Medal of Honor Awarded to Miss Helen I McGann
Congress awarded a Medal of Honor to Miss Helen I McGann of New York for rescuing nine children from danger during the General Slocum disaster of June 15 1904. The note explains that women have rarely received the honor and outlines the Medal of Honor Legion and its status.
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Helen I. McGann
New York
Slocum
Medal of Honor Legion
Army
Navy
United States
Legion
Congress
Radium Institute Opens in London With Hopeful Claims
Wealthy English donors fund a London radium institute linked to the London hospital. Sir Frederick Treves cautions on permanence of cures while noting skin afflictions tumors and ulcers reportedly improved by radium. A treatment instrument holds 90 milligrams of radium and costs about eighteen hundred dollars. The institute will offer concessional treatment for the poor.
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Benglishien
London
London Hospital
Frederick Treves
Boa Constrictor Watchdog Idea For Home Safeguards
A Chicago Daily News quip questions home safety after a Los Angeles burglar stole a boa constrictor and disappeared with it. The column jokes the snake could guard the house if trained, else lock it with valuables, noting the danger of leaving stoves unattended and suggesting a self trained watchdog boa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Chicago Daily News
Carlisle school fosters native Indian art at Carlisle
Friends and admirers of the American Indian learn the Carlisle school is systematically developing native Indian art in drawing decoration silverwork and blanket and basket design. The department head is an Indian woman of cultivation educated in eastern schools. Two promising pupils have scholarships to study at the School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia. The Carlisle effort seeks to preserve native red man art rather than graft it with white influences.
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Carlisle
East
School of Industrial Art
Philadelphia
Taft Named World’s Greatest Traveler in Public Service
A tabulated statement shows President Taft traveling over 202000 miles since 1900. The journeys were not for pleasure but in the interest of the public, making Taft a familiar figure abroad and bolstering confidence in his ability to strengthen international amity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Streaghen International Amity
Republicans Align With Democrats to Weaken Oil Duty
In Washington the house faced a rare coalition as insurgent Republicans joined Democrats to pass Norris amendment cutting the countervailing duty on crude petroleum to 1 percent ad valorem. The previous 25 percent duty was overturned, prompting protests against Standard Oil and calls for independent oil producer protection. Speaker Cannon warned of risks to American producers.
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Washington, D. C
Republican Organization
House
Ways and Means Committee
Norris
Nebraska
Standard Oil Company
Campbell
Kan
Stadard Oil Company
Cooper
Wis
Cannon
Boy Killed in Wild West Game Sparks Rifle Tragedy
Clifford Wolford aged 15 was fatally shot during a Wild West game in Linton India. Loren Hamilton aged 18 fired the shot and then attempted suicide, but fellow players recovered his rifle. The group had been removing cartridges from balls and a loaded round was accidentally used.
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Wild wWest
Linton
Indiaa
Clifford Wolford
Loren Hamilton
Hamilton
Coyotes Did Not Kill Boy In Harper Kansas
Willie Hotchkiss, a ten year old from near Rage ten miles north, was not killed by wolves. A playmate confessed he accidentally shot the boy in a pasture, after fearing to tell the truth about wolves.
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Harper
Kansas
Willie Hotchkiss
Rage
Hotchkiss
Tornado Hits Marion Illinois Killing Two
A tornado struck Marion Illinois and nearby Pittsburg causing two deaths, many injuries, and extensive property damage. The storm entered from the southwest at about 530 PM with heavy rain, ripping roofs from homes and demolishing buildings in the business and residential areas.
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Marion
Ilinois
Pitsburg
Vilage
Here
Pittsburg
Kansas City to Pueblo Railroad Rebuild Planned
Missouri Pacific Railroad finishes plans to rebuild its main line between Kansas City and Pueblo. Orders 750 miles of track with widened grades and tiled drained roadways. Estimated cost stands at 3 500 000 dollars for the project and related branch lines in the state.
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Kansas City Co
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Kansas City
Pueblo
Bathist
Republicans Win in Kansas City Kansas Political Referendum
Full returns from Kansas City Kansas show Judge Guyer to win by 410 over Democrat John W. West. Republicans secure city attorney treasurer clerk police judge and school board seats by majorities from 150 to 900, while Democrats sweep the council except for one member.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Judge Guyer
John W. West
Board of Education
Wheat Prices Soar Amid Market Frenzy in Chicago
Wheat prices jumped in Chicago on Wednesday with wild opening moves and gains of 14 to 3 cents over Monday. May wheat traded around 1.24 to 1.25 dollars, July around 1.10 to 1.11 dollars, marking the highest May price in two decades except for one prior instance.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Found $10,000 bill in Roscoe church collection
In Washington D C a local paper reported a Roscoe Methodist Episcopal church collection yielded a $10,000 bill after Sunday night service. Church officers believe the donor made a mistake and may seek return or clarification.
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Washington, D. C
Rroscoe Methodist — Episcopal Church
Here
Argentine Minister Joins Venezuela US Arbitration
Buenos Aires reports Dr Roque Saenz Pena Argentine minister of Italy has agreed to serve as arbitrator in the Venezuela United States dispute after a request from Venezuela through the Argentine foreign affairs minister.
