Happenings of a Week Roundup of World Events and Notices
A weekly digest reports on Dr. Frederick A. Cook seeking rest near New York amid secrecy, notable political and social events from Taft to Cuba, university appointments, a royal voyage, and a mass eviction in Ludlow. It notes World trip safety for women, changes in pensions, and publicized public and private figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Cook
New York
James M. Green
Trenton
N. J
Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools
Washington
J. Wilbur Chapman
Charles Alexander
Singer
Australia
Orient
Victoria
B. C
China
W. F. Goodspeed
Helen Deshler
Columbus
Theodore Roosevelt
Bessie Wood Aspinwall
Newburg
N. Y
Cecilie
Cherbourg
Annette Gardner Munro
Portland
Ore
University of Rochester
Vespasian Warner
United States Pension
Taft
Warner
Duke of Roxburghe
Quorn
May Goelet
Miners Die in Harrisburg Southern mine blast and Davenport blaze
Andrew Nelson and Thomas Smith perished in the Harrisburg Southern mine near Hildora Michigan after a gas explosion. Davenport Tennessee faced a three hour blaze that destroyed ten homes originating from the A. N. Roberts Company warehouse. losses reach one hundred thousand dollars. Separately a 1908 US Department of Agriculture bulletin says over 150 million pounds of cigar tobacco and about four times that amount of other tobaccos were grown in the country. David Simpson of Mint Hill New Granada was shot dead by neighbor Will Harris. Dr Frederick A Cook’s polar claim records are in Walter Lonsdale’s possession awaiting submission to Copenhagen University. Parliament postponed Englands budget debate for a week after peers sought more time. In Cherry Illinois, after 150 bodies were found, rescue attempts ceased. flames blocked surface access and the mine was sealed. no survivors expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti- Saloon League of America
Chicago
Wilson
Iowa Implement Dealers’ Association
Des Moines
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Taft
Hughes
United States
Charles A Towne
New York City
Cuba
Zayas
Gomez
Ludlow
Mass
Ludlow Manufacturing Association
Walter Wellman
Washington
Robert B. Peary
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
Verand
Paris
Fallieres
Manuel of
Portugal
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Congress
W. L. Park
Union Pacific Railroad Company
New York and New
James H. Dobbs
Columbus
William Thompson
Emmeline Parkhurst
Philadelphia National Baseball Club
Horace §. Fogel
John Kling
Hatfield Conrad
Highland Cemetery
Great Falls
Mont
Maj
H. D. Bulkey
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Baltimore
Margaret Smith
Minnie Wright
Rochester
N. Y
Winnipeg
Man
Montreal
Irons
Belgium
Children’s Aid Society of
New York
Andrew Nelson
Thomas Smith
Harrisburg Southern
Hildora
Davenport
A. N. Roberts Company
Department of Agriculture
David Simpson
Mint Hill
N. G
Will Harris
University of Copenhagen
North Pole
Walter Lonsdale
Denmark
Eng
House of Commons
Cherry
Consul in Danger Sparks Washington War Council
Washington officials are in feverish state as marines may land to rescue Caldera the American vice consul in Nicaragua. Zelaya threatens him amid rising anarchy and a second insurgent force eyeing the presidency. Officials fear multiple contenders could unleash further trouble even after Zelaya is removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State
Navy Departments
Caldera
Zelaya
United States
Nicaragua
Navy
Dickinson
Gen
Bell
Taft
Des Moines
Nicaraguan
Cannon
Grace
Estrada
Richmond
Irias
Sugar Trust Alleged Large Scale Robbery Revealed
A New York whistleblower claims the sugar trust stole vast sums from the government over 15 years, with a $3,000,000 payment cited as a fraction of total losses. Senator Borah plans a congressional investigation and believes two thirds of the Senate may back the resolution. The writer accuses trust heads, not workers, of orchestrating the schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sugar Trust
New York
Loeb
United States
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Senate
Benefit of Home Training in a Grim Family Moment
A father asks about his son William in the supper hour. The mother reveals William is upstairs in bed after being heard swearing on the street. The father storms up, stumbles, and breaks off the lesson as the mother gently chides him to temper his anger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
William
Robert
Scott
Cure for Severe Skin Eruption Through Cuticura Trio
Patient describes initial small pus filled eruptions spreading to many areas with intense itching that tore skin. After trying doctors and various remedies, he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills leading to relief in days and disappearance of eruption in weeks with no recurrence. Kansas? Noted address H A Kruts koff Chicago. NL November 18 and 28 1907. Potter Drug & Chem Sole Props Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Krutskoff
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Sole Props
Bostou
A Man of Resource in Stage Business
A provincial actor asks for ten cents to buy a shaving. He explains he has played Hamlet for four days and his beard is growing. The manager replies that they will switch to Othello.
Freed At Last and Julius Caesar in Bed
Mrs. Rachel Ivie of Henrietta Texas credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring her health after fifteen years of kidney trouble and two years of immobility. The piece ends with a quip about Julius Caesar and a caution that prescriptions should not be shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Ivie
Henrietta
Texas
Dean
Dean’s
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Pa What Is a Football Coach
Pa asks what a football coach is and the reply mentions an ambulance as a likely answer. The exchange mirrors a joking, offhand dialogue with a hint of danger or urgency implied by the ambulance reference.
Lost Registered Letters Found in Queer Place
Five registered letters from Schuyler disappeared on The Overland Limited No 2 on Friday November 5. The pouch catcher failed to catch, the pouch fell under wheels and mail scattered. the letters were later found undamaged on the tracks under the dining car, prompting an investigation by Postoffice Inspector L A Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuyler
Omaha
Postoffice
L. A. Thompson
Council Bluffs
Union Pacific
Correctness in figures for a new appointment
The speaker notes a Monday start and a strict emphasis on accuracy in figures from the principal. This reflects a concern with precise calculations and attention to detail in a professional setting.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted by Cheney Co
Catarrh is described as a blood or constitutional disease requiring internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is presented as an internal treatment affecting blood and mucous surfaces, not a quack remedy, with testimonials and price 75 cents. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for wash and a separate joke about marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J, Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Resinol Ointment Praised by London Reader
A reader from London endorses Resinol Ointment as the best healing salve found, stating they have used it for two years and would never give it up. The testimonial highlights its effectiveness and personal satisfaction with the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Dain
London
Eng
Wisdom and remedies from old ads and proverbs
A collection of misused proverbs and early 20th century advertising lines. It hawks Wizard Oil for chest colds and Davis Painkiller as a remedy while promoting Lewis’ Single Binder cigars and poking at social stereotypes about women and husbands.
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General News
Legation House
Senator Borah
Julius Caesar
Shackleton
Queer Place
Publius Syrus
Aseerry Davis
Lewis
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