Diverse 1909 News Clippings From Across The World
In Seattle an affidavit alleges Louis R Glavis offered his wife a government post and lawyer fees to secure a divorce as she pursued a breakup begun last winter. Other items report Taft on a Maine coast cruise, Cannon’s collapse on stage, crimes in Ohio and Illinois, labor votes, and a surge in corporate dividends across railroads and industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Glavis
Louis R. ‘Glavis
Seattle
Wash
Gravis
Robert E. Scott
London
New Zealand
Dorothy Miller
East Thirty Eighth Street
Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Matsuzo Shofu
New York City
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Brookline
Eddy
Florence Mastick
New York
Joseph Sheffield van Buren
Pring Eitel Friedrich
Naples
Egypt
van Buren
Hongkong
Agatha of
Ratibor
Prince Frederick William
Potsdam
Peace pact ends Stove Company prosecutions at issue
A Cincinnati peace accord between the Stove Founders' National Defense Association and President Gompers of the AFL withdraws attorneys from cases against AFL officers. Prosecutions previously filed by the Bucks Stove Company are now before the U S Supreme Court, with future action on jail sentence appeals to be decided by Attorney General Wickersham. The memorandum notes a newly organized company led by Lee Van Cleave seeking harmony with labor unions.
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Cincinnati
Stove
National Defense Association
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bucks Stove Company
Messrs
Mitchell
Morrigan
Federation of Labor
Stove Company
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Wickersham
Lee van Cleave
Mystery murder arrest shocks Ponca area
Ned William Flege was arrested near Wayne for the murder of his sister Louise Flege after a confession from Albert Eichtencamp, a farm worker forced into aiding. Detectives say Flege sought to wed Ida Hendricks, who refused him, while Hendricks’s housekeeper duties tied the siblings. Flege awaits grand jury action. Eichtencamp, 18, remains under sheriff’s surveillance.
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Ponca
Ned
William Flege
Louise Flege
Wayne
Albert Eichtencamp
Flege
Ida Hendricks
Neb
Young Bichtencamp
Falls Heir to $500000 Left by Miner in Dawson City
In Macon Georgia W V Miller a workman helped J F Curley a miner stranded with no funds. Curley later died in Dawson City and Miller was named heir to an estimated 500000 dollars followed by a Birmingham fare repayment saga.
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Macon
W. V. Miller
J. F. Curley
Birmingham
Curley
Dawson City
Somnambulant Grace Moore Dropped From Hotel Fire Escape
Grace Moore age 18 wandered from her hotel room in a somnambulistic state. She descended four stories via a fire escape, fell eight feet, walked two blocks, and boarded a streetcar before a police officer awakened her. The incident occurred in Denver, Colorado.
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Denver
Colu
Grace Moore
Jowans Killed in Illinois Train Collision Near Lombard
N J McEvilly of Dysart Pennsylvania and his 12 year old daughter were killed when their car was struck by a Chicago and North Western passenger train near Lombard Illinois. Mrs McEvilly probably fatally injured in the same crash.
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Chicago
N. J. McEvilly
Dysart
Postmasters Granted Leaves for Southwest Postal Convention
Washington DC reports postmasters from Missouri Oklahoma Iowa Nebraska and Kansas granted leaves of absence up to six days to attend the Southwest Postal association convention in Kansas City Missouri on October 10 11 and 12 next.
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Washington, D. C
Missouri
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
The
Southwest Postal Association
Kansas City
Named Military Attache to Berlin from Buenos Aires
Maj Manuel Costa has been appointed military attaché to the Argentine Station at Berlin. He will represent Argentina's armed forces in the German capital and liaise with the German and Argentine military missions on matters of defense and security.
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Buenos Ayres
Manuel Costa
Berlin
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Sioux City market reports Tuesday quotations show top feeders at 95.45 and hogs at 8.60 per hundredweight. Additional figures are incomplete but indicate ongoing pricing for livestock in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Zeppelin Airship Works Devastated by Explosion
An explosion badly damaged Zeppelin Airship Company facilities near Friedrichshafen. Several workers were injured and the factory suffered significant destruction. The incident heightens safety concerns at the site.
