Vicksburg Pest Alarm Sparks City Wide Festivities
A report from Vicksburg notes a surge of weevils feeding on home raised cotton in W Coles residence, prompting the Commercial Club of Hattiesburg to plan a three day celebration October 12 to 14 with city officials as guests and prizes for auto speed and decorated cars. The piece also mentions broader Mississippi ag and civic actions.
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Vicksburg
W. Coles
Mississippi Delta
Commercial Club of
Hatties
Mississippi
City of
Hattes
South
Illinois Miners Win After Five Month Strike
Industrial peace returns to Illinois coal mines as miners secure major wage demands set by the Peoria convention while operators agree to safety upgrades. The settlement ends five months of conflict with minimal violence and two years of stability hoped.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Miners
Harry N. Taylor
End of Illinois Coal Strike Celebrated in Harrisburg
In Herrin and Harrisburg crowds marked the end of a five month coal strike. About 40 000 people in Herrin heard speeches led by Thomas Clayton with Kinison Gambee Wilson and Trovillion. Miners in Williamson County will gain 500 000 extra wages, five cents per ton, as mines in the 36‑mine district resume. The Harrisburg parade featured a band and fireworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
McCormick Park
Illinois
Thomas Clayton
Harrisburg
Harerisburg
Fatalities on Warship North Dakota Oil Fire
Three coal passers are dead and seven machinists and firemen injured as oil ignites on the battleship North Dakota. Reports vary on fatalities and injuries with telegrams from Old Point Comfort and the navy department noting different counts. The ship, launched November 10 1908 at Quincy Massachusetts, was then the most powerful battleship afloat costing 10 million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
North Dakota
Navy Department
Admiral Schroeder
Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
Old Point Comfort
Quincy
Mass
New York Tunnel Car Rite Draws 35000 Passengers
During the first 24 hours of tunnel service between Manhattan and Long Island a Pennsylvania Railroad line carried an estimated 35 000 people under the river through four tubes. In Jersey County R A McMahon a wealthy landowner and stock raiser swallowed carbolic acid in a hayloft and is in critical condition.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railway
Manhattan
Long Island
Jerseyville
R. A. McMahon
Jersey County
Republicans Control Delegates in New Mexico Convention
Complete returns show Republicans ahead with 68 delegates to 32 for Democrats in the New Mexico constitutional convention. Of the 68 Republican delegates, 59 oppose the initiative and referendum proposal.
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New Mexico
Santa Fe
N. M
Acquittal for Browne Triggers Wild Chicago Celebration
The jury found Illinois legislator Lee ONeill Browne not guilty in a sensational bribery case in Chicago. Cheers erupted as Browne, his counsel, and friends embraced. jail inmates joined the uproar, prompting Judge Kersten to restore order and call for arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lee Oneill Browne
Browne
Atorney Wayman
Kersten Ose
Ballinger Condemned by Congressional Committee
In Minneapolis the Ballinger congressional investigating committee moved to condemn Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger as unfaithful to his trust and called for his removal. Only five of twelve members voted, with pro Ballinger faction raising a quorum challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Ballinger Congressional Investigating Committee
Secretary of the Interior
Great Catholic Meeting Opens Twentieth Eucharistic Congress
The twentieth Eucharistic congress and first fair of its kind in the hemisphere opened in Montreal with a midnight mass attended by Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli. Large attendance and Montreal’s elaborate entertainment marked the opening as sessions began with much pomp and impressiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Quebec
Vincenzo Vannutelli
Demands $10 000 or life targets Paducah magnate
In Paducah Kentucky John W Keller a leading businessman and partner in Friedman Keiler Co received a mailed demand for 10000 to spare his life Detectives and police investigate the threat The case unfolds as authorities probe the anonymous ransom demand.
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Paducah
John W. Keller
Friedman, Keiler & Co
Convicts Escape Fire Forest to Flee Pursuit
Two convicts fled from a state road camp near Lyle Washington and started a forest fire in the hills to hinder pursuit. The report from The Dalles Oregon notes authorities tracing their trail into wooded terrain as containment efforts mobilize.
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Dalles
Ore
Lyle
Wash
Bin
Progressive Republican Ahead in New Hampshire Primary
Returns from 273 of 289 election districts show Bass progressive Republican leading with 19,041 votes. Ellis regular Republican has 9,912 and Carl Democrat 6,893.
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Concord
N. H
Bass
Ellis
Carl
Wives See Husbands Drown Near Boat Accident
Mrs. W W C Branders and Mrs. J J Letoile of Montreal watched their husbands drown in the St. Lawrence River after a motor boat overturned. The incident occurred within a few feet of them as spectators failed to reach the swimmers in time.
