Roosevelt assails big man’s rascality at Jordanville library dedication
President Roosevelt spoke to about 1,000 Herkimer County farmers and wives in Jordanville praising rural life and condemning stock speculation and big‑operator rascality. He urged smarter farming, free rural mail delivery, and urged balance between city growth and country life, noting the dedication of a library funded by Douglas Robinson and Harriet Whitmore.
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New York Times
Richfield
Springs
N. Y
Roosevelt
Herkimer County
Jordanville
Republic
Secret Service
Douglas Robinson
Mr. Robinson
Theodore
Henderson House
Harriet Whitmore
South Columbia
James S. Sherman
Elihu Root
Utica
Clinton
Private Car Wrecked In NJ Train Collision
Six injured when a Lehigh & New England inspection private car Helen wrecked in a head on crash with a New York Susquehanna & Western freight train near Blairstown New Jersey. Linford Carpenter engineer injured plus five others from Pen Argyl Allentown and Easton. Freight train continued after debris cleared.
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New York Times
Blairstown
N. J
Helen
Lehigh & New England Railroad
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad
Carpenter
Linford
Pen Argyl
Penn
Puller
McMullen
John
Zehnder
J. A
Easton
Lehigh & Susquehanna
Linford Carpenter
Vi savage talk on vivisection at medical meeting
The tenth annual meeting of the National Medical Association heard Dr A M Brown urge vivisection on executed criminals, proposing surgery as punishment to deter crime. He claimed science would benefit and praised living tissue experiments, while others rebuked his views amid a tumultuous session.
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National Medical Association
A. M. Brown
Tenth
United States Cavalry
Cuba
Home Hospital
Birmingham
Ala
Dr. Brown
Brown
H. F. Gamble
Bryan's immense mail swamps Lincoln campaign offices
From Lincoln Nebraska August 26 the Democratic plan of popular subscriptions has flooded William Jennings Bryan with mail. Much of it is sorted at his newspaper office before reaching him at Fairview where Rose and Bryan's secretary handle letters and campaign money. Thousands send offers directly to Bryan rather than the National Treasurer. Drafts checks and money orders pile up, then are sent to the bank twice daily for the national fund.
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New York Times
Lincoln, Neb
Bryan
Charley”’. Bryan
W. J. Bryan
Fairview
Rose
Gov
Haskell
Fur Robbery and Frees Dismissed by Magistrate Wahle
A fur store theft in University Place led to three fur dealers being arraigned for receiving stolen property. Stolen furs valued around $2,200, recovered from two suspects, were turned over to the original owner. Magistrate Wahle dismissed the three prisoners and referred the matter to the Police Commissioner and District Attorney for further action.
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University Place
East Side
Central Office
Charles G. F. Wahle
Essex Market
Wahle
Essex Market Court
Charles Perkins
Grand Jury
Woods
L. Alpert
Reich and
Cribben
Hazing Victim Eyed as Navy Court Mulls Actions
San Francisco reports Earl Irey a 21 year old apprentice on the Pensacola at Yerba Buena Island was hung by a rope during hazing. He faces likely eye loss and possible court martial for shipmates O F Guy and J Valerous. Irey to be sent home to Oklahoma.
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San Francisco
Bulletin Today
Yerba
Buena Island
Earl Ivey
Pensacola
Irey
O. F. Guy
J. Valerous
Guy
Valerous
Oklahoma
New York Taxicab Co Advertises Comfort Red Taxicabs
An ad for Speea Comfort economy invites riders to call 6600 Columbus for Red Taxicabs from New York Taxicab Co. The compact notice promotes affordable, dependable taxi service with a simple contact number.
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Speea
Comfort
Rmconomy
Columbus
New York
Miners Perish in Oklahoma Mine Fire Near Farleyville
At Halley-Ola Coal Mine No 1 fourteen miles east of McAlester, a fire cut air to workers trapped below. More than thirty miners suffocated as 25 bodies were recovered and a full search awaited, with six to eight more expected. Rescue teams battled the flames for three hours to reach the victims.
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Mcalester
Oklahoma
Halley-Ola
Farleyville
Woman Riot Leader Kate Howard Dies in Jail Claim
Springfield Michigan August 26 Mrs Kate Howard alleged mob leader swallowed poison while being taken to the county jail and died soon after She had faced murder indictments from a Special Grand Jury investigating deaths of negroes lynched by rioters Her arrest followed her warrant reading and she denied murder before collapse
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New York Times
Springfield
Kate Howard
Card Index Plan Spurs High Campaign Costs
Republican leaders nationwide fear sparse funds for a proposed card index system for all voters who may back Taft. Secretary Hayward, from Nebraska, pushes the plan to track Republicans and other Taft supporters through state precincts at an estimated cost of at least 600000 dollars, a sizable share of previous campaign funds.
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New York Times
Chicago
Ill
Republican National Committee
William Hayward
Nebraska
Mr. Taft
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Wealthy Terre Haute Contractor Dies After Ant Attack
Burton R. Jarvis of Terre Haute Ind died at the County Hospital after lying helpless under a tree near the Cawston ostrich farm for nearly three days as red ants fed on him. He was a tuberculosis sufferer who left his hotel to visit the ostrich farm and fainted at the site.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Cal
Burton R. Jarvis
Terre Haute
Ind
Cawston
Jarvis
Rockefeller letter to humorists edition at Denver convention
John D. Rockefeller sent best wishes to the American Press Humorists at their Denver gathering. He praised their humor as a public good and called humorists true specialists in dyspepsia, noting charity grows from laughter. J Edmund Vance Cooke became secretary treasurer and Frank J Seabright was re-elected president.