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2Epelin
Friedrichshafen
Gre
Zeppelin Airship Company
Devoh
Ning
Lujutuu
Road Boosts Wyes and Unnamed Louisville Shop
An unclear report notes a 6 percent unsolicited price increase affecting Louisville and Nashville routes. The piece references a Louisville shop and unspecified topps, with vague connection to paid outputs and railway or road boosts.
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Louisville
Courthor
N& Louisville
Loueville
Nashville
The Baltic scheme ends in a cold confrontation
In New York at the Fifth Avenue Hotel Tom Gordon presses Farley and Vincent for control of Chiawassee Consolidated before the Baltic voyage. He threats an American-initiated inquiry, demands formal turnover, and arranges legal steps while Major Dabney appears as a stockholder. Tom then returns to Boston for exams, planning to rejoin the crisis on the North Shore as CHAPTER XV opens with foundry preparations and laborers gathering under Caleb Gordon.
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Tom
Grand Central Station
Broadway
Madison Square
Fifth Avenue
Farleys
Boston
Farley
Chlawasses
Thomas
Mr. Farley
Gordon
America
Hehdy
Vincent
Tom Gordon
Chiawassee
Baltic
Dyckman
T'O Snap
Major Dabney
Clarkson
Mr. Croswell
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Dabney
Chiawassea Consolidated
Deer Tracs
Caleb Gordon
Gordonia
South Tredegar
North Shore
Michigan Iron King
Helgerson
Caleb
Meeting at 2 O Clock Sets Tone for Coal Strike
Tom Gordon speaks to striking workers at the Chiawassee plant about hard times and half pay. He urges a plan to continue production on borrowed money or suspend operations, while Caleb Gordon watches and protests. The crowd questions and tensions rise as a potential riot looms. To be continued.
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Tom
Europe
South Tredegar
Farley
Chiawassee
Ludlow
Caleb Gordon
Caleb
Yell’s Homecoming Reflected in Yonkers Statesman Note
A fragment from Yonkers Statesman quotes a casual hometown exchange about a college return and a sore throat. It hints at themes of truth and repose with a literary aside from Emerson and Haydon. The text is fragmentary and presents no clear event.
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Jim
Yonkers Statesman
Notable Women Endorse Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
Oronogo and St Louis readers report relief from female complaints with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonials claim reduced bearing down, backache, and nerves, with cures described for inflammation, irregularities, and other uterine issues.
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Oronogo
Lydia K
Pinkham
Max McKnianr
Touls
Az. Herzog
Prescott Ave
St. Louis
Lydia
Alms and the Man
Mr Murphy recalls Father Flaherty as a compassionate patient and wise parish priest who helped the poor without hesitation. He notes Flaherty’s belief in renewal for all, his generosity, and the long reach of his right hand toward those in need.
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Flaherty
Mr. Murphy
Meehan
Ananias
Census Man Visits Neighbor Inquiries Conducted
The census taker questions a neighbor about the age of a woman next door while the householder expresses concern over the process. The exchange ends with a polite farewell as the census man departs.
Their Object Banks A Secret Society Comment
The dialogue contrasts a women’s secret society with a man’s belief in average. Banks asserts women keep secrets while Rivers jokes about revealing them. Banks retorts that the group exists to tell others, echoing satire on the “average man” who overestimates himself.
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Banks
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the Vindicator and Republican
Estherville
Vindicator & Republican CO
General News
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Shallenberger
New Orleans
Taft
Beverly
Mass
Maine
Joseph G.cannon
House of Representatives
Winfield
Kan
Phantanqua
Albert Keddie
Ira Rickett
Anti Saloon League Force
East Liverpool
O. Keddie
Rickett
Alvin Dawson
Harris Ansel Wheeler
Ilinois National Guard
Grand Trunk
Central Vermont
Murdock
Werner
Mary Stout
Springfield
Jrl
John O'Connor
Colowan Island
Patria
Order of Hibernians
Ladies' Auxiliary
Portland
Ore
Stove Founders’ Association
Supreme Court of the United States
Falls
Jowans
Illinois
Francis Lynde
Francis Lynda
Gordons
Maje’ Dabney
Bald’ Mountain District
Robert Haven Schauffler
Success Magazine
Helen D
Emerson
Haydon
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
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