Diverse 1908 musings on technology and culture in America
A collage of observations from Eldora Iowa noting public policy, scientific progress, labor unions, military matters, and international curiosities. It touches on Halley’s Comet, steamships, phonographs, Japanese education, torpedo boats, a prison court martial, Panama earthquakes, baseball diplomacy in Berlin, mosquito extermination, straw hats, a Chicago chauffeur case, and foreign bathtub imports. The tone is opinionated and broad, weaving everyday life with global affairs.
Inferno at Brooklyn celluloid factory kills nine
Fire at Robert Morrison & Son comb factory 162 Columbia St Brooklyn destroys the four story plant. Nine people die, twelve injured from jumps and gas fires as Chief Croker orders containment to prevent spread to nearby tenements. Firefighters struggle against heat and exploding celluloid.
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New York
Robert Morrison & Son
Columbia Street
Brooklyn
Croker
Manhattan
Willam Morrison
Wang
Club Women at Oak Park Opens Illinois Federation Meeting
Oak Park Illinois Nov 9 This suburb hosts the annual Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs meeting at the Congregational church presided by Mrs Francis D Everett state president Welcome by Mrs David W Beggs district vice president Delegates prepare for Cincinnati in nomination proceedings tomorrow morning The program features speakers James A Rose Francis G Blair on club work and care of delinquent girls industrial schools and state institutions Civil service reports follow with Mrs Eugenie M Bacon Mrs Sarah Platt Decker and others set to discuss legislation conservation and library extension
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
Chicago
Illnois Federation of Women's Clubs
Congregational Church
Francis D. Everett
David W. Beggs
Cincinnati
James A. Rose
Francis G. Blair
General Federation
Henry Solomon
Ellen M. Henrotin
G. J. Charlton
Eugenie M. Bacon
Nineteenth Century Club
Sarah Platt Decker
Long Stage Career Ends
Lionel Brough the comedian died in London at 78. Born March 10, 1836 in Pontypool, he was the son of Barnabas Brough of the Broughs who wrote as Barnard de Brough. He clerked for John Timbs of the Illustrated London News and later joined the Daily Telegraph, publishing its first issue and creating street newspaper sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lionel Brough
Pontypool
Barnabas Brough
Brough
Barnard de Brough
John Timbs
Illustrated London News
Daily Telegraph
Supreme Court Denies Indians Citizenship Redress
Washington November 9 In an opinion by Justice Holmes the Supreme Court decided against the complainants in the case of 18000 Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians excluded from citizenship by an Interior Department action. Secretary Hitchcock's order, filed March 4 190% halted their bid for redress.
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Washington
Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Autofarezealdriver causes fatal bridge plunge
A taxi carrying a woman and three men including chauffeur Ernest Camp plunged through an open draw at the Jackson boulevard bridge in Chicago after he rushed to earn an extra fare. The car sank. occupants drowned despite quick rescue attempts. An inquiry into bridge safety follows, with possible new precautions to prevent repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
al. Austin
Wabash Avenue
Jackson Boulevard
Ernest Camp
John W. Schreffler
South Park Avenue
Camp
Colonial Theater
West Side
Bridgetenders
Tioga
Ilinois
Thomas G. Plhlfoldt
City Bureau of Bridges
Charley M. Foell
Council
Catalonia Restored Constitutional Guarantees in July Revolt
Madrid officials announce that the Spanish government has restored constitutional guarantees in the Catalonian provinces of Barcelona and Gerona after they were suspended last July due to the revolt. The move marks a return to normal civil rights amid ongoing political tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Gerona
Surgeon Dr. Moore Shot at Clark Lake Camp
Dr. John R. Moore of Ironwood, chief surgeon for United States Steel Lake Superior mines, was shot and severely wounded in an accident at his camp in the woods at Clark Lake, Bessemer, Michigan, on November 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer, Mich
John R. Moore
Ironwood
United States Steel Corporation
Lake Superior
Clark Lake
Opera Star Grace Van Studdiford Wins Divorce
Grace Van Studdiford, opera star, has been granted a divorce from Charles Van Studdiford. The ruling was announced by Judge Wuerdeman in St. Louis as the case proceeded through the court.
