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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
4
Chilly men warmed by clothing and coal merchants match
A literary line notes only the clothing and coal traders stay warm as others feel the chill, their enthusiasm likened to a smiling match and leaving the outcome hard to discern.
Chestnut Tree Canker Threat Sparks Jokes Debate
A grim line mocks a national threat to chestnut trees as the so called insidious canker is said to threaten all the trees of the species while jokes persist about the issue.
Football Casualties Rise in Early Practice Reports
Football casualties are numerous while squads are only half filled and in preliminary practice. The sport retains its old dangers despite the opening given by rule changes two years ago.
Wrights Granted More Time For Their Airship Demo
The acting chief of the Signal Service will extend the Wright brothers’ window to complete their aeroplane demonstration. The American public supports their efforts and is willing to provide the necessary time to show the air ship’s efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Service
Wrights
Dayton Boys
Wrights long Le Mans flight surpasses calm day flights
Wilbur Wright achieves nearly an hour aloft at Le Mans France with an eighteen mile per hour wind. The achievement marks the aeroplane's superiority over the dirigible as it demonstrates stability in wind where balloons fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Wright
le Mans
France
Denver Man Attacks Forestry Policy Over Timber Deals
A Denver man criticizes the administration's forestry service as alienating western voters while lamenting timber deals. He argues timber speculators caused extensive deforestation and that saving forests on lands unsuitable for agriculture will be praised by posterity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Forestry Service
West
Rivalry Turns Deadly as Senior Shoots Junior at Delphi
In Delphi Indiana a senior class member shot a junior over a missing school flag. The double barreled shotgun was given to the shooter by a senior girl, highlighting the extreme reach of school spirit conflicts yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Indiana
Balloonists escaped as gasbag bursts in flight
The narrow escape of two German army balloonists occurred when their gasbag burst above a mile high. The incident highlights dangers in early aeronautics and questions the material used in balloon construction amid a boom in the field.
Chicago school fights secret sorority snobbery
Chicago school authorities battle high school fraternities and sororities amid cases like a girl rejected for membership because her mother was a telegraph operator. The incident sparked her withdrawal from school and sparked calls to root out snobbery in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cats Fight Plague as Matsuda Plans Cat Fleet
The Mikado era hospital authorities advocate releasing many cats to curb bubonic plague by attacking rats and chipmunks that spread it. Authors warn of rising domestic cat prices on the Pacific coast as export demand surges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
United States
Lipton Shamrock Dominates Seasonal Prizes
A report from a New York Yacht Club member notes Americans should pursue pipes of tobacco for leisure, while Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock claimed three fourths of the season prizes as it nears completion. The success should spur New York yachtsmen to invite Lipton for another challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
New York Yacht Club
Sir ‘Thomas Lipton
New Shamrock
Sir Thomas
New York
Secretary Metcalf Warns on Manila Fleet Cholera Threat
Secretary Metcalf's instructions to Rear Admiral Sperry about keeping the fleet at Manila amid a cholera foothold show US authorities are alert and prepared to oppose the disease with all sanitary means. The piece argues Russia and Europe faced delays in cholera precautions and the crisis now looms as Europe is menaced by the epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metcalf
Sperry
Manila
United States
Russia
Europe
Hawaii Doctors Claim Cure for Leprosy in Secret Formula
The notice reports two Honolulu physicians claiming a leprosy cure via a formula from the director of Constantinople's Imperial Medical School. The world awaits publication while the Louisiana home for lepers also claims a treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Imperial Medical School
Constantinople
Louisiana
Leprosy Cures Touted Through Cleanliness and Care
A brief note highlights improved leprosy outcomes attributed to patient cleanliness proper nourishment and overall sanitary conditions. The statement emphasizes nonmedical factors as key to healing within the treatment approach.
