Schwab resigns as U S Steel chief. Corey named successor
New York Aug 5 Charles M Schwab resigns as president of United States Steel Corp and William E Corey is unanimously elected his successor. Schwab cites ill health and says he was treated unfairly by the press while remaining a director and executive committee member. Corey, former Carnegie Steel lieutenant, now leads US Steel and its subsidiary Carnegie Steel.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
William E. Corey
Schwab
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Corey
J. P. Morgan
The
Steel Corporation
Europe
Extradition Demand for Shanghai Reform Editor
The Chinese government has sent a note to foreign ministers seeking the extradition of the Supao editor and staff in Shanghai on charges of seditious writings. They are reportedly wanted for execution with no trial mentioned. Public opinion remains tense as treaty port newspapers urge ministers to refuse.
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Peking
Supao
Shanghai
Shen Chien
Chien
Wireless System To Aid Puget Sound Customs
Washington August 7 arrangements near completion for a wireless telegraphy network to assist customs in the Puget Sound district. The treasury authorizes Collector Ide to place three stations including one on the revenue cutter Grant and two inland sites to monitor smuggling with no government obligation unless the system proves satisfactory.
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Washington
Customs Administration
Puget Sound
Treasury Department
Ide
Revenue Cutter Grant
Fez of the Young Zouave and a Tale of Love and Honor
A New York Zouave saves a dying 15 year old from the Bull Run field. He later recovers in Virginia with Elsie Somers and befriends Ralph Edwards at Yale. Karl Nesbit becomes a scholar and hero, ending with a reunion at Bull Run and a cherished fez linked to a brother’s letter from Chickamauga.
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Bull Run
New York
Zonayue
Zouave
Karl Nesbit
Elsie Somers
Somers
Karl
Mrs. Somers
Elsie
McClellan
Blue Ridge Mountains
New York City
Avengers
BK. E. Ellsworth
Alexandria
Smish
Horace Greeley
Metropolis
the Avengers
Ralph Erskine Edwards
Jamon
Pythias
New Iaven
Elm City
Yale
Ralph
Virginia
Manassas
Susie
Chickamauga
Swatt
Misie
Warren
Bald Hill
Helsie
I Karl
Chickamauga Battlefield
Wil
Char
A Dalary World and the Fish Won’t Bite Blues
A short verse laments hard times on Simpson's Run with no joy in life. The speaker notes a finished forty acre, a long week’s work done, and a Sunday shade fading as the Run booms yet the fish refuse to bite. The sentiment echoes a Depression era mood from a Chicago newspaper page.
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Simpson
Chicago
Women Vote Rights Expanding Globally and in Australia
The Baltimore American notes recent gains for women in the eastern and western hemispheres. Australia will let women vote and run for Parliament in both houses, following New Zealand’s decade of suffrage. Some U S states grant partial or local suffrage, while England Ireland Norway France and Kansas Iowa Ohio Connecticut Delaware Minnesota Louisiana show varying rights. The UK remains distant from full parliamentary suffrage for women.
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Western Hemisphere
New Zealand
South Australia
West Australia
New
Oregon
Washington
South Dakota
England
Ireland
Norway
France
Tribunals of Commerce
Kansas
Iowa
Ohio
Connecticut
Delaware
Minnesota
Louisiana
United Kingdom
Tax on Bachelors Banter Captured in Cartoon
In a satirical cartoon Frances asks about a bachelor tax and Mr Muchlywed replies he would pay for the privilege. The panel, from I Illustrated Bits, humorously critiques marriage norms and taxes.
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Frances
Earning a Military Title and a Racehorse Connection
A New York Herald piece questions how a man earned his colonel title and whether he resided in Kentucky or served on a governor's staff. It notes he once held a half interest in a racehorse.
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Kentucky
New York Herald
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AFEZ
Aberdeen Brewing Co
Telephone
A.B. C. Prima
W. B. Lowrimr
C. M. Dembrer
Washington Abstract Company
Chehalis County
Grays Harbor
Heon Street
Aberdeen, Wash
Thomas R. Hayes
Bellefonte
Penn
Harry A. Hayes
Hayes & Hayes, Bankers
Adelict and Domestic Exchange
J. G. Lewis
C. W. Miller
Aberdeen State Bank
Offich
George L. Hilton
San Francisco Examiner Books
Heron ST. Aberdeen
R.P. Porter
Choice Brands
Aberdeen
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
Prop
Ofice—Pacific Hotel
H Street
Montesano
W. E. Crist
Palace Restaurant
S. Baretich, Prop
Heron Street
Wash
At Royal Restaurant
M. Francescovich
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Walters
Heron and
Wishkah
Fred Redinger
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