Weekly News Roundup Highlights Thaw Trial and Disasters
Direct case against Thaw labeled murder by Littleton promised insanity evidence. A Pa opera house fire killed nearly 100. New York dynamite blasts injured ten. panic at Rio fleet visit. widespread deaths and political moves including Morocco sultanate, Panama canal widening, and various suicides and accidents across the United States.
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Iowa
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Multiple Cross Nations World Events Highlight Dates and Deaths
A broad survey of 1907 era incidents includes a Miles Iowa dispatcher killed aiding wreck clearance in Illinois, Taft addressing capital and labor in New York, and a Bank of Adair heist. Reports cover court decisions, fires causing major losses, notable deaths, political talk, and maritime movements.
Tragic Rhoades Opera House Fire Claims 167 Lives
A coal oil tank fire at the Rhoades opera house in Boyertown Pennsylvania on Monday night killed 167 people and left up to 170 dead. Witnesses describe a stampede for front doors as a calcium light tank exploded igniting bodies in a packed audience of about 250. Fire escapes saved some but most could not escape the blazing interior.
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Carlisle
Adam Weber
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Congress Debates Political Contribution Law Penalty
In the House on the 14th a proposed increase in penalties for corporate officers who violate campaign finance laws failed. The Senate discussed Treasury bond issues but did not act.
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Precautionary Explosives Adopted by Fairmont Coal Mines
In Baltimore a precautionary measure limits powder that requires a dynamite cap to ignite and emits no flame. The Fairmont Coal Co will use this nonflaming powder in its Monongah mines where over 300 workers died in December and across all its mines.
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Roosevelt fixes date for Cuban installation
President Roosevelt orders the installation of the president and congress of Cuba to be elected next December and the turnover of the island to them not later than February 1, 1909.
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Foraker Alleges Appointments Tied to Political Bargain
In a Senate executive session on confirming presidential posts, four Ohio postmasters Emil H. Moses David C. Mahon John F. Wetherill and George W. White were defeated over objections by Senators Foraker and Dick. The Post Office Committee reported unfavorably and the Senate sustained it, with Foraker urging retaliation against patronage used for political bargains.
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Uhrichsville
Post Office Committee
Drake committee reports reveal Cincinnati machine ties
The Drake committee presented its findings to the senate detailing how George B. Cox and associates, including Bud Hynicka and Garry Herrmann, linked with big business and bond firms. It accuses officials of acting as agents, secret rebates by newspapers, and vast wealth beyond salaries. The panel urges a new empowered inquiry and notes $3,700 spent so far.
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Thaw Trial Moves Rapidly In Open Plea for Thaw
New York City court hearings surge as defense attorney Martin W. Littleton opens the Thaw case claiming Harry K Thaw was insane at the time of the Stanford White murder He promises new evidence of hereditary insanity and odd acts with doctors and nurses flying in from Europe to testify Physicians are challenged to refute the insanity claim.
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Mystery death of Gloversville mother and child
Mrs William Mackenburg disappeared from Gloversville New York Saturday and was found Monday in a creek near her home holding the body of her 18 month old child.
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N. Y
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Schmitz Denied Bail After Reversed Conviction
Superior Judge Dunne refused to admit ex Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz to bail after the appellate court reversed his extortion conviction last Wednesday, ruling the original conviction illegal.
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Dunne
Eugene E. Schmitz
Harmon a Candidate for President
Ex-Attorney General Judson Harmon will seek the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, confirmed Monday by John W. Hill of Cincinnati Ohio.
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Cupid and the Maiden Buy Gifts to Trap a Man
In Town Topics a playful verse portrays Cupid and a maid shopping for items to ensnare a single man. Cupid buys moonlight and a kiss while the maid selects a lace gown, rose hat, parasol, and shade for her face. Both seek to trap the same unsuspecting suitor, though neither reveals intent.
An Irrefutable Charge by Roy F. Greene
A satirical verse argues that men chase reluctant or resisting women for a kiss and mocks Cupid for not teaching romance. The quatrain voices playful frustration with conventional courtship and desire, presented in vintage scrapbook slang.
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Roy Farrell Greene
She Took Everything From Our Courtship
A Richmond Times Dispatch verse notes a narrator recounting a romance in which the beloved takes many things from him including affection, personal items, and social moments. The poem ends with the revelation that the beloved also pursued another man, framing a bittersweet reflection on love and loss.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
A Bedside Poem From Broadway Magazine
Witter Bynner reflects on faith and goodness in a quiet verse. The speaker questions ritualism and comfort, pondering whether true piety rests in simple acts over grand vestments. The poem contrasts curbstone prayers with organized worship and ends with a return to rest and reflection.
Bonnie Ittle Bride in Brooklyn Eagle Poem
A romantic verse from M. E. Marks in the Brooklyn Eagle describes a couple wandering at sunset. He clasps her and whispers promises of a constancy and blissful life together. The poem praises a maiden with heavenly blue eyes and frames the scene in nature's beauty.
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Brooklyn Eagle
The Mule Skinners and the Wagon Train Saga
A Denver Republican verse laments omitting mule skinners from early wagon train history. Authors praise mule handlers for enduring frosty plains and desert heat while carrying the team, facing bullets and Geronimo. They claim mules and their drivers drove the retreating tail of the column and deserve recognition.
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