Six Michigan cities push canal dream for Saginaw Bay
The Grand Saginaw Valley Deep Waterways Association seeks a Grand Haven to Saginaw bay canal, urging harbor improvements instead. The plan is likened to a proposed Michigan to Lake Erie waterway and to avoid canal navigation risks from Grand River to Saginaw bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Grand
Sailors Sing Star Spangled Banner Call Sparks Debate
In Auckland New Zealand US battleship fleet sailors fail to meet a request to sing the national hymn with only fifty of five hundred capable. A letter to the New York Herald requests all enlisted men be taught to sing. Critics say sailors are enlisted for fighting not performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
New Zealand
United States
New York Herald
Test of Japanese civilization in postwar soldiers
Crime in Japan rises due to plundering by ex soldiers from the late war. The piece contrasts American Civil War veterans who reintegrated peacefully with Japanese soldiers after World War II, suggesting a lower standard of public order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Europe
Army of the Union
Army of the Confederacy
Water Route Beats Land for Texas Trade Boosts NY Galveston Link
Development of steamship service between New York and Galveston shows water transport far cheaper than land routes. Ohio shippers send consignments east to New York, then transship to Texas. rail lines cannot match water tonnage efficiency, saving enough to offset inland rail costs to seaports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Galveston
Ohio
Texas
Gulf
Noiseless guns spark sportsmen safety fears
A New York Herald writer cites Hiram Maxim claiming his noiseless gun, to be used only by sportsmen, poses new dangers to game and law abiding shooters. He warns owners could hunt birds unseen, wardens cannot track by sound, and urges potential legislation similar to air guns to curb the contrivance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Herald
Hiram Maxim
Astor tariffed by neighbors at Hever Castle path
William Waldorf Astor, famed for a harsh reputation, faced condemnation from Hever villagers after purchasing and restoring Hever castle. They accuse him of blocking a historic village pathway with brick walls and defying court rulings, calling his actions a despicable revenge. The piece notes his wealth is spent abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Waldorf Astor
Cliveden
Hever
Hever Castle
Mr. Astor
Castle Park
America
Secret Societies Among Sunday School Boys
The son of a famous cartoonist attends a Sunday school where boys form secret societies. The initials are public, and if rivals guess their meaning the name changes. Georgie reveals a new sign, saying M. E. stands for American Eagles, not Methodist Episcopal, and no one has guessed it yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temperance
Georgie
M. E
Methodist Episcopal
Merican Eagles
Success Magazine
Quiet patience on the bridge inspires a boatman’s lesson
Dr. Blank meets Wash the old fisherman perched on a bridge while riding across the country. Wash explains he keeps fishing not for bites but to avoid losing time handling many bites. The exchange illustrates a parable about efficiency and patience from Success Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap'n
Cap’n
Success Magazine
Good night forbidden kiss on dim stairs
On the stairs he says good night and struggles to say the illicit word as she avoids eye contact. He apologizes for liking her while she remains cold yet blushes faintly, brushing a speck of dust from his coat. The moment, quiet and intimate, ends as a sweet, unstated farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ner
Three Lovers and a Trooper on Parade Hill
Miss Millie Parkinson, beloved by many in a small town, inflames rivalries when Stephen Lennock joins the Queen’s Own dragoons to win her favor. Gerald Astley, captain and rival, provokes jealousy as Stephen, now a trooper, spirals from pride to disgrace amid unyielding gossip and a tense parade ground confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie Parkinson
Millie
Mamma
Gerald Astley
Queen’s Own Dragoons
Stephen Lennock
Gerald
Stephen
Astley
Co. C
Lennock
India
Toinette Destrey
A Near Shave and a Lesson in Mercy at the Range
Gerald Astley defuses a firing party incident when Lennock attempts murder. Stephen confronts the moment, and Astley grants leniency, echoing magnanimity as Millie Parkinson arrives with Aaron. Lennock and Gerald reconcile, and the unit contemplates future commissions and aid for a fallen comrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astley
Lennock
Toinette
Gerald
Millie
Gerald Astley
Stephen
Worthy
Capt. Astley
Millie Parkinson
Elie Aaron
Mr. Aaron
India
Ear
Tudia
Macian Bower
Ice Skating Trend Spreads Across Summer Heat
A summer craze gains traction as ice skating devices and innovations allow cooling recreation in hot cities. Deputy Consul G Dye is noted as promoting or observing the trend amid European influence and manufacturing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Dye
