Pope Pius X Dies After Four Day Illness
Pope Pius X died in Rome at age 78 after four days of illness from bronchial pneumonia linked to war worries. Born Giuseppe Sarto in Treviso, he rose from parish priest to pope, championing church discipline and opposing women’s suffrage while strengthening church state ties.
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Pope Pius X
St. Peter
Nathan
Vatican
Pius X
Riese
Trevisco
Niccola Boccasini
Benedict XI
Sarto
Giuseppe
Jozeph
Beppo
Pope Pius
Castel-France
Italy
Orsini
Napoleon III
Tombelo
Salzano
Venezia
Venice
Zinelli
Treviso
Father Sarto
Seminary of
Mantuc
Leo XIII
Giuseppe Sarto
Leo
Bishop Sarto
Sacred College
Seagirt
Pope Pius X A Democrat Pope Who Reformed the Church
Pope Pius X rose as a compromise candidate elected on the sixtieth ballot on August 4 1903 and crowned five days later. His rule emphasized direct gospel teaching to the poor over diplomacy and launched sweeping reforms of the Roman Curia expanding Catholic governance beyond Italy.
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Pius X
Vatican
Leo XIII
Giuseppe Sarto
St. Peter's Cathedral
Rome
Gondoliera
Sapienti Conaillig
Italy
Dust Explosions in Coal Mines Linked to Electrified Sparks
Cambridge England researcher A Douglas Rudge shows that dust clouds react with insulated conductors to produce high voltage sparks capable of igniting coal dust. Coal dust alone can spark, but mixing flue dust with coal dust cancels electrification and prevents ignition.
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A. Douglas Rudge
Cambridge
England
Mides
Rudge
Pope Pius X Buried at Sunset in Rome
Rome reports the entombment of Pope Pius X at sunset in St. Peter's Basilica with a Miserere chorus. About 1,000 attendees included diplomats, prelates, and Roman aristocracy as the body lay in state before interment in the crypt.
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Rome
Pius X
St. Peter’s
Catafalque
Holy See
Aris
Merchants Grow Cautious As Export Blockade Prolonged
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports a three week trade halt and tightened credit as merchants and workers grow cautious. Banks discounting remains limited and rail and bank activity show declines while no broad panic exists. Overseas export orders are shut off and Canada shipments are paused as the war's blockade persists.
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Union News Service
New York
Canada
Elimination of Cardinals in Papal Conclave Talk
Rome reports Requiem masses at St. Peter's and across Catholic churches for Pope Pius. Thousands visit the Altar of Confession while the cardinal congregation holds its third meeting to discuss the conclave. The proposal to eliminate cardinal candidates is under consideration.
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Pius X
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Pius
Della Volpe
Cardinal Della Volpe
Rome
Merry del Val
Papal
Vatican
Monsignor Galli
Vatican Museums
Congregation of Cardinals
Sacred College
Riese
St. Peter's
Enforced Vacation Hits New England Cotton Mills
Boston reports a surge in enforced two week vacations for mill operatives, the highest since 1911. About 30,000 workers in New England mills have closed operations and will not resume until September 8, with many more facing weeklong shutdowns.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Tugs Sent to the Rescue Off Irish Coast
The Leyland line steamer Canadian from Boston to Liverpool was in a collision off southwest Ireland. Tugs departed Queenstown to assist. She carried no passengers and a cargo of foodstuffs including 140000 bushels of wheat and 1500 tons of raw sugar.
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London
Leyland Line
Boston
Liverpool
Ireland
Queenstown
Missing $8,000 package from Easton bank to Philadelphia bank
The Easton National Bank reports to the Franklin National Bank of Philadelphia that a package containing $8,000 shipment did not arrive. The Philadelphia bank alerted Easton about the missing consignment.
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Easton, Md
Easton National Bank
Franklin National Bank
Philadelphia
Easton Bank
Cincinnati Markets Feed Prices and Livestock Quotations
A detailed listing shows corn prices across denominations from No. 1 white at 87 cents to mixed and white varieties. Hay prices range No. 1 timothy to clover mixes with several dollar figures. Oats Wheat and Poultry figures are given for weights and quality grades. Cattle, calves, hogs, sheep and lambs quotes cover shippers, butchers, dairy classes, and ranges.
Automobile turns turtle on Dayton and Cincinnati pike
Two men were killed and one injured when an automobile ran off the road near Blue Ball and overturned. Victims were William J. McCarthy, 37, a Dayton patent attorney, and Hillens Newsock, 42, a Dayton bookkeeper at the National Cash Register Co. Four men were pinned beneath the car.
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Middletown
Dayton
Cincinnati
Blue Ball
William J. McCarthy
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised
A Plover Iowa mother reports her 18 year old daughter cured from female weakness after five bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts numerous letters praising the remedy and invites women to seek confidential advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Plover
Iowa
Martin Helvin
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
The Bookkeeper Refuses A Salary Rise
A firm head asks a bookkeeper to accept a higher salary. The bookkeeper declines, arguing profits are high but his large family must eat and the city would suffer if his pay increased. He insists on being discharged rather than given a raise.
Chivalry and laundry blues in a dated warning note
A humorous fragment notes a man who is chivalrous to women and polite to his wife, praises Red Cross Ball Blue as a superior laundry product, and jokes about being many kinds of fool at once. It reflects social quirks and advice to readers.
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