Venezuelan President Elected by Congress for Four Year Term
The report notes Juan Vicente Gomez was chosen by the congress to serve as sole leader for a four year term. Other items reference the disappearance of an American girl, her uncle’s control of finances, and a Paris to Copenhagen voyage by Bjorn Bjornson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan Vicente Gomez
Congress
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Paris
Copenhagen
Minpolice
Naples
Los Angeles
San
Washington
Posle
Miss Reid
Professor Lettieri
Graham White
London
Madam Tetrazzini
Covent Garden
National party prohibition convention may be held in Des Moines
The notice notes a possible 1912 national prohibition convention in Des Moines. It also mentions Gov. Hughes of New York being offered and accepting appointment as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Other items reference Judge Bailiet’s death in Des Moines, Indiana remarks, and a bequest from Thomas F. Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Gov. Hughes
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
F. Bailiet
S Ney
Anpter Beveridge
Indiana
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
Mw. Kern
Various 1909 News Snippets From Around the Nation
Reports include pensioners abroad from the Civil War, Nebraska court questions on street hay cutting by citizens, Indiana and Nebraska political movements, Chesapeake & Ohio stock increase, death of missionary Henry H. Jessup in Beirut, mine disasters in Muiga Alabama, a Lincoln fire loss, Baltimore Ohio mortgage plans, Mark Twain’s death noted, Mount McKinley expedition, a fatal folding bed incident, Erie wage settlement, expected U.S. Supreme Court appointee, and Congressman Pollard not running for re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert &. Bartlett
Bjorns
Senate
United States
Nebraska Supreme Court
Indiana
Nashville
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Chesapeake & Ohio
Richmond
Henry H. Jessup
Beirut
Syria
Muiga
Alabama
Berlington
Lincoln Yards
Lincoln
Nébr
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago
Mark Twain
McCumber
North Dakota
Tahoma
Seattle
Alaska
Portland Mazama
Mount McKinley
Henry Willington Smith
Lee
Mass
Erie Railway
New York
Supreme Bench
Julius Brewer
Congressman Pollard
New Child Born to Senator Beveridge Family
A daughter was born to Senator and Mrs. Beveridge marking a second birth in the senator’s blended family. The first child is a son, aged about twenty months. President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Carl Rasch of Montana to be United States district judge, a former acting assistant counsel to Interior Secretary Ballinger before the Ballinger Pinchot inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beveridge
Taft
Senate
Carl Rasch
Montana
United States
Rasch
Peter W. Peterson
Clay County
South Dakota
Peterson
French aviator exhibition aims to please Roosevelt
A French aviator gave an exhibition gate to please Mr. Roosevelt. An expert from Washington is to demonstrate a supposed bog cholera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Supreme Court Upholds States Against Trusts Across Several Cases
The U S Supreme Court upheld state actions against trust structures in Mississippi Louisiana and Tennessee. It sustained Mississippi and Tennessee decrees ousting lumber dealers and Standard Oil Kentucky from Tennessee while delaying decisions on corporation taxes. Charles R Heike faces sugar customs conspiracy trial. Morse petitions for habeas corpus in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Mississippi
Louisiana
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Standard Oil Company of
Kentucky
Tennessee
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Larton
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Company
Charles W. Morse
New York
Federal
Atlanta
Martin W. Littleton
Bowdry Picks Out Farm in North Dakota Land Office
Calvin Bowdry a negro aged thirty from Bismarck North Dakota appeared in the land office Monday morning and selected a farm site with a large scale marker. local officials reported the event in Aberdeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mer. Bowdry
Aberdeen
N. D
Calvin Bowdry
Bismark
Land Office
Hendley Dry Goods Named Capitalized at Six Hundred Thousand
On Monday the Hendley Dry Goods company with a capital of $600,000 was named here at the request of two minor shareholders. The action reflects a formal designation in the local business registry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendley Dry Goods Company
Missouri Pacific machinists strike in Sedalia demand higher pay
In Sedalia Missouri a strike by Missouri Pacific railway machinists began at 10 o clock Monday morning. Reports indicate workers sought an 36 to 40 cent hourly raise and rejected the company offer of 39 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Missouri Pacific Railway
Rockefeller Philanthropy Scheme Voiced as National Benefit
A public statement praises John D. Rockefeller's planned philanthropy as vast and beneficial. It argues for a flexible organization, minimal trustee limits, and, in time, potential government appointment of a majority of trustees to reflect public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
United States
Senate
Balti Crowns Rune and Jersey City Boy Heroic Catch
A ten year old Jersey City boy named Louis Rove valiantly chased a foul tip into a shallow pond and mud, escaping danger as onlookers acted. The event occurred in New York and involved a local crowd surrounding the boy’s brave action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rune
Balti Crowns
New York
Louis Rove
Jersey City
Bette
Violet request becomes formal marriage proposal
A pale youthful suitor asks for Mary's hand in marriage. He confirms it is a formality, noting the suggestion came from Mary’s mother, leaving Mary's father to respond to the request in a Philadelphia setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Papa
Philadelphia
Reprimanda Distress at Prayer Meeting Encounter
Mrs Brown sees Bobby on the Jones porch while en route to a prayer meeting. She asks who is with him and he replies in cryptic fashion that if she were good she would know. The remark reflects early impressions and a note about a mother's slipper influencing perceptions.
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Hands OF States
Supreme Court
Association of Lumber Dealers
Zeppe Peine
Girl
Dynamiter
Deere Sal Ncr
Sora Teeere Leanne
Beatrice Creamery Co
St. Eetine
Bara &. Hays
Mmar
Ral Machiniote
Sate Keparting
Esi
M Street
Lincoln Sanitarium
OR. O. W. Everett
14Th and M. Sts
Harpham Brothers CO
Mother
Nils
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