Weekly News Notes Highlight Dashes and Debates Across Nation
A roundup of notable items includes Congressman Carter clashing with clerks in Washington over his daughter Italy Carter, a migrant hobo convention led by James Eads Row, and Maj. Gen. Grant praising Army temperance. Reports cover farmers forming cooperative markets, a Virginia murder trial twist, John Gates estate news, and canal water cuts at Cornwall Ontario.
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Charles D. Carter
Oklahoma
F Street
Washington
Italy Carter
James Eads Row
Bartholdt Presents Von Steuben Statue to German Emperor
Diplomatic gesture shows Congressman Bartholdt of St. Louis presenting a statue of General Von Steuben to Emperor William in Berlin on behalf of the American people. Italian government reports 1635 cholera cases and 693 deaths in Italy for August 20 to 26. Paris sees a campaign to lower food prices as unrest grows. Agitation and some violence spread to 30 to 40 towns in northern France. Dispatches from Copenhagen and Stockholm recount mutinies in the Norwegian army amid socialist propaganda, with serious riots and officers defied.
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Richard Bartholdt
St. Louis
Emperor William of
Germany
General von Steuben
Berlin
Italy
Paris
France
London
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Noted readers figure in Tweed era era dies at Lake Mahopac
Personal Peter Barr Sweeny, linked with the Tweed administration and cleared in the exposure, dies at his summer home on Lake Mahopac from injuries. John Eilerton Lodge, son of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, wed Miss Mary Connolly at Boston’s Holy Cross Cathedral rectory. Joseph Jefferson III dies at Buzzards Bay from epilepsy. Upton Sinclair plans a play about his Delaware prison experience.
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Peter Barr Sweeny
Tweed Administration
New York
Lake Mahopac
John Eilerton Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mary Connolly
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Boston
Connolly
Mr. Lodge
Joseph Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson III
Buzzard’s Bay, Mass
Gotch Downs Hack in Two Straight Falls in Major 1908 Bout
Frank Gotch, the world champion, defeated George Hackenschmidt in two straight falls in under 20 minutes before about 35,000 spectators. Gotch won the first fall in 14:18 with an inside leg hold and chancery, the second in 6:32 with a toe hold into a crotch and half nelson. Hackenschmidt offered little resistance, showing less heart to withstand Gotch’s punishment. Referee Smith signaled victory as Farmer Burns lifted Gotch’s flag, and Gotch admitted surprise at the ease of the win.
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Chicago
George Hackenschmidt
Frank Gotch
Hackenschmidt
Gotch
Hack
Smith
Farmer Burns
Governor Deneen Injured in Automobile Accident
Governor Charles S. Deneen sustained a broken left leg when his car rolled backward down a hill after brakes failed near Farmingtondale. He received medical care at the executive mansion with a temporary cast and anesthesia. Mrs Deneen, Frances, Bina, their infant, a nurse, and chauffeur Otto Swansen were not seriously hurt.
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Springfield
Charles S. Deneen
Farmingdale
Deneen
L. C. Taylor
Taylor
Frances
Bina
Otto Swansen
Beattie Adheres to His Story at Chesterfield Court
Beattie testifies in Chesterfield Virginia claiming a bearded highwayman shot his wife and killed her beside him. His father Henry Clay Beattie Sr. supports the account as the defense fights to spare him from the electric chair. The testimony echoes the defendant and coroner’s jury statements with precise detail.
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Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Beattie
Chesterfield Courthouse
W. R Holand
Midlothian Turnpike
Chesterfield
Reniah Binford
Paul
Henry Clay Beattie
New Ideas in Cooking Sausage Baked With Beans and Mayonnaise
A compact kitchen feature presents Berkshire Muffins and several mayonnaise based recipes. It covers Sausage Baked With Beans with long bake times, a variant mayonnaise with lemon juice and whipped cream, a green mint pea dressing for tinting, a red tomato puree addition, and a jelly enriched mayonnaise for meats.
A Delicious Bird Pie Recipe from Early Cookbook
A recipe for bird pie uses squabs pigeon quail or young chicken. Birds are browned in butter with salt pepper and flour then baked in a crust with celery salt thyme and bacon. The crust is made from flour baking powder salt butter and milk and baked at 380 minutes.
Crystallized Fruit Method From Old Kitchen
Choose the finest fruit with stones kept, whip three eggs to stiff foam, coat fruit with fluffy icing, drain and recoat. Lay on paper, heat in a lukewarm oven until icing firms, then stack on a dish and cool before serving.
Eggs on Toast Anchovy Style
Prepare thin toast with moderate thickness and spread with anchovy paste. Butter hot pieces, place a poached egg on each, and serve. A pint of water with flour, a teaspoon vinegar and salt is boiled then eggs are added and simmered about three minutes.
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Berkshire
Resinol skin remedy praised by Miss Lilley
A Miss Opal Lilley of Camp Creek West Virginia testifies to excellent results from Resinol Ointment for a long lasting facial eruption. The ad extols Resinol Ointment and Soap as safe for all skin troubles without lead or mercury and notes sales through druggists nationwide.
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Opal Lilley
Camp Creek
W. Va
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Thought He Felt a Hop
A humorous Irish anecdote in which Pat hurries for a mug of beer and is tricked by a red herring. The publican offers a free drink if Pat can finish the gallon in one go, and Pat insists he felt a hop as he drank, thinking Patrick’s blessing applied to the event.
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Pat
Patrick
Pretty visitor charms Dublin cabby with playful bid
A returned Irish traveler recalls meeting a Dublin cabman who offered her a jaunting car ride for the day. She began shopping but chose the city tour instead, and the cabman, charmed by her beauty, quipped that he wished the offer could last a lifetime.
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Pat
Ireland
Dublin
Begorra
FOUND RIGHT PATH After a False Start
A testimonial from 1890 describes health improvements after quitting coffee and drinking Postum. The writer cites palpitations headaches kidney and stomach troubles resolving within ten days, crediting Postum and dismissing medicines. The letter promotes Postum Co. and the book The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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