Notable 1909 Events Include Robbery Charge And Global Affairs
Personal James Page, longtime Des Moines post office watchman, arrested for robbing mails. Taft and family depart Hot Springs. Brice declared insane in New York. Evans declines gift house in Los Angeles. Spence convicted of murder in Prescott and sentenced to death. Morocco sultan Hafid accepts Algeciras act. Archer released in Seattle after Newark forgery charges. Roosevelt narrowly avoids injury from fire hose cart.
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James Page
Des Moines
Taft
Hot Springs
Stewart M. Brice
United States
Calvin Brice
Ohio
New York
Evans
Los Angeles
Frank Spence
Prescott, Ariz
Edgar R. Sullivan
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Algeciras
Sultanate
Elliott A. Archer
Newark
N. J
Seattle
Wash
Mead
President Roosevelt
Hendrix
Kansas City
M. E. Church South
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Philadelphia
Herbert L. Satterlee
Margaret Islington
Daniel Frohman
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Treasury
Robert F. Maddox
Atlanta
James G. Woodward
Notable Crimes and Incidents Across the Nation
Harold Burrs is captured in Chicago after two years sought on promoting a million-dollar business directory swindle in northern Illinois. Taft headlines a North Carolina Society dinner in New York, while masked bank robbers seize 16500 in Portland. Shipping, bank failures, and accidents unfold from Seattle to Calcutta with multiple fatalities and political tremors.
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Harold Burrs
Ilinois
Chicago
J. P. McCloskey
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Toledo
National Exchange Bank
Springfield
W. O. Oldham
State Savings Bank
H. B. McDaniel
Union National Bank
Taft
North Carolina Society of New York
East Side
Portland
Ore
Thomas F. Gilroy, Jr
Fidelity Funding Company of
New York
Adolph Schultze
Schnectady
N. Y
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Great Northern
St. Vincent
Seattle
Liverpool
Calcutta
Ohio
Malvern Hill
Richmond
James River
William H. Hall
Venezuela
Puerto Cabello
la Guaira
Henry Boas
San Francisco
Rioters and police clash in Kansas City riot
A riot outside Kansas City City Hall left Policeman A. O. Dalbow dead and four others fatally wounded or hurt. Street preacher John Sharp aka Adam God and Lola Pratt were among the wounded as officers pursued Sharp’s group after a volley of about 100 shots.
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Kansas City
City Hall
A. O. Dalbow
John Sharp
Adam God
Michael Mullane
Patrick Clark
Lola Pratt
Holt
Sharp
A. J. Selzer
Adam Ged
Dalbow
Stege
Lieut
Clark
Mullane
Missouri River
Federal Council of Churches Holds 1911 Session
The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America adjourned to meet again in December 1912 at an executive council chosen location. Resolutions urged reduced armaments, optional arbitration of international disputes, and condemned the divorce evil. Prof Henry W Rogers of Yale spoke urging obligatory arbitration and more home religious instruction time.
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Philadelphia
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Henry W. Rogers
Yale University
Diplomatic officials hurt in Washington auto crash
Senor Don Juan Barrios Guatemala's foreign minister in Washington on a special mission was probably fatally injured. Senor Dr. Don Luis Toledo Herrarte Guatemala's minister to the United States and Gen. John Drummond a wealthy South American coffee planter were badly hurt in the late Tuesday automobile accident.
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Washington
D. C
Don Juan Barrios
Guatemala
Don Luis Toledo Herrarte
United States
John Drummond
South America
Congress Reads President Message and Advances Bills
Both houses concentrate on the president's message with limited debate. A number of bills are introduced in the Senate and House, and several House measures proceed to conference.
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Washington
Houses
Congress
Senate
House
Muskegon Fire Destroys Indiana Box Co. Plant
A Muskegon Michigan factory owned by Indiana Box Co. was leveled by a Tuesday night fire. The blaze threatened nearby homes on the west side but caused less than $75,000 in damage, with insurance coverage in place.
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Muskegon
Mich
Indiana Box Co
British Squadron Departs Rio After Week of Entertainments
The British cruiser squadron commanded by Rear Admiral Sir Percy Scott left Rio de Janeiro Tuesday night following a week of social functions and receptions hosted for the visiting squadron amid cordial relations and naval displays.
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Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Sir Percy Scott
Fidelity Funding Co. in Turmoil Over $4.5 Million Liabilities
Receiver Thomas F. Gilroy Jr reports the Fidelity Funding Co that funded Catholic church building projects faces at least 4.5 million in liabilities with virtually no assets. P J Kiernan, former president, could not be located and is said to hold key papers claimed as personal property. The firm’s network includes St Mary’s Academy Nauvoo and several subsidiaries. Kiernan disputes the receiver’s figures, claiming a 400 thousand surplus and 3.9 million assets against 3.5 million liabilities.
