Poison Pervades Vienna Army Posts and International Talks
A Vienna counterpoisoning scare shocks officers promoted to captains as mailed pill samples claim lives by cyanide. Separately Britain faces an invitation to join an international conference on sealing in North American waters, while Germany negotiates terms for Chinese railway loan shares with Britain and France to allow American participation. The French episcopate splits on strategy for Catholic voters in upcoming elections.
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United States
Great Britain
North America
Colonial Office
Canada
London Foreign Office
Germany
State Department
Turinase of
Hancy
Vienna
Mader
Navy orders gunboat Princton to join Vicksburg at Corinto
Multiple brief items report naval movements with Princton ordered to Corinto Nicaragua to join Vicksburg at that port. Other notes include Speaker Cannon defending house rules, a Henry County case overturning John Looney's will, railroad commissioners meeting for harmonized action, and a Denver teacher found insane while teaching. The Panama canal sees increasing navigation, and officials discuss upcoming good roads congress in Topeka.
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Princton
Navy Department
Corinto
Nicaragua
Vicksburg
Cannon
Kansas City
Broadway
Henry County
Ilinois
John Looney
Charles
Harry Looney
Valparaiso
Ind
James Looney
Washington
Denver Public
James Freeman Curtis
Boston
United States
U.S. Treasury
Panama Canal
Bay of Panama
San Francisco
Panama
South America
Topeka
California
Charles C. Crocker
New York
Great Plains Reconnaissance Party
United States Bureau of Soils
Victoria
Tex
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Borah
Samuel Gompers
Cooper Union
Ladies’ Waistmakers
J. S. Clarkson
Myra Smith
Lima
Ohio
Baron Albert Rothschild
Vienna
Schillersdorf
Upper Silesia
Theodore Roosevelt
W. W. Cocks
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Five Killed as Trolley Hits Auto Near Los Angeles
A trolley car collision near Los Angeles left five family members dead and two others fatally injured as an auto was struck. Local authorities investigated the crash and its casualties amid a day of other national news reports.
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Los Angeles
Navy yards to be revolutionized by forthcoming board report
The special naval board chaired by Rear Admiral Swift is expected to submit recommendations to the secretary of the navy that will transform American navy yards. Officials withhold specifics, but experts anticipate a focus on concentration as a central theme.
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Special Naval Board
Swift
Secretary of the Navy
Frederick Grant
Department of the Great Lakes
Wilbert Crafts
Washington
International Reform Bureau
Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
United States
Interior Department
Smith River
Montana
Congress
Ralph Peters
Long Island Railroad Company
Taft
Peters
Illinois mine bodies may never be recovered
Various items note a range of political and business matters. Officials and executives face charges, appointments, and changes in leadership. The period includes a major mine disaster, a governor general appointment, a death from surgery, and notable corporate actions.
Taft Plays Postponement on Postal Savings Banks
White House talks indicate no immediate action on a postal savings bank system or the monetary commission report. President Taft may delay consideration until next year while aiming to use deposits to fund government bonds, with Congress focusing on tariff, anti trust, and interstate commerce amendments.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Monetary Commission
Representative Weeks
Massachusetts
House
Senator Lodge
Weeks
Taft
Payne
Sereno E. Payne
New York
St. Paul
Department of Justice
Wickersham
Frank B Kellogg
State board to buy Wayne normal and fund new school plan
The old state board of education will seek to purchase the Wayne normal for 90000 dollars and evaluate starting a fourth state normal school in the northwest Alliance has offered eighty acres for the site. The board's actions follow legislative appropriations and court rulings on board control.
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Wayne Normal
Old State Board of Education
State Normal Schools
State Normal School
Bressler
Wayne
Brome
Omaha
Alliance
Thompson
Normal Board
Brian
Bishop
Luther P. Ludden
Lincoln
B. L. Shellhorn
Peru
H M. Childs
York
N P. McDonald
Kearney
D W. Hayes
Crabtree
Peru State Normal
Thomas
The
L. P .Wadden
Supreme Court
Arthur Mullen
Junior Normals
Kearnes Normal School
Childs
Shellhorn
L. P Ludden
Cheap Coals
Dialogue humor note about a man near the railway line who jokes he pays nothing for coal and grimaces at passing trains as they go by.
