Cholera Ravages Cities Prompt Reprimand of Officials
Widespread Asiatic cholera strikes Manila and St Petersburg with 398 new cases and 141 deaths in 24 hours. Municipal leaders face martial law threats and approve 260000 for hospital expansion disinfectant supply and body interment amid overcrowded morgues. Metropolitan prayers denounce the pestilence as punishment for lawlessness. Premier Stalypin reprimands officials after finding Obuchoff hospital overcrowded with inadequate facilities.
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St. Petersburg
Aldermanic Council
St Petersburg
Stalypin
Obuchoff Hospital
Nineteen Die in Manila Cholera Outbreak
Ninety new cases and nineteen deaths are reported in Manila with infections spreading in city and suburban areas. Health authorities say they remain confident in quickly gaining control of the situation.
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Manila
Paris Fire Destroys Central Telephone Building
A Sunday night blaze in Paris devastated the Central Telephone building at Paris and the nearby post office near Place de Victors. Loss tallies at five million dollars with broader disruption to metropolitan and provincial telecommunication services. The fire origin remains unknown but suspected a short circuit.
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Paris
Hames
Place de Victors
Soldiers to vie for 5000 dollar prize in grand U S tournament
The War Department launches the largest contest yet at Camp Everett Peabody near Lake Contrary in St Joseph with 65 000 regulars encamped. Brigadier General Charles Morton leads the Missouri Department while Secretary of War Wright Major General Bell and others attend. Capt C DeForest Chanler and Lieuts Frank P Lahn and BHOD Foulers oversee daily seronavuile experiments as the Baldwin dirigible balloon is used. Prizes total 5000 dollars with the Interstate livestock show drawing 2000+ entries in the same city event.
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War Department of the United States
St. Joseph
Camp Everett Peabody
Lake Contrary
Charles Morton
Department of the Missouri
Wright
Bell
C DeForest Chanler
Frank P. Lahn
Bhod
Great Western to Join Canadian Pacific as Subsidiary
Official reports from St Paul claim the Chicago Great Western and its facilities will become part of the Canadian Pacific system. A visit by Canadian Pacific president Shaugh Herney yielded an unlimited option from Great Western receivers, strengthening the merger plan.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company
Thevnquarters
Great Western
St Paul
Shaugh Herney
Canadian Pacifier
St. Panthaat
Shaugh, Heeney
Horace G Burt
Bryan Declares He Faces Two Republicans in 1908 Race
W J Bryan denounces President Roosevelt and the Republican Party during a tour from Brockport to Buffalo. He accuses the administration of failing to enforce anti trust laws and attacks Senator Platt and Depew while charging Republicans with ceding the financial system to Wall Street and attacking Standard Oil. He delivers multiple speeches to large crowds.
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W. J. Bryan
New York
Brockport
Buffalo
Roosevelt
Taft
Congress
Platt
Depew
Wall Street
Standard Oil Company
Bryan
Colonel Stewart Disabled by Board Decision
Colonel Stewart of the coast artillery was ordered to appear before a retiring board in Washington to examine his disability and its relation to duty. A prior Fort Huachuca board found he was practically blind in one eye and had heart trouble, rendering him unfit for military service.
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Stewart
Coast Artillery
Fort Grant
Arizona
Washington
Wright
Fort Hauchuca
Roosevelt
Oklahoma Bankers Arrested Over False Returns
State Bank Commissioner H H Smock swore warrants for the arrest of T H Miller Jr and W M Gardiner vice president and cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Lahoma Garfield county on charges of making false returns to the state banking board. Loans and overdrafts totaling 11781 concealed from the board exceeding legal capital percentages. Woman and Sheriff Fatally Shot. John Roberts and wife battled a sheriff posse near Prestonia as officers attempted to arrest Roberta for killing neighbor Obe Kessinger. Sheriff Mooney of Baxter County Arkansas wounded along with Roberts and two posse members Max Lowery and his son. Roberts may not survive.
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Oklahoma
T. H. Miller, Jr
W. M. Gardiner
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of
John Roberts
Prestonia
Missouri-Arkansas Line
Roberta
Obe Kessinger
Mooney
Baxter Country
Arkansas
Roberts
Max Lowery
Grain, provisions retreat after initial wheat rally
Chicago markets show wheat futures reversing early gains with December at 1.00 and May 1.085 while corn oats and provisions ease. South Omaha supplies include cattle $2.25 to 7.45, hogs $4.80 to 6.95, sheep $3.40 to 4.85. receipts total 39,000 lambs and more in the mix.
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Chicago
Chicago Live Stock Market Report Sees Mixed Price Moves
Chicago September 21 live stock data show cattle receipts at 26000 with steers around 4 dollars, cows 2 to 5 dollars, heifers near 5 dollars, bulls 2 to 4.50, calves 3.50 to 8.26, and feeders about 4.40. Hog receipts about 8000 with heavy hogs 7.45 to 7.90, light mixed 6.80 to 7.30, packing hogs 6.70 to 7.20, pigs 3.75 to 6.25. Sheep receipts 2000 with lambs 3.50 to 4.75 and yearlings 4.00 to 6.47. Prices steady to lower overall.
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South Omaha
Texas
Chicago
Chuice
Taft Plea Outlined in Roosevelt Statement on Foraker
President Roosevelt issues a formal statement defending Taft and criticizing Hearst and Foraker. He cites Taft’s July 20 1907 letter refusing a joint endorsement plan and defends the administration against Brownsville allegations as influenced by moneyed interests.
