La Follette Defends Tariffrow On First Senate Night
Senator La Follette answered attacks in a mild speech as the senate opened its tariff bill debate. The first night saw denunciation and defense of La Follette with his absence noted. The body voted to reduce cotton stocking duties about twenty cents a dozen. President Taft awarded Wilbur and Orville Wright a gold Aero Club medal for aviation achievement.
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la Follette
Senate
Senator la Follette
United States
Gen
Allen
Army Signal Corps
Taft
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Aeroplanists
The
Aero Club of America
Notable Figures in Transit and Leadership Changes
E H Harriman lands in London en route to Paris amid seasickness. MIT elects Dr Richard Cockburn MacLaurin as president in Boston with notable guests. Daniel Sortwell, 25, named president of the Barre railroad in Boston, the youngest head of a railway. Uriel Sebree in Portend urges a large navy. George W. Perkins to visit Alaska mining properties this summer. Count von Bernstorff says England has no reason to fear war. Edward Jayson Weston continues his New York to San Francisco walk past Laramie. W S Bovard resigns as Moore’s Hill president to join the University of Chattanooga as vice-president. Andrew Walker McAlester’s surgical professorship and deanship resignation at Missouri is accepted.
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E. H. Harriman
London
New York
Paris
Richard Cockburn MacLaurin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Daniel A. Sortwell
Barre
Uriel Sebree
Pacific Fleet
Portend
Ore
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Alaska
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
England
Edward Jayson Weston
San Francisco
Laramie
Wyo
W. S. Bovard
Moore’s Hill College
Richmond
Ind
University of Chattanooga
Andrew Walker McAlester
School of Medicine
University of Missouri
Multiple 1900s incidents report mill fire to billion-dollar losses
Fire destroyed the Decatur Cereal Company mill and elevator in Decatur Illinois causing about 650000 dollars in damage. Separate reports note a pistol duel involving Gen Frederick Funston at Fort Leavenworth and other violent events including suicides, shootings, strikes, and a powder magazine explosion killing three in Cracow.
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Decatur Cereal Company
Decatur
Ill
Frederick Funston
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Milton Holden
Detroit
Edward Callahan
Breathitt County
Kentucky
Breathitt
William Kane
St. Louis
Butte
Mont
Indiana
Indianapolis
America
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Bloomington
Cracow
Poland
New York Chamber of Commerce
United States
Frankfort
Willson
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Canada
Twenty-Three Annual Meeting and Diverse World Events
The article surveys a wide range of incidents and updates from 1908 including the Iowa Plankers meeting in Waterloo chaired by J. T. Brooks, a rabies quarantine in Pennsylvania, a Russian massacre denial, a commuted Alaska death sentence, aFatal stabbing in Somerville, and various judicial, political, and social items across the United States and abroad. It notes cholera in St. Petersburg, subway ticket sales in New York, a Red Cross conference in Buffalo, trials of the Michigan battleship, a San Francisco shooting, suicides in Texas, pardons in Georgia, and several other geopolitical and domestic events.
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Iowa Plankers’ Association
Waterloo
J. T. Brooks
Hedrick
Reat
Girard Williams
Atlanta
Pennsylvania
The
Medical Times of
New York
de Salus
Washington
Michael Perovich
Fairbanks
Alaska
Taft
John Murphy
Somerville
Mass
Joseph Carleton Archer
Los Angeles
Cal
Oneida
Ill
John Glaesser
St. Louis
Gleasser
Tallahassee
Fla
Mark Morris
Langston
St. Petersburg
National Conference of Charities and Correction
America
Buffalo
N. Y
E. P. Bicknell
National Red Cross
Michigan
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Philadelphia
Order of Eagles
Indiana State Aerue
New Albany
United Norwegian Lutheran Church
Des Moines
M. L. Bowman
Milwaukee
New York Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
Albert T. Patrick
John D. Rockefeller
Virginia Hot Springs
Alexandretta
Asiatic Turkey
Dourtyul
Roosevelt Rifles
East Africa
Matthew T. Scott
Bloomington
United States
Manila
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Lima
William Darragh
Isthmian Canal Zone
Black Hand Gang Unearthed in Ohio Arrests Made
Postoffice Inspectors and Detectives in Marion and Dennison arrest Sam Lima Joe Rizzo Antonio Vicario and A Marfis in a Black Hand case claiming the Marion gang led a network. Evidence shows Italian operatives blackmailing compatriots with bombs and money demands across Ohio and beyond.