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Smythe
Jones
Cook Missing Explorer Found in New York Return
Dr Frederick A Cook was located in New York area and his brother W J L Cook released a statement saying he is recuperating and near New York after vanishing Saturday He is said to be on the edge of a nervous breakdown and retirement is deemed necessary Also notes advance lumber prices in Winnipeg with western Canada mills calling traveling salesmen due to high orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederick A Cook
W. JL Cook
Explorer
Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Cures for Skin Eruption Highlight Cuticura Trio
An advertisement cites a Chicago man applying Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills to a severe skin eruption. It states itching ceased within days and all traces disappeared in about three weeks, with no recurrence since. Includes date notes and sponsor Potter Drug & Chow Corp.
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H. A. Krutskoff
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Potter Drug & Chow, Corp
Bolo Props
Loston
Trouble Brews Among Cubans After Palma Fall
In Havana the political atmosphere remains obscure with rumors of efforts to remove President Gomez by persuasion or force nine months after Cuba’s republic was reestablished. Vice President Zayas is named as a potential head of the nation.
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Havana
Palma
Cuba
Gomez
Zayas
Reformers to Reserge Congress in Washington Conclave
Reform organizations plan a conclave in Washington from December 12 through 17 to address Congress. Speakers invited include President Taft Andrew Carnegie and General Frederick D Grant. Delegates will attend sessions urging changes in liquor drug and related laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Taft
Andrew Carnegie
Frederick D. Grant
Westerner Gives Large Gift to Clergy Pension Fund
In New York at St George's church Rev Dr J J Wilans announced a $50000 donation toward a 5 million fund to pension Episcopal clergy at 64 or earlier if disabled. The donor remains unnamed, a middle west resident. The campaign has $300000 raised so far from a Richmond conference two years ago.
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New York
St. George's Church
J. J. Wilans
Episcopal
Middle West
Richmond
Benefit of Home Training
A family discusses their son Willie who has been heard swearing on the street. His father angrily heads upstairs to teach him a lesson, but stumbles on the stairs before reaching the boy. The mother intercedes, remarking that one harsh lesson may suffice.
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Willie
William
Robert
Scott
Judge
Kneeling Proposition Mirth Fades as Pony Moore Dies
Pony Moore, once famed minstrel and a veteran Chicago show figure, dies at 80. A manager recalls his jokes and a memorable scene where Moore, with a toes run over incident, delivered a quip about Liza Johnson. The anecdote highlights Moore’s long stage career and humor.
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Pony” Moore
Moore
Chicago
Lize Johnsing
Liza
Calhoun White
Miss Johnsing
Cal
Featherly in Line for Bread at Mrs Hendricks Inn
In a comic exchange in the Bazar, Mrs. Hendricks praises Featherly for a rare trait he shows while living at her inn. Dumrey agrees Featherly is not quick enough, highlighting a humorous dining moment.
Marks on Silverware Patent Design Indicators
A note explains that Sterling denotes genuine silver in silverware. The term patent signals that the specific article design is patented and that the item is genuine silver.
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the Treasury
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Ada Ballou
Gage
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Joe Camp
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Comptroller
First National Bank of
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Steele City
Winside
Neb
Onoura
Bukoko
Japan
Guggenheim
Colorado State Normal School
Canadian Pacific Railway
Rocky Mountains
Minn
Walter H. Sanborn
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Union Pacific Coal Company
Guiseppe Raiello
Black Hand” Society
Cincinnati
Leavenworth
Kas
Charles N. Haskell
Muskogee
Herbert John Gladstone
Home Affairs
United South Africa
William M. Laffan
Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
New York Customs House
Standard Oil Company
Castro
Venezuela
Co. L. Winchell
Rock Island Road
E. M. F. Automobile Company
Detroit
Corrnegy Agt
State House
State House Briefs
Rouse
State Banking Board
Diana Health and Accident Association of Oxford
Walter Divan
L. W. Rork
W. M Banta
F W Hall
A. E. Smith
Dave Rowden
Soldiers
Milford
State Treasury
A. A. Sharkey
Rowden
Board of Control
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Cook
London
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Lieut Shackleton
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Frente
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