Palma Shows Panic in Cuba Interventions Spark Surprise
Havana reports that ex president Palma asked Washington for intervention, a move surprising Governor Nunez and cabinet officers who believed Cuba could quell the rebellion without U.S. help. Analysts say Palma panicked while disarmament advances accelerate, with Denver sailors landing and disarmament due to finish soon except in Puerto Principe.
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Nunez
Palma
United States
Havana
Sleeper
Colwell
Denver
O'Farrill
Washington
Massachusetts Republicans Endorse Tariff Revisions Platform
Boston delegates back a platform favoring occasional tariff changes applied nationwide. The convention renominated incumbents and lauded President Roosevelt. It expresses sympathy for Jews in Poland and Russia and condemns domestic racial disenfranchisement, urging enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment.
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Boston
Hugene N. Foss
Massachusetts Republian
Roosevelt
Poland
Russia
South
Rockefeller Unveils Monument to Ancestor in Flemington
In Flemington New Jersey on October 6 a monument erected by John D Rockefeller in memory of his great great grandfather was unveiled. Rockefeller family members attended the ceremony ending the annual family reunion. John Rockefeller did not attend.
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Flemington
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
John Rockefeller
Quadruplets born near Mondovi fail to survive
Mondovi Wis Oct 6 Quadrupters weighing about eight pounds were born to Mrs John Everson a farmer s wife living near here All were boys and none lived.
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Mondovi
Wis
John Everson
Autumn trade in full swing despite delays and demand shifts
New York reports autumn trade in full swing with dry goods and millinery leading activity. Manufacturing plants accelerate changes, transport earnings rise, and September prices climb amid limited steel and brick delivery. Public debts show weekly and monthly shifts while Alfred Mosely plans to bring 500 English teachers to America this month.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Cols Weekly Review of Trades
United States
Alfred Mosely
Inglish
America
Tragedy in Great Bend as man shoots wife then kills self
Wit Remick a former resident fatally shot his wife then killed himself in Great Bend Kansas. Their three children witnessed the scene. Domestic trouble led to the tragedy after a separation and a later custody dispute. Mrs Remick had filed for divorce last week.
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Great Bend
Kan
Wit Remick
Remicks
World may see more lunatics than sane people
Dr Forbes Winslow warns in an interview that statistical figures on insanity suggest the world will soon contain more lunatics than sane individuals. He calls the growing mental illness crisis the burning problem of the day and seeks ways to prevent the rise.
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New York
Forbes Winslow
Riot deaths prompt first arrest in Atlanta
Atlanta authorities report the first arrest in the Sept. 22 riot that left eighteen Black men and one white man dead. Walter Edmonds, a local butcher, is jailed on a murder indictment and police anticipate additional arrests soon.
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Atlanta
Walter Edmonds
The Hazel Rod and the Quest for Hidden Treasures
A centuries old belief ties the hazel tree to divining powers. Alchemists used hazel rods to locate treasures, runaways, and hidden springs, and to ward off lightning, with faith in occult magic from the middle ages.
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Europe
Jacob
Two Views of Hearst Political Manager Maxi Ihmsen
Maximilian F. Ihmsen, a New York newspaper man born in Pittsburgh, has long supervised Hearst campaigns. He joined Hearst in 1896 and guided the 2004 Democratic nomination push, later directing the New York mayoral campaign and helping found the Independence League which backed Hearst for governor.
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Hearst
Maximilian F. Ihmsen
William Randolph Searst
New York
Pittsburg
Ihmsen
New York City
Independence League
Rebates Allegedly Paid by Omaha Line Under Fire at Minnesota Hearing
At a state railroad and warehouse commission hearing in St. Paul, Attorney Manahan alleged Omaha line rebates totaling over 90,000 to Richmond Rolling Mills of New Richmond Wisconsin. Vice President Clark denied knowledge of such rebates and asserted the Omaha tariff and refund arrangements apply only to certain shipments.
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St. Paul
State Railroad and Warehouse
Minnesota
Manahan
Minnesota Shippers’ Association
Omaha Road
Richmond Roller Wills
New Richmond
Wis
Clark
New Richmond Rolling Mills
Omaha
Thomas
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Chicago
Objection Sustained in Rebate Question Query
The court sustained an objection to a question about rebates on shipments over the past five years. Manahan asked to argue the issue later.
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Manahan
Fleeing Brother in Kentucky. Woman in Critical Condition
Benjamin fled to Kentucky while his brother stayed and claimed the fugitive would return. The girl’s father exonerates sin as intentional shooting, and the young woman's condition remains critical.
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Benjamin
Kentucky
Bnt
Faether
Sin
Local Merchant Killed in Troy Railroad Wreck
Th. Qet. Mock, junior partner of Schipper & Block of this city, died in the Troy railroad wreck. The firm was a leading dry goods and furniture house outside Chicago and a major local banker. Mock had been traveling east for a health trip.
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Peorio
Mock
Troy
N. V
Schipper & Block
Chicago
Central Tilinoels
Clock
Tie
Missing 14 year old girl in Muncie after visit to uncle
Three months have passed since Anne Cunnington vanished near Muncie. The 14 year old country girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs David Cunnington, disappeared after a visit to her uncle John Cunnington. No information has been received. Her parents hope she is alive and will return.
