Global Happenings Monitor Reports Ads Study Plans
Prof Charles Sherwood Rocker of Harvard will test which advertisements appeal most with his physiology students as subjects. Capt Peter C Hains, who killed William E Annis at Bayside and is jailed in New York, remains on the army payroll. Charles E Townsend announces reelection bid in Michigan's Second district with no other opponent named. James R Garfield seeks GOP Ohio governor nomination with Burton's backing. Samuel A Cook declares run for Wisconsin Senate against La Follette. Pinchot and Roosevelt to meet in Copenhagen or London in coming days. meeting aims undisclosed per Pinchot.
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Charles Sherwood Rocker
Department of Physiology
Harvard University
Peter C. Hains
William E. Annis
Bayside
L. I
New York
Charles E. Townsend
Michigan
James R. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Ohio
Burton
Samuel A. Cook
Wisconsin
la Follette
Gifford Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt
Copenhagen
London
Forester
United States
Pinchot
Panic and injuries after steam pipe burst at Chicago laundry
Nearly 200 female workers fled from windows and fire escapes as a steam pipe exploded in the Central Steam Laundry basement in Chicago. Fifteen were injured, with several others bruised, amid a chaotic escape.
Roosevelt declines pope visit amid US mission split
Col Theodore Roosevelt declines a papal audience as disputes over American mission and preference persist. Roosevelt meets King Victor Emmanuel at the Quirinal with Ambassador Leishman. Kermit Roosevelt also present. DOJ raid targets bucketshops in five cities with sixteen arrests and more planned. Mount Etna erupts with expanding lava streams and ash showers near Borrello. Fire destroys a million bushel grain elevator in Omaha. UP loses 50 freight cars. losses exceed a million dollars. Patterson of the Chicago Tribune dies in Philadelphia. Wickersham vows action against bucket shops. Taft visits Millbury and Worcester praising labor rights. Massachusetts prohibits bottled liquor sales by licensed retailers. Meade, Wichita pioneer, dies. Ballinger-Pinchot hearing escalates into clash. House hints at amended corporation tax openness. Columbia adopts city govt. form. East Liverpool potters strike ends with wage hikes. Philadelphia streetcar strikes unresolved.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
Quirinal
Victor Emmanuel
Leishman
Kermit Roosevelt
Department of Justice
New York
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Baltimore
St. Louis
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Congressional Committee
H. K. Love
Land Office
Brandeis
John W. Dudley
Register of the Land Office
Juneau
Alaska
Colliers’ Weekly
Washington
Ballinger
Collier’s
Taft
Delia” Torrey
Millbury
Mass
Worcester
Brotherhoods
Mount Etna
Borrello
Omaha
Neb
Nye, Schneider, Fowler & Co
Manly Mills Company
Union Pacific Railroad
Robert W. Patterson
Chicago Tribune
Julia A. Patterson
Illinois
Chicago
Wickersham
United States
Massachusetts
MacVeagh
Standard Oil Company
Tobacco Trust
Supreme Court
James R. Meade
Wichita
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Emporia
Ballinger-Pinchot Investigation Committee
Nelson
House
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Columbia
S. C
East Liverpool
American Federation of Labor
Beveridge Wins in State Convention in Indiana
Albert J. Beveridge led Indiana Republicans to a victorious state convention in Indianapolis. He defended tariff revision and his vote against the Aldrich-Payne bill while the platform endorsed protection principles and praised Taft. The convention made no reference to the new tariff law.
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Beveridge
Illinois
Milwaukee City
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Albert J. Beveridge
Senate
Taft
Ilinois voters swing on saloon question with wide gains
Wet victories spread across Illinois towns on the saloon issue while anti-saloon forces win in dry strongholds like Rockford Decatur DeKalb Dixon Mattoon Keithsburg Shelbyville and many others. Dry gains in towns such as Monmouth Canton signal a statewide reversal from two years ago and Chicago Democrats win a alderman majority.
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Chicago
Ila
Illinois
Rockford
Decatur
Dekalb
Dixon
Mattoon
Keithsburg
Shelbyville
Springfield
Danville
Aurora
Bloomington
Woodstock
Freeport
Monmouth
Canton
City
Seidel Heads Milwaukee City Administration Amid Socialist Sweep
Emil Seidel, a pattern maker and alderman at large, was elected city administrator by a sizable plurality over Republican and Democratic rivals. The Socialist victory extends to a six-member aldermen at large slate and multiple ward seats, signaling a broad city government shift.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Emil Seidel
Beffel
Bankers Confess Bribes In Pittsburg Council Scandal
Charles W. Friend president of Clinton Iron and Steel Co. Pittsburg pleads guilty admitting he bribed councilmen as a higher up. Councilman Morris Einstein from the North Side previously confessed receiving 20000 dollars from Workingmen's Savings and Trust Co. for pushing the bank ordinance. He says only 10000 was distributed. the remaining 10000 he kept.
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Pittsburg
Charles W. Friend
Clinton Iron & Steel Co
Bar of Justice
Friend
Morris Einstein
North Side
Einstein
Workingmen’s Savings & Trust Co
Bank Robbery Kills Two Officials in McKees Rocks
Four foreign desperadoes robbed the Victor bank at McKees Rocks near Pittsburg, shooting at townspeople. They fled on horses with $5,000 in cash as manager Samuel Friedman and cashier Ignatz Sewartz were killed during the heist.
