World Roundup of Notable Events And Incidents
A busy global digest reports a Third avenue elevated rail collision in New York injuring five and killing a motorman, shipwrecks near Michigan, and a missing Philadelphia heir found dead in Tennessee. Other items note estate appraisals in Colorado, canal zone control to the war department, a misused club fund in Elgin, and church and civic leaders giving large gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
New York
Anne F. Morse
South Daven
Mich
Frank Tyler
Will Minter
Walter Pratt
W. S. Stratton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Roosevelt
Canal Zone
War Department
Elizabeth J. Lunn
Elgin (St
James J. Hill
St. Paul
Edward L. Wentz
Philadelphia
Tennessee
Peter T. Swaine
Los Nietos
Cal
Schaghticoke Powder Company
Troy
N. Y
Clinton Cushing
Washington
la Follette
Tenn
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Los Angeles
H. Archie Pell
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Big Muddy Coal & Iron Company
Herrin
Ill
Col
Henry B. B. Bristol
New York City
The
Young Men’s Christian Association of North America
Buffalo
N.Y
C. L. Fair
Oelrichs
Vanderbilt
Nelson
Woman’s International Union Label League
Niagara Falls
Springfield
Elmina Springer
Chicago
Robert M. Furman
Raleigh Morning Post
Beaufort
N. C
Alfred Bissell
Oregon City
Ore
Bissell
Illinois
Lincoln
Fire and Fates Across Towns Hit by Historic Losses
John Ziegie’s Rochester restaurant burned with head waiter Emma Domin killed. Chareton Iowa suffered incendiary fire destroying two blocks, $25,000 total loss. Dover Delaware Mary A Powell sentenced to life for second degree murder. Hope Mills North Carolina Coast Line wreck killed engineer Byer and fatally injured fireman. Nardin Kansas Farmers State Bank failed. Guthrie Oklahoma Capital Bank failed with $18,000 capital noted. Ward S Williams longtime New Richmond Wisconsin mayor died at 63. Chicago area lake strike endangers big commerce with $250 million capital and 100,000 idle workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ziegie
Rochester
Minn
Emma Domin
Chareton
Dover
Del
Mary. A. Powell
Estelle Albin
Hope Mills
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Byer
Farmers’ State Bank
Nardin
Kla
Capital
Guthrie
Ward S. Williams
New Richmond
Wis
Chicago
Chicago to occupy new post office by March next year
Washington reports Secretary Shaw endorses Rep Hitt as Republican vice presidential nominee with possible acceptance. Taft appoints Charles S Lobingier as judge in the Philippines. Ohio district renominates James Kennedy. National Civic Federation may replace Hanna with George Gray as president. Pension Commissioner Ware offers resignation to Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Shaw
Hitt
Washington
Taft
Charles S. Lobingier
Court of First Instance
Philippines
Omaha
Neb
Wisconsin
Henry C. Adams
Madison
Treasury
F Eighteenth
Ohio
Old McKinley
James Kennedy
Youngstown
Congress
George Gray
Delaware
National Civic Federation
Marcus A. Hanna
Federation
Henry McMorran
Port Huron
Michigan
George W. Lederer
New York
Ware
Roosevelt
Kansas
Promoter and banker arrested in London over bogus mine shares
Reported abroad by dispatches the promoter Ernest Terak Hootey and Henry J. Lawson face charges in London for obtaining 50 000 with fake mine shares. Other war updates note Japanese and Russian movements in Manchuria, battles near Liaoyang, and Port Arthur activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Terak Hootey
Henry J. Lawson
London
Paris
Matin
Tienling Pass
Zassalitch
Fengwangcheng
Manchuria
Liaoyang
Kuropathin
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Karapatkin
Winfield Harper
F. Company
Seventeenth
United States Infantry
Sir Henry M. Stanley
Westminster Abbey
Kawang
British North Borneo
Russia
Mukden
Kuropatiin
Haiching
Liaoyung Peninsula
Alexieff
Port Danny
Liaotung Peninsula
Battle updates from the Far East clash report
The report notes four Japanese killed and six wounded at Anju with about 50 Russian casualties. A Liaoyang dispatch from Possiet says Japanese transports and torpedo boats are sighted near Pallada Roads and a planned Vladivostok attack may follow. Japanese lines tighten around Port Arthur as Kuropatkin cites 30,000 troops on the Liaotung peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anju
Liaoyang
Possiet
Pallada
Vladivostok
Port Arthur
Kuropatkin
Iiaotung
Hearst backs St Louis convention nominee in Washington
War updates report Japanese forces defeating Russia at Siagen with high Russian casualties and unclear Japanese losses. China engages Russia as Red Cross elects Mrs Logan to succeed Miss Barton. Britain faces Tibet opposition. rapid dispatches from Mukden and Liaoyang detail Allied advances and setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William FR. Hearst
Washington
St. Louis
Siagen
Russia
Mukden
National Red Cross Society
Clara Barton
John A. Logan
Andrews, Foss, Walden
Mallalieu
Vincent
Methodist General Conference
Harry G. Selfridge
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
Schlesinger & Mayer
Illinois Republican
Immanual Baptist Church
Danny
Liaoyang
Talienwan Bay
