Happenings of a Week Highlights Roundup of Notables
William S Buchanan dies in London from suspected heart disease while serving as minister to Argentina and Panama. Gonzalo de Quesada named as arbitrator in Orinoco Steamship case against Venezuela. George Wharton Popper speaks at Providence convention. Edith Perkins donates 30000 for Harvard Iowa scholarships in memory of her husband. George A. Edes dies in Oakland cancer of the throat aged 69. Charles Ripley wins Brill prize for electric car design. Clyde Fitch's estate unsettled with potential $1,000,000 value. Samuel Gompers hailed on return from Europe. Taft lays cornerstone at Fort Sam Houston memorial chapel. Yorktown celebrates Washington surrender anniversary. Willie Boy commits suicide on Bullion Mountain. Jack Johnson retains heavyweight title after defeating Ketchel. Verity plans $3 million plant for American Rolling Mill. Barcelona bombings kill five. 27 bombs in four days. Barrill claims Cook falsified diary dates. Cook denies. Taft to appoint Panama canal commissioner at $14000 salary. 285 county crop reporters, 194 over twenty years service. George Shima hosts second annual potato buyers banquet. Spain on edge of civil conflict after palace bombs. Taft and Diaz meet in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. Cook to lead expedition to Mount McKinley summit. Storm kills 37 across several states. National Purity congress opens in Burlington. Illinois Mayors discuss commission form government in Elgin. Portola festival begins in San Francisco. National Spiritualists meet in Rochester. Chicago printers seek unified price standards. Mrs Georgie Ferguson argues women’s ballots via state committees and platforms. Marines land in San Francisco to aid fire response. Cook reiterates bringing Eskimos to U.S. to counter Peary claims.
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William S. Buchanan
Argentine Republic
Panama
London
Gonzalo de Quesada
United States
Permanent Court
The
Hague
Republic of Cuba
Orinoco Steamship Company
Venezuela
George Wharton Popper
Philadelphia
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Providence
R. I
Edith T. Perkins
Burlington
Harvard University
Iowa
Burlington Railroad
George A. Edes
Horace Greeley
Mark Twain
Oakland
Cal
Benjamin Franklin
Boston News Letter
Charles T. Ripley
University of Illinois
Brill Company
John G Brill
Clyde Fitch
W.G Fitch
Hartford
Samuel Gompers
Washington
Europe
A W. Rucker
Colorado
Lake Lane
Mindanao
Philippines
Inland Daily Press Association
Chicago Press Club
F. D. Throop
Muscatine
Middle West
Pittsburg National League
Detroit American
Taft
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
George Washington
Willie Boy
Bullion Mountain
California
Jack Johnson
Stanley Ketchel
Colma Arena
San Francisco
George M Verity
Middletown
American Rolling Mill Company
Barcelona
Spain
New York Globe
Edwin N. Berrill
Frederick A. Cook
Mount McKinley
Barrill
Cook
Atlantic City
N. J
Panama Canal
Blackburn
Kentucky
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
George Shima
Stockton
Shima
Royal Palace
King Alfonzo
Diaz
Mexico
el Paso
Ciudad
Juraez
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Arkansas
South Carolina
National Purity Congress
B. Steadwell
Illinois Mayors’ Association
Elgin
San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate City
National Spiritualists’ Association
Rochester
N. Y
Chicago
Georgie Ferguson
People's Church
Samuel Adams
Buffalo
North Pole
Peary
Multiple Train Collisions and Robbery Report Across U S
Reports detail a Kansas and Colorado east bound freight collision near Leeds Missouri injuring twelve with no fatalities, a derailment near Dayton's Bluff Minnesota killing a switchman Thomas Bird and injuring others, plus a bank robbery in Avon Minnesota with theft and flight on a Soo Line freight. Additional items note a Canadian Pacific immigrant train collision near Sudbury Ontario with one minor injury, a St Louis San Francisco derailment near Tahlequah Oklahoma killing engineer A P Vance and injuring passengers, and Nicaragua's civil conflict under Gen. Estrada drawing thousands to join.
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Kansas & Colorado
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Leeds
Kansas City
BH. B Driscoll
Paris
Dayton's Bluff
Minn
Thomas Bird
Chicago
Taft
Lincoln Memorial Hall
Hodgenville
Lincoln Farm Association
Bank
Avon
Holdingford
Soo Railroad
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sudbury
Ont
St. Louis
San Francisco
Tahlequah
Oklo
A. P. Vance
Nicaragua
Hstrada
Quote by Henry Amiel on a man’s worth
A reflection on character over possessions and actions. The quote asserts that true value lies in who a person is rather than what they possess or accomplish. It emphasizes virtue, integrity, and inner qualities as the measure of worth.
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Henry F. Amiel
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Illinois
Kellogg’s
W. K. Kellogg
Omaba
Neb
Toasted Corn Flake Co
Omaha
P.G. Holden
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake CO
Battle Creek, Mich
DR. D.jayne
D. Jayne
Carters
UTES
S. B. Bisbee
Bank of Hamilton Chambers
Hamilton
Ontario
Kansas City Southern
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
F.E. Roesler
K.C S. Ry
B.G. Siggers
Will J O’donnell
Atlas Street
N.Y
Coalinga Federal Oil Co
Cortlandt Street
New York
E. Colenar
DCG. Booksfreerences, Best
Texas Gulf Coast
Provident Land
Dept. A
Helena
Mont
Cascarets
Perfection
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Japan
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