Roosevelt tour ends with push for progressive platform and party unity
A long retrospective on Theodore Roosevelt’s resumed 1910 tour traces 5493 miles across 14 states in 21 cities from August 23 to September 11. It frames his goals as advancing progressive policies, boosting the Republican Party, and safeguarding long standing commitments, while denying any new political scheme.
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Theodore Roosevelt
White House
New York
Mr. Roosevelt
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Republic
Oil gushers blaze in California fires threaten major wells
Bakersfield California September 11 reports say American old field well No 79 the second largest gusher in the region and the Santa Fe gusher along with many smaller properties are on fire tying up an already tense oil field scene with widespread flames and potential losses.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Metallic gold found in Cripple Creek mine workings
Metallic gold was discovered in Cripple Creek Colorado for the first time in twenty years. The ore, valued up to 18 dollars per ounce, was found in chimneys and seams two inches wide in the fifth lead on Gold Hill's west slope. A ton of this rich ore could be worth about 600000 dollars.
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The
Tribune
Colorado Springs
Col
Cripple Creek
Gold Hill
Estrada May Keep Power Postpones Nicaragua Election
President Estrada telegraphs Dr Castrillo proposing to postpone the presidential election for one year He notes a loan raised in the United States would be guaranteed by custom revenues He favors sending an American commission to Managua to investigate and to place blame on two Americans Cannon and Groce for the executions
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Managua
Nicaragua
Estrada
Castrillo
Washington
United States
Cannon
Groce
Inventions for Air War Arrive for French Manoeuvres
Military aeronauts bound for the Picardy maneuvers arrived at Grandvilliers. All dirigibles and planes reported ready except one damaged biplane. The Bayard-Clement dirigible made a test flight from Compiegne with a new light wireless apparatus operable within ninety kilometres. An automobile machine gun for countering aircraft also arrived. Operations will focus on scouting and reconnoitering.
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Grandvilliers
France
Picardy
Bayard-Clement
Compiégne
Woman with acute dementia causes disturbance at Clarendon Hotel
Ellen Messenger, a woman about thirty, erupted in the dining room at 7:30 p.m. in the Clarendon Hotel Brooklyn after arriving from New York. She knocked over a table and cried for mother before being taken to Kings County Hospital observation ward. No cards or address found. initials E M matched on watch and ring.
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Clarendon Hotel
Washington Street
Brooklyn
Ellen Messenger
Kings County Hospital
New York
E. M
AT 96 HE WEDS A WIDOW
William Boyd aged ninety six from Stevenson Baltimore County married Mrs Eliza Ann Daniel fifty nine in Stevenson Methodist Episcopal Church. A licensing mistake initially issued a gunner license. he later returned to Towson ten miles away to obtain a proper license before the ceremony.
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Baltimore
William Boyd
Stevenson
Baltimore County
Eliza Ann Daniel
Stevenson Methodist Episcopal Church
Towson
Boyd
Cotton labor defiant amid arbitration threat in mills
London reports a grave week looming in cotton industry unless mill operatives accept arbitration. The Employers Association plans a lockout affecting hundreds of thousands. Shipyard boilermakers seek talks, while Great Northern Railway workers prepare to vote on striking over arbitration compliance. Moonlight trips on Str Albany noted amid Gala Day festivities.
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London
Employers’ Association
Great Northern Railway
Locked Out Rector Preaches From Church Lawn
Rev. Dr. William N. Ackley faced a vestryled lockout at St. Andrew's in Brooklyn as he conducted three services outside the church. About 200 congregants gathered, with 300 singing a hymn at the end, while wardens contend age and debt justify dismissal. Bishop Burgess reportedly backs Ackley amid calls for trial and resolve on church finances.
