Europe Honors Peary with Global Scientific Prizes
Commander Peary returns from a whirlwind tour of European capitals to receive six gold medals and one silver from leading scientific bodies. Europe hails him as the discoverer of the North Pole, while foreign officials praise his pluck and persistence amid ceremonies in London, Hamburg, and Berlin.
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New York
Ioyal Keartish
Valuma Peary
Conmmander Peary
National Geographic
Beary
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Vienna
Cainburgh
Tristal
Manchester
Hamburgh
Peary
Sally Fete
Berlin
Royiphical
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Prince Albert Fall
Pounder
Therasophicnt Society
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Leanmid
Theg Society
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Hacy
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Marvin
Teary
Fifty Thousand in Strike by Garment Workers in New York
Fifty thousand garment and cloak makers walk out led by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, 8000 women among them, demanding eight hours, higher wages, and contractor wage guarantees. Union says citywide sympathy strikes may follow. manufacturers deny concessions. Strikers enjoy a holiday in city parks as talks open with settlement offers reportedly on the table.
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New York
International Padres’ Garment Workers’ Union
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Polakoff
Uulese
Cloak, Suit, and Skirt Manufacturers’ Association
Union
Franklin Tablet Unveiled at Ecton Church
London July report: John OL Griffiths American consul general unveils a tablet in Ecton Church Northamptonshire to Benjamin Franklin. Ecton was Franklin family ancestral home and birthplace of his father. The original homestead was replaced by a house built in 1757. The church traces to the thirteenth century.
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London
John OL. Griffiths
Benjamin Frankin
Ecton Church
Northamptonshire
Ecton
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Automatic stores and the drift toward automatism in society
The article cites Thomas A. Edison and warns that widespread automation erodes initiative. It discusses automated stores using electro magnets, automatic delivery to homes, and auto driven farming equipment, arguing these trends diminish personal effort and threaten food supply and economic independence.
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New York Mail
Thomas A. Edison
Holison
Trisho
Chicago
Buffalo
Roosevelts Views on Murder Spark International Debate
The Manchester Guardian quotes Roosevelt condemning political assassination and notes U S homicide rates far higher than Europe. It cites Kentucky governor and South Carolina lieutenant governor killings and asks which nation would govern the United States if order cannot be kept.
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New York Post
Roosevil
Egypt
Manchester Guardian
United States
Europe
Chicago
India
The
Guardian
Kentucky
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Mystery Plunge Deaths in East Side Tenements
Two women died from falls or possible pushes from windows in New York tenements with police probing similar fatal injuries. In the Bronx, M Sophile Williams 33 was found in a courtyard after a four story fall or shove. A second unidentified woman lay in a rear airshaft with a broken neck and Lena Weinert 21 was fatally injured after striking a clothes line on a fourth floor window incident.
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New York
Bronx
M. Sophile Willams
Lena Weinert
Garbing a Girl and the High Cost of Living
A New York World report on Miss Inez Weed’s Columbia discussion shows college women’s dress spending. Comparisons among intellectual and social girls reveal annual totals from $300 to $1,160 for outfits, hats, gowns, and hosiery, with working girls budgeting about $79 and extravagance rising when choices are unlimited.
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New York World
Colubia
Inez HI
Weed
Minnesota State University
Columbia
Tve
Miss Weed
Geographical Society News Highlights Local Debates and Appointments
The Cumberland Ministerial Association urged Mayor Young and Police Chief Irving to block screening of the Jeffries Johnson prizefight films at local theaters. J J Ruths gains a saloon license near Fen Mar park despite railway opposition. Frederick County Lutheran reunion moved from July 6 to July 22 with speakers including Rev Grupp and Rev McJo. Allegany County Sunday School Association reorganizes into auxiliary districts with new officers led by Shaffer in Cumberland.
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Cumberland Ministerial Association
Young
Irving
Western Maryland Railway Company
J. J. Ruths
Fen Mar Park
Frederick County
Braddock
S§. Grupp
Frederick
Charles Domer
Washington
Hagerstown
Jiockey
Waynesboro
Allegany County Sunday School Association
RB. Frank Shaffer
Cumberland
Alc. Thomson
Lonaconing
L. J. Rohrer
Cumperland
C. Fr. Teta
Presbure
Virginia Weddings Wide across state in July
Notices from Virginia report Ellerbe W. Carter and Nancy Pearson wed in New York at St. Thomas Episcopal Church with Carter family members in attendance. Also linked are Armistead Georgia Miles marriage in Mathews County, L W Carney and Lucy Simmons in Roanoke, and Fannie Gregory wed to L F Meredith in Portsmouth with future residence in Pinwood County.
