Bull Andrews Cheers New Mexico Statehood Victory
William H. Andrews known as Bull in Pennsylvania politics celebrates New Mexico and Arizona achieving statehood. He cites twenty five years residency and a long campaign, recalling Taft signing the bill at the White House. He asks if New Mexico will be a credit to the Union and says to watch her.
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William H. Andrews
Pennsylvania
Bull
New Mexico
Arizona
Andrews
Territory
Congress
White House
Taft
Old Territory
Mr. Andrews
Outed Educator Minard Remarries After Wife's Death
Prof Charles W Minard Marquette school principal in Chicago secretly marries Mrs Bessie Belenger and moves to a Wisconsin farm. He has been suspended by the Chicago board after revelations about his wife Mattie R Minard’s death by suicide and questions about his whereabouts and conduct. The former wife left five children and investigators note a sharp change in Minard’s public image from ideal husband to embroiled figure.
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Charles W. Minard
Marquette
Chicago
Bessie Belenger
Wisconsin
Minard
Board of Education
Mattie R. Minard
Darby
Joan
Professor Minard
Figure in labor dispute leads Harriman strike head
J W Kline general president of the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers is pictured amid the Harriman railroad labor dispute with 25 000 mechanics. Chicago based, he rose from blacksmith to leader since joining the union in 1890s. He has held posts from second vice president to general president and editor.
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J. W. Kline
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers
Harriman
Kline
Chicago
Buffalo
Union Pacific Railroad
Globe trotter sets world girdling record in Paris
Andre Jager-Schmidt, a 27 year old newspaper man, completed a round the world trip in 39 days 18 hours ending in Paris. He visited Moscow Omsk Irkutsk Harbin Vladivostok Montreal and New York sleeping mostly aboard trains and ships.
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Andre Jager- Schmidt
Paris
Jager-Schmidt
Cherbourg
France
Moscow
Omsk
Irkutsk
Harbin
Valdivostok
Montreal
New York
Jager Schmidt
Grandmother Sophia Bush marks 91 with tale of travel wonders
Plainwell resident Sophia Bush born in Dingwall Scotland in 1838 recalls a century of change from horse and stagecoach to rail and air and notes her 1839 voyage to America took five weeks. She aged through Queen Victoria’s coronation era and remembers two early US rail lines before later cruising to Chicago by parlor car and motor car, marveling at aviators at Grant Park.
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Grandma Bush
Dingwall
Highlands
Scotland
Lord Brougham
John Russell
William HB. Gladstone
Queen Victoria
America
New York
Hudson River
Erie Canal
Great Lakes
United States
Schenectady
Albany
N. Y
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Mich
Gun Plains
Allegan County
Chicago
Grant Park
W. H. Hudler
Blanche Freeman
Eli English
Miss Freeman
Hamlet
Gibson Road
Hudler
Olga Roosevelt Engagement to Dr Bayne Announced
Washington reports Miss Olga Roosevelt engaged to Dr Breckenridge Bayne of Washington. She is daughter of Robert Roosevelt of Washington and New York and inherits several million dollars from her mother. She debuted in Washington two years ago and is among the capital's popular younger set.
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Washington
Olga Roosevelt
Breckenridge Bayne
Robert Roosevelt
New York
Mr. Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
Druggist Seawell Faces Record Keeping Charge in Police Court
A Raleigh Asheville report details Col W S Lusk leading the state against C C Seawell a registered pharmacist charged with willfully failing to keep full whiskey prescription records. Evidence showed irregularities in officer inspected prescriptions lacking dates doctors names and recipient names. Judge Adams ruled Seawell technically guilty for relying on the officer’s records alone. The case follows other docket items including state vs Marable over stolen tin roofing and a deadly runaway near Hamlet.
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Raleigh
Asheville
Junius G. Adams
C. C. Seawell
Col. W. S. Lusk
R. M.wells
Lusk
Mr. Wells
Adams
Mr. Seawell
Supreme Court
State
Jenkins
Marable
Chicago
Supreme Court affirms Davenport trepass conviction
Raleigh reports the North Carolina Supreme Court delivers its first unanimous opinion of the term in state versus Davenport. The court rules no error in upholding the conviction of T. H. Davenport and others for forcible trespass tied to a clash between Richmond Cedar Works and Roper Lumber over timber in the Dismal Swamp. Justice Walker notes mobs cannot substitute for the law and calm order must prevail.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
State
Davenport
Gatea County
Richmond Cedar Works
Roper Lumber Company
Walker
Several North Carolina towns report civic and educational actions
The district notes a Trinity College postoffice station near Durham and a clerk. a Turnersburg road upgrade with a steel bridge near Statesville. Wilkes county fairs seeking a flying machine with a 500 prize. a farm-life school rally in Dallas led by Dr J Y Joyner. educational activity in Raleigh and Max ton. a Tarboro bank case with a light sentence. low Catawba river levels at Sloan's ferry near Charlotte. New Bern anticipates solid fall money and strong crops. Headen surrenders in Siler City. large school desk orders in Fayetteville. cotton in Catawba County opening. Frank B Simpson aiding state school building in Raleigh. Barnum and Bailey circus cancellation in Goldsboro. Elks address set for Concord. Harmony high school adds grades in Statesville.
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Wilkesboro
Wilkes County
Dallas
Gaston County
J. Y. Joyner
Raleigh
J. E. Underwood
Warrenton
Carolina College
Maxton
Tarboro
E. B. Hussey
Bank of
J. J. Green
Ward
Charlotte
Catawba
Southern Power Company
Sloan’s Ferry
Newbern
Siler -City
Theodore F. Headen
J. P. Dark
George W. Womble
Superior Court
Chatham County
Fayetteville
Charles J. Parker
Newton
Catawba County
Frank B. Simpson
Fileigh
P. Thornton Marye
Atlanta
Kinston
Goldsboro
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Traction Company
Billboard Man
Concord
W. W. Kitchin
A. R. Howard
Concord Lodge
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Statesville
Harmony
Iredell County
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Michigan
Plainwell
Sophia Bush
Lice
Baldwin
William Baldwin
Policeman Miller
Blowing Rock
Troy
Montgomery County
Cedar Works
Roper Camp
Howard L. Landers
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Caswell
Wilmington
Captain Landers
A. W. Moore
South Port
Moore
Lee S. Overman
War Department
City of
Board of County Commissioners
State Corporation Commission
Smithfield
Peebles
Norris
Hartnett County
Appal David
Selma
Harris
Cooke
Court House
R. N. Hackett
Con
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