Notable Early 20th Century Letters and Appointments
Prof. Barry Gilbert of Illinois College of Law to rejoin University of Town faculty. Edward G. Feeney of Brooklyn elected president of American Federation of Catholic Societies at Pittsburg convention. Harriman to occupy new 1 million dollar stone mansion atop Tower Hill near Arden on return from Europe. Harry K. Thaw attacks experts and District Attorney in a signed statement before sanity ruling. Speaker Cannon confirms rerun for Congress and continued public life. Jane Addams boomed for U S president by Boston suffragists. William D. Mahon travels to New York to organize car workers. Frederick C. Van Duser brings jewel from English Masons lodge to Taft in honorary membership tribute.
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Barry Gilbert
College of Law
University of Illinois
University of Town
Edward G. Feeney
Brooklyn
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Pittsburg
BE. H. Harriman
Tower Hill
Arden
Europe
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Mills
Jerome
Speaker Cannon
Danville
Congress
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
United States
Boston
William D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of
New York
Frederick C. van Duser
London
American Lodge of Masons
England
Taft
Global tensions and local shocks in a scattered 1912 news digest
International and domestic stories outline United States trade policy threats with Japan, Spain naval movements to Melilla, and European tensions. Crime, disasters, a missing girl in Wisconsin, a fatal house fire in Milton, floods of small incidents across towns including banker deaths and bank robberies, plus a note on Hague arbitration over fisheries.
Harris will and deaths and trials fill 1909 news page
Theodore Harris leaves his children $150 monthly and over $1,000,000 to a Kentucky Baptist institution. Mexican revolutionists appeal to a Chicago group for Jose G. Raniel amid San Antonio arrests. Actor James K. Hackett denies reconciliation with Mary Mannering. Lightning kills Howard Quick and Percy Barron in Idaho Springs.
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Theodore Harris
Louisville
Kentucky
Refuge and Defense League
Chicago
Jose G. Raniel
Thomas Sarabia
San Antonio
Tex
James K. Hackett
New York
Mary Mannering
Howard Quick
Percy Barron
Idaho Springs
Col. Quick
Newark
N. J
Oranges
Gov. Fort’s
Sea Girt
Christian Missionary Alliance
Cleveland
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Alfred
Leonardo Spino
St. Louis
Wilson
John Parson
Ballinger
Interior Department
National Irrigation Congress
Spokane
Allegheny County
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
James Sutton
Annapolis
Board of Inquiry
Secretary of the Navy
William Bernhardt
Burlington
Salt Lake City
Utah
Oakland
Cal
Western Pacific Company
Delight Weston
H. B. Weston
Terre Haute (Ind.) Paper Company
Smith College
Frederick D. Grant
Pittsburg
Council of
Waterville
Kan
Bychowder
George de Weese
William de Weese
Mount Vernon
Fifth Avenue
Riverside Park
B. Alexander
California
Taft
Congress
Ellis 'Sland
Marine Corps
Belgrade
Servia
King's Palace
Prince George
Piedmont
Central Japan Earthquake Wrecks Towns and Buildings
A Saturday earthquake in Shiga and Gifu prefectures caused 30 deaths and 82 injuries. It destroyed 362 buildings including many temples and left more than a thousand others badly damaged. Osaka in Gifu suffered severe flooding as the Hida river banks broke and the area fled to high ground. Ibuki mountain emitted smoke and collapsed, altering its shape. Minor damage occurred near Nagoya and nearby villages.
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Tokyo
Japan
Shiga
Gifu
Osaka
Hida
Ibuki
Nagoya
Mother's terrible deed shocks Chicago
Mrs. Marie Handzel, Sunday, died by self harm while also killing her three young children by gas in a bath. She had been ill and left four other children ages 5 to 16. The same report notes Lake Como near HeKah, Minnesota vanished overnight after a 300 foot dam breach, leaving only shifting sand and dying fish.
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Chicago
Marie Handzel
la Crosse
Wis
Como
HeKah
Minn
Lynching Near Doss, Moorehouse Parish Reported
News reports a negro lynched near Doss in Moorehouse parish. He was hanged from a roadside tree near his home and shot with bullets. Alleged ill will followed his suit against a white resident who killed the negro’s cow.
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Monroe
Doss
Moorehouse Parish
Tragic Death At Peoria State Hospital Ravine
Charles P. Jones a 7 year old resident of Hanna City was admitted to the asylum on August 3. He blew his head off with a dynamite cartridge in a ravine near the Peoria State Hospital for the Insane. The blast severed his head from the body. head remains missing while the body was found in good condition.
