News of a Week in Condensed Form At Home and Abroad
A rapid digest of international and national items: religious leadership dispute in East Windsor, aviation funding urged by Secretary Dickinson, Michael Fogarty murdered in Newburg, German elites alarmed over Maria Tarragona memoirs, Manchuria opened to foreign nations, Judge Collins returns to Chicago, Shonts jewelry incident at port, Kyrle Bellew plans world tour, postal deficit slashed, Homestead Krupp ingot claims world size, Bedouin massacre in Kerak, Vincennes murder trial verdict, Havana street duel, Morgan Perkins resignations and new partners, floods in Portugal, Salome at Covent Garden, Mary Baker Eddy will distribution, Honduras unrest, U S court ruling on coal railroads, Nan Patterson marriage, Montclair school costs study, Colorado court election, Harras released, Tacoma anti-treating ordinance, Toronto riot aftermath, Portuguese finance arrest, Whitman death, burglary loss in Hempstead, Madeira cholera crisis.
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Robert Charles Hannon
East Windsor
Germany
Signora Maria Tarragona
Manchuria
Peking
Panama Zone
Lorin C. Collins
Chicago
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Railway
New York City
Kyrle Bellew
Charles Frohman
London
Hitchcock
National Civic Federation
New York
Seth Low
Homestead Steel Works
Pitsburg
Kerak
Syria
Vincennes
Ind
Menlo Moore
Charles H. Gibson
Havana
Severo Moleon
Sanchez Figueras
House of Representatives
J. P. Morgan & Co
Edward F. Whitney
George W. Perkins
Wiliam H. Porter
Chemical National Bank
Thomas W. Lamont
First National Bank
Portugal
Covent Garden
John the Baptist
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science Church
Honduras
Republic
United States District Court
Eastern District
Pennsylvania
Temple Iron Company
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn., From Menominee, Mich
Nan Patterson
Sumner Prescott
Marinette
Wis
Montclair
N. J
Paul H. Hennis
Harvard University
W. N. Ruby
Colorado Supreme Court
Robert W. Steele
George D. Harras
Sioux Falls
S. D
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Harras
Ministry of Finance
Maria Pia
Bing Manuel
Charles Otis Whitman
University of Chicago
Joseph Tener
Hempstead
Funchal
Madeira
Government tackles smugglers and import frauds continues drive
Attorney General Wickersham reports success in prosecuting smugglers and undervaluers and pledges relentless anti fraud action. Citizens react with ongoing enforcement as law officers pursue illicit import practices nationwide.
Lorimer Acquitted After Senate Bribery Inquiry
A Washington subcommittee vote found no basis for bribery charges in Senator Lorimer’s election. The panel will prepare a report to send to the full Senate for ratification, with testimony showing no proof of bribery despite prior indictments and confessions tied to Browne Broderick Wilson and Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Committee On Election
William Lorimer
Lorimer
Senate
Subcommittee
United States Senate
Charles A. White
Illinois
O’fallon
Robert E Wilson
Lee O’neil Browne
H. J. C. Beckemeyer
Michael Link
White
Lee O'Neil Browne
Springfield
Chicago
Link
Beckemeyer
Cook County
Lee O
Neil Browne
Sangamon County
John Broderick
Robert E. Wilson
Joseph Clark
Vandalia
Broderick
Wilson
Clark
Cook
Sangamon
Criminal Court
Taft Nominates White Chief Justice and Other Justices
President Taft sent the Senate the nomination of Associate Justice Howard Douglass White to be chief justice of the Supreme Court, which the Senate confirmed. He also named Wilis Van Devanter of Wyoming and Joseph Rucker Lamar of Georgia as associate justices, plus five new Court of Commerce members and two Interstate Commerce Commission nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Senate
Howard Douglass White
United States Supreme Court
Wilis van Devanter
Wyoming
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Georgia
New Court of Commerce
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert W Archbaid
United States
Middle District
Pennsylvania
Wiliam H. Hunt
Court of Customs Appeals
District of Montana
John Emmett Carland
South Dakota
Julian W. Mack
First Haineis District
B. H. Meveront
Wisconsin
C. C. McChd
Kentucky
Illinois Happenings Tells Of Theft, Accidents And Meetings
A sequence of Illinois items reports Otto Jeffers accusing George Emery of breaking into a home and stealing clothing and two bank checks totaling 83.40, with identifying marks noted. Also covered are a car plunge injuring Pana Ice and Cold Storage manager P M Davidson and liveryman John Hinden, sheriff changes in Joliet, a Brown family tragedy in DeKalb from tartar emetic, a Tolono wedding, a bank robbery at the Centennial National Bank in Virginia, a farm hand’s corn-husk record, a childhood gun accident in Beardstown, a fatal clothing fire in Chicago, a Tuberculosis seal warning in Springfield, and a McKinley Interurban crash with injuries.
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Shelbyville
Otto Jeffers
George Emery
Jeffers
Emery
Christ
Pana
P. M. Davidson
Pana Ice and Cold Storage Company
John Hinden
Tower Hill
Joliett
Thomas Stevenson
Will County
Stevenson
DeKalb
BE. J. Brown
Champaign
Annie Kelley
Tolono
Chicago
Clarence Dillavou
Dillavou
Jacksonville
Centennial National Bank of Virginia
Patrick Kinney
Norwood
George Shelly
Beardstown
Floyd Ebbert
Dee Ebbert
John Thompson
Jeffery Avenue
Springfield
Frank E. Wing
Tuberculosis Association
American National Red Cross
Wing
National Red Cross
McKinley Interurban
Starnes
Danville
Peoria
J. T. Roderick
Munyon's Cold Cure Advertises Quick Relief
Munyon's Cold Cure promises rapid relief for colds and prevention of grippe and pneumonia. The ad cites a 25 cent bottle, portable in a vest pocket, with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. It offers free medical advice by mail from Munyon's Doctors and lists Philadelphia as the contact address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon
Menvon
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Notable Aegis Of Pills And Patent Remedies In Ad Fragments
A clippings-style notice features claims for Dr Pierce's Pellets as stomach and bowel regulators and for Hamlina Wizard Oil promising swift throat relief. It also includes a Dickens quotation and a writer editor exchange about literary accuracy.
Two of a Kind and Tax Dodgers
The exchange questions whether a published list of millionaires exists. Bronson replies that no list is published but notes you can likely obtain a roster of individuals who dodge their taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbins
Bronson
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Wash
Hay
Alaka
Hawaii
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Marine Corps
Cobra Island
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Orty
Duke of Portland
England
New York Health Department
Lovie Hermann
Cleveland
U. S. Senate
Justice White
Louisiana
Milo Y Stevens & Poo
Wey
Wrashington
Dearbo
Met
Witggerald & Co
Pat.Attys
Box K
Dr. Pierce
Dickens
Hamlina
Zest
Post
Postum Ceres Company, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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