Americans Killed in Mexico Revolt Reported
U.S. state department reports two American murders in Mexico during the revolution. George Berteman formerly Wichita is said killed at Cusihuiriachic September 15. Jacob Meyer’s headless body found in San Pedro Merén. Unclear who responsible amid rebel bands. Depredations against Americans persist as Mexico’s government under Madero remains inactive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico
State Department
George Betterman
Wichita
Kan
Cusihurischie
Jacob Meyer
San Pedro Maren
Meyer
United States
Madero
Federal Army of the North
Consul Snell Sentenced to Eleven Years and Six Months
Walter Snell once Germany’s vice consul at Chicago and later Saxony’s provincial court counsellor was jailed for eleven years and six months for obtaining money under false pretences. His 4800 mark salary could not cover debts of 50 000 marks and loans. defense claimed he hoped to marry a rich American woman whose husband fell bankrupt before a divorce could be finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Walter Snell
Chicago
Saxony
Snéll
Jersey man accused in Milford dog thefts
A New Jersey visitor tried to buy hunting dogs for 50 to 75 dollars and left with twenty fine dogs missing from as many kennels in Milford. John Warren losses include a beagle and a prize dog valued at 50 dollars. a large launch across the bay is recalled as the means of the haul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Del
New Jersey
John Warren
Jones
Funeral Held For Mrs Stone At Bryn Mawr Cemetery
The Rev Henry C Stone conducted the funeral for his wife who died by suicide, drinking poison last Sunday. Burial took place at Bryn Mawr Cemetery. Her long illness and fears for her husband’s welfare contributed to the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Henry C. Stone
Holy Trinity Memorial Chapel
Bryn Mawr
Parisians Weigh Mustache and Beard Traditions
Citizens in Paris debate the future of facial hair as fashion and custom shift. Many express concern about abandoning long cherished ornaments while others push for modern grooming trends. Public sentiment reflects tension between heritage and changing style.
SOIL LANDS IN DISPUTE IN EQUITY SUIT
A bill in equity filed in the U S district court by T S Minot of San Francisco as attorney for 32 complainants against the Southern Pacific and allied companies concerns title to four thousand oil lands in Fresno and Kern counties valued at fifty million dollars The lands were withdrawn from entry by Secretary Ballinger on September 27 1909 and ratified by President Taft on July 2 1910 They were selected as railroad lands by the Southern Pacific under the act of July 27 1866
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United States District Court
T. 5
Minot
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Snailroad Company
Allied Corporations
Fresno
Kern
Interior
Ballinger
Taft
Southern Pacific Company
Congress
Strange Blight Kills Trees In Palmyra N J
Palmyra New Jersey reports hundreds of sugar maple trees dying over two years from an unexplained disease. T Winfield Land of the shade tree commission likens the blight to a chestnut blight cousin and advises replacing dying maples with Norway maples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
N. J
T. Winfield Land
Shade Tree Commission
Herminie honors 15 year old Joseph Nellis as real hero
In Irwin Pa a mine community praises Joseph Nellis a 15 year old trapper boy. With father missing and mother deceased he cares for sisters Annie and Mary and brother Charles in a rented shanty. He wakes at five, works, returns at four, and cooks. He declines aid and says his wages suffice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herminie
Joseph Nellis
Irwin
Joseph
Annie
Mary
Charles
Butler rejects New York guber election bid statement
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University returns to duty in New York after a European summer and dictates a firm statement that he is not a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor nor would he accept any public office if offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
University Library
Europe
Former Senator Money Dies After Fall at Home
Gulfport Mississippi September 19 Former United States Senator Hernando De Soto Money died from injuries after a fall from his gallery at Fair Haven. He fractured his hip and his health had been failing recently due to bad eyesight. He was regarded as the last of the old South in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
United States
Hernando de Soto Money
Fair Haven
Here
Senator Money
Old South
Congress
Good Work of the Agitators
A Brief note from the Exchange praises the serious minority whose efforts lead to great achievements, framing agitators as catalysts for progress.
Big Orchard Doomed at Americus Burned for Cotton Profit
The world’s largest Georgia peach orchard, 225000 bearing trees, will be burned this week at Americus 50 miles south of Macon. Owned by the Bagley estate and directed by the owners, the grove will be set afire with oil. Workers described as negroes will ignite the heaps as fires spread across the burned land. The owners seek higher profits from cotton on the same ground after millions in peach receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Americus
Macon
Bagley
Boston Girl Katherine Wallace Swims Delaware With Tied Hands
Miss Katherine Wallace of Boston, age 20, swims the Delaware River with hands and feet bound. She completes the crossing in an audacious display amid ongoing endurance feats showcased by local athletes.
Miss Wallace's Delaware Crossing Swim Stunt
The feat from Philadelphia to Camden featured Miss Wallace swimming solo then paired with her brother and a friend followed by a race against Miss Stanton. Swimmers used back and shoulder muscles, alternating sides as they moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Wallace
Delaware
Philadelphia
Camden
Miss Stanton
Tornado Rips Through Onondaga County Killing Four
A violent cyclone struck northern Onondaga County New York late Sunday afternoon killing four people injuring about forty and wrecking around ninety buildings with damage near half a million dollars. Homes were overturned and residents trapped as the storm passed from Long Branch to North Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onondaga County
N. Y
Syracuse
H. A. Wendell
Long Branch
Onondaga Lake
Lake Shore
Syracuse University
Liverpool
Hunter Mourns After Fatal Guide Shot
The hunter admits to chasing rare game and realizes he has shot a guide by mistake. The guide, named Smith, dies from the wound as the hunter confronts the tragedy with rueful regret.