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Pittsburg
Victor
McKees Rocks
Samuel Friedman
Ignatz Sewartz
McKees Rocks Hospital
Springfield Burglary Killer Brought In By Locket Clue
A locket bearing the initials B G 8 led police to Bertram Gager Spencer, the masked burglar who killed Miss Martha B Blackstone. In his home they found a trunkful of watches jewelry and trinkets, supporting claims he operated as a daytime clerk and nightly burglar for over a year.
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Springfield
Mass
Bertram Gager Spencer
Martha B. Blackstone
Spencer
Log Rolling Spectacle Ends With Creekside Laughs
A crowded shore watches two competitors on logs using long piker poles in a wild rolling contest. One man drinks heavily and loses wind while the other stays sober and gains cheers. The drunken man falls into the creek as the crowd dispensers more drinks and the town constable stops any fight.
A Clerical Definition from a Post Dispatch Joke
A St Louis Post Dispatch cartoon caption recalls Archbishop John J. Glennon meeting a stout Kansas bishop. The banter centers on a pun about difference between a bishop and an archbishop, jokingly noting the archbishop's superiority.
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John J. Glennon
Kansas City
Kansas
Glennon
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Saving In Vain. A tale of thrift and hardship in spring
Old Eli retells a tale from fall when Marie GeoGeorge urged saving for a hard winter. He followed the advice, saved diligently, and then winter arrived with no hardship while his saved money remained unused, a costly lesson in frugality.
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Eli
Marie Geo'ge
Why Can’t the Young Couple Stay Together Joke
A humorous exchange about a young couple that cannot get along due to motives of money and alimony. The man marries for money and the woman for alimony, revealing a satirical commentary on incompatible unions.
Paris Continues Through Floods With Steady Pace
The Natural Way notes Paris endures major floods with resilience as the city keeps functioning despite rising waters. Officials report steady services and residents adapting to the inundation while the Seine remains high.
Markets show varied prices across cities on April 6
Financial notes from New York report money on call at 23.3 percent and prime mercantile paper at 4 5 percent with sterling at 4.87. Government bonds are firm. Grain and live stock prices are listed for Cleveland Toledo Buffalo Pittsburgh and Chicago with wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes hay cattle sheep hogs and pork values across each location.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Ohio
Dean's Kidney Pills Restore Veteran's Health After Long Illness
Alfred J. O'Brien, a Second Lieutenant from Sterling Colorado, recounts nine months in hospital with back pain and severe blood in urine. After ineffective treatments in Baltimore and Omaha, he used Dean's Kidney Pills, feeling relief after one box and a complete cure. The ad urges to remember the name and buy for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo.
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Alfred J. O’brien
Sterling, Colo
Baltimore Marine Hospital
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Omaha
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Church Attendance Quirk Sparks Hampshire Notice
A Springfield Union quip notes New Hampshire readers attending church on the first Sunday of Lent. It jests that George Bailey of the Houston Post fishes for eels in a Texas bayou while others frolic, and NH residents join in dutifully at church.
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New Hampshire
Manchester Union
George Bailey
Houston Post
Texas
Kennebeck Journal
Springfield Union
Resinol: A Remedy for Pruritus and Itching Skin
An advertisement touts Resinol as a perfect remedy for pruritus and various itching skin troubles. A Philadelphia reader reports rapid relief from pruritus vulvae and a severe eczema case, praising its indispensability.
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F. C. Imes
Philadelphia
National Tuberculosis Sunday Observed Across Churches
Observances planned in more than 200000 churches nationwide on April 24 mark National Tuberculosis Sunday. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis has prepared a free sermon outline for clergy, distributed from New York and reaching thousands weekly. Prominent church leaders approve the movement.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of
East Twenty-second Street
New York
Vindictive Cuss Displays Grudge Over Wormy Nut
In a terse exchange Mr. Jones curses a man then refuses aid after a nut is found to have a worm. A friend offers water to wash it down but Jones resists, insisting the other should walk away. The snippet captures petty conflict and anger.
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Mr. Jones
Jones
Mrs Uppersett Delights Over Baby Surprise
Puck notes Mrs Uppersett's keen interest in her newborn. She jokes she formed ideas about babies from comic supplements, expressing delight at the real arrival.
Beets and Tomatoes in Catalogue Size Prints
A seeds man smiles as an artist asks for colored still life illustrations of beets and tomatoes. The exchange centers on life size versus catalogue size images for study purposes featured in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Rosy Color Posed By Postum Letter Promotes Beverage
A reader endorses Postum as a remedy for caffeine related nerves and stomach upset, noting energy and better color after switching from coffee. The letter urges proper preparation, mentions a pale lad improving with Postum, and claims evidence of Postum making red blood.
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Postum
Wellville
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General News
Central Steam Laundry Company
William J. Brennan
Harrison Nesbit
Allegheny County
New York State Senate
Benn Conger
Allds
White
Secretary of State
Cummins
Elkins
Hale
Committee On
First National Bank
Randolph
Nye- Schneider-Fowler
Maney Milling Company
Thomas L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Belleville
Gaines
Congress
St. Clair McClary
McClary
Seward
Rob Bank
Paris
Toledo
Marine Eye Remedy
Fye Books
Murine Eye Remedy Co
Waterman
Chicago Record-Herald
DAVIS
Pacific
Union Pacific
E. L. Lomax
Gen. Pass’r. Agt
R. R. Co
Omaha, Neb
Cliffside Vulcan
Hudson-Fulton
New
The
Vulcan
Cliffside
Vulcan Cliffside
N. J
Absorbine, JR
B. Young
Temple Gt
Springfeld
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