Nebraska for Taft and the state party conventions
Nebraska for Taft reports the state primary law and conventions on September 25. Republicans endorse Taft for president. Bryan headlines the Democratic gathering and attacks delays in tariff reform. Socialists and Prohibitionists show smaller participation. Mitchell meets Ohio coal operators to renew an interstate wage agreement draft for soft coal miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Taft
Republican committee on
William H. Taft
Ohio
W. J. Bryan
William ‘J. Bryan
United States
Mitchell
Cleveland
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Child Killed by Auto in Scranton Scene
In Scranton on September 25 J Farnam Mears son of the late millionaire John Mears struck and killed 65 year old Rose Carroll daughter of Dr and Mrs M A Carroll as she darted before his auto traveling at six miles an hour. He surrendered to police after taking the wounded to hospital where she died. Dog sleuth later aided in locating a missing horse at Caldwell New Jersey on September 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
J. Farnam ‘Mears
John Mears
Rose Carroll
M. A. Carroll
Mears
Murderer Dies in Jail in Sunbury Pennsylvania
Sunbury Pa Sept 25 William Whitaker who was convicted of first degree murder for killing his wife at Mt Carmel died in the county jail here from acute indigestion. The death sentence had not yet been pronounced pending a motion for a new trial and worry over the outcome left him a physical wreck. Cupid and Pickles Tame a Wild Youth in Pittsburg Sept 25 Zachariah Cruikshank Jr son of a pickle magnate was sent to a pickle farm in Millwood Michigan by his father to reform. He soon married Laura Childs, a merchant's daughter, after two weeks of courtship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury
William Whitaker
Mt Carmel
Pittsburg
Zachariah Cruikshank, Jr
Millwood
Mich
Zach
Laura Childs
Saloonkeepers Fined in Grand Rapids Court Action
One hundred fifty two local saloon keepers were fined 25 to 30 dollars each in Sudge Stuart's court for keeping saloons open on the Fourth of July. Prosecuting Attorney McDonald returned from out of town and led an inquisitorial tour of the saloons on that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Sudge Stuart
McDonald
Philadelphias famed philanthropist Anna Jeanes dies at 85
Anna T Jeanes Quakeress founder of the Fund for Rudimentary Schools for Negroes in the south dies at the Friends Boarding Home in Philadelphia aged 85. She gave 1 million to the fund and 200000 for the Friends Home 200000 to Spring Garden Institute 100000 to Hicksite meet houses and 200000 to Friends schools. She aided churches and bought a home for her late coachman family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Jeanes
Philadelphia
Anna T. Jeanes
Tuskegee Institute
Thomas B. Frissell
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Robert Co. Ogden
New York
Airship Zeppelin Sails 38 MPH Around Lake Constance
Count Ferdinand Zeppelin piloted a German airship over Lake Constance in four hours and seventeen minutes, completing a full circuit above five states. The craft reportedly reached at least 38 miles per hour, performing varied evolutions near Friedrichshafen with a crew of nine. The spectacle included tight turns, water dips, and climbs to 600 feet as the royal castle watched.
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Constance
Grand Duchy of Baden
Ferdinand Zeppelin
i Lake
Zeppelin
royal
Friedrichshafen
Found Dead in Cedar Swamp Near Cranberry Hall
James Birdsall of Trenton was found dead in a cedar swamp near Cranberry Hall after days missing. Authorities believe starvation and exhaustion caused death while camping with a friend in pine woods miles from habitation. In Dauphin County, Pa., Dauphin county grand jury to decide capitol prosecutions. December special term likely as attorneys prepare to present cases to President Judge Kunkel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Birdsall
Mt. Holly
N. J
Trenton
Cranberry Hall
Capitol
Harrisburg
Dauphin county
grand jury
Kunkel
Danced to Gun But Won a Wife
Portsmouth news reports Daniel McKenna a navy yard marine saved himself from an armed assault when Henry Stockhaussen ordered him to dance. While medley dancing he sprang, seized the revolver, disarmed the assailant, and won the hand of Lizzie Follett of Dover in gratitude for his bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N.H
Daniel McKenna
navy yard
Lizzie Follett
Dover
McKenna
Henry Stockhaussen
Miss Follett
Her Marriage Was Delayed 25 Years
Morrill Nebraska September 25 Miss Marion Viola Woodin waited 25 years to marry Clayton B Baldwin of Morrill after promising her dying father to remain single until the death of three relatives One by one the relatives died and the couple finally wed in Morrill Marion Woodin had lived in Rochester New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrill
Neb
Marion Viola Woodin
Clayton B. Baldwin
Woodin
Rochester
Baldwin
Boy Killed After Stepping On Live Wire in Scranton
Nine year old James Fanning of South Scranton was killed instantly after stepping on a live wire while returning from school. A nearby workman who tried to rescue him was badly shocked and taken to a hospital. Several linemen later removed the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
