San Francisco Board Declares Pest Crusade Decree
San Francisco health officials ordered a city wide flea control drive. The sanitation committee will require theatres churches and other public gathering places to be thoroughly cleaned and rugs carpets removed. Insecticides will be used on floors and street cars two to three times weekly to curb fleas. Dr. Rupert Blue urged householders to clean private premises to reduce tuberculosis and other diseases.
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San Francisco
Rupert Blue
Blue
Fight for the Pennants Results Snapshot
Standings show Pittsburg at .48 33, Philadelphia 87 37, New York .47 33, Boston .36 44, Chicago .46 83, Brooklyn .47, Cincinnati .43 39, St. Louis .29 50. terse stat brief reflects early season pennant chase with key teams and win percentages.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Chicago
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Louis
W. W
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Court and Executive Clash Over Patent Mandamus
A Washington judge orders a mandamus against Patent Commissioner Moore to enforce a New York court ruling. The action asserts the executive branch must honor state court decrees under the full faith and credit clause. The case concerns control of sewing machine patents and marks a perceived first test of interstate court supremacy.
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Washington
Cowie
Moore
Patent Office
New York State
Executive Department
New York
Montclair Dog Catcher Bitten by 3000 Dogs
Dr. R R Jackson of the New York Pasteur Institute examined David Steinfeldt Montclair's dog catcher who reports 3000 bites over six years from many dogs including at least one rabid. The institute keeper wants Steinfeldt to visit for a special study of his condition.
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New Jersey
Wonder
Pasteur
R. R. Jackson
New York Pasteur Institute
Montclair
N. J
David Steinfeldt
Steinfeldt
Pasteur Institute
Jackson
Veteran In Louisville Dies After Gun Accident
Gabriel Dougherty, Civil War veteran and longtime Louisville resident, sustained fatal injuries from a muzzle loading army gun he was holding to his stomach when it discharged accidentally. Traumatic peritonitis set in and his physician said there was no hope due to his advanced age.
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Gabriel Dougherty
Louisville
Dougherty
Sign on safe at Miller Bros store fools burglars
Burglars in Greenwich Connecticut ignored dynamite and took a small amount of money and a bundle of checks from Miller Bros store after a sign on the safe door read The safe is open Dont blow it up The sign has become a remembered custom since a similar demolition two years ago. Japan to Build Two Warships. Arrangements are rapidly progressing in Japan for the building of two additional battleships. The keel of one will be laid at Yokosuka during July and the keel of the other at Kure before year end. Bars the Consumptives. No teacher student or employe infected with tuberculosis will be admitted hence forth to the classrooms or buildings of the University of Utah. This is the decree promulgated by the regents of the Institution.
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Greenwich
Conn
Miller Bros
Japan
Yokosuka
Kure
University of Utah
Prohibition Party Nominee Eugene W Chafin Profile
Eugene W Chafin, Wisconsin born attorney and Prohibition party figure, resides in Illinois and seeking the party’s Illinois Governor nomination after serving as Wisconsin attorney general hopefuls. Born November 1 1852 in Walworth County, he practiced in Waukesha for 25 years and held Epworth League and Good Templars leadership roles. He relocated to Chicago in 1901 and authored Lives of the Presidents and Lincoln the Man of Sorrows.
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Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition Party
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Illinois
Walworth County
University of Wisconsin
Waukesha
Wis
Epworth League
Grand Chief Templar
Good Templars
Prohibition
Chicago
Lincoln
Corn Crop In Splendid Shape Across Tri-State
Special reports from Sioux City and surrounding tri state area indicate corn is one to two weeks ahead of last year. May and June rains caused worry in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota but warm weather last week boosted growth. Even flooded Missouri valley lowlands show recovery with minimal loss. South Dakota yields for wheat oats and other grains are strong though harvests lag in some districts.
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tri-State
Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Missouri Valley
Rail and railroads dominate distant courts and plans
The Soo road avoids court battles to access Superior while other lines accept the Wisconsin commission ruling. Wabash HQ moves from Pittsburg to Cleveland and a new million dollar depot and office will be rented in Pittsburg. A Richmond grand jury indicts Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and a grain dealer for rebating. Burlington seeks a $300 million mortgage filing in St Paul requiring a $100,000 registry fee and full real estate disclosure. Toledo court names Worthington receiver for Wheeling and Lake Erie amid Gould system reorganization. Canadian Pacific pledges a 1500 mile pine tree belt from Winnipeg to Vancouver for snow control and timber. Knapp of the interstate commerce commission upholds Rhinelander Paper rate case reducing pulp wood from Duluth to Rhinelander to 6.95 cents, finding the paper rate lawful.
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Soo Road
Superior
Wisconsin Commission
Wabash Railroad
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Federal Grand Jury
Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Burlington Road
Secretary of State
St. Paul
National Car Wheel Company of New York
Toledo
Ohio
Worthington
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Gould
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rhinelander Paper Company
Northern Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
Duluth
Minn
Rhinelander
Wis
Route of the Thousand Mile Relay Racers Credited
The article notes naval seamen and Marine Corps officers totaling 42 636 and 8 907 respectively among 6 000 seamen and 3 368 postal workers. It cites a total salaries figure of 129 928 annually costing 9 146 575 dollars and compares Congress appropriations from 920 798 143 to 1 080 307 543, rising by 87 599 399 with increases in most acts except DC, Indians, and Military Academy. It also praises a figure of excellence and the brotherhood’s approval and sympathy for a notable leader.
