Farmers to Form Marketing Association to Equalize Prices
Agriculturists from Indiana Illinois Ