Taft Tour Sparks Seattle as Alaska Visit Looms
President Taft draws huge crowds at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in Seattle. He announces a ship subsidy plan and vows to visit Alaska next summer while noting Alaska’s limited readiness for self-government. He attends a banquet and joins a Ballinger-hosted reception in Tacoma before continuing to Portland.
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Seattle
Wash
Taft
United States
New York State
National Amphitheater
Congress
Alaska
Arctic Brotherhood
Brotherhood
Washington
Exposition Grounds
Ballinger
Interior
Tacoma
Armory
Union Club
Elprimero
Chester Thorne
Perry
Oregon
Metropolis
Portland
Ore
Senator Bourne
National Guard
Death of Wisconsin magnate John Van Nortwick at Velty home
Appleton Wisconsin October 1 John Van Nortwick millionaire paper and pulp manufacturer and holder of extensive water power rights died at his Velty home from heart failure He was a prominent figure in Wisconsin business circles and owned several hydropower properties.
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Appleton
Wis
John van Nortwick
Wisconsin
van Nortwick
Cholera Epidemic Expands in Seoul Korea
Cholera has become epidemic in Seoul with over 600 cases reported since its appearance. Authorities are deploying funds and labor to halt the disease's spread.
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Korea
Seoul
Tragedy at Niagara Falls Ends in Self Destruction
An unknown man about 35 years old from the upper steel arch plunged into the Niagara River at Niagara Falls New York as a death by own action. The incident occurred on September 30 and authorities reported no identifying details available.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara
Auto Races Marred by Fatal Accident
Riverhead Long Island September 30. A fatal crash during the 22 mile Suffolk county auto derby killed James Bates the mechanician and left Herbert Lyttle in critical condition. The Apperson driven by Lyttle crashed into a telegraph pole two miles west of Mattituck after a sharp turn. Bates died within an hour. Lyttle expected to survive though injured. Races featured fast times from stock cars rather than purpose built racers.
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Riverhead
L. I
Long Island
Suffolk County
Rhode Island
Apperson
Herbert Lyttle
James Bates
Mattituck
Bates
Lyttle
Grant defends participation in temperance parade
General Frederick D. Grant defended his appearance in full uniform at a temperance parade in Washington, saying it supported good government and law and order. Secretary Dickinson backed him, noting Grant acted as an individual, not as a war department representative.
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Washington
Frederick D. Grant
W. R. Michaelis
Chicago
United Societies For Local Self-Government
Gen. Grant
Dickinson
Army
War Department
Osbornes Sold as Independent Devices in Historic Suit
In St Louis testimony from L Grannemann a former New Haven agent says the Osborne binder was marketed as an independent machine until 1905 even after its maker had been absorbed by International Harvester in 1908. The state contends subsidiaries posed as independents to appeal to anti big‑corporation sentiment.
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St. Louis
Osborne
International Harvester Company
New Jersey
L. Grannemann
New Haven
Big Corporation
Missouri
Inundation floods Aberavon as River Avon bursts banks
In southern Wales the River Avon overflowed after record rainstorms, flooding Aberavon and surrounding areas. About 8,000 residents are temporarily homeless as water reaches two to six feet in places, engulfing the town.
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Wales
Avon
London
Aberavon
Cook Receives Warm Welcome in Philadelphia
Arctic explorer Dr. Frederick A. Cook drew a large crowd at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Station. He was greeted with a sustained ovation as he traveled to the Bellevue Stratford hotel and then to City Hall where Mayor Reyburn officially welcomed him.
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Cook
Philadelphia
Frederick A. Cook
Pennsylvania
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
City Hall
Reyburn
Victorious In Virginia Local Option Vote in Roanoke
Roanoke Virginia October 1 roanoke voted by a majority of 69 to retain the licensed saloon election judge Walter J Camper arrested on a warrant charging irregularities local option result and arrest noted
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Roanoke
Walter J. Camper
Sanitarium Fire Damages Charleston Facility
The Charleston sanitarium suffered a major fire loss estimated at $26,000. All patients were rescued, but most furnishings were destroyed.
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Charleston
Daylight Bank Robbery Tops West Figures at Glenwood
Two armed possees scour the Colorado mountains after a $10000 raid on Citizens National Bank of Glenwood Springs. Robbers entered the bank without masks, seized cash, and fled through the rear with horses toward Mexico along the Jackson Hole trail. One bandit horse was shot.
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Glenwood Springs
Col
Citizens’ National Bank of
F. B. Drach
Drach
Jackson's Hole
Mexico
Census agents test date set for November
Washington October 2 Census Director B Dana Durand announced November next as the date for a practical test of qualifications for the appointment as special agents for the thirteenth census statistics of manufactures mines and quarries. Blank applications may be obtained by writing the bureau of the census.
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Washington
B. Dana Durand
Bureau of the Census
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
President Angell Retires From Michigan Presidency
Dr James B Angell yesterday retired from the University of Michigan presidency an office he has held eighty eight years except for two leaves of absence when he served as United States minister to China and to Turkey in Ann Arbor Michigan October 2.
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Angell
Ann Arbor
Mich
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
United States
China
Turkey
Nervous worker leaps to death from Riverside Drive viaduct
In New York on October 2 a man named John H. Bell, watched by thousands at the Hudson Fulton naval parade, killed himself by jumping from the Riverside Drive viaduct. Earlier he had resigned his post due to nervous trouble.
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New York
Hudson-Fulton
John H. Bell
Riverside Drive
Wanamaker Widow Weds in Philadelphia
Mrs. Thomas B. Wanamaker widow of Thomas B Wanamaker, son of the former Postmaster General Wanamaker, married Dr Archibald G Thomson in Philadelphia. Only a small circle of relatives and friends attended.
