Personal notes from a 1912 era roundup
Roy Young, 15, pleads guilty to burglary larceny arson and riot tied to a Springfield New Jersey race war and is sentenced to Pontiac reformatory. Mrs Marshall Field Jr becomes Mrs Maldwin Drummond in Westminster registry, Drummond son of the late Edgar Atheling Drummond. Kermit Roosevelt begins a northwest hunting trip. Bryan spends a day in St Paul addressing farmers and seeking Gov. Johnson's support. William Jennings Bryan Jr to marry Miss Helen Berger of Milwaukee. Thomas L Hisgen of Massachusetts notified in New York of his nomination for the presidency by the Independence party in Chicago.
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Roy Young
Springfield
Pontiac Reformatory
Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
Maldwin Drummond
Westminster Registry Office
Drummond
Edgar_Atheling Drummond
Kermit Roosevelt
Northwest
William J. Bryan
St. Paul
State Central Committee
Gov. Johnson
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Helen Berger
Milwaukee
Thomas L. Hisgen
Massachusetts
New York
Independence Party
Rawhide Nevada Fire Destroys Mining Town
A large fire in Rawhide Nevada leaves three thousand homeless and wipes out the business district with property losses exceeding 750000 dollars. Other items note Salt Lake City's GAR encampment victory and various public safety and political events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawhide
Nev
Salt Lake City
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Ohio
Youngstown
Gov. Harris
Gov. Hughes
New York
Beveridge
Indiana
Melbourne
Albany
West Australia
Daniel Godell
Omaha
Edna Kennett
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employer of America
New England
Sumner
Miss
Gov
Hanly
Indianapolis
Niigata
Tokyo
Japan
A. S. Waters
Tampa
Fla
Hot Springs
Ark
Peter J. Schollert
St. Paul
Great Britain
Mulai Hafid
Henry M. Nevins
Red Bank
N. J
W.—L.gillman
Roxbuy
Mass
Womans’ Relief Corps
Chester Jordan
Honorah
Somerville
Boston
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Yale University
Frederick Cooper Hewitt
Owego
Forest fire saved Calaveras big tree grove
The forest fire threatening Calaveras big tree grove was controlled and the famed trees were saved. Late Michigan primaries put Gov. Fred Warner in the lead for renomination. Orville Wright tested an army aircraft at Fort Myer and Cornell students flew a self built plane near Ithaca. Spanish war veterans vote to hold encampment in Tacoma. Manila court orders Sultan of Dunaharra to hang for raid leadership in Mindanao.
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Calaveras Big
Springfield
Michigan
Fred Warner
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Ithaca
N.Y
Cornell
Tacoma
Wash
Territorial Supreme Court
Manila
Sultan of
Dunaharra
Parang
Mindanao
Ein-J
W.-Mcdonald
Two-Cent Fare Law Battle in Federal Court
The U S circuit court in St Paul joined Arkansas railway commissioners in blocking enforcement of a two-cent fare law. Police faced unrest as anarchists and unemployed marchers clashed in New York while a theater hall riot erupted over the Marseillaise and red flags amid police dispersal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandeventer
United States—circuit
St.Paul
Arkansas Railway Commission
Berkman Jailed After Unemployed Meeting Turmoil
Alexander Berkman, the anarchist who shot Henry Frick in 1892, was dragged from Cooper Union by police and jailed after a Monday gathering of unemployed New Yorkers erupted in wild excitement with red flags, denunciations, and incendiary speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Cooper Union
Alexander Berkman
Henry C. Frick
Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Fever and Lockjaw Germs In Dr. Austin Death Case
The Omaha World-Herald reports alleged prior attempts by Dr Frederick Austin to commit suicide by inoculating himself with typhoid bacilli and later tetanus germs. Physicians feared for his life as he fell gravely ill, with typhoid overwhelming the second infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebu
Frederick Austin
The
Omaha World-Herald
Austin
Jealous Wife Kills Husband in Flemingsburg Case
Edward Smoot was shot four times in the back and killed by his wife in Flemingsburg on Monday. She then attempted suicide by shooting her arm. Jealousy was cited as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
Edward ~Smoot
Flemingsburg
Boy's Action At Chicago Convention Draws Mockery
Villiam Burnett compared a convention incident to a juvenile elocutionist. He recalled a school treat tale where a boy tried dramatic gesture for the line The comet lifts its tail of fire and stretched his coat tail to fit the phrase.
