History of 1907 Digest of Europe and Asia Fronts
The 1907 survey reviews German politics with Chancellor von Bülow amid Socialists' gains. France faces internal strife under Clemenceau and Morocco turmoil. Moroccan bombardment by French and Spanish ships. Austria adopts universal male suffrage and May elections favor Socialists. Sweden adopts universal suffrage and King Oscar dies. Spain and Portugal political strains. Persia tilts British and Russian influence. Japan completes Korea absorption amid anti Japanese tensions. Philippines elections favor independence parties. Central America sees a Honduran war and US mediated peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Clemenceau
Morocco
M. Albert
Casablanca
Ustria
Reichsrath
Iran
BELM
Sweden
Oscar
Gustav V
Spain
Alfonso
Victoria
Portugal
Blanco
Carlos
Persia
Mued Din
Mohammed Ali Mir
Real
Britain
Russia
Japan
Korea
Winha Yee
Launcisco
Philippines
Manila
Etary ‘Taft
Central America
Niccaragua
Honduras
Capal
Bonilla
Amapala
Washington
Mber
Science and Religion Change World Following 1900s Advances
A survey of early 20th century progress shows aviation feats by heavier than air craft and airships, gyroscope rail ideas, and a push for global peace through The Hague. Major funders like Rockefeller and Carnegie expanded education, while church unity and modernist clashes shape religious life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Brennan
England
London
Washington
Richmond
Church of Rome
Eddy
Christian Science Church
Sage Foundation
The
Hague
International Court of Justice
M. Nellidoff
Permanent Court
Choate and
Porter
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
General Education Board
Carnegie Technical Schools
Pittsburg
Messrs
Carnegie
Rockefeller
New York
Hughes
McClellan
Chicago
Columbia
Swarthmore
Jeanes
Financial Turmoil and Global Events of 1907
A compact digest notes causes of the 1907 money panic and industrial depression, bank shocks after the copper edge, rescues by Morgan Rockefeller and the government, gold imports, widespread suspensions, labor strikes, and rate wars. It lists notable deaths and disasters, including rail and earthquake impacts, and ends with the Jamestown exposition's failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinze Copper
Wall Street
Morgan
Rockefeller
Uncle Sam
Knickerbocker Trust Company
San Francisco
New York
Minnesota
Western Railroad
Manufacturers’ Association
Federation of Labor
Atlantic Ocean
Marconi
Lusitania
Nothing Doing. A Secret Request in Quiet Exchange
Dialogue fragment shows two men in a coded exchange. One asks for a loan and the other vows secrecy and reliability, promising to provide twenty dollars and act as if no word had been spoken.
Bay City Unions Protest Non-Union Carpenter at Wenonah Hotel
The Bay City carpenters and joiners union accuses Moses Construction of Chicago of using a non-member carpenter on the Wenonah hotel project. Superintendent Leonard ignores the protest and the union lists the company as unfair. Chicago unions may assist, citing few local members on the job and reliance on out-of-town labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
Chicago
Profane Swearing and Pure Whisky in Congress Notes
Washington reports on bills for good roads with army engineers and a $5 million start, Postoffice Sunday banking proposals, and Senator Penrose’s move. It recalls Tillman’s Record illustrations and Williams Sullivan friction, Greeley profanity tale, and Wiley urging stricter whisky purity under the pure food law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W W. Arthur
Washington
Congress
Representative Clark
Florida
Secretary of War
Army
Clark
Committee On Agriculture
Uncle Sam
Harvey W. Wiley
Cheng
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Masonic Plans Insurance Funds and Temple News
Lincoln Park Chicago lodges adopt an emergency fund plan with a $1 subscriber assessment and a $150 maximum to survivors. Prescott prepares a $40,000 Masonic temple, Detroit Palestine Lodge grows past 1,300 members, and Kentucky Masons reform Henry Clay statue after lightning damage. Canadian Craftsman notes US lodge growth. Governor Sheldon credits Freemasonry for policy progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Chips
