Cook Canceling Lectures Faces Mount McKinley Claim Inquiry
Dr Frederick Cook announced a shift in his tour to address detractors over his 1906 Mount McKinley ascent claim The Explorers club asked if formal charges exist and an inquiry into statements by guide Bell persists He plans another expedition to Mount McKinley to prove his claim.
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New York
Frederick Cook
Amed
Waldorf
Explorers’ Club
Cook
Mountley
Tor
Guide
Barll
Queson
Mount McKinley
Emma Goldman Blames Catholic Church for Ferrer Death
Emma Goldman denounces the Catholic Church for Francisco Ferrer's execution and urges American workers to launch a general strike, while admitting she doubts such action can be organized here. She criticizes greed and calls Ferrer’s life more honorable than that of the pope.
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Ferrer
Pope
Rome
New York
Francisco Ferrer
United States
Emma Goldman
Clinton Hall
Mise Goldman
East Side
Miss Goldman
Mother Earth
Ferrér
Spain
Catholic Church
Europe
Barcelona
Haymarket
America
Blackburn Back From Zone Denies Resignation
Governor Joseph C. S. Blackburn arrived from Cristobal on the Ancon and said rumors of his retirement were not true. He will take a fifty six day leave, split between Washington and Kentucky. He criticized a bill to place canal zone governance under a three member commission with a director unclear in role.
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Washington
New York
Joseph C. S Blackburn
Canal Zone
Cristobal
Ancon
Kentucky
Blackburn
Canal
Eskimos Back Cook Claim Pole Reached Says Eskimos Believed
Copenhagen reports the Green hud administration steamer Godt carried Dr. Cook from Jpernavik to Egesminde. Knud Rasmussen says Eskimos who viewed Cook's party at North Star bay believed Cook and his party reached the pole, though the voyage ended without Anatoli.
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Forth Star
Explorer
Pole
Copenhagen
Greenhud
Godton
Cook
Jpernavik
Egesminde
Hans Egede
Knud Rasmussen
Rerview
Anatoli
Howfer
Rasussen
Senator Mee Carren Improving After Operation
New York Oct 18 Senator Mee continues to improve with more encouraged plans. Dr Hughes, his physician at St Catherine’s hospital, said his temperature remained normal and his pulse regular. The doctor expressed growing confidence in the outcome since the operation.
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McCarren
New York
Mee“en
Hughes
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Meat Packers Convene in Chicago Convention Opens
The fourth annual meeting of the American Meat Packers Association opens in Chicago with about five hundred delegates from across the country. Governor Deneen welcomed the attendees at the opening session this morning.
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Meat Packers
Chicago
American Meat Ckers’ Association
Deneen
Death Toll Is Ninety Five From Tennessee Cyclone
Nashville report states figures show ninety five killed and one hundred injured across Tennessee Alabama and Georgia from the cyclone disaster.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Insurgent Advances Reported in Nicaragua Action
Wireless dispatch from Bluefields states Chile, twenty miles above Lake Nicaragua, is in insurgent hands after sharp fighting. Zelaya and Estrada forces suffered leader fatalities. San Carlos, a lakefront point on Lake Nicaragua, reportedly fell to insurgents.
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Thite Falls
San Carlos
New Orleans
Bluefields
Plon
Chile
Ama
Zelaya
Estrada
Lake Nicaragua
Saska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Lights Extinguished
Seattle officials report at midnight the 150000 lighting system of the Saska-Yukon-Pacific exposition went out ending the world’s fair of 909. Attendance figures are incomplete as the event closes and the city braces for debris removal and final audits.
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Seattle
Wash
Ex Senator William Lindsay Dies in Kentucky Home
Frankfort Kentucky October 16 Former United States Senator William Lind say died at his home there.
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William Lindsay
Frankfort
United States
Minister Crane’s recall shocks diplomatic circles
Secretary Knox recalled Charles H. Crane to Washington as he prepared to sail for China causing wide comment in Washington Pekin and Tokyo. Semi official circles hint a Chicago statement on China Japan relations spurred the move. Crane was at San Francisco ready to sail when summoned home.
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Knox
Charles H. Crane
Washington
China
Pekin
Tokyo
Sossio
Chicago
Japan
Orient
Orient. Mr. Crane
San Francisco
President Taft Leaves El Paso For San Antonio Texas Ranch
President Taft arrived in San Antonio after a twenty one hour train ride from El Paso. A large crowd greeted him at the station and along streets to the San Antonio hotel. He visited Fort Sam Houston, helped lay the chapel cornerstone, reviewed troops, and spoke from Alamo Place before continuing to Gregory to visit his brother Charles P Taft’s ranch.