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Villiam Burnett
Lord Fauntleroy
Chicago
Mr. Burnett
No Automobiles There There Are No Automobiles on Heaven Streets
Whitsett Courier quips that no automobiles exist in heaven yet a new vehicle caused a town hubbub during its first spin. The rider fell from the mule, the mule kicked the town clock and roof, striking the mayor as he called the meeting to order. The mule wandered into the woods afterward.
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Heaven
the Whitsett Courier
Hammer of Death Struck James in Plumstead Tomb
An old Plumstead parish church recently reopened, likely a century old, sits near a picturesque churchyard loved by Bloomfield. A memorial epitaph for Master James Darling aged ten warns youth about eating cherries, with his tombstone declaring The hammer of Death was given to me For eating the cherries off the tree.
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James
Plumstead
Bloomfield
Shooter’s Hill
James Darling
Darling
Mother and Child Benefit From Grape-Nuts Diet
A Virginia mother credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her health and enabling successful nursing. She reports rapid baby improvement after adding the whole wheat and barley cereal to her meals. The letter promotes Grape-Nuts as a nourishing food for both mother and infant.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Texas Clergyman Endorses Dean’s Kidney Pills
Rev G M Gray a Whitesboro Texas Baptist clergyman testifies he suffered four years with lumbago and pain in every movement. He says Dean’s Kidney Pills removed the trouble after a short time and urges others with kidney trouble to profit from his experience. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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G. M. Gray
Whitesboro
Tex
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Woman's Guidance for Traveling Lawyer Leaves Him Guessing
A fragmentary item describes a woman offering little assistance to a traveling lawyer, leaving him uncertain about his path. The note hints at interpersonal tension and practical challenges in guidance.
Lawyer’s misread map leads to Berkshire County miscue
A New York lawyer, traveling to a coal firm in Berks County, Pennsylvania, stops at a farmhouse asking directions to the next village. A German farmer woman, wearing a poke bonnet, replies in affected humor about the distance, leaving the lawyer wiser as he continues his journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Three Cures of Eczema Through Cuticura Remedies
Testimony from Mrs Miller and Mrs Beluusk recount eczema relief using Cuticura ointment and remedies. A Michigan reader cites cold water resident Mrs Beluusk dated Aug 15 and Sept 2, 1907, describing a child’s complete cure and no relapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inodiana
Sarah Beluusk
Coldwater
Mich
Very Tempting Man Discharged After Kiss Case
A man faced a justice of the peace for kissing a young woman by force and against her will. The witness testified plainly and the judge, noting the defense’s behavior, discharged him without fine or imprisonment, joking that the court had to restrain itself from kissing the complainant accordingly.
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Justice of the Peace
Paragon in the Social Register Causes Marital Scramble
A steel magnate asks his wife to verify if their son Reginald has wed into an inferior family. She struggles to recall the Paragon named in the social register, urging her husband to investigate the marriage’s status and potential disgrace.
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Maria
Reginald
Paragon
John
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General News
Gill
East St. Louis
Ransome Paine
Ino
Philip Wolff
St. Clair County
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Bering Sea
Robert Olsen
McCulloch
First National Bank of
United Spanish War Veterans
Charles M. Thomas
William H. Taft
Foraker
Toledo
Charles—O. Jones
Maine
Waterville
Taft
James S. Stackpole
Stackpole Brothers
Lewistown
Mifflintown
Bar
Channahon
Joliet
Pittsburg-Wabash
Vermont
Ville de Dieppe
Niagara Falls
George McLaughlin
State Commission of Prisons
Harry K. Thaw
Dutchess County
Poughkeepsie
A. H.huston
Atlanta
Atlanta Trunk Factory
Empire Printing & Box Company
Edward Burnett
Chicago River
Mary Smith
Berkman
Emma Goldman
Grand Central Palace
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Idaho
Union Square
Howe
Texas
den Une
Alifornia Fie Syrup Co
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