Week's History in Brief From The Standard
Summary of varied items: deaths and accidents across the U S and abroad, including drownings in Varennes, fatal railroad collision in New Haven, and a mine accident in Pro Fence. Notable deaths include Blanche Walsh marriage news, John Homstreet at 101, H C Burch hotelier, and public figures Hunt and Hayden. Political and legal notes touch Washington inspector dismissal, rebates ruling against American Sugar Refining, and French naval funding vote. Local incidents and crimes, plus international notes from Canada and Europe, conclude with church and government notes.
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Blanche Walsh
W. M. Travers
New Orleans
John Homstreet
Chicago
Rome
N. Y
H. C. Burch
Ebbit House
Washington
William Stephens
Ontonagon
Mich
Frank W. Hunt
Idaho
Goldfield
Nev
Grippe
Hayden
Grove City
Ohio
Miles Standish
Hugh H. Henry
Army and Navy Union
Stat
Browne
Edward J. Cronkrite
Ilinois House of Representatives
West
Freeport
Old Headlines and Fragments Spotlight Local News
Reading through a jumble of brief items shows a Washington dinner date, wolf hunting clubs in Michigan, a Hawthorne book note, Lincoln Park zoo antics, Caruso fined, a New York miscue, and Missouri oil politics. Several names surface: Gillette, De Vry, Hollis, Garfield, Finney, Hill, and Rockefeller ties linger in corporate reshuffles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Fenraplinal Society
Washington
Sidnaw
Kenton
Mich
Sive
Hawthorne
Weing
Cy de Vry
Caruso
New York
John Porter Hollis
Bureau of Corporations
James R. Garfield
St. Louis
Standard
Missouri
Adrian H. Joline
Missouri & Texas Company
F. M. Finney
Rockefeller
James J. Hill
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Toasts at St Paul wedding end with cheerful vows
At a recent St Paul wedding reception three toasts honored the couple. A groomsman wished long life, the bridesmaid toasted families and in laws with witty lines, and a young guest’s charm led to a lively moment as guests cheered. The minister offered the best toast with an amen, and the couple declined further toasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Charivari
Anid
What He Would Do Buster I Wish I Had Money To Go Europe
Dialogue excerpt shows a character named Buster debating travel with another, revealing preferences for staying in New York over Europe due to money constraints. The exchange highlights urban choice and aspirations.
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Buster
Europe
New York
Palm reader warned of doomed motorcar death
In a dim street scene a man urges a palmist to tell fortunes for profit. He slips a banknote to influence a reading, warning she should not buy a motorcar as her palm reportedly foretells a fatal automobile accident.
War speech outlines peace aims and military needs
The president emphasizes peace through justice and strengthens military readiness. He cites naval and army modernization, coast defenses, and improved training. He notes the international conference outcomes and calls for cautious naval expansion and better cross border cooperation. He urges continued military preparedness and prudent policy toward Cuba and Asia.
Investigate Car Shortage Amid Grain Transport Struggles
Warerington Bee reports the Interstate Commerce Commission will start investigations in the Northwest into a car shortage hindering grain shipments. Agents are compiling complaints that railroads favor other traffic, blocking farmers from timely market access as high prices emerge in Minneapolis and Chicago. The commission seeks freight offers and reasons for nontransport.
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Warerington
Bee
United States
Worneree Connisson
Pyinkiiy K. Laie
Usit
Unive
Minneapolis
Chicago
Commission
Adirens Far
Syneduc
Mob Burns Two Princeton Tobacco Factories
In Princeton Kentucky on December 4 masked rioters, about 300 men, set fire to the Imperial Tobacco companies stummeries of John Steger and John G Orr causing total destruction and extensive nearby damage. No injuries were reported as the mob seized a town telegraph office and dispersed after the flames. The incident follows agitation by tobacco raisers against the so called tobacco trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
John Steger
John G. Orr
Imperial Tobacco Company of
New York
Tani
Hopkinsvill
Gilles 1Hey
Tobacco Trust
Dowie Erratic Sermon Alarms Followers In Chicago
November 4 Zion followers at Shiloh house, Dowie home, Chicago, witnessed a delirious sermon as Alexander Dowie appeared mentally broken. He raved about a battle where his commander was slain and claimed he won the fight. Nurses helped remove him from the room.
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Shiloh House
Chicago
Alexander Dowie
Zion
Dowie
Train Crash Kills Three and Injures Eleven
A Rutland railroad wreck near Virgennes Virginia on December 4 involved a heavily loaded gravel train rear crashing into a passenger train. Three women died or burned in the fire, at least twelve were seriously injured including members of the Drury Opera Company of New York. both passenger coaches fell from a steep embankment and the wreckage caught fire, but the injured were rescued.
