Washington review of troops recalls grand Civil War parade
President Wilson to inspect the largest regular army troop gathering in Washington since the late 1860s parade led by Grant Sherman and Sheridan. News includes slavery claims in the Philippines, Wall Street protection petitions, Falk appointed solicitor, Rogers nominated for circuit judge, Gaynor funeral, and a Kansas wreck injuring fifteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Menergis Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Joseph W. Falk
Missouri
State Department
Henry ‘Wade Rogers
Connecticut
United States
Mexican Revolt Claims and Assassinations Reach Mexico
A Mexican revolt claim reports Francisco Cardenas killed Madero and then was himself assassinated in Mexico. A Guadalajara telegram says Morris F. Root, Elihu Root’s nephew, was stabbed to death near Hil Tigre by Leonardo Aguila. Washington cites Diaz as presidential candidate with Huerta cabinet link. four Americans including W. O. Robertson killed near Mazatlan by rebels while safeguarding property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adent
Francisco Cardenas
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico
Guadalajara
Mex
Morris F. Root
Elihu Root
Leonardo Aguila
Hil Tigre
W. O. Robertson
San Antonio
Tex
Mazatlan
Second daughter of the queen to be deaf and dumb
The Manchester Guardian reports shock at the news that the queen’s second daughter and her second son will be deaf and dumb. The London strike improves as bus workers suspend actions pending arbitration. Princess Sophie of Saxe Weimer reportedly took her life after her father Prince William of Germany refused consent to a marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
The
Manchester Guardian
London
Board of Trade
Prince Willam
Germany
Sophie
Saxe-Weimer
Meat Packers Push Education Fund to Boost Cattle Raising
Five hundred thousand dollars was voted to create an educational fund for farmers to learn beef cattle raising. Gustav Bischoff Sr. led the move, arguing education lowers meat costs by expanding beef supply. Kamrath urged cattle production, while bankers eyed lending on future cattle shipments. A labelling critique from an official warned labels drive prices higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Meat Packers’ Association
Gustav Bischoff, Sr
Independent Packing Company
St. Louis
Bischof
Mr. Bischoff
Bischoff
Charles F. Kamrath
Spokane
Wash
M. A. Traylor
National Stock Yards National Bank
East St. Louis
James
Agar
James Craig, Jr
Association
Soldiers quell Benton race riot after Polish and American miners clash
In Benton Illinois on Monday a race riot erupted after the double murder of Ewell Hutchins and Quincy Drummonds. The Illinois National Guard and local police forced tensions, beat foreigners on the square, and arrested fifteen Polish miners amid investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton, Ill
Ewell Hutchins
Quincy Drummonds
Company F. Fourth Infantry
Tlinois National Guard
Benton
Dunne
Estes
Vaughn
Franklin County
O. C
Lynching of Harry Crosby Near Louisville Miss
In Louisville Mississippi on September 24 a Black man named Harry Crosby was lynched after allegedly scaring a white woman with strange behavior when she said her husband was away. Local authorities report the incident as a vigilante killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Colliers
Health Department of
Chicago
Louisville
Miss
Harry Crosby
Illinois News Nuggets Snapshot of Local Moves and Crimes
Bigndinsville minister W Stickwell accepts call in Independence Iowa. Wolves number 50 grows on Col Lowden farm prompting $5 per head bounty. Pecatonica pastor G L Leake resigns to enter business. Dalton GC Steward, 84, commits suicide after 60 years as a harper. Illinois Woman's College in Jacksonville opens its sixty eighth year with record attendance and $180000 endowment. Illinois Central and other railroads named in federal quarantine case over cattle from infected districts. Murphysboro jury convicts three men for attacking a young woman. several others plead guilty. Centralia sees two wrecks on Southern railroad. stock and meat cars derailed. Elgin dairy farmers seek price of $1.9212 per cwt for winter milk. large firms hold offers. Joliet warden Allen dismisses three guards. resignation rumored for a fourth. Springfield fire destroys former Alderman O Neil home. threats precede blaze. Governor Dunne orders sheriff enforcement of automotive license law. strict penalties for unlicensed operators.
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Bigndinsville
W. Stickwell
First Baptist Church of Independence
Iowa
Oregon
Frank O. Lowden
Rockford
G. L. Leake
Pecatonica
Here
Methodist Episcopal District
Decatur
Methodist Church
Danville
Ilinois Central
Iron Mountain
Cotton Belt
Merchants’ Bridge Companies
St. Louis
Alabama
Arkansas
Central
Murphysboro
Coram Beavers
Roy Hopkins
Mike Williams
Ralph Cundiff
Will Christian
Fred Geistofer
Edith Gray
Centralia
Southern Railroad
Princeton
Mount Vernon
Elgin
Chicago
Milk Producers Association
Borden Company
Joliet
Edmund M. Allen
State Penitentiary
G. A. P. Cummings
N. B
Cederholmes
Alexander Barrowman
H. E. Witte
Springfield
John T. O'Neil
O'Neil
Woman Feels 10 Years Younger After Pinkham’s Compound
Letters from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound users claim relief from weakness and nervousness, with one woman in Louisville reporting renewed energy for daily work and another in Romayor, Texas saying displacement and bladder trouble improved. The company offers confidential advice from female staff in Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville, Ky
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs
Inize Wile Lis
Bank St
Romayor
Texas
Jasper
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Emblem of Noble Work doubles as TB war symbol
The double red cross, adopted in Berlin in 1911, became the emblem of the International Anti Tuberculosis association. Proposer Dr Ga Seriron of Paris, now with LAssociation Centrale Francaise Contre la Tuberculose. Today it is used globally by associations, sanatoria, dispensaries, and schools as a sign of the TB battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Berlin
Ga. Seriron
Paris
L’association Centrale Francaise
Iceland
India
South Africa
Labrador
Japan
China
Philippines
France
United States
Distinction Sparks Given in Puck Riposte
Witty exchange from a Puck cartoon mocks salon chatter with a quip about boarders and a Mrs Skinner. Hubbel notes a boarder keeper in Outertown, while the reply points to a misunderstanding about a Mrs Skinner hosting guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outertown
Grape-Nuts Told To Promote Long Life Through Diet
A classic health column extols Grape-Nuts as ideal for aging bodies. It cites digestion friendly wheat and barley, natural phosphates, and letters from users claiming better digestion, strength, and mental clarity with Grape-Nuts and Postum, noting the slogan There’s a Reason and a 1910s marketing flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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William A. Jones
House Insular Affairs Committee
W. M. Phipps
Garrison
Islands
Jones
New York
War Department
Governor's Island
New York Harbor
Wall Street
Financial District
William J. Gaynor
Trinity Church
David H. Greer
Greenwood Cemetery
Wellesley College
BR. T.robards
Burley
Kentucky
Robards
J. J. Thompson
Grand Rapids
John A. Thompson
Ed Smith
Paul Thompson
Rochester
Axemen
Sulzer
J. B. Curret
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Sandusky Aerie of Eagles
Bellevue
Ill
Bellevue Aerie
Lake Shore
Castalia
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Helen Dwé
Roman
Martin’s Ferry
William Sulzer
Albany
N. Y
James C. Garrison
Mexico City
Felix Diaz
the Republic
Cheir
Victoriano Huerta
Lizzie Medford
Kansas City
William Acker
George Kovack
San Francisco
Kate Gallagher
A. R. Coulson
Dalton C. Steward
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln & Herndon
Gust Penman
Harold Shaw
Shaw
Champaign, I
Meat Packers’ Association
Benton, St
Illinois
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