James Fanning
South Scranton
Train Sinks on Baltimore Cut Off. Crew Survives
Creston Ohio September 25 a locomotive and four cars on the new Baltimore and Ohio 11 mile cut off from Creston to Sullivan sank from view. The crew escaped death by leaping to safety as the train disappeared from sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Baltimore & Ohio railroad
Sullivan
Port Kennedy Child Drowns In Sewer Incident
Four year old Joseph Debro of Port Kennedy fell into a sewer in Norristown Pennsylvania on September 25 and was swept into the river. The body has not been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Child
Norristown
Joseph Debro
Port Kennedy
Evaded the law and standard oil ties emerge in testimony
New York reports reveal accountants from Standard Oil audited Waters-Pierce Oil after 1900 when Waters-Pierce was barred from business under antitrust laws. Testimony shows pressure to list auditors on payrolls and hints Standard interests controlled Waters-Pierce stock. Lombard & Ayres faced rail rebates and talks of uniting with Standard, with Pennsylvania Railroad officials cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil company
Waters-Pierce Oil company
Missouri
Standard
Wade Hampton
oil combine
Waters-Pierce company
Charles Pratt
Hampton
Kellogg
Lombard & Ayres
Lombard
A.’ J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania railroad
Lombard company
the
Thomas Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Pennsylvania ‘railroad
Lombard& Ayres company
West Chester Woman Sues For 10000 In Breach Of Promise
Miss Charlotte Kauffman a young nurse of West Chester has filed suit in Chester county courts seeking 10000 damages from William T. Foulk of T. J. Foulk & Son merchants Collamer for breach of promise to wed. The case sparks talk. plaintiff described as attractive and successful, with Foulk from a wealthy lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Charlotte Kauffman
Chester county
William’ T. Foulk
T. J. Fouk & Son
Collamer
Foulk
T. F. Fouk
Bookmaker Pfeiffer Dies by Suicide After Arrest
David Pfeiffer, 49, a bookmaker known in Washington and nearby towns, drowned himself in the east Potomac tidal basin amid arrest and pending prosecution for running a race book. He left a note to his sister saying goodbye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
David Pfeiffer
Potomac river
Pfeiffer
St. Asaph
Alexandria
Explosion on Yacht Leaves Four Drowned at River Outing
In Gallipolis Ohio on September 25 a gasoline tank on the yacht Blanche M exploded during a river outing with 22 men aboard. Everyone was thrown into the water and four persons drowned. The party had come to attend a land sale with a brass band.
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Gallipolis
Ohio river
Blanche M
Bank Defaulter Missing in Baton Rouge
Oscar Kondert formerly cashier of the First National bank in Baton Rouge is missing as United States officers search with a warrant charging him with a defalcation of 60000 dollars. The shortage was said to be detected over a month ago and most of the loss was allegedly replaced by Kondert and his friends. Bank officials reportedly expressed satisfaction, but federal officers moved to prosecute.
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Baton Rouge La
Oscar Kondert
First National bank
United States
Kondert
Prisoner killed escaping from officer near Dayton
William E. Burch of Glendale Ohio a federal prisoner being moved to Cincinnati leaped from a fast Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton train near Dayton and was killed instantly his neck broken in the plunge Deputy U S Marshal Sanderson was in charge at the time of the escape bid The accident occurred September 26 in Dayton Ohio
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Dayton
William E. Burch
Glendale
Cincinnati
United States
Sanderson
Hamilton & Dayton
Held for murder in cyanide poisoning case
Mrs. Sarah Eichenlaub and her son Russell were committed to prison by the coroner in Philadelphia, charged with murdering Mary E. Eichenlaub, a 21 year old six weeks bride. Cyanide of potassium was found in the house and the chemist confirmed a large dose caused death. Evidence showed mistreatment by husband and mother in law.
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Philadelphia
Sarah Eichenlaub
Russell
Mary E. Eichenlaub
young Eichenlank
eclty
Nervy student endures coffin ordeal during fraternity initiation
Roy Lorraine, a Dubuque High School student, was gagged and bound and placed in a coffin-like box overnight as part of a fraternity initiation prank. Taken to a near farm, candles lit around him, he endured ten hours before being released by friends. The incident prompted concern over hazing practices.
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Dubuque
Roy Lorraine
Lorraine
President's Crank Killed Near Hackensack
The man known as the crank who claimed to have ridden trains from Oxford Alabama to Oyster Bay to pressure President Roosevelt over a $50,000,000 claim against John D. Rockefeller lies dead in the Hackensack morgue. A freight train fall and run over near Hackensack led to discovery. a letter to Orland Toland was found in his pocket. Full identity linked to the Sagamore Hill visit is now established.