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Navy
Marine Corps
District of Columbia
Military Academy
Uncle Sam's Budget: Navy and Public Works Dominate Spending
Official figures prepared for the Senate and House show last session appropriations at 1,008,397,543.56 with major allocations to the army, navy, pensions, post office, and sundry civil expenses. Continuing contracts raise total liabilities, while new offices total 16,824 positions, boosting net employment by 10,682 and pay by 9,086,287.
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Thomas P. Cleaves
Taines
C. Courts
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Navy
Post Office Department
YMCA Relay Run From New York to Chicago
A relay of Y M C A boys carries a message from Mayor McClellan to Mayor Busse across the nation. Bert H. Rapp starts the thousand mile trek with over two thousand participants, with Lake Cayuga swimming highlighted as a dramatic feat. The silver tube seals the message as each runner relays it along a route mapped from government surveys. The mission emphasizes character and effort over prizes.
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New York City
McClellan
Busse
Chicago
Broadway
Herbert H. Rapp
Lake Cayuga
Auburn
N. Y
New York
City of New York
Illinois
Bryan Kern to Lead Democratic Ticket at Denver Convention
The Democratic national convention nominated William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska for president with John Worth Kern of Indiana as running mate by acclamation after a lengthy session. The field narrowed from over forty to four as Towne McNeil withdrew. Kern’s selection ended the deadlock and the convention adjourned sine die. July 1 employment push followed with major Midwest firms resuming work and shifts.
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Denver
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
John W. Kern
Indiana
John Worth Kern
Kern
Bryan
Ed Te Otn
Charles A. Towne
New York
Archibald McNeil
Connecticut
Clark Howell
Georgia
Clayton
Ollie James
Kentucky
Thomas Taggart
National Committee
Hoosier
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Roger C. Sullivan
Illinois
Fourth East River Bridge Opens Near Brooklyn Bridge
The harbor channel known as the East River was spanned by a new fourth bridge on June 12 as the Manhattan Bridge received two supporting cables. The span lies near the old Brooklyn Bridge between it and Williamsburg Bridge, while Blackwell's Island bridge is ready for city transfer.
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East River
Harbor
Bargains in Brains Circulating from Hapgood Employment Bureau
Circulars issued by Hapgood head of the Hapgoods employment bureau discuss the post panic impact. Employers curb payrolls while Hapgoods offers to supply better men at bargain prices, with workers now willing to accept a third to a quarter less than during prosperous times.
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H. J. Hapgood
Hapgoods
Lumber Merger Formed To Hold $3,000,000 Pine Lands
In St. Louis 6,000 acres of yellow pine lands across Arkansas Texas Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama were gathered to form a holding company capitalized at 3 million dollars. A permanent committee led by F E Weyerhauser was named to work out the details and absorb both lumber owners and principal manufacturers.
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St. Louis
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
F. E. Weyerhauser
St. Paul
Morse Again in the Game
Charles W. Morse announces that depositors in the suspended Bank of North America may receive full payment of their deposits, signaling Morse has again secured funds and returned to business. He refuses to explain how he raised the $1,350,000 needed to cover withdrawals.
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Morse
Charles W. Morse
Bank of North America
Notes on Current Events Involving Officials and a Romanian Student
Frank J. Gould has been served with suit for absolute divorce by his former wife Helen M. Kelly in New York. John W. Riddle, U S ambassador to Russia, remains convalescent from a pneumonia threat but improves slowly. In Lebsig Mieroslap Stosynski, a Romanian student, is condemned to death for shooting Count Andreas Potocki, the Galicia governor.
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Frank J. Gould
New York
Helen M. Kelly
John W. Riddle
Russia
Lebsig
Mieroslap Stosynski
Andreas Potocki
Galicia
Authorized rallies proposed for dollar wheat in Red River valley
O Drayton of Illinois gains approval to hold seventy dollar wheat rallies in the Red River valley. Frederick Arthur Stanley Earl of Derby former Governor General of Canada dies in London aged sixty seven. John B Lonsdale offers July 4 as start date for penny postage between Great Britain and America but Oct 1 favored as more expedient for dairy.
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O. Drayton
Ilinois
Red River Valley
Frederick Arthur Stanley
Earl of Derby
Canada
London
John B. Lonsdale
House of Commons
America
Facts for Sick Women and Market Remarks
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female ailments with a call for sick women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts. Also included is a farmer and wife market remark about hog prices rising compared to yesterday reported in the Chicago News.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Daily
Mia
Chicago News
Itching Humor On Boy Healed In Four Days By Cuticura
Mrs. Frank Donahue of Kokomo Ind describes a rapid cure of her boy who suffered an itchy skin outbreak spreading over his body. She used Cuticura Soap and Ointment nightly, washing with lukewarm water, and reports the boy was entirely cured in four days. The date given is September 16 1907.
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Cutiura
Erik yPorm
Frank Donahue
Fremont St
Kokomo
Ind
Jebb Diary Wit At Cambridge Dinner
In his diary the Greek scholar Sir Richard Jebb recalls a dinner at Cambridge where a young woman asked if women die of a broken heart. He replied that perhaps other organs may be involved, delivering a witty comeback with light humor.
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Richard Claverhouse Jebb
Cambridge
Richard
Jebb
Professor Jebb
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