Notable deaths and appointments headline early items
Ezra Kendall dies suddenly at a Martinsville sanitarium due to apoplexy. Z T Trumbo appointed chief clerk of the Illinois state reformatory by Gov. Deneen. Charles B Ball elected trustee of the American Society of Plumbing Inspectors and Sanitary Engineers after deras convention in Trenton. Warren Grand, 14, builds a Bleriot‑type airship to begin flights pending weather. Roosevelt named speaker of the house in a new congressional plan. Fingy Conners to answer questions on2 million dollars of stock. Arthur Shibley dies after wounds from a maniac. William Beverly Murphy, prominent paper maker, dies of stomach cancer. Elsie Sigel dies in New York. grandmother of murdered Elsie Sigel. Bishop Cyrus D Foss paralyzed in Philadelphia trolley ride. Miss Marjorie Gould to wed Anthony J Drexel Sr. engagement announced.
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Ezra Kendall
Martinsville
Ind
Z. T. Trumbo
Pontiac
Ill
Illinois State Reformatory
Deneen
Charles B. Ball
Chicago
American Society of Plumbing Inspectors and Sanitary Engineers
Trenton
N. J
Warren Grand
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Congress
William J
Fingy
Conners
New York
United States Independent Telephone Company
Arthur Shibley
Gotham
William Beverly Murphy
Middle West
Appleton
Wis
Elsie Sigel
Franz Sigel
Cyrus D. Foss
Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Marjorie Gould
George J. Gould
Anthony J. Drexel, Sr
Governors End Conference In Washington As Lesson Not Legislation
Newsnotes report governors wrapping up their Washington sessions with views of the talks as schooling rather than a plan for federal action. Boxing scene includes Battling Nelson knocking out Eddie Lang in Memphis ahead of California bout with Ad Wolgast next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Battling Nelson
Ad Wolgast
California
Eddie Lang
Chicago
Memphis Athletic Club
Cold Springs
New York City
Croton Dam
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Webbwood
Ont
Spanish River
Natchez
Miss
Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis
Ind
National Democratic
Harry Norton
Confessions, seizures, and high-stakes legal battles across nations
Reports detail James K. Hall's confession aboard a prison ship after a murder inquiry into Anna Schumacher's killing in Rochester. Other items cover a four-nation plan to guard the Pribiloff seal herd, a Chicago murder case with a severed head, Harry Thaw's bankruptcy, and various legal actions in Missouri and Illinois.
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Anna Schumacher
Rochester
N. Y
James K. Hall
Southern
Pribiloff Islands
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
Jennie Cleghorn
West Seventeenth Street
Chicago
Harry K. Thaw
W. B. Blair
Pittsburg
Alice Copley Thaw
Spring Lake
Levy
Pekin
Stead Et al
Major
Missouri
Supreme Court
Beef Trust
New York City
Post Office Department
Hamburg
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Brussels
Belgium
Whitechapel
London
Paul O. Stensland
Henry W. Hering
Milwaukee Avenue
James
Kentucky
University of Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Michigan
Battle Creek
Ann Arbor
Lem Loy
Saginaw
Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company
Lathrop, Haskins & Co
J. M. Fiske & Co
New York State
Clark William
George Smith
Mes Henry Smith
Wall Street
Taft to Press Antitrust Bust Against Similar Corporations
Administration plans immediate suits against many firms modeled on Standard Oil and American Tobacco after Supreme Court rulings favoring the government. Justice agents study potential targets as the beef trust probes begin with grand jury subpoenas in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Supreme Court
Washington
American Tobacco Company
Penning
United States
Taft
Standard Oil and Tobacco
Department of Justice
Wall Street
Congress
Wilson
Congressional Committee
District of Columbia
Chicago
Beef Trust
United States Grand Jury
District Attorney's Office
Banker's $28,000 robbery after Fifth Avenue meet
Warner M. Van Norden, president of the Van Norden Trust Company, was robbed of $28,000 after returning a dropped pocketbook near the Waldorf Astoria. Two women, Bessie Roberts and Annie Williams, alias Chicago Maggie, are in custody in $30,000 bail as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Warner M. van Norden
van Norden
Oatmeal Trade and a Balloon Threat Tale
The piece notes Quaker Oats strong export to Great Britain and Europe, praising its cleanliness and flavor while contrasting American production. It also recounts Col Coler Cleary's balloon ascent and his panic shout to be pulled in as the rope ran out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Newcastle
Scotland
Quaker Oats Company
Europe
Col. Cleary
Wilder
God’s house lights spark a child’s party thought
A mother and daughter stroll past a large church. Julia, puzzled by the bright windows, asks whose house it is and declares God must be having a party during Sunday services.
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Julia
Real Early Rising Farmer Rivalry Tale
Farmer Brown and Farmer Jones argued over who woke first. Brown rose at two o clock to test the claim and found Mrs Jones hanging clothes in the garden. She quips that Jones was first part of the mornin but she does not know where he is now.
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Farmer Brown
Farmer Jones
Resinol Cited By Doctor For Skin Eruption Cure
Dr. F. M. Stevens of Dover New Hampshire praises Resinol as a wonderful cure for eczema and itching. He notes a patient spent over 100 dollars on remedies and was cured with a single 50 cent jar. The testimonial highlights dramatic before and after improvements.
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F. M. Stevens
Dover
N. H
Modest Doctor Shuns Grand Title at Rural Service
A city doctor on vacation attends a Sunday service at a country church. After the sermon, members greet him and one asks if he is a Methodist. He replies modestly that he is “just an ordinary doctor,” sparking a light-hearted exchange.
Catarrh Cure Promises Cure For All Stages
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh as a constitutional disease. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 if it fails, and invites testimonials. F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo promote the remedy as a universal cure with accompanying pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Mall
He Asked Too Much and Other Tiny Love Quips
A humorous fragment portrays a 47 second engagement with a cuckoo clock. Clara asks George to promise eternal love, he asks, she replies she does not expect to live that long. The piece humorously notes that a man not swayed by success must have a stiff neck.
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Clara
George
Omaha Fever Over Dayton Healer L T Cooper Sparks City Turmoil
Omaha Nebraska January 26 The city is stirred by L T Cooper president of the Cooper Medicine Co of Dayton Ohio who is marketing cures and claiming to cure rheumatism and stomach ailments with public demonstrations. Reports from the east praised his work while local physicians doubt the claims.
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Omaha
Nebraska
L. T. Cooper
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
Cooper
East
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