Admiral Coghlan Warns Japan War Risk and Pacific Fleet Build
Retired Admiral Joseph Bullock Coghlan tells New York officials Japan is mobilizing for conflict and that building 20 modern shuttleships at a cost of 150 million dollars would yield sea power to deter war. He urges doubling U S naval forces to protect commerce and Pacific coast defenses.
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New York
Washington
Japan
Pacific
United States
R. Adm
Joseph Bullock Coghlan
Army
Navy Club
Orient
Far East
Atlantic Squadron Storm Tolls Losses and Damages
Wireless dispatches from the Atlantic squadron anchored off Barnstable report two deaths Lieut John Furse of the Illinois and an ordinary seaman of the Minnesota two vessels damaged and the fleet shaken for over 20 hours as storms slammed the bay Glacier dragged anchor collided with Des Moines sending others to Charleston for repairs several crew members bruised separate item notes Meteor wreck on Frisco line near Dixon two killed one seriously injured and several injured Dock workers strike in New Orleans about 600 sailors and longshoremen walk out over shift and ore labor tensions plague cases on ship Armonia quarantined nine bubonic cases reported en route and one death since arrival
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Boston
Atlantic Squadron
Cape Cod Bay
Barnstable
Lee
John Furse
Tilinois
Minnesota
Glacier
Charleston Navy Yard
LeThe Trallas
President Says Every Man Must Have a Master in Keokuk Speech
President arrives in Keokuk Iowa to promote a Mississippi River deep waterway to the gulf and ends the day with a Rand Park address before a large crowd. He urges self mastery, warns that without it others will rule him, and pledges support for honest leaders while condemning unscrupulous figures.
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Keokuk
United States
Congress
Inland Waterways Commission
Mississippi River
Gulf
Memphis
Rand Park
Canton
Grand Army
National Association of Attorneys General Formed
In St Louis the convention of attorneys general created a permanent body named the National Association of Attorneys General of the United States. A committee will draft anti trust legislation to share with all state AGs. The group seeks to counter federal circuit court interference with state laws and present a united front in actions against trusts.
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St. Louis
Convention of Attorneys-General
Mexican Central quarry disaster reaches El Paso
El Paso reports another collapse at the Mexican Central quarries near Victoria. Sixteen laborers are dead and eleven are fatally injured, with many more believed buried under earth and rock and unlikely to be rescued.
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el Paso
Tex
Victoria
New foreign postage rates take effect nation wide
Washington October 2 the new foreign postage becomes effective Tuesday. The rate is five cents for the first ounce and three cents for each additional ounce with Canada Mexico and Cuba exempted where the domestic two-cent per half-ounce rate continues.
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Washington
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Mercy Asked by the Negro in Dayton Murder Confession
Layton Hines also known as Layton Marion confessed to the double murder of Anna Markowitz and Abraham Cohan in Montgomery county Ohio. He described choking the girl and shooting the man during a chaotic act of passion as officials and the coroner prepared for grand jury action.
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Dayton, O
Layton Hines
Layton Marion
Montgomery County
Anna Markowitz
Abraham Cohan
Indianapolis
George R. Schuster
John Bees
R. R. Nevin
Shuster
Hines
Boy Tied to Tree Burned to Death in Illinois
An unknown tramp beat Mrs. John Hathaway unconscious in Oquaweka Illinois and tied her four year old son to an apple tree. The child was saturated with oil and burned to death after the assailant fled. Mrs. Hathaway recovered consciousness and sought her child but he died that night. Enraged locals hunt for the murderer.
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Oquaweka
Ill
John Hathaway
Steamer Raymond H Burns on Flint River Near Albany
In Albany, October 3, the steamer Raymond H burned at Flint river near Jones' landing between Albany and Newton. Cargo of 92 bales cotton naval stores and 200 cotton seed sacks destroyed. Two Black men drowned after jumping into the river. Loss around 65000 dollars with no insurance. Report also says steamer John R. Sharpe sunk at Atkinson's landing in the Lower Flint with no cargo.
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Albany
Raymond H
Flint
Jones’ Landing
Newton
John R. Sharpe
Atkinson
Diamonds Seized From Urbach in Bankruptcy Case
Solomon Urbach a wholesale diamond dealer was ordered to surrender 40000 dollars in diamonds or cash to his bankruptcy trustee by Judge Hough. The case stems from a claimed September 10 1906 robbery on a sleeping car to Baltimore. Ardmore college fire destroys Hargrove facility. 200 students evacuated with losses around 20000 dollars.
