Kipling opposes reciprocity in Canada US talks
The letter from Rudyard Kipling printed by the Montreal Star argues against reciprocal arrangements with the United States. He warns nine to one odds favor the US and decries surrendering Canada’s soul and future to perceived heavier U.S. influence, urging caution and noting scant gains beyond temporary money.
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Ottawa
Ont
Rudyard Kipling
Montreal Star
Canada
United States
Surgeon General Torney and Army Typhoid Vaccination
Surgeon General Torney recently supervised vaccination efforts for typhoid in the Army. The program aimed to bolster troop health and reduce disease risk through immunization campaigns and coordinated medical oversight.
Explosion in Hull Makes Maine Sinking Unknowable
General W. H. Bixby, U S engineers chief, said the explosion in the Maine’s magazine after the Havana harbor blast left no way to determine if an external explosion occurred first or the sequence of events. He noted the water pumped away around the wreck erased crucial evidence.
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Detroit
Mich
W. H. Bixby
United States Engineers
Hancock
Great Lakes
Maine
Havana Harbor
Death of Ex State Assemblyman Ramsey After Coughing Fit
Ex State Assemblyman Thomas F. Ramsey aged 53 died suddenly after a coughing fit in Milwaukee. Officials cite heart trouble as the likely cause. Ramsey helped elect Senator Stephenson by being absent on the decisive vote and would have been a key witness before the U S Senate investigation committee in October.
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Milwaukee
Thomas F. Ramsey
Wisconsin
Mr. Ramsey
Stephenson
United States Senatorial Investigation Committee
Husband Held Pending Grand Jury In Wife Death
Francis M. Connors was arrested at midnight in Terre Haute Indiana and held for a grand jury investigation into his wife’s death on July 12. He had reported she overdosed on chloroform to ease pain but suspicion grew after he married Mary Owen three weeks later. He was known as Eugene Howle and owned a harness shop while living with his first wife. The marriage license to the Owen girl was issued under Connors’s name.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Francis M. Connors
Mary Owen
Eugene Howle
Owen
Connors
Jasper Owen
Denver man named agriculture director for Philippines departs
Frederik W. Taylor of Denver, recently appointed director of agriculture for the Philippines, sailed from New York aboard the French liner La Provence on September 8.
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New York
Frederik W. Taylor
Denver
Philippines
la Provence
Fortune in Mine Stock Sought by Miss Steele
Miss Bonnie Ethel Steele of Kansas City sues to recover 40 000 Portland Mining shares once given by her father Charles W Steele to Winfield E Stratton in 1894. The suit, filed in Colorado Springs, seeks 40 000 shares plus accrued dividends since 1894, valued around 1 from current quotes with 8 percent dividends. Steele, granddaughter of Colorado’s first governor, lives with her aunt and manages a Bates County stock farm.
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Kansas City
Bonnie Ethel Steele
Clinton Place
Colorado
Portland
Colorado Springs
Winfield E. Stratton
Charles W. Steele
Miss Steele
Amazon Mining Company
Steele
Frank P. Walsh
Stratton
Amazon
Miss Steele Now Lives With Her Aunt, Mrs. Gray
Bates County
Architect R. Bruce Watson Shot by Mysterious Woman
Chicago Sept 8 R Bruce Watson a leading young architect was shot at his home by a mysterious woman. He was taken to a hospital where doctors say the bullet struck the head but did not penetrate the skull and expect his recovery. The attacker was arrested.
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Chicago
R. Bruce Watson
Will Decide Walsh Parole
An application for the parole of John R. Walsh a former Chicago banker will be presented to the federal board of parole when it meets in Leavenworth Kansas on September 12. Attorneys representing Walsh are preparing papers and expect an immediate parole decision.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Board of Parole
Walsh
Towne Oh a Sportsman Aboard Wild Goose Chase
A quoted exchange depicts Towne as earnest and Browne noting that if sent on a wild goose chase he would refer to himself as a sportsman. The Catholic Standard comment frames the dialogue as playful boast.
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Towne
Browne
German reply delivered after Berlin talks with France
Berlin reports that Chancellor and French ambassador Cambon discussed for forty five minutes as Germany delivers its formal answer to French proposals. The Cologne Gazette cites a semi official dispatch detailing the exchange and German position.
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Berlin
M. Cambon
Herr von Eiderlen-Waechter
Cologne
Hood Quote Cited on Moral Thought and Evil
A brief quotation notes that evil is caused by lack of thought as well as lack of heart, attributed to Hood.
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Hood
Diet and Health Hints from The Shakers and Oneida Contact
The piece notes Shakers teach simple diets and Oneida community raised about 80 foster children with a uniform plain diet leading to strong immunity. It links child health to sanitary conditions and nutrition and warns against coffee tea white bread and sweets for infants.
Morocco Talks Face Demanding Guarantee on Economic Interest
The proposal requires a full government guarantee on a key economic interest in Morocco and calls for technical advice before agreement completion. Preparatory work on guarantee and territorial compensation is substantial, and with goodwill an early progress could be achieved.
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Morocco
Aviation's Death Toll Shows Forty-Four Fatal Air Accidents
New York reports a total of forty four aviation fatalities since January. The past two months record include Denise More in Paris July 21 P Stararenko in Moscow July 26 Gerard Napeer in London August 1 W C Badger and Lt Croix Johnstone at Chicago air meet August 15 John J Frisbie Norton Kansas September 1 Lieutenant Grailly Paris and M Marron Chalons burned September 2 Captain Camine Nangis France died September 4 L Forestier Madrid September 7 Lieutenant Nuenmann and M Leconte Bilzheim Germany.
