Taft’s Busy Last Week on Vacation in Beverly
President Taft’s final Beverly days include golf at Myopia Hunt Club and attendance at the national horseshow. Secretary Ballinger may discuss conservation law reports with him. Taft will host Yale alumni, receive census officials, and entertain German entrants aboard the yacht Mayflower while inviting Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni. He plans a Grand Army parade review and a Hudson Fulton celebration preview.
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Boston
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Foldny
Kuniyoshi Kuni
Gairison
Kurita
Prince Kuni
Fie Wwouth
New York
Haas County
Mae Venzh
Uncle Joe Cannon Private Visit in New York City
In New York on September 6 Uncle Joe Cannon speaker of the house arrived on private business and said he would return to Danville to mend fences. He commented that his long congress tenure requires attention to his fences and denied being wealthy. He praised tariff revision as the best in fifty years despite flaws and noted the political arithmetic behind passing such measures.
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New York
Joe” Cannon
House of Representatives
Danville
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Congress
Cannon
House
Senate
Woo
Girl Burns in Ranch Fire at Slick Creek Ranch
An eight year old girl, daughter of T. M. Tartar, died when a fire destroyed a Slick Creek ranch house. A kerosene lamp dropped in the garret ignited as three girls searched for jars. Two others escaped by leaping from upstairs windows.
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Garret
T. M. Tartar
Slick Creek
Clyde Fitch Dies In France At Chalons Sur Marne
Clyde Fitch American playwright died in Chalons sur Marne France after an appendicitis operation. Doctors and friend Eugene Kauthier were present at the bedside.
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Clyde Fitch
Chalons-Sur-Marne
Eugene Kauthier
Minnesota State Fair Opens with Senator Nelson Address
In St Paul on Sept 6 the Minnesota state fair formally opened as Senator Knute Nelson delivered the opening address in the livestock amphitheater to inaugurate the event and greet exhibitors and visitors.
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St. Paul
Knute Nelson
Bishop McGorrick’s Minnesota Colony Plan
The New York Herald reports Bishop James McGorrick will supervise settlement of 170000 acres in Hubbard and Becker counties Minnesota creating about 7000 small farms for 25000 people near Akeley to Detroit City. The land is held by a St Paul company and sales proceed upon his recommendation. The Bishop states no religious discrimination and efforts to draw Catholics from East coast centers. The Herald also notes its Cook North Pole scoop, paying about 25000 dollars for the exclusive narrative.
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Cook
New York Herald
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Herald
Associated Press
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Depraved Farmer Kills Daughters Then Hangs Self Near Delhi
William Tibbitts, 70, a farmer near Delhi, murdered his ten year old daughter and Ce Celle Norton, daughter of his housekeeper, then attempted to burn the bodies before hanging himself. The motive and full circumstances remain unclear as details describe brutal blows and injuries. Mrs. Norton, visiting relatives, narrowly escaped with her children.
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Delhi
Tibbitts
Cecelle Norton
Rose Norton
Norton
St. Paul Park
Behid
Insanity leads to tragic barnum murder and arson
Fred Airs, aged twenty two, wife of a Carlton county farmer, killed her three children aged one three and five by throwing them into a deep well. She set fire to the barn and house, attempted to burn the building, then ingested Paris green and wounded herself with a knife. She was taken to hospital as doctors call her condition serious but hopeful for recovery. Her Insanity board commit order followed.
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Barnum
Carlton County
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Robbers Carry Off Safe From Arlington Depot
Robbers dynamited a 1200-pound safe about a half mile from Arlington depot, missing nothing as no money was inside. papers scattered. A St Paul street car on Rayne Ave was held up by masked gunmen, robbing conductor James Carey of $12.40. Sherman S. Smith, former Minneapolis legislator and Mill City figure, dies after long illness at 44.
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Maryland Avenue
Forest Street
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Sherman S. Smith
Minneapolis
Mill City
Unrest in Balkans Looms Over Constantinople
The Balkan crisis deepens as Albanian unrest grows and a Turkish special commission nears, raising fears of an Ottoman clash. Scutari residents resist orders, troops may follow, and Greek political strain worsens with mutinous army hints of war. Public mood pushes toward confrontation.
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Scutari
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Mother Will Secure Child Habeas Corpus Dismissal
In Topeka Kansas a pending habeas corpus case over infant Manuel Bleakley will be dismissed after the mother Charlotte Bleakley gains custody in Kansas City within days. Attorneys for Stella Harclay of Buffalo Ohio request dismissal as the baby sits with juvenile court clerks in Kansas City. Harry Rife received a death sentence for the Lida Gilmore killing to be electrocuted January 19, 1910 after a fourteen hour jury deliberation.
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Kay
Manian Bleakley
Charlotte Bleakley
Kansas City
Stella Harclay
Buffalo
Eaton
Harry Rife
Lida Gilmore
Fisher
Grain and provision prices and stock yards values
Minneapolis wheat quotes for September futures show Sept at 91 a 93 4 cents and May at 97 3/4 cents with No 1 hard at 1.00, No 1 Northern at 99 6, No 2 Northern at 7 4, No 3 Northern at 94 5. Cattle and sheep figures from St Paul Union Stock Yards list good to choice steers 4.00 to 6.75, cows and heifers 4.50 to 5.54, veals 7.30, hogs 7.30. Sheep see 1.61 to 4.75 for wethers, lambs 6.00 to 7.00.
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Texas
Duluth and Chicago Grain Quotes Sept 4 189?
Wheat and flax prices posted for Duluth and Chicago with on track and arrival quotes. Northern and soft wheat ranges appear with futures for Sept Dec May. Corn oats butter eggs pork and poultry prices listed. Chicago Union Stock Yards shows cattle hogs and sheep values for Sept 4.
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Snapshot of Senator Knute Nelson's early life and service
A brief profile recalls Knute Nelson as a self taught youth who beat odds to become a schoolteacher. He served in a Wisconsin regiment during the Civil War, briefly quarreled with a county treasurer over wartime pay, and carried a strong record as a soldier after a prisoner capture and wounds.
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Knute Nelson
Wisconsin
Nelson
Billy
State Bank of Wisconsin
State Bank
Senator Clapp’s Early Rise From Hudson to Capitol
Moses B Clapp, aged twenty three and Wisconsin alumnus, began in Hudson with a shingle and quickly entered politics as a keen debater and formidable opponent. He served as county attorney, moved to Fergus Falls to open a law office, and his rise paralleled Minnesota’s growth as he pursues further public service.
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Moses
B. Clapp
Hudson
Minnesota
Fergus Falls
Commonwealth
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