News Briefs and Features From Early 20th Century Dispatches
A collage of items notes a steamer arrives in New York with Christmas toys, Rockefeller’s income claim, a planned 128 family apartment block with a retired major general as janitor, and ideas on a longevity bureau. It also mentions stock market jitters from a London lamb, a water rattlesnake sighting, aerial flights with risks, a botanist claiming plant memories, and inventions like naval nurses. Porcelain factories in Japan cut production by up to 40 percent due to reduced imports.
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New York
United States
Tsu-maki-mura
Weaving Through War Time Trade and Town Sanitation
Notes survey Nippon Steel and trade shifts with Europe and America. The Nitsui Trading Company runs 76 offices and 1,800 workers, planning a reorganization. Newport women renew sanitation drives after 1899 1900 fund efforts, while Prince Henry unveils an auto wash for windshield rain.
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Great Nitsui Trading Company
Japan
Europe
America
Australia
Asia
Newport
Del
Bermuda’s onions and lilies shine in old glory fade
Lieut.-Gen Josceline Heneage Wodehouse testifies that Bermudians lag in onion cultivation and Bermuda lilies have yielded to Easter decorations from home gardens. He questions what remains of Bermuda’s ancient renown beyond its winter resort health appeal.
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Josceline Heneage Wodehouse
Bermuda
Bermudians
Mrs McAllister Proves Women Can Travel Like Men
Mrs. E. C. McAllister of Miami returned from a three months Europe trip carrying a single suitcase with raincoat umbrella. She did laundry as needed and kept clean on limited clothing showing resourcefulness and independence in travel.
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E. C. McAllister
Miami
Fla
Europe
Riots in Azambuja Leave 23 Dead in Municipal Clash
In Azambuja during municipal election primaries, Republicans outnumber monarchists and attack a church refuge. Doors are smashed, windows broken, and a pitched battle with knives and guns leaves 23 killed or mortally wounded and around 40 seriously wounded. Reinforcements reported from nearby towns.
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Lisbon
Azambuja
Compromise Reached On Arkansas Interstate Freight Rates
In Little Rock a Thursday conference between five Arkansas trunk lines and shippers committee settled over sixty percent of debated interstate freight rate issues. Shippers conceded several points while railroads yielded on twenty of the remaining thirty. Ten points remain for later discussion as both sides praised the agreement following a railroads’ earlier plan to raise rates.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Shippers Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Man Dead and Sweetheart Shot in Shenandoah Mystery
In Shenandoah Iowa Harley Bright aged 24 and his sweetheart Esther Cook aged 15 were found shot at the Bright home. Bright lay dead with a bullet in his temple and Miss Cook fatally wounded. a repeating rifle and two empty shells were near them. Neighbors heard shots and found the barricaded rear bedroom. Cause unknown, but reports say the couple quarreled over Bright's attention to another girl.
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Shenandoah Iowa
Harley Bright
Esther Cook
Bright
Miss Cook
Baseball Writers Organize in League City
Baseball writers from leading daily papers organize a meeting in League City to discuss coordination, schedules, and coverage practices for the upcoming season. The gathering aims to standardize reporting methods and share insight across departments.
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Eel
Conjunction with Revision Suggestions in Baseball Press
A brisk note reads as working newspaper men across the country discuss revision suggestions for baseball press coverage. The brief items reflect ongoing editorial dialogue among reporters and editors nationwide.
Arkansas Contest to Continue In Passenger Fare Fight
After a meeting in Little Rock Arkansas between the state railway commission and railroad representatives, no compromise was reached in the passenger fare controversy and court action will proceed. The commission had been enjoined from enforcing a two cent rate. A new tariff is expected to set the rate at three cents on November 1.
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Little Rock
Ark
State Railway Commission
Two Balloons Missing After Berlin Endurance Flight
Berlin officials report two German balloons Plauen and Hergesell left Monday in an endurance contest with 27 others. The Aero Club fears they were lost at sea. Plauen carried pilot Hocksetetter and Hergesell commanded by Lieut Foertsch, with capacities 1696 and 1450 cubic meters respectively.
