Amundsen Endorses American College Football Rules
Captain Roald Amundsen praises the American college game calling it superior to Norwegian Rug by rules. He plans to urge Norwegian university leaders to adopt American rules to boost skill and action. He travels to Chicago to arrange pemmican and canned goods for a four year Arctic voyage.
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Amundsen
Arctic Explorer
Roald Amundsen
Cage
Norway
Chicago
Pemmican
Arctic
First Ward Ball is Off Protests End Chicago Orgy
Clergy civic groups and citizens pressure led Alderman John Coughlin to cancel the annual First Ward ball in Chicago. A concert will replace it next Monday at the Coliseum with no drinking or dancing. Mayor Busse reports threats of bomb at his home unless the ball is prohibited.
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Chicago
First Ward
John Coughlin
Busse
Taft Accepts Invitation to February Conservation Convention
President Taft will attend the conservation convention to be held in Indianapolis in February. The visit includes engagements in Washington and Indianapolis with the event organized to promote conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Indianapolis
Washington
James B Connolly Democratic candidate for Massachusetts seat
James B Connolly famed for sea stories and a Roosevelt ally campaigns as a Democratic candidate in the South district of Massachusetts against Congressman OConnell. The Boston Dorchester resident sailed with the US battle fleet and later aboard the Republic, earning praise from Roosevelt. He is described as vigorous, athletic, and sea-tested with war service and varied ventures from whaling to fishing voyages and Olympian games participation.
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James B.connolly
Roosevelt
Democratic Congress
Ysouth
Massachusetts
O'Connell
Connolly
Harvard Street
Dorchester
Mass
United States
Pacific Coast
New York
Republic
Mr. Connolly
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Martin Sheridan
New York City
James
Boston
Jim
Greece
Theodore
Theodore Junior
North Atlantic
North Sea
Baltic
Newfoundland
Santiago
United States Army
Hunting With a Motorcar Revolutionizes West Kansas Wolf Hunts
The article describes auto driven wolf and coyote hunting in western Kansas. One man drives while another shoots. Cars outrun fences and creeks, chasing coyotes into dens. Hunters use a rubber tube from the gas tank to smoke out dogs before the chase resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Prairies
Garden City
New Rabbit Hunting By Auto Slows Cannery Rush
Historical note describes a shift from wagonloads of rabbits for canneries to sportsmen using autos as blinds. Hunters now snare rabbits with wire loops from vehicles and use cars to pursue and bag ducks across ponds, transforming game methods and efficiency.
Clubman Adopts Kimono In Burlingame Palace
Henry P. Bowie wealthy Burlingame bachelor owner of a sprawling home has adopted the kimono and Japanese surroundings replacing dress and dinner suits. He claims comfort guides his change and during a Japan visit he received the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun fourth degree for scholarly achievements.
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Jennie Crocker
Eleanor Sears
Henry P. Bowie
Burlingame Club
Burlingame
Cal
Bowie
Japan
One of the Navy's Bravest John King Receives Medal
President Taft pinned a second Medal of Honor on Water Tender John King of the Navy for extraordinary heroism aboard the Salem last September. He entered a blazing fire room, opened valves to admit water to boilers, preventing disaster and then carried a fellow sailor to safety. The first Medal of Honor was awarded for heroism on the Vicksburg.
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Taft
White House
John King
United States Navy
Salem
King
Vicksburg
Illinois farmers to hang portrait of C H McCormick hall of fame
A farmers hall of fame is planned at the University of Illinois Urbana with a Dec 15 dedication unveiling Cyrus Hall McCormick's portrait. Governor Deneen and James Wilson will attend. Miss Muriel McCormick to unveil. Four names chosen: McCormick, James N. Brown, Isaac Funk, Jonathan B Turner.
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Farmers’ Hall of Fame
Agricultural College
University of Illinois
Urbana
Cyrus Hall McCormick
James Wilson
Mississippi Valley
West
Deneen
Illinois
Mr. McCormick
Hall of Fame
Virginia
Muriel McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
McCormick
Harold Fr. McCormick
Agriculture
Mechanic Arts
Illinois Farmers’ Hall of Fame
A. P. Grout
Winchester
Eugene Davenport
J. P. Mason
Elgin
Charles F. Mills
Springfield
John M. Crebs
Carmi
Grout
Farmers
University of Ilinois
Davenport
College of Agriculture
Mason
Ilinois Farmers’ Institute
Crebs
State Board of Agriculture
Mills
Board of Agriculture
LaVerne W. Noyes
Ilinois Manufacturers’ Association
Farmers and Reaper Ruminations Topic Discussion
Shirley resident La Fayette Funk and Springfield's Charlies F. Mills will speak on Cyrus Hall McCormick. Chicago's Er J. Baker speaks on The Reaper and What It Has Done For the Farmer.
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la Fayette Funk
Shirley
Charlies F. Mills
Springfield
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Er. J. Baker
Chicago
Words, Not Money, Rockefeller Asked to Define Faith
Rev. Dr. Oscar Haywood of New York urges John D. Rockefeller to shape religion with words rather than wealth. He lauds Rockefeller's intellect and moral influence and asks for a 100 word religious contribution to bridge religious differences and counter a class-based aristocracy in faith.
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J. D. Rockefeller
John D
Suppressing Handkerchief Farewells at Chautauqua
Health officer Dr. William C. Woodward warns that waving handkerchiefs in farewells is a dangerous custom that can spread contagious diseases such as scarlet fever tuberculosis diphtheria and leprosy. He urges reasoning with participants to curb the practice.
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William C. Woodward
Washington
Emmet Memorial Hall to Honor Irish Patriot in Chicago
Irish Americans of Chicago will erect the Emmet Memorial Hall on Ogden avenue Taylor and Leavitt streets in memory of Robert Emmet. The Ancient Order of Hibernians leads with officers Doherty Foley Dore Moriarty Larney and a finance committee. Groundbreaking soon with bonds to raise 35000 financed by bankers. Auditorium seats 700 and second and third floor halls hold 130 200 and 530 respectively.
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Chicago
Robert Emmet
Emmet
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Cook County
William J. Doherty
John Foley
R. M. Dore
Thomas Moriarty
Michael Larney
P. J. Reynolds
P. J. O'Sullivan
Joseph A. O* Donnell
Thomas O'Dwyer
James B. O'Brien
John J. Mahoney
P. J. O’brien
Martin Jefferson
John Bigune
O'Donnell
Inance
Ogden Avenue
Taylor and
Leavitt Streets
Hibernian
New Record With a Torpedo by the Paul Jones
Officers and crew of the destroyer Paul Jones, fresh from Magdalena Bay practice, claim an unofficial ten hits in eleven with the Bliss-Levitt torpedo under Lt. H. M. Davis Ensign Cassidy and Gunner William Cox. San Diego officials hail the feat as a key naval advancement and note the ship also won the president's trophy for gunnery, a trophy it has claimed twice before.
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Paul Jones
San Diego
Cal
Magdalena Bay
8. M. Davis
Cassidy
William Cox
Navy
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