Important News Notes Of A Week Condensed For Busy Readers
Ambassador Wilson seeks a marine detachment for Mexico City protection. A Geneseo Illinois building site bill for 75 000 dollars is before Congress. Washington committees debate the Taylor system in government shops while Crozier blocks abolition at Watertown. Filibuster raids disrupt pension votes. eighty members arrested. Mahlon Pitney nomination to Supreme Court stalled for further review. Possible House Rules call for a study of the American Woolen Company after the Lawrence strike. Stephenson election fate to be decided March 25 as Utah Senator Sutherland leads the committee report due to Senator Heyburn’s absence for eye issues.
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American Woolen Company
Congress
House Committee On Rules
Lawrence
Mass
Sutherland
Utah
Elections Committee
Washington
Stephenson
Senate
Heyburn
Atlantic City
Trial date set for Darrow on juror bribery charges in McNamara case
Domestic Clarence S Darrow ex chief counsel for the McNamara brothers is to stand trial May 14 in Los Angeles for allegedly bribing jurors in the James B McNamara dynamiter case now serving life at San Quentin. Government rests in Golconda Cattle Co case in Carson City Nevada over 27 000 acres of allegedly illegally fenced range land. Six homeless men die in Chicago tenement fire leaving 114 companions trapped by locked exits. Five die and nearly sixty injured as derailment of the Continental Limited near West Lebanon Indiana leaves cars off rails. A broken rail blamed. New York seeks 2 890 000 from Pennsylvania Steel for breach of contract on Queensboro Bridge. Kentucky Senate votes 24 to 6 against cigarette sales ban. Rice and Scheftels plea guilty to conspiracy and mail fraud. Rice gets one year jail. Scheftels suspended sentence. Theodore Roosevelt endorsement by Texas Republican Executive Committee. John T Sneed killed by tenant. killer commits suicide. John Beal Sneed linked to Boyce case. John Mitchell refuses to pledge loyalty to future judicial decrees in DC Supreme Court matter.
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Clarence S. Darrow
McNamara Brothers
Los Angeles
James B. McNamara
San Quentin
Redwood Bridge
West Lebanon
Ind
Continental Limited
Wabash
Naval Leaders Change Commands in Pacific Fleet
Rear Admirals Chauncey Thomas and William H H Sutherland assume high posts in the Pacific fleet as the West Virginia flagship departs. A breach of promise suit seeks 25000 dollars from Hans Schumann-Heink of Singac New Jersey, on behalf of Johanna Alice Forner of Dresden. A silver loving cup once awarded to Aviator John B Moissant is given to his sister Matilda Moissant. Lily Peterson is reclaimed by her mother Mrs Kilbourne after a nine year absence in which she was taken to Australia following her father’s flight. the reunion occurred in Victoria British Columbia aboard a steamer from Auckland.
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United States
Trenton
N. J
Hans Schumann-Heink
Singac
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Johanna Alice Forner
Dresden
Germany
John B. Moissant
New Orleans
Matilda Moissant
Lily Peterson
Australia
Multiple incidents reported in Winnipeg and abroad
A factory explosion at the Radford-Wright sash and door plant in Winnipeg killed seven people with one possibly mortally injured, a wall collapse causing the fatalities and injuries. Other items note explorations by Amundsen and Scott, a papal decoration for Miss Katherine Conway, a 12 hour federal rebel clash near Douglas, efforts by suffragettes in London, and an assassination attempt on Rothschild’s child in St Swithin's Lane London.
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Radford-Wright Company
Winnipeg
Man
Leopold Rothschild
Mr. Rothschild
St. Swithin’s Lane
London
Labor upheaval across Europe threatens global sailings
London reports a massive coal miners strike wave with about one million in England, 175,000 in Germany, and France planning a 24 hour action. A general three-country strike could halt navies and cripple industries, while Belgium's miners may join if France acts, risking spread to southern Europe.
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London
England
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Atlantic
St. Paul
Oceanic
Baltimore
Olympic
Philadelphia
New York
Southampton
France
Organization of Miners
Europe
Belgium
Society Woman Arrested for Threat to Kill in Washington
Mrs Harley Calvin Gage of Dupont Circle was arrested on a threat to kill Charles J. Bell president of the American Security and Trust company and nephew of Alexander Graham Bell. She was sent to St Elizabeths Hospital for the Insane without a hearing.