Berlin opens year round ice rink sixth in Europe
A special report notes Berlin's new all year ice skating rink opened September 1. It becomes the fourth permanent European rink after London Paris and Munich. The indoor pond covers 2000 square meters and can seat over 3000 in the gallery. It will host skating races and contests year round with a restaurant cafe and athletic club rooms nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Washington
Europe
London
Paris
Munich
Labor Developments Across Regions
Reports show growing union activity in Toronto with shoe clerks organizing and a new retail clerks union formed in Melrose Minnesota. Lancashire cotton spinner wages are due to fall about five percent. Toronto Lodge of Masons pledges to monitor civic contracts. The Trades Unionist in Washington, DC regains control from receivers. Powell Duffryn collieries in Wales to shut due to a 6000‑strong strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell Duffryn
Wales
Mires
Broommakers Union Moves Against Chinese and Convict Brooms
The San Francisco broommakers union begins a campaign against brooms made by Chinese workers and by convicts in eastern states. At the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen convention, bylaws were amended to allow annual conventions instead of every two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Broommakers’ Union
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Quebec convention weighs name change for labor federation
The Quebec convention will consider renaming the National Trades and Labor Congress of Canada to Canadian Federation of Labor. The debate centers on branding, identity, and alignment with broader labor movement goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Canadian Federation of Labor
Quebec
James Keir Hardie Urges Canadian Labour Party Formation
James Keir Hardie founder of the English Labour Party declares the time ripe to organize a Labour Party in Canada. He argues that a stronger union of labor forces in North America can secure legislation advancing workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Keir Hardie
Labor Party
England
Canada
Laborers of America
Seattle Labor Secretaries Ordered to Produce Books
All secretaries and business agents of labor unions in Seattle Washington must produce their books in United States district court to determine their level of involvement in any boycott against Loewe Co. and assess potential contributions to the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
United States District Court
Loewe & Co
Labor unions reach historic high in AFL membership
Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, states unions in America today exceed all prior totals. AFL affiliates 117 national and international unions represent about 27,000 locals. Thirty six state federations, 541 central bodies and locals. Total membership about 2,000,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Unions of America
Labor Movement
Federations of Labor
Legal ruling on automobile not a carriage in highway safety statute
Doherty v Ayer held the automobile is not within the meaning of a statute requiring towns and cities to keep their highways reasonably safe for travelers with horses teams and carriages. The decision is cited as 8 N. E. 677 and 14 L. R.A. (N.S.) 816.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doherty
Duty to Notify Arrival at Destination in Pullman Case
In Pullman Co. v. Lutz, the sleeping car company though not a common carrier is held to have an obligation to notify a passenger of her arrival at the destination. The decision cites 45 So. 675 and 14 L.R.A. (N.S.) 907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman Co
Lutz
Ala
L.R.A
N.S
False imprisonment in wrongful detention case Kroeger v Passmore
The act of detaining a woman in an office for about fifteen minutes by locking the door and preventing her departure until she surrendered a deed, with threats to summon the sheriff, was held to be false imprisonment in Kroeger v Passmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kroeger
Carrier baggage transfer not constructive delivery in union station
In Southern Railway Co. v. Bickley the court held that delivering a trunk to an agent of another company at a way station for forwarding does not constitute constructive delivery to the second carrier. The agent’s authority to bind the second carrier was not shown, so liability for later loss while still at the union station did not attach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
Southern R. Co
Bickley
Baltimore versus United R. and Electric Co. tax ruling
The court held a gross receipts tax on a street railway within city limits does not apply to private rights of way annexed later but does apply to private grants of rights of way later becoming city streets and to legislative grants of rights of way in highways that become city streets after annexation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
