Weekly Digest of Notable Global Events Humdrum to Dramatic
A roundup of late reports notes Mrs. Taft’s sister in law dies at Johns Hopkins, Hagland calls Britain rich and America rich per capita, Dudley dies of Bright’s disease, Crittenton leaves large charity bequests, Taft nominates judges, Columbus pilgrims planned, investigations into Life Insurance funds, Tulsa bank robbers killed, Schrack Sherwood fire, Bowler injured repairing car, steerage conditions study released, Leopold II's death triggers inheritance battles, Cook-Lose polar records dispute, Arbuckles settle with Treasury, three sisters charged in Osey Snead murder.
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Horace B. Taft
President Taft
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Harvey Cushing
George Parish
New York
Hagland
United States
Great Britain
Gen
W. W. Dudley
Indiana
Washington
Bright
John HE. Berwynd
Emmett Delton Williams
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
Kansas City
Duhharles N. Crittenton
Taft
Horace Harmon Lurton
Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
George A. Carpenter
Chicago
Ilinois
Bethea
Knights of Columbus
Rome
Genoa
Christopher Columbus
Federal Life Insurance Company
Tulsa
Okla
Schrack & Sherwood
Philadelphia
Charles Bowler
Asbury Park
N. J
Immigration Commission
Ama
Goysvamert
Zelaya
Solomon Islands
Royal Mail
Aorangi
New York City
House
Joseph Bergin
Burlington
Joilet
Ill
Dr. Cook
Cook
W. H. Stead
Ilinois Central Railroad
State of Illinois
Springfield
Illinois Central
American Sugar Refining Company
James F. Bendernagel
Williamsburg
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Shipley
Des Moines
Corinto
Leopold
Louise
Stephanie
Clementine
Queen Henrietta
Maud W. Johnson
Seattle
H. BL. Perham
American Federation of Labor
St. Paul
Capt. Osbon
Capt
Loose
Capt. Loose
Arbuckle Bros
United States Treasury
National Sugar Refining Company
Arbuckles
East Orange
Osey Snead
Leopold II
Madriz Chosen President of Nicaragua after Stormy Session
In Managua a unanimous Nicaraguan congress elected Dr Jose Madriz former judge of the Central American court of justice at Cartago as president. He urged harmony and equal opportunity while Estrada led revolutionists opposed to Madriz. Washington said US policy would not change until a responsible government is in place and reparation for wrongs to Americans is made.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan Congress
Jose Madriz
Central American Court of Justice
Cartago
Madriz
Zelaya
Madria
Leon
Estrada
Rama
Washington
Knox
Central American
State Department
United States
Rodriguez
Liberty
Justice
Justrada
Revolutionary Army
Fire destroys Arding and Hobbs store at Clapham
London reports a deadly blaze at the Arding & Hobbs drapery store in Clapham. At least three clerks die and many are injured as the five story, one acre shop with a hundred departments burns, believed caused by an electric bulb breaking among celluloid items. Damage estimated at 2.5 million dollars.
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London
Arding & Hobbs
Clapham
Indict More Sugar Men In Arbuckle Case
A federal grand jury probing sugar frauds indicted several former Arbuckle Company employees. Bench warrants issued. arrests awaited and names to be announced. Authorities say bribery of government weighers rather than scale manipulation drove the fraud at the Arbuckle refinery.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Arbuckle Company
Arbuckle
Another Fat Year for the Canadian West
Canadian harvests of 1909 promise a record yield with wheat profits estimated at 100 million dollars, oats and barley at 60 million, and other crops plus stock adding 40 million. American settlers flood western provinces, while editors and businessmen praise Canada’s frontier policies, rail expansion, and growing elevator and mill capacity across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Taft
Canada
Jas. J. Hill
Canadian Club
Winnipeg
United States
North-West
Iowa
Minnesota
St. Paul
Europe
Alberta
Canadian Mounted Police
Saskatchewan
States
Saskatoon
Lumsden
Thomas Shaw
Inesota
West
Manitoba
Rocky Mountains
Fort William
Port Arthur
Great Lakes
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Western Provinces
Home Made Bitters and Patent Proprietaries Advise
An 19th century advertorial snippet promotes a compound balmwort and syrups with whiskey for appetite loss and digestion, touts Pettit's Eye Salve for eyes, Perry Davis Painkiller for rheumatism, and Lewis' Single Binder cigars. It includes claims of longevity and consumer tips and light social quips.
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General News
Congress
Martha Sherwood
Tommy
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Perry Davis
Lewis