Roosevelt Receives Honor at Cambridge University
Former President Roosevelt visits Cambridge England to receive the honorary Doctor of Laws from Cambridge University. He is welcomed by Dr. A J Mason and the audience, including Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Longworth. Students cheer Teddy as he attends Em manual College and the Senate House ceremony.
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Cambridge
England
Roosevelt
Cambridge University
London
Nicholas Longworth
A. J. Mason
Emmanuel College
John Harvard
Massachusetts Colony
Harvard College
Teddy
Senate
Mr. Roosevelt
Pembroke College
Mason
Europe
King George to End Mourning as Traders Suffer
The Court Gazette reports that King George Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra wish mourning to end Friday to spare tradesmen. Edward bequeathed all racing and breeding estates to George who will run them on the same scale.
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London
Court Gazette
George
Mary
Alexandra
Edward
King George
Gates to Donate 250000 for Methodist University
John W. Gates announces a 250000 gift for a Methodist university and donates 40 acres near Port Arthur Texas. He pledges to double any church fundraising and notes he did not join the Methodist church.
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Galveston
Tex
John W. Gates
Methodist Church
Port Arthur
Lieut Joys Alexander Slain Near Wadal
London reports Lieut Joys Alexander, the noted traveler, was murdered by natives near Wadal in the French Kongo. The tragedy follows his earlier explorations and raises concerns over security in the region.
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Boyd Alexander
London
England
Joys Alexander
Wadal
Nicaraguan Gunboats Search American Schooner Esfuerzo
A Nicaraguan gunboat Venus boarded and searched the American schooner Esfuerzo at Bluefields in defiance of a Washington ruling. The Esfuerzo allegedly flew the flag without authority. U S officials say it is not an American vessel while naval authorities assess the maneuver. The action followed an attack on Bluefields customs and a defeat of General Estrada’s forces.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Venus
Esfuerzo
Washington
San Jacinto
Bluefields Bluff
Paducah
Dubuque
Bluefields Custom House
Estrada
Provisional Army
Custom House
United States
Navy Department
Harriman Heiress Mary Marries Charles Rumsey in Quiet Ceremony
Mary Harriman eldest daughter of the late E H Harriman and heir to a vast fortune wed Charles Cary Rumsey of Buffalo artist and sculptor. The ceremony was held in an Episcopal chapel near the mountain top palace and attended only by immediate family and close friends as the Harriman family remained in mourning.
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Charles Cary Rumsey
Arden
N. Y
Mary Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Buffalo
Episcopal Chapel
Mountain Top Palace
Harriman
Eighteenth Annual Convention of Local Building and Loan Associations
Charlotte May 26 The United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations opened its eighteenth annual convention with about 6000 associations represented. The group serves nearly 2 million members and holds assets approaching 800 million dollars. Secretary Cellarius reported a 1909 asset gain of over 70 million dollars year over year.
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Charlotte
N. C
United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations
Cellarius
Dynamite Wrecks Wrong House in Ohio Local Option Case
In Zanesville Ohio May 25 dynamiters blew open the veranda and shattered windows of George Kernan a working man mistaking his home for that of a local option law campaigner. Mrs Kernan and her two year old child escaped injury in the blast.
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Zanesville
George Kernan
National Baptist Sunday School Congress Opens in Atlanta
Delegates from all sections of the country attend the fifth annual National Baptist Sunday School congress opening at Liberty Baptist church in Atlanta. Rev. H. Clark of Nashville presides as chairman and sessions run through Monday.
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Wien
Atlanta
National Baptist Sunday School Congress
Liberty Baptist Church
H. Clark
Nashville
Riots Rage Near Changsha Burn City and Church
Native riots broke out at Chuanchia about 30 miles northwest of Changsha last Saturday. A large portion of the town burned and the Lutheran church was destroyed by fire. General unrest and anti foreign feeling spread in the area.
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Chuanchia
Lutheran Church
Shanghai
Changsha
Seyler Acquitted by Jury in Atlantic City Killing
In Mays Landing New Jersey on May 26 the jury found William Seyler not guilty of murdering Jane Adams by throwing her from the Atlantic City pier. In Hartford Connecticut on May 25 a federal grand jury indicted the packing firm Schwartzachild & Sulzberger for shipping unmarked and uninspected meat.
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Jane Adams
Atlantic City
Mays Landing
N. J
William Seyler
East
Hartford
Conn
Schwartzachild & Sulzberger
Collision in Fog Sinks Goodyear with Five Saved
In Lake Huron off Point Aux Barques the steel steamer Goodyear and the James B Wood collide in heavy fog. The Goodyear sinks in 40 fathoms, with eighteen believed dead. only five crew survive. The Wood, damaged but afloat, returns to port.
