Global Newswire Sees Mixed World Events and Tragedies
World items include Graham White nearly completing a London to Manchester air race before forced descent by cold. Madam Tetrazzini appears post illness at Covent Garden for La Traviata. Roosevelt safari zoologist Heller labels a sable antelope as a new Roosevelt species from Mombasa. Belgrade telegram notes Colonel Maschin’s coup and royal massacre in 1903. Prussia balloon Delitzsch crashes near Reichensachen. four crew killed in thunderstorm likely struck by lightning.
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Graham White
Wormwood Scrubs
London
Manchester
Madam Tetrazzini
Covent Garden Theater
Edmund Heller
Riverside
Cal
Mr. Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Mombasa
Roosevelt
Belgrade
Maschin
Alexander
Draga
Bitterfield
Prussia
Saxonia
Delitzsch
Reichensachen
Hisenach
Efsendi
Pickett conservation bill passes house and notable obituaries
The House passed the Pickett conservation bill authorizing presidential withdrawals for conservation. Senator Hale announces retirement from the Senate. Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, dies at 75 at Stormfield near Redding Connecticut. He leaves a $1,000,000 estate and is buried beside his wife in Elmira New York.
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House
Hale
Senate
United States
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Mark Twain
Stormfield
Redding
Conn
Elmira
New York
M. de Volent
Mexico
A. de Stavisky
Berne
Foreigner Exodus Amid Turmoil and Political Moves Sparked by National Events
Reports describe foreigners fleeing disturbed Chinese provinces to survive while U S policy and legal actions dominate headlines. Attorney General Major ends meat investigation in St. Louis as beef packers face ouster efforts. Thomas Taggart announces Senate candidacy to succeed Beveridge. Death of Mark Twain mourned nationwide as political shifts unfold with Nebraska forestry bill and Senate retirements. Robbery strains and streetcar strike settled. Bryan meets Taft.
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China
St. Louis
Major
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
General Assembly
Albert J. Beveridge
United States Senate
Mark Twain
McCumber
North Dakota
New York
Supreme Bench
Julius Brewer
Burkett
United States
Senate
Nebraska City
National School of Forestry
Congressman Pollard
Nebraska
James Barton
American Board of Commerce For Foreign Missions
Hankow
G. W. Pratt
Methodist Episcopal Church
North Riverside
Cabrera
Hale
Aldrich
Missouri
International Harvester Company
Cannon
First National Bank of
Spring City
Tenn
Philadelphia
W. Bryan
Taft
Government Advances Lands and Projects in West
Secretary Ballinger withdraws about thirteen and a half million acres of coal lands in southeastern Montana for examination and classification. He also reclassifies 400,000 acres in Montana and 28,000 acres in New Mexico as not irrigable under homestead rules. A rivers and harbors amendment directs the War Department to test sand bags and brush protections on the Missouri River. The government reports building value above 300 million dollars with annual spending of 20 million, operating without insurance and sustaining minimal fire losses. Taft plans to defer a Lincoln visit between October 6 and il.
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Washington
Ballinger
Department of the Interior
Montana
New Mexico
Brown
Nebraska
Senate Committee On Commerce
Secretary of War
Omaha
Platte River
Missouri River
United States
Taft
Brown and
Burkett
Commercial Club
Lincoln
Suffragists Press Congress for Voting Rights in Petitions
Activities include women petitioning congress for suffrage while Taft addresses Daughters of the American Revolution. Reports note discussions of appointing Hughes to the Supreme Court and criticism of the president by Purcell. Other items mention Chang Shae disturbances, a forestry school bill for Nebraska City, typhoid case linked to Stella Swope, and political shifts in New York and Milwaukee.
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Congress
Paris
Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
Supreme Court
Chang Shae
Burkett
Nebraska City
B. C. Hyde
Stella Swope
Anna Houlihan
Kansas City
Purcell
Bryan Dlivered
Chicago Newspaper Club
General Sherman
Atlanta
Army’ Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Aldrige
New York State
Rochester
Victor E. Berger
Milwaukee
Hughes Named Associate Justice to Supreme Court
Washington president Taft accepted Governor Charles E Hughes of New York for the Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Justice Brewer. Hughes will remain New York governor until October and take the oath when the fall term opens. The move raises questions about his NY campaign role, but Taft says Hughes is a man of wide experience and usefulness on the bench.
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Washington
Taft
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Hughes
Senate
David J. Brewer
Supreme Court
Crop Damage Uncertain After Cold Spell
Reports from several railroads indicate the recent cold spell did not cause material crop damage. The full extent remains uncertain until a warmer period arrives and allows a complete assessment.
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Omaha
Secretary affirms land office ruling in Scott vs Ferguson
The secretary of the interior affirms the land office decision Cancelation of Bert Scott's homestead entry in Alliance Nebraska land district on appeal from William Ferguson.
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Omaha
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of the Land Office
Bert Scott
William Ferguson
Homstead
Alliance, Neb
Heinze Indictment Counts Dismissed In Bank Case
Seven of the fourteen counts in the indictment against F. Augustus Heinze for handling Mercantile National Bank funds while president were dismissed by Judge Hough in the U S circuit court. The judge sustained the remaining counts in the consolidation indictment.
