Miscellany of eccentric notes and oddities from a warped column
A spoofish roundup covers Holland and Castro, smugglers, a missing mountaineer, Boston bank drills, a vacation preacher mailing sermons, a mail order church, a Georgia claim of ancient youth, Rockefeller wealth, Kentucky twin likeness, a Pennsylvania man recovering a lost dollar with interest, New York theater plans for managers, subway woes, and Bath pastor sending postcard sermons to his parishioners each week with stray garbled hints of upcoming vacation timing.
Engagement Bracelets and Domestic News Across Continents
The piece surveys varied topics from California fruit wealth netting two million ears to a honeymoon boat in Canada with 300 staterooms and 30 second-class berths. It notes Norway’s pay equality for women postal workers, contrasts with modest American wages, and describes a plain gold engagement bracelet sealed with a tiny lock and key. The item ends urging readers to try one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Norway
France simplifies marriage law after costly certificates
The Abbe Lemaire argued that mandatory many certificates and expenses hindered marriages in France. Parliament altered the law to streamline the process. In the year since the change, marriages have risen by nearly 9,000 compared with any similar period since 1872.
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France
Lemaire
Women Swim From Battery To Coney Island
In a bold long distance event from the New York Battery to Coney Island the women participants showed greater endurance than the men. The report notes women are increasingly active in the sport and suggests a new era for female swimmers.
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New York Battery
Coney Island
Prize fighting tempts fame chasing ambitious men
The passage notes the lure of fame through great events lasting in song, moving pictures, and phonograph records. It warns that this allure tempts ambitious individuals toward prize fighting as a shortcut to lasting renown.
Jealous lover kills fiancée then suicide in La Grange
Louis Turner 27 shoots Dora Helmer 24 amid jealousy over her attention to another man. He then shoots himself and dies holding her in a farewell kiss. The couple, longtime sweethearts engaged to wed, had quarrelled after she attended a horse show with another man. Bodies laid side by side at the undertaker as gossips swirled.
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Chicago
Louis Turner
la Grange
Dora Helmer
Cholera Surges in Manila with 58 New Cases and 19 Deaths
Manila reports 58 new cholera cases and 19 deaths in the 24 hours to 8 AM. Officials aim to speed containment as infections spread. Governor General Smith calls a Philippine commission meeting to extend the campaign and reinforce guards around the city water supply to prevent pollution.
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Manila
Smith
Philippine Commission
Swindle Suspects Linked to Pittsburg Financier
Frank L. Steen son of a building inspector and Harold Bope, tied to Carnegie Steel and Andrew Carnegie’s partners, are in custody with two others. Police plan stronger charges as they probe illegal real estate dealings and licenses. Union Central Construction and railroad firms alleged to promoted land sales from Irondale and 80 000 acres in Texas and Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Steen
Pittsburg
Harold 8. Bope
H. P. Bope
Carnegie Steel Company
Andrew Carnegie
Bopen
Jody
Pelle Frank Lam
Bope
Steen
W. B. Haugh
Union Central Railroad of Texas
Haugh
Rope
Union Central Construction Company
Union Central Railroad Company of Texas
City to Action as Cholera Plague Grows
In St Petersburg from Saturday noon to Sunday noon 318 cholera cases and 141 deaths were reported, the highest in a similar period. Grammar schools and saloons are closed as the aldermanic council votes 250000 for more hospital space burial of victims and purchase of disinfectants. The plague is described as more destructive than the 1893 outbreak.
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St. Petersburg
Aldermanic Council
Bryan and Parker at Esopus and Hill at Wolferts Roost
William J. Bryan spoke at Esopus with Judge Alton B. Parker while former Senator David B. Hill spoke near Albany at Wolferts Roost. A pre dawn conference in New York City involved Bryan and National Chairman Mack.
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Albany
New York
William J. Bryan
Alton B. Parker
Esopus
United States
David B. Hill
Wolferts Roost
Mr. Bryan
Mack
New York City
Proprietor A. S. Austin Dies After Self-inflicted Wound
In Mount Pleasant Texas A S Austin a hotel operator cut his throat with a pocket knife in the Peterman hotel in view of his wife late Sunday. He calmly closed the weapon pocketed it and walked to the sidewalk where he fell and died within minutes before hundreds of Sunday promenaders.
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Mount Pleasant
Texas
A. S. Austin
Peterman
St Joseph to Host Major US Military Tournament
The War Department stages a week long event in St Joseph with 5000 regulars at Camp Everett Peabody on Lake Contrary. Brig General Charles Morton leads the Missouri department and secretary Wright, Major General Bell attend. Aeronautic tests led by C DeForrest Chandler and Lieutenants Lahm Foulois use the Baldwin dirigible ballloon with $5000 in prizes. Interstate live on with over 2000 attendees and up to $18000 in prizes.