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St. Louia
Grace van Studdiford
The
Opera Stage
Way Grant
Charles van
Studs Diford
Wuerdeman
Robbers Try to Loot Produce Train at Round Lake
A. L. Jackson, a brakeman on the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound line, was fatally wounded during an attempted robbery of the butter and egg special at Round Lake Wisconsin. Deputies from Waukegan and Libertyville chased the highwaymen toward Chicago after the robbers cut the last five cars and used two motor trucks to haul the loot.
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Chicago
A. L. Jackson
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Round Lake
Wis
Waukegan
Libertyville
Illinois-Wisconsin
Jackson
National Geographic Society forms panel on pole discovery claim
Washington November 9 The National Geographic Society board named a committee to decide if the north pole was reached before 1909, weighing Dr F A Cook s 1908 claim. Members include J Howard Gore Rear Admiral John K Pittsburgh and Dr C W Willard Hayes the society chief geologist.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
North Pole
F. A’cook
J. Howard Gore
George Washington University
John KE. Pittsburgh
Navy
C. W. Willard Hayes
Geological Survey
Committee On Research
Society
Cook
PUPILS RUN BANK IN SCHOOL IN NEW JERSEY
New Jersey high school in Montclair sets up a pupil run bank within the school to teach money handling. Students will hold officer roles and cash deposits will be processed with standard banking forms. The move aims to foster prudent financial habits among students.
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Glaziers
New York
Mont Clair
N. J
Board of Education
Ex-Congressman Gilbert Dead in Kentucky
Former U S Representative George G. Gilbert who served Kentucky’s Eighth district from 1898 to 1906 died in Loulaville. News mentions a reported barthauake at Galt Lake City and other garbled text from the clipping, with no clear additional facts.
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Gilbert
Loulaville
George G. Gilbert
Kentucky
Barthauake
Galt Lake City
Uate
Olty Ae
Lost in Antiquity and Family Discipline Question
A mother answers a boy who asks if grandpa thrashed his father and if his father thrashed him, prompting the child to wonder who started the cycle. The piece shifts to a promotional note for Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children, advertised as a remedy for summer sickness, feverishness, headaches, stomach troubles, teething, and worms, with ordering details.
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Cassell
Saturday Journal
Mother Gray
New York
Alien 8
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Refuted asserts no paupers in London Jet
A conversational Tete a Tete quotes a speaker denying the London claim that one in 37 England are paupers. A woman retorts that she met 387 people with no paupers in London last summer aboard the Jet. The ad promotes WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT as a substitute to stop smoking.
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England
London
Wrigley
Windy Ashing and Sand Storms Mentioned in Ad Fragments
A collage of old ad lines touts Pettit's Eye Salve for eye relief during strong winds and sand, Allen's Lung Balsam for coughs, Russ Blue for laundry, Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for digestion, and Wrigley’s Spearmint. Miscellaneous moral quotes mingle with product pitches from various druggists and brands.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N.Y
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Herala
Eldora
Iowa
Columbus
Earth
Japan
Massachusetts
Musser
Reid
United States Service
Benedict Arnold
Panama
United States
Nicaragua
Berlin
Count von Bernstorff
Capt
Neath
New Jersey
New York Post
Germany
London Daily Telegraph
Supreme Court
R. Moore
DR. Cook
Geographic Society Names Committee
Perry
New Bedford
Mays
New England
Whitman Corporation
Aga
Vurnecedo
Albuquerque
N.M. Noy
Nam, Robinson
Roswell Register-Tribune
New Mexico
Alabama
Sumatra
Havana
Tobacco
Heyworth
Allen
Henry Lee
Dr. Pierce
Uncle Sam
Pierce
Medical Association
R. VY. Pierce
Pres
Buffalo, N
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