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Virgennes
Rutland
Drury Opera Company of New York
Suits Against Railroads Under Safety Appliance Law
Acting on reports from the Interstate Commerce Commission Attorney General Vera Moody ordered lawsuits against many railroad companies for penalties under the safety appliance law due to neglect of equipment. A prior similar order targeted other roads. Find Tomb of Cicero in Formiae Naples reports a potential tomb of the famed orator near Cicero's assassination site.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gen- Vera Moody
Cicero
Naples
Formiae
Orator
Want Cars for Oranges mass meeting at Lindsay
A mass meeting of orange growers gathered in Lindsay California on December 4 to press the Southern Pacific company to provide railroad cars for shipping oranges to Eastern markets. The session aimed to secure reliable transport and better rates to expand sales beyond local routes.
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Visalist
Cal
Lindsay
Southern Pacific Company
Mob Pursues Murderer Near Valley Park Mississippi
A prominent Chicago real estate man A B Middah of Windsor Park was shot dead yesterday by Wen Young. Young, a Black man, fled as a mob pursued him through Valley Park chasing the suspect in the decedent case.
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Valley Park
Miss
A. B Middah
Windsor Park
Chicago
Wen Young
Young
Railway Head Samuel Spencer Killed In Lynchburg Wreck
Lynchburg Va Dec 1 Samuel Spencer president of the Southern Railway and seven others died and eleven were injured in a rear end collision of two fast trains south of Lynchburg. The crash killed Spencer and several guests including Philip Schuyler a New York capitalist. Spencer’s body was burned and his party was likely asleep when the collision occurred. The operator at Rangoon Mattox is missing and faces possible prosecution as railway detectives seek an explanation for two trains in the same block.
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Ariealioin
Cumnbinatien Ag
Tmi Farpimini
Jeans Holt
Perliniysti
Slovenia
Ktew
Aimolean Shipping
Congress
Patna
Amsvican Clizenslin
Party Bleu
Alisha
Asia
Europe
Americ
Iit
Japan
United States
Cuba
Root
Paniina Canal
Tyne
General Staff
Army
General Board
Navy
Lynchburg
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway Company
Philip Schuyler
New York
Spencer
New York City
Indouble Express
Washington & Southwestern Vestibule Limited
Davis
Mr. Fisher
Jacksonville
Southern Railway
Sawyer's Depot
Bul
Virginia
H. Coapman
Kenny
Merger Under Another Form Involves Hill Roads
Washington reports government scrutiny of Great Northern and Northern Pacific for alleged post dissolution antitrust activity. Complaints claim renewed coordination restrains trade through rate fixing and reduced competition, harming farmers and producers and hindering regional development.
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Hill
Washington
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Interstate Commerce
Supreme Court
Northern Securities Company
Robbers Take $500 In New Haven Store Theft
Seven masked men robed a New Haven store and blindsided the watchman before forcing the safe and stealing about $400 in cash. The heist occurred early yesterday, with authorities seeking leads to identify the culprits.
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New Haven
Conn
A. N. Farnham
Quiet Thanksgiving Day at the White House
President and Mrs. Roosevelt kept a quiet Thanksgiving with the president enjoying two hours of horseback riding on the country roads north of Washington. The day passed calmly without official events or public appearances.
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White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Tyro
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G C. Knappen
South Dakota
Americin
Wikesse
Wehhelding
Isthmian
John Incon Astor
Nesterroom
Fon
Wileunth
Bret Ing Throweh
Varennes
Bylin Montren
Hye
Ann Arbor
John Rose Frazer
John Gale
Sanitate. Marie
Pro Fence
France
Boxiiz
Cornelis Harrison
Rebecca Schwartz
Newark
N. J
Gov. Mead
John Cacutt
State of
Mass City
Peter Kerenan
Eugene Vohs
Paola
Kan
Car Baker
Frank Emery
Kentucky
Kansas City
Emery
Edward Clifford
Peoria
Posse
Frank V. Vanress
Hotel Majestic
Andras Dippel
Fo Anid
American Sugar Refining Company
Holt
New York Central Railroad Company
Oscar Tint
Shellshire
Iowa
Hondaliks
John Panlineky
Menominee
Rojn Fittenn
George Hirrett
Dams Scott Mietell
Salem
Mitchell Drukeed
Wily
Chen
Bu Hamara
Ean Hirone
Bont
Chamber of Deputies
M Thoson
Laurier
I Li Volike
Ottawa
Charles Hsin
Aiia
Altom
Timie
SPO Enly
Sien
Judea Wwavine Railway
Tabor Atatilles
AL Kcome
Liaw
Solonihy
Ye Congress
Nnronscaionay
Mereisel
Learub
Hull
Panaia
Wihfel
Southern Rail
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