Canal plan linked to German group for new interoceanic route
New York World reports a German syndicate proposes an interoceanic canal linking the Pacific and Atlantic via Costa Rica’s Sapoa River and Salinas Bay opening Gulf of Rapapagayo. The project aims to serve merchant ships and crews, without provisions for the largest vessels.
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New York World
Sapoa River
Costa Rica
Salinas Bay
Gulf of Rapapagayo
Alive baby found after being pronounced dead in Everett
An Everett funeral party arrived to remove a dead infant now found to be alive. The baby is reported as sound and healthy, with the undertaker and his wife discovering the clerical error after the body was sent for viewing.
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Everett
Seven Die in Missouri Pacific Passenger Wreck
Seven killed and twenty injured in a collision between Missouri Pacific train No. 105 and a northbound freight near Fort Crook. Victims include F. W. Petring Nebraska City and Wisterian Rowtmann of St. Joseph. cause under investigation as crews jumped to avoid impact.
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Omaha
Missouri Pacific
Neer
Kansas City
L. P. Grows
South Omaha
Fort Crook
Crawford
Heaviest Woman Burgeons to 825 Pounds in Alton Life
Twenty two year old Gertrude Burke, deemed the world’s heaviest woman, now lives in Alton Illinois. She weighs 825 pounds and is 5 feet 7 inches tall and reportedly in excellent health. Burke is wealthy and declines exhibition for money. Her arm measures 28 inches and she wears extremely large clothing sizes.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Gertrude Burke
Alton
Ills
Boys Tried to Swear Away Innocent Man’s Life
In Portland Oregon on October 16 investigators reveal Jimmy Hawkins and Howard, boy tramps, schemed to frame August Holmberg in the Ardenwald Hill family murder. The youths admit the plan was for adventure and to gain a reward. Hawkins calls the scheme an easy way to get rich. They likely face years in a state reformatory.
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Portland, Or
Jimmy Hawkins
Howard
August Holmberg
Ardenwald
Holmbers
Hawkins
No Compromise in Strike No Compromise in Strike
In Los Angeles on October 16 both railroad officials and the strikers said there could be no settlement for the run system shopmen strike. Officials claim they have more men and rolling stock than needed while the men deny it. J. B. Jones, head of the local union, said there have been no desertions and treasury funds cover strike benefits for some time.
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United Press
Los Angeles
J. 3. Jones
Father Dashes to Hospital with Son Dies En Route
Anton W Hard drove from Sayville with his four year old son to New York for an operation. He sped through traffic breaking all speed laws but his son died before reaching the hospital. He carried the boy in his arms during the perilous journey.
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New York
Anton W. Hard
Sayville
S. 1
Foreigners Fear for Their Lives as China Turmoil Grows
Peking dispatch reports consuls urging all foreigners to evacuate the districts amid ongoing hostilities. Russians reportedly sought refuge aboard a German vessel in Hankow while other European and American residents moved to river gunboats as panic grips government actions.
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Peking
Hankow
Suarez Elected Vice President of Mexico by Bare Margin
Jose Pino Suarez has been elected vice president of Mexico by a bare majority with De la Barra second and Vasquez Gomez third. Suarez was the choice of President Madero. In Rome, a council of the Armenian Catholic church renews hope that the Orient church will rejoin Catholicism, uniting the faith.
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Mexico City
Jose Pino Suarez
de la Barra
Vasquez Gomez
Suarez
Madero
Orient
Rome
Fowler to Start Cross‑Country Flight From Los Angeles
Aviator Robert G. Fowler plans to begin his southern route first to cross the continent from Los Angeles Wednesday. He has completed arrangements for relief and repair stations in Arizona and New Mexico for the journey.
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United Prees
Los Angeles
Robert G. Fowler
Arizona
New Mexico
Rebels Ready to Attack City in Shanghai
Rebels surround Shanghai from land and threaten to demolish Woo Sung forts seize Kiang Nan arsenal and invade the city. Refugees flee toward the Ray as main rebel force camps at Wa Chang with breastworks and 140 field guns.