United R. & Electric Co
L.R.A
N.S
Liability of city denied in Greenville vs Pitts Tex
The court rejects a policeman's claim for injury after he climbed a roof at night to look for gambling in a neighboring building and was burned by a defectively insulated municipal electric wire. The officer’s official status or mayoral approval is not considered aid to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Matfried Less Than a Year Threats Joke on Train
A commuter with a delicate throat shares a joke with a curious seatmate on a Paradise Hills line. The young man reveals he has been married briefly and jokes about gifts for Christmas. The seatmate confides he had a similar threat problem only a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise Hills
Notables: Col William Crawford Corgas
William Crawford Corgas born October 1854 in Mobile Alabama son of General Josiah Corgas Confederate army. Studied at Sewanee graduated 1875 then Bellevue Medical College 1879. Served in US Army Medical Corps first lieutenant 1886 captain 1899 colonel for yellow fever epidemic Ha vane 1908. Isthmian canal commission member 1907 chief medical officer Isthmian zone. Married Marie Doughty Cincinnati September 15 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Crawford Corgas
Mobile
A'y
Josiah Corgas
University of the x
Sewanee, Tenn
New York
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
House
Bellevue Hospital
Medical Corps
United Sta. Army
Congress
Havane
Isthmian Canal
College of Physicians At
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Marie Doughty
Prank Harris Hitchcock A Republican Leader Given Life
Prank Harris Hitchcock born October 5 1867 in Amherst Ohio. Harvard graduate attended Columbia Law School. Entered government service in Washington as a clerk and rose to chief clerk in the Department of Commerce and Labor. later first assistant postmaster general and party campaign manager for Taft in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prank Harris Hitchcock
Republican Nations Committee
William 4. Taft
Amherst
Harvard University
Columbia Law School
Government Service i
Washington
Republican Nation Committee
Department of Commerce and Labor
Genery
Chicago
Hite
Taf
James Atkins Noyes Named Historian and Editor of Note
James Atkins Noyes, born October 1857 in Brooklyn, is a renowned editor and writer. A Columbia graduate of 1878, he studied at Harvard where his literary work centers on New England history and American genealogy, making him a leading authority and active member of major historical societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Atkins Noyes
Brooklyn
N. Y
Columbia University
Harvard University
Harvard
University Council
New England
The
United States
Albert J Beveridge Indiana Senator from Ohio to Indianapolis
Albert J Beveridge born October 6 1862 on an Ohio farm. educated at De Pauw Greencastle Ind. admitted to the bar in 1886 and began practice in Indianapolis. He rose as a Republican leader, elected to the U S Senate in 1899 and re elected in 1905, gaining national recognition as an orator and campaign speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Beveridge
United States
Indiana
Highland County
Ohio
de Pauws University
Greencastle
Ind
Indianapolis
Beveridge
United States Senate
Birth of Marquis of Donnegal in Irish peerage lineage
The Marquis of Donnegal, born October 7, 1903, inherited the title as a one year old in 1904 after his father’s death. His birth marked a rare moment in peerage history due to the elderly, childless prior marriage of his father. The Chichester family name traces to an early Irish founder who held high offices in colonial governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis OF Donegall
Earl
Belfast
Violet Gertrude Twing
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Chichester
Carrickfergus
Ireland
John M. Clark Prince Edward Island Cabinet Figure
John M. Clark born in Bedeque Prince Edward Island in October 1854 rose to prominence in PEI public life. He entered public service in 1904 after schooling and became a noted debater in the provincial assembly. He supported temperance and Prohibition initiatives led by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Clark
Prince Edward Island
Bedeque
Legislative Assembly
Clark
Health Habit Advice From Hubbard in Lippincott's
A fragment advises simple health habits including exercise, pure water, moderate eating, regular work, deep open-air breathing, and sleeping with broad windows. It cites Hubbard in Lippincott's noting doctors face ignorance and superstition while practicing prevention as a science.
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Minn
Lancashire
Lodge of Machinists
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Washington, D. C
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Robert
Mother
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