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Crank
Hackensack
Neil
Orlando
Toland
Oxford
Ala
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
John
Will of Rear Admiral Walker Leaves $300000 Estate
Adm Walker estate valued at 300000 with life interest to widow except 150000. Of the rest, 120000 to be held in trust for four children, 30000 invested for the benefit of son James G Walker in the Navy. The provisions set in Washington on September 25.
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Admiral Walker
Wil
Washington
Walker
James G. Walker
United States navy
Girl's Dog Reunited With Navy After Letter
Nine year old Clemtine Craddock of Millstone Landing on the Patuxent River wrote to the secretary of the navy claiming her dog had been taken by naval militia aboard the gunboat Puritan. The Navy acted promptly and the dog was returned to the girl, prompting activity among naval circles.
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Navy
Washington
secretary of the navy
Puritan
Clementine Craddock
Millstone Landing
Patuxem river
Texas Seeks Corporate Sanctions Against Two Firms
Attorney General Davidson of Texas filed suit against the Pullman Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company to bar operation in Texas. He seeks permit fees of 100,000 dollars from each firm, tied to 100,000,000 dollars in state board capital stock in each case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Angtin
Tex
Davidson
Pullman company
Western Union Telegraph company
state board
Beveridge Arrives in New York With Bride from Bremen
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana, with his wife formerly Miss Kate Eddy of Chicago, whom he wed in Berlin this summer, arrived in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II after stops at Bremen Southampton and Cherbourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beveridge
New York
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Kate Eddy
Chicago
Berin
Bremen
Southampton
Cherbourg
Paterson Mayor Dies Not Confirmed In Illness
Paterson New Jersey September 25 Mayor John Johnson remains critically ill at St Josephs hospital after a restless night with no improvement and little hope for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
John Johnson
St. Joseph's hospital
Notable deaths and legal cases in early 1900s news
Wealthy cotton goods magnate John W. Fant dies at home in Union South Carolina. Brigadier General Parish dies by morphine overdose in a Cleveland lodging house. Mrs H W Haynes dies of heart disease on Atlantic City boardwalk. Robert and Francis Smith fined 2200 dollars in Philadelphia for illegal oleomargarine. A C Campbell convicted of manslaughter in Chicago for Kirlin. Dr Benjamin Harris sentenced to one year.
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John W. Fant
Union
S. C
Parish
Cleveland
H. W. Haynes
Washington
Atlantic City
N. J
Robert
Francis Smith
Philadelphia
A. C. Campbell
Chicago
Kirlins
Benjaman Harris
Boldly Defied Death on the Tigress in a Polar Gale
The 1873 Tigress under Commander Greer braved a deadly Arctic gale to search Cumberland Gulf for Polaris survivors and the wrecked vessel. With Engineer White and Melville aboard, the ship battled ice, snow, and a broken anchor chain as Willis the veteran quietly steadied the crew, enabling forty four men to endure and survive the perilous voyage.
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Brooklyn navy yard
Buflin bay
Greer
Willis
Disko
Davis strait
Tye
Cumberland gulf
White
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advertisement
A dated advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. It features testimonials from Mrs. Sadie Abbott of Jeannette Pennsylvania and others, claiming relief from monthly pains irregularity and general weakness, urging women to seek the product free invitation and cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Pinkham
Sadie Abbott
Jeannette
Lydia E
HE. Pinkham
United States
Willis Hero Of Tigress Rescue Earns Medal Of Honor
Willis braved a gale aboard the Tigress to furl a dangerous sail and save the vessel. He climbed topgallant masts under freezing spray, fought to secure the canvas, and returned to safety. His daring action led to navy recognition and a medal of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
beDy
Willis
navy
Carl Hovey
New York Tribune
Four Elements Motif in Shakespeare Sonnets Forty Four and Forty Five
Edward Dowden in Atlantic discusses how Shakespeare uses the four classical elements to frame love and separation. He notes earth and water anchor the poet, while air and fire go on embassy to the friend, with life renewed when those elements return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleopatra
Edward Dowden
Atlantic
Icelandic Hero Donates Skin to Save Stranded Man
Skanti Sigvaldson of Ivanhoe Minnesota lies in Bethesia hospital after volunteering to have 123 inches of skin removed to save the life of Gustavus Olson an elderly stranger. Olson is in critical condition as doctors perform the procedure to use the grafts for treatment.
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St. Paul
Minn
Skanti Sigvaldson
Ivanhoe
Bethesia hospital
Gustavus Olson
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Standard Oil
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Mr. White
minst
geome
Wikis
ARBUCKLEE BROS
New York City
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