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New York
Denise More
Paris
P. Stararenko
Moscow
Gerard Napeer
London
W. C. Badger
Croix Johnstone
Chicago
John J. Frisbie
Norton
Kan
Grailly
M. Marron
Chalons
Camine
Nangis
France
L. Forestier
Madrid
Nuemann
M. Leconte
Bilzheim
Germany
Judge Orders Diegle Up for Sentence in Bribery Case
Columbus Ohio September 8 Judge B 8 Kinkead of the common pleas court issued an order to attorneys for Rodney J Diegle former sergeant at arms of the senate who was convicted of aiding bribery to have Diegle appear in court Saturday for sentence.
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Diegle
Columbus, O
B. 8. Kinkead
The
Common Pleas Court
Rodney J. Diegle
Indictments to be fought in jewel smuggling case
Nathan Allen of Kenosha and John R. Collins of Memphis face federal indictments returned on August 29 1909 for smuggling jewels valued at 100000 from the Lusitania. The cases stem from testimony given by Helen Dwelle Jenkins and involve a 72000 settlement. Allen allegedly concealed a 10000 pearl and Collins is charged with multiple jewels and wearing apparel and a conspiracy count.
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New York
Nathan Allen
Tanner
Kenosha
Wis
John R. Collins
Memphis
Tenn
Helen Dwelle Jenkins
Federal Grand
Federal Grand Jury
Hotel
Lorraine
Jenkins
Allen
Lusitania
Collins
Tennessee
Detroit Man Sued Over $74 500 in Bankrupt Firm
Two suits filed in New York Supreme Court seek 74500 from H Kirk White of Detroit. He was an officer of D M Ferry & Co and director of White Van Glahn & Co, which went bankrupt May 2. Suit claims neglect of director duties and misuse of his name to obtain credit and sell stock. Plaintiffs William Childs and James Y Foote Jr seek 50000 and 24590 respectively for stock purchases based on Van Glahn representations.
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New York
Supreme Court
H. Kirk White
Detroit
D. M. Ferry & Co
Secusmen
White, van Glahn & Co
White
William Childs
Sale of CW Witness 10 Murder Believed
Reporters question cause of Maine wreck as officials say the motive remains unknown. Authorities indicate the investigation continues with no clear explanation for the deadly incident and no immediate charges announced.
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Maine
Unravel Auto Crime Case Near Woodstock
Detectives capture a man believed to lead a robbery ring tied to the murder of Frederick Wennerstrom near Woodstock Illinois. Attorney Richard Coony arrives from Chicago urging a teen suspect to turn state's evidence while State's Attorney Joslyn withholds the prisoner's name and secrecy remains on details as William Wennerstrom aids the inquiry.
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Woodstock
Frederick Wennerstrom
Richard Coony
Chicago
James Dwyer
Dwyer
Joslyn
McHenry
William Wennerstrom
Wennerstron
Unsettled Weather Across Midwest Regions
Hlinde reports unsettled weather with probable showers in the south, cooler conditions in the extreme south. Indiana and Lower Michigan see unsettled patterns, Wisconsin remains generally fair and cool, and Iowa likely fair.
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Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Market quotations for Chicago live stock and dairy products
Chicago market quotations show hog receipts of 13 000 with prices from 6.76 to 7.95 for different grades and cattle receipts at 5 500 with steers from 4.10 to 6.40 and veal calves 8.76 to 9.25. Sheep receipts 28 000 with lambs 5.50 to 6.00 and yearlings 4.25 to 4.75. Butter and potatoes quoted with specific grade ranges. East Buffalo listings show hogs at 7.25 to 7.80, rants for sheep and calves also noted.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Witness in Beattie Trial Held as Unused Last Minute Hope
Commonwealth prosecutor Louie Wendenburg seeks to keep a Chicago based witness in reserve to challenge the Beattie case if jurors fail to reach a verdict. The man described the Midlothian turnpike killing in detail and is believed to be at the Great Northern hotel in Chicago. Beattie’s lawyers have finished their close, with Wendenburg prepared to call the witness if needed. Beulah Binford meanwhile leaves jail for a New York vaudeville route after a release order.
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Chesterfield Court Henge
Louie
Wendenburg
Commonwealth
Henry Clay Beattie
Chicago
Twelfth Hour
Luther Scherer
Beattie
Am Sequitteal
Great Northern
Yale Tie
Harry Smith
New York
Gaynor
Foul Play Suspected in Evansville Death
Evansville Ind Sept 8 foul play is suspected in the case of Tony twenty two years old a man whose body was found in the river. Jung was last seen all night by his father downtown and said he intended going on a river excursion. Coroner Mercer investigates wounds on his neck and head suggesting blunt instrument.
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Evansville
Ind
Foulpi
Tony
Jung
Mercer
Road agents kill two in Pottsville ambush
Two men, Joseph Zehrer and William Hopkins, were found dead in their carriage on a mountain road between Bangford and Nesquebening. The assailants shot them in what appears to be an ambush. a box with about $3,000 for miners at a coal operation was found near the scene. Investigators seek any possible lead on the crime.
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Pottsville
Joseph Zehrer
William Hopkins
Bangford
Nesquebening
Unown
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