Week's World News Roundup From 1909 Headlines
A compiled review lists events from across the globe and United States. Notable items include marriage of Chicago Mayor Busse to Miss Josephine Lee, Roosevelt planning an Africa trip in 1909, perjury case against Dr. Walter Gillette quashed, and Dreyfus wounded after Zola canonization.
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Busse
Chicago
Josephine Lee
Walter R. Gillette
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Appellate Division
Supreme Court of New York
White House
Roosevelt
Africa
Charles Henry Brent
Philippines
Washington
S. K
American Medical Association
James K. Jones
Arkansas
J. L. Meyer
Northwestern Railroad
Milwaukee County Poorhouse
J. F. Lanning
Ohio Trust Company
Norwalk
William Jeffries
St. Charles
William Wussler
John Hays Hammond
Gaston P. Philip
New York
Frank Macaboy
Robert A. Smith
St. Paul
Minn
Multiple Disasters Mark Navy Cruise and Midwest Storms
Four men died and ten injured when a steam pipe burst on the armored cruiser Tennessee during a speed trial near San Pedro California. Rear Admiral Sebree and officers had narrow escapes. Tornadoes in Iowa and Wisconsin killed and damaged property. A pension office employee in Washington shot himself after six hours police standoff. Six miners suffocated in Gladstone California. A St Louis streetcar derailment killed one and injured many. Venona of Boston won class C in ocean race Marblehead to Bermuda. Gallipolis Foundry & Machine plant fire caused 50000 loss. Maine and Alabama sailed from San Francisco to Hampton Roads as a special service squadron. Mrs Yates ill in Jacksonville. A four year old was found alive after four days lost in a Michigan swamp.
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Tennessee
San Pedro
Cal
Sebree
Iowa
Wisconsin
Joseph Pospiseil
Pension Offee
Washington
T Ee
Gladstone
Gal
St. Louis
Venona
Boston
Marblehead
Bermuda
Gallipolis (O.) Foundry ~& Machine Company
Michigan
Calumet
Jealous rage ends in double tragedy at Willoughby hotel
Charles P. Corlett, 40, president of the Corlett Engineering Co, shot his wife, 35, and then killed himself in the Kingsley hotel rooms after a long jealous dispute. Mrs Corlett attempted to poison herself with four tablets of corrosive sublimate but was saved by her husband who then took his own life. The tragedy left the Willoughby village in shock.
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Willoughby
Charles P. Corlett
Corlett Engineering Co
Cleveland
Kingsley Hotel
Corlett
Ant
New York Society Leaders Abhor Rigid Social World
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish and Mrs David Lindenborn denounce New York society as empty and boring. Fish plans Europe summer escape from Newport climbers while Lindenborn returns to stage life. Bertie Martin, former Scranton society girl, quits society after eight years to join a Casino Review chorus, citing drinking, dress, and discontent.
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New York City
Stuyvesant Fish
New York Society
David Lindenborn
Fish
Europe
Newport
Lindenborn
New York
Bertie” Martin
Scranton
Flooding Halts Great Falls Smelter Operations
Word reached Helena that the Boston and Montana 4 smelter at Great Falls is flooded with water one foot deep on the second story. Officials say operations may not resume for a month. The plant employs over 5000 men and Great Northern tracks near Great Falls are damaged, blocking trains between Helena and Great Falls.
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Helena
Mont
Boston
Montana
Great Falls
Great Northern
Great Falla
Picked Up in Buckeyedom: Tobacco War Grips Farms
The burley tobacco region tightens as independent farmers clash with pooling interests. Troop B fights night riders raiding beds on Norval Johns and David McPherson farms. arrests rise with fear of further action. Gov. Harris urged to keep mounted troops.
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Ripley
Burley
Norval- Johns
Fear Decatur
David McPherson
Modern Maccabees Convene in Toledo for 21st Biennial Session
The Knights of the Modern Maccabees open a week long convention in Toledo with 500 delegates from 30 states. This marks the first such gathering outside Michigan. The Ladies of the Modern Maccabees meet concurrently with 85 000 members in 1 000 hives. A big parade is planned for Tuesday with daily business meetings.