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Odenseure
N. Y
W.W. C. Branders
J. J. Letoile
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Pere Marquette Car Ferry Sinks With Loss of 30
The Pere Marquette car ferry No 18 bound for Milwaukee sank in Lake Michigan halfway across. Thirty lives are reported lost including Captain Peter Kilty of Ladington and purser and wireless operator Fo Sczepanek of Worcester. Two crewmen from No 17 perished attempting rescue. No 18 was on its first regular run after a summer service carrying excursionists.
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Ludington
Mich
Ladington
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Peter Kilty
Ladingte
Fo Sczepanek
Worcester
Mass
Chicago
Waukegan
No. 17
Sibley and 4 Indicted in Warren County Bribery Case
A special grand jury returned true bills charging Former Congressman Joseph C. Sibley and four codefendants with conspiracy to bribe debauch and corrupt voters in Warren County in relation to Sibley’s June Republican primary nomination. Defendants include Frank H. Taylor secretary George D. Munn David M. Howard and CD Crandall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Joseph C. Sibley
Sibley
Congress
Warren County
Franklin
Frank H. Taylor
George D. Munn
David M. Howard
CD. Crandall
Lone Bandit Robs Train in Pacific Coast Express Assault
A lone robber boarded the Pacific Coast express at Union Station killing the flagman J M Wine and wounding the train crew during a robbery. He robbed three women passengers and escaped from the Pullman sleeper at Carr street and the Terminal tracks Ashland Wils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Pacific Coast Express
Union Station
St. Joseph
West
J M. Wine
Carr Street
Terminal
Lineman Falls to Death in Murphysboro Accident
Bert Burrs of Vienna Illinois a lineman for Murphysboro Telephone Company grasped live wire and fell in the street fracturing his skull He died two hours later in the incident that occurred in Murphysboro
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Bert Burrs
Venna
Ill
Murphysboro Telephone Company
Grasped & Have
Ten Die as Erie Tunnel Disaster Expands
At Jersey City’s Bergen Hill open cut near Hudson Boulevard a rock fall widened the death toll to ten with many more injured from the New York Lake Erie and Western railroad project. The debris engulfed workers stripping brickwork at the tunnel mouth as drills hammered nearby.
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New York
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Bergen Hill
Hudson Boulevard
Hopkins Avenue
Elm Street
Jersey City
The
Erie
Dergen Hill
Dar
Ola Canwel
Montreal Pageant Closes International Eucharistic Congress
Thousands watched a religious pageant in Montreal closing the twenty first International Eucharistic Congress held in the Dominion of Canada. The procession stretched four times through city streets toward Mount Royal with an estimated 100000 in line and 500000 along viewing points. Visitors from the United States praised the event for magnitude reverence and splendor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Dominion of Canada
United States
Mount Reyal
Lorimer Quits Club Amid Roosevelt Banquet Row
United States Senator William Lorimer resigns from the Hamilton club after president John A Hatten withdraws an invitation to the Roosevelt banquet. Lorimer urges immediate acceptance, but club governors may refuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hamilton Club
United States
William Lacrimer
John A Hatten
Lorimer
Club Board of Governors
250 Pounds Gold Stolen In Transit On Humboldt
Seattle gold bullion worth 57000 was stolen from a shipment totaling 170000 from Fairbanks to Dexter Horton National Bank in Seattle. A strong box was tampered with and the weight stolen reached 250 pounds. Six more lines describe a separate Paris Express derailment with seven killed and fifty injured near Berpay France and a plan for a 1000 mile wire fence from El Paso to the Pacific coast separating the United States and Mexico.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington-Alaska Bank of Fairbanks
Dexter-Horton National Bank of Seattle
Humboldt
Paris
Berpay
France
Cherbourg
Paso
Tex
Pacific Coast
United States
Mexico
Johnson's Saloon Quarters Closed After Hours Sale
New York Haron Wilkes who runs a hotel and cafe in the black and tam district loses liquor license for selling after hours at Johnson's Saloon where Jack Johnson uses headquarters when in town.
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Johnson
New York
Haron Wilkes
Jack Johnson
Daughter of telegraph chief killed by live dynamo in hug
Terre Haute Indiana Helen Hoke daughter of Bernard Hoke wire chief of Central Union Telegraph Co. was visiting her mother when she touched an uninsulated part of a dynamo and was instantly killed.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Helen
Bernard Hoke
Central Union Telegraph Co
Charleston shoe merchant ends life at Hoffman house
New York-C C Innes a famed Charleston S C shoe dealer shot himself in his Hoffman house room. He was found in bed with a bullet wound to the head, death occurring instantly.
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New York
C. A. Innes
Charleston
8. C
Hoffman House
Chief Gabriel Godfroy Dies After Loss of Miamis Wealth
Peru Indiana mourns Gabriel Godfroy "Last of the Miamis" who died aged about seventy after losing roughly $50,000 to tax battles and lawsuits. He led as road supervisor, married three times, and was famed for leading the Miami people through land treaties on the Wabash site near Peru. His life bridged Francis Godfroy’s frontier leadership and the White Rose of the Mi ams Frances Slocum.