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Cincinnati
Marion
Dennison
Postoffice
Black Hand
America
Charles Holmes
Ohio
Sam Lima
Joe Rizzo
Antonio Vicario
A. Marfis
Holmes
Marion, O
Italy
Columbus
Marion and
John
Charles Amicon
Columbus Commission
John Amicon
Bellefontaine
Agostino Gennarino
Gennarino
Pittsburg
Remarkable Sailing Race From New York to Bermuda Won by Margaret
The Margaret owned by George S. Runk of New York won the New York to Bermuda race by about 41 hours with three yachts finishing near St. David's Head. Amarita of Dr. W. L. Baum and Crusader II of Edwin Palmer trailed. Margaret had a four hour thirty minute allowance and finished just behind Amarita. Start was Gravesend Bay at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Margaret
George S. Runk
New York
St. David’s Head
Amarita
W. L. Baum
Chicago
Crusader II
Edwin Palmer
Atlantic Yacht Club
Gravesend Bay
Car Shop Men Strike at New Orleans Harahan Yard
Three hundred skilled workers at the Illinois Central car free pairing shops in Harahan Louisiana walked out in strike action The dispute centers on a proposed shift to piece work payments instead of the existing time wage system The stoppage underscores labor tensions in railroad maintenance crews near New Orleans
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New Orleans
Illinois Central Railroad
Harahan
Several Persons Drowned in Flood at Underwood South Dakota
Rapid City reports several individuals drowned at Underwood after a cloudburst flooded the town. The disaster caused extensive property damage and disrupted the area.
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Rapid City
S. D
Underwood
Huge Presque Isle Fire Destroys One Quarter of Town
A major fire in Presque Isle Me burned one quarter of the village destroying 100 houses 10 potato storehouses the Canadian Pacific railway station the Congregational church and Masonic hall. Loss quoted at 300000 with over 1000 left homeless. Strong winds spread embers up to a quarter mile causing new blazes and injuries but no deaths. The blaze affected North Main Allen Third Blake and South Streets near Main. Presque Isle a potato center of Aroostook county has about 5000 residents.
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Presque Isle
Canadian Pacific
Congregational Church
Denunciation of Prof Foster by Chicago Baptists
At a Chicago Baptist executive council meeting Rev Johnston Myers urged stripping Prof George B Foster of his ordination and withdrawing him from ministry over his book The Function of Religion. The motion failed to pass as Prof A K Parker blocked eviction. the case was postponed to June 14.
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Chicago
Ill
George B. Foster
University of Chicago
Baptist
Johnston Myers
Immanuel Baptist Church
Foster
Conference of the Baptist Executive Council
A. K. Parker
Parker
Mob Attacks Man and Woman in Pittsburg Area
Mollie Ridge was dragged from a West Pike Township house by 15 men and tarred and feathered before being thrown into Pike Run. H. O. Wright endured the same treatment. Both later swore out information against J. F. Wright, Charles Wright, Clifford Wright, and Playford Wright for aggravated assault and malicious mischief. Warrants issued as warnings had failed.
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Pittsburg
West Pike Township
Mollie Ridge
Pike Run
H. O. Wright
Wright
Justice of the Peace
McKean
California
J. F
Charles and
Clifford Wright
Playford Wright
Great Wave of Prosperity Hits Steel Industry
A Pittsburgh canvass of iron and steel manufacturers signals a coming prosperity equal to any in the country. The recent downturn is called the little industrial rest by the Associated Press, with fears of renewed congestion as demand rises. The National Tube Co. steel works at Wheeling, West Virginia begun double shift operations, adding 4,500 workers back to work after idle status since November 1907.
