Crusade Against the White Plague Headed Worldwide
Mason City Iowa September 28 delegates from nations across the civilized world gather for an educational crusade to eradicate the white plague. Noted physicians from Berlin Copenhagen Lille Leyden Edinburgh Vienna and Tokyo join American experts in shaping the effort. A White House reception hosted by President Roosevelt on October 2 marks the opening, with about 10 900 people expected.
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Mason City
Verhapa
Doctora Rovert Koch
Berlin
Bang
Copenhagen
Calmette
Lille
France
N. Theodora Tendeloo
Leydenp
RW. Phillip
Edinburgh
von Pirquet
Vienna
G. Sims Woulhénd
Cambridge
Lydia Rab- Snowiteh
Camilo Calleja
Valladolid
Spain
T. Ishigami
Osaka
Japan
Roosevelt
White House
United States
Eagle Snatches Child. Rescued by Family in New Jersey
Sept 23 report from New York describes a bald eagle grabbing an 11 year old girl in the woods near Hear Telmetta New Jersey. Father and uncle fired at the bird, wounding it and freeing the child whose arm was severely injured. The eagle, five feet nine inches, was captured and to be sent to the Bronx zoo.
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New York
Telmetta
N. J
Prederli ‘Oribler
Mr. Cribler
Acle
Paul Cribler
Mrs. Crible
Bronx Zoological Park
Peers Test Roulette System For Big Bet
London September 23 Sir Hiram Maxtin and Lord Rossin opened a stumbling contest in the Pleendilly club. Sir Hiram claims no system can beat the Monte Carlo bank while Lord Rosslyn plays with dummy money. The bank matched the stake and the game will run several days. By day’s end Lord Rosslyn stood ahead with $900.
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London
Hiram Maxtin
Lord Rossin
Sir Hiya
Lord Rossiyin
Monte Carlo
Bersun
Pleendilly Club
Hiram
Monte
Augelon
Rosslyn
Lord Rosslyn
Wealthy Yankee Widow Weds Portugal Prince
Parla September 23 report that Prince Miguel of Braganza eldest son of Don Miguel, pretender to the throne of Portu wail, secretly marries Mrs Samuel Sloan Chauncey a rich American widow.
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Parla
Prince Miguel
Braganza
Don Miguel
Portus Wail
Samuel Sloan Chauncey
Draft Horses in Demand and Profit Tips for Farmers
Draft horses remain scarce nationwide with strong demand for capable heavy work animals. Farmers should focus on raising premium draft types, using purebred stallions on top mares, as the market pays well for stock with power and stamina. Even with motors as substitutes, the country still needs teams for farming and transport.
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Enoug
Enieriles
Antmais
Mount Vernon Boy Ends Life At Home
A 14 year old boy in Mount Vernon, New York, apparently hanged himself in his home cellar. The incident was discovered by his father when the boy failed to come up, the youth was found hanging from a cross beam after neighbors heard a whistle. Police are investigating the death as a possible suicide.
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New York
Bilver Weill
Mount Vernon
Hanged for Murders at Kingston Missouri Trial Ends
Albert Diley was hanged here for the murder of his wife, brother, and their baby on their Kingston farm last year. The execution concludes a lengthy case that drew local attention to crime and punishment in the area.
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Kingston
Albert Diley
Professor Scores Fair Sex Again in Magazine Article
Chicano Sept 24 reports University of Chicago sociologist W. Thomas draws sharp criticism with his book Sex and Society. An October piece titled The Adventurous Character of Woman argues morality is expediency and that women’s virtue depends on surveillance, while marriages bond mainly over children.
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W. Thomas
University of Chicago
Wamen
Thomas
Cholera Grips St Petersburg Amid Siege Measures
St Petersburg faces Asiatic cholera with increasing cases surpassing 18 percent and rising daily. Authorities threaten martial law. city officials push for hospital expansion, disinfectants, and faster interment as dead houses overflow and corpses remain unburied.
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St. Petersburg
5000 Odd Fellows Attend Denver Session
Denver, Colo Sept 23 About 5000 delegates and visitors gather for the 4th annual session of the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Rebekahs hold formal meetings alongside the Odd Fellows. Delegates may vote on deputy grand sire with candidates Kuykendall Keller Daniel Cochrum Hoagland Bullard Meyers. A proposal to lower admission age to 18 is up for consideration, though previously defeated.