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Port Huron
Mich
Frank H.goodyear
Mitchell Transit Company
Lake Huron
Point Aux Barques
James B. Wood
Gilchrist Transportation Company
Goodyear
Gibson
Baby
Cook
Bey
Wrights set aviation record with five flights at Dayton
In Cincinnati on May 27 Orville Wright piloted five aeroplane flights. His father, Bishop Milton Wright, rode as passenger on one flight. A 2700 foot altitude mark was achieved with a safe 80 second descent at 20 miles per hour, establishing a new descent record.
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Cincinnati
Orville Wright
Bishop Milton Wright
Twenty Two Drowned In English Channel Collision
Twenty two people died when the steamer Skerryvort collided with the German bark J. C. Vinnen in the English Channel near Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The Skerryvort sank. two crew were saved and one died shortly after.
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Cowes
Sale of Wight
J. C. Vinnen
English Channel
Submarine Pluviose Sunk After Collision With Ferry
In the English Channel near Calais the French submarine Pluviose sank after being rammed by the ferry Pas de Calais. Twenty three crew and four officers perished. passengers aboard the ferry witnessed the disaster as the vessel surfaced and sank again.
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Calais
France
Pluviose
Pas de Calais
Dover
Hope to Escape a Trial in Chicago Packerd Case
In Chicago on May 26 Judge Landis heard a federal case as defense counsel for individual packers and National Packing argue a demurrer. They contend the indictment lacks particularity of the restraint of trade and that the crime is not al leged clearly. They also claim the alleged offense occurred over three years before the indictment, arguing the statute of limitations has run.
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Chicago
Landis
National Packing Company
Standard Oil Raises Wages Across United States
The Standard Oil company raised wages 6 to 10 percent retroactive to May 1. About 70,000 employees will gain, mainly laborers in works and factories. office staff are excluded. The pay hike increases annual payroll by 6 to 10 million dollars, and applies to all subsidiaries. no strikes have occurred among its workers.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
United States
Cleveland Police Chief Suspended Amid Morality Probe
Cleveland police chief Frederick Kohler known as the "golden rule chief" is suspended by Mayor Raehr while charges of misconduct and immorality are under investigation. The suspension follows an official inquiry into alleged improprieties affecting his department and public trust.
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Cleveland
Frederick Kohler
Raehr
Cilce
Patten 15 Hit Hard Defeat Ends Cereal King Era
Chicago May 27 James A Patten plans to retire June 1 after a crushing wheat market defeat He dumped 5 000 000 bushels crashing prices from 97 3 4 to 93 with losses likely over 1 000 000 His followers suffer large losses firms like Sutherland Saunders St Louis also feel the hit European demand weakness aided the decline and Patten leaves partners to face the fallout
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Chicago
James A. Patten
Board of Trade
Joseph Leiter
Patten
Sutherland & Saunders
St. Louis
Townsend-Gerry Wedding in Washington Social Highlight
Miss Mathilde Townsend heiress of 80 million dollars wed Peter Goelet Gerry at the bride’s Washington home in a ceremony attended by the president, vice president, cabinet members, diplomats, and other officials. Rev. Roland Cotton Smith officiated. Townsend's gown featured point d Alencon lace costing 15000, gifts included a Fifth Avenue residence from Mr and Mrs Elbridge T Gerry.
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Washington
Mathilde Townsend
Peter Goelet Gerry
New York
United States
Roland Cotton Smith
S&j John’s Church
New Wage Scale Signed by Springfield Miners
Operators of the fifth and ninth mining districts signed the new wage scale with the miners and $15,000 men will return to work at once. The operators' association risks disintegration as more sign. Racing given death blow as Albany passes two anti betting bills urged by Governor H.
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Illinois
Springfield
Albany
N. Y
Easy Task soap cleans, antiseptic and gentle for babies
A short promotional note extols Easy Task soap as the quickest safest cleanser, ideal for babies, claiming it cleans better, reduces washing work by half and leaves skin gentler than yellow soaps. The column closes with a humorous funeral exchange noting a minister and editor.
Resinol ointment sample praised by mother in West Virginia
A reader from Hacker Valley West Virginia reports a Resinol ointment sample nearly cured her daughter's eczema and sends money for more. The letter extols the product and promises to tell friends of its merits while a separate comic strip from Philadelphia Record contrasts parental expectations with a sick child named Tommy.
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Emma B. McConkey
Hacker Valley
W. Va
Tommy
Good Boy
Willie Bjones
Philadelphia Record
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief for Women
Milwaukee letter lauds Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing female troubles and backache after other methods failed. The ad claims thousands of grateful letters prove the remedy works and urges sick women to write for free advice from Lydia E Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia Em
Emma Ims
Pinkham Medicine Company
Yan
Mass
Pinkham
Lynn
Mam
C ‘Nn
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