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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
3
La Follette Defends Tariff Fight as Senate Opens Night Session
Senator La Follette answered attacks in a mild speech during the first night session on the tariff bill. Publican senators faced criticism for not living up to pledges to lower tariffs. The senate planned night sessions to push the tariff bill before July 1. His desk was showered with roses as former associates gathered to bid him farewell while S N D North relinquished his Census director post after seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Follette
Senate
Senator la Follette
United States
Vere
Allen
S. N
Notable Names in 1909 Alaska and Public Affairs
George W. Perkins of J. P. Morgan & Co. to visit Alaska mining properties this summer per New York report. Ambassador von Bernstorff says England has no reason to fear war with Germany. Edward Payson Weston nears San Francisco route after passing Laramie. Dr W S Bovard resigns Moore's Hill College presidency to join University of Chattanooga as VP. Andrew Walker McAlester resigns from University of Missouri School of Medicine. George Baglin of United Copper jailed for failing to produce company books. Maj Gen Arthur MacArthur retires. Leonard Wood becomes senior U S Army officer. Albion College President Dickie and Milwaukee Mayor Rose to debate liquor policy at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition Seattle June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Alaska
New York
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
England
Edward Payson Weston
New_York
San Francisco
Laramie
Wyo
W.S. Bovard
Moore’s Hill College
Richmond
Ind
University of Chattanooga
Andrew Walker McAlester
School of Medicine
University of Missouri
George Baglin
United Copper Company
Arthur MacaArthur
Leonard Wood
Russian embassy disputes massacres toll and other 1908 news
A Washington statement from the Russian embassy denies 30 000 deaths in recent massacres and cites 4 000 instead. Other items note Michael Perovich’s life spared by commutation, a Somerville killer’s spree, a coroner’s verdict on strychnine death, a Missouri mother’s double tragedy, a Tallahassee lynching, a cholera outbreak in St Petersburg, New York subway ticket gains, Buffalo charity conference opening, and the Michigan battleship’s maiden trial trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Michael Perovich
Fairbanks
Alaska
Taft
John Murphy
Somerville
Mass
Joseph Careton
Archer
Los Angeles
Cal
Oneida
Ill
John Glaesser
St. Louis
Gleasser
Tallahassee
Fla
Mark Morris
Langston
St. Petersburg
New York
National Conference of Charities and Correction
America
Buffalo
N. Y
EP. Bicknell
National Red Cross
Michigan
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Philadelphia
New England
Scattered 1910s News Items Include Killings and Upheavals
Reports describe multiple events from various locales. Violent deaths include Victor Croth and Dennis Shay killed in San Francisco. Mrs. J. M. Green and three children die by woman's self-inflicted act in Richland Texas. Fires devastate Smith Rumery planing mill in Portland Maine and cause $100000 loss. Storms, floods, rail strikes, and political actions round out a broad wire of sensational notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Croth
Dennis Shay
Charles Haynes
Witham
San Francisco
Shay
Fox
J. M. Green
Richland
Tex
Gov. Smith
Pittsburg
Smith & Rumery
Portland
M. L. Bowman
New York Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
Albert T. Patrick
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Virginia Hot Springs
Alexandretta
Asiatic Turkey
Dourtyul
Roosevelt Rifles
East Africa
George Phillips
Battle Creek
Michigan
Des Moines
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain Railroad
Little Rock
Ark
Manila
D. A.R
Matthew T. Scott
Bloomington
Ill
William Darragh
Washington
Isthmian Canal Zone
United States
Lima
North Platte River
Douglas
Wyo
Enrico Caruso
Milan
Italy
Bella Vedova
Imperial Valley
San Diego
Cal
Saltonsea
John T. Binkley
Evansville
Ind
Wellington Hotel
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Frankfort
Canada
Sarah Richman
Springfield
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Tait
William Penn
England
New York Chamber of Commerce
Massive fire devastates Presque Isle Maine area
