Notable World Briefs Mixed From Global Events
Pope Pius health improved while Haiti swore in General Cincinnatus Leconte as president in Port au Prince. French poet Edmond Rostand was injured in a car accident near Biarritz. Cardinal Moran of Sydney died, creating the twenty third College vacancy. Secretary Fisher began a territorial tour, inspecting Katalla Bay and Cunningham coal claims from Seattle.
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Pope Piius
Cincinnatus Leconte
Haiti
Congress
Port-au-Prince
Edmond Rostrand
Biarritz
Cardinal Moran
Sydney
College of Cardinals
Fisher
Interior Department
Seatttle
Katalla Bay
Controller Bay
Cunningham
Cholera toll and cases report from Italy and global notes
Official Italian reports show 63 deaths and 1 736 cholera cases in five days. Republican troops in Portugal take unusual precautions amid a Royalist uprising. The pope’s temperature is normal and he may eat solid food. Curtis Guild Jr ambassador to Russia meets the Czar at Peterhof. Canada vows election activism with reciprocity seen as annexation risk. Admiral Togo suffers indigestion and cancels visiting the North Atlantic fleet in Provincetown.
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Italy
Portugal
Curtis Guild
Russia
Peterhof
Canada
Togo
Provincetown
Mass
International and domestic events darken the day across world
Reports from around the world note adjournment plans in Congress and a peace after England key strike. Togo and Lisbon highlight diplomatic and constitutional milestones while U S ships remain in Haiti. Violence touches many fronts with a Boston police victim a Lisbon mob and an aviator shooting in Hendon.
Coastal and political moves noted in North America
Admiral Togo departed Niagara Falls for Vancouver and Seattle. The Cuban press largely welcomed the deportation of the Villaverdes editors. Ontario Premier Sir J P Whitney opposed reciprocity, fearing annexation. Smithsonian expedition field notes and cameras were lost in the Cordova river. Charles M Schwab denied Bethlehem Steel's merger reports with Lackawanna and Republic Iron and Steel in Bethlehem.
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Togo
Niagara Falls
Ont
Vancouver
Seattle
Villaverdes
J. P. Whitney
Ontario
Smithsonian Institution
Cordova
Alaska
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Lackawanma Steel Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Zapatistas Surrender as Mexican Troops Enter Tau tepec
Mexican federal troops enter Tau tepec and Zapatist rebels surrender peacefully. Taft vetoes cotton tariff revision labeling it empirical. Mona Lisa reportedly missing from Paris Louvre with France not yielding rights in Moroccan dispute. Congress adjourns extra session, veto referral to Ways and Means. Convicted sergeant-at-arms offers information on Ohio legislature to seek leniency.
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Tautepec
Zapatist
Taft
Louvre
Paris
Germany
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
House
Jay
Ohio
Early John W Gates dies in Paris at fifty six
John Warne Gates, a Wall Street gambler and financier known as Bet You a Million Gates, died in Paris aged fifty six. From a farmer’s son to millionaire, his life mixed bold bets in stocks and at cards with lavish Waldorf entertainments and a decades long pursuit of a rumored California trail murderer. His fortune was once over fifty million, later estimated around thirty million.
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John Warne Gates
Paris
Wall Street
New York
Canfield’s
Monte Carlo
John W. Gates
Faro
Bridge
the Waldorf
Gates
Lambert
John A. Drake
John EB. Madden
Jockey Club
Gilbert Gates
California
Alexander Jester
Jester
Praying Caps Color Hair Match In Chicago Churches
Women in Chicago create small black praying caps to comply with church rules on head coverings during hot weather. Caps will be provided at church entrances allowing hatless attendance, with lighter colors planned for blond wearers.
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Chicago
Advice to Vacationers Maxim: A Good Tan
The Boston Post offers guidance on achieving a tan. It warns that overexposure causes blisters and burns and even serious pain lasting a week. It assures that cautious use of gentile care yields a perfect tan and great joy.
Taft and Sherman Split Over Tariff Protection Line
Vice President James Sherman endorses a letter defending wide protective tariff principles and warns that tariff reductions may spark a temporary mood of retreat from protection. The exchange frames the Taft Sherman split on 1912 Republican strategy and cites an American Economist editorial criticizing Taft and Canada reciprocity.
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James
Sherman
United States
Wilbur F. Wakeman
American Protective Tariff League
J. S. Sherman
Taft
Mr. Sherman
American Economist
Congress
Eight Children Save Woman From Tax Burden in Chicago
Chicago officials cut property assessments amid a drive to lower living costs. Reviewer Webb granted a 600 reduction for a butter and egg business, arguing high taxes raise prices. Mrs. W O Connell, mother of eight, faced a 750 household goods assessment and was told no assessment due to caring for eight children.
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Chicago
Cook County
Ill
Sells Her Brain The Memory Expert Miss Celeste Parrish
Miss Celeste Parrish head of pedagogy at Georgia State Normal school and director of Muscogee Elementary Practice School sold her brain to a northern medical research institution for examination after death. She is to receive several thousand dollars in installments. Parrish could read a chapter and repeat it afterward.
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Georgia Normal School
Celeste Parrish
Georgia State Normal School
Muscogee
Medical Research
Miss Parrish
Price of a Hair Cut in Paris Sparks Outcry
French papers rail against union demands as the cost of living climbs. Reported outrage notes Paris barber fees rising to 8 cents for a haircut, illustrating mounting economic pressure.
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Paris
Judge condemns lynching in Coatesville case
In West Chester a judge ruled that anyone in the mob who knew its purpose is guilty of murder. Clyde Woodward, 21, was jailed on murder charges after Zack Walker’s lynching ten days earlier. Judge Butler denied habeas relief for George Stahl, 16, saying mob complicity makes one responsible and promising arrests of others involved.