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Berlin
Plauen
Hergesell
Aero Club Commission
Hocksetetter
Lieut. Foertsch
Drouth Closes Collieries In Southern Illinois
The two month drought cripples mining in southern Illinois as several large collieries suspend operations due to water scarcity in Duquoin and surrounding areas.
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Drouth
Duquoin
Ill
Illinois
Alleged Bigamist Arrested in Norfolk Jail Awaiting Trial
Sidney West, accused in a bigamy case, was arrested in Norfolk while buying a ticket to Baltimore. He is held in Norfolk County Jail awaiting trial.
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Bigamist
Norfolk
Sidney West
Bigamy
Baltimore
Norfolk County
Rusty Dental Forceps Cause Fatal Poisoning
In Nacogdoches Texas 9 year old Gilbert Parker died from blood poisoning after a tooth was pulled with rusty forceps. He endured severe pain as his face and throat swelled and eventually burst.
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Rusty
Nacogdoches
Tex
Gilbert Parker
Wilson Aide Warns of Smaller Pluralities in Midwest
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson arrived in Chicago after a speaking tour through Kansas Nebraska and Iowa. He said Taft would win those states but with smaller Republican pluralities. He asserted farmers doubt Bryan could implement Roosevelt era railroad and corporate regulations.
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Chicago
Ill
Wilson
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Taft
Bryan
Roosevelt
Two Men Battle in Church in Chicago
Police search for a would be assassin after a gunfight in Corpus Christi church vestibule on Forty ninth Street and Grand Boulevard. Rev Father Fielding exchanged blows with a Greek or Italian man who fired twice as children fled. The shooter fled hatless toward Calumet Avenue.
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Chicago
J. K. Fielding
Corpus Christi
Forty Ninth Street
Grand Boulevard
Forty-ninth Street
Calumet Avenue
Passengers Leap as Three Coaches Race Through City Collision
In Kansas City Missouri on Troost avenue three trolley cars collided at Thirteenth Street. An air brake failed and the cars rolled down a hill forcing passengers to jump to the street. One man R L Smith of Nevada Missouri aged 45 was crushed to death and fifteen others injured.
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Kansas City
Troost Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Tenth and
Troost
R. L. Smith
Nevada
Mrs R B Shirley Dies In Carlinville After Illness
Mrs Robert B Shirley wife of the Seventh judicial circuit judge died after a long illness from lung trouble in Carlinville Macoupin county and central Illinois lose a prominent woman. She was active in charity and church affairs affiliated with St Pauls Episcopal since childhood born June 5 1854 at Woodburn and moved to Carlinville in 1869 married October 16 1879 in Carlinville and resided here continuously.
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Carlinville
Robert B. Shirley
Seventh Judicial Circuit
Macoupin County
Woodburn
Henry W
Cornelia Burton
Shirley
Bankruptcy petitions filed by Raisbeck and Ayers in Bloomington
In the U S district court Bloomington men Frank Raisbeck and Bert Ayers filed bankruptcy petitions as partners of Daley Ayers Raisbeck farm implement dealers. Raisbeck lists liabilities of 73540 and assets 75. Ayers lists liabilities 70517 and assets 280.
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Springfield
United States District Court
Frank Raisbeck
Bert Ayers
Bloomington
Daley, Ayers & Raisbeck
Raisbeck
Ayers
Chester Saloonmen Lose Point in Local Option Case
Judge Holden refused to grant an injunction preventing local option from appearing on the Chester precinct ballot in the upcoming general election. Saloonkeepers sought to stop the county clerk from printing the local option form on the official ballot.
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Chester
Holden
Warden Reports Error in Suspected Escapees
Howell sent to Burndeoe to capture supposed escapees Clegg and Wright. He wired back that the men under arrest were not Clegg and Wright, and had another crew searching before returning.
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Ty Warden
Howell
Burnde Oe
Clegg
Wright
Boy Escapes Reform School to See Newborn Sister
Roy Boecker, 13, escaped from the state reform school at Pontiac by slipping from his barred dormitory wall and riding freight cars to Alton, a 200 mile journey to see his baby sister born during his absence.
