President declines invitation to King Leopold visit
President Roosevelt refuses to extend welcome to King Leopold II of Belgium over Congo policy. American consular reports and secretary’s vigorous representations push for reform in the Congo Free State. Alignment with Britain and pressure to end atrocities accompany the move to improve native welfare.
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Leonard
Belgum
United States
United
Congo Free Ate
Congo
Moot
Mane
Leopold
Hoot ‘N
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Congo River
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J. Pierpont
Morgan
Thomas J. Ryan
India
Belgium
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Died Drinkard and Reynolds Obituaries Baffle Transcription
Fragmented obituary notices list names such as Drinkard Reynolds and others with scattered dates February 1 and February 2. Entries mention residences in Baltimore Philadelphia and Falls Church with church services at St Luke's and nearby cemeteries. Readable names include Peters and Mintz, and references to church events and funeral dates in early February 1908.
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Drinkard
al Short Wiese Waverly
Peters
Sara Iredelt
Fleetwood
Seoare
St Luke's Pbl Church
Mowduey Pouriaeya
Povate
Balimore Philuphia
St. Laws
Falls Churel
Greenburg
Amd
Tiesda
Nig Dale
Welock
Mata
Freterick Mintz
Stesetner
Rome
Ateveniy
Wolack
Glenwond
Reynolds
Jammuary
Roreynoil
Flory
Vineteenth
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Petrnees
King Leopold and Congo abuses detailed in U S inquiry
The report chronicles claims of coercive labor and brutal punishments in the Congo Free State under King Leopold. It notes U S officials and agents probing conditions, questioning Belgian governance, monopsony on rubber, and potential international intervention without U S territorial aims.
Arrest in Reid case as police seek two women in saloon murder
Police suspect Toroph Toy of 24 and a man named Reid in the murder of Henry W. Field, saloonkeeper at 600 North Capitol Street. Toy is jailed. detectives hunt two women tied to Reid, with one seen with him hours before the killing. A pawn attempt on a matching watch failed to establish the timepiece as Field’s.
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Toroph Toy
Defrees Street
Henry W. Field
North Capitol Street
Pracinnt
Toy
Hed
O'Dea
Reid
Tud
Heid
Licensed to Marry Grace Ie Ashby and Rosamund F Smith
Grace Ie Ashby and Rosamund F Smith both of Lattimers Maryland plan marriage. Rev W F Willan Watson and Margaret Heltemus listed amid related notices. Educational Contest pictures noted on page 4 of today's Post third section.
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Grace Ie Ashby
Rosamund F Smith
Lattimers
Grenac Gu S Copley
New York City
Aid Mary x.Bauer
Philadelphia
W. F. Locke Willan Watson
Margaret Heltemus
W. J. Howard
Post
Foraker Party Rally Attacks Roosevelt in Ohio
The Ohio Society applauds as Roosevelt is charged with responsibility for business distrust. Archbold defends Rockefeller and says Ohio has two unobjectionable presidential candidates. The group endorses federal corporation law and calls for wider yet contained regulation. Taft and Hughes are not present.
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Archbold
Rockefeller
Ohio
Harmon
Taft
Hughes
Foraker On Warpath At Ohio Society Dinner
The Ohio Society of New York banquet drew nearly 609 Buckeye residents in the Waldorf Astoria as Senator Joseph B. Foraker and John D. Archbold led in speeches. Archbold defended corporate methods while Harmon urged public control, noting Taft and Hughes’ absence and warning of industrial stagnation without federal reform.
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New York
New York City
Ohio Society of New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Ohio
United States
Joseph B. Foraker
LeRoy D. Thonan
Ohio Society of Chicago
Judson Harmon
Ohio Cinvetl
John D. Archbold
Senator Woraker
John D. Archbeld
John D. Rockefeller
Archbold
Omo
Yoraker
Taft
Hughes
Metook
Gov Ihighes
Tle
Gov. Hughes
McCook
Gpv
Uast
Cincinnati
The Muckraking Crusade and Its Aftermath
A historical column debates muckraking’s role in triggering overtrading, credit expansion, and high costs. It describes a three-year surge of investigative literature, legislative probes, and a market selloff culminating in a crash, followed by a shift to cautious optimism and calls for reform.
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Perona
Jennie W. Gilmore
Indiana Reform School For Boys
Manalla
Peruna
Peruna touted as cure for grip in old ad spread
An 1900s advertisement extols Peruna as a remedy for la grippe or grip empire, quoting testimonials from Robert L. Madison and others. It claims grip spreads from atmosphere, praises Peruna for nasal catarrh relief, and urges ongoing use during and after illness with household endorsements across multiple states.
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Robert L. Madison
A. M
Cullowhee High School
Peinter
N. C
Jackson County Board of Education
Madison
Hertman
Expanded regulation and its limits on private enterprise
The speaker argues for broader governmental authority over corporations and public franchises, warning that unchecked power grows beyond private resistance. He stresses that judges and police remain the core of government in citizen relations and that regulation must be extended only within wholesome bounds.
American swindler accused of English estate scam in Asheville
Springfield Ohio February 1 United States official says Rev William G Whittaker an Exeter Kansas resident used the mails to defraud hundreds in Asheville and surrounding areas claiming to represent heirs to a vast English estate valued between 200 million and 600 million He charged ten dollars to look after their interests and posed as their kin. He was arraigned by US Commissioner William M Rockle and held in 5000 bail after arrest in Dayton Ohio.
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Memminger
Pec Atmerwesan
USA
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Lopoliat Companies
Pesulaa
Uresuiay
Congress
Washington
Delyn
Department of Justice
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Times
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Asheville
Springfield
Ohio
Wilam G. Whittaker
Exeter
Kans
United States
United Stated
William M. Rockle
Whittaker
N.C
England
John Whittaker
Tana
Dayton
N. C
William Whittaker
David Hershberger
Agaihat Whittaker
Tornado Leaves Eight Dead in Copiah County Mississippi
A devastating forty mile tornado extended from Caseyville to Georgetown in Copiah County wrecking homes mills and churches. At least eight people were killed along with four seriously injured and about one hundred others hurt with potential fatalities rising to fifteen. Ben Martin and David Martin among the dead in Martinville and overall property losses around five hundred thousand dollars.
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Wesson
Foo
Copiah County
Claude
Caseyville
Georgetown
Martinville
Ben Martin
David Martin
Health Office Record From Early January Obscured Entries
Reported to 12 January itemized health office notes show names and ages of individuals linked to locations such as 1200 18th at ow and 412 11th at ae. Entries include ages from 3 to 82 years and reference places like Giesboro and Brightwood, with several incomplete or garbled names and addresses.
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Margaret C. Carney
Giesboro
D. C
George W. Brooke
Brightwood
Earl EB. Ridxowsy
Moontha
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