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Buenos Aires
Roque Saenz Pena
Italy
Venezuela
United States
Seal Catch a Failure in Gulf of St Lawrence
The sealing steamer Harlow arrived at St Johns Newfoundland on Sunday reporting the apparent failure of the seal catch in the gulf of St Lawrence. The ship returned empty.
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St. Johns
N. F
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Harlow
Detroit Voters End Alcohol Trade Across 19 Counties
In yesterday’s election Michigan counties vote "dry" and shut down more than 600 saloons and ten breweries as pethene and alcohol outlets face sudden closure across 19 counties.
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Detroit
Michigan
Pethene
Castro Must Move On
Paris reports the French government has ordered Cipriano Castro exiled from Martinique warning his presence could spark a Venezuelan revolution. Castro, former Venezuelan president, faces expulsion to end potential unrest and safeguard regional stability.
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Castro
Paris
France
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Martinique
Prisoners Arrive at Leavenworth Penitentiary
A shipment of 25 federal prisoners from Washington arrived at the United States penitentiary in Leavenworth Kansas on Wednesday. The group includes expert pickpockets and diamond thieves among the inmates.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Washington
Taft
United States Penitentiary
Payne tariff bill passed in House session crowd cheers
After three weeks of debate the Payne tariff bill gained a 217 to 161 vote in the House. One Republican from Tennessee opposed it and four Louisiana Democrats supported it. The chamber was packed and Mrs. Taft watched as Republicans cheered and celebrated the passage.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Austin Tennessee
Louisiana
Messrs
Broussard
Stoepmnal
Pujo
Wichliffe
Champ Clark
Secretary Hitchcock Dies at 74 in Washington
Ethan Allen Hitchcock secretary of the interior under McKinley and Roosevelt died Friday at 11 a m in Washington D C aged 74 His tenure is noted for aggressive interior department prosecutions against public figures and businessmen including Senator Mitchell ex Representative Binger Hermann ex Senator Dietrich Representative Williamson and John A Benson a San Francisco real estate broker.
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Washington, D C
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
A MicKinley
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Mitchell
Oregon
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Dietrich
Nebraska
Representative Williamson
John A. Benson
San Francisco
Gen Booths 80th Birthday Celebrated Worldwide
William Booth founder of the Salvation Army is 80 years old and his birth anniversary is observed globally with large public gatherings in major cities. The tribute honors a noted philanthropist acclaimed by many across society.
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Booth
Chicago
Illinois
William Booth
Salvation Army
Army
Lands For Unfortunate Indians in South Dakota Bill
Representative Burke introduces a bill authorizing the Interior Secretary to allot 320 acres to every living woman of the Crow Creek and Lower Brule tribes in South Dakota who was not previously entitled under existing Sioux reservation allotment laws.
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Washington, D. C
Burke
South Dakota
Secretary of the Interior
Dakota
Anthracite Agreement Talks End Deadlocked in Philadelphia
After conferences extending since Wednesday, Anthracite coal operators and United Mine Workers officials rejected the miners modified wage demands presented Thursday. The conference adjourned with the dispute deadlocked.
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Philadelphia
United Mine Workers of America
Two Explosions Fatal at Berwind-White Mine No. 37
In Johnstown area Mine No. 37 near Winder suffered two back-to-back explosions Friday night. At least two men killed, three in hospital, four entombed and presumed dead. Company Berwind-White Coal Mining. location Johnstown Pennsylvania.
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Johnstown
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
Winder
Jury Disagrees in Bouvy Murder Case at Plaquemine
The jury in the Fabiano F. Bouvy murder case against professor Fred Van Ingen reported a hopeless disagreement Friday evening and was discharged.
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Bouvy
Plaquemine
Louisiana
Fabiano F. Bouvy
Fred van Ingen
Peruna Cures Chronic Cramps After Six Years
Mrs. J. C. Jamison of Watsonville California reports a six year stomach cramps struggle with nervous dyspepsia. After trying multiple doctors and medicines she tried Peruna, took nineteen bottles, and was completely cured. She endorses the product as all it is claimed to be.
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Peruna
J. C. Jamison
Marchant St
Watsonville, Cal
Punishment and Crime Behind Closed Doors
Three girls discuss a woman who has separated from her husband and speculate about domestic violence. They justify the husband’s alleged beating if the wife dressed provocatively, reflecting harsh attitudes toward gender and punishment in a private room.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim Adverts Deafness Cure
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It offers $100 for an uncured case and urges sending for circulars, with additional promotion for Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hope Springs Eternal on Newcastle Quay Speech
A speaker addressing a Sunday crowd on the Newcastle quay asserts no one has bribed him. A bystander urges resilience with a hopeful warning that luck may change. The report appears in Tit-Bits.
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Newcastle
Castoria Advised for Infants and Children Safety
Important reminder to mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria and ensure it is a safe reliable remedy for infants and children. The notice emphasizes vigilance in labeling and proper use to protect young patients.
Wise advice on using Hamlin s Wizard Qil for pain
The piece extols Hamlin s Wizard Qil as a reliable pain remedy and contrasts wise users with foolish experimenters. It urges consulting druggists and hints that true friendship yields true knowledge, while discernment is essential.
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Qil
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Scandia
Payne
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McKinley
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