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Alton
State Reform School of
Vioss
Roy Boecker
Pontiac
Ohio Capitalist Dies in Cincinnati After Jamaica Quake
Hirman Harper Peck aged 59 a leading Cincinnati capitalist and noted among New York bankers died at his home Sunday morning from paralysis linked to the Jamaica earthquake shock. He formerly presided over the Farmers and Shippers Tobacco Warehouse Co of Cincinnati and the Northern Bank of Covington Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Hirman Harper Peck
New York City
Jamaica
Peck
Farmers& Shippers Leat Tobacco Warehouse Company
Northern Bank
Covington
Judge Refuses Bail Reduction in Bank Looting Case
In United States district court Judge James S. Young refused to reduce the bail for William Montgomery former cashier of the Allegheny National Bank now in jail. The bond stands at 150090. The bank was looted by about 1250000 and Montgomery admitted responsibility for a shortage of 469000.
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Pittsburg
Penn
United States District Court
James S. Young
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Montgomery
Despondent Woman Jumps Into 30-Foot Well
Mrs. Nannie Clements aged 54, despondent over her unhappy lot and belief she would not reconcile with her husband, leaped into a 30 foot deep well in Fairfield. Only two feet of water filled the well and she cried out for help.
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Fairfield
Nannie Clements
Woman Rescue Battle Sacrifices Life to Save Baby
Mrs Ed Ray son 13 months fell into tub of cold water rescued him but pulled a boiler of scalding water onto herself suffering severe burns on body and face doctors fear for her life in Oakford report says she saved the child from drowning.
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Burns
Oakford
Ed Ray
Irate father ends romance at courthouse steps
An irate father halted the romance of farm hand Joseph Trueson as he was about to obtain a marriage license at the courthouse. The girl’s name is not disclosed and she now must wait.
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Papa
Clinton
Joseph Trueson
Fire Destroys 107 Cars in Pittsburg Yard
A Thursday blaze in the Kansas City Southern yard at Pittsburg Kans destroyed 107 freight cars. Loss estimated at 65000 dollars.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Kansas City Southern Yards
American in Ecuador Prison Condemned for Revolt
An American, Jose Carlos Becker, held in an Ecuadorian prison for involvement in a revolutionary scheme, has written home claiming a death sentence and stating he will be shot on October 25. He appealed for support from friends in Washington D. C.
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Ecuador
Washington, D. C
Jose Carlos Becker
Four Die in Nitro Explosion at Kaneville Factory
Four persons were killed in an explosion at the Harper nitroglycerin plant in Kaneville seven miles north of here. The blast demolished the factory building and sent debris in all directions.
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Oil City
Harper
Kaneville
Here
Colonnade building burns at Chautauqua assembly
The Colonnade building at the Chautauqua assembly grounds in Fredonia N C burned down at 4 am. It was a two story brick structure erected two years ago housing several stores. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Chautauqua
Fredonia
N. C
Illinois Farmer Dies by Own Action in Despondency
Eureka reports William Vansoyce a well known farmer near Low Point died by self inflicted gunshot in his home amid a period of despondency. The tragedy underscores local grief as authorities note no foul play.
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Illinois
Eureka
William Vansoyce
Low Point
Cabinet Change in Britain Names New Lord President
Viscount Wolverhampton formerly Sir Henry Fowler succeeds Earl of Crewe as lord president of the council. Lord Fitzmaurice will join the cabinet as successor to Viscount Wolverhampton.
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Lonon
Viscount Wolverhampton
Henry Fowler
Duchy of Lancaster
Earl of Crewe
Lord Fitzmaurice
Typhoon Toll Tops 300 in Amoy China
Native reports from Changchow say the recent typhoon caused over 300 deaths in Amoy. The disaster toll highlights the storm's destructive impact on the city and surrounding areas.
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Typhon
Amoy
China
Changchow
Quiet Wedding for Quincy Owings and Grace Powell
Quincy J Owings and Grace Powell both of Peoria were quietly married in this city by Justice Orr. The ceremony took place without fanfare and was announced in local society notes.
