Various early 1900s world events and incidents cross section
Julius Kahn of the Cash Buyers' National Co Operative faces federal indictment in Chicago for mail fraud linked to Marathon Wisconsin. A large lumber fire devastates Tong Co. in extreme dryness. Boone Cereal Co. plant loss put at 105000, insured 43250. Dan Weston injured in a factory collapse. rail orders surge in Pittsburgh. Cassatt declines discussion in London. Southern Presbyterian assembly in Greenville with 210 commissioners. Panamanian police reform efforts end. Canadian troops withdraw from Esquimalt. Wickliffe brothers pursuit by US marshals. injuries from scaffold collapse at Benwood. Major figures married. Carl Schurz funeral halts interior work. Reinsch named American delegate to Pan American conference. Roosevelt speaks to Merchant Marine League. Castro may resume rule May 25. Missionary Hunter Corbett chosen moderator. Stanford projects advance toward September. Methodist bishops elected. dynamite blast kills two near Bloomington. Davitt faces more operations. Standard Oil denies preferential rates. Founders and Patriots and YWCA meetings held in DC and Paris. Wickliffe associates captured. Illinois passes primary bill. adjournment sine die.
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Julius Kahn
National Co-Operative Society
Chicago
Federal
Marathon
Wis
Boone
Fred Fear & Co
New York City
Dan Weston
Pittsburg
A. J. Cassatt
Pensylvania Railroad Co
London
Sue
Philadelphia
General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Church
Greenville
S. C
South
George W. Jiminez
New York
Panama
Republic
Canada
Esquimalt
United States
Darrough
Wickliffe Brothers
National Tube Works
Benwood
W. Va
Harlan Child
Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
Erastus Corning, Jr
Albany
N. Y
Washington, D. C
Interior Department
Carl Schurz
Interior
Paul S. Reinsch
Madison
Rio Janeiro
James
Roosevelt
Merchant Marine League
Congress
Castro
Venezuela
Hunter Corbett
China
Presbyterian General Assembly
Des Moines
Leland Stanford University
Palo Alto
Cal
J. J. Tigert
General Conference
Seth Ward
Texas
Joseph Atkins
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Birmingham
Ala
Bloomington
Ind
Indianapolis Southern
Michael Davitt
Standard Oil Co
National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots
Henry V. Boynton
Lucy M. O. Marsh
Young Women’s Christian Association
Paris
France
Ben Hungry
Ned Carselute
Wickliffe Rothers
Spavinaw Hills
Hung
Wickliffes
Gilstrap
Illinois
Sherman
Baste the Bear Game and Its Courtship of a Rope
A description of an outdoor party game where a bear sits on a stool with a rope tied to his fist while players run and flick at him with handkerchiefs. The master tries to catch players without breaking the rope, swapping places with the last touched player. The note ends with a humorous exchange on eggs and saving money.
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Baste
Gluttonous gulls feast on two tons of herring
A Washington state fisherman reached Nanaimo in an open boat with two tons of herring. While he was away seagulls seized the boat leaving only 60 aboard on return. The 60 gorged gulls could not fly and moved about helplessly before the fisherman pushed them overboard and they swam to shore to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington State
Nanaimo
Teacher Seeks Insight on Buda Pesth Disease Lore
Shaggy haired pupil asks about Buda Pesth while a Chicago Tribune item notes Buda Pesth as a cattle disease that is invariably fatal. The exchange captures early veterinary concerns and linguistic curiosities in a night school setting.
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Chicago Tribune
Auctioned pews grant vote rights in Chertsey church
The Sunday Strand notes Chertsey parish owns gallery pews sold by auction. Owners gain temporary parliamentary voting rights in the division and must pay the £2 poor rate. Years ago warders sought funds for restoration and, via a special act, allowed selling pews and the seat privilege.
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Chertsey
Sunday Strand
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Texas Pride
Our
Wurzburger
Germany
SAN Antonio Brewing Assn
Shiner, Texas
F. P. Luck
E. J. Wangemann
Joe Macha
Aug. Schramm
Dreyer
Adolph Schultz
Bismarck
J. H. Heubner
Walters Bros
the Palace Saloon
Baste the Bear
Shiner Oil Mill Manufacturing CO
Dr. C. Daniel
Opera House
Albert Berchenhoff
F. T. Fehrenkamp
Moulton
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