St. Petersburg
Naval Inspection Board
Missouri
Cunard
Campania
New York
Day Lumber Company
Multnomah
Ira F. Powers Manufacturing Company
Portland
Ore
Washington Monument
National Capital
Rising Sun
Ind
James Gillespie
Bele Seward
Barbour
Elizabeth Gillespie
John Brown
Dickson
N. D
Doric
San Francisco
Orient
Japan
Ernest A. Roeber
Colwyn
Chester
Martha Dobbs
Pittsburg
Roeber
Kuropatkin
Manchuria
Clara Barton Resigns as Red Cross Leader
Washington reports Mrs. John A. Logan becomes president of the American Red Cross after Clara Barton resigns. Barton prepared a farewell letter reflecting on 23 years of work, noting her repeated offers to resign and her final relinquishment of the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Logan
The
Red Cross Society
Washington
American Red Cross Society
Clara Barton
Four youths drown after tramway span breaks at Laughton Springs
In Reno on May 16 a suspension tramway span broke over the Truckee River near Laughton Springs. Maurice Jacobs and Miss McMillan perished while trying to rescue others. Mrs. Ede and Mr. Tillman also drowned as the car plunged into the swollen river despite efforts to save them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
Truckee
Laughton Springs
Maurice Jacobs
McMillan
E. S. Ede, Jr
Tillman
Chicago
Mr. Jacobs
Miss McMillan
Kingsley
Mrs. Ede
Methodist delegates retire five bishops in delicate action
The Methodist general conference on Saturday retired from active church work five aged bishops. Edward G. Andrews of New York John M. Walden of Cincinnati John H. Vincent of Zurich Willard F. Malaliu of Boston Cyrus D. Foss of Philadelphia faced debate over the method, but leaders feel relief that the disputed duty is finished and room is made for new legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Methodist General Conference
Edward G. Andrews
New York
John M. Walden
Cincinnati
John H. Vincent
Zurich
Switzerland
Willard F. Malaliu
Boston
Cyrus D. Foss
Philadelphia
Dodd’s Kidney Pills Claim Miraculous Cure Wins Praise
In Harford Mills Nassau County a local report credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills with a dramatic health turn for Mrs. J D Wallace. After months of poor health she could not walk eighty yards yet soon regained strength and gained twenty pounds in three months. The piece also notes a Washington Star remark about the Panama description by the Monroe doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harford Mills
Dodd
J. D. Wallace
Republic of Panama
Washington Star
Sewing machine offers from Sears Roebuck ad notice
A Sears Roebuck push advert promises free of cost catalogs and sensational price offers on Minnesota Singer Wheeler & Wilson White Standard and New Home sewing machines. The piece ends with a stray note about Jersey applejack and hydrophobia debated in a New York World item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Singer
Wheeler & Wilson
Standard
White
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Chicago
One Night Treatment for Chapped Hands With Cuticura
Red rough and chapped hands with dry fissures itching feverish palms and painful finger ends are treated by soaking in hot creamy Cuticura Soap lather drying and applying Cuticura Ointment. Wear loose kid gloves overnight or bandage lightly. Often cures in a single application. The Tribune quote notes hurrying spurs a rocking horse.
Allen's Foot-Ease and Other Notes From the Era
An old clipping touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a remedy for swollen and achy feet with a trial package offer from A. S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York. It also warns against Piso’s Cure for Consumption and includes a quip about public speaking from the Chicago Inter Ocean and a remark from J F Boyer in Trinity Springs Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
J. F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Minneapolis Woman
Miss Alice M Starr of Minneapolis Minnesota describes relief from monthly pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She credits the product with ending her suffering after two years of monthly agony and notes occasional use during fatigue The advertisement promotes the compound as a safeguard for women's health and references ongoing letters from readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Smith
Mineneapolis
Minn
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alice M. Starr
Third Ave
South
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Study Club
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Westville
Indiana
Clara
Barton
American National Red Cross
Miss Clara Barton
Jersey
N. Y. World
Chicago Tribune
Inter Ocean
Cougch
Ara
VER
A. d. Towla
W. A. Towla
DeLoach
DeLoach Mill Mig. Co
Atlanta
Liberty
N. X
Third St
Columbia
Cleveland
Crawford
Rambler
Pope Manufcturing CO
Hartford, Conn
Chicago, Ill
Canada
Western Canada
Ottawa
Quincy
Ht. c. Duxc
Indianapolis
Indi
Jackson
Mins
W. McInnes
6Th Avenue
Detroit
Currie
Cailiban
Milwaukee
Wise
Eis
Piso
Clark and
Liberty Streets
Warren
Southern FC
2Unday CO
Owensboro
Kentucky
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