Aviator Towle Stricken By Sudden Blindness In Boston
Towle a Boston aviator touring for York exhibitions was blinded at Broad Street station. Doctors fear permanent loss as he blames intense electric weld lights at his Bleriot monoplane hangar. He was rushed to Hahnemann hospital and later plans to seek oculist advice in East Boston.
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Philadelphia
Broad Street
York
Thomas J. Towle
Boston
Hahnemann Hospital
Towle
Princeton Street
France Quiet Over German Morocco Proposals
Paris reports the French Foreign Minister will not reveal Germany's counter proposals on the Moroccan dispute. La Liberte claims Germany is slowly concentrating troops near the French frontier despite denials.
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Paris
M. DeSelves
Germany
Herr von Kiderlen-Waechter
Cambon
Berlin
la Liberte
Tobacco Stock Burned At Mars Hill College Crusade
Students faculty and townspeople gathered at Mars Hill College to burn the last tobacco stocks as part of a crusade led by Rev. C. W. Reese. The group had urged Mars Hill merchants to stop selling tobacco and cigarettes and collected funds to reimburse those who sacrificed stock.
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Asheville
N. C
Mars Hill
Mars Hill College
C. W. Reese
Marion
Columbus School Site in Staten Island for Columbus Memorial University
An eighty acre Staten Island site overlooking New York harbor has been chosen for a Columbus Memorial University. Papal countess Annie Cleary announced the project to train foreigners for the highest American citizenship. Mrs Hetty Green will donate part of her fortune and the countess will provide the remainder.
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New York
Staten Island
New York Harbor
Annie Cleary
Christopher Columbus
Hetty Green
Preservation Society Formed for Daniel Webster Birthplace
A charter was granted to a new Daniel Webster Birthplace association to preserve Webster's Salisbury New Hampshire birthplace. The Chicago based group lists Arthur C. Jackson C E Bryan and George T Niever as incorporators. Daniel Webster was born January 18 1782 in Salisbury and died October 24 1852 in Marshfield Massachusetts.
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Springfield
Daniel Webster
Salisbury
N. H
Rose
Chicago
Arthur C. Jackson
C. E. Bryan
George T. Niever
Marshfield
Mass
FISHER ON COAL LAND
Secretary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher denounced Controller Bay as neither the only nor the best harbor for Behring river coal outputs and called the coal fields’ extent and character grossly exaggerated. He urged opening and developing the fields not under restricted private ownership and said leasing plans deserve consideration with presidential approval. He noted possible government regulation of power sources may come, but warned of congressional opposition to government ownership.
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Seatte
Wash
Walter L. Fisher
Controller Bay
Behring River
United States
Congress
Diegle May Escape Prison In Bribery Case
Suspension of execution ordered to allow appeal preparations in Rodney Diegle bribery case. Judge Kinkaid stayed the three year sentence to Sept 18 and may extend the stay. several legislators and aides indicted in graft probe. Evans pled guilty with $500 fine. Nye acquitted.
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Columbus, O
Rodney J. Diexle
Edear I. Kinkaid
Diegle
J. Mattern and
Connor & Belcher
Circuit Court
Thier
Senate
Crawford
Andrews
Huffman
Cetone
Dean
Lowrey
Nye
Calvey
Wellsville Man Pleads Guilty to Wife Beating in Probate Court
Jacob Zimmerman of near Wellsville was arraigned in probate court on a charge of hitching his wife to a plow and beating her for not pulling it. He pleaded guilty and received a ninety day sentence in the workhouse.
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Lisbon
Jacob Zimmerman
Wellsville
Dayton Wins Central League Pennant
South Pend, Ind. Sept. 11. Central league baseball season closes with Dayton Ohio winning the pennant.
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Dayton
South Pend
Ind
Kidnapped child found murdered in a Wisconsin lake
Sunday news briefs report a kidnapped child found murdered in Lake Mendota at Madison. Other items note Brest clashes injuring forty, German market jitters amid war scare, and a US naval response to the murder of an American citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Madison
Wis
Brest
France
Kaiser
Marienbad
Tripoli
United States
Great storm rages in Nome flooding streets
A fierce storm sweeps Nome Alaska as surf pounds waterfront, flooding streets. Barges owned by John J Lesnon Co are driven ashore while steamers Luchenbach Yucatan and Corwin ride at anchor in the roadstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome
Alaska
John J. Lesnon Company
Luchenbach
Yucatan
Corwin
Twenty-First Michigan Infantry to Hold 35th Reunion
Survivors of the Twenty-First Michigan infantry will meet in Grand Haven Michigan for their thirty fifth reunion on September 15 following a September 14 event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-First Michigan
Grand Haven
Mich
Twenty-First Michigan Infantry
Diet and Health Hints on Change Through Mind and Diet
An article argues that personal change hinges on thought and diet. It notes a 20 year old bakery foreman who became a minister after adopting new ideals and food. It emphasizes prenatal development and that later life changes follow shifts in thought and eating, shaping cultural differences in food and mindset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Kasson Estate Claim Sparks Common Law Wife Suit
Katherine Dalton of Seattle sues in local probate court claiming she was the common law wife of James Kasson the St. Paul lumberman. Relatives contest the claim while three administrators appraise an estate valued at about 150000 to 200000.
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Katherine Dalton
Seattle
Wash
Kasson
St. Paul
Minn
James Kasson
Kaherine Dalton
Miss Dalton
Young Man Fatally Shot in Accidental Blast
Winamac Indiana September 11 Carl Die depd a young man near this place was shot through the abdomen by the accidental explosion of a shotgun He died soon afterward.
