Far East war updates and naval movements
London experts expect a major naval clash in the Far East by May near Vladivostok as Togo consolidates his fleet. Japan closes Kelung port in Formosa to all outsiders indicating a base for the Japanese fleet. Russian forces concentrate on the Kirin road with another land engagement anticipated while Vladivostok prepares for siege with about 100000 troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Far
Vladivostok
Togo
Kelung
Ielung
Formosa
Washington
Linovitch
Kirin
Japan
Russia
Long list of 1910s world events spans politics and disasters
A wide survey notes reindictment of Senator Burton over fees from Rialto Grain, discovery of John Paul Jones remains in Paris, baseball season opened, and heavy game attendance. Reports cover mine deaths at Zeigler, farm congress in Richmond, factory fires, earthquakes, and political shifts including anti-cigarette laws and labor disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
J. R. Burton
Kansas
Federal Grand Jury
St. Louis
Rialto Grain & Securities Company
Post Office Department
Washington
Joh Paul Jones
Paris
Farmers’ National Congress
Richmond
Leiter
Zeigler
Massachusetts Senate
Canada
Earl McKinstry
Frei Harrison
Fisher’s Station
Noblesville
Ind
Pennsylvania
West Ware Paper Company
West Ware
Mass
Limoges
France
Llainland Works
Sultanpur
India
Ambassador Choate
London
Lord Haisbury
St Louis Shuts Down for First Dry Sabbath in Six Years
In St Louis on April 17 a city wide 24 hour dry period began at midnight, marking the first fully dry Sabbath in the era. Saloons, barbers, newsstands, cigar shops, delis, and many restaurants closed, with only drug stores remaining open, as caterers coordinated to enforce the lid on Sunday commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.Louis
St. Louis
Michigan Bank Fails in Owosso
M L Stewart & CoOWosso oldest bank in town and second largest in Michigan assigned to Detroit Trust for creditors. Capital 200000 deposits 480000 bills payable 50000 assets 61000 cash and receivables 452000. Bank crippled beyond hope of resurrection as Owosso Carriage Co defaulted 28009. Suspension notice cites carriage company failure.
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Owosso
Mich
M. L. Stewart & Co
Detroit Trust Company
Owosso Carriage Company
Depot Fire Destroys Grand Trunk Depot at Durand
A late night blaze leveled the Grand Trunk union depot in Durand Michigan damaging the dispatcher's offices and suspending train service on the Durand division and the Detroit Grand Haven Milwaukee line. The new building worth 125000 was dedicated last October and telegraph lines were severed with only one telephone line saved.
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Durand
Mich
Grand Trunk Union
Road
Port Huron
Grand Trunk
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railroad
Frost Threat Tightens Grip on Southern Crops
Thousands of farmers and truck gardeners across Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina fear heavy damage from a general frost. Freezing temperatures threaten early fruits and vegetables with potential losses running into hundreds of thousands of dollars, especially in South Carolina where crops are farther along.
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Louisville
Ohio River
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
President Kills Bear in New Hunting Trip
President Roosevelt bagged his first bear on a hunting trip near Newcastle Colorado. A 600 pound cinnamon bear crossed the trail 15 miles from town as the hunt began. After a half hour chase the president leaped from his horse and killed the animal, which was skinned by guide John Goff before the party reached camp at five o'clock.
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Warsaw
Cassie L. Chadwick
Cleveland
A. B. Spear
Oberlin Bank
Carrie Nation
Myra McHenry
Mirs
Lucy Wilboit
Wichita
Kan
Charles M. Reed
Boston
Benjamin F. Ferguson
Chicago Art Institute
Chicago
Keokuk
R. B. Grover Company
St. Petersburg
Edward Anderson Alderman
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Oscar Gandy & Co
Cherubusco
Ind
Colorado Springs
National
Cripple Creek
Col
Democratic Club of New York
Waldorff Astoria
Alton B. Parker
Wisconsin Senate
William Conway
Janesville
Wis
National Council of Women
Washington
Mary Wood Swift
San Francisco
Virginia Park
Holland
Mich
Peter McCarthy
Mexico
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Colorado
Beef
Schwartzschild & Sulzberger Company
Garfield
Standard
Nan Patterson
New York
J. Morgan Smith
Union Pacific
New York Central
Northwestern
Germany
United States
Morocco
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Ireland
Liberal Party
Great Britain
Newcastle
John Goff
Receiver Appointed for Penn Shovel Co. in Warren
A. G. Judd named receiver for the Penn Shovel company of Warren with liabilities around 50 000 dollars and 43 000 dollars in quick assets. Outstanding claims are sufficient to cover all indebtedness. The plant was moved from Corro Pa to Warren a year ago.
