News Notes of Interest at Home and Abroad
Items from around the world and domestic scenes summarize quick highlights for readers. Short items cover notable events, profiles, and developments arranged for fast digest. Includes brief notices and compact updates across regions and topics.
Roosevelt Announces Russian Japanese Peace Plenipotentiaries
The president reports both Russia and Japan have named plenipotentiaries to meet in Washington as soon after August first as possible. Russian envoys are Ambassador Muravieff and Ambassador Rosen, while Japanese representatives are Baron Komura and Minister Takahira.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Washington
Muravieff
Rome
Rosen
Baron Komura
Takahira
Fire Destroys Merchants Distillery at Terre Haute
Distillery in Terre Haute Indiana was wiped out by fire with losses estimated between 350000 and 800000 dollars and fully insured. Local news note Roosevelt reception at Oyster Bay and other varied headlines from across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Charleston
Derekigyhaz
Hungary
Vigo County National Bank
Jaszbereny
Grand Forks
N. D
Rock Island Railroad
Fairbury
Neb
Wilson
Phillipsburg
Kan
New London
Endowment of ten million for U.S. higher education
John D. Rockefeller gives ten million dollars to the General Education Board for support of higher education in the United States. The week brings 249 business failures in the U.S. and 16 in Canada, a Hungary labor strike, and riots with several deaths. Other items include a fatal Chicago street accident, a Boston immigration record, a dynamite blast in Pennsylvania, and political appointments and investigations across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Weekly Review of Trade
Canada
Hungary
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Boston
Traverse
America
Lake Michigan
Emporium Powder Co
Emporium
James Lee Furman
John O’brien
Lancaster
Samuel Ressler
Henry
Twenty-fourth Regiment of Coast Artillery
Camp McKinley
Honolulu
California Limited
Santa Fe
Kansas City Southern
Kansas City
Watkinsville
Treasury
Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Ward Line
Anama Railroad
Mexico
Havana
George F. Little
Third Ward
Philadelphia
Eisenbrown
Amsterdam Hill
New York City
Joseph Olive
William H. Taft
Congress
Alice Roosevelt
Philippine Islands
Roosevelt
Charles E. Magoon
Panama
Judge Magoon
Canal Zone
East St. Louis
Missouri
Tron Co
Secretary of War
Wallace
Panama Canal
Taft
Charles A. Otis, Jr
Cleveland
Otis Steel Co
Co. A. Otis, Jr
Grand Jury
Milwaukee County
Wis
John F. Stevens
Rock Island Railroad
Rocky Mountain
Great Northern Railroad
John F. Wallace
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Hendricks
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Henry Baker
Keith
Frank C. Foote
James J. Hill
Northern Pacific Railroad
W. A. Darling
Rock Island Railway
J. F. Stevens
Philippines
Charles J. Bonaparte
Maryland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nicholas
Gen. Sakharoff
Buffalo
James F. Tracey
Albany
Supreme Court of the
Brighton Beach
Leslie
St. Louis
Mexico City
Guanajuato
Elmira
Cook County
Ill
George Day
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Civic Federation
Israel W. Durham
Insurance
Pennsylvania
David Martin
Durham
Beach
James Metcalf
Harry C. Hallenbeck
Norman R. Metcalf
Midland King
Don Beemy
Bartlett, Frazier & Carrington, Grain and Stock Brokers
Beemy
Coldwater
Mich
Pratt
Federal Grand
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger
Amalgamated Association
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co
Pittsburg
American Co
Amalgamated
Union
Odessa
Fall River
Mass
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Chattanooga
Tacoma
Galveston
Sigsbee
John Paul Jones
France
Mutiny at Sea Rocks Black Sea Fleet and Port
Reports from Roumania and Russia detail the Kniaz Potemkin mutiny and crew actions against authorities in Kushtji Odyou and Sebastopol. Battleships face possible sinking or arrest as crews refuse fire and seek escape routes amid widespread insubordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kniaz Potemkin
Roumanian
Georgi Pobiedonosetz
Odessa
London
Lloyds
Kustenji
Roumania
Bucharest
Sebastopol
Black Sea
Georgi
St. Petersburg
Snetily
Elisabetha
Ekaterina II
Ardent Philadelphia mill owner jailed for arson in Camden
Camden New Jersey July 4 John W Priestly a wealthy retired mill owner from Philadelphia was sent to prison without bail by Recorder Stackhouse on arson charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
John W. Priestly
Philadelphia
Stackhouse
Lost Chord Tragedy Ends Promising Coronetist
A young cornet player living in lodgings faced a hostile plan from hotel guests across the way. They arranged a cruel prank cutting his window cord and sending him away with a mocking substitute, promising a burial after a contemplated murder. The vagabond threat ended with the man silent in the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Knights of the Road
Pie ruined by cat fits in kitchen cause of dispute
In the Cleveland Leader snippet Mrs BrydeOh laments a cat causing a kitchen fit ruining a dinner pie. Mr Bryde reacts, accusing her of reversing the sequence of events, leading to a quarrel between the spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Bryde
John
Mr. Bryde
Cleveland
Lion Coffee marketing claims purity and traceability
The ad asserts Lion Coffee is roasted and packed at the factory with beans carefully selected at the plantation and shipped directly for home use. It contrasts this with loose coffee, which it says carries contamination risks and unknown origins, urging trust in Lion Coffee's purity and freshness backed by long-time popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamien
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Ohio
Foot Ease and Household Promos in Early Ads
A collage of vintage ads promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for tired feet and easy shoe wear, Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry, and Piso's Cure as a cough remedy. The page also features aphorisms and testimonial lines from periodicals like The Commoner and the Buffalo Express, with a dated testimonial from J W O'Brien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Doan's Kidney Pills Relieve Severe Kidney Pain
I suffered nightly from irregular kidney action with sharp back and flank pains and painful urination. After trying many doctors, Doan's Kidney Pills gave quick and lasting relief. Proved a blessing to kidney disorder sufferers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY dealers sell 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayb
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
I Proprietors
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Qi Cha
Pac
Eldon Sarver
Charles J. Mould
Detroit
George F. Kinnear
Port Huron
John W. Wooten
David Rothschild
Federal Bank
Weissel
Pennsylvania State Board of Pardons
Kate Edwards
Syracuse
Missouri Trust
Peter H. Heckman
Cortelyou
Admiral Kruger
Lee Reynolds
Whiting
Rose Manning
Charles Brown
White City
Reynolds
Irapuato
Silao
Barrow
Red Cross
Buffalo Express
J. W. O’brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
N. O. Picayune
Carters
ITES
J. W. Walls
Lebanon, Ky
Sears, Roebuck & GO
Celer
Austaccon O and
Paxton Company
Lion Coffee