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Ellerbe W. Carter
Nancy Pearson
Barboursville
Grange County
New York
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Sallie Carter
W. D. Carter
Salife
Lucile Carter
Douglas
Carter
GL. Armistead
Georgia Miles
Mathews County
St. Paul's Methodist Church
J. Arthur Winn
Roanoke
L. Wf. Carney
Lucy Simmons
C. PT. Kirtner
Roanoke Evening World
Portsmouth
Fannie Gregory
L. F. Meredith
Pinwiddie Cmpty
Virginia Obituaries Cut Across Counties and Roles
Culpeper July 7 Mrs Mary Sparks Kendricks 32 wife of Prof Thomas W Kendricks principal of Culpeper High School and former theme school teacher died yesterday native of Madison County member of Sparks family survived by her mother and brother Dr G H Sparks county coroner J A Biddle 50 chairman of Sussex board of supervisors died suddenly near Waverly two sons survive Harrisonburg July 7 Charles W Bahble 32 son of W A Bahble farmer died of apoplexy at his father's barn survived by parents one sister and four brothers Petersburg July 7 J O Brittle 30 died suddenly from acute indigestion four miles from Waverly deacon and county supervisor in Sussex county active in religious and political affairs mourned by community
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Mary Sparks, Kendricks
Thomas W. Kendricks
Cullpeper High School
Madison
Sparks
G. H. Sparks
Suffolk
J. A. Biddle
Board of Supervisors
Sussex County
Waverly
Harrisonburg
Charles W. Bahhle
W. A. Bahhle
Petersburg
J. O. Brittle
Baptist Church
Funeral rites set for Justice Melville Fuller in Chicago
Arrangements for the funeral of Chief Justice Melville W Fuller are completed with services at St James Episcopal Church Chicago at 3 pm and burial in Graceland Cemetery An escort will meet the body and a military salute will be fired In attendance will be the Federal and State judiciary Cook County bar associations and many lawyers.
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St. James’ Episcopal Church
Chicago
Ivf
Melville W. Fuller
Graceland Cemetery
Department of the Lakes
Frederick I. Grant
Kapbell Wallace
Nittheis
Samuel M. Mucanb-in
Obituary notices from Maryland towns recount losses
Rockville mourns Carrie Jones widow of Sylvester Jones at home near Bells Mill aged 7 four children John Theodore Hampton and Mrs Elbert Clargett survive daughter of Dade Noland. Hagerstown Harry N Prat dies of consumption at Highfield pianist for a Baltimore orchestra. Laurel Amy Burton wife of William Burton dies at home after long illness age 23 attended Presbyterian Church.
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Rockville
Carrie Jones
Sylvester Jones
Bells Mill
John
Theodore Jones
Washington
Hampton Jones
Elbert Clargett
Jones
Dade Noland
Hagerstown
Harry N. Prat
Highfield
Baltimore
Laurel
Amy Burton
Wiliam Burton
Presbyterian
Licensed Pharmacists Named by Virginia State Board
The Virginia State Board of Pharmacy announced today the successful applicants to practice pharmacy in the state. Listed are licensed pharmacists H L Burrows FaS M M G Wille Lynchburg W T Beck Danville R C Howard Norfolk R C Brown Richmond John C Parrish Smithfield S M Burch Richmond Wade T L Foy Richmond N C Fosene Richmond William H Baskerville Richmond Bowman Staunton M M Moorery J A Thompson Jr Abingdon John T Daggett Danville M L Keyleston Port Norfolk and registered assistant pharmacists Ernest G Goham Richmond R M Thompson Purcellville L J Bolts Richmond RR La Mason Norfolk L L Bellowell Selwin NC Miss Louisa M Sheild Highmund.
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Virginia
State Board
Richmond
State Board of Pharmacy
H. L. Burrows
S. MM. G. Wille
Lynchburg
W. T. Beck
Danville
R. C. Howard
Norfolk
R. C. Brown
John C. Parrish
Smithfield
5. M. Burch
Hich
Purvellville
L. J. Bolts
la. Mason
Hellowell
Selwin
N. C
Louisa M. Sheild
Highmund
Millionaire Dead in Crash in West Virginia
July 7 report from Huntington West Virginia: Kirk Walmer a 42 year old Athland millionaire and his employee John Doty were killed when a runaway horse pulling a carriage struck a street car in a busy street. The horse tied to the carriage bolted causing the collision.