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William N. Ackley
St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Fourth Avenue
Mth Street
South
Brooklyn
Ackrey
Ackley
Dr. Ackley
Burgess
Ellwood Dies in De Kalb After Will Distributes 7 Million
Colonel Isaac L. Ellwood, pioneer barbed wire manufacturer and Chicago figure, dies at his De Kalb home after illness following his wife’s death. He left a final will distributing 7 million to relatives with total estate valued between 20 and 25 million. Survived by two sons William L. Ellwood and E. Perry Ellwood and two daughters Harriet Mayo of De Kalb and Mrs. B F Ray of Denver.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
Isaac L. Ellwood
de Kalb
Ill
Colonel Ellwood
Illinois
Salt Springville
N. C
California
DeKalb County
Ellwood
American Steel
Jealous Lover Kills Fiancée Then Shoots Rival
In Redfield South Dakota Jay Harbison twenty six shot Dr Boyd Clinite a dentist and killed his nineteen year old fiancée Adele Kizer then killed himself. Clinite survived after being shot and is expected to recover. The killings occurred after jealousy over the rival’s attention.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Jay Harbison
Boyd Clinite
Adele Kizer
Redfield
Clinite
Vermont population drops amid railway woes
A Vermont reader complains that census reveals a population decline while lamenting the Boston & Maine railway service. The writer says a trip from 9 AM to 5 PM to reach a farm demonstrates the system's poor performance and urges officials to take action.
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The
Tribune
Windsor
Vermont
Boston & Maine
Marie Dreesslir
Rescue Crew Digs Out Dead and Injured After Erie Tunnel Cave-In
Rescue teams worked through debris to reach victims after a cave-in in the old Erie tunnel. Firefighters and volunteers used shovels and prying tools to uncover trapped workers as sirens wailed and onlookers watched anxiously.
Pardee's Daughter Killed In California Car Crash
Miss Florence Pardee eldest daughter of former Governor George C Pardee of California died after an auto accident at Corte Madera. The vehicle went over an embankment and she was thrown out suffering fatal injuries.
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San Rafael
Cal
Florence Pardee
George C. Pardee
California
Corte Madera
Pardee
Auto Tires Burst Kills Two In Nahant Road Crash
In Mahant Mass on the Nahant road a car with Albert E. Hanna of Lowell Fannie Reed of Colby Hill Nahant and Herman Stegeman of Jamaica Plain collided with an electric light pole. Reed died from a fractured skull while Hanna was crushed. Reed’s son Dana 14 escaped unharmed. The vehicle owned by John D. Pilling was driven at high speed after rear tires burst.
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Mahant
Mass
Albert E. Hanna
Lowell
Fannie Reed
Charles I. Reed
Colby Hill
Nahant
Herman Stegeman
Jamaica Plain
Nahant Road
Reed
Dana
Hanna
John D. Pilling
Boston
Fatal fall under auto in Fort Lee incident
Andrew Bower, contractor of Fort Lee New Jersey, was struck and killed at Hudson Terrace near Myrtle Avenue. The car owner Michael Tully of Manhattan says the vehicle was moving slowly as Bower crossed ahead, evidence from witnesses and Tullys son and friends supported his account. Bower’s skull was fractured and police released Tully after coroner questioning.
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Andrew Bower
Fort Lee
N. J
Hudson Terrace
Myrtle Avenue
New Jersey
Michael Tully
No. 211
West 107Th Street
Manhattan
Bower
Tully
Palisades
Auto Skids Two Injured Near Great Neck
Two men were injured when an automobile overturned into a ditch along the turnpike between Great Neck and Bull's Head. James Mahon suffered a fractured skull and serious injuries. Irwin Dieseman, who operates a Oyster Bay garage, had a broken left leg. The crash occurred about 2 AM after a tire burst. Both men were taken to Nassau Hospital in Mineola.
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Great Neck
Long Island
Bull's Head
James Mahon
H. B. Darach
Irwin Dieseman
Oyster Bay
Mahon
Dieseman
Nassau Hospital
Mineola
Big Storm Destroys Cotton Across Texas Counties
A severe hailstorm with high winds and rain hit Brazos Grimes Burleson and Houston counties in Texas. It destroyed a quarter of a million acres of cotton and washed more from fields into rivers. Trees were stripped of small limbs and many planters lost nearly all their cotton as picking had just begun.