A wind driven blaze destroyed about one quarter of Presque Isle including 100 homes 16 storehouses railway station church and Masonic hall. Loss around 300 000 leaving over 1 000 homeless. No deaths though several injuries reported. The fire swept North Main Allen Third Blake and South streets over half a square mile in a potato belt town of about 5 000 on the Bangor Aroostook line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presque Isle
Masonic Hall
Aroostook
County
Bangor &Aroostook
Foster denounced by Chicago Baptists over religion book
At a Chicago Baptist conference hundreds of preachers condemned Prof. George B Foster of the University of Chicago and urged him to surrender ordination. The motion failed due to Prof A K Parker and the case was postponed until June 14. Foster was called an undesirable Baptist and accused of threatening the church and deifying evolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
George B. Foster
University of Chicago
Johnston Myers
Immanuel Baptist Church
Foster
Cleveland Industrial Exposition Lights Up City
Cleveland opens its first industrial exposition as manufacturers unveil dazzling displays in two grand halls. Up to 15 000 visitors attend as 15 000 lights illuminate streets and arches, while searchlights sweep the area amid rain and crowds. Officials praise local manufacturers for a historic showcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Superior-avenue
Sixth Street
Exposition Buildings
Superior Avenue
E. Sixth Street
Chamber of Commerce
Dayton
Ohio Knights of Pythias
Lima
Grand Lodge
Burkhardt
Grand
John Ringold
Brutal mob drags woman from Pittsburg home in tar and feathers
Mollie Ridge was seized by 15 men from a West Pike township house near Pittsburg and tarred and feathered before being dumped into Pike run. H. O. Wright, present in the home, was stripped and beaten and cast into the same water. Wright and the woman later testified before Justice McKean in California to press aggravated battery and malicious mischief charges against J F, Charles and Clifford Wright and Playford Wright. Warrants were issued. The woman had reportedly been warned to leave the neighborhood multiple times before the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
West Pike Township
Mollie Ridge
Pike Run
H. O. Wright
Wright
Justice of the Peace
McKean
California
J. F
Charles
Clifford Wright
Playford Wright
Great Wave of Prosperity Hits Steel Industry
Pittsburg reports from 2 canvasses of leading iron and steel firms show a coming prosperity surge equal to any in memory. The Associated Press notes prior industrial rest, but fear remains that renewed demand may cause congestion. National Tiles Co. steel and plate department at Wheeling begins double shift, employing 4,500 men idle since November 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Associated Press
Steel and Plate
National Tiles Co
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio Supreme Court Affirms Herning Local Option Conviction
In Tuscarawas County Edward Herning, a saloonist, sees his Rose County local option case reach the Ohio Supreme Court after appellate affirmation. Separate courts upheld the conviction for violating local option law though the circuit reversed the common pleas on one point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscarawas County
Edward Herning
Ohio
Supreme Court
Herning
Rose County
Common Pleas
Circuit Courts
Edward Sands
Jacob Zettler
Zettler
Ellis
Clarence Maris
Columbus
Jessie Canfield
Akron
O. L. Hartupe
Val Lee
Sidney
John Ambrose
Cincinnati
H. D. Davis
Cleveland
Zuber
Deans Kidney Pills Backed by Manchester Woman
Mrs Wesley Clemens of 311 tion Street Manchester Iowa describes how constant sewing work caused kidney trouble with back and loins pain. She reports relief from Dean's Kidney Pills after a short course and notes she used them until fully free from trouble. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Wesley Clemens
Tion St
Manchester
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
His Professional Habit In Statu Quo Quip
A brief humor item plays on legal terms as a sculptor explains his affairs are kept in a strictly professional condition. The joke hinges on a pun between status quo and statu quo.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsements
In Winchester Indiana a woman reports doctors warned of dropsy but after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered. The company states hundreds of letters praise the remedy and urges others with menstrual or digestive troubles to seek confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester, Ind
May Deal
Winchester
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Lynn
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