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Pittsburg
Associated Press
Steel and Plate
National Tuel Co
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
R. R
Robert H. Kern
Missouri Trust Building
St. Louis
Randolph
Missouri
Macon County
Illinois
Iowa
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Coast
Texas
Bourbon Co
Brownsville
Santa Maria
Mercedes
Europe
America
Italian fugitive Stanisla Demichele arrested in Chicago
After a three year search, Stanisla Demichele, 30, wanted in Italy on three attempted murder charges, was arrested in Chicago. He fled Italy in 1906 after stabbing two men and a woman, according to authorities.
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Chicago
Ill
Stanisla Demichele
Italy
Demichele
Mundy Lumber Mills Destroyed by Fire in Three Valleys
A fire destroyed the Mund Lumber Co. mills in Three Valleys, British Columbia, causing about 250000 dollars in damage. Principal proprietor E. F. Mundy of Bradford, Pennsylvania, is named in the report.
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Three Valleys
B. C
Mund Lumber Co
E. F. Mundy
Bradford
Boy's Gratitude Revealed in Milford Graveyard Tale
Rev John Henri Sattig recalls a Milford Pennsylvania graveyard cared for by a butcher boy who tends a single grave six years after the man he benefited died. The sexton says the man had no relatives yet the boy visited daily in all seasons.
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John Henri Sattig
St. Philip’s Church
Dyker Heights
Brooklyn
Milford
Baseball Fever Grips Bill as Family Sends Cheer
In a warm exchange a family update reveals Bill has the baseball fever while others are well. The note captures rural cheer and local kinship.
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Bill
Allen's Foot-Ease Promotes Comfort for Feet
Fourteen years after its introduction, Allen's Foot-Ease remains popular for cleanly wholesome healing and relief for tired feet. It boasts over 39 000 testimonials and warns against imitations that undercut profits. Congress allocated 12009 to Indian affairs to fight trachoma among Indians.
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Allen
Congress
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Particular People Souders Vanilla Extract Ad
Souders' Vanilla Extract is produced from Mexican vanilla beans a pure rich concentrated flavor. All grocers. Put up in 10 15 and 25 cent bottles.
Ruling Passion and the Musician's Price Scale
A humorous portrait recalls a man obsessed with music, joking that his price list resembles a scale. The brief exchange highlights his ardor and quirky business manner, reflecting small town character and wit.
Marine Eye Remedy Co. eye relief promoted in ad
Chicago based Marine Eye Remedy Co advertises an illustrated Eye Book and eye comfort solution. The copy credits experienced physicians and notes relief of red weak weary watery eyes and eye pain. Druggists carry the product.
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Marine Eye Remedy
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Not Exclusive Party Etiquette and Patent Remedy Ad
An old clipping touts Hamlins Wizard Oil as a universal remedy with over fifty years of public confidence. It also promotes Pettit’s Eye Salve for eye injuries and includes a wry quip about criticizing one’s boss away from others.
Indian education on sanitation and tuberculosis cure efforts
Merrill E. Gates of the board of Indian commissioners discusses their work to eradicate tuberculosis among Native Americans. He notes the need for sanitation education, contrasting with a humorous anecdote about an old Warsaw farmer and a bacon joke from the Washington Post.
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Merrill E. Gates
Board of Indian Commissioners
Mr. Gates
Warsaw
Washington Post
Spotlight face the center of attention says Mr Stormington Barnes
A Washington Star exchange notes a comedian asking if Mr Stormington Barnes seeks the bright side and another replying he is never satisfied unless the spotlight is on him.
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Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
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BAL Black Hand Gang
Marion and Dennison
Xc. W. Beecher
Pettit
Mloward Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
D & Bb
Libby
Libby, RicNoti
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold Somers
de Kalb Avenue
Linwood Land
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Texas Gulf Coast
John Sebastian
Rock Island-Frisco C. & E. J
LaSalle Station
Frisco Building
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