Gleanings From The Great Strike And Global Trade
A digest noting the France strike pause and tariffs, rising leather and dairy demand in Japan, Russia appointing an ambassador to Rome, 1908 Metropolitan Railway passengers, foreign firms in China with Japanese dominance, Speaker Cannon on absentee members, Phil Daly linked to a Pennsylvania Club sale, Great Eastern Railway suburban traffic drop, Japan as a machinery market, Glidden’s aerial navigation leases in Massachusetts with an airship line set to start May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Japan
Russia
Rome
Metropolitan
London
China
Speaker Cannon
Pennsylvania Club
Phil” Daly
West End
N. J
Great Eastern Railway
Charles J. Glidden
Aerial Navigation Company of
Massachusetts
Boston
Pretending Friends and Nighttime Shadows in a Child's Play
A child describes solo play with pretend companion Chloe Amabel and family scenes. She faces nighttime fear, uses imagination for comfort, and recalls a moment where grandma sits with a minister, alongside a quoted note about confidence and cash registers from Uncle Allen Sparks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Sparks
Chicago Tribune
Notable Figures Named in World Affairs and History
A collage of brief notes highlights President Roosevelt’s red painted boxes for his African freight, Thomas F. Ryan shedding corporate burdens, Secretary Knox’s legal rise, Co K G Billings sending horses to Europe, Prince Henry of Prussia presenting moving pictures aboard the Zeppelin, Yale’s Hanns Oertel chosen as a Leipzig anniversary delegate, Raisuli’s Moroccans governorship, Col. Peter F. Ross’s death after Corinth fights, War Secretary Dickinson’s Tennessee legal roots, W C Brown’s rise from woodcutter to railroad president, and King Alfonso’s arbitration role in the England Germany Walfisch Bay dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Hanns Oertel
Yale University
University of Leipsic
Raisuli
Djebala
Morocco
Peter F. Ross
Waco
Texas
Corinth
Miss
Houston
Tex
J. M. Dickinson
Tennessee
W. C. Brown
New York Central Railroad
Milwaukee and St. Paul
King Alfonso
England
Germany
Walfisch Bay
Cleveland Judge Declares Right of Woman to Sit on Lap
A Cleveland judge ruled that a young woman has a perfect right to sit on her sweetheart’s lap despite a protesting father. The lighthearted decision suggests Cupid’s brief is conclusive, implying mutual consent and social norms shape the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cupid
Kansas City Journal
Petersburg Chamber secures option to buy Index Appeal
The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce has secured an option to purchase the Index Appeal to boost the city. A Virginia rail rate increase to two and a half passengers on most lines takes effect April 1. Local and national items include murders, marriages, fires, and notable legal and political developments across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Petersburg
Virginia
Norfolk and Western
Mary Farmer
Auburn
N. Y
Sarah Brannon
William Brant Eyster
McKee Rocks
Pennsylvania
Charlie Ross
Pittsburg
Gunjiro Aoki
Helen Gladys Emery
Archdeacon Emery
Episcopal Diocese of
California
Trinity Church
Seattle
Norfolk
Willie Whitla
Lawrence R. Boyle
Boston Globe
Memphis
San Francisco
United States
New York
Jan Janoff Pouren
Russia
Indiana
Texas
Taft approves accounting system for government
Washington notes state President Taft signed off on The Baltimore Sun’s proposal for a new government accounting system. The first check day on April 1st set the sum at 5 625.01 dollars. The entry also notes a new legal limit preventing opium shipments into the United States after April 1 except for strictly medical purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington News
Taft
Baltimore Sun
United States
Government promotes stamped envelopes use
A. L. Lawshe urges the public to switch to stamped envelopes to improve mail service and reduce losses. Envelopes print name and address for up to 500 copies, avoiding dead letters. eight for a cent stamp value, with colors white amber blue buff or manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
A.L. Lawshe
Postoffice Department
Lawshe
Manila
Adams-Butler Libel Suit Proceedings Reported
Greensboro special Friday sessions in the Adams-Butler libel case were dull and listless. Depositions from Oklahoma and Washington were read to justify Raleigh Caucasian articles accusing Judge Adams of personal and official impropriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Oklahoma
Washington
Raleigh
Judge Adams
Hounds Track Murderer in Georgia Capture
Mink Morris was captured at Coolidge after a week of bloodhound tracking for the death of Sheriff William Langston of Leon County Florida. Morris, who shot the sheriff during an attempted arrest, is jailed here. Rewards totaling 1100 dollars were posted for his arrest and a quick trial will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Mink Morris
Wiliam Langston
Leon County
Florida
Coolidge
Here
Morris
Langston
Three Masted Schooner Donna Briggs Sails With Snuff Charter
The schooner Donna Briggs departs Providence for Philadelphia under a unique six month charter to carry 200 tons of snuff on each voyage between Norfolk and Philadelphia. Tobacconists estimate each pound yields 2,616 sneezes, placing the ship’s sneezes near one billion per trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Donna Briggs
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Briggs
Water found beneath Sharon plain yields limitless supply
A survey reports an inexhaustible water supply at depths from 18 to 80 feet under the Sharon plain in Palestine suitable for all uses. The discovery suggests a vast groundwater resource for irrigation and domestic needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plain of Sharon
Palestine
War in Honduras and Guatemala provoke regional alarm
Special dispatch from Mexico City notes Guatemala concentrating troops near the Honduran border. Honduras seeks explanations as President Cabrera aims to stop exiled revolutionists crossing into Honduras, while fears grow of a potential joint action against Guatemala by Zelaya and Davila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Central America
Mexico City
Cabrera
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Davilia
Servia Accepta Note on Austria-Hungary Dispute
Belgrade reports Servia accepted the European powers and Austria-Hungary settlement formula. Servia declares no rights violated by the Bosnia annexation, will not protest the annexation, will maintain peaceful ties, and will demobilize reservists and volunteers. The note aims to end misunderstandings between Austria-Hungary and Servia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servia
Belgrade
Europe
Austria-Hungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Woman Prevents Lynching near Jamesport
In Chillicothe Missouri special report, two men accused of shooting and mortally wounding Marshal Cara way at Jamesport Monday were saved from lynching by Mrs. James Wood. Farmers halted the mob and the men were taken to Gallatin jail. A third suspect was tracked to the Grand River bottoms seven miles northwest of Chillicothe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Marshal Caraway
Jamesport
James Wood
Wood
Gallitin
Grand River
Scientist Claims Breakthrough in Wood Pulp Output
Minneapolis special. Dean George D. Frankforter of the College of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota reports a discovery he says will enable the United States to produce a hundred times as much wood pulp paper as previously thought possible. The claim, if true, would turn every cord of fibre into $1000 by products and utilize much of the 60 percent of a tree now wasted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Minneapolis
Minn
George D. Frankforter
College of Chemistry
The
University
Minnesota
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Chloe Amabel
Turner
Efland
N. G
Southern Realty & Auction Co
E.M. Andrews
Mér
N.C
Foreign Affairs
Jules Henry
Marseilles
U. S
Cuba
America
Isaac Yakovlev
Matsaenko
Count Zeppelin
Friederickshaven
F. S. Royster Guano Company
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
South
Internal Revenue
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Sparkman
Philippine Islands
Benito Legardo
Pablo Ocampo de Leon
Norfolk, Va
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