Cabinet Changes to Retire and Shift Cabinet Members
The White House announced October 23 1906 changes as Secretary Shaw and Attorney General Moody retire. Cortelyou becomes Secretary of the Treasury Meyer moves to Postmaster General Bonaparte Attorney General Metcalfe Navy Secretary Straus appointment marks first Hebrew faith cabinet member born December 3 1850.
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Roosevelt
White House
Secretary Shaw
Moody
the Treasury
George B. Cortelyou
George von L. Meyer
Charles L. Bonaparte
Navy
Victor H. Metcalfe
Shaw
Meyer
Russia
Italy
Massachusetts
Straus
United States
Turkey
Harrison
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The
Hague
Roosevelt Proclaims Thanksgiving Day on November 29
President Roosevelt issues a proclamation declaring Thursday November 29 as the day of thanksgiving. He urges reverent thanks for national prosperity and a sober plan to use blessings for moral progress and public good. The proclamation is signed in the city of Vienna on November 22, 1906, in the year of our Lord.
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Roosevelt
United States
Vena
Rumor of Packing Combine Absorption Across Industry
The Chicago Evening Post reports a proposed giant packing-house combine with around 500 million dollars in capital, to be controlled from England and led by Armour interests. It allegedly would include Armour Packing, Swift and Company, Nelson Morris, National Packing, Schwarzschild and Sulzberger, and Cudahy. J Ogden Armour and Louis Swift denied any knowledge or basis for the story.
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Chicago Evening Post
Chicago
Post
England
Armour
Armour Packing Company
Swift and Company
Nelson Morris & Co
National Packing Company
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
Cudahy Packing Company
Sir Thomas Lipton
J. Ogden Armour
Louis Swift
Divers Tunnel Under Latin Stern After Submarine Lift Attempt
Divers working on the French submarine boat Lutin, sunk off Biserta Tunisia on October 16 with fourteen men and two officers aboard, tunnel under the stern and pass a hawser. A heavy chain is in place and lifting preparations are complete. Two dead are visible through the hatch window with arms interlocked making identification uncertain. one body in a white shirt is suspected to be Lieutenant Fepoux.
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Lutin
Biserta
Tunis
M. Thompson
Fepoux
Latin
Indictments Against New York Herald Corporation
The New York Herald Corporation James Gordon Bennett and Manley M. Gillam pleaded not guilty in the U S circuit court at New York to charges of depositing unmailable matter in the post for copies of the Herald. No bail was required and related editor cases were dismissed.
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New York Herald Corporation
James Gordon Bennett
Manley M. Gillam
United States Circuit Court
New York
New York Herald
United States
Herald
Cohan Plans Colorado Home for Actors with Pulmonary Trouble
George M. Cohan proposes a Players Camp in Colorado to house and support actors and actresses afflicted with lung disease. He pledges 5000 dollars to start the fund and will stage weekly matinees whose gross receipts support the project, urging theater leaders nationwide to cooperate. Peter McCourt of Denver to pick a site for the home.
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George M. Cohan
Colorado
Chicago
Warjaden Mine Disaster Claims Hundreds Off Vladivostok
A London dispatch reports the Russian steamer Warjaden struck a floating mine and sank on October 20 near Vladivostok. Some passengers were saved, but 180 or more perished, with reports estimating up to 200 fatalities and only one survivor.
Snow Buries Colorado as Blizzard Halts Travel
A general storm sweeps the eastern Rockies from Wyoming to New Mexico with persistent snow in Colorado. Albuquerque reports property damage from high winds while sheep losses and crushed orchards threaten the fruit industry. Snow depths reach two to five feet statewide, with Florence at 22 inches and structural collapses from snow load at Portland cement works.
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Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
New Mexico
Colorado
Albuquerque
N. M
Buena Vista
Florence
Portland
Lynching of Robert Clark reported near Lucedale
Mobile Alabama recounts a mob of about 300 masked men who hanged Robert Clark alias Dan Dive, a Kansas City native, from a telegraph pole near the Lucedale depot after he fled Jackson County jail. He had earlier attempted an assault on two white women and stolen a horse and shotgun, being shot in the shoulder during capture. authorities say no identifications are known for any mob members.
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Mobile
Ala
Robert Clark
Dan Dive
Kansas City
Lucedale
Mississippi
Hinton
Mrs Lena Potter Cowden Ends Life at Cromwell Sanatorium
Mrs Lena Potter Cowden daughter of Bishop Henry C Potter of New York died by hanging at a private Cromwell sanitarium. She was forty four and had gone there for treatment. Cowden eluded her nurse and was found hanging in the cellar. Her husband Winthrop Cowdin had the body forwarded to New York.