Grange Plans Legislative Watch On State Politics
Williams Grove Pa September 16 The State Grange will monitor upcoming legislature and all farmer related laws. Dr B E Gamble proposed appointing legislative committees in every Pomona Grange to question candidates and report through a state legislative bureau run by the state master. A new committee on education will study public instruction and rural schooling, and advise on agricultural courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Grove
State Grange
B. EK. Gamble
Bowmansville Grange
Cumberland County
Pomona
Pennsylvania
State Senate
Assembly
Congress
Department of Public Instruction
Railroad Telegraphers Seek Wage Increase Settlement
Negotiations between the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and a committee representing the Order of Railroad Telegraphers stalled on a 10 percent wage demand for members east of Pittsburgh and Erie. The committee asked U S Commerce Court official Martin A Knapp and Dr Charles P Neill to mediate and settle the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburgh and
Erie
Martin A. Knapp
United States Commerce Court
Charles P. Neill
Hospital patient counts and charity donations listed
The record shows hospital patient figures for August and September including admissions discharges deaths and remaining patients with charity care details. Donors receive baskets of produce and flowers from Mrs C Schimmelfeng Dr and Mrs Keller Gibson and Sherman Mrs Schuler Wallace Brothers and Mrs Jefferson as thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Schimmelfeng
Mrs. Keller
Gibson and Sherman
Schuler
Wallace Brothers
Jefferson
Youngsville Veteran Answers Last Roll Call
Irvin S. Mead 66, lifelong Youngsville resident and Civil War veteran, died at home after a yearlong illness from heart failure. Funeral by Robert A. Kinnear Post G A R. buried beside wife and two children in S O O F cemetery. Survived by two brothers, two sisters, and two children Gerald and Mrs Josie Carlin. Mrs M Freeborough had lived with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin S. Mead
Youngsville
Robert A. Kinnear Post
W. J. Mead
W. J
Plumer
Callie Mead
Anna A. Jackson
Gerald
Josie Carlin
Buffalo, N. Y
M. Freeborough
Quip on Cats Parrots Sparks Mild Fray
A short comic exchange shows a character declaring strong dislike for cats and parrots while affirming friendship with a friend. The dialogue reflects light social tension and humor typical of the period.
Clarion River 10 Become a Lake Hydroelectric Project Planned
Pittsburg Sept 16 Plans for two lakes with combined length of Lake George and Lake Champlain and a 600 mile coastline were outlined by the Clarion River Power Company after six years of work. Two dams 259 and 267 feet high will impound 25 000 acres. Water drawn from 2 100 square miles. Project aims to develop 200 000 horsepower with 50 mile transmission to Pittsburg district. Estimated cost 15 000 000 and completion in two and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Lake George
Lake Champlain
Clarion River Power Company
Pennsylvania
Allegheny River
Clarion River
Clarion, Elk, Forest and
Jefferson
Greenville Editor to Aid Bull Moose
John L. Morrison editor of the Greenville Evening Record and manager of the Twenty eighth congressional district travels to New York to serve as assistant chairman of the financial board of the Progressive National Committee. The district counties organize under the Washington party with chairmen named for Warren Elk Mercer Forest and Venango counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Morrison
Greenville Evening Record
Twenty-eighth
New York
Progressive National Committee
Washington Party
Warren County
Mt. F .Cc. Russell
Warren
Elk County
Carl L. Newburg
Ridgway
Mercer County
Harry Watson
Greenville
Venango County
Fred F. Brown
Franklin
Forest County
F. X. Kreitler
Nebraska
Prohibition Leader Said to Drink at Times
In Franklin Pennsylvania on September 19 testimony from Mrs. Harris O McCalmont states her son David B McCalmont once admitted drinking liquor. The suit seeks to remove J Donald McCalmont as executor of their father’s estate citing drunkenness and dissolute conduct. The widow, ill, provided ante mortem testimony. David denied the accusation and questioned his mother’s declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Harris O. McCalmont
David B. McCalmont
Prohibition
J. Donald McCalmont
General Logan appointed brigadier general in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports Colonel Albert J. Logan of Pittsburgh's Kaighteenth Infantry named brigadier general and to command the Second brigade. He succeeds General Willis J. Hullings of Oil City whose commission expired August 28. Logan is senior colonel of the second brigade comprising the Tenth, Sixteenth and Eighteenth regiments in western Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Albert J. Logan
Kaighteenth
Pittsburg
Tenner
Greatest Naval Show Planned in New York Harbor
Government plans a massive October display on the Hudson featuring 700,000 tons of ships including 450,000 tons of super Dreadnoughts. Admiral Hugo Osterhaus will command the Atlantic fleet. highlights include illuminations on October 14 15 and 16 and a parade before President Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Hudson River
Hugo Osterhaus
Atlantic Fleet
Taft
Stll
Naral
Wyoming
Arkansas
Osterhaus
Michigan
Florida
Utah
North Dakota
Delaware
South Carolina
America
Hudson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Consul Snell
Southern Pacific
LAD
Dr. Butler
Senator Money Dead
Big Orchard
Katherine Wallace
Boston
Ware
American Press Association
Smith
Puck
Grangers
Sseereeerees
Teddy
Willis J. Hullings
Logan
Oil City Man
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!