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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1911
Page
4
Warren and surrounding towns see pending bakery inspections and a wave of local notices.723 pressing items include a University of Minnesota appointment for Dr. George E. Vincent and court actions by C B Lindstone over damages.
Benjamin C. Mead files formal grievance with Cayuga County Bar Association seeking investigation of United States District Judge George W. Ray of Norwich for alleged browbeating and humiliating conduct during the federal court term that closed in Auburn New York. Mead requests that the charges be referred to the Department of Justice. bar secretary T. M. Hunt withheld the complaint text pending action.
The drum stands as one of the oldest instruments in existence and was used by ancient Egyptian communities.
President Taft makes brief stops at Odgen and other Utah points while en route from Los Angeles to Butte. Secretary Wilson welcomes delegates to the International Brewers congress in Chicago. Rhode Island Republicans renominate Governor Pothier and back Taft administration. Chinese troops gain edge in Hankow as imperial gunboats see action. J B McNamara trial sees three talesmen examined and one excused in Los Angeles bombing case.
The piece catalogs famous double identifications from history and fiction, noting cases involving Theodore P. Shonts, Russell Colt, and E R Thomas among others. It explains how look alikes caused lawsuits, social embarrassment, and financial entanglements, with crimes of mistaken identity tied to real life events.
A review of famous impersonations shows King George as Prince of Wales, the Kaiser look alikes like Herr Nitschke the chimney sweep, and Fra nce’s Faure, plus U S figures Roosevelt and Storer. Roving crowds mistake doubles in public, prompting amusing misunderstandings and insistence on identity.
Derna and Tripoli were bombarded on Wednesday with forts destroyed and a heavy sea hindering any landing. Secretary Wilson denied rumors of his cabinet resignation. Aviator H W Gill set an American endurance record in St. Louis with four hours sixteen minutes and thirty four seconds. Albany printing affairs come under senate committee scrutiny. A St Cloud balloon blew out to sea and sank near Brighton with three passengers rescued.
Mrs. Booth Tarkington filed a divorce action in Indianapolis alleging cruelty. The report mentions other international and regional events including Italy planning to send troops to Tripoli, King Alfonso signing a decree on Spain’s constitutional guarantees, a Chicago theft of jewels valued at 10000 pounds, suffrage discussions in Louisville, and a gas explosion at a Sicilian sulphur mine causing deaths.
The Holland-America liner Sloter dyk was found to have a broken crankshaft and required aid about 300 miles west of Ireland. Meanwhile the Spanish government disarmed 400 Portuguese royalists amid signs the anti republican movement had failed. Miss Ida Lewis cannot recover from a stroke suffered Saturday, doctors say. Taft to address Chicago Mining congress. Montreal students stranded on a steamer reach Ogdensburg after all night on the St Lawrence.
Wednesday reports say Orville Wright fell from his glider in an experimental flight at Kill Devil Hill North Carolina and escaped with only slight injuries. The piece notes a wider revolt in China nearing Hankow and northern provinces.
Official notice announced the raising of the blockade of Tripoli. A Newport death followed a brief illness. A plan for compulsory payments to injured workers was released by the National Commission on Employers' Liability. Lin Gan Fu and two Yangtze river cities fell to rebels. Dr Helene Knabe was found dead in Indianapolis with a severed head wound. The Sharpsville post office safe was blown open with nitroglycerine, stealing $3,009 in stamps and $1,500 in cash.
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