Lorimer Elected Illinois Senator After 95 Ballots
William Lorimer of Chicago was elected United States senator from Illinois by a 55 to 53 party coalition in a joint legislative session in Springfield. The 200-member body reached a majority with Speaker Shurtleff casting the decisive vote, ending a deadlock that had lasted since January.
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Springfield
Ill
William Lorimer
Chicago
United States
Illinois
Joint Assembly
National Senate
Washington
Albert J. Hopkins
Lorimer
Shurtleff
House
Senate
William Korimer
Georgia Towns Brace for Food Shortages Amid Rail Strike
May 27 report from Atlanta notes rising strike tension over race questions. Rail workers in Georgia pressed for timely resolution as towns like Lithonia inventory food supplies and contemplate redirecting or condemning shipments. A handcar carrying mail traveled forty miles toward Union Point.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Georgia Railway
Lithonia
Brand
Union Point
Taylor trial draws crowd in Nebraska courtroom
Minden Nebraska May 27 Bert Taylor faces trial for murder as about 100 jurors are summoned. The defendant sits passively while his father-in-law Douglas Taylor sits across the table and both men are closely watched by the audience and officers.
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Minden
Neb
Bert Taylor
Douglas Taylor
Robbed and murdered farmer found in Spokane River
The body of Patrick Corrigan, a wealthy Custer Wisconsin farmer, was recovered from the Spokane River. He had been missing since March 13, his pockets emptied of a gold watch pin cash drafts mortgages totaling about 7 000. The injuries indicated a violent death.
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Spokane
Wash
Patrick Corrigan
Custer
Wis
FOR YOUR HEALTHS SAKE
The cause of consumption is well known and its transmission understood. Care and treatment are established and physicians and sanitarians agree on them. Education and prevention must continue with funding and equipment for health bodies to advance the work begun.
Violent Bilbao Storm Sinks Fishermen Fleet
A violent storm off the Bilbao coast sinks more than sixty fishing vessels and an estimated 100 fishermen are drowned. The May 27 report notes heavy seas and widespread wrecks along the coast.
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Bilbao
Spain
Julia Ward Howe Is Ninety Today In Boston
Julia Ward Howe turns ninety years old today in Boston and is greeting many congratulations as she marks the milestone.
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Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Launch Capsizes in Wisconsin. Four Drown
A gasoline launch capsized and was carried through the Grand Rapids dam sluice gates. Four people drowned Miss Bessie Anderson Miss B Bogoger Miss May Forse and Ralph Anderson and four others were rescued.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Consolidated Water Power Company
Bessie Anderson
B. Bogoger
May Forse
Ralph Anderson
Jury Secured to Try Junkin in Centerville Trial
John Junkin, a Negro accused of murdering his sister, faces a jury of seven farmers, two laborers, two miners, and a merchant all believed to favor capital punishment when justified. The crowd filled a small Centerville courthouse as opening statements began.
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Centerville
John Jupkin
Cornell
Fred Rosen
Junkin
Local workers injured in unspecified incident
O Wilks the manager and several employees including Vace Glasgow Miss J A West and Misses Gladys Ketcham Rosalie Harris and Pearl Easter were injured by the paragraph.
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O. Wilks
Vace Glasgow
J. A. West
Gladys Ketcham
Rosalie Harris
Pearl Easter
Explosion at Geesey mill kills six in Dowagiac
Eight men were in the Geesey hoop mill when the boiler exploded. Five were instantly killed, one died later, one severely injured, and one escaped unhurt. The dead include Deforest Geesey and Frank Geesey, owner and brother, plus four employees.
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Dowagiac
Mich
Geesey Hoop Mill
Deforest Geesey
Frank Geesey
Episcopal convention adjourns with long-term plan
In Dubuque on May 27 the Episcopal convention adjourned awaiting diocese division or a coadjutor bishop once $100000 is invested. George Henry of Des Moines re-elected chancellor. A I B Ross registers. R H Bell named dean. Des Moines to host next meeting. In Council Bluffs the anti saloon league outlines a new plan to withdraw signatures from the consent petition as 2500 signatures near.
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Dubuque
Vention
Morrison
George Henry
Des Moines
A. I. B. Ross
Muscatine
R. H. Bell
Council Bluffs
Anti-Saloon League
His Natural Suspicion Illustration Bits
A short illustrated gag from Illustrated Bits features a narrator questioning a man about serving as toastmaster. The dialogue hints at rumors from enemies regarding the man’s role at a banquet. The piece relies on irony and social satire typical of the column.
The Dollars Spent on Motor Cars Motivate Scent Obsessed Times
A fragment from the Los Angeles Times notes how readers focus on car spending while ignoring other concerns, as the piece hints at a culture fixated on automobiles and sensory details rather than broader issues.
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Los Angeles Times
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Opposes Immigration Laws
In Columbus on May 27 the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen adopted resolutions condemning current immigration laws. The resolutions urged the president and Congress to promptly enact measures that exclude illiterate workers sweatshop laborers and other undesirable classes from entering the United States.
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U. S
Columbus
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Congress
United States
Death of British Multi Millionaire Charles Morrison
Charles Morrison, a British multi millionaire aged ninety two, died near Reading. His estate is estimated between 50 and 75 million dollars, with death and succession duties under the new budget likely yielding over 10 million dollars to the government. Much of the property comprises estates in Kent and Scotland.
