Notable Week in US Canada Ties and Global Headlines
A week of front page events spans a US Canada handshake in Albany, death of Bishop Spellmeyer in Atlantic City, prison sentence for Philip Bender, and Roosevelt return from Africa. Other items note labor disputes, Taft mourners, and political figures facing legal actions amid a broad roundup of domestic and international news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Albany
N. Y
Taft
Diaz
Mexico
Henry W. Spellmeyer
St. Louis
New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference
Atlantic City
N. J
Denis
Philip Bender
Long Island
Sing Sing
Laney Evans
United States Department of Agriculture
John Warwick Daniel
Virginia
Atlanta
C. H. P. Belmont
New York
Frank Gould
Edith Kelly
Paris
Gould
U. mM. O
Channing Rudd
Missouri
Hadley
Jefferson City
Roosevelt at Khartum greeted by many friends and family
Col Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Khartum on a journey across Africa and was officially welcomed by Gen Sir Reginald Wingate. Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Ethel joined him, with numerous American and European correspondents and delegations of friends. The article recounts a long travel log of big game hunts, encounters with Gordon memorials, and a staged homeward route through Naples, Gibraltar, Paris, and London.
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Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Khar‘tum
America
Kermit
Mrs. Roosevelt
Miss Ethel
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Western Lines
Taft
Thomas K. Laughlin
Allegheny
Central Labor Union of Philaddelphia
Helena Bloodgood
Wil- Mam .Bloodgood
New York
Lake
Carafalgo
Nina
Delaware Capes
Metompkin Inlet
Delaware
Renk
African Sudan
Col
William D. Edwards
Court of
General Sessions
Jersey City
National Packing Company
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Nelson Morris & Co
Hammond Packing Company
G. H. Hammond Company
McKeesport
Benjamin Bundy
Cincinnati
State Department
Washington
Society For Savings Bank
Cleveland
Barney Oldfield
Daytona
Fla
Khartum
Egypt
Reginald Wingate
Sudan
Roosevelt
Ethel
Col. Roosevelt
Livingstone
Stanley
England
Gordon Memorial College
Gen
Kitchener
Great Britain
Gordon
Gordon Hotel
Gordon Drive
White Nile
Naples
Azores
Gibraltar
Victor, Emmanuel
Mombasa
British East Africa
Ww. H. McMillan’s
Juja
McMillan's
Heatley
McMillan
Natrobi
Kijabe
Sotik
Lake Naivasha
Naivasha
Nairobi
Nyeri
Kenya
Guaso Nguisho
Londlani
Guaso Neguisho
Nairob
Port Kisuma
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Entebbe
Uganda
Kisuma
Kampala
Kinsingo
Hoima
Kisingo
Butiaba
Wadelal
Wadelai
Nimule
Gondokoro
Upper Sudan
Nile
Alexandria
Paris
Vienna
Faculty
University of Berlin
Christiania
London
Ballinger aide testifies on demoralization of service
Chief Engineer A. B. Davis, friend of President Taft, tests before the Ballinger investigating committee. Taft’s 1909 canal zone visit with Davis followed Ballinger’s slow restoration plan. Philadelphia urged a national inquiry. Taft directed Neill to go, amid labor federation requests. Also notes Patten mobbed at Manchester, a Liverpool reception, Nellie Chaplain’s death by bed fire, a women run London bank, mining deaths near Wilkes-Barre, Belmore Brown's Mount McKinley plan, army veterinary corps bill, and Jere F. Lillis injury and the Cudahys’ estrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballinger
A. EB. Davis
Taft
Canal ‘Zone
Mr. Davis
Philadelphia
Commission For the Foundation of Industrial Peace
Neill
Washington
National Federation of Labor
Cotton Exchange
Manchester
England
Liverpool
James A. Patten
Chicago
Patten
New York
Nellie Chaplain
Jefferson County
N. Y
London
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Wilkesbarre
Dead Perfection Vice Comment from Atchison Globe
A concise editorial quip from the Atchison Globe arguing that even a virtuous man should have a vice or two, noting that belonging to a judge and wearing plumes and badges is better than flawless virtue.
Growth of Various Trees
A young oak grows three feet in three years. In the same period an elm grows eight feet three inches, and a willow nine feet three inches.
Careful of Others Faults Mentioned in Wedding Joke
The note presents a humorous line about dating multiple fiances. It frames a wedding planning moment as a joke on commitment and choice, highlighting social humor around relationships and expectations without further context.
Will Tattooed On Body Creates Probate Burden
A Mexican miser who died recently had his will tattooed on his breast. His heirs faced delays as the document had to be copied before burial, prompting probate confusion and extra effort.
Chicago man cites love germ in nervous system center
A Chicago man declares the love germ located in the center of the nervous system, while another says the seat of affection lies in the heart. Opinion runs high with no consensus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Allen's Foot-Hase Anticapite Powder Ad for Shoes
Advertisement notes Allen's Foot-Hase Anticapite Powder to ease tired swollen feet and help break in new shoes. Claims relief, comfort, and rest, with a sample offer and price of 25 cents. Mentions distribution and an address in Le Roy New York. Includes literary quotes from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Rample
Olmsted
le Roy
Bromo Quinine Marketing Mentioned in Fragments
The fragment references Bromo Quinine described as a laxative with phrases about curing colds in one day, a signature by B. W., and a claim of relief for rheumatism in days. It mentions Dr. Detchon’s Relief for Rheumatism and an instruction about gentleness and winning prejudice through gracious presence. The text repeats catchphrases about trying to make the best of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detchon
Hubbard
B. W
Shaw
Canada
United States
Anitoba
Saakat
Chewan
Ayherta Amestead
Tion
Anda Conti
Ottawa
E.t.holmes
Jackson St
St.Paul
Mlan
W.v.bennett
Omaha
Nab
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Roland Record
M. O. Rod
Iowa
Thomas Farrell
Flower Hospital
Putnam's Magazine
Atlantic Monthly
Putnam’s
George A.capron
United States Express Company
Englewood
Capron
Joliet
Erie
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
Lake Erie
Port Bruce
Port Stanley
B. C. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Kansas City
Col. Roosevelt Lo
Cairo
Ahablui
Ereina
Kawa
Gozeabuzgol
Lope
The
Browning
Henry James
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Milwaukee
Solvay
Northwest
Plokands, Brown & Co
Oobby-Abbot Bldg
Milwaukee, Wis
Solvay Coke
Quon
SOTA
Nyt Acke
Wrigley's
TVR
Ait Plate
Western Electropode CO
Los Angeles St
Los Angeles
Cal
Wrigzley
Spearm
Gillette
Wrigley’s
Wapton
Booka Ee Igh Pate Ooka
Popular Music Supply House
Wilcox Ave
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore
Great Western
Island Cement
Great Western Portland Cement CO
Standard Oil co.Incorporated
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