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Coatesville
Butler
West Chester
Zack” Walker
Prioner
Clyde Woodward
George Stahl
Earle Declares Philadelphia Mayoral Platform
George H. Earle Jr outlines his campaign platform for mayor of Philadelphia. He calls for gas at 80 cents per thousand feet, accuses current officials of contractor favoritism, claims Mayor Reyburn has a working agreement with William S. Vare, and pledges to pursue restitution suits and street improvements if elected.
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Philadelphia
George H. Earle, Jr
Earle
Reyburn
William S
Sheriff's Sale of Life Interest Property in Warren Borough
In Conenango Township now Warren Borough Warren County Pennsylvania the property on Morrison street is described by a 68 by 61 feet parcel once conveyed to Ambrose Giegerich and later to Lucy O'Brien. The life interest of J. J. O'Brien is conveyed with a two story frame dwelling. Seized and to be sold at execution in the case of J. J. O'Brien versus John O'Brien. Henry Park Sheriff Warren Pa August 23 1911.
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Conenango Township
Warren County
Warren
State of
Pennsylvania
Morrison Street
Margeret Clyne
Ambrose Giegerich
Giegerich
First Party
Lucy O'Brien
First
J. J. O'Brien
John O'Brien
Clarion’s State Normal School Promotes Tuition Free Teacher Training
The Clarion town stands high above sea level and the State Normal School at Clarion prides itself on thorough work. Parents seeking a superior school for their children are urged to request a catalog and information. Tuition is free for prospective teachers over seventeen. other expenses are low. Write to J. G. Becht, Principal, Clarion Pa. August 24, 1911.
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Clarion
J. G. Becht
Clarion Pa
Williams Grove Picnic Excur sion Tickets Offered
For the Grangers picnic at Williams Grove Pennsylvania from August 28 to September 2 the Pennsylvania Railroad sells excursion tickets from stations in Pennsylvania and from Baltimore Elmira Frederick and intermediate Northern Central Railway stations August 22 to September 1 inclusive good for return to reach original starting point by September 5 at reduced rates.
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Williams Grove
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Elmira
Frederick
Northern Central Railway
For Sale At A Bargain Household Goods
For sale a quantity of household goods in first class condition used but little. For list and prices address Household Goods care of Warren Mail Warren Pa.
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Warren Mail
Warren, Pa
Mother Beholds Convicted Son in Warren Jail Visit
The mother of John M. Andrews, Pittsburg, visits her son in the Warren county jail after his murder conviction. She, with his sister, expresses faith in his innocence and shares a poignant reunion ridden with grief as they face the grim prison walls.
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Andrews
Warren County
John M. Andrews
Pittsburg
Warren
Emile Amann
Seamen's Strike Settled in London
London workers on short sea trip vessels reach settlement as strikes near end.
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London
94 Works Daily Proclaims Active Life After 60
Abraham Teachout, a 94 year old wealthy manufacturer, urges a 60 year old in good health to stay active and work six days a week. He argues such men retain prime capability to handle bold propositions and resist idle ease in trying times.
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Cleveland
Abraham Teachout
Mr. Teachcut
Merchant George Golden Charged With Wife Murder
Kittanning Pa August 24 George Golden a Wickboro merchant was arrested on a murder charge in the death of his wife He was released on $10000 bail by Judge W ton for a hearing on August 31 A writ of habeas corpus was issued to take effect if he is held on the charge filed by W A Simmons brother of the deceased Golden says he shot his wife believing she was a burglar
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Kittanning
George Golden
Wickboro
W. v. Ton
Patton
Golden
W. A. Simmons
Boy Sets Fire To Girl in Easton Incident
Grace Jones seven year old daughter of William Jones a prominent state operator at Pen Argyl was brought to Easton hospital badly burned with recovery doubtful after a playmate threw a match igniting her skirts. The injury occurred as the children were together in Easton on August 24.
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Easton
Grace Jones
William Jones
Pen Argyl
Easton Hospital
Six Dairymen Arrested in Norristown Hearing
Six local dairymen faced a hearing before Magistrate Lenhardt in Norristown charged by the state dairy and food department official Robert Simmers with selling milk not meeting the 3 percent butterfat standard. They were allowed to settle by paying costs as no adulteration was found. names of the defendants were withheld.
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Norristown
Lenhardt
Robert Simmers
State Dairy and Food Department
La Follette Bumps Could Define Presidential Move
Dr. T. J. Allen analyzes Senator La Follette’s skull bumps as indicators of leadership. He cites jaw, chin, eye, mouth, head width, and a prominent bump as signs of self esteem and executive potential. He argues La Follette could win the progressive Republican vote against Wilson.
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Senator la Follette
The
United States
Wisconsin
la Follette
Wilson
Saving Father and a Sleeper's Quip at Opera
A Washington Star snippet recalls a young woman recounting chatting through an opera to keep her father awake and visible to the audience. A separate gag features a doctor asking about a wife's sleep and a comic reply about sleep starting at a vest pocket.
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Father
Washington Star
Stubb
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Republic of Portugal
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Whittier
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Niagara
Orrin Smart
Waukesha
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N. Y
Alfie Aykroid
Charlestown
Pierre Prier
M. Hanot
Hendon
Hanot
Sporting
Lyke
Lykewyse
Botte
Boston Post
UDGE
Coateville
Sheriff's Sales
Court of Common Pleas
Court House
Borough of
Henry Park
Northwestern State Normal School
Edinboro
Frank E. Baker
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