Spelling reform, corsets, and Vienna cookery in brief
The Indiana peddler who never bathed died at 80 and might have peddled longer. Mrs. Belle Armstrong Whitney notes New York men wear corsets. A Vienna cookery school is established. Andrew Lang says he does not care for American criticism of his writings while American golf criticism may touch him.
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Belle Armstrong Whitney
New “York
New York
Indiana
Vienna
Andrew Lang
Andrew
France's debate on religion shows dated tensions
The passage notes France lags in religious belief debates while Marie Corelli criticizes American materialism. It cites 1905 insurance data from New York companies, showing 83,376 fewer policies than the prior year, suggesting both insurers and the public are taking fewer risks.
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Newrk Companies
Gladys Vanderbilt Mirthfully Milks Cow in Cartoon Spark
A humorous note critiques an artist's drawing showing Gladys Vanderbilt milking a cow. The caption mocks her stance as unnatural, contrasting prairie soil’s ease with New England’s rocky ground. The piece satirizes high society’s ease in a rural task.
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Gladys Vanderbilt
Creme de la Creme
Seventh Hussars Guarded Trade During Boer War Graft Probe
Evidence before British commissioners shows one regiment, the Seventh Hussars, resisted contractor graft during the Boer War. They weighed and checked all supplies to prevent cheating and ensured quality.
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Seventh
Hus
California immigration push targets Ellis Island
The California federation plans to send rays to eastern bureaus in New York to guide arriving European women about California advantages. They will learn wage levels, cost of living, and other essential details to attract them to work in the state.
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California ‘Oration Committee
Aew York
Ellis Island
California
England Faces Erosion Loss and Winding-Down Projections
The Scientific American notes England has lost 550 square miles to erosion since the conquest and warns the nation may last about 50,000 years at the current pace. A parliamentary commission is appointed to study the issue. The piece also cites calls about a long coal future and shifts in Russian education.
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Scientific American
Ngland
England
Explosion at Pocahontas coal mine leaves many dead
Nineteen known dead and as many as 40 more entombed after a Wednesday afternoon explosion at the West Fork mine of the Pocahontas Colliery company Pocahontas Va Rescue parties of 35 men worked through the night and day to recover bodies by Thursday evening coffins and burial supplies ordered to Bluefield for arrival.
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Pocahontas
West Fork Mnes
Pocahontas Colliery Company
Paul Entry
Thursody
Bluefield
Explosion at Pocahontas coal mine claims many lives
Rescue teams comb the rubble after a blast at the West Fork Pocahontas coal mine in Pocahontas Virginia. Reported fatalities range from 29 recovered bodies to an estimated total dead around 70 as debris slows recovery efforts.
Burial Association License Revoked by Topeka Official
Insurance Commissioner C H Luling of Topeka Kansas revoked the license of the Wichita Mutual Burial association on Tuesday triggering a dispute likely to challenge the attorney general's recent order that burial associations must settle death losses in cash rather than requiring beneficiaries to use the association undertakers.
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Topeka
Kan
C. H. Luling
Wichita, Mutual Burial Association
Murt
Oklahoma saloon shooting wounds two men in crowd
An intoxicated John Noble of Memphis Tennessee fired six shots into a saloon crowd in Oklahoma City early Tuesday. John Thompson a painter was wounded badly. Noble was arrested.
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Oklahoma
City
John
Noble
Memphis
Tenn
John Thompson
Artillery Battery Return From Fort Riley Practice
The Second Twenty second and Twenty fifth Batteries of field artillery under Captain T. Bentley Mott returned to Fort Riley on Friday after a 254 mile practice march from Junction City Kansas.
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Junction City
Kansas
T. Bentley
Mott
Fort Riley
Port Kenyon Cannery Deports Chinese Labor Force
Eurela California reports the Starbuck Tallant cannery at Port Kenyon will immediately deport 27 Chinese workers from Humboldt county and will not hire Chinese labor again. Five hundred woodsmen demanded swift action, the cannery directors agreed, and Sheriff Lindsay will escort the group to Eureka. Chinese will be housed on Woodley Island until northbound steamer sails. Fortuna citizens close saloons and a vigilance committee plans a general fire alarm for ships entering Humboldt Bay.
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Eurela
Calif
Port Kenyon
Humboldt County
Fortuna
Lindsay
Eureka
Woodley Island
Humboldt Bay
Bureka
Explosion in Philadelphia Subway Kills Six
A major gas explosion in the Philadelphia Rapid Transit subway at Sixth and Market streets on Friday killed six men and injured about a dozen others. Police believe a workman with a lamp ignited escaping gas from a repaired city main, causing a collapse that buried several workers under earth. The blast wrecked the subway for half a block, with heavy timbering and dirt tumbling into the excavation amid a night rain that weakened walls.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Sixth
Market Streets
Rose Ex-Mayor Rose Pays Costs In Kansas City Case
By payment of 144 dollars W W Rose ex mayor of Kansas City Kansas cleared his contempt case against him and the city. Supreme court costs were 297 dollars originally. receipts from witnesses totaling 153 dollars credited him.
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Rose
Topeka
Kansas
W. W. Rose
Kansas City
Kan
Supreme Court
Withdraw Warships From Cuban Waters
It is expected that the largest ships of the American fleet will be withdrawn from Cuban waters as soon as there is sufficient army force to assure security to the provisional government and protect property interests.