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Washington
Charles J. Bell
American Security and Trust Company
Alexander Graham Bell
Harley Calvin Gage
Dupont Circle
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Counterfeiter Gets Stiff Sentence For Pill Counterfeit
William Fink of Brooklyn New York was sentenced to four months at hard labor in the penitentiary for counterfeiting the Carter's Little Liver Pills trademark. Judge Deuel emphasized harm to the public from faked medicines and aimed to deter future frauds.
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William Fink
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York Court of Special Sessions
Carter Medicine Company
Fink
Deuel
Carter
Edith Files Suit After Engagement Break
Edith announces she will sue Jack for breach of promise following the broken engagement.
Castoria Reminder Seeks Trusted Signature on Bottles
An old advertisement urges careful inspection of Castoria bottles for the signature of ELA AL In Use For Over 30 Years. The notice notes Fletcher's Castoria as a safe remedy, emphasizing children’s demand.
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Fletcher
Brokers Trade Tales From The Street In A Reading Scene
In a brief market vignette two brokers recall a customer who every day watched the ticker for hours and paid cash for all buys. A rival adds a Reading and Union tale of a trader who turned $5000 into $50000 in six months, then moved into first mortgage bonds and quit. The exchange ends with a shared admission of defeat.
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Reading
Puck
Afraid to Look Up Family Tree Jokes Surface
A brief exchanges shows Becca teasing that someone fears checking his ancestry for fear of discovering monkeys hanging from the branches. The quip reflects a playful family tree gag amid light humor.
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Becca
From the North Country A Coffee Habit to Health Restored
A letter from a rural reader describes habitual coffee use harming his health and sleeplessness. He switched to Grape-Nuts and Postum, noting steady mail delivery, improved energy, appetite, digestion, sleep, and even eyesight. The testimonial ends urging readers to try the products.
Free goods catalog offers clothing and furniture at no cost
Walker Co operative Club promotes a free catalog of 8 000 articles including clothing and furniture with 24 page No 13. Write today for the catalog. Also mentions Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and Garfield Tea as remedies while noting political campaign rhetoric and a remark about Lapland for children.
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Walker Co-operative Club
W.&h. Walker
Pittsburgh, Pa
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Wilson
State
War Departments
Mexico City
Geneseo
Senator Cullom
House Committee of
Taylor
General Crozier
Watertown
Rock Taland
House of Representatives
Taft
Mahlon Pitney
New Jersey
Harlan
United States Supreme Bench
Pitney
Golconda Cattle Company
Carson City
Nev
Chicago
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Queensboro
East River
Kentucky
George Graham Rice
Bernard H. Scheftels
B. H. Scheftels & Co
Rice
Scheftels
Theodore Roosevelt
Texas State Republican Executive Committee
John T. Sneed
Georgetown
Tex
R. O. Hillard
John Beal Sneed
A. G. Boyce
Captain Boyce
Sneed
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Wright
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Judicial Tribunals
Chauncey Thomas
West Virginia
William H. H. Sutherland
Pacific Fleet
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Robert F. Scott
Pope Pius
Katherine E. Conway
St. Mary’s Academy
South Bend
Hiias
Agua Prieta
Chuchurera Ranch
Douglas, Ariz
Holloway
America
Harley C. Gage
Edith
Alice
Jack
Tom
David Harum
Posium Co
Battle Creek
Pierce
Lapland
Ae Rau
Dealers' Orient Direct
Birdley-Somers CO
Fifth Avenue
Imystone Varnish CO
Garbutt
Hdady St
San Francisco
Northwestern Teachers’ Agency
Boise Idaho
School OF Astrology
Dept. B. Boise
Idaho
Watson J. Coleman
West Pattington
D.C
Western Canada
Canadian
Prince Albert
Sask
Julius 8
Woodward
Board of Trade
Pt. L
Adams County
Soverino
Peterson
Hellinger
Rogue River Valley
Grants
H.R Jeffers
Murphy
Daiséisstyi River
Allen
Lynxville
Wis
Alberta
B. Wright
Rughitt Avenue
Superior
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Anitoba
Ottawa
Canada
Bremphton
Serehanteloan & Treat Hay
Y Geo
Aird
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