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Denver
Col
John D. Rockefeller
American Press
Forest Hill
Cleveland
Onto
Convention of
J. Edmund Vance Cooke
Frank J. Seabright
Los Angeles
Car Tank Explosion Injures Oyster Bay Worker
Oyster Bay August 26 Harry Bennet employed at the Oyster Bay garage owned by Richard Fox was severely injured when a gasoline tank exploded while he heated a nipple with a blow pipe. His left leg was broken and flesh burned. Roaches Red Bugs and Mice exterminated. vane Disinfecting Co 517 West 45th st Adv.
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Oyster Bay
Harry Bennett
Richard Fox
Bennett
Anfl
Vane Disinfecting Co
West 45Th St
Exchange Probes Brown Failure in New York
The New York Stock Exchange special committee questioned A O Brown Co partners F Buchanan A O Brown and Lewis Groter Young about last Saturday’s trading and the firm’s suspension. Buchanan read a long statement denying motives of banks or Rock Island officials and explaining attempts to secure bank certification and loans as the firm faced heavy business.
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F. Buchanan
A. O. Brown
Lewis Groter Young
Stock Exchange
A. O.brown & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Buchanan
Trust’ Company
Rock Island Company
Mr. Lawson
Brown
Mr. Young
Canadian Pacific
Exchange
Young
Co. P
Trippe & Co
the Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Committee
the Exchange
Tolstoy Severe Illness Reported in St Petersburг
St Petersburg morning papers say Count Leo Tolstoy is in grave condition with dilatation of leg veins and recent influenza complicating his illness. He remains greatly weakened.
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ST. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoy
Tragic Belt Accident at Metal Bed Works Claim Life
Wolf Tauber of 228 Avenue C died after his arm was caught between a heavy belt and a shaft pulley at the Metallic Bed Company works on 186 Lewis Street. He attempted to replace a slipping belt without shutting off power, was pulled into the machinery, and was battered as the pulley turned before the power could be cut.
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Wolf Tauber
Avenue C
Metallic Bed Company
Lewis Street
Tauber
Newark Health Board Abandons Mosquito Fight
Health Officer Chandler announced the Newark board will stop mosquito control efforts citing public carelessness and wasted funds. He warned against further measures without public cooperation as new breeding sites were found in the city core and urged statewide school instruction to abolish the pest.
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Chandler
Newark Board of Health
Newark Health Board
Bust of Taft Stolen From Philadelphia Studio
A clay bust of Secretary Taft by Aldolph Gaytani was stolen from his studio at 610 South Tenth Street after a Sunday viewing. The locked building suggested an insider with keys may be involved. Police and detectives are seeking the heavy sculpture, which would require a wagon to remove.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Taft
Aldolph Gaytani
South
Tenth Street
Nirat
Gayient
Rock Island Railroad bans cigarette smoking in Arkansas
F. B. Fastey, superintendent of the Arkansas division, issued a bulletin forbidding cigarette smoking by all employees. Violators will be discharged.
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New Rock Island
Little Rock
Ark
F. B. Fastey
Arkansas Division
The
Rock Island Railroad
No Action Against Thomas by Automobile Club Board
A special executive session of the Automobile Club of America board at J Pierpont Morgan’s offices on Wall Street debated action against speeding linked to EF R Thomas’s Long Branch accident. Chairman Henry Sanderson said no action was taken against Mr Thomas as the speeding issue consumed time and expulsion was not discussed.
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Mr. Alpert
Eli Tabachnic
Dublin & Morris
East Twelfth Street
Alpert
Tabachnic
Morris Hoffman
Hoffman
Kuerll & Co
Friedman
Andriedman
Sixth Street
German Exchange Bank
Jidfiman
Board of Governors
Automobile Club of America
J. Pierpont Morgan
Wall Street
Long Branch
EF. R. Thomas
Henry Sanderson
Air
Thomas
Carle Named In Divorce Suit By Godfrey
Arthur W. Godfrey sues for divorce from Beatrice B. Godfrey in Massachusetts Superior Court. Co respondents named include Richard Carle of New York and John H. McCarthy. The couple wed in Chicago in 1907 and Beatrice Bruner hails from Davenport Iowa after studying at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Mrs. Godfrey says the scandal should not drag others into it.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Arthur W. Godfrey
Beatrice B. Godfrey
Richard Carle
New York
John H. McCarthy
Godfrey
Beatrice Bruner
Chicago
Bruner
Davenport
Iowa
New England Conservatory of Music
Harvard
Kidnapped Child Allegedly Held by Black Hand in Philadelphia
Rocchina Mazzarello, two years old and daughter of rag dealer Frank Mazzarello, was snatched from her front yard on Tuesday. A ransom note signed Black Hand demanded $2,000 left under stones at a tree in the western city section.
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Philadelphia
Rocchina Mazzarello
Frank Mazzarel
Manhunt continues for wounded assailant after Deyo family attack
William Monroe, the farmhand who assaulted five Deyo family members near New Paltz and set a barn ablaze last Friday, was found badly wounded near Greenwood Lake. He disappeared before officers arrived and is being sought in the mountains tonight.
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Middletown
Whilliam Monroe
Deyo
New Paltz
Greenwood Lake
Monroe
Saratoga race action delayed by governors anti gambling stance
At Ballston Fair Saratoga horse owners refused to start races while Gov. Hughes remained on site protesting anti race track gambling legislation. The delay drew crowd tension though officials pressed for racing to resume once the governor left.
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New York Times
Saratoga
N. Y
Ballston County
Gov. Hughes
Ballston Spa
Saratoga County
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Agricultural
Fair Grounds
Company L
Company E
Schenectady
National Guard
Edgar T. Brackett
New York State
Hughes League
Bradley
Pierson
State Agricultural Society
Dean Bailey
Cornell Agricultural College
Hie
Declari Ag
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Dublin
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