Milk bottles and tipping tales across cities and nations
A compilation of humorous and odd notes referencing bottle milk, cheap glass, clean Cuban cities, a horse killed by a car in Bellefontaine, a Brooklyn waiter dying after a $3 tip, Mme Anna Gould’s hat, a Detroit woman called a crank, a women’s hotel dispute in New York, price rigidity in rent, optimism versus overconfidence, fruit tree timing, saloon free lunch debates, the Hope diamond sale for $400000, Russia Japan diplomacy, Mikado era austerity, a 6 ft 5 in army officer rule, and Jeffries boxing gate receipts lessons.
France Sells Automobiles in Britain Worth About Large Sum
A terse report notes France exports automobiles to Great Britain valued at an expansive sum. The figures are described as vastly larger than prior trade benchmarks, signaling a major shift in cross channel commerce.
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France
Great Britain
Marurst A
Fly health woes and imperial pay debates across Europe
The piece notes a health department finding about a housefly's disease concerns and reports Berlin rumors that the German emperor may seek a raise for his ministers due to living costs. It also suggests King Edward might reward William Waldorf Astor with a peerage, fearing U.S. offense, while implying England risks alienating the United States.
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Berlin
Edward
William Waldorf Astor
United States
England
William
States seek constitutional convention for direct Senate election
Six state legislatures have petitioned Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment for direct election of U S senators by the people. A two thirds majority of states is needed to compel Congress to call such a convention.
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Congress
United States
Yankee Ingenuity Powers Grain Elevator Repair
A New England grain elevator needed fresh boilers. Instead of halting operations a railroad locomotive was run alongside the building and a connection made between its boiler and the internal engine. Work continued with no employee losing a day.
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New England
Fleet at Magdalena Bay Crushes Record Marks
Admiral Evans reports every ship in his fleet has surpassed its previous record by a wide margin during target practice at Magdalena Bay. An officer promised the world will be astounded when full facts are released, while the public awaits the outcome.
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Admiral Evans
Magdalena Bay
Senator Dolliver Explains "Supersede" Versus Annul
Senator Dolliver of Iowa clarified the difference between superseding and annulling laws in response to Senator Bacon during a discussion on the employers liability bill. He said supersede means overlay with a greater jurisdiction, while annul means disregard the statute. Bacon called the distinction a difference without a difference.
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Pew
Dolliver
Iowa
Bacon
One Dead and Dozens Hurt in Creve Coeur Trolley Wreck
A Creve Coeur trolley car derailed on a curve near Delmar Garden injuring many of 93 passengers and killing John Eastman of Kirkwood. Motorman Francis McEndree, new to the line, blamed lack of a headlight and unfamiliarity with the curve, claiming slower speed than witnesses. Authorities continue to tally injuries as some passengers used fictitious addresses.
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St. Louis
Francis M. McEndree
Delmar Garden
John Eastman
Kirkwood Hotel
Kirkwood
McEndree
Page Avenue
Crewe
Inland Waterways Commission Members Named
Washington reports the president intends to continue the inland waterways work if Congress does not act. Designated members from last year are asked to remain, except Gen. Alexander Mackenzie who has retired. Senator William B. Allison Representative Joseph E. Ransdell and Prof. George F. Swain are named to serve on the commission.
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Washington, D. C
Conference of Governors
Congress
Inland Or Commission
Inland Waterways Commission
Alexander Mackenzie
War Department
William B. Allison
Joseph E. Ransdell
George F. Swain
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Iowa Manufacturers Association Calls Tariff Revision
Ottumwa Iowa the Iowa Manufacturers association closed its convention with Davenport chosen as next meeting place A resolution urged tariff revision notably a steel and iron reduction to help Iowa manufacturers obtain raw materials and compete with current rivals.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Iowa Manufacturers’ Association
Davenport
Iawn
Nurse Shoots Physician in New York Vestibule
Sarah Konet a Russian trained nurse waited nine hours then shot Dr William Auspitz in the vestibule of an apartment house Sunday night. She surrendered to police declaring he had wronged her.
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New York
Sarah Konet
William Auspitz
Mrs Taft and Washington Dames Headed for Chicago
Mrs William H Taft will join many prominent Washington women at the Republican convention in Chicago. Mrs Nicholas Longworth will accompany her along with Miss Helen Cannon daughter of Speaker Cannon Mrs Truman H Newberry wife of the assistant secretary of the navy Mrs Beveridge and Mrs Chauncey M Depew among others.Washington society figures travel to the event.
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Washington, D. C
William H. Taft
Chicago
Nicholas Longworth
Taft
Helen Cannon
Speaker Cannon
Truman H .Newberry
Beveridge
Chauncey M. Depew
Washington Society
Champagne shipments from districts reach over 33 million bottles
Shipments of champagne from the champagne districts for the 12 months ending March 31 totaled 33,734,618 bottles, compared with 33,171,305 bottles in 1906 7. The figures reflect the London market and indicate a slight rise in output.