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Modern Maccabees
Toledo
Knights of the Modern Maccabees
the Maccabees
Michigan
Ladies of the Modern Maccabees
Railway Clerks Meet in Toledo Seeks Amalgamation Plan
At the national convention in Toledo the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks aims to unify three railway employee groups the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks the Brotherhood of Interior Freight Handlers and the Brotherhood of Way Employes likely to be studied by the joint committee near the convention’s end.
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Toledo
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks
Brotherhood of Interior Freight Handlers
Brotherhood of Way
Law School Celebrates Seventy Fifth Anniversary
Cincinnati schools mark the seventy fifth anniversary with speakers from across the country and famed graduates and teachers joining in the exercises. Cannon and Secretary of War Taft, both graduates, were not present but received high praise from participants.
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Law School
Cincinnati
Cincinnati An’ School
Cannon
Taft
Cleveland spelling champs learn by reading not memorizin
Two girls who won the Cleveland spelling tournament to select a team of 15 for the N E A contest say they learned orthography by reading and studying the dictionary. They did not memorize long lists but developed a habit of learning to spell as they read.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Liquor Firm Fined in Steubenville Case
Fines totaling 2090 dollars and 60 day jail terms were imposed on Joshua Lowes and Son, liquor rectifiers of Steubenville, in a United States court for filling liquor casks with spirits and selling without destroying revenue stamps. Jail terms were remitted.
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Columbus
Joshua Lowes & Son
Steubenville
United States
Man Found Dead After Injury on Lake Shore Tracks
A laborer named John Barbus, 24, was found near the Lake Shore tracks with his left leg and arm cut off and his right hand crushed. He died at the hospital. A man reported discovering a human hand while walking along the tracks.
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Gleveland
John Barbus
Lnake Shore
State Board to Probe Massillon Hospital Death
The state board of charities will begin an investigation at Massillon State hospital next Tuesday, following Gov. Harris's request. The inquiry centers on inmate John Adams who allegedly died from injuries caused by an hospital attendant.
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Columbus
State Board of Charities
Massillon State Hospital
Harris
John Adams
Train Collision Shakes Passengers at Brinkhaven Hill
A passenger train struck a freight train at Brinkhaven hill near Mt. Vernon Ohio on Friday. Fireman Meeker was injured while engineer Rinehart remained at his post and escaped. All passengers were shaken but accounted for.
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Mt. Vernon
Brinkhaven Hill
Meeker
Rinehart
Troops Ordered to Tobacco District from Cincinnati
Brown county sheriff urged more troops for the tobacco district on Monday. Governor after conference with the adjutant general ordered a company from the first regiment in Cincinnati to move out.
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Tobacco District
Columbus
Brown County
Cincinnati
Tunnels Open Prompting Debate on City Living vs Suburban Move
New York Times reports that new tunnels under the East and North rivers spur talk of city residents moving to Long Island or New Jersey and commuting. A New Jersey factory owner notes workers resist relocation, while tunnels make return trips easier, keeping families in New York tenements.
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Long Island
New Jersey
New York
New York Times
Why He Was There At The Reunion Of The Seventeenth Regiment
A western state city hosts the annual reunion of survivors of a volunteer infantry regiment. One veteran, aged and steady, travels seventeen hundred miles to speak, struggles with emotion, and declares he has come to cry for the regiment.
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Volunteer Infantry
Night Before Mischief Reveals Swapped Hats and Betsrothals
A youthful master recalls a wild night after a club dinner. He and his coachman swapped hats and roles, driving to every saloon and ending at Miss Browning's home. The coachman remarks the betrothed was humiliated by the prank.
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James
Market Ledger Across Cities Brightens with Steady Prices
Financial report from New York to Pittsburgh on June 9 shows steady government bonds and grain prices. Live stock values hold with hogs and cattle trading within narrow ranges across Cleveland Chicago Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg markets.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
Minnesota
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