Washington notes on fleet, Goldfield, and forest add
Federal reply to Moffatt of Standard Oil calls his pamphlet evasive and labels him a hardened law-breaker. Rear Admiral Brownson resigns as chief of naval bureau of navigation. Cameron Winslow named to succeed him. President creates two additions to San Gabriel national forest in Southern California. Col. Woodbury cites Pacific coast risk if navy cannot prevent landings by 20 000 enemy troops. Senator Newlands protests troop withdrawals from Goldfield. Pacific fleet sails to Rio Janeiro. Christmas festivities mark Port of Spain visit with luncheons races and regatta.
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Washington
Moffatt
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
W. H. Brownson
Naval Bureau of Navigation
Rixey
Cameron Winslow
San Gabriel National Forest
California
Col
Woodbury
Department of the Columbia
Pacific Coast
Newlands
Nevada
Taft
Goldfield
Mixed 1908 events span graves to theater and tragedies
Reports include the opening of Thomas Cruce's grave at Highgate to verify remains, a Kansas evangelistic push for 1908, Emogene Kinner found near Penn Yan, Lord Curzon entering Ireland peer vacancy, the Cleveland Hippodrome opening, Charles H. Perry's death in Providence, Edith Ashley shot by her lover, a fatal house fire near Hamden, Kennedy consecrated in Rome, Chicago mail errors near ten million, and a long‑lived man becoming a father at 87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Charles Cruce
Highgate
London
Kansas
Emogene Kinner
Penn Yan
N. Y
Michigan City
Ind
Charles H. Perry
Providence
R. I
Edith M. Ashley
Abington
Mass
Samuel H. Stetson
Boyer
Hamden
Mgr
Thomas ¥. Kennedy
American College At
Rome
Adrianapolis
Chicago
Jean Henri Thiry
Long Island City
Multiple 1902 events span politics crime and disasters
The report lists diverse incidents including a mid Atlantic stop for surgery on a passenger, Nevada calls for federal troops in Goldfield, murders and suicides in Vermont and Lincoln Nebraska, naval critique admission, a Sydney archbishop’s death, a Boston house fire, train wrecks in Michigan, and political resignations and appointments across several states.
Exhumation Confirms Cruce Body in Highgate Grave
Thomas Charles Cruce is confirmed by an official exhumation at Highgate cemetery as the remains in the 1864 coffin. The find disproves claims that a lead roll lay in the coffin, and undermines witnesses who swore otherwise. George H. Druce vows to press his Portland dukedom claim despite the findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thomas Charles Druce
Highgate
Robert C. Caldwell
Cruce
Home Office
T. C. Cruce
Thomas Charles Cruce
Druce-duke of Portland
George Hollamby Druce
George H. Druce
Portland
High Gate Cemetery
Duke of Portland
Taft outlines navy need and Filipino self rule stance
Boston reports quote Secretary of War taft saying a strong navy acts as insurance against war and should be funded. He also told 400 ministers that only seven percent of Filipinos are educated for self government, suggesting independence may be a generation or two away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Art
Elysium Club
Taft
Great Quake Recorded From Albany to Laibach Shocks
An early Monday earthquake was logged at the Albany State Museum indicating a distant epicenter about 4 500 miles away in the Cordilleran region of the Americas or Pacific west of Mexico. In Laibach observers reported four hours of violent shocks with the center possibly between Mexico and Colombo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
State Museum
Cordilleran
Central
South America
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
Laibach
Austria-Hungary
Belar
Colombo
Sparks Calls Extra Session
Carson Nev Gov Sparks on Monday announced an extra session of the legislature to convene January 14 1908. For 24 hours he had been flooded with dispatches from across Nevada and beyond urging the session to address labor troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks
Carson
Nev
Nevada
Five Months in Hospital Healing Kidney Troubles
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota describes five months in a hospital and a terminal prognosis. After using Dean’s Kidney Pills he says his heart, sight, kidneys and energy improved and he has felt well since. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi P. Brockway
S. Second Ave
Anoka
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Tramp Demands Food For His Dog From Lady
A hobo fleeing a savage bulldog explains to a bystander that his initial plan to beg has changed. He asks the woman to give any surplus food she has to his dog rather than himself.
Burial Request For Martha Higgins At Two Tomorrow
An old woman asks a message be given to the vicar when he returns. She requests that Martha Higgins be buried at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, as noted in London Punch style dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Higgins
London
Stop That Cough With Browns Bronchial Traches Ad
A vintage ad copy warns to stop coughs before they become chronic using Browns Bronchial Traches touted as the best preparation. It notes a laxative bromide product and a one day cold cure claim, plus other trade lines for cigars and social sayings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W.grove
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Sir Henry Moore Jackson
Trinidad
Trindad
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Atlantic
Edward Butterfield
Vermont
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New York Navy Yard
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George B. Hartzell
John Lambert
Jenkintown
Philadelphia
Daniel Murphy
Hobart
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Amazon River
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Thomas Worrall
Lincoln
Neb
Omar Rochette
Montreal
Duma
Republican State Central Committee of
Grand Trunk
Lenox
Mich
John Clark
Watertown
Vandalia
Smithboro
Emory Brown
Sorento
Ill
Camden Point
Gus Stanley
New York
Gus
Queen Dora
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Maxwell Spencer
Burlington
William A. Mercer
Carlisle Indian Industrial School
D. H. Boughton
War College
Ft Leavenworth
Platte County
Missouri
National Guard of
Nebraska
Iowa
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United States Supreme Court
United States
Germany
Pennsylvania Railroad
Camden
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George W. Burnett
Greenville
Henry F. Terry
Brooklyn
Muskogee
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Ore
James Simpson
Farmers’ National Bank of
Keper
J. Frank Zahm
Toledo
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Lethbridge
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Henry Thaxton
Birmingham
Ala
Delta Tau Delta
University of Illinois
Champaign
J. C. Cain
Des Moines
Henry Wulff
Iinois
Cora Marie Arnold
Denver
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N. M
Albino Chavarria
Hackensack Meadows
Harrison
N. J
Charles W. Fairbanks
A. B. Anderson
John R. Walsh
John 8. Miller
Albert G. Beauisne
Chicago Daily News
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Kings Powder Mills
George W. H. Davis
Farmers’ Grain Company
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Manitoba
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Raleigh
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Hastings
Pope
Il Rinnovamento
Milan
Charles W. Abbott
Warren, R. L
Commodore Perry
Japan
United States Infantry
Brownsville
Reuben H. Warder
Lincoln Park
Park Board
James B. Conkling
Middleton
Reading
Roland P. Stokes
John Y. Hoffman
Father John of
Cronstadt
St. Petersburg
Whittier
Los Angeles
Broward
Florida
William Jones Bryan
Jacksonville
Stephen Russell Mallory
McKeesport
Glassport
Duquesne
Allied
Monongahela Valley
Ernest G. Stedman
J. Cc. Lyons Building and Operating Company of
Charles Trowbridge
Leutenant
Thirty-third
United States South Carolina Volunteers
Minnesota State Capitol
St. Paul
Man IN Druce Tome
Lewis
Sime
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Rah
Smith
Smith Premier Typewriter Co
East
van Buren Street
Stevens County
Mines
Lewis C. Spogner
Great Frisco
Wilmar Land Company
Vwners
Tarlock
Stanislaus
Shen
Johnson County
Johnson County Realty Company
Clarksville
Arkansas
Worthing & Algerco
Hillsdale
Mick
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