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Washington, D
Cuban
Force’ Lande
General Bell to Cuba for Cuba troop disposition
Washington reports General Franklin M. Bell chief of staff will head to Havana to confer with Secretary Taft on American troop disposition. General Bell will command troops in Cuba and is expected to depart from Tampa or Miami aboard a merchant liner the coming Sunday.
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Washington, D. C
Franklin M. Bell
Havana
Taft
Beall
War Department
Cuba
Thomas H. Barry
Bell
Tampa
Miami
Fla
Denver Judge Rules Publishers Cannot Be Enjoined
Denver judge dissolves a temporary restraining order against the Daily Mining Record, stating newspapers cannot be restrained from publishing alleged libelous material. Damages remain the recourse for those harmed, as the court interprets statutes to allow publication with later legal action for damages.
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Denver
Col
G .G. Ree
Godfield
Nev
Mullin
Tornado Toll Rising Over New Orleans Area
A cyclone zone centered near New Orleans produced at least three tornadoes Friday causing six deaths and nine serious injuries. Sugar cane and cotton crops were ruined and sugar mills demolished as storms widened within 100 miles of the city. Total damage surpassed one million dollars with the worst tornadoes striking three parishes north of New Orleans between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m. A separate tornado hit New Orleans and another moved north of Biloxi on the Gulf coast.
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New. Orléans
New Orleans
Biloxi
Gulf Coast
Boundary dispute over Missouri Kansas island gambling resort
Missouri Governor Folk prompts Kansas Governor Hoch with a query on the boundary line between Missouri and Kansas and the island in the Missouri River that hosts a major gambling resort. The island of about 400 acres sits between Clay County Missouri and Wyandotte County Kansas and was formed about 15 years ago. Neither state has claimed the island.
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Jefferson City
Folk
Hoch
Kansas
Missouri
Missouri River
Clay County
Wyandotte County
Kimmel Verdict in Bank Receiver's Case
In St Louis circuit court a verdict was won Friday for George C. Rankin receiver for the First National Bank of Niles Mich against the New York Life Insurance Company for 7736 policy on the life of George M Kimmel former Farmers State Bank president Arkansas City Kan who disappeared in 1898. Interest brings total to 8916.60.
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St. Louis
United States
French Grand Prix: Wagner Wins Vanderbilt Cup
Louis Wagner, driving a 110 horsepower French car, won the Vanderbilt Cup after 290 minutes 102.5 seconds over 297.1 miles. Vincenzo Lancia in a 120 horsepower Italian car finished second in 293 minutes 284.5 seconds. Antoine Duray was third in 293 minutes 44.8 seconds. Albert Clement placed fourth in 301 minutes 59.8 seconds and Camillo Jenatzy fifth in 304 minutes 38 seconds. Only five cars finished as 14 of 17 started. crowds swarmed the course on the final lap. Joseph Tracy led the American team and set the fastest lap at 26 minutes 21 seconds on his fifth lap.
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Vanderb
Louis’ Wagner
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Vinccenzi Lancia
Antoinine Duray
Albert Clement
Camillo Jenatxy
Lancia
Wagner
Clemment
Gutfeu
Paéie
France
Joseph Tracy
Tracy
Chicago Teams Dominate 1906 Major League Baseball
Chicago and St. Louis wrapped up the baseball season with both pennants going to teams in the same city. The Chicago National League club set a major league wins record with 116 victories in 153 games, while the Chicago American League team clinched the pennant only in the final weeks, edging the New York club whose title hopes faded after a loss in Philadelphia.
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Chicago
Ill
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Philadelphia
Clemens Dies. Noted Kansas Attorney and Politician
Topeka Kansas clemens C Clemens a prominent Kansas attorney died of pneumonia at his home early Sunday morning aged 59 He was a noted figure in populist era state politics and served as Gov Lewellyns legal adviser during the 1893 legislature war He later ran for governor on the socialist ticket A native of Ohio Clemens was a key legal and political figure in the west.
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Clemens
Topeka
Kan
Gasper
C. Clemens
Kansas
West
Gov. Lewellyn
Ohio
Hearing Date Set in Drug Trust Case in Indianapolis
In federal court Judge Angerson has set November 12 as the hearing date for all demurrers in the United States versus the National Association of Retail Druggists et al. charging illegal restraint of trade and unlawful restraint of competition.
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Drug Trust
Indianapolis
Ind
Angerson
United States
National Association of Retail
Presbyterian split in Chickasaw presbytery causing new body
Fragmentary report describes a dispute among Ardmore delegates during a Chickasaw presbytery meeting. Faced with disagreement over uniting two Presbyterian churches, a faction bolted and formed a separate presbytery. Nearly half of delegates are reportedly counted among the bolders.
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Ardmore
Chickasaw
Roff
Iunion
Army pay rise urged for officers and enlisted men
General F. B. Dodge, in his annual report from the Office of the Paymaster General, recommends a substantial pay increase for both Army officers and enlisted men as he nears retirement from active service in Soldier, Washington. The proposal argues higher pay will address compensation gaps and recognize service value across ranks.
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Soldier
Washington, D
Dodge
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Kdyent
Pocahontas Va
Gen. Bell
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Funston
Mullins
Gov. Folk
GAR
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