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New York
Solomon Urbach
Maiden Jane
Baltimore
Hough
United States District Court
Haya & Horshfeld
Maestro Quetano Merola Missing After Manhattan Opera Rehearsal
New York reported on October 3 that Quetano Merola, Italian chorus director of the Manhattan Opera, vanished after a rehearsal. A female chorus member was missing at the same time, prompting search efforts and questions about his disappearance.
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New York
Quetano Merola
Manhattan Opera
Mjesing
Language of Insects Expresses Emotion by Gestures
A Harper's essay argues mimetic signals in insects rival vocal language for conveying thought and feeling. Ant sentinel behavior near aphid herds shows vigilance and challenge through antennae actions and body posture. The piece notes humans may misread such signals and contrasts with a humorous frame-house anecdote from Youth's Companion.
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Harper's
American buyer sharpness shocks visiting jeweler drummer
Lord Sholto Douglas recalls lessons from American business methods at a Detroit dinner. He, a former drum man for a jewelry firm, notes buyers are impressed by sharp tactics. A village farmer buys tobacco soap ribbon suspenders totaling 95 cents and questions the 5 percent discount policy.
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Sholto Douglas
Detroit
Chinese Opium Policy Enforced with Beheading Threat
New Beijing instructions enforce the November opium regulations allowing three months for all ranks to quit the habit. Reports say some soldiers ignore the rule, prompting orders that any officer or man found smoking will be beheaded.
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Peking
Do you believe in love at first sight
A Baltimore American reader quotes a witty exchange about love and aging, noting the idea of falling for someone when one has seen them before. The jab suggests skepticism about instant romance for mature adults.
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Baltimore
Monopolists Defend Record in Quiet Exchange
Dustin Stax challenges public calls for jail for monopolists while acknowledging a long-standing practice of not following popular demands. The exchange highlights tension between public opinion and corporate conduct in a tense, pointed dialogue.
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Dustin Stax
Cottage Cheese Confusion Reveals Book Title Mixup
A well dressed foreign woman asked for Cottage Cheese at an East side library. The librarian realized she meant Cottage Cheese as a book title and the woman’s request pointed to Scottish Chiefs, showing a title mixup rather than a dairy query.
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East Side
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Thorne Urges Love Based Marriages Over Wealth and Rank
In a candid call Thorne argues that happy marriages endure when couples wed for sincere love rather than seeking status or wealth. The speaker emphasizes reverent, impassioned affection between man and woman as the path to enduring union.
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Thorne
Wall Street bonds and shares surge in first half of year
Close to a million dollars of new bonds and shares were issued in Wall Street from January to last July. Railroads have been the major borrowers, issuing the bulk of these securities. The Pennsylvania company expanded its lines from Jersey City to Long Island while spending about 100 million dollars.
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Wall Street
Jersey City
Long Island
Pennsylvania Company
Boston Globe
Sea Trout Catches Aberdeen to Coquet Voyage Record
A sea trout marked at Coquet Northumberland was recaught at Aberdeen after swimming 120 miles in 49 days. It doubled its weight on the journey though its length remained unchanged, the gain attributed to corpulence rather than growth.
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Aberdeen
Northumberland
First Tibetan Language Newspaper Founded at Lhassa
A report from Chang Yingtang in Lhassa notes the establishment of a native newspaper, the first ever printed in the Tibetan language. The piece includes a reflective saying about good deeds and memory, attributed to harron.
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Peking
Chang Yingtang
Lhassa
South Carolina Senator Praises Peruna Remedy
A United States senator from South Carolina extols Peruna as a cure for dyspepsia caused by stomach catarrh. The pitch asserts catarrh leads to indigestion and that Peruna relieves the stomach condition.
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United States
South Carolina
Peruna
Senator Butler Endorses Peruna Medicine in Letter
In a Washington letter U. S. Senator M. C. Butler of South Carolina endorses Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. He reports using the medicine briefly and feeling relieved, calling it wonderful and a good tonic.
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M. C. Butler
U. S
South Carolina
Washington, D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Peruna
Stomach Catarrh Cited as Common Dyspepsia Type
ATARRH of the stomach is the correct name for most cases of dyspepsia. Only an internal catarrh remedy, such as Peruna, is available.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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