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London
Tornado Hits Charles City Iowa Demolishes Homes
A Sunday tornado devastated Charles City Iowa at about five pm wiping out around 200 residences and barns. One man is dead and four children are missing.
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Charles City
Iowa
Four Indicted Leaders Near Norwalk Trust Failure
Four prominent citizens face indictment after a grand jury probe into the Ohio Trust Company collapse in Norwalk Ohio J F Laning a Republican congressman from Ohio 14th district and three others James G Gibbs F W Christian and William Perrin are charged with using a false Bond Building Company to solicit deposits and selling bank stock Laning declares the jury his enemies and vows to fight the charges while further indictments may come from the Norwalk Savings Bank inquiry.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Ohio Trust Company
J. F. Laning
James G. Gibbs
F. W. Christian
William Perrin
Laning
Norwalk Savings Bank
Burlington Railroad Guilty of 28 Hour Law Violations
In a United States district court in Springfield Illinois Chicago Burlington & Quincy Rail road Co was found guilty on two counts of violating the 28 hour law by keeping livestock in cars beyond twenty eight hours without five hour breaks for food and water. The railroad was fined 100 and costs on each of three counts for cattle shipments from Kansas City to Coatesville and Avon Illinois. In a related matter Judge Humphrey directed the jury to find Burlington not guilty on a shipment of five carloads of sheep from Harlem Montana to Shelbina Illinois due to lack of evidence.
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Springfield
Ill
United States District Court
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co
Kansas City
Coatesville
Avon
Bomb Fails to Explode in Glendale Opera House
Portland police and detectives hunt a band of conspirators after a monster dynamite bomb placed in the Glendale Oregon opera house vestibule failed to detonate due to a defective fuse. The device was a five gallon oil can packed with 24 sticks of dynamite, risking heavy loss of life.
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Portland
Ore
Glendale
Oregon
Double Murder Charged in Fuquay Springs Fire
Ira Oakley, arrested in Clarksville Virginia, brought to Raleigh charged with murdering Mrs. J Underwood and her young son and burning their Fuquay Springs home on February 1 to cover up the crime.
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Raleign
N. C
Ira Oakley
Clarksville
Gas Explosion Injures Eleven in Indianapolis Plant
A Prest-O-Light Co plant on South Street in Indianapolis exploded injuring eleven people. No fatalities reported as workers responded to the blast. Local authorities investigated cause and ensured safety measures at nearby facilities.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Prest-O-Light Co
South Street
Demonstration at funeral follows Paris labor clashes
The funeral of a worker killed in Tuesday’s clash between strikers and gendarmes sparked violent demonstrations in Paris. Several thousand workmen, stirred by two Confederation Labor orators, marched through rural areas causing damage. Authorities kept gendarmes hidden. after a meeting, the crowd dispersed and returned to Paris.
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Vigneux
Confederation of Labor
Paris
Indicted banker freed in Wisconsin bank case
United States Circuit Judge Sanborn granted a motion to quash an indictment against former officers of the defunct National Bank of Ladysmith Wisconsin. The ruling said the comptroller of the currency is not a bank examiner and deceiving a bank by a false report to the comptroller is not an offense under the law.
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Eau Claire
Wis
United States
Sanborn
National Bank of Ladysmith
Sinking fear for missing German steamer Europea at sea
Reports say the German steamship Europea, outbound from Hamburg with 27 crew and fertilizer for Norfolk, vanished after a 21 day voyage. Thirty days beyond expected, no word has come. contact lost 40 days ago raising hopes of survival and prompting search efforts.
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Norfolk
Hamburg
Germany
Trains Stalled by Landslides Near Helena Montana
A landslide at Whitefish in Flathead county halted nine Northern Pacific trains with several hundred passengers aboard. Prospects to clear the obstruction within 48 hours are slim as Great Northern tracks are washed out north and south of Helena.
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Helena
Mont
Whitefish
Flathead County
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Passengers Hurt as Lackawanna Train Derails Near Millington
Several people were injured when three cars of a Lackawanna train derailed near Millington New Jersey on Friday. The locomotive tender and several cars jumped the track at a switch.
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New York
Millington
N. J
Democrats nominate Fourteenth District delegates in convention
Fourteenth Ohio Iidorses Bryan Mansfield Ohio Wayne? Bob Unsure. William G Sharp Elyria nominated by Democrats in the Fourteenth congressional district convention here Thursday. The convention endorsed William J Bryan for the presidency and elected delegates to the national convention.
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Fourteenth
Ohio
Iidorses
Notable Women Lead Campaign Against Women’s Suffrage
London reports that Countess of Jersey Mrs. Humphrey Ward and other influential writers and reformers launch an organized effort to oppose granting voting rights to women.