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St. Joseph
Missouri
War Department of the United States
Camp Everett Peabody
Lake Contrary
Charles Morton
Department of the Missouri
Wright
Bell
C. DeForrest Chandler
Frank P. Lahm
Strike in England Threatens 1,200,000 Jobs in Cotton
Manchester reports 400 cotton mills shut as 130,000 workers reject a 5 percent wage cut. The strike is expected to throw about 1.2 million out of work and slash world cotton goods production in half as the wage dispute ends its scale with operators and workers.
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England
Manchester
Peace Union Opens With Duma Delegation in Berlin
The Interparliamentary Union conference in Berlin opened with 600 delegates including 30 Russian Duma members and eight Americans led by Rep. Richard Bartholdt. Prince Buelow welcomed attendees as discussions surveyed proposals for the Hague conferences of 1915 and 1916, a permanent international tribunal, compulsory arbitration, and an international court of naval prize.
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Berlin
Germany
Interparliamentary Union For the Promotion of International Arbitration
Reichstag
Prince Buelow
Duma
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Herr Bayer
Beernaert
Holland
Gobat
Switzerland
Woman Lured to Death Near Belle Isle Line
In Oklahoma City Mrs. Harry Pearson, 21, was fatally shot by Harry Parker, 28, a grain inspector from Iola Kansas, in Central Park addition near Belle Isle. Parker fled after the attack, and Pearson died that night. She had been invited to view property and to act as agent with a promise of half the sale earnings. Parker suggested a trip to Mexico before the shooting.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Central Park Addition
Belle Isle
Harry Pearson
Harry Parker
Iola
Kas
Pearson
Parker
Mexico
Prince De Broglie Opposes divorce suit in Paris
Paris reports Prince Robert De Broglie denies initiating divorce proceedings and says he will fight a suit brought by his American wife Princess Estelle De Broglie. Estelle Alexander West is a former San Francisco resident who married Sydney B. West in Chicago and later divorced.
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Paris
France
Prince Robert de Broglie
Princess de Broglie
Estelle Alexander
San Francisco
Sydney B. West
Chicago
Forest Fires Near Calumet Blaze Across Chippewa County
Fires rage within 200 feet of homes at Eagle River north of Calumet and widen across Chippewa county. Across the straits of Mackinaw fires extend on both sides with Stignac and Mackinaw City not yet menaced.
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Calumet
Mich
Eagle River
Chippewa County
Straits of Mackinaw
Stignac
Mackinaw City
Goelet Buys French Castle Near Paris for Wife
Robert Goelet of New York buys the chateau at Sandle Court near Paris for 300000. Former owner Marquis de Bauvoir, estate covers 2500 acres with an additional 2500 acres of adjoining woodland leased.
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Goelet
French Castle
Paris
Robert Goelet
New York
Sandle Court
Marquis de Bauvoir
Foraker Cancels Speaking Dates
United States Senator Joseph B. Foraker has canceled all speaking engagements in the campaign. He asked to be relieved of appointments arranged by the national speakers bureau and also requested the same for engagements in Ohio.
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Foraker
Cincinnati
United States
Joseph B. Foraker
Frank H. Hitchcock
National Speakers Bureau
Williams
Ohio Republican Committee
New American Flour Mark Found in Syria
A cable from the American Consul in Tripoli says Major Carson head of the bureau of manufactures in the commerce and labor department is to send full details and samples of cheap American flour grades to the Ottoman government. The request was promptly complied with.
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Washington, D. C
Syria
Tripoli
Carson
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce and Labor
Woman killed in auto crash near Buffalo and freight train
Mrs. Stephen B. Lee, wife of an Assistant Secretary at the Emie County bank, was killed while her husband, Mr. Lee, was fatally injured in a collision between their car and a Lackawanna freight train Sunday night. Mr. Lee suffered a fractured skull.
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Buffalo
New York
Stephen B. Lee
Lee
Emie @unty bank
Lackawanna
Mr. Lee
Ten Bullets Hit Man in Kingstown Pistol Duel
In Knoxville Tenn near Kingstown on Thursday James Moyer was shot ten times in a pistol duel with Percy Campbell. Campbell fled unharmed and escaped arrest.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Kingstown
James Moyer
Percy Campbell
Campbell
Tragedy at Princeton Gay Party Ends in Murky Death
Edward Ash shot and mortally wounded Tom Gardner during a late Saturday party in Princeton Missouri. Gardner died after Ash fled and later died on railroad tracks, presumed suicide. Both victims were twenty years old.
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Princeton
Missouri
Edward Ash
Tom Gardner
Gardner
Ash
August Immigration Totals Rise in Washington D C
August immigration reached 27 783 in Washington DC while August 1907 saw 98 825 newcomers. The figures show a sharp rise comparing the current month to the prior year with substantial migrant inflows recorded.
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Washington, D. C
Missourian Buys Morrison State Bank Interest
E Q Moss of Nevada Missouri has bought J T Woolsey’s stake in Morrison State Bank Morrison and will serve as president. W W Woolsey stays on as cashier. The bank is capitalized at 10000 dollars.