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Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Thomas B. Manamaker
Thomas B. Wanamaker
Archibald G. Thomson
Spanish force in Morocco suffers heavy reverse near Zeluan
From Melilla to Madrid reports say Gen Diez Vicario and 14 officers were killed with 182 wounded after a Moorish ambush on a Zeluan recon mission. Torar’s division initially pressed the attack before Moors repelled by reinforcements. Madrid notes limited details awaiting official word. Tangier notes tribes from Maza move to aid the Rif fighters near Melilla.
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Melilla
Morocco
Zeluan
Sokel Jemis
Diez Vicario
Orozco
Torar
Vicario
Beni-Bulfour
Madrid
Diex Vicario
Tangier
Maza
Spain
Brave officers save 13 from fatal house fire
Police officer Edward Shanahan of Englewood station and Edward Reynolds aided the McCloskey family at 6115 Honore street as a blaze roared through the lower floor. Shanahan set off an alarm and returned through smoke to guide the adults and carry two children to safety. Anna McCloskey, eight, suffered minor burns. Loss listed at 3000 dollars.
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Chicago
Edward Shanahan
Englewood
Edward Reynolds
Honore Street
William McCloskey
Anna McCloskey
Shanahan
McCloskey
Reynolds
Miss Elkins Sails for United States from Cherbourg
Mrs Stephen B Elk ins and her children Miss Katherine Elkins sail from Cherbourg aboard the Adriatic for New York. They rest quietly and are not listed on the passenger list. A report that Miss Hikins and her mother visited the Duke of Abruzzi at Bad Gastein is reiterated.
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Paris
Stephen B. Elkins
Katherine Elkins
Cherbourg
White Star Line
New York
Hikins
Bad Gastein
Duke of the
Wright Curtiss aid worries trigger grim self harm
Quartermaster Sergeant James Caron of Company I Twenty-ninth Infantry died by suicide in his bunk near Redoubt at Short Jay while aiding aero-nauts Wilbur Wright and Glenn Curtiss in their Governor's Island aircraft tests.
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New York
Wilbur Wright
Glenn H. Curtiss
Governor's Island
James Caron
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Short Jay
Gen Whittlesey Dead at 88 in Washington
Gen Eliphalet Whittlesey longtime secretary of the board of Indian commissioners died in Washington aged 88 after a 25 year tenure. Funeral plans were not announced. The veteran official served through major policy shifts and helped administer tribal affairs.
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Whittlesey
Washington
Eliphalet Whittlesey
Board of Indian Commissionere
Peary Returns From Arctic Voyage in New York Parade
Commander Robert E. Peary arrives aboard the Roosevelt in a Hudson Fulton parade, waves with his wife aboard, and faces a steering mishap delaying the procession. The voyage ends with plans to sail to Portland, while Peary declines to discuss the Cook controversy, citing an upcoming statement by Gen. Hubbard.
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Arctic
Portland
Cook
New York
Robert E. Peary
Roosevelt
Peary
Hudson-Fulton
Newburgh
Bartlett
Wardwell
Smith Sound
Hudson
West Point
French Officer Assaulted During Hudson Fulton Celebration
Admiral Le Pord reports an ensign of the French Navy was struck by a policeman on a crowded stairway while trying to reach an elevated railroad station. The man toppled down stairs, injuring several women as he fell. The incident was treated as public, not intended to become an international dispute.
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New York
le Pord
Railroad fined $1000 for rebating in federal case
Southern Pacific Railroad pleaded guilty in U S district court to rebating and was fined 1000 dollars by Judge Wellborn. Through Attorney C M Durbrow of San Francisco the company entered a plea of technical and unintentional guilt. The maximum penalty would have been 20000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
United States District Court
Wellborn
C. M. Durbrow
San Francisco
Prosecute Fight Promoters in St Louis County
Seven men charged with complicity in promoting prize fights at a suburban garden in Wellaton St Louis County were arrested by Sheriff Grueninger and jailed in Clayton. Eleven informations were issued by the county prosecuting attorney.
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St. Louis
Wellaton
St. Louis County
Grueninger
Clayton
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised
Women report relief from nervousness and distress during the change of life after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Letters from Ohio and Vermont praise restored health and urge others to try the remedy made from roots and herbs.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lee
Pinkham
E. Hanson
East Long St
Columbus
Ohio
Graniteville
Lydia
Charles Barclay
E. Pinkham
Lydia Brinkham
Feitenour Name Mixup Sparks Quiet Porch Tale
A Flatbush man recounts a humorous incident at home when his son sorted a back porch racket as cats. His wife asks whose cats, and the answer reveals one cat belonged to the Feitenour family next door, making a playful mistaken identity joke about names.
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Flatbush
Feitenour
Jim
Guess Where She Is From. The Head of House
The house head had been in for months and lost his appetite. The mistress complains to a new maid from the old country that she cannot fix meals for him as he eats almost nothing. The maid dismisses him as an invalid, saying they want nothing and then refuse what is offered.
Mother, Come Home From the Club, Wishes for Tea
A lyric in a humorous tone appeals to a mother to return from the club to prepare tea and finish meals. The speaker complains the table is not set the teakettle unboiled and vegetable prep unfinished, hinting at strained feelings. The poem evokes domestic tension and longing for maternal help.
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Los Angeles Express
Postum Becomes Schoolmarm’s Healthy Morning Drink
A former coffee user narrates switching to Postum after nervousness and poor health. After a first failed trial, a second longer boil produced a rich flavor and marked health improvements. She credits Postum with steady work pace and well being, endorsing it over regular coffee and noting its appeal for children.
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