Little Doctor of Greenwich Village Dies in New York
The 41 inch tall miniature doctor Henry M Haywood who toured with Buffalo Bill and lived at 45 Vandam Street in Greenwich Village died in New York after a life spent selling cough drops and entertaining children with stories of Europe and royal encounters. His body was shipped to Jefferson Texas for final interment. He was known to locals as Little Buffalo Bill and once halted a street gang fight, provoking questions about police protection.
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Greenwich Village
Jefferson, Tex
New York Herald
Henry
M. Haywood
Rose Guckin
Vandam Street
Bob” Mabray
Spokane
Wash
New York
Europe
Buffalo Bill
Edward VII
Ascot
Does
Haywood
Thomas F. McCoy
Hudson Street
McCoy
Gaynor
Taft asks Kentucky to delay Lincoln Memorial dedication
Acting on advice from Henry Waterson President Taft asks Governor Willson of Kentucky to move the Lincoln memorial dedication at Hodgenville from October 26 to after the November elections. The president says any date between November 15 and 25 would suit him.
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Associated Press
Washington
Henry Watterson
Taft
Willson
Kentucky
Hodgenville
Man Mistaken for Parrot Chased and Shot at by Police
Charles Burge, a 50 year old stationary engineer, was mistaken for a parrot and treated as a burglar in East St. Louis. He was chased over fences, struck with a beer bottle, and later jailed. He recalls only leaving Second Street for a drink and remembers nothing else.
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Charles Burge
South Main Street
East St. Louis
St. Louis
Edward A. Zigler
Zigler
Boston
Burge
Second Street
Missouri Avenue
St. Louis Avenue
Bee Ditches Auto In Essex Driver Hurts Brookline Man
A bee alighted on George Seele's nose as he drove along Saybrook road. He swatted at the insect, losing control and veering into a ditch near Henry Gladwin’s residence. Seele, son of a Brookline, Massachusetts resident, suffered a thigh gash needing stitches and minor cuts. the car sustained slight damage.
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Saybrook Road
George Seele
William Seele
Brookline
Mass
Essex
Conn
Hartford Courant
Henry Gladwin
Guilford
Seele
Elephant and Donkey Enter Washington Race Cartoon
principals in a political satire race from New York to Washington features a G O P elephant and an Order of Bill Bryan donkey from Luna Park. Abernathy boys of Oklahoma act as pathfinders. The mock race stems from a Washington conversation between Fred Thompson and Uncle Joe Cannon.
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New York
Washington, D. C
Jennie Ui
Bill Bryan
Luna Park
Coney Island
Abernathy Boys
Oklahoma
National
Cena
Fred Thompson
Joe
Cannon
Washington
Thompson
Bride discovers second marriage in surprising bigamy case
Bertha Shuley Powers, who married John W Powers last Saturday, learned he had deserted her and was already wed to Willa Wallace Powers in Cleveland on March 17 1909. Both wives sought police help and Powers was jailed on the bigamy charge.
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South Broadway
Bertha Shuley Powers
Willa Wallace Powers
Los Angeles Examiner
John W. Powers
Mrs. Powers
Cleveland
Ohio
Powers
Willa Wallace
Mr. Powers
Bertha Shurley
J. W. Brougher
Temple Baptist Church
Los Angeles
No. 1
A Corner in Scotch Whisky Boom and Depression
The London correspondent of the New York Sun notes speculation in Scotch whisky as consumption recovers and old stocks dwindle. The Times cites a boom driven by bank lending on warehouse stock that collapsed, depressing single whiskies but aiding blenders with easy procurement of raw material.
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London
New York Sun
The
Times
Hobo Union Planned by Furuseth Aims Three Million Migrants
President Furuseth of the International Seamen's Union proposes to President Gompers a plan to organize three million migratory workers or hoboes nationwide. He cites statistics and urges building trust to win the confidence of these workers before organizing labor.
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Andrew Furuseth
International Seamen's Union of America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
New York World
Furuseth
Girl 14 Defends Family by Kicking Electrical Ball
Louise Hoelzer, 14, daughter of Rev. J. M. Hoelzer, is praised for kicking a dangerous electrical ball that invaded the parsonage kitchen. The blow shattered the ball but the current knocked Edward, 2, from a chair. The storm also damaged church spires and caused several hundred dollars in damage as stones spattered near sheltering worshipers.
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Louise Hoelzer
J. M. Hoelzer
Christ Evangelical Church
Paterson
N. J
New York
Louise
Esther Beck
Edward
Christchurch
Church of the Redeemer
Broadway
Graham Avenue
Carpenters Plan Friday Night Officer Election
District organizer Berry announces the carpenters union election and installation will be at Owls hall on Soledad street next Friday night. The charter lists ten members and is expected to grow to 260 before the meeting.
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Carpenters
Berry
The
Carpenters’ Union
Owls’ Hall
Soledad Street
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Reat
Beethoven Hall
Alamo and
Texas
O. B. Colquitt
F. F. Hill
Doctor Texan
Jefferson
Rosalma CO
Louisville, Ky
Connelly
A. Colman
Plumper
Main Ave
Hobo Union
Seamen
Walter H. Whisenant
Gunter Office Bldg
E. Houston ST
St. Mary's Street
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