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Huntingion
W. Va
Kirk Walmer
Athland
John Doty
Maryland Weddings Chronicle Multiple Local Nuptials
In Maryland wedding notices, a summer supply pastor Rev Oscar W flenderson of Rorkville Baptist Church marries Miss Edna Lucie Minor of Baltimore in Baltimore with Rev Henry M Wharton presiding. Other ceremonies include Miss Lula M Smith wed to Milton W Reesor in Hagerstown, Miss Carrie Diehl to Joseph Diehl at Catalpa, and Lillian Perkins to Theodore Percival Jenkins in Hancock, with various couples and venues across the region.
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Oscar W. Flenderson
Rorkville Baptist Church
Edna Lucie Minor
Baltimore
Tyne
Ienry M. Wharton
Brantly Baptist Church
Crozer Theological Seminary
Hagerstown
Lula M. Smith
Riviond H. Smith
Milton W. Ree‘sor
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Tobert .A. Bote
Theresbyterian Church
T Della Lacy
Chambersbore
J. Diehl
Shippensburg
St. John’s Lutheran Church
W. Owen
Isinia
Lillian Perkins
Theodore Percival Jenkins
Hancock
B. B.? Gates
Methodist Church
McCullough
Edith Jane Dawson
Hotel du Berkeley Springs
Uberto Mendenhell
Sir Johns Run
W. Va
Morgan County
Peter K. Dawson
West Virginia politics and fund drive news
Gov Judson Harmon of Ghia invited as principal speaker for a Charleston dinner that launches a campaign to raise 49000 for completing and equipping the I M C A building. Col W E B Chilton and associates close a deal to buy the Charleston Gazette for 300000. the plant runs under lease. A charity horse show at Fairmont Farms benefits Christ Church. the Watson prize horses are shown. State Senator Henry Zillken is the only declared candidate for the Democratic U S House First District. allies urge Louis Bennett W W Brannon and B L Robinson to run.
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Ghia
Charleston
Fairmont Farms
Christ Church of
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Wellsburg
Congress
Friends
Louis Bennett
Weston
W. W. Brannon
Lewis County
B. L. Robinson
Federal I C Orders Reductions in Virginia Freight Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered Norfolk and Western Railway to cut freight rates from Cincinnati to Winston Salem and Durham, and from Roanoke and Lynchburg to the same North Carolina points. The changes take effect October 1 for at least two years, following a NC corporation commission action. Rates on several classes and commodities are reduced, with most Cincinnati to North Carolina cuts around 10 percent and Roanoke/Lynchburg to NC routes cut 15 to 25 percent.
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Lynchburg
Cincinnati
Durham
Winston Salem
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Corporation Commission of North Carolina
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Norfolk and Western
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Louisville
Columbus
Virginia
Cbanoke
Loos
Dlouis
Nashville
Cleveland
Innati
Chicago and St. Louis
Carolna
North Carolina
Rate Increases Postponed After Commissioners Conference
After a conference with Joint Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana railroad commissioners a petition will be sent to the Interstate Commerce Commission. It asks postponement of new class and commodity freight rates in these states until their justification for the increases is determined.
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Washington Post
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Joinnt
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana Railroad Commissioners
Interstate Commerce Commissions
New Bureau Building Plans Approved for Engraving and Printing
Plans completed for the new Bureau of Engraving and Printing building costing 1750 dollars. The commission of fine arts will examine the plans, headed by D F W Burnham of Chicago. The four story classical structure will be 69 feet long and replace the existing building as construction proceeds.
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Commission of Fine Arts
Congress
D. F W. Burnham
Hieaga
D Ry
Controversy Over Fulton's Renal Remedy Draws Support and Skepticism
A May 1 1909 issue notes numerous physician letters praising recovery with Fulton's Renal Compound while one physician reports a death. Proponents claim rapid relief in Bright's Disease when treated early, but skeptics warn against late use and reliance on unproven methods. Contacts and addresses for Henry Evans and John J. Falton Company are listed.
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Phys'cian
San Francisco
Gardner
Bright
Bern
Fulton
Conccferce
Henry Evans
F St
John J. Falton
Cmmny
Battery Street
Cal
Aerial Meet Promises Big Days for Curtiss and Wright Flyers
Reminder bulletin notes Curtiss has shown mastery of ocean navigation and outlines a three day aviation meet. Curtiss in baleen craft will race against Brookins and Coffin in Wright Biplanes for speed and altitude prizes of 5000 dollars each over the Atlantic Ocean with convenient Pennsylvania Railroad trains to Atlantic City.
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Coffin
Wright
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
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