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Missourian Buys Bank
Guthrie
Okla
E. Q. Moss
Nevada
J. T. Woolsey
Morrison State Bank
Morrison
W. W. Woolsey
Gubernatorial Nominee Quits Race in West Virginia
Charles W. Swisher, regular Republican nominee for governor, announced his resignation as a candidate for governor in Charleston West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles W. Swisher
Alexander Starbuck Dead in Cincinnati Morning
Alexander Starbuck, noted naturalist and author, died by suicide in a government building in Cincinnati this morning. The prominent fisher and writer had long been associated with scientific and literary circles.
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Alexander Starbuck
Cincinnati
Ohio
Aleander Starbuck
Auctioned Last Slaves in Missouri Obituary of William W. Payne
William W. Payne who in 1858 as constable sold the last slaves in Missouri at city hall in Kansas City died Sunday at age 72. He presided over the final slave auction and lived a long life in the region.
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Missouri
Kansas City
William W. Payne
City Hall
Portuguese Prince Miguel Weds American Widow in Private Ceremony
Prince Miguel of Braganza, eldest son of Portugal's pretender, reportedly married privately to Mrs. Alice Carr Chauncey, a wealthy American widow formerly of Louisville, Kentucky, in Vienna.
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Vienna
Miguel of
Braganza
Alice Carr Chauncey
Louisville, Ky
Driver Killed in Auto Race at Atchison Farm
J L Robinson chief train dispatcher of the Missouri Pacific at Atchison Kansas was killed during an automobile race on the M A Low farm near Horton Kansas.
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Horton
Kas
J. L. Robinson
Missouri Pacific
Atchinson
M. A. Low
Reward for deserters delivered by civilians in wartime order
The War Department announced a reward of fifty dollars for deserters delivered by a civilian or civil officer at a military post or other designated place. In special cases, at the secretary of war's discretion, the reward amount may be reduced.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Secretary of War
German Editor Arrested in Mobile on Embezzlement Charge
Emil Brunnier of the German Staats Zeitung was arrested in Mobile on a charge of embezzlement. Mrs Johanne Mendel of Trieste Austria says she gave Brunnier 2000 crowns to exchange for American money and he returned a $406 check payable in October.
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Mobile
Ala
Emil Brunnier
Staats Zeitung
Johanne Mendel
Trieste
Austria
Brunnier
Alberti’s Safe Found Empty in Copenhagen
In Copenhagen the private safe of M. Alberti ex minister of justice now under arrest for fraud was opened on Wednesday and found empty except for a revolver and some coins.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
M. Alberti
German Torpedo Boat D 6 disrupts British Tyne maneuvers
British naval officials directing a torpedo boat exercise on the Tyne were angered by the sudden appearance of the German torpedo boat D 6 amid the drills. The incident heightens tensions during naval maneuvers in London.
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London
Tyne
Queen Wants Maid of Honor
London reports Queen Alexandra seeks a suitable maid of honor. The Queen desires a healthy attractive choice and is carefully screening candidates for the royal role.
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London
Alexandra
Funds Run Short Forces Illinois County to Postpone Jury
Rock Island county has exhausted funds and cannot pay jurors for the September circuit court. Jurors have been told not to report and may be idle until the May term after taxes are collected. Last year warrants were issued against expected revenues, but not authorized this year.
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Rock Island
Circuit Court
Edwards Must Stand Trial in Illinois Embezzlement Case
A requisition was issued on the governor of Massachusetts for the return to Chicago of John F. K. Edwards, now held in Marlborough Massachusetts, charged with embezzling $61,000 from G Gould Sr. The accused was secretary and general manager of the corporate entity.
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Edwards
Springfield
Massachusetts
Chicago
John 4
K. Edwards
Mak Jen
Mass
G. Gould Sr
Broken Thigh Causes Death in Ottawa Visit
Theodore Nicodemus of Ottawa Kansas died after breaking his thigh sliding from a bed during a visit to Lincoln. He was 74, weighed 250 pounds, and five children survive. Body sent to Ottawa for burial.
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Lincoln
Theodore Nicodemus
Ottawa
Kas
Found Dead on Tracks Near Mt. Vernon
Frank Hughes, 18, was found dead on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad tracks east of Mt. Vernon according to local report. Police awaiting autopsy results to determine cause of death.
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Mt. Vernon
Frank Hughes
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mark Burr to Face Murder Charge in Son's Death
Mark Burr, 72, long secluded hermit on the far west of St. Charles, is due to be arraigned on a murder charge for the killing of his son Harry after a dispute over Burr’s younger son Charles, now a Chicago attorney. Burr has rested under indictment for 14 years, with no explained trial date.
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Aurora
Mark Burr
Harry
Burr
St. Charles
Dny
Charles
Chicago
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St. Joseph, Mo
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Stirf
News OF Illinois
Alto Pass
William Wright
Higgins
Bloomington
Charles Barrett
Platt County
Lowden
Frank O. Lowden
J. C. Lacey
Stephenson County
James
Joe James
Renta
Sangamon County
Decatur
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Philo
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