Taft Heads West in Rain as Crowds Welcome President
President Taft pressed on with his trip to St Paul and Chicago despite drizzle. Thousands turned out in Buffalo Erie and Toledo as Taft greeted well wishers and prepared two speeches including a key address to the National Conservation Congress.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Taft
National Conservation Congress
Mr. Taft
Buffalo
Erie
Ashtabula
Toledo
Elkhart
South Bend
la Porte
Ind
Cleveland
Cassidy
Burton
W. J. Marshall
Henry Davis
Lewis C. Laylin
Ohio Republican Commit
Gov. Hughes
New York
Ohio
Supreme Court
Congressman McKinley
Illinois
Republican Campaign Committee
Duncan McKinley
California
Laporte
The
Conservation Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Spurned Lovers Rash Act Ends In Near-Fatal Poisoning
Owosso Michigan September 5 Fred Losey a young widow spurned his attentions and after a rival’s thrashing wrote a tender letter then swallowed an ounce of laudanum He recovered briefly and asked for a physician before lapsing into a coma The man recently came here from Oakley.
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Owosso, Mich
Fred Losey
Owosso
Losey
Oakley
Diphtheria Outbreak Closes Public Meeting Places
Nine diphtheria cases prompt South Haven Indiana officials to close all public meeting venues and shut public schools. One death reported, Miss Mary Niedringham of Granite City among victims. Kalamazoo physicians assist local doctors as summer visitors rush to leave.
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South Haven
Ind
Health Board
Mariy Niedringhams
Granite City
Kalamazoo
Mrs Kerens and Gladys Bride of Ambassador and Daughter
Mrs Kerens and her daughter Gladys figure in a society note with Gladys, daughter of the ambassador, preparing for her wedding. The item highlights the household and social connections of the envoy.
Miss Kerens A Bride in England Quiet Ceremony
Miss Gladys Kerens of St Louis daughter of Richard C Kerens American ambassador at Vienna married George Hamilton Colket of Philadelphia at the Church of St John the Evangelist Herons Ghy Sussex. Only family members attended with Ambassador Kerens and Mrs Kerens present. Father Bert officiated. Bridesmaid Mary Dudley Kenna best man Stevenson Hulburt. A wedding breakfast followed at The Rocks Boars Head Sussex.
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London
Gladys Kerens
St. Louis
Richard C. Kerens
Vienna
George Hamilton Colket
Philadelphia
Herons Ghy
Sussex
Kerens
Bert
Mary Dudley Kenna
Stevenson Hulburt
the Rocks
Boars Head
Edward Dudley Kenna
McFarland and Wolgast Set Lightweight Clash in Milwaukee
Chicago reports the lightweight title bout between Packey McFarland and Ad Wolgast is arranged for September 30 in Milwaukee. Weigh in at 183 pounds at 5 pm, ten rounds, no decision. Star Athletic Club will post 1000 dollars in Chicago as a forfeit to ensure the bout proceeds as scheduled.
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Chicago
Packey McFarland
Ad Wolgast
Milwaukee
Star Athletic Club
Cholera Deaths Reported in Rome
Rome reports twenty six new cholera cases and thirteen deaths in a single day. Officials urge calm while public fears grow that the outbreak is wider and more serious than stated.
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Rome
Officer Struck by Stone at Kalamazoo Depot
Kalamazoo Michigan September 5 Police officer Frank Rawson was about to arrest a man at the M A R depot when he was struck on the head with a stone and rendered unconscious. The assailant remains at large and the injury is described as serious.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Frank Rawson
Load of Sheep for Tonic in Bar Harbor Tale
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, widow of a Nevada financier, sought strength to travel to see sheep on her ranch. Her son-in-law, E R McLean, arranged a rapid shipment of a Nevada flock to Bar Harbor, where the sheep are described as a tonic for her recovery.
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Bangor
Thomas F. Walsh
Nevada Nnionaire
E. R. McLean
Bar Harbor
Nevada
Mr. McLean
Walsh
Circus man Hutchinson dies at Shelter Island home
J L Hutchinson a veteran circusman and former partner of Barnum and Bailey died at his Shelter Island summer home. Born in Jerseyville Ohio 64 years ago he built a traveling circus and later held controlling interest. He left two sons and two daughters and will be buried at Woodlawn Cemetery New York.
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New York
J. L. Hutchinson
P. T. Barnum
James A. Bailey
Shelter Island
Mr. Hutchinson
Jerseyville
Hutchinson
Barnum
Barnum & Bailey
Woodlawn Cemetery
Chicago hogs and cattle market reports from September 1910
Market data shows hog receipts about 24 000 with steady to higher quotes and mixed packers prices from 8 75 to 9 75 and 9 10 to 9 40 for bulk. Cattle and sheep receipts around 29 000 and 18 000 with cattle under pressure and some higher copy for week totals and Western cattle pacing 4 50 to 7 20.
Labor Sunday Observed Across Chicago In Historic Move
Chicago churches held Labor Sunday services and preachings promoting trade unionism. Clergy from multiple denominations supported the observance while Miss Agnes Nester of the Glove Workers Union preached at Winneka Church. The parade was rejected as costly and tiring.
