Grand Jury Indicts 39 Laundrymen Overprice Scheme
Cincinnati prosecutors indict 39 laundrymen with 18 charged for illegal trade restraint under the Laundry Exchange. indictments allege an exorbitant combine and labor union defense. Motion to quash will argue the group is a labor union, not an antitrust target. The action follows a recent 0.5 cent price rise on collars and cuffs.
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Cincinnati
Toledo
Kansas City
Ice
Laundry Exchange
Grand Jury
Dreyfus Rehabilitation Triggers French Chamber Riot and Duel
The French Chamber of Deputies erupts as the law restoring Alred Dreyfus to the army is enacted. Minister Clemenceau sits as M. Pugliesi-Conti denounces the government, Sarraut strikes, and a subsequent duel wounds Sarraut in the right breast, with the lung at risk but not deemed fatal.
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Dreyfus
Chamber of Deputies
Alred Dreyfus
Sarraut
M. Pugliesi- Conti
M. Sarraut
Interior
Clemenceau
M. Pugliesi-Conti
Puglesi-Conti
Steal $100000 Alaska Money From Ship In Transit
Alaska bound consignment of over $100,000 for Alaska Pacific Express was stolen aboard the steamer Ida May between Fairbanks transfer to Nenana and the transfer to the Sarah at Fort Gibson. No suspects named as to the robbers. Also notes on burning wheat crops to combat Hessian fly and deteriorating naval gun cotton. A man in Kentucky killed himself after a false belief of killing a servant. Reports of 2000 Guatemalans killed or captured in Central American conflicts and Honduran and Salvadoran actions against Guatemala amid Roosevelt peace plans.
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Seattle
Alaska Pacific Express Company
Ida May
Spment
Fairbanks
Nenana
Fort Gibbon
Roosevelt
H. W. Otis
Peshastin
Wash
Success Magazine
Dakota
Nebraska
United States
Tom
Bill Jones
Bill
Dreyfus Vindicated by French Supreme Court Ruling
The French Supreme Court annulled the Rennes court martial verdict against Captain Alfred Dreyfus with no retrial, declaring him innocent and restoring his army rank. The long ruling recounted twelve years of the Dreyfus affair, exonerating him and ordering publication of innocence.
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Supreme Court
Dreyfus
Rennes
Alfred Dreyfus
Paris
Flis
French
War Department
Col. von Schwartzkoppen
du Paty de Clam
Esterhazy
Bordereau
Piequart
Petit Bleu
Henry
de Boisdeffre
Gen
Mercer
Emile Zola
Nave
Zola
England
Col. Henry
Ineyfus
France
Gage Leaves Finance Life for Point Loma Theosophy
Lyman J. Gage former U S Treasury secretary has joined the Point Loma California theosophist colony led by Madame Tingley. He says a vision commanded the move, aimed at permanent residence after decades as a prominent figure in Chicago Washington and New York.
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Lyman J. Gage
Treasury
California
the Treasury
Chicago
Washington
New York
Point Loma
Cali
Madame Tingley
Mr. Gage
Finander
McKinley
Mrs. Gage
Lven
Madame Blavatsky
West
Western Union Rates Tighten on Unprofitable Risks
Western Union officials announce higher fire insurance rates for unprofitable risks including mercantile stock and packing plants. Cities Chicago St Louis Cleveland Cincinnati Milwaukee and Louisville named as excepted. local underwriters boards set the new schedules. The Chicago board will review the Western Union schedule in a forthcoming meeting.
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Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Toledo
St. Paul
Des Moines
Sioux City
Omaha
Lincoln Or
Denver
Pueblo
Western Union
Western Union Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Louisville
Notable and Quirky Quotes From Historic Figures
A collection of odd anecdotes and remarks touches figures from John D. Rockefeller and George Westinghouse to James A. Garfield and Andrew Carnegie. The notes cover conversations, honors, and social incidents ranging from offers of conversations to grants of freedoms and future plans, reflecting a bustling early 20th century public sphere.
Record Grain Harvest to Surpass Last Year's All-World Peak
Government condition report as of July 1 predicts total grain output at 4,291,444,000 bushels, surpassing 1905 records. Wheat and corn areas, yields, and state-by-state acreage are outlined, with Europe short on wheat and strong export demand expected.
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Europe
America
United States
Department of Agriculture
Illinoia
Iowa
Virginia
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Michigan
Kansas
Peer Restnees
Indiana
Missouri
Nebraska
California
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Washington
United Staes
Government Estimates on Big Grain Crop of 1908
Government figures project a large 1908 grain crop with total acreage over 177 million acres across major grains. Wheat, corn, oats, and barley show gains or strong yields. corn leads with substantial bushel increases. quality of winter wheat remains high, while oats and rye outlooks vary. A separate note reports a Los Angeles divorce decree for tuberculosis and a fire threat on the trans-Pacific liner America in San Francisco harbor.
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San Francisco
Bad Complexions and Roosevelt Anecdotes From Old Notes
A man from Washington Pa credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for curing a stomach and blood illness with pimples and boils after two years of distress. He describes relief after using pills priced 50c a box or six for $2.50. Other anecdotes recall Theodore Roosevelt’s Dakota days and a cattle roundup tale, plus Byron’s biting verse drafts and a punishing self view.
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T. E. Robertson
Addison Street
Washington, Pa
Dr. Williams
Postum Aids Dyspepsia Patient After Coffee Cure
A farmer credits Postum with curing ten years of stomach trouble caused by coffee. He stopped coffee, switched to Postum, and says health and appetite fully returned. He gained weight, no longer needs medicine, and his family soon followed, urged by observed improvements. The ad by Postum Co lists a ten day trial and the famous booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Midh
Postum
Wellville
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