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London
Countess of Jersey
Humphrey Ward
Postmaster in Alabama Kills Wife Then Shoots Self
Union Springs Alabama Postmaster A C Walter killed his wife a clerk at the post office before fatally shooting himself. Walter had been removed from the postmastership recently, authorities said.
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Union Springs
Ala
A. C. Walter
Walter
Holdup Near Chattanooga Leaves One Dead Two Injured
One man was shot dead and two women were wounded in a holdup near the southern limits of Chattanooga Tennessee. Names of the victims have not yet been learned.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Fights Black Hand Armed Guards Hunt Ambusher at Pollock Estate
In Pittsfield Massachusetts William Pollock a New York millionaire and horse show enthusiast faced a Black Hand threat. He and armed guards battled two attackers near his country home while another assailant fled into woods. Police search the area as guards patrol to deter dynamite threats.
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Pittsfield
Mass
William Pollock
New York
Madison Avenue
Pollock
Mr. Pollock
Samoan Volcano Mu Erupts Again Forcing Island Refugees
The Mu volcano on Savaii in the Samoan group erupts violently once more. Inhabitants of Matatautu flee lava flows that have covered over seven square miles of land in the past 19 days and approach the village of Saleaula. Residents seek refuge on nearby islands as eruption continues.
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San Francisco
Cay
Savaii
Matatautu
Saleaula
Jealousy Tragedy Ends in Double Death in San Francisco
George Scott a 23 year old drug clerk shot his wife Blanche 19 on the sidewalk at Golden Gate avenue and Webster street then killed himself. The couple had been recently married and quarreled over jealousy.
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San Francisco
Cal
George Scott
Blanche
Golden Gate Avenue
Webster Street
Scott
Bridge Failure Cuts Rail Link Across Canadian River
Two spans of the AT S F railway bridge over the Canadian river at Purcell Oklahoma were washed out Saturday night suspending traffic between Oklahoma City and Texas. If more rain falls Monday, the remaining span may fail. The bridge had previously washed out two years earlier and was replaced.
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Guthrie
Okla
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Purcell
Oklahoma City
Texas
Champagne Bottles Sent From Distinct Districts Totals
Champagne dispatched for the year ending March 31 reached 3 734 618 bottles. This compares to 33 171 395 bottles in 1906 07 and 35 591 135 bottles in 1905 06.
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London
Czar Loses Fight for Battleships Budget Vote
St. Petersburg duma rejected a naval budget item by 194 to 78, denying $5,500,000 to lay keels for four battleships in the current year.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
Five Months in Hospital Patient Recovers with Kidney Pills
Jevi P Brockway of Anoka Minnesota says after months in a hospital he was discharged as incurable with six months to live. He suffered heart trouble smothering spells and fainting fits, then regained health after using Deans Kidney Pills. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY for 50 cents a box.
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Jevi P. Brockway
S. Second Ave
Anoka
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Eczema Baby Healed by Cutiura Remedies
Mrs. Louis Beck of San Antonio Texas reports her two year old son's severe eczema improved after using the Cutiura Remedies. After six months of painful sores on face head ears hands and legs the first treatment brought sleep and rest. within a week the sores faded and in two months the face was clear.
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Louis Beck
San Antonio
Tex
Why He Married Again A German Farmer Remark
An Ohio lawyer recounts a client a German farmer who buried his wife a week or two earlier and declared he was now married. The blunt man’s remark shows his blunt practicality as he explains his wife is dead and cannot return. The anecdote ends with the lawyer surprised by the man’s resolve.
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Ohio
Rose
Teuton
Lippincott’s
First Call Snafu at the Drugstore Explained
A timid customer uses a telephone for the first time and asks about the many holes in the mouthpiece. The drug clerk explains they help strain the voice. She becomes flustered and forgets the number she intended to dial.
A Matter of Time at the Ball Game
Willie the office boy approaches the firm head during a ball game and asks for permission to take time. He stammers and requests a half day, prompting a brisk response to hurry up and speak his request.
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Willie
Harper’s Weekly
She Learned, Too School of Experience Sparks Quip
A husband notes that a man learns through life while his wife retorts that women learn from experience too. The exchange captures a sharp domestic moment illustrating evolving views on gender and education.
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Ness
Grape-Nuts Promises Strength and Brain Power
An advertisement asserts Grape-Nuts builds strength and nerve power from wheat and barley phosphate. A New York reader claims rapid recovery from fatigue after excessive night work and notes weight gain and lasting energy. The Postum Co declares the letters genuine and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Brooklyn
Mme. Anna Gould
Merry Widow
Detroit
Hotel For Women
Turkey
Russia
Japan
Birmingham
Jeffries
Pacific
Jeff
Ware
Health Department
Mr. Fly
Twelfth District
de Baliviere Avenue
United Railways Company
Continues Waterways Body
Mrs. Taft
Railroad
BLACK
Cutiura
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