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San Antonio
Tex
el Paso
San Anthony
Taft
Pittsburg
Fort Sam Houston
Old Army Post
Tati
Siwars
Alamo Place
Gregory
Corpus Christi
Charles P. Tatt
Thieves steal horses and threaten farmer with murder
A Lewis township farmer, A P Berenes, found a team valued at 500 dollars missing from his barn. A crude note pinned to the door demanded 250 dollars in a rural mailbox with a threat to murder his family, while a watch is kept on the mailbox to distract from the theft.
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Council Bluffs
P Berenes
Lewis Township
Peragnes
Von
Belle Plaine School Board Requires Parents Consent For Football
The Belle Plaine school board adopted resolutions requiring written parental consent for any pupil to participate in football games, on or off school grounds, with special permission needed for each contest against other schools.
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Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine School
Five Rhodes Scholars Named From Iowa Institutions
Five young men intend to take the Rhodes scholarship examination at the state university this week in Iowa. Three come from Grinnell College and two from Carnell College.
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Iowa City
The
State University
Grinnell
Carnell
Train Ditched Three Killed Near Winnipeg
The westbound Toronto express on the Canadian Pacific railway is reported ditched 960 miles east of Winnipeg. Three persons are killed and a number injured.
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Winnipeg
Toronto Express
Canadian Pacific Railway
Missouri Pacific Wreck Injures a Dozen at Kansas City
Kansas City report says twelve persons were injured in a collision between the Kansas and Colorado eastbound fast mail and a Missouri Pacific freight train on the main line near Be tomemilion. Investigators began sorting details as emergency crews aided victims.
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Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Kansas and
Colorado
Pat Cede
Nailway Magnates in a Serious Train Wreck
Nailway Magnates in a Serious Train Wreck reports a major railroad disaster involving prominent executives and rail interests. The piece highlights the crash aftermath and the impact on railway leadership, with emphasis on industrial figures and safety concerns.
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Nailway
New York Central Express Derailed by Broken Rail
A New York Central Express train 28 derailed near Rhinecliff station after a broken rail. W K Vanderbilt W C Brown and Dr A H Newman were shaken but unhurt. Fireman H Schelmeyer saved a passing midnight express by signaling with a red lantern. One man, James Krakowski, died. ten others injured.
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W. K. Vanderbilt
W. C. Brown
Newman
Night Express
New York
Vanderbilt, Sr
York Central
The
Road
A. H. Newman
New York Express
Rhineclif Station
Vanderbilt
Mr. Newman
Brown
H. 8
Schelmeyer
Grand Central Station
Rhinecliff
Midnight Express
James Krakowski
Krakowski
Chicago Hogs and Cattle Prices on Oct 18 1909 Market Report
Chicago market report shows hog receipts estimated 28 000 with prices 7 40 to 7 75 for bulk and 7 15 to 7 85 for heavy shipping. Cattle and sheep prices mostly lower with stocker and feeder values 3 19 to 6 20 and Western lambs 425 to 710. Estimated receipts around 30 000 and 40 000 for hogs and cattle respectively.
John A. Babcock Care of North American Livestock Commission
John A. Babcock is listed as the contact person in care of the North American Livestock Commission Company. The notice appears to be a business or legal related communication involving livestock interests and corporate administration.
Killed in Auto Overturn Near Tuxedo
Mrs. Bruce Price widow of a noted architect and a Tuxedo colony member died after an auto overturned on the public road from Tuxedo on the Harriman estate. Mrs. Coulter of Tuxedo was injured and her 12 year old son escaped unharmed. Chauffeur John Scully broke two ribs.
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New York
Bruce Price
Tuxedo Colony
Charles J. Coulter
Tuxedo
Harriman
Gatti Casaza to Wed Aida in New York
Giulio Gatti Casaza director of the Holland opera house and soprano Madame Frances Alda were among passengers on the liner St. Louis from Southampton. The party announced with Gatti Casaza's sanction that he and Alda were to wed.
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Gatti-Casaza
Aida
New York
Giulio Gatti- Casaza
Holland Opera House
Kino Centenin
Arturo Toscanin
St. Louis
Southampton
Frances Alda
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J. C. S. Blackburn
Seattle Exposition
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Ottumwa
W. T. Wilkson
Gre Optimist’s
George F. Butler
A.M. M.D
New York Central Express
Express
Hoes
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
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