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Lena Potter Cowden
Henry C. Potter
New York
Cromwell
Cowden
Interstate Commerce Commission Rules on Ticket Extensions and Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission barred extending ticket limits for sickness under the old practice and limited abuse, allowing emergencies only. It also upheld excursion rate certificates for designated societies and required party rates to apply to the public. The commission’s Omaha visit next Wednesday was anticipated, with Commissioners Prounty Lane and Clark involved in recent Chicago hearings.
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Interstate Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Omaha
Chicago
Prounty
Lane and Clark
Beatrice Gas Company Chooses River Bank Site
Beatrice Gas Company selects a plot between Market and Bell streets, west of First, on the river bank, for a gas plant with 60 000 cubic feet gas holder. Grading for foundations has begun and construction will proceed rapidly.
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Beatrice Gas Company
Eaton Gas Company
Beatrice
Market
Bell Streets
First
Man Burned to Death in Letts Farmhouse Blaze
Pat Nevans an aged farmer living alone with a demented son four miles east of Letts Iowa was cremated in the fire that destroyed his house. The son tried to rescue the father but was overcome by smoke. Only the trunk was recovered, head and limbs burned away. The fire started from the old man smoking in bed as was his custom.
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Pat Nevans
Letts, In
Stadium Bleachers Collapse At Syracuse Colgate Game
Fifty feet of upper bleacher section fell during a football game at New Star Park Syracuse NY. The densely packed stands toppled, sending about 400 into the enclosure. No immediate deaths, but up to three of over 100 injured were feared dead.
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Syracuse
Colgate Universities
New Star Park
N. Y
Governor Folk Grants Respite For Two Kansas City Murder Convicts
Governor Folk announced he ordered a formal respite until December 10 for Aggie Myers and Frank Hottman, both sentenced to be hanged on October 26 for the murder of a Kansas City husband, as he prepared to tour Kansas.
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Folk
Jefferson City
Kansas
Secretary of State
Aggie Myers
Frank Hottman
Kansas City
Wellington Fire Destroys Banks and Hotels in Big Gate conflagration
A major Wellington fire early Monday destroyed the Union Bank and gutted the Bank of New South Wales building. The Commercial and Trocadero hotels along with several insurance offices and other businesses suffered extensive damage.
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Wellington
N.Z
Union Bank
Bank of New South Wales
Deserter Shoots Woman Then Kills Self in L A Lodging House
Samuel Becker twice a deserter from the U S army shot Mrs. Pearl Kirkpatrick in a room at Blakesley lodging house on South Main street Los Angeles and then killed himself. Mrs Kirkpatrick was not dangerously wounded.
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Samuel Becker
United States Army
Blakesley Lodging
Victim of Brutal Assault in Cincinnati
William Dutton, a famed old-time circus rider, was assaulted in Cincinnati and may die from his wounds. Police have not yet arrested the assailant and believe the motive was robbery.
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William Dutton
Cincinnati
Leper George Rashid Dies in West Virginia Shack
George Rashid a Syrian leper once driven from eastern cities died of heart failure in a Pickens shanty near Clarksburg West Virginia The body will be cremated officials said his death closes a saga of exile and illness linked to his affliction.
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George Rashid
Pickens
Clarksburg
W. Va
A Woman’s Kidneys Improved by Dean’s Pills
Mrs Charles E Smith of 22 Boyden St Woonsocket Rhode Island says her kidneys were weak since childhood with backache and other symptoms. After taking Dean’s Kidney Pills her weight rose from 120 to 165 and she reports steady relief for four years. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Charles E. Smith
Boyden St
Woonsocket
R. I
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Mrs Craigies Address at New York Author Club
An amusing anecdote about novelist Mrs Craigie told at an New York Authors Club event. She was misbooked on the program and, after the chairman introduced irrelevant speakers, she announced her London address and bid farewell, noting she was far from home.
Take His Choice at Pennsylvania Inquest
An inquest in a Pennsylvania town features a juror who, after swearing in, objects to serving claiming managerial duties. The coroner consults Jervis and notes eligibility for jurors excludes only idiots, idiots and lunatics.
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Pennsylvania
Morgan
Jervis
Success Magazine
German life insurance coverage exceeds population in Germany
The Cologne Gazette reports there are 80,000,000 policies in Germany for a population under 60,000,000, indicating many hold policies with two or more companies. Indemnities paid by German insurers total about 24,000,000 dollars monthly.
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Cologne
Germany
Food as a remedy for dyspepsia in Grape Nuts
A health-focused endorsement argues that poor eating fuels indigestion and that avoiding heavy foods, while using Grape Nuts, strengthens nerves and brain. A Maine user testifies to recovery from nervous dyspepsia, noting improved energy and work capacity after weeks of steady use. The ad cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and promotes The Road to Wellville with the slogan There’s a reason.
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Maine
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Treasury
London
Vladivostok
Lloyds Agency
Warjaden
Fagin
Sheriff
Bishop Potter
Acre
New Zealand
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