, president of the Farmers' Bank of Canton, shot and killed himself at his country home five miles north of Canton on Wednesday morning. He had been ill and morose.
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Canton, O
Horace G. McDowell
Farmers’ Bank of
Canton
Two Negroes Lynched in Monroe Courthouse Square
In Monroe Louisiana Flint Williams and Henry Gardner were taken from the city jail by about 50 men and hanged in the courthouse square after confessing to a robbery of an Italian man.
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Monroe
Flint Williams
Henry Gardner
Diamond Match Wages Rise for Oswego Workers
Five hundred employees of the Diamond Match Company in Oswego New York were notified Friday of a ten percent wage increase effective April 1. The move affects workers at the Oswego plant and follows wage adjustments at other facilities.
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Oswego
N. Y
Diamond Match Company
Indiana Man Dies on Train in Missouri
Sedalia Missouri report states C. R. Clark age 68 prominent New Albany Indiana citizen died on a Missouri and Texas train at Pilot Grove while en route to San Antonio for his health.
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Indiana
Sedalia
C. R. Clark
New Albany
Ind
San Antonio
Tex
Missouri & Texas
Pilot Grove
Clark
Honduran revolutionists win decisive Tegucigalpa fight
In Nicaragua news the Honduran revolutionists defeated President Bonilla's forces near Tegucigalpa after a 15 hour battle. They captured 70 officers and soldiers as the insurgents gained control of the area.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Bonilla
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Taft Enforces Eight Hour Law on Public Works
Washington Secretary Taft orders engineer officers of the War department to strictly enforce the eight hour law for public works under their supervision.
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Taft
Washington
War Department
Schmitz and Ruef Lose Before Supreme Court Writ Denial
The San Francisco supreme court on Thursday declined to issue writs of habeas corpus for Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef over alleged grand jury illegality, ending their immediate challenge.
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Schmitz
Ruef
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Abraham Ruef
Dean's Kidney Pills End Kidney Pain Says Mrs Myers
Mrs Remnethe Myers of Ironton Ohio describes years of fatigue nervousness sleeplessness and swollen ankles from kidney weakness. After using four boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills her pain bloating and malaise disappeared and she has remained in good health. For sale by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Deacon Seeks Sale and Betrayed Trust in Scituate
In Scituate Massachusetts Deacon J- sells a worn pair of oxen to Farmer T- after bargaining over five dollars. The oxen prove useless and are described as heated. The farmer curses the deacon and wishes his death, saying the man need not live another day.
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Old Colony
Scituate
Mass
Deacon J
The Artistic Wall Promotes Lasting Color and Quality
An advocate extols solid colored alabastined walls as the best backdrop for art and furniture. It warns against shoddy tinting mixes containing glue, stresses clean plaster, proper sizing, and cold water tinting to ensure a permanent sanitary wall that endures without peeling or fading.
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Japan
Doctor quits coffee after Postum trial
A doctor, warned coffee harms him, switches to Postum with wife’s note. Four years of benefit follow as he regains health and avoids coffee related ailments. An anecdote at a dinner shows his clergy brother mistaking it for coffee highlighting its distinct flavor. There’s a reason, says Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum
Postum Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Epictetus and Quotations Adorn Odd Cigar Ad Card
The fragment notes short aphorisms and quotes from Epictetus and Sterne amid an advertisement for Lewis Single and various remedies. It mentions Bromo Quinine as a laxative and Garfield Tea for multiple ailments, with scattered branding and philosophical lines.
Cold European Winters Record Shaped by Ice and Frost
The article notes a 1814 Thames freeze and Channel obstruction by icebergs, claims the 1708 1709 winter as the coldest on record, begins in October, and mentions 1740 when extreme cold killed birds by the ground.
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Thames
English
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