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Denver
Colo
Sovereign Grant Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Sovereign Grand Lodge
W. L. Kuykendall
Wyoming
A. ©. Keller
Texas
Robert J. Daniel
Georgia
John B. Cochrum
Indiana
J. S. Hoagland
Nebraska
Massena Bullard
Montana
R. Hill Meyers
Winnipeg
Grand Lodge
Rich Parents Favor Private Schools Says Mrs Rockefeller
Mrs Rockefeller urges rich families to send children to private schools to relieve crowded public schools. She and her husband attended a meeting with St Paul railway directors in Milwaukee. She defends raising four “ordinary” children with common sense to become average adults.
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Wim. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Vail T
New York
Paris Central Telephone Building Destroyed in Fire
A massive fire tore through Paris central telephone building causing total destruction. Loss estimated at 5,000,000 dollars as 2060 lines and vital communications service were wiped out, halting ministries, banks, newspapers and international trunk lines. Firefighters fled as flames spread, with service not expected to resume for over a month.
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Paris
Wien Jy Ve
Seven shot as panic erupts at Danville tent meeting
In Danville Kentucky on September 22 a large tent meeting at Moreland Island ended with seven people shot inside the tent as the crowd began to disperse. Hundreds were injured in the ensuing panic as the cause of the shooting remained unclear.
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Danville
Moreland
Roots Speech Frames GOP Case in Roosevelt Era Reforms
Secretary Root addressed the Republican convention, praising earlier administrations for honesty and efficiency while defending the party against Bryan’s charges. He argued for steady regulation of trusts and railroads, warned against Democratic returns, and cited the 1893 Wilson-Gorman tariff to illustrate risks of policy shifts. He urged continuity of protection, enforcement, and governance.
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Root
Bryan
Republican Party
San Jose
Tepublican Party
Tomi Bevinton
Democratic Party
Cansidate
Str. Tart
No Defendable Policy in Democratic Rhetoric
The article argues that the Democratic Party lacks a defendable policy the public can trust, relying on constant criticism and obstruction. It claims Democrats fail to take responsibility, misplacing blame on others, as observed during a political moment in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Democrats
A. Taft
Greensboro
North Carolina
Taft settlement of the Friars Lands in the Philippines
Taft resolves the Friars Lands dispute by arranging a sale of about 300000 acres to tenants and others on favorable terms after consulting landlords church authorities and tenants and securing papal approval in Rome. The settlement improves civil religious relations and showcases American good faith and steady policy in the islands.
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Taft
Philippines
Islands
Mr. Taft
Rome
Free Trade Fallacy Debate in Republican Policy
The text argues against free trade as a restraining factor on sales, noting that despite claims by free trade advocates, the nation has continued both exporting and importing, maintaining foreign obligations and gold reserves. It asserts this has been and will remain the Republican method, attributed to Hon. James B. Shyrmsn.
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James
Shyrmsn
Democratic Party Against Our Navy I and the Monroe Doctrine
A historical piece argues that Bryan opposed naval expansion, warning that without a strong American navy the nation would invite foreign aggression. It stresses preparedness, the Monroe Doctrine, and the need to protect trade, coasts, and overseas possessions with a first class navy to safeguard peace and national interests.
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Hague
Amer Lan
How Could Bryan Help
In Pittsburg lines the writer notes workers intend to vote for Bryan amid hard times. Questions rise about tariff for revenue, direct senatorial elections, campaign contributions, railroad regulation, and warehouse reforms. The piece argues timeliness of policy aims to revive shops and mills and questions market access without domestic reforms.
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Pittsburg
Bryan
Bmee
Head Justices Highest Ideal in Columbus Opinion
The article defends exact justice without fear or favor as the highest ideal of government, condemning any action to deprive a justly accused person, rich or poor, of due process. The piece references a Columbus, Ohio context and remarks on tone and authority.
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Columbus
Ohio
Taft On Party Unity And Duty At Kansas City
Hon. Wm. J. Taft asserts a party must be homogeneous and grasp truth on new issues, discard minor differences, and remain responsible to the people to maintain government and public confidence in power. He spoke in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Wm. J. Taft
Kansas City
Mine Workers Journal Refuses Bryan Letter Publication
The Mine Workers Journal of Indianapolis, the official paper of about 250000 coal miners, declines to publish a partisan Bryan letter. It cites journal rules prohibiting partisan content and aims to avoid political controversy among readers while noting Lincoln as inspiration. The letter writer is identified as Wm. T. Laft from Kansas City Missouri.
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Indianapolis
Bryan
Watter
Partiain
Lincoln
Abratian Lincoln
Tion
Wm. T
Laft
Kansas City
Political notes on party leadership and Mrs Cook for Bryan
The Republican party is greater than any man, a contrast to the Democratic party with one leader. Mrs Tennessee Jasin Cook is coming from across the ocean to help Bryan, a determined woman Bryan will likely struggle to stop.
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Republican Party
Democratic Party
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