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Warren, O
A. G. Judd
Penn Shovel Company
Corro
Free booklet promises health guidance from Dr. Pusheck Chicago
Advertising copy promotes a free booklet on good health. It touts Push eck's Kuro as a cure for rheumatism pains weakness and stomach trouble calling it the best blood and nerve tonic and urges readers to write today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusheck
Chicago
Strange Wordplay on Fort and Fortress in Stray Stories
In a light note from Stray Stories the author muses on differences between a fort and a fortress. The joke suggests a fortress would be harder to silence, playing on language and humor.
Adirondacks Guide Promotes Region With Free Mail Offer
The excerpt promotes The Adirondacks and How to Reach Them with maps and locality notes across northern New York. A free mailed copy is offered postpaid upon two cent stamp to George H. Daniels at Grand Central Station New York. It mentions French fashion tolerance and contrasts with American trends as quoted from the Boston Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Adirondacks
New York
Adirondack Mountains
George H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
Homestead Information and Travel Tickets Advertised
To G. Warner at the Kansas City Southern Ry Kansas City Missouri for details on free Government Homesteads New Colony Locations Improved farms Mineral lands Rice lands and Wimber lands and for copies of Current Events Business Opportunities Rice book and K C S Fruit book plus cheap round trip homeseekers tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays of each month inviting travelers to the Land of Fulfilment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Warner
G. P
T. A
Kansas City Southern Ry
Kansas City
Education Seen As Loophole To Escape Work Says Chicago Sun
A Chicago Sun quotation notes too many young men view education as a loophole to avoid labor, reflecting attitudes about work and schooling.
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Chicago Sun
Central Minnesota Lands For Sale Privately Priced
The Central Minnesota Immigration Company offers fifty thousand acres of hard wood lands for sale in the Park region of North Central Minnesota with dairy and soil benefits. Low prices and easy terms available. For more details write S. D. Works See’s Mankato Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Central Minnesota Immigration Co
Minnesota
S. D. Works
Mankato
Minn
The Average Man and the Pose as His Own Hero
A brief artful reflection critiques the urge of individuals to project heroic self-images, noting the common mania for self dramatization and public impersonation.
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Chicago Daily News
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Westville
Indiana
Far East
IJ Oings
World
Chicago Teamsters
Grart
Garment Workers
Henry C. Frick
Equitable Assurance Society
Alexander
Joseph Chamberlain
Meyer
Tsarskoe Selo
J. F. Grant
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Baltimore
Howard Weeden
Huntsville
Ala
England
Palma
Island
Majorca
Arthur Latchford
Mechanics Savings Bank of
Rochester
N. Y
Port Arthur
John Eirand
Madagascar
David Braham
Ohio Republican State Central Committee
Columbus
William H. Taft
Tahiti
Illinois House
Booth Tucker
Salvation Army
Europe
Castro
Bowen
Bristow
Panama Railroad
Lowell
James Malloy
Barrytown
Hudson River
Missouri
Michigan Bank
Durand, Mich
President
Bear
Boston Globe
Dane
Lane
le Roy
N.Y
Illinois Central
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Louisiana
J. F. Merry
Dubuque
Iowa
Kansas Wheat Belt
J.N. Pepper
East 10Th St
Kansas City, Mo
tAl
Mark
St.Jacobs Oil
Lumbago
Sciatica
Carters
Piso
Piso Company
Clark and
Liberty Streets
Warren, PA
Tne R. Paxton Company
Mase
Frfp Goversnert
Seattle
Washinington
C. D. Hillman CO
Seattle, Wash
Lion
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo, Ohio
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