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Peoria
Charles P. Jones
Hanna City, Jr
Peoria State Hospital
Jones
Wadley Lumber Plant Burns in Fire Loss
Wadley Yellow Pine Lumber Co. plant at Wadley Ga. and a large stock of lumber were destroyed by a fire causing about 150000 dollars in damage with 100000 dollars insured.
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Wadley, Ga
Wadley Yellow Pine Lumber Co
Market Reports From Cincinnati to Indianapolis
Market notes from Cincinnati Chicago Louisville and Indianapolis detail cattle calves hogs sheep and grain prices for August 14. Prices include cattle 6.50 to 7.85, hogs 8.05 to 7.75, flour 6.40, wheat around 1.08, corn 0.65, oats 0.38, hay timothy 16.50 to 17, butter 0.20, potatoes 1.60 to 1.76, tobacco 11.50 to 18.50, pork 20.45 to 20.60, lard 11.324, and cattle prime 6.25 to 6.75. Prices also listed for Louisville and Indianapolis markets with similar commodities and ranges.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
Old Vessel Now a Chupeh Seaman’s Bethel at San Pedro
The Seaman's Bethel near San Pedro transforms an old beached ship into a mission church for sailors and Rat tle Snake Island fishermen. The hull houses a reading room, library, gym, bowling alley, baths, bunks, and nightly Gospel services with no collections, run by the Seamen's Friend society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Seaman's Bethel
Rattlesnake Island
San Pedro
California
Seaman’s Bethel
San Pedro Harbor
Seven Seas
Seamen's Friend Society
Ohio State Fair to Install Minute Accounting System
A Buckeye Record digest notes Paulding and Carroll county examinations showing illegal expenditures totaling 5 262.50 with substantial refunds pending. Secretary Sandles plans a rapid payout system at the Ohio state fair, delivering purse and premium winnings at the trackside as races finish and on Friday afternoon.
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Paulding County
T. D Davis
State Bureau of Accounting
E. N. Halbedel
Carroll
Sandles
A Cat of Ancient Egypt and Animal Thought
A Philadelphia notice reviews Countess Evelyn Martinengo Cesaresco's new volume The Place of Animals in Human Thought arguing that even the humblest animal holds mystery and possibility. It portrays animals as companions and allies within creation.
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Philadelphia
Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
Sacred cats and religious reverence across ancient cultures
The passage notes how many old religions view animals with reverence, influencing Eastern philosophy. It cites Hindu compassion toward all beings and ancient Egypt’s worship of cats, including a bronze feline preserved in the French ambassador’s Rome collection, illustrated in the volume.
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Ancient
Egypt
Rome
Remarkable attendance record of Hutchings children at Sheerness schools
The Hutchings family in Sheerness is praised for perfect attendance. Bertha Hutchings has never missed a day or been late in 11 years starting at age three. Ethel earned a gold medal for seven years of perfect attendance. Five other Hutchings children hold medals for similar records. The school managers plan to seek official recognition from the Kent education committee.
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Sheerness
Hutchings
Bertha
Ethel
Kent ‘Education Committee
Bertha Hutchings
London Mail
Prayer Discloses Drowning In River Incident
In Ashtabula a mother hears her son pray asking forgiveness for Sammy Webster who drowned after falling from a raft on the river. Eight-year-old Sammy and companions played on a raft when he slipped into the water. The boys fled home in fear and hours passed before authorities recovered the drowned boy's body.
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Ashtabula
Sammy
Sammy Webster
Dairy wives churn to save milk during 9 cent strike
In Lebanon on August 13 the wives of Warten county dairy farmers endure a milk strike led by the Tristate Dairy men's association aiming for more than 9 cents a gallon. They haul out long unused churns and labor by hand to prevent milk from going to waste while husbands refuse to sell at cut rates.
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Lebanon
Warten County
Tristate Dairymen’s Association
Youngest Mexican War Recruit From Millersburg
James C. McNulty buried at Millersburg was the youngest enlisted soldier in the United States Army during the Mexican War. He joined at age 14 under General Winfield Scott, answered Lincoln’s call in 1861, became a captain, served through the war, and re-enlisted as a lieutenant in the One Hundred and Second regiment.
