Stage Set for European War in the Spring
A 1909 outlook warns that spring could bring a Balkan sparked general European war. Britain, France, Germany, Austria, and Russia face tangled powers over Bosnia Herzegovina Macedonia and Salonika. The piece cites King Charles of Romania and King Peter of Serbia, notes Bulgaria and Turkey push for regional dominance, and assesses troop totals and financial stakes across Europe.
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Ondon
Eng
Europe
Balkan
Balkans
A. Francis Walker
New York Press
Sir Edward Grey
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Austria
Russia
Turkey
Germany
France
England
Vienna
Kinglake
Salonika
Adriatic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Servia
Austria-Hungary
Peter the Great
Catherine II
Great Britain
Bosphorus
Dardanelles
Balkan States
Charles
Romania
Carmen Sylva
Prince Corse
Abdul Hand I
Ottoman Empire
Balkan Tensions Persist in Balkans and Europe
The article traces continuing friction over Bosnia and Herzegovina involving Austria Hungary and Turkey with Serbia and Montenegro resisting Austrian demands. It cites a Servian foreign minister speech defying Austrian policies and Milovanovitch urging autonomy within the empire and river frontiers. It notes Emperor Francis Joseph's influence in avoiding rupture and his long reign as a factor in seeking peace amid volatile Balkan dynamics.
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Austria
Turkey
Francis Joseph
Franz Ferdinand
Balkans
Bulgaria
Berlin
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe
Tion
Cretan
George
Olga
Peter
Servia
Alexander
Dragu
Nicholas of
Montenegro
Danilo I
M. “Milovanovitch
Bosnia
Heragovina
Save
Danube
Fire Fatality at Acapulco Teatro Flores Tragedy
A devastating blaze swept Teatro Flores in Acapulco, Mexico, trapping and killing hundreds as spectators, including Americans, fled through three narrow exits. The wooden theater burned during a Governor Flores tribute and a film sequence, with many bodies found in the crush near the exits. The disaster prompted telegrams seeking American casualties. Acapulco's port status as a Pacific hub is noted.
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Mexico City
Teatro Flores
Acapute
Flores
Damian Flores
Guerrero
Acapulco
Mexico
Girl Slayer is Guilty
Omaha jurors convict Van Wilson Goodell of first degree murder in the killing of Miss Ana Kennett. The panel, out briefly, unanimously agrees on the verdict and fixes the punishment at life imprisonment.
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Omaha, Neb
van Wilson Goodell
Ana Kennett
Mexican Indians on Warpath near Mexico City
Lieutenant Alejandro Berlin orders fifty infantrymen to penetrate Juliana Roc territory and locate Maya Indians blamed for attacks on settlements and detachments. Ten days ago the tribes attacked a small detachment, and yesterday killed another between San Isidro and Noxea and captured army mule provisions.
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Mexico City
Mex
Llieutenant
Alexandro Berlin
Juliana Roc
San Isidro
Noxea
Snowbound party near Alpine Tunnel in Colorado
Snow shovelers reach Alpine tunnel on the Colorado and Southern railroad report a party of seven is in imminent danger of starvation at the crest of the Continental divide. The group includes Larry Water and his wife who run the eating house there and five trackmen, three of whom are sick.
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Bena Vista
Colo
Alpine Tunnel
Colorado & Southern
Larry Water
Peach crop expected bumper yield in Missouri districts
In Koshkonong and Brandsville districts the Elberta peach crop for 1909 is forecast between 800 and 900 cars. Trees remain heavily budded and have endured recent cold snaps well, signaling a very large, safe harvest.
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Koshkanong
Koshkonong
Brandsville
Oldest Man in the World Celebrates 139th Birthday
Guadalajara Mexico reports Jose Guada loupa Alcala celebrated his 139th birthday. Born in the city forty years before Mexico became a republic, Alcala has lived in three centuries, marking a rare longevity milestone in local records.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Jose Guadaloupa Alcla
Alcala
Republic
Warrant Issued for Russian Novelist Maxim Gorky
Police issue arrest warrant for Maxim Gorky described as a Nishni-Novgorod house painter in the document. The notice names the prominent author amid the referenced charges and warrants.