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Chicago
Agnes Nester
Glove Workers’ Union
Women’s Trade Union League
Winneka Congregational
Anderson
Episcopal Church
William White Wilson
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Chicago Federation of Labor
United States
Toronto
American Federation of Labor
Canada
Husband Kills Wife in Jealous Tragedy in Lexington
W. O. Vaughn a Louisville bricklayer states I loved her so I could not give her up after following Gertrude May 22 and a man named Nick Ryan to a Lexington residence. Vaughn fired first at Ryan wounding him, then shot Gertrude dead as she tried to flee.
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Lexington
W. O. Vaughn
Louisville
Gertrude May
Vaughn
Nick Ryan
And Sheep Who Are Riding in Her Convalescence from Illness
A brief item notes a patient recovering from illness accompanied by sheep figures as companions in a domestic or symbolic scene. The passage underscores care and resilience during convalescence with pastoral imagery.
Judge Kersten's Wife Dies For Browne Trial Postponement
Judge George Kersten mourns as his wife dies suddenly at their Twin Lakes Wisconsin summer home forcing the postponement of the Lee O'Neil Browne trial. The judge was beside her when she died.
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Browne
Chicago
George Kersten
Lee O'Neil Browne
Milk Quenches Fire at Newbury Farm Barns
Fire at Edward L. Lunt farm in Newbury destroys several barns and outbuildings. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars. Milk stored for shipment to Boston reportedly saved the farmhouse. Tramps had been using the cow barn as a sleeping place. cause suspected to be a tramp smoking in the hay loft.
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Newbury
Mass
Edward L. Lunt
Boston
Lunt
Washington City market prices for sheep cattle and grains
The report lists prevailing bids and prices at Washington City market with sheep receipts and pricing by class. It notes higher market movement for sheep and cattle with ranges for native and western categories, yearlings and lambs, plus grain and feed item prices including hay straw flour bran and corn meal.
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Washington City
Xantaceedes
Weather Forecast for Illinois and Indiana
Showers and thunderstorms are expected today across Illinois and Indiana with cooler conditions tomorrow. Southerly winds accompany the unsettled weather.
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Illinois
Indiana
Resist Beginnings and Shape Our Destiny Says Baltimore Sun
An editorial urges readers to resist beginnings of vice and take control of fate. It argues there is no fate apart from choices, and individuals hold power to both make and mar their destinies with deliberate action.
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Baltimore Sur
Philadelphia and Troy Show Large Population Gains
Philadelphia reaches 1,549,008 residents, up 265,311 from 1900. Alton Illinois grows to 17,528 while Upper Alton holds 2,918. Troy New York increases to 76,813, up 16,162 since 1900.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Alton
Ill
Upper Alton
Troy
N. Y
Barber Sets Record by Shaving 18 in 14 Minutes
A Broken Hill barber shaved 18 men in 14 minutes 8 seconds aiming to beat the world record. The report notes the pace of about 46 seconds per shave but does not reveal the reactions of the participants.
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Barber
Broken Hill
Australia
Gen E D S Goodyear Dead In New Haven At 84
Gen Ellsworth D S Goodyear died in New Haven after more than a year of illness aged 84. He was the eldest of Bella Goodyear’s seven sons and a sixth generation descendant of Stephen Goodyear, first deputy governor of the New Haven colony. A Civil War veteran, he and four others served for the Union. From 1868 to 1884 he was a U S custom house inspector at New Haven. He later lived quietly at North Haven. He represented North Haven in 1867. Eight children survived, wife had died.
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New Haven
Conn
Ellsworth
Goodyear
Bella Goodyear
Stephen Goodyear
New Haven Colony
United States
Custom House
North Haven
Roosevelt on Labor Day Tour Delivers Fifteen Sermons
Colonel Roosevelt travels through Fargo and stops in St. Paul Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati and Pittsburg on Labor Day itinerary. Crowds greet him at stations, churches and hotels as he speaks on honesty courage kindness and law. He plans cornerstones and a big celebration in Fargo with 100 white-dressed girls at the hotel.
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Fargd
N. D
Sioux Falls
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
South Dakota
Minnesota
North Dakota
Toosevelt
Kansas
Nebraska
Seth Bullock
Towa
Ohio
New Jersey
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Chi Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Taft
Roosevelt Fargo
McCumber
Purcell
Breckenridge
T. R
Fargo
Waidorf Hotel
Fire damages four storehouses in Helena business district
In Helena Arkansas on September 6 a large fire destroyed four storehouses in the business district. Three firemen were injured while battling the flames causing an estimated 100000 dollars in damage.
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Helena
Ark
Unclear motto on guilt and virtue in a single crime
Fragmentary line argues one fault stands as guilt while all other acts pass as virtue. The terse statement contrasts moral judgment with character, implying a singular vice defines a person despite other actions.
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President Taft
Mrs. Kerens
Gladys
Miss Kerens
George H. Colket
England
Wolgast and
McFarland
Vohnnon
Wom
Qld
James L. Hutchinson
Federation
Big City
Murderer
Kersten
Eeeee
Reister & Son
Springs CC
RSD
John A. Babcock Commission
U. S. Yards
E. D. S. Goodyear
Fargo, N. D
Cincinnati
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