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United Press
Shanghai
Woo Sung
Kiang Nan
Wa Chang
France to Attend League Convention in Richmond
The Municipal League held a noon luncheon for Henry George Jr with 300 members. They voted to send President France to the national conference of Municipal Leagues in Richmond Virginia next month and approved plans for a Pinchot meeting after an address on the Single Tax by Congressman George.
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Municipal League
Henry George, Jr
France
League
National Conference of Municipal Leagues
Richmond
George
Curtis Wills Wish for Grandson in Journalist Tradition
William E Curtis’s will expresses hopes that his grandson pursue journalism and continue his work of delivering true and useful information. He wishes the grandson publish what the good men do rather than the evil, continuing the service Curtis valued.
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Regal
Univea Rress
Washington, D.C
William E Curtis
Mosquitoes Terrorize Tarrytown in Odd Tale
James Brady a justice of the peace at Courtland near Tarrytown New York says local mosquitoes have become hopeless drunkards. He claims they inhale gasoline fumes from town garages and bite with poisonous results a mosquito even exploded a mattress when trying to land on his nose as he lit his pipe.
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United Prose
Tarrytown
WN. Y
James Brady
Courtland
Brady
How Can You Unscramble Eggs
New York Oct 16 Plero Morgan joked about the voluntary dissolution of the steel trust amid threats of federal action. He quipped How can you unscramble eggs in response to the possible dissolution move.
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New York
Progressives push La Follette in Republican bid
A delegation led by Senator Clapp left T P A L for Chicago to boost Senator Bob La Follette for the Republican presidential nomination. North and South Dakota progressives join the effort as the fight gains pace.
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United Press
T. Paul
Bob” la Follette
Clapp
Chicago
North
South Dakota
Hard on new hubby at burial suit in Batavia
Henry Casner of Batavia faces a possible settlement for the burial of his wife's first husband as a suit seeks fifty dollars from him for burying her former spouse. Grace Walsh 12 dies after cake pride leads to an accidental fall in New York.
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United Press
Aurora
Ill
Henry Casner
Batavia
Owen
New York
Grace Walsh
Chinese patriots promote republic and socialism message
Three Chinese patriots traveling east to spread their revolutionary ideas pass through Kansas City on the way to St Louis. They advocate putting down the old government, building a new republic in China, and adopting socialist principles. The speakers are K. & Wong of San Francisco and C. Yook and O. W. Jang of Berkeley.
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Kansas City
China
St Louis
K. & Wong
San Francisco
C. Yook
O. W. Jang
Berkeley
Kidnapping Suspect Seized in Portland Case
Leo Martin, 26, in Colorado extradition fight with his attorneys, was kidnapped in Portland as a Denver officer aided by local detectives seized him by car. Judge Gaten orders the kidnapers arrested.
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Colorado
Ausver
Leo Martin
Denver
Judge Gaten
First to Reach White Pass in Car Claim Published
Dr. Charles BE. Percival associate editor of Health and Geo. D. Brown of Detroit Michigan returned to the city last night after touring Alaska by automobile. They claim the record for reaching White Pass in a car.
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Charles BE. Percival
Health
Geo. D. Brown
Detroit
Mich
Alaska
Wedding Triumph for Suffragettes in Kansas
In Chase county Kansas a marriage was performed by a woman for the first time. With the groom from Texas awaiting the ceremony the probate judge was absent, so Mrs Wells served as judge pro tem and united the couple. Witness Mie Houston stood as the clerk.
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Kas
Chase County
Wells
Texas
Kansas
Mia Wells
Mie Gussie Houston
Anna Arnold
Deeds
Bertha Plummer
Noisy Neighbors Prompt Gossip Observations
Billings questions neighbor chatter in the household banter as Gittings notes his wife shares abundant details about others, reflecting a culture of gossip and curiosity among locals.
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Billings
Gittings
Aviator Rodgers Detained by Winds Delays Route
Vinita Oklahoma reports aviator Rodgers held by adverse winds on Sunday. He expects to reach Fort Worth Texas today as he continues his flight plan.
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Rodgers
Fort Worth
Tex
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