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Peru
Ind
Gabriel Godfroy
Godfrey
Mackford
Francis Godfrey
Little Turtle
St Mary's
Wabash
Gabriel
Frances Slocum
Wilkesbarre
Miami County
Pennsylvania
Iving
Zola Granted Pantheon Honor After Strife and Death
Paris honors Emile Zola with burial in the Pantheon after decades of contention over the Dreyfus affair. A vociferous letter and legal battles shaped his posthumous status, contrasting the living rebuffs he faced with the laurel of France's immortals.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Pantheon
Westminster Abbey
France
Ll Ascommoir
Pascal
Lourdes
Rome
Dreyfus
Dreyfue
Zola
Parla
Tolas “Laceuse
Dreyfuss
Seine
Legion of Honor
French Academy
Wireless Drum Signals Span Seven Miles in Africa
Ancient Batetela tribes craft a hollow wooden drum with a rubber knob beater to send syllabic messages. Three distinct tones per side form an alphabet, allowing villages to hear and decode messages as far as seven miles away on quiet nights.
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Johannesburg
Africa
Snake in Mail Sack Alarms Butler Post Office
A three foot live house snake, unmarked, crawled from a mail sack as Mrs. Winifred Turk postmistress of Hilliard opened it. Her assistant Miss Mary Smith fled in terror, and so did the mail carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Winifred Turk
Hilliard
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
Knoxville Iowan readers hear a testimonial from Mrs Crana Franxs about long lasting pains and weakness and relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Compound and Liver Pills. The notice promotes the plant based remedy for female symptoms including displacements inflammation irregularities and bearing down feelings. It urges letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice and healing assurance.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Crana Franxs
RF. D
No. 8
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia F. Fositen
Red Cross Christmas Scale sale plan for 1910 announced
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the American Red Cross announce the 1910 Red Cross Christmas Seal drive with the slogan A Million for Tuberculosis. The sale features two new elements and cooperation between the groups, plus a reduced fee for local associations leading to about $50,000 more for tuberculosis work. Seals will be called Red Cross Seals and placed on the back of mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
National Association For the Study
American Red Cross
American National Red Cross
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Focal Associations
United States
Penniwise Marriage Question Sparks Budget Debate
A Washington Star snippet suggests a business tone in discussing Mr. Penniwise wed to his wealthy partner. Miss Cayenne questions whether the union provides an allowance or simply saves a salary, hinting at financial arrangements in marriage.
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Mr. Penniwise
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Odd Household Quirks Amid Auto Woes
A fragment notes friction at home as a person complains about a partner's cooking school habits and a habit of testing gasoline for a faulty automobile. The lines capture domestic tension and a quirky insistence on fuel testing.
Misdirected Energy in a streetcar dispute
The或quote reflects a controversy over a streetcar company firing a conductor. A disputing path questions who held authority and whether a financial motive played a role. The dialogue hints at internal conflict and a misapplied power or lever. The text cites a Christian Advocate source and frames the incident as a humorous or ironical commentary.
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Lincoln Corn- Wheat and Oat Growers
Arthur Watson
Ure
Mra. M. B. McCul
Lincoln
Miller
Leroy Percy
Senator Percy
Len- Percy
Po- Groome
Robert
Greenville
Elke Regisar
Durt
Eks
Detroit
Greenville Lodge
Alex. Ray
Alfred Ray
Gordon Gil
Leflore
D. W. Reed
Shiloh Memorial Park
Alcorn
Sucede
Natchez
Wargoner
International Harvestermerica
Westmoreland
Tupelo
John M. Stone
Virginia
Tate County
Carcere
Sunflower County
Will Hardie & Co
New Orleans
Vlitary
District Court of the States
Dis- Mississippi
Korth M Lumber
Corloth
Union
Peoria
Indiana
Ohio
J. H. Walker
Norfolk
Council Bluffs
McPherson
Percival
Uncle SI
Ballinger
Great Catholic Meeting
Lebaux
S. D
Watertown
Lebeaux
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Knight D. Cheney, Jr
Lawt Pet
Philadelphis
Philiads
Pretrott
Washington Siecue
Cleveland
St Lavale
Hugo
Gribery
Lone Bandit
Flagman
Burlington
Ashland, Wils
Nellie M. Archibald
Ashland County
Dead Man
Wis
Frank T. Tucker
Neillsville
la Follette
Memphis
Tenn
Crump
Jeffriee Johnson
Monttreal
Canadian City
Sen. Lorimer
Chicago Republican Organization
Friends
Klondike
Merchant
Drowe
Campbell
Miami
Valhalla
the Pantheon
Paria
E.pinkham’sv
Red Cross Christmas Seale
Christian Advocate
Hawle Creek
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