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the Tribune
Galveston
Brazos
Grimes
Burleson
Houston
Texas
Brazos River
Goodspeed Breaks with Woodruff Faction in Direct Primaries Fight
Assemblyman Henry S. Goodspeed, long aligned with Hughes wie to oppose Colonel Cady, endorses direct primaries. He denounces Cady's misrepresentation and urges supporters to back reformers opposing the county machine in Brooklyn 1st District through the Ely faction led by W. P. Dunwoody and the Union Republican Club.
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Brooklyn
Henry S. Goodspeed
Hughes
Michael J. Cady
D. Harry Ralston
New York
Hinman-Greene
Meade- Phillips
Cobb
Republican Party
Saengerbund Hall
Dady
M. J. Cady
Ralston
Colonel Cady
Cady
Ely
Roosevelt
Woodruff
W. P. Dunwoody
W. W. Wingate
Morris UU
Union Republican Club
the Heights
Savannah Line Ticket Office Ad at Broadway Corner
Reservations made and tickets sold to all points South at the Savannah Line office located at 317 Broadway corner Thomas Street. Call or telephone 2595. Spring advertisement.
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Broadway
Thomas ST
Office of
Savannah Line
Tragic Drowning of Eight Soldiers in Rio Agno Grande
Manila report states Lieutenant Whitmore, two corporals, and five privates of the constabulary drowned while crossing the Rio Agno Grande. The accident occurred today amid the river crossing operation.
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Manila
Whitmore
The
Constabulary
Rio Agno Grande
LORRAINE FALLS INTO SEA IN CHANNEL FLIGHT
London Sept 11 Robert Loraine the actor and amateur aeronaut nearly crossed the Irish Channel from Holyhead to Dublin. After engine trouble he reached within two miles of the coast but a broken wire forced a sea plunge. He swam ashore as his aircraft was picked up by a steamer. The crossing is about fifty five miles.
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London
Robert Loraine
Holyhead
Lorraine
Dublin
Powder near Roosevelt at Ohimbus Ohio Park
Superintendent Anson of Goodle Park turned over a suitcase found near the Roosevelt speaker’s stand to police. The bag reportedly held gunpowder and other explosives, though officials denied nitroglycerine and dynamite were inside. The suitcase was discovered after roving grounds cleanup.
Gold stolen in transit from Fairbanks to Seattle on Humboldt
Gold bullion worth 57 500 dollars from a 170 000 dollar consign ment disappeared in transit. Three boxes reached Seattle intact but one box yielded lead. The seizure, aboard a Yukon River steamer and the Humboldt, echoes a prior case involving Bobby Miller.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington- Alaska Bank of Fairbanks
Dexter-Horton National Bank of Seattle
Humboldt
Fairbanks
Dawson
Alaska-Pacific Express Company
United States Assay Office
Express Company
White Horse
Skagway
Washington-Alaska Bank
Yukon River
Bobby” Miller
Tanana River
Miller
Dog Saved Master Life in Bee Attack
A shepherd dog owned by Patrick Dolin of Cross Forks, Williamsport, crawled six miles through woods with one leg broken and an eye blinded by bee stings to reach a house and whine for help for his unconscious master beneath a tree Dolin had felled to harvest honey. The master and dog were stung by enraged bees. the dog’s actions likely saved Dolin from death.
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the Tribune
Williamspertz
Penn
Patrick Dolin
Cross Forks
Colin
Transatlantic Wireless Messages Forwarded by Marconi Co
Messages for the United Kingdom were accepted promptly at 27 William Street Adyt and forwarded by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company.
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United Kingdom
Tie
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co
William Street
Adyt
Eleven dead in Erie Railroad tunnel cave in Jersey City
A cave in at the western end of the old Bergen tunnel on the Erie Railroad in Jersey City killed eleven men and injured seven. Workers from Millard Construction Company were tearing out the old tunnel to make way for a four track modern loop. Officials searched for missing superintendents, while the injured were treated at St Francis Hospital and Jersey City Hospital.
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Bergen
Erie Railroad
Jersey City
Erie
New Cut
West Portal
William Hallisy
Erie Tunnel
Millard Construction Company
Philadelphia
Millard Company
J. M. Barrett
New York
Stuart
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