Lincoln Park
Chicago
Tyler-Keystone
Masons
Prescott
Ariz
Palestine Lodge
Detroit
Masonic Voice Review
United States
Sheldon
Nebraska
Grand Lodge
Freemasonry
Kentucky
Henry Clay
Lexington
Supreme Protector Re-elected as Knights and Ladies Grow
L B Lockard was unanimously re-elected supreme protector at the recent supreme lodge. He has led with no graft concerns during his tenure as the order expands, reporting 17 200 New York members, 7 800 Pennsylvania members, and over 7 000 Texas members in good standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Lodge
L. B. Lockard
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Lockard
Salem
Pennsylvania
The
Supreme Protector
New York
Texas
Murdered by His Hired Man in Brampton Farmstead
James Curry, an eighty year old Brampton Ontario farmer, was shot and killed at his home by his English hired man known as Jack after a quarrel with Curry’s son. The shooter, about twenty seven, fired a shotgun as the father entered the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brampton
Ont
James Curry
Here
Curry
Jack
Milyoukov Plans US Visit After Duma Leadership Tour
Professor Paul Milyoukov, head of the Constitutional Democrats in the duma, has left St. Petersburg for the United States. He will speak on political matters during his stay in the United States, following a previous Chicago visit two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milyoukov
USA
St. Petersburg
Paul M. Milyooukov
Constitutional Democrats
Duma
United States
Chicago
Roosevelt Leaves for Pine Knot. Roosevelts Accompany Him
President Roosevelt departed for Pine Knot Virginia this morning with Mrs. Roosevelt and Theodore Jr. The day also sees a mining union dissolution petition, large 1907 cotton mill dividends in New Bedford, and a Christmas parcel rush estimate from New York.
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Goldfield Mine Owners’ Association
Goldfield
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
New Bedford
Mass
New York City
Wigmakers
New York
Human Hair Workers’ Union
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company
Minneapolis
New Franklin
George Beard
Jacob's Creek
Bb. Lovely
Ocean Park
Cal
Knights of the Mystic Chain in Pennsylvania
Over the past year 1 879 new members were initiated in Pennsylvania and current membership in good standing totals 24 500 across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of the Mystic Chain
Pennsylvania
Knights of Honor paid 87 million in death claims
The Knights of Honor have paid eighty seven million dollars in death claims. Fires occasionally destroy lodge possessions and some lodges lack insurance against such financial setbacks. In 1907 the Improved Order of Heptasophs advanced, and Thomas B Hurley of Des Moines Iowa was elected president of the Associated Fraternities of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Honor
Order of Heptasophs
Associated Fraternities of America
Thomas B. Hurley
Des Moines
William H. Palmer
Ida M. Palmer
Kalona Savings Bank
District Court of
State of
Iowa
Washington County
Washington
Court House
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Germany
William
Reichstag
von Bulow
Harden
Zukunft
Count von Moltke
Science, Religion, Ethics and Education
Paris
Henry Farman
Dumont
Count Zeppelin
St. Louis
Pommern
Oscar Hrbshek
Asbury Park
N. J
Miles
Lincoln Beachey
Omaha
Wellman
Ember
Dane
Prosperity
Shah of
Muzaffar Ed Din
M. Casimir-Perier
Senator Pugh
Alabama
John Alexander Dowie
M. Berthelot
T. B. Aldrich
M. Pobedonostzeff
Galusha A. Grow
James H. Eckels
John Watson
Ian Maclaren
Mrs. McKinley
Kingston
Jamaica
Mount Colina
Mexico
Karatagh
Turkestan
Calabria
Italy
IAG
Uncle Joe Cannon
Greeley
John Sharp Williams
Tim Sullivan
Dr. Wiley
Pure Whisky
Congressional Record
Statesman
Senate
Tillman
South Carolina
Treasury
Penrose
Senate Post Office Committee
Williams
Big Tim Sullivan
Democratic Committee
John
Sullivan
Uncle Joe
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Grant
William Cullen Bryant
Masonic
Knights and Ladies
District Court of the State of
Thomas Cox
C. Yoder
A. D
J.4. Kellogg
Clifford Thorne
Plaintiff
Casey’s
First Berg
Colexso
Dr. King
Aeare
Telad
Bright
Chamberlain
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