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Hough
United States
Heinze
Western Canada As A Grain Producer
Gust Anderson of Maidstone Saskatchewan, formerly from Minnesota, details his three years in Central Canada. He reports strong yields in 1908 and 1909, with high quality wheat and oats despite frost, plus favorable rains May through August. The article notes high grades in February inspections and suggests continued potential for wealthy farming with effort.
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Gust. Anderson
Maidstone
Sask
Minnesota
Canada
Dominion
Not If I Can Help It A Home Like Her Own
A suitor explains there will be no grumpy father or nagging mother to scold, no abusive siblings, and no younger sister demanding trashy novels. He declares he will not provide a home like the one she has endured, promising a different future.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago
Kansas
William H. Bixby
United States Engineer Corps
William L. Marshall
Leavenworth
Congress
Taft
William H. Upson
Ohio
Akron
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burlington
Ncrth
Lincoln
Nebr
Byron
Mulga
Alabama
Puck
W. J. Ford
National Roofing Co
United Doctors
Omaha Institute
Neville Block
Sixteenth and
Harney Streets
Omaha
Neb
Saving His Life in Peking Sing Loo Miracle
A humorous tale recounts an Englishman hiring doctors in Peking. His servant praises Sing Loo as the great physician who finally saves the life after two other doctors failed. A separate joke from Harvard Lampoon follows about egotism.
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Peking
Sing Loo
Postum for Mothers Nourishes Family and Dairy Strength
Readers praise Postum as a coffee substitute that sustains nursing mothers and boosts a child’s nourishment. A mother credits improved health for herself and her five year old, noting proper boiling time is essential for flavor. The letter invites others to try and share experiences with Postum.
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Wellville
Schurman Champions Rockefeller Foundation Charter
President Schurman of Cornell endorses a national charter for the Rockefeller foundation. He urges a broad, long term remit to advance morals, art, science, and public welfare, with a proposed trustee selection change favoring presidential appointment with Senate consent after a generation. He defends vast philanthropy as beneficial to humanity and civilization. Hard Hearts Meltover United Doctors Omaha story follows.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Council
Congress
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell
Rockefeller Foundation
Schurman
Rockefeller
United States
Senate
Airship Zeppelelin II Destroyed After Escape
The dirigible Zeppelelin II of Germany’s air fleet broke its moorings during a storm near Limburg an der Lahn and drifted to Wellburg where it smashed to pieces. There was no crew aboard as it descended from Homburg toward Cologne and landed in a northeasterly drift.
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Limburg-an-der-Lahn
Zeppelelin II
Homburg
Cologne
Wellburg
Train brakes avert disaster near North Yakima
Spokane reports a Burlington passenger train on the Northern Pacific line was saved from disaster when the engineer hit the brakes after striking a defective switch near North Yakima. Engineer Gordon of Ellensburg and fireman Meyers of Pasco were killed in the derailment.
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Spokane
Wash
North Yakima
Burlington
Northern Pacific Railroad
Gordon
Ellensburg
Meyers
Pasco
Girl Held as Dynamiter in Prairie City Case
Miss Mary Guthrie of Carthage, Il, is arrested after a dynamite blast severely damages the $12,000 residence of Jesse A. Quick, three miles east of Prairie City. In the home were Dr. Alexander Hall of Colfax and his bride, formerly Miss Myrtle Quick. both escaped injury. The two were once engaged.
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Prairie City
Jesse A. Quick
Mary Guthrie
Carthage
Alexander Hall
Colfax
Guthrie
Myrtle Quick
Tragic Fall Drowns Jersey City Boy at Pond
Louis Rose a ten year old boy from Jersey City dies after running for a foul tip in a baseball game and falling headfirst into a shallow pond. He drowned as rescuers pulled him from the mud.
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New York
Louis Rose
Jersey City
Autos to Cross Cascades Bridge Plan Near Snoqualmie Pass
Seattle reports the state highway commission will order immediate construction of the Snoqualmie pass road to connect eastern and western Washington completing a continental automobile route. Only about 15 miles remain to be bridged.
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State of Washington
Snoqualmiie Pass
Seattle
Wash
State Highway ‘Commission
Snoqualmie Pass
Cascade Mountains
Children should be protected from wage slavery says Gompers
At a Civic Federation convention in Washington Samuel Gompers warned that children suffer under wage slavery and should be shielded from it. A street scene on East Side Street showed two children in distress with a crying girl and a boy claiming another has swallowed a worm.
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Samuel Gompers
Washington
The
Civic Federation
Tommy
A Real Story A Lobster Named Mike Sparks Debate
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century advert style piece features Pat declaring Mike “a lobster” after a table banging moment. It mixes comic character talk with medical health advice about exposure to cold and pneumonia and pitches Patent medicines for cold and constipation. The tone mirrors sensational period medical advertising.
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Mike
Pat
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Sweases Co
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