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Muncie
Tad
Oet
Anne Cioningham
David Cunnington
John Cunnington
Anna
Elevator interests and freight practices questioned in hearing
A witness details the companys ownership of several elevators two at Superior and multiple others on the western division. He denies authorizing Italian voters transport, notes grain door charges may be unclear, and confirms some payments to shippers and brokers for car lining and telegraph bills, under company policy.
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Superior
Manahan
Bacon & Haven
Hudson
Peavey Grain Company
L. Stark & Co
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Man avoids bull attack in Iowa pasture incident
Harry Moses of Jenkins township narrowly escaped a fatal bull attack in MelIntire Iowa Oct 6. He entered the pasture to drive cows home when the enraged bull charged him, knocking him down. Moses grabbed the bull by its nose ring and backed it to the fence, a distance of about ten rods, escaping injury.
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MelIntire
Harry Moses
Jenkins Township
Ile
Californias draw from east as immigrants crowd the state
San Francisco reports a rising flow of arrivals with about 600 people daily coming from eastern points to settle in California. The Southern Pacific notes the trend, and the Santa Fe railroad confirms a similar influx of migrants.
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San Francisco
California
Southern Pacific
The
Santa Fe
Bridge collapse near Oconto Falls kills teen
A span of the bridge at Oconto Falls collapsed injuring several students. John Best enlepner was killed instantly. Hazel Dennison and Lida Fenett suffered serious injuries among about fifty high school pupils involved.
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Oconto
Wis
Oconto Falls
John Bestenlepner
Akour Teen
Hazel Dennison
Lida Fenett
Earthquake Recorded Near Indian Ocean Oct 1
Washington reports seismographs recorded a strong earthquake at 9 05 p m Oct 1 likely centered in the Indian Ocean. The event was not considered disastrous.
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Washington
Indian Ocean
Witty Maxim on Command and Countermand Marriages
A condensed aphorism contrasts male leaders born to command with female partners who countermand, illustrating gendered perspectives on authority in domestic life.
Chicago Markets Open With Mixed Cattle And Hogs
Chicago October 6 1906 market report shows cattle steady and hogs weak after official receipts yesterday 1233 shipments 3375 estimated receipts today 10000 with lower averages across light mixed packers and packing grades hogs and pigs prices range from 80 to 86 70. Sheep and lambs remain unchanged amid steady tone.
Girl's story not believed in forgery case at jail
Galesburg NL reports Hyrmal Jacobs alias Elsie Jacobs alias Florence Scott alias Mmmua Burns a college girl held on 1000 forgery has been bound over to await grand jury. Officials doubt her tale of coercion by Harry Howe of Berwyn. letters show Howe in her company while investigators think she forged to pay debts with possible external influence.
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Galesburg
Hyrmal Jacobs
Elsie Jacobs
Florence Scott
Mmmua Burns
Fool and His Gun Endangers Girl with Unloaded Revolver
In Madison Indiana on October 6 Robert and Benjamin Pendleton of Kentucky approached Miss Clara Douglass and Miss Luella Black in West Madison. Benjamin Pendleton armed a revolver he believed unloaded and aimed at Miss Black. The gun discharged hitting her neck and lodging against her spinal cord causing partial paralysis of both legs and arms.
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Madison
Ind
Robert
Benjamin Pendleton
Mwkentucky
Clara Douglass
Luella Black
Quaker City Shaken by Subway Gas Explosion
A gas explosion in the Markey Street subway under construction in Philadelphia injured and killed several workers. Eight dead and many injured as waterlogged tunnels hampered rescue efforts. The blast damaged surrounding buildings and halted business, with investigators seeking the gas leak cause.
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Philadelphia
Markey Street
Sixth Street
Wild winds cause seven deaths along Gulf coast
Oct 6 reports from New Orleans and Gulf coast detail three tornadoes striking St. James and West Baton Rouge parishes and Biloxi. One New Orleans tornado caused 500000 dollars in property damage while a Biloxi engine and three cars were overturned. no fatalities were reported at Kushla near Mobile despite a 100 foot wide swath of timber felled.
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New Orleans
Gulf Coast
St. James
West Hiton Rouge
Vontehatoula
Here
Biloxi
Miss
Mobile
Dantzler Lumber Company
Ala
Kushla
Mobile and Ohio
Seventy Dead Feared After Coal Mine Disaster
In Bluefield West Virginia on October six a Pocahontas coal mine blast rescue teams recover twenty nine bodies from the West Fork collapse while officials estimate total deaths may reach seventy. Debris hampers search with no fire evidence detected. In New Hampshire a second explosion at the Dutchman coal mine near Blossburg ends with fifteen miners believed dead and three bodies found.
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Bluefield
W. Va
West
Pocahontas
Raton
N. H
Dutchman
Blossburg
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Butterfield
Minn
Peavey Company
Nore
Shhep
Grain Market
Quaker City
New Mexico
Parther Haven
Pocahontas Mine Mall
John Lawless
Frank Leaus
United Gas Improvement Company
Gato Benigno
John Scott
Frank Beidleman
Rank Crofler
R. Capero
John Pacy
Keidleman
Jeans
Benigno
Croller
Millard Consteuetion Company
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
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