Notable Social and Political Notices Across the Nation
Mrs Maud Glavis accuses her husband Louis Glavis of offering a government post and legal fees to end their marriage in a Seattle affidavit. Capt Robert Scott sails from London to join Terra Nova in New Zealand. Dorothy Miller weds Matsuzo Shofu in Omaha. Mary Baker Eddy marks her eighty ninth birthday at Brookline. Florence Mastick wrongly receives jewelry delivery and reports it to police. Joseph Van Buren dies aboard Prinz Eitel Friedrich en route to Naples after years in Hong Kong. Princess Agatha of Ratibor is excommunicated for marrying a Protestant prince.
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Maud Glavis
Louis R. Glavis
Seattle
Wash
Gravis
Robert E. Scott
London
New Zealand
Dorothy Miller
East Thirty Eighth Street
Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Matsuzo Shofu
New York City
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Brookline
Eddy
Florence Mastick
New York
Joseph Sheffield van Buren
Naples
Egypt
van Buren
Hongkong
Agatha of
Ratibor
Frederick William
Potsdam
Multiple Early 20th Century U.S. News Items Across Nation
Reports from Omaha New Orleans Beverly Mass Winfield Kan East Liverpool O Hare Chicago and Springfield summarize. The American Association convention opens in Omaha Governor Shallenberger welcomes visitors. Street car strike in New Orleans averted with pay offers. Taft and party sail from Beverly for an eight day Maine cruise. Speaker Cannon collapses from heat at Winfield remarks briefly. Detective Rickett shoots Albert Keddie in East Liverpool amid alleged confrontations. Debtor Harris Wheeler seeks relief from debts in federal court. Grand Trunk Central Vermont strike vote totals show overwhelming support to strike. Mary Stout confesses to Sheriff Warner in Springfield Illinois stating John OConnor deputy game commissioner was killed by a shot through his home window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Omaha
Shallenberger
New Orleans
Taft
Beverly
Mass
Maine
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Winfield
Kan
Albert Keddie
Ira Rickett
Anti-Saloon League
East Liverpool
O. Keddie
Rickett
Alvin Dawson
Harris Ansel Wheeler
Winois National Guard
Chicago
Grand Trunk
Central Vermont
Murdock
John O’connor
Warner
Mary Stout
Springfield
John O'Connor
Ballinger Seen As Qualified Interior Secretary Pick
The joint congressional committee finds Richard A. Ballinger wise and conservative and capable of directing the interior department. Milwaukee raises 30000 for the Knights of Pythias encampment in August. Former Pittsburgh councilman M L Swift Jr faces eight months in jail and a 100 dollar fine for bribe votes. American Flint Glass workers seek a 10 percent wage increase at Atlantic City talks. Ernst Paul Weber ordered deported on embezzlement suspicions tied to Bank of Egypt. Pittsburgh suits allege 140 violations of the 28 hour act in livestock transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
Joint Congressional Committee
Department of the Interior
Milwaukee
Knights of Pythias
M. L. Swift, Jr
Pittsburg
Toledo
Atlantic City
Ernst Paul Weber
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Bank of Egypt
Cairo
Pennsylvania Lines West
A. B. Garrettson
Order of
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Pennsylvania Railroad Lines
Erie
Buffalo
Chicago
Taft
Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Kherson
Black Sea
Wampoa
Lovki
Detroit
Red Cross
H. B. Gardner
St. Louis
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Harselle
Liege
Chevalier de Laminne
William Pittman
Madrid
Bluefields
Managua
Nicaragua
Olvares
State Department
Dr. Madriz
Ballinger Favored as Interior Exonerated by Joint Committee
The majority report of a five month congressional inquiry clears Secretary Richard A. Ballinger of charges by Pinchot Garfield and Glavis. It states Ballinger acted properly, urges his continued leadership, and outlines findings on the Cunningham coal claims reclamation service water power sites and the shift of certain Indian service control to the forestry bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Richard A. Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
James R. Garfield
Louis Gravis
Joint Congressional Committee
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Forestry
Department of Agriculture
Flint, Sutherland
Root
McCall
Denby
Olmstead
Madison
Purcell and
Fletcher
James
Graham
Nelson
Mgr. Ballinger
Cunningham
Reclamation Service
Ballinger
Garfield
Indian Service
Forestry Bureau
Worcester narrowly escapes Moros plot on Palawan
Dean C Worcester secretary of interior for the Philippines faced an assassination attempt on Palawan Island as renegade Moros staged a trap during his visit. His bodyguard fired in time, killing three attackers while Captain Moynihan of the scouts led the response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Dean C. Worcester
Philippines
Palawan
Worcester
Sulu
Moynihan
Crippen Arrives in Montreal Passengers Hide Crimen Suspect
In Montreal, TH J Airress and two stewards confirm Crippen the London murderer reached the White Star liner Megantic on Sunday. A passenger attended by Airress and a woman named Carruthers drew suspicion. The pair rushed to disembark and vanished, prompting police to suspect Crippen fled to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Que
Doctor Crippen
London
Scotland Yard
Megantic
TH. J. Airress
Airress
Carruthers
Crippen
Adam and Eve Themed Play Prompt Shared
Dialogue shows a family scene where a boy named Eddie defers an object to Jessie while a child plans an Adam and Eve game with temptation as a theme. The exchange hints at sibling dynamics and imaginative play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie
Jessie
Cuticura Soap and Ointment For Hands Care
For preserving hands and preventing redness roughness and chapping Cuticura Soap with Cuticura Ointment offers velvety softness and whiteness. Recommended for those working with corrosive liquids or rough occupations bathe in hot creamy lather dry and ointment at night wear loose gloves to protect clothing. Cuticura remedies sold worldwide by Potter Drug and Chem Corp Boston Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Wordplay on pronunciation in a libretto clash
The manager mocks an original libretto noting villagers sing happy and gay. The poet counters that the g should be soft, saying happy and say. The passage ends with a wry remark about women seen as beautiful when angry but usually mean and ugly then.
Advertisements and quips from a Victorian era page
A collage of old product pitches and satirical lines. Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup promises teething relief and gum softening while Lewis' Single Binder cigar and an original tin foil smoker package are featured. A wry note warns men to avoid pride and mortgage the ship for nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound touted for female ailments
In letters from Oronogo and St. Louis, women describe relief from nervousness bearing down and backache after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. The ad claims the remedy cures inflammation ulceration displacements and fibroid issues and notes low cost with high perceived value for sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oronogo
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra Mar McKinaur
St. Louis
Pydia E. Pinkham
At. Herzog
Prescott Ave
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General News
Supreme Court
William J. Kelly
Brooklyn
N. Y
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Rock Island
1.L
Theodore Roosevelt
John Struble
Clinton
Decatur
Hawley H. Crippen
Belle Elmore
North
Congressional Investigating Committee
Minority Report
Interior
Pinchot
Glavis
U. S
Repeat Crippen
Canada
Eadie
More Pinkham
Cascarets
Harold Somers
DeKalb Ave
Tosmopolitan Magazine
Boom G
Buoapwar
New Your Cree
Herpes
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore, MD
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