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Winamac
Ind
Carl Diedepd
Shop workers vow action over Harriman recognition
San Francisco dispatch reports the advisory board of Harriman system shop employees endorses any strike order by five international unions. J W Kline and others leave for home after pledging to issue action within two weeks if recognition is blocked. They aim for peace but warn of a possible walkout if the federation is not recognized.
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San Francisco
Thna
Harriman
J. W. Kline
J. A. Franklin
J. Buckalew
J. D. Crane
M. F. Ryan
Carmen
Shep
Chicago
Mr. Kline
No Illinois Central Strike Declined by Machinists Board
The executive board of the International Association of Machinists, meeting at the Briggs house in Chicago, refused to sanction a strike on the Illinois Central railroad. The decision ends the strike agitation unless workers independently walk out, which is considered unlikely.
Pure Food and Drug Department Meeting Planned
Seth Low calls first meeting of the national civic federation pure food and drug department for Wednesday September 27 at 208 Broadway New York to organize the department and outline its work. Representatives from the department of agriculture are expected to attend.
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Seth Low
New Civic Federation Department
New York
National Civic Federation
Pure Food and Drug Department
Federation
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Broadway
Department of Agriculture
United States Warship to Visit Tripoli Reportedly
The article notes a U.S. warship heading to Tripoli and mentions a forthcoming October visit by the next King of Denmark to the United States, signaling ongoing international visits and naval mobility.
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United States
Tripoli
Denmark
Troops Reach Torreon as National Holiday Prompts Action
A thousand Mexican troops were sent to Torreon at the request of Secretary Knox to prevent disorder during the September 16 national holiday. Ambassador Wilson and Consul Freeman reported rising exodus of foreigners and locals, prompting diplomatic steps and a reassurance that troops will deter trouble while stationed.
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Washington
Torreon
Mex
State Knox
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico City
George C. Carothers
Department
Knox
Charles M. Vreeman
Daren Fo
Mr. Freeman
Freeman
Car crashes into automobile in Gary injuring three men
A South Shore interurban limited car struck an automobile on Ambridge avenue near Gary. William Hilly, 28, was killed instantly, Captain Samuel Phipps, 48, suffered serious injuries and likely death, Dana Avery, 21, had internal injuries. Phipps, chief of police of the American Bridge company, was learning to drive. Hilty had married six weeks earlier to a Pittsburgh woman.
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Gary
Ind
South Shore Interurban
Ambridge Avenue
William Hilly
Samuel Phipps
Dana Avery
Tellestan
Phipps
American Bridge Company
Hilty
Pittsburg
Elia Bride
Bull mauls George Busse at Fox Lake home
George Busse brother of former mayor Fred Busse was injured by a maddened bull at his Fox Lake residence. Authorities report he suffered curious injuries but is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Busse
Fred Busse
Fox Lake
Fifty Years Ago Today Seafaring Feats and Shipwrecks
Fifty years ago today on September 11, events recall the sinking of the Confederate cruiser Alabama by Yanhoat Kearsarge on June 19, 1864 and the later wreck of the Kearsarge in the Caribbean on February 2, 1804, linked to the launch at Portsmouth, N. A.
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Yanhoat Kearsarge
Alabama
Caribbean
Portsmouth
N. A
Mayflower Wins Second Race in America's Cup Contest
Twenty five years ago today the Mayflower won its second race for the America's Cup defeating the Brekish yacht Galatea. A large crowd watched the challenging contest.
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Brekish
U S to Protect Archaeological Team in Tripoli Era
Washington dispatch reports Turkey allowed American archaeological work at Cyrene under the Archaeological Institute of America. After the murder of F. Decoy, three Arabs are jailed. the Chester cruiser will sail to Derna or Benghazi to protect the expedition and the crew as trials proceed.
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Washington
Tripoli
United States
Chester
Derna
Benghazi
Mediterranean
Archaeological Institute of America
Cyrene
Africa
Richard Norton
Boston
F. Decoy
State Department
Virginia
Navy Yard
Object to Boy Scouts in Taft Parade
In St Louis the Central Trades and Labor Union urged musicians to refuse to play if Boy Scouts take part in the parade for President Taft. The Taft committee favored Scouts escorting Taft, but opposition among workers risks dropping the idea.
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St. Louis
Sept. St
St. Louis Central Trades and Labor Union
Taft
C. G
Sevent
Boy Scouts
Ims
Fear lynching in Ohio over imputed theft revenge chase
Fast Liverpool Ohio Sept 11 The alleged theft of a suitcase triggers revenge actions as John Jasper and an unknown companion assault Mrs H K Rhodes near West Point, beating her and taking $40 in money and jewelry. A farmer posse searches the surrounding woods as officials fear a lynching if the men are captured.
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Liverpool
John
Jaasper
H.K. Rhodes
West Point
Organ
Jenison’s Body Recovered in Canada River Tragedy
Reported information confirms the body of Athert Jenison, Crawfordsville youth, was recovered from a river in Canada after drowning on August 1. Donald Adams of Columbia City, Ind, also drowned in the same incident, but only one body was recovered.
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Jenison
Crawfordsville
Tadhy
Athert
Jennison
Therawfordsville
Pearce Tiver
Canada
Donald Adams
Columbia Ciey
Ind
Jennisan
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Columbus
Cleary Memorial University
Nindls Society
Soptright
American Press Association
Fisher
Secreary of the Interior
Surrender
Thorndike
Baltimore
American
H. C. Beattie, Jr
Beulah Binford
Colonel Aster
Newport
Hig Bride
Hudson
Louis Walcher
Middle Bays Island
Elmhurst
Lumberman
Illinois Central
Prince Christian
America
Bull
Turkey
Ohio
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