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London
Charles Morrison
Reading
Kent
Scotland
Airship Makes Trial Flight at Fort Omaha
Fort Omaha hosted the first experimental dirigible flight by the signal corps as balloon No 1 ascended fifteen minutes reaching a maximum of 106 feet. Lieutenant Lahm praised the flight as the most successful yet at Fort Omaha. A new rudder aided control until a steampipe broke forcing a stop. Major Russell and Fort Leavenworth balloon men observed and will stay to witness further ascents.
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Omaha
Signal Corps
Fort Omaha
Lahm
Fulois
Russell
Fort Leavenworth
Jailbreak Fugitives Captured. Culllen Sentenced for Larceny
James Culllen, who with Frank Brice escaped from Dakota City jail, was captured by Sheriff Nascal at Ponca. He is turned over to Sheriff Brockwell and will be sent to the penitentiary for one year on larceny charges.
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Sioux City
James Cullen
Frank Brice
Dakota City
Nascal
Ponca
Brockwell
Fresh spring bats and new vegetables noted
The Washington Herald quotes a tongue in cheek line about spring bats and lines that journalists claim have invented two or three new vegetables, reflecting seasonal chatter.
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Washington Herald
Market summary of Chicago hogs cattle and sheep May 27 1909
Market: steady to higher across hogs cattle and sheep. Estimated receipts today 26 000 hogs 4 500 cattle 12 000 sheep with yesterday’s leftovers 2 364 and 31 089 official receipts yesterday. Prices ranged with light hogs 6 90 to 7 37 heavy shipping hogs 7 10 to 7 57 beef cattle 5 10 to 7 26 cows and heifers 2 50 to 4 40 western cattle 4 75 to 6 35 native sheep 400 to 6 50 western sheep 4 25 to 6 65 lambs 6 25 to 8 60. Officials report steady to strong trends and markets parallel today’s demand.
Farmer shoots wife and son then himself in Town City
In Town City Louisiana on May 27 Bill Hill a farmer shot his wife and his young son then killed himself. The boy was fatally hurt and the wife seriously wounded while Hill suffered only a flesh wound to himself.
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Town City
Bill Hill
Hill
Taft Addresses Howard Graduates on Negro Progress
President Taft spoke to more than 100 Howard University graduates urging self effort to improve the race and citizen status in southern communities. He said government bears a debt to educate the Negro and helped hand out diplomas before laying the Carnegie library cornerstone as a mason.
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Washington
Howard University
Taft
Carnegie Library of the University
Colored Women Meet at Ottumwa State Convention
Ottumwa Iowa May 27 The biennial convention of the State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs closes with a revival of folk songs and election of officers. President Mrs C B Lewis Davenport First Vice Mrs S Joe Brown Des Moines Second Vice Mrs Alice Mitchell Burlington Recording Secretary Mrs Harry Horne Cedar Rapids Corresponding Secretary Mrs Georgia Ashby Keokuk Treasurer Mrs Alice Thompson Muscatine Chaplain Mrs Mary Cheshire Ottumwa.
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Ottumwa
State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
C. B. Lewis
Davenport
S. Joe Brown
Des Moines
Alice Mitchell
Burlington
Harry Horne
Cedar Rapids
Georgia Ashby
Keokuk
Alice ‘Thompson
Muscatine
Mary Cheshire
Editor Charged With Libel In Fairfield Case
George H. Frasher editor of the Jefferson County Republican was held to the grand jury in $1,000 bonds on a criminal libel charge. The editorial paragraph tied to last week’s Grand Opera House fire alleged possible illegal dress room activity by the theater’s lessee Joseph West.
North Quits Census Bureau in Resignation
Washington May 27 8 H D North director of the census has tendered his resignation and it was accepted E Dana Durand deputy commissioner of corporations has been nominated to succeed Mr North His resignation follows a recent controversy with Secretary Nagel also announced with the retirement of Mr North
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Washington
H. D. North
E. Dana Durand
North
Nagel
Mr. North
Sugar Schedule in Senate McEnery Pleads for High Duty
In Washington on May 27 the senate debated the sugar schedule for over seven hours as part of the tariff bill. Senator McEnery of Louisiana argued for stiff protection citing revenue and national independence, with Senator Burrows of Michigan and Senator Smoot of Utah adding support for the committee’s reform.
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McEnery
Louisiana
Washington
Senate
Senator McEnery
Committee of Finance
United States
Burrows
Mich
Smoot
Utah
Finance Committee
Two Jersey Boys Studying By Night In South Orange
Police officer Mattie found William and Alfred Papke, twelve and fourteen, studying with a book on the corner of South Orange Avenue and Bailey Street after tending a sick mother all day. The boys were brought to the station and later placed in their father’s charge.
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South Orange
N. J
Mattie
South Orange Avenue
Bailey Street
Charce
Willian
Alfred Papke
Twelfth Street
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Dirigible
Cullen
Lake Bulk
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Ateseekar
George H. Frasher
Fairfield
John A. Babcock
Carr
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S
Chicago, Ill
North Quits
Census Bureau
Sspwrighy Fy IE
Ss. H. D. North
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