Week of notable events across nations and courts
A diverse roundup reports a Rochester youth's suicide after a murder sentence, senate and house moves on railroad reform, Ballinger-Pinchot probe doubts, Yale med students fail exams, a famed cyclist killed in Germany, Patten anti trust indictment, mutiny and drownings aboard a British ship, Paris notes on Mme Ricciardi, a sleep related death in New York, a 27 day fast ending in toast, a lynching-avoidance escape, a Detroit bequest to war veterans, Yerkes estate payout, a trunk fraud conviction, Oberammergau flood isolation, Marietta college speech praising 1787 ordinance, a boat tragedy in Missouri, a Mark Twain bust for New York memorial funded by women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Karlan
Rochester
William Lorimer
United States_senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Burrows
Michigan
Chicago
Health Department of
Houston
Tex
Korea
Get
N. Terrachi
China
Ballinger-Pinchot
Congress
Yale Medical School
Rorl
Munich
Stettin
Germany
James A. Patten
New York City
Senate
Conference Committee
House of Representatives
Philadelphia
Auckland
N. Z
Mme. Ricciardi
Princess de Chimay
Mme
Rigo
Clara Ward
Detroit
Paris
P. T. Bradder
New York
George Fulkerson
New Canton
Stillwater
Okla
W. A. Fox
James Chapin
Shannon
Robert Reidel
Mich
Charles T. Yerkes
Charles Plantus
Oberammergau
Northwest Territory
Taft
Marietta (D.) College
United States
Ruth Smith
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Louis Potter
Taft aide declines to run for Pa governor nod
Secretary of State Knox issued a statement at President Taft's urgent request refusing use of his name as a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Pennsylvania. The item lists other brief notices including Mary Coes named dean of Radcliffe College and various obituaries and appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Knox
Pennsylvania
Mary Coes
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Mass
Agnes Irwin
Richard S. Aldrich
N. W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
Emperor Williams
Kiel
Herman H. D. Peirce
Norway
Christiania
Frank P. Sauernen
Stamford
Conn
Arizona Desert
Gladys Emery Aoki
Archdeacon Emery
Episcopal Church
Gunjiro Aoki
Carson
Nev
Daniel H. Burnham
Chicago
District of Columbia
G. H. Bonner
Marion, CO
Standard Oil trims refined oil price nationwide
The Standard Oil Company cuts wholesale refined oil price from one and a half to one cent per gallon, setting a national prevailing price at seven and one half cents. The company controls over seventy percent of refined output nationwide.
Missouri Sues Meat Packers To Oust Firms From State
Jefferson City Mo The attorney general Elliott W Major files oyster suits in the state supreme court charging Armour Morris Swift Hammond and St Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Co with violating anti trust law and conspiring to control prices to dealers farmers and consumers The state seeks ouster of the five firms and confiscation of property or fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Michael S. Link
Lorimer
Browne
White
Beckemeyer
Association of
Railway Telegraph Superintendents
Los Angeles
Cal
Knights of St. John
Cedar Point
Northwest
Omaha
Neb
Great Lakes Towing Company
Cleveland
Villepreux
Versailles
France
Missouri
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Major
Armour Packing Company
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Cannon
Philip Johnson
Broken Bow
Northwestern
Mount Vernon
Santa Fe
California
Supreme Justice
Moody
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Tes Lee
State Supreme Court
Elliott W. Major
Armour Packing Co
Hammond Packing Co
National Packing Co
St. Louis
Wants Steel Trust Probed
A congressional investigation is proposed to probe violations of anti trust interstate commerce and banking laws by the United States Steel Corporation. Representative Stanley of Kentucky introduces a nine member house committee to examine since 1897 whether the government failed to bring proceedings and to report findings to the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Steel Corporation
Stanley
Kentucky
Congress
House
Steel Corporation
Governor Urges Direct Nomination Reform in Albany
In an extraordinary session, Governor Hughes urged the legislature to enact direct nomination laws for public offices. He condemned party management that serves self interest and suggested a progressive inheritance tax with fair graduation to raise needed revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Lower Weston’s Record by 4,000 Mile Walk
Jack Elredge a 26 year old youth arrived in San Francisco after walking 4,000 miles in 77 days defeating the prior 105 day American record held by Edward Payson Weston. He started in Boston on March 15 earning a $2000 prize from the Boston Athletic Association for completing the distance within 100 days. Elredge walked 6 days a week with rest on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Jack Elredge
Elredge
Boston Athletic Club
Edward Payson Weston
Halredge
Boston
Church janitor in jail after interstate chase
Joseph Wendling, former janitor at St. John’s church in Louisville, is in Houston awaiting governor’s requisition papers after a weeks long chase. He is wanted on a murder charge involving Alma Kellner. Private detectives led to his capture in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
