World at a Glance: Late 1909 Briefs Across Nations
Secretary James Wilson toured Deadwood and Belle Fourche to inspect irrigation farms. Tragic Bay City car train crash kills three, a daughter injured. California cotton crop experiment expands. Harvard inaugurates Abbott Lowell with global delegates over three days. Train wreck kills three on a Tennessee spur. Java floods devastate 600 natives. London marriage ties Count Hermann Oshelm to Wanda Lottero. Queen Liliuokalani hosts record birthday reception for visitors. Curtiss invited to centennial aviation events. Wright may respond. Missouri wealth rises. real and corporate property values listed. Government seeks agricultural trained workers with $1200 to $2000 salaries. Grain standardization examiner needed. September test announced. Consular laws collection pushed to boost trade with Americas. Mosby’s Old South reunion attracts veterans. Captain Bullock writes on Sioux name for Roosevelt. Lukes tragedy in Pittsburg Kansas. husband alleges quarrel. Emil Victor sentenced to death for Christie family murders. Millenarian hopefuls gather in Saratoga for 1914 prophecies. Harry Thaw’s employment as librarian considered. Harriman advised no immediate surgery. Oakes killed in Iowa dispute. Pellagra outbreak investigated at Peoria hospital. Rear Admiral Swinburne retires after fifty-year naval career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
James Wilson
Deadwood
S. D
Martin
Belle’ Fourche
A. A. Robinson
Commercial Company of
Detroit
H. E. Tremaine
Bay City
Michigan Central
Tremaine
California
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Cincinnnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific
Retro
Tenn
Chattanooga
Java
Seth Bullock
United States
Roosevelt
Capt. Bullock
Edward Lukes
Hull Packing Company
Pittsburg
Kans
Hull
Joplin
Emil Victor
Aberdeen
J. W. Christie
Michael Ronayne
McNaulter
Victor
Christie
Saratoga
N.Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Edward H. Harriman
Towers Hill
Hiram Oakes
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Charles Brown
Fredonia
Oakes
Peoria
Aviation meets and world aeronautical notes from around the globe
International aviation matters dominate the news. Lieut. Foulois will represent the War Department at the Nancy France conference in September 1824 and will be trained in Wright machine operation. Mexico City plans a world aeronautical meet in September 1910 with prizes up to 100000 dollars and invitees including the Wright brothers and Bleriot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Brotherhood of Railway Trainsmen
Ladies
National Association of Letter Carriers
St. Paul
Minn
Colorado Springs
Benjamin D. Foulois
Signal Corps
War Department
Nancy
France
Foulois
Mexico City
Wright Brothers
Bleriot
Curtiss
San Jose
Senor Galvo
Costa Rica
Ricardo Jiminez
George Cabot Ward
Porto Rico
William F. Willoughby
Krivoy-Rog
Russia
Monteray
Mexico
Peary Reaches North Pole Early Reports Stir Worldwide
Reports from Indian Harbor Labrador and Cape Ray announce Peary has reached the pole with the Stars and Stripes hoisted. Contemporaneous notes from Cook spark global debate as America records dual polar triumphs amid eager anticipation of Chateau Bay arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Indian Harbor
Cape Bay
Associated Press
North Pole
Peary
Cape Ray
Herbert L. Bridgman
Brooklyn
Pole
Roosevelt
N. F
New York Times
Chateau Bay
Arctic
Stars and Stripes
Labrador
Denmark
Frederick .A
Cook
Dr. Cook
Shetland Islands
Robert E. Peary
United States
Henry Whitney
New Haven
Conn
Etah
Utah
Nebraska Happenings and Local Notes
Fremont burglaries candy and pennies. Beatrice to host library meeting about October 20 with broad state representation. Nebraska cow disease cited as consuming milk. West Point priest appointed at St Pauls. Chapman barn burned, 10 stock saved, insured. Hastings pumps break high daily record at 1 409 000 gallons. Cuming county court opens September 13. Van Dorn bankruptcy with major liabilities. Odessa postmaster quarantined due to meningitis. Overland Limited robbery trial set for October 1. Beatrice farmer injured by water tank steam. Sidney factory worker scalped by carousel. Red Cloud line seeks better service. New York death of Tolf Hanson. Fremont paving lawsuit settled. city to share damages. Fremont foundry to expand plant with 15000 dollars extra capacity. Feemster of York College marries Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont College
State Library Association
Beatrice
Connell
Omaha
H. Albrecht
Chicago
St. Paul’s Lutheran
West Point
St. Paul's Church
Enoch Aurand
Chapman
Hastings
District Court of
Cuming County
Guy T. Graves
Pender
John E.van Dorn
United States District Court
J. W. Bergman
Overland Limited Mail
T. C. Munger
W. H. Munger
Denver
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Jacob Claassen, Jr
Emma Booten
Sidney
Nebraska City
Red Cloud
Burlington
Ona
Tolf Hanson
New York
Sid Swanson
Samuel Edgar
C. W. Turner
Des Moines
Iowa
Fremont
United States Circuit Court of
St. Louis
H. C. Feemster
York College
Seventh Convention Held by Nebraska Rural Carriers in Columbus
The seventh annual state convention of Nebraska rural mail carriers met at the Columbus Y M C A with more than 125 carriers and wives in attendance. Speakers included Senator Elmer J. Burkett and Postoffice officials L A Thompson Sizer and Kramer. A banquet followed the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Neb
Nebraska
United States
Elmer J. Burkett
Postoffice
L. A. Thompson
Postoffice Department
Sizer
Lincoln
Kramer
End Kidney Trouble With Dean's Pills
Mrs. John H. Wright of Mitchell Indiana reports ten years of kidney complaints and back pain with dizziness and irregular secretions. Dean's Kidney Pills relieved the troubles and left her feeling better than in years. Sold by all dealers for 56 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Wright
East First St
Mitchell
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Consumption cures and hospital push faced in the United States
The piece discusses consumptives needing care at home and arguments that cure is possible nationwide. It notes dangers of sending ill patients to the southwest and advocates renewed efforts to curb such practices and to build small local hospitals in cities. It mentions Southern California and Texas attempts to exclude indigent consumptives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
East
West
Southwest
California
Texas
Chickens a Nuisance and the Frying Question
The Charleston News and Courier weighs chicken troubles from garden raids dawn alarms and upset pets. It raises the paradox that while chickens are a nuisance in many ways, they are not to be fried as a solution, arguing sentiment toward fowl keeps a farmer’s pride intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston News and Courier
Baltimore
Sun
Grape-Nuts Promotes Digestive Health Says Terre Haute Family
A Terre Haute woman reports four years of indigestion cured by Grape-Nuts. Her husband improves after switching from ordinary foods, and their schoolchild thrives with the cereal. The letters praise Grape-Nuts as nourishing and essential for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hermann Oshelm
Grand Duchy of
Saxe-Welmer
London
Wanda Paola Lottero
Liliuokalani
The
Aero Club of
Missouri
State Board of Equalization
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
State Department
McHarg
Department of Commerce and Labor
Central
South American
South America
Gray Rough Riders of the
South
Mosby
Port Royal
Warren Memorial Association
Col
John 8. Mosby
Washington
Teau Bay
Barentz
Hudson
Aces
Con
Lady Fisher
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