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Gorky
St. Petersburg
Russia
Maxim Gorky
Nishni-Novgorod
Statehood In Sight for Arizona and New Mexico
Washington lawmakers report the House has approved a bill granting separate statehood to Arizona and New Mexico. The measure now awaits Senate action to become law.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Arizona
New Mexico
Senate
Poison Mistake Fatal Risk In St Louis Incident
Olga Mueller of Missouria St Louis drank poison by mistake along with a school teacher and her daughter, relatives say they will probably die. The group includes the daughter of Dr Mueller of Denison Iowa.
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St. Louis
Olga Mueller
Mueller
Denison
Five Years for Bell in Manslaughter Case
Bell Currie Dury case ends with voluntary manslaughter verdict. Burdett Bell of Denver is sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for murdering Currie Dury after he stole his wife.
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Bell
Denver
Colan Burdett Bell
Currie Dury
Bank Robbery Reported Near Saas Oklahoma
A bank near Saas Oklahoma, about sixteen miles south of this city, was robbed. Authorities dispatched deputies and bloodhounds to the scene though details remain scarce.
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Okahoma
Dots and Dashes and Dispatches Of Prisons Fires And Floods
Forty nine prisoners and 24 birds were taken when no cockfight was broken up by police in New Rochelle New York. The Kilpatrick army transport will leave New York for the Philippines bearing many officers. Pratt Oil Company plant in New York damaged by fire costing 500000 to 600000 with five firemen hurt. A six story municipal lodging house opened in New York. Bowery bread line groups oppose state farm colony for tramp labor. Rat poison killed a Newark man and hospitalizes his wife. Sacramento drainage chief estimates Sacramento valley flood losses last month at 4 to 5 million dollars.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
United States Army
Kilpatrick
New York
Philippines
Field
Coast Artillery
Pratt Oil Company
Standard of
Municipal Lodging House
Bowery
Stanislaus Sarnowski
Newark
N. J
Sarnowski
Sacramento
Cal
Bryan Talks To Iowa Solons At Weaver Portrait Unveiling
Des Moines February 16 William J Bryan headlined a public unveiling of a life size portrait of Gen James B Weaver at the state house gallery The painting by Charles T Cummings was a gift to Iowa's historical department The ceremony marked the Fort Donelson attack anniversary with Gov Carroll presiding Weaver attended as guest of honor and a banquet followed to honor Iowa's notable citizen
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Des Moines
William J. Bryan
Iowa
State House
James B. Weaver
Colfax
State Historical Department
Fort Donelson
Gov. B. I. Carroll
Bryan
Gen. Weaver
Charles T. Cummings
Eulogies for Dead Congressmen in Special Session
Washington February 16 three members of congress who died during the first session of the present congress were eulogized in a special session of the house of representatives yesterday. They were Senator William Pinkney Whyte of Maryland Representative William H Parker of South Dakota and Representative Abraham L Brick of Indiana. Representative Overstreet of Indiana presided.
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Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
William Pinkney Whyte
Maryland
William H. Parker
South Dakota
Abraham L. Brick
Indiana
Overstreet
Earthquakes Strike Italy. Florence Director shaken
Regelo Feb 16 reports strong earthshocks felt throughout yesterday and Saturday. Ing Prof. Alfani, director of the Florence observatory, was violently thrown to the ground as he was about to board a Naples train, in what appeared to be a severe shock.
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Italy
Regelo
Alfani
Florence Observatory
Naples
Markets Report: Flour and Wheat Movements at Chicago
Flour markets firm with spring wheat prices around 6.20 for Minnesota hard durum and exports. Wheat quiet amid wire trouble and weak cables, May and July futures listed. corn and oats mixed with butter and eggs values noted. Cargo bags and live poultry prices included, with regional variations and weekly trading context.
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Chicago
Apeelnl
Minnesota
New York
Western
Live Stock Market in Omaha Nebraska Report
Market news from Omaha Nebraska lists cattle prices with natives at 4.25 to 4.50, western stock at 3.00 to 6.00, calves 3.00 to 7.00, hog prices up about five cents with heavy hogs at 6.25 to 6.42, meritorious 6.00 to 6.35, and sheep steady with yearlings 5.76 to 6.85, wethers 6.00 to 6.40, ewes 4.00 to 5.00, lambs 6.00 to 7.00.
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Omaha
Neb
Texas
Chicago market recap for cattle hogs and hogs prices
Raw ledger style report from Chicago on February 16 listing cattle prices by grade including steers cows yearlings and calves with prices ranging from about 1.76 to 9.00 per unit and hogs with classes from good to prime heavy and medium weights across several price bands.
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Chicago
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