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Taft
Bingle
Loeb
Associated Press
W. E. Hearst
Senator Foraker
Hearst
Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
Mr. Foraker
Mr. Taft
Mr. Haskell
Ohio
Ohio State Central Committee
Foraker
Senate
Brownsville
Hearst Replies to Haskell in Oklahoma dispute
William Randolph Hearst issues a defiant reply denying charges by Governor C. N. Haskell of Oklahoma. Hearst rejects arbitration, cites court records in the Standard Oil case and asserts Haskell could sue for libel since years have passed. He compares Haskell to a burglar seeking to arbitrate after being caught.
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William Randolph Hearst
C. N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Hearst
Haskell
Democratic National Committee
Franks. Monnett
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Associated Press
Monnett
Foraker Cancels Speaking Engagements in Campaign
Senator Joseph B. Foraker has canceled all speaking engagements arranged by the national speakers bureau and Ohio Republican committee. He asks to be relieved from engagements and will influence the legislature to elect a Republican body while supporting his senatorial candidacy under no political committee.
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Joseph B. Foraker
Hitchcock
National Speakers’ Bureau
Williams
Ohio Republican Committee
Ohio
Foraker
Associated Press
Republcan
Hearst
Plowing Match at Joliet Crowns Stark World Champion
At the thirty first plowing match of Hinels in Joliet Alvin Stark was named champion plowman of the world. Stark steered a single sulky plow with three hoes over half an acre. Judges noted no variation beyond half an inch from end to middle. Cyrus Stark, brother of the winner, had held the record for six years.
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Hiinels
Joliet
Alvin Stark
Stark
Cyrus Stark
Local notes show community ties and a Dawes county fair
Hemsingford updates include visits from Walter Wo, Dollie Pieror's return from Rapid City, and many travels around town. The Dawes county fair drew crowds, the Deadwood stage made a show, and hunts for ducks began as L Hayes champions shot. The piece notes weddings, births, recoveries, and a Taft connection via a gavel from Ft. Robinson.
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Dawes County Fair
Deadwood
Marland Valley Notes on Weather and Local Happenings
Rain and hail visited Marland last Friday. Henry Clark moves a fence and takes in new possessions. Snow builds granaries. Attie Snow visits from Alliance. Prof. Hayes and others travel between Alliance and home. Local farming, livestock, and threshing activities noted along with a wedding, school work, and a broken colt mishap.
Hashman Moves on Claim Amid Local News
J W Hashman moved on his claim recently while Unity church held service last Sunday. Edith and Jessie Key visited Hashman on Sunday. Franklin Vaughn must relocate his claim by October. Ek Denton Scotty did several calls Sunday. A Jay sold hogs last week and moved them Tuesday. Mr Brown of Ewing Holt County visits Mr Ross. Threshers finished Hashman’s grain and work shifts to Hashman. Mrs Skinner and granddaughters Ethel Fay Hembry visit. Hashman family returns from Missouri. Hashman’s brother and wife with son in law accompany her home. they seek land.
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Col. Fosket
Lake Phillips
Chadron
H. KK. Olds
L. Hayes
McGogy, Poole Trading Co
H. L. Richardson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Harley
Alliance
Prof. Hayes
Roy Lemon
Helen Hughes
Crawford
Edith
Jessie Key
Franklin Vaughn
Ek. Denton
Scotty
A. Jay
Mr. Brown
Ewing
Holt County
Mr. Ross
Notice to creditors in Box Butte County estate
The State of Nebraska Box Butte County court summons Lavinia A Herrick estate creditors must file claims by six months from September 3 1906 and debts by one year from August 8 1908. Hearing to examine claims set for March 19 1908 at Albane county court in the forenoon. County Judge Shaw County.
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Nebraska
Box Butte
Lavinia A. Herrick
Albanee
Uies
Saald
Ie Rat L. A. Bunky
P Sey
Shaw County
High-Class Short-Horn Bulls Offered for Sale
J G Barnizes of Broken Bow Nebraska offers a car load of Thirty Short-Horn bulls aged one to three years for sale. He states fourteen ribbons from the state fair in September and offers twelve to twenty bulls at 100 dollars each, with two months feeding prior to delivery in December.
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J. G. Barnizes
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Municipal OM Cialis
Cares
ST Joe
Canadian Pacific
Great Western Road
SY Bryan
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Statement of Foraker
the Cham
Pion Plowman of
the World
Hemingford
Walter, Kether
Dollie Pieror
Rapid City
Mrs. Burleigh
Emory Abley
Cal. Winsel
Art Wiker
J. C. McCorkle
Roy Hickey
Mr. Hickey
C. A. Rowland
Lizzie
Eryn Walker
Wood Lake
Hazel Hickey
Gertie Sids
Hickey
Stoum County
Gladys Burleigh
Pete Watson
Sioux County
AE. Byers
Blackfont
Idaho
Missen Lovie
Maud McGogg
McMinville
Ore
Daisy Hocket
Nora
Bert Hughes
Hughes
Sidmore
Marsland
Henry Clark
Hasser
Snow
N. G. Poole Place
Attie Snow
Smith Trussell
T. Squibb
Peter Allison
O. U. Ranch
Ed Roll
Springfield
Otto
J. M. Tollman
Dick Ballieu
North Table
Dr. Willis
George Clay
Clatterbuck
Hashman
J. W. Hashman
Unity Church
Mr. Key
J. Rowan
Nebraska Land Co
Alliancee Natl
Bank Bik
Kaldal Brothers
NEB
G. W. Zobel
Dray Line
Geo. Darling's
GEO. W
H. Nelson
Alliance, Nebr
Fred Brennan
Wm. James
Howe
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