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Quincy
John Owings
Grace Powell
Peoria
Justice Orr
Missionary Society Convention Opens in Danville
One thousand delegates from numerous chapters gathered in Danville for the northwestern branch of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church annual convention celebrating its fellowship and planning programs.
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Missionary Society
Danville
Northwestern
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Bootlegging Case Ends in $950 Fine for John Jones
John Jones was arrested at Atwood during the street fair for bootlegging. He pleaded guilty before Judge Dolson to 21 counts, with a total fine and costs of 950 dollars.
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Tuscola
John Jones
Atwood
Dolson
Man shoots sleeping son in mistaken burglary claim
In Troy, M D Merry fired at a shadowy figure he mistook as a thief. The nine year old son, a sleepwalker, was shot in the right arm. The incident follows a prior near miss with the sister also walking in her sleep.
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Troy
M. D. Merry
Merry
Evangelist Egged During Controversial Monmouth Lecture
William Thompson, once a Catholic priest, drew a massive crowd in Monmouth for a talk titled Priests Women Confessional or Why Priests Should Wed. An attempted kidnapping the night before failed, but he was escorted by police as eggs were hurled by a crowd. One leader was arrested with more likely.
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Monmouth
William Thompson
Thompson
May Build New Church Greenview Plan on Foot
Plans are underway for a modern church on the southeast square corner formerly housing the Presbyter and a union of Cumberland and Presbyte members to erect a structure about 10 000 dollars leaving 30 000 dollars from estate of John Woods who died in a Peoria hospital with no known local relatives funeral at Catholic church Rev W J Drummy pastor officiating Interment in Pleasant Valley cemetery
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Greenview
Cengre Cumberland
Presbyte
Nerth Middletown
John Woods
Peoria
W. J. Drummy
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Rayhill Indicted and Two Others Face Charges
The grand jury returned three indictments. Edward Rayhill is charged with murder in the Asa Cheney case. W. H. Fencey faces two counts for obtaining money under false pretenses and for forgery.
Mason Fined $1000 for Abduction in Decatur Case
Charles Mason, known for a sensational elopement in Moneaqua, pleaded guilty to abduction in Decatur and was fined $1,000. The case centers on his marriage to a sister of the woman he abandoned.
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Mason
Decatur
Charles Mason
Moneaqua
Lincoln Couples Held On False Age Marriages
Two Lincoln couples who obtained marriage licenses in St. Louis were arrested after receiving the certificates for allegedly swearing falsely to age to secure the papers. They will be held pending an investigation.
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Lincoln
St. Louis
Lincoln Chautauqua Board Plans Park Purchase
The Lincoln Chautauqua association will buy the Brainerd park used for its events by assessing each member $50. The board passed a resolution at a recent meeting authorizing the purchase.
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Lincoln
Lincoln Chautauqua Association
Brainerd
Funeral of Catharine Yates Held at Residence
Mrs Yates widow of War Gov Yates is buried at home as Dr W F Short and Rev J G Nate of Grace M E Church officiated in the Jacksonville ceremony.
Virden Mayor Denies Smallpox Presence
Virden mayor E. R. Motley says no smallpox in Virden currently and notes there have been no cases for some time.
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Virden
E. R. Motley
Missionary Society Sells Old Paper for Missions
After a year of persistent effort the Greenview Ladies' Missionary Society gathered a carload of old paper and shipped it. Proceeds from the sale will be devoted to missions.
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Greenview
Ladies’ Missionary Society
Erie Line Elects Directors At Regular Meeting
Lake Erie and Western railroad stockholders elect directors William K. Vanderbilt J Pierpont Morgan and William Rockefeller at a regular meeting in Peoria.
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Kobe
Prince Henry
Papalion
Portugal
Arkansas Rates
Comprom
Sweetheart
Shenandoah, Ia
Baseball Writers
FR. Fielding
Father Fielding
Father Mielding
Citi
R. B. Shirley
Champaign
Delta Gamma Sorority
University of Illinois
Son
Troy Man
Child
Evangelist
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