United
Banker Offered a Federal Job in Mint Directorship
Kansas City banker Thornton Cooke treasurer of Fidelity Trust Co has been offered the post of director of the mint by President Taft. Cooke is known as a writer and economic authority who in 1909 wrote a history on banking growth for the national monetary commission, a work likely influencing his appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Thornton Cooke
Fidelity Trust Co
Mint
Taft
Cooke
A. Pratt Andrew
national monetary _commission
Irish Proverbs Still Used From Ancient Milesian Sayings
The Catholic Standard notes many current Irish proverbs echo ancient Milesian wisdom from figures like Fethill the Wise and Cormac MacArt. It lists genuine proverbs translated from Hardman's Irish Minstrelsy, showing parallels to modern English sayings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brehons
Allamh Foehla
Fethill the Wise
Moran
Cormac MacArt
Hardman
Hope
Death
Europe Awards Abstainers in Athletic Training
A German study cited by Hygienische Rundschau notes rising support for total abstinence in Europe among athletes. Dr Erich Flade argues alcohol hinders physical efficiency and endurance and cites the 1908 Keil 62 mile walk where abstainers, 29 percent of entrants, won 60 percent of prizes and first places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Erich Flade
Dresden
Keil
No voting for a party without bearing its deeds
A man cannot vote for a party and receive credit for its good deeds without being responsible for its bad ones.
Woman Professor Buried In Her Piano In France
A music professor who died in Marseilles requested burial inside her piano noting that her happiest hours were spent at the instrument. The coffin had to be placed inside the piano due to the grave’s immense size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
France
Clearing rubbish from libraries frees shelf room
Charles Francis Adams suggests removing junk from library shelves to reclaim usable space. With clutter gone, librarians could reallocate shelving for new collections, preserve rare volumes, and improve access for patrons. The plan emphasizes disciplined culling and orderly reorganization to maximize storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Francis Adams
Markets News Roundup Across Major Cities
On June 21 money on call stood at 2 percent with prime mercantile paper at 4 to 5 percent. Sterling exchange was 4.86 85 for demand. Grain, provisions, and live stock prices appeared across Cleveland Toledo Buffalo Pittsburgh and Chicago with notable figures for wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs hay cattle sheep hogs and pork futures and cash prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
New
Chicago
A Serious Kidney Trouble Case Aided by Dean's Pills
Henry Palmer of Barnesville Ohio recounts severe kidney pain, swelling, and bloody secretions after army hardships. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with rapid improvement and regained strength, urging readers to remember the Dean's brand available at 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York. The piece ends with a light cartoon caption about barber humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Palmer
Cole and
Walnut Str
Barnesville
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Miss A Declines Skirt Bequest Amid Vanity
A humorous excerpt from Success Magazine recalls Miss A having a delicate fawn skirt coveted by friends. One peer begs for it claiming it matches a waist, but Miss A dismisses it as worn out, saying it is on its last legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss A
Success Magazine
Conditional Piety in a Scotch Fishermen Tale
Two Scottish fishermen, James and Sandy, battle rough seas and fear for their lives. Jamie urges prayer while Sandy admits uncertainty. Sandy starts a plea promising devotion if they reach shore safely, but Jamie interrupts and notes their boat has touched land and urges independence from any interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Sandy
Jamie
Mark Twain Quip on High Cost of Living Humor
Hartford woman jokes about July country trip spared by husband who quips he can always find money to indulge his wife. The anecdote portrays non conscious humor through a domestic exchange about finances and summer plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Hartford
Jim
Determined Woman Finds Food That Cured Illness
A Salisbury Missouri woman credits Grape-Nuts with curing chronic cramps nausea and vomiting after previous remedies failed. She notes faster relief then complete recovery and says she and her husband promote the product to physicians who recommend it widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Chicago
Wellville
Rte
Una Zall
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Gazette. Gazette
E. F. Scott
General News
Attorney General
Steel Trust
Lowers Weston
Alma Kellner
Texas
Ireland
Toledo
Pittsburg
Gayboye
Stude
Vienna
Libby
Libby, McNeil & Libby
W. L. Douglas
Pais
Pepe
Fontan Salenyour
W.L
Cascarets
Ti Druggista
Blane Geet
Iin& Foe
Rex_K. Leonard
Andover
National Live Stock Com. Co
Mont-Joseph
Mo. S
Gillette
Fitageralds Ca
Bex K
Washington
Thompson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!