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Millersburg
James C. McNulty
Mexico
Winfield Scott
Lincoln
One Hundred and Second Regiment
Two Killed by Passenger Train at Barberton Crossing
Akron Aug 13 Will Reed Wooster store manager and Evelyn Trotman five daughter of Mrs Guy Trotman of Seville were killed and Mrs Trotman fatally injured by an Erie passenger train at Barberton They were on a bogey crossing location Mrs Trotman gave information before losing consciousness Her husband had been refused a divorce weeks before.
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Akron
Will Reed
Wooster
Evelyn Trotman
Guy Trotman
Seville
Trotman
Erie
Barberton
Ohio rifle meet marks two individual events completed
Camp Perry reports two individual matches finished August 11 at the Ohio State Rifle Association and Ohio National Guard contest. Maj. W. Z. Roll won the Hall medal with 100 of 106 at 800 900 and 1000 yards and Sgt. J. C. Snook took the state individual revolver with 219 points.
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Camp Perry
Ohio State Rifle Association
Ohio National Guard
Maj. W. Z. Roll
Sergt. J. C. Snook
Columbus
Black Hand letters threaten Ravenna contractor
Two Black Hand letters received by Ravenna contractor B. Morgan demand 2000 dollars or death. Letters posted in Akron. Sheriff of Portage County, Akron officials, and federal officers are investigating the case.
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Ravenna
B. Morgan
Akron
Morgan
Portage County
Rubber Plant Partially Burned in Akron Fire
Akron August 18 fire damaged the Buckeye Rubber plant owned by the Consolidated Rubber Co causing the loss of hundreds of tons of raw material. Officials report the total loss at about 200000 dollars with some insurance coverage.
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Akron
Buckeye
Consolidated Rubber Co
Losurance
Crying Need and Poets Colonize Fruitvale
Joaquin Miller plans a colony of poets in Fruitvale California. He notes poets will argue and squabble over literature as pleasant and sensible, while warning political religious arguments breed bitterness. A Maine divine argument ends with a witty exchange about spittoons.
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Joaquin Miller
Fruitvale
Cal
Miller
Matthew Arnold
Swinburne
Tennyson and Keats
Maine
Royal
Stuart and
Orange
William Ili
James II
Cycle Dealer Endorses Accurate Cyclometer
A dealer recommends a precise cyclometer, contrasting it with faulty ones that overstate miles. Miss de Byke asks if such cheap devices exist, seeking assurance about accuracy and honesty in bicycle gauges.
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Miss de Byke
Your Salary and the Universe's Return
A quotation from N. W. Zimmerman on how fate mirrors a person’s attitude. Positive thoughts and cheerful behavior invite friendly company and nature’s rewards, while censure and hatred invite similar responses from others.
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N. W. Zimmerman
Irish Kings of 4 A D Fearaidhach-Fionfashtna Deaths
New York Press notes a line of Irish rulers with Fearaidhach-Fionfashtna slain by successor Fiachadh-Fion, who fell to Fiachadh-Fionchadh then. Eoch airh-Moidmeodhain died of natural causes among a small group, Flaithheartagh resigned the throne for monastic life.
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Fearaidhach-Fionfashtna
Fiachadh-Fion
Fiachadh- Fionchadh
Connaught
Eochairh-Moidmeodhain
When Women Vote They’ll Need Less Pocket Money
A man argues that women's voting will increase calls for donations. A woman replies she supports good causes but is hesitant to reach into her pocket for every appeal, weighing the personal cost of giving.
Coffee Dreams and Postum Cure Urges Readers
A letter extols Postum as a remedy for insomnia and nervous distress linked to coffee. The writer notes sleep improved after switching to Postum, praising its flavor and urging others to abandon coffee as a harmful drug. The missive also cites a young woman whose stomach problems improved after quitting coffee.
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China
First National Bank
Tipton
Ind
Noah Marker
Alfonso
Spain
Melilla
Standard Oil Company
Marguerite Haley
Lake Geneva
Hague
Association of National and State Dairy and Food Departments
Denver
Charles van Studdiford
Grace van Studdiford
Decatur
Ill
Swiftsure
Malta
Crete
Turkey
Fort William
Ont
Milton
Del
Albert Burt
Mineola
L. 1
Daniel J. Morrill
Henry Phipps
Whitefish
Greece
Market Reports
Loulaville
Seaman’s
Bethel
Institutional Church
Buckeye Record
Ohio
Telegraph
Oura
Wellville
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