Weekly Note Rundown of Wars Panics and Labor Strife
A rapid digest notes President Taft mourns Major Wyatt at a National Theater service in Washington. The State Department reports no evidence of Japanese land aims in Mexico. The post office bill removes tight rules on workers contacting Congress. The Utah battleship scores 100 at 11 000 yards in new dreadnought tests. Rail freight handlers in Chicago strike after a wage offer. Jerry Simpson’s widow forecasts Champ Clark’s future presidency. Government suit against U S Steel proceeds in New York. Confederate Veterans begin annual meetings in Macon Georgia. Cunard liner Tiltonia reaches Halifax after a gulf into ice field. Anthracite miners push for ten percent wage rise or strike. Senator Tilman fights for support despite health limits. Mystic Shrine convention draws thousands in Los Angeles. Floyd Allen murder trial jury seated in Carroll County. Marion Daily Mirror sold to Cleveland buyers. Mississippi levee breaks threaten sugar plantations. Suffragists march through New York with diverse groups. Chicago presses strike widens as printers’ unions join. Missouri conference denounces Taft and Wilson. A yachtlike schooner found near Bridgeport. Southern delegates press for a colored bishop at Minneapolis. Eastern railroads face wage demands risking tens of millions. Anthracite talks collapse in New York. Chicago pressmen strike disrupts editions. Beale destroyer launched in Philadelphia. Milwaukee transit runs amid ongoing worker walkouts.
Foreign Mexico provisional president proclaimed amid rebel advance
Emilio Vasquez Gomez, a lawyer, is proclaimed provisional president as Gen. Pascual Orozco’s rebel forces threaten the federal base at Torreon. Juarez is named provisional capital but likely to move to Chihuahua.
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Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Mexico
Pascual Orozco
Torreon
Juirez
Chibtabna
Illinois Child Burns Fatal Bonfire Accident
News from Springfield and surrounding towns reports Susie Topovick three years old dies from burns suffered near a bonfire north of the city. Her brother George five and Ludwig Egger thirteen are critically burned after rescue efforts. Ludwig helped free Susie and himself burned about the head arms and face. Other items note May day exercises at Illinois Woman's College with queen crowning, salary boosts for doctors at Soldiers Home in Quincy, Jerseyville mausoleum plans, and various local incidents across the state.
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Springfeld
Susie Topovick
George
Ludwig Egger
Ludwig
Susie
Topovich
Jacksonville
Illinois Woman’s College
Millicent Rowe
Jessie Campbell
Rowe
Teland T. Powers
Fear of Character Haunts a Drunk Planter Named Harry
A Kansas City Star note recounts how Harry, a faithful servant of a cotton planter called M'Sam, fell asleep drunk in a wagon. His son Job found him, the planter later hauled the wagon under a shed, and Harry awoke asking if M'Sam had pulled him under.
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Harry
M’sam
Marie Sam
Job
Haally
Jon
Sam
Kansas City Star
Cure for eczema with Cuticura remedies praised
Miss Sarah Calkins of Waukegan Illinois describes a years long eczema outbreak covering her body and limbs. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for four months she was completely cured and says itching sleepless nights ended within days. She notes they remain her preferred skin treatment and that free literature is mailed from Boston.
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Sarah Calkins
Waukegan
Mar
BOM PLC
Dennis Murphy Falls During Airplane Lesson
Mrs Murphy asks about her son Dennis who fell from his airgloplane during a correspondence lesson. Mrs Casey notes he stopped mid lesson, implying an accident or pause in training. The exchange underlines concern for the boy's safety and ongoing aviation study.
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Murphy
Dennis
Casey
Cole's Carbon Salve Claims Quick Burn Healing
An advertisement promotes Cole's Carbon salve claiming rapid burn and cut healing with scar prevention. It offers free samples by writing to J. W. Cole & Co. in Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River
Wis
Garfield Tant Health Note Unknown Refire Context
A fragmented note mentions taking Garfield Tant for digestion and health and references people learning things of no value to them. The unreadable text provides no clear event, date, or named entities beyond the ambiguous Garfield Tant item.
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