Cheyennes Big Day Honoring Remington Arts Sparks West Monument
Theodore Roosevelt visits Cheyenne Wyoming on a western frontier celebration. He praises Frederick Remington as a great artist and urges a statue in Washington DC funded by cowboys and Westerners. The event features cowboys, Indians, a race, bronco busting, and Roosevelt riding a white horse.
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Four New Forest Fires Reported in Montana and Idaho
Four new fires gripping Montana and Idaho prompt state action. Elk Park near Basin and Little Bowlder near Timber face firefighting efforts with hundreds of civilians aiding Elk Park. Governor Norris urges drought caution and calls for troops, while law and rail patrols are announced. Foresters report a major blaze near Island Park on the Yellowstone Park branch of the Oregon Short Line Railroad with 830 men deployed.
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Postcard Mania Wanes in Germany Exports to U S Decline
German postcard exports to the United States have fallen from over 600 million three years ago to about 250 million today. Americans reluctant to flood friends with pictures reduced demand, despite efforts to improve design. The postcard craze strained American tourists and is being dropped quickly.
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Heirs Demand Sequestration of Vatican Abbey Rents
A tribunal condemned the Vatican to pay 1,000,000 lire to Pope Pius IX’s heirs. The Vatican refused. The heirs now demand sequestration of rents from the abbey of Biaco, where Cardinal Merry del Val serves as administrator.
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Double Guards at Jail Over Cars and Murder Suspects
Special to The Washington Post Huntington W Va Aug 27. The county jail guards were doubled after Harry Withrew a 38 year old railroad foreman was killed by Charles Clayborn who struck him with a pick and fled but was captured and jailed amid a mob threat. Also confined is Thomas Raymond the negro suspected of assaulting and killing Mrs John Ailiff the bride of three weeks at Quint mont two weeks earlier raising fears of lynching.
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Fight on Sherman Attack on Homeward in Oneida County
Utica August 27 plan to deprive Vice President Sherman of Oneida county delegates boosts Roosevelt sentiment. The insurgent Republican League led by Merwin K. Hart vows aggressive drive in all three districts to elect Roosevelt delegates and aim for a solid Roosevelt delegation to the state convention. Old guard support centers on Woodruff Barnes Ward Wadeworth who claim control of Saratoga convention and oppose direct nominations and Sherman as temporary chair.
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Woodruff's control in Brooklyn GOP disputed by leaders
Republican district chiefs in Brooklyn deny a powerful faction plans to oust Timothy L. Woodruff from county party leadership. Naval Officer Kracke, Records Commissioner Swasey, and U.S. Marshal Haubert call the rumor unfounded, while Gov. Hughes backing factions gain no assembly district support. Woodruff may exit chairmanship at Saratoga in September, with old guard keeping candidacy quiet and insurgents warned of accountability if fall defeats occur.
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Cigarettes in China Boost Trade and Opium Trade Impacts
A special dispatch from Canton notes American cigarette marketing in China aids opium use among coolies. Despite rising cigarette use, many Indians smoke British American products, chiefly Shanghai-made, with Chinese-grown leaf. The British Cigarette Company leads with factories in Shanghai and Hankow. in 1909 it shipped about 1.25 million pounds of tobacco, 500 million cigarettes, and 2.5 million pounds of leaf to Shanghai.
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Tree Breaks Auto s Fall In Park Crash Near Roland Park
A Baltimore car owned and driven by Robert Fraser plunged over an embankment in Wyman's Park injuring six occupants, none fatally. Injured are Robert Fryser 36 Mrs Fryser 29 Robert Fryser Jr 10 Joseph Milheiser 50 Edna Milheiser 16 Max Milheiser 22. The driver reached for a wind blown hat, swerved, and the vehicle struck a tree, stopping the plunge.
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Young is Nominated in Norfolk Democratic Primary
Norfolk August 27 William A. Young of Norfolk won the Democratic primary for the Sixty-second Congress over Harry L. Maynard of Portsmouth by a visible margin. Maynard charged fraud and irregularities and planned a contest. District chairman Col. C Fenton Day called a district meeting for August 31 in Norfolk. Some Maynard friends urged a November bolt. past party rifts suggest similar tactics. A Baltimore and Ohio return trip is noted.
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Heroic boy saves aviator in wrecked sea flight near Gravesend
A drowning aviator J C Bud Mars narrowly escaped death after his engine failed and the aeroplane plunged from about 2000 feet into choppy waters off Gravesend Bay. A boy from a fishing smack cut free his hawser and handed him to a crew in a tug who pulled Mars and the damaged craft to safety at the Atlantic Yacht Club. The incident echoes warnings by Glenn Curtiss that pilots must be skilled mechanics as well as operators.
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French Aviator Legagneux Injured In Havre Meet
Aug 2 Stavre reports French aviator M Legagneux seriously injured after his aeroplane struck a post and fell burying him. He has skull fractures and internal injuries but has been prominent in aeronautics. The Havre aviation meet began Aug 25 with total prizes of $5,000.
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Rats Plague Paris Spreading Amid Inundation
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports Paris faces a rat surge after February floods. Rats roam the boulevards near the Courcelles district and fleas hitch rides, with public fear rising. Prof Chantemesse says fleas cannot spread cholera or typhoid but could carry plague bacilli. Flies and other insects are stronger cholera disseminators.
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Marble at a premium in France as American demand soars
French sculptors complain marble prices are high and large blocks hard to obtain. Export to the United States has surged for years, fueling a market that favors American demand. Bartholomé cites inability to start Rousseau monument in the Pantheon due to material shortages.
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Tonawanda to arrest Miss Gould over speed claim
Special to the Washington Post Buffalo Aug 27 Tonawanda officials say they will issue a warrant for the arrest of Helen Gould of Irvington on Hudson for allegedly driving 51 mph in a 10 mph zone last Thursday. Police say the car carried four women and will be brought to trial to make an example of her.
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Munich Waitress Walks 58 000 Steps Daily
Berlin reports a Munich restaurant waitress counted her steps from 10 AM to midnight. With a 27 inch stride she covered about 25 miles during an eight hour shift, reflecting harsh duties of women earning a living.
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Makes Fortune in Ivory
London reports hunting elephants for their ivory is lucrative. John Boyes, African hunter and explorer who aided Col Roosevelt on white rhinoceros lore, returned to London after eight years in Africa. He accumulated ivory valued at $60,000 in the Congo, led the Kakerus tribe with an army of 5,000, and was forced to leave when the British government learned of his kingly status.
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Drink in Burglar's Undoing Ends in Capture
New York August 27 two burglars were arrested after one invited a robber to drink at the broker William G Dicksons home. Dickson invited the intruder to share a drink which unsettled the thief enough for Dickson to alert a passing policeman. The suspect was taken into custody on Fifth Avenue.
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Estrada Ends Schags Last Warship Gives Up
Managua aug 27 jose dolores estrada who headed the nicaraguan government before fleeing retires in favor of gen luis mena who assumes acting presidency a ten article agreement signs turn over full control to mena elections promised within a year country tranquil but courts schools closed telephones interrupted rail traffic not yet resumed the retirement of the madriz steamer venus ends hostilities on the atlantic coast and a note from gen estrada pledges free elections within six months with suggestion to appoint thomas p mofatt as minister to nicaragua to maintain good relations.
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Socialists oppose limited suffrage at European women’s rally
Copenhagen delegates clash over suffrage speaks as thirteen European nations and the United States push for full voting rights. The discussion yields a strong resolution condemning acceptance of limited suffrage and urging equal rights for women. The report notes the strong international participation and protests from some delegates.
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