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New York City
Fidelity Funding Co
Thomas F. Gilroy, Jr
P. J. Kiernan
New England States
Oregon
St. Mary’s Academy of
Nauvoo
Gilroy
Kiernan
Columbia Construction Co
Federal Construction Co
McBride Studios Co
Western Illinois and Iowa Railroad Co
Treasury
Shaw
Duncan H., Sill
Father Lanigan
Buffalo
Father Fletcher
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
The
Congress Begins Second Session with Senate and House in Observance
The Senate opened the second session of the Sixtieth Congress with no Allison presence as mourners recall the Iowa senator. International envoys and dignitaries filled seats while Vice President Fairbanks led prayers and messengers prepared the annual message. The House adjourned briefly in memory of members who died, then approved a tariff hearing subpoena and saw a flood of bills from New Mexico statehood to marriage and divorce.
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Emma Russell Chesebrough
Bristol
R. I
Roosevelt
Spokane
Wash
Herman Billek
Chicago
Gov
Sherman
Charles W. Blow
St. Louis
American Linseed Company
Florence Maybrick
Baroness von Roque
New York
Chancery Court
Richmond
W. D. Foulke
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
Laffan
The
New York Sun
Congress
Cummins
Page
N. M. Clemson
Duluth
Lake Superior
Victor W. Wentz
First National Bank of
Canal Dover
Bordeaux
France
Revolutionary Organization
Teheran
Shah
Atlantic
Singapore
Mark Foote
Christian Rudovitz
Russia
Government
United States
Yankee
Spindle Rock
Buzzards Bay
Penkezee Island
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Securities Investment Company
Pittsburg
London
David Lloyd-George
Albert Hall
Alabama Street
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ismail Mahir Pasha
Newfoundland
Frank G. Jones
Memphis
Tenn
Garrett E. Lamb
Clinton
Alexander Shipoff
Neva
St. Petersburg
Archangelsk
Washington
D. C
United States Senate
Allison
Iowa
James Bryce
Tang Shao Yi
Prince Tsai
Fairbanks
Senate
Edward Everett Hale
Aldrich
Gallinger
Teller
Hale
House of Representatives
House
Committee On Ways and Means
New Mexico
Louisville plans to establish a Negro school near Orell
Louisville Kentucky is moving to establish a new Negro college near Orell in Jefferson County about 14 miles from Louisville. The plan aims to create an institution similar to Tuskegee and Hampton to replace Berea College.
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Louisville
Orell
Jefferson County
Tuskegee
Hampton
Berea College
Billik Granted Reprieve in Illinois Murder Case
Springfield Illinois Herman Billik, convicted of murder, received a reprieve until January 28. He has previously avoided execution six times by stays or respites, extending the legal process.
Florida Farms Draw Ohio Men to Hilliard Investment
A group of North U.S. investors toured Hilliard Florida to inspect 10 acre truck farms near the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. They report high returns from strawberries vegetables and nursery stock with rail fare credit offers and strong year round demand.
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Florida
Hilliard
Atlantic Coast Line
Cornwall Farm Land Company
North Florida
Land Company
First National Bank Bldg
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Great Difference in Dollie Dream Sparks Dentist Demand
A playful exchange where Margaret complains she will scream if promised a new doll, prompting her mother to warn about a dentist visit. The lighthearted line captures a child’s theatrics over a toy and a dentist appointment.
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Margaret
Lippincott’s
Willie Saws Peacock Lights Over Ferns
A child named Willie spots a peacock and exclaims to his mother about dazzling electric lights on ferns and a turkey beneath, capturing a playful moment from childhood.
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Willie
Senator Praises Peruna From South Carolina
A United States senator from South Carolina extols Peruna as a remedy for dyspepsia caused by stomach catarrh. The testimonial emphasizes Peruna’s relief of stomach catarrh and its role in easing digestive discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
South Carolina
Peruna
Feruna
Senator Butler Endorses Peruna for Stomach Ailments
In a Washington letter Senator M C Butler of South Carolina praises Peruna for chronic dyspepsia and stomach trouble. He reports relief after using the medicine and calls it a wonderful tonic. The notice notes Peruna Tablets are available and offers a free Peruna Almanac for 1909 through local druggists.
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M. C. Butler
U.S
South Carolina
Washington, D.C
Peruna Medicine Co
Peruna
The Optimist and Pessimist Joke Recalled
Sydney Rosenfeld wrote a comedy The Optimist that found success after overcoming years of rejections. An editor asked to know the play’s meaning, and a brisk cartoonish exchange defined optimism as an eye doctor and pessimism as a foot doctor in a Sunday Magazine anecdote.
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Sydney Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld
Sunday Magazine
Remembering the Twelve Sons of Jacob at Tea
In a curious scene a clergyman and a dog trainer discuss scripture over afternoon tea. A man with fox terriers names all twelve sons from Reuben to Benjamin, claiming those are the puppies' names given by a Pomé chap who sells them.
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Jacob
Reuben
Benjamin
A Multiplicity of Fathers in a School Song
Ardyce teaches brother Wayne the song America at school. Their father overhears Ardyce sing Land where my papa died but the boy corrects him with Land where our fathers died. Wayne asks gravely with surprise how there can be two of them.
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Ardyce
America
Brother Wayne
Wayne
Cause and Effect of Right Food on Digestion
A New York woman describes indigestion from heavy foods and credits Grape Nuts with relief and digestive restoration. She notes gaining appetite and strength after using the product, with testimonial style urging readers to consider food effects.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Federal Council of Churches
Congressional Proceedings
West Virginia
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