Great Lard Drawing draws 18000 in Rosebud lands lottery
More than 18000 registrants await the Rosebud Indian reservation drawing set for October 24 at 10 am in Gregory South Dakota. About 2000 visitors from across the United States stay in Gregory hotels and private houses as prizes of farming lands on 466 562 acres are awarded under James W Willen supervision. The nearby town of Winner has grown rapidly from 100 to over 1000 with the Lambro site migration.
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Gregory
Rosebud
United States
Benuwett
Melletie
James W. Willen
Winner
Roselnd
Winder
Lambro
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Dutte
Tom Lambro
Suffragist Convention Presided by Rev Anna H Shaw
Reverend Anna H. Shaw leads a suffragist convention in Louisville. The gathering unites organizers and supporters to discuss ongoing efforts for women's voting rights and political participation.
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Louisville
Taft greeted by Curley at Sheridan Wyoming visit
President Taft and party arrived in Sheridan Wyoming where he was met by United States Senator Warren and Congressman Mondell. Curley the Crow scout believed to be the sole survivor from the Little Big Horn fought alongside Custer and reported news of the massacre as Taft shook hands.
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President Taft
Curley
Custer
Little Big Horn
Mr. Taft
Wright Re-elected Labor Chief In Illinois Federation Vote
Edwin R. Wright of Evanston was re-elected president of the State Federation of Labor by 196 votes to 83 for George Morton of Chicago. Other officers were chosen without contest, and Danville won the convention site for next year with 117 votes to Decatur’s 96.
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Springfield
State Federation of Labor
Edwin R. Wright
Evanston
George Morton
Chicago
Veter Pitagerald
Victor R. Hopp
Daniel German
Peoria
James F. Morris
Danville
Decatur
LeaSabe
Quincy
Holder of Pulpit Arrested in Poisoned Marriage Plot
Rev. Clarence Virgal Thompson Richeson, former Liberty Missouri pastor of Immanuel Baptist Cambridge, is held in Boston on murder by poison charges in the Avis Lennell case. Police traced cyanide purchases, and Richeson, 35, was held without bail for October 31 examination as wedding plans loom.
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Boston
Mass
Clarence Virgal Thompson Richeson
Immanuell Baptist Church
Cambridge
Avis Lennell
Hyannis
Moses Grant Edmands
Violet Richeson
Richeson
Miss Lewell
Walls
Newton Center
Richegor
Rose Hill
Liberty
Turks Seek An Alliance With European Powers
The Tanin reports negotiations are under way for Turkey to join a European power group on equal terms. The Turkish basis demands equality with other members and insists on no tutelage or onerous conditions.
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Constantinople
Tanin
Turkey
Hard Fighting at Bengazi Ends After Twelve Hours
Rome reports twelve hours of hard fighting at Bengasi with Italian forces capturing twenty one guns. Official losses are described as heavy but exact figures are not released.
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Bengazi
Rome
Bengasi
Hines Accusations At 1909 Wisconsin Senate Fight
Wirt H. Cook of Duluth testified before the senatorial investigating committee that Edward Hines helped elect Senator Isaac Stephenson and hired Robert J. Shields to push the effort in Madison and Washington. Cook related a Chicago hotel lobby exchange with Henry Turrish and noted Hines said Stephenson later voted for free lumber. Shields testified he joined Stephenson’s primary campaign and received $700 for expenses.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Edward Hines
Limberman
Isaae Stephenson
Hines
Robert J. Shields
Washington
Madison, Wis
Wirt H. Cook
Duluth
Daniel Haley
Shields
Stephenson
Cook
Lorimer
Madison
Henry” Turrish
Chicago
Turrish
Thomas Morris
Attorney McCorick
Rookery
Paul O. Hasting
A. C. Titus
Wisconsin
Senator Heyburn
WANTS ELABORATE LITURGY
Atlanta, Oct 21. Dr. R. S. Mac Arthur, former Calvary church pastor New York, urged Baptist clergy to adopt more elaborate services in nonliturgical churches. He praised the Anglican style choir and noted Calvary’s surpliced quartet at President McKinley’s funeral.
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Atlanta
R. S. MacArthur
Calvary Church
New York
MacArthur
McKinley
Strike to widen on Rock Island rail system
Labor leaders in Kansas City announce five allied crafts of Rock Island shopmen are poised to strike. A strike vote is under way, potentially adding 5 000 to 10 000 workers to those already out. Other railroads may join if the action spreads.
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Kansas City
Rock Island
Six comets near the sun sighted by Lick Observatory
Reports from Lick Observatory describe a social levee around the sun this week as six comets appear nearby. Two are bright enough to be naked eye while two smaller bodies regularly visit and four are visitors, first seen by astronomers this season.
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San Francisco
Lick Observatory
Imperialists Defeated as Rebels Move on Kwang Shui
London dispatches report telegraph wires cut south of Kwang Shui and imperialists defeated around Hankow on Wednesday and Thursday. Rebels aim to outflank 2,000 imperialist troops while Republicans seek to capture Kwang Shui to block Hankow Pekin railway progress. Government orders 2,000 more troops to the front as banks run and trade stalls.
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London
Daily Mail
Pekin
Kwang Shui
Hankow
Ping Ching Kwan
Tung Hiwang Teid
Hankow and
Foreigners told to leave Yunnan as revolutionists warn
In Yunnan on October 21 the French consul received a letter signed War minister of the revolutionists urging foreigners to depart while time remains. Missionaries are warned by couriers and preparing to leave the province.
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Yunnan
China
Mohammedan Revolution Expected in Kan Su
Pekin reports an imminent Mohammedan rebellion in Kan Su, the region that suffered the 1858 to 1875 revolt. The notice signals growing unrest and potential large scale conflict in the area.
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Pekin
Kan- Su
Fixing National Boundary Near Arctic Ocean
Vancouver reports that P Craig chief boundary survey and Thomas Riggs Jr engineer in charge of the American Alaska boundary survey with Mgr Pope have wintered here after months of running a line along the meridian from Mount St. Elias to the Arctic Ocean. The task cut a twenty foot wide vista through timber placed bronze monuments about three miles apart and mapped the region. The expedition with ninety men and two hundred horses has continued fourteen years and may end next year.
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Vancouver
B. C
P. Craig
Canadian Boundary Survey
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Mgr. Pope
Mount St. Elias
Arctic Ocean
United States
Canada
Caillaux Premier Wedded Again in French Courtroom
Former French prime minister M Joseph Caillaux faces a public interest case as he prepares to marry again in Paris. The reported nuptials involve political and social figures, highlighting his ongoing influence and the era's gender norms.
Stannard Trial Begins In Ontonagon Michigan
Doris and Blaine Stannard attend court as their mother faces a murder charge for killing her husband with strychnine. Prosecution witness Dolly Hammes testifies about the day Mr. Stannard died and the mother’s attempt to restrain testimony. The judge halted proceedings to let Mrs. Stannard compose herself.
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Ontonagon
Mich
Doris
Blaine Stannard
Elaine
Deris
Mr. Stannard
Dolly
French Premier to Marry Popular Paris Socialite
Paris reports that the French premier, twice married and divorced, will wed Genevieve Rainouard. She formerly married Leo Clarette, a river tycoon, and is known as a leading figure in Paris society. The engagement follows his divorce secured shortly before taking office this year.
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Paris
Mme
Genevieve Josephine Henrietta Rainouard
Leo Clarette
Automatic compensation law proposed by railroad unions
Indianapolis Oct. 21. The Eastern Association of Railroad Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will present an automatic compensation law at the next session of Congress. The measure sets fixed amounts for loss of life and injuries in railroad work.
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Indianapolis
Congress
Eastern Association of Railroad Conductors
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Broderick Admits Authorship in Lorimer Probe Testimony
Chicago witnesses detail a tense scene with A M Bergener offering immunity through State's Attorney Burke as Sen John Broderick admits authorship of a letter to D W Holstlaw. He repeats that Holstlaw was at the West Madison Street saloon only once amid denials of involvement with ex-senator Cyril Jandus and George Elksarman.
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Chicago
Lorimer
Sel
John Broderick
A. M. Bergener
Examiner
Burke
Springfield
Healy
Broderick
D. W. Holstiaw
Holstiaw
West Madison Street
Cyril R. Jandus
George Elsarman
D. W. H Law
John
Holstlaw
Jandus
Thomas J. Dawson
Supreme Court
Kenyon
Jones
Holsilaw
Tuka Benker
Inckt Po
Bolstlaw
Twelve Drown in Mine at Hibernia New Langdon Shaft
Twelve foreign miners perished when a blast fractured a log barrier between shafts at the Wharton Steel Co mine in Hibernia New Jersey. Foreman David Slaight died aiding trapped workers as floodwater rushed through the New Langdon shaft, about 200 feet underground.
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Hibernia
N. J. Oet
Wharf On Steel Company
David Slaight
Langdon
Slaight
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American Press Association
Taft
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Wyo
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John J. Msnamara
Scott
James B.msnamara
John J. McNamara
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles ‘Times
Hail Hines
Warwick
Dr. MacArthur
Junih Raua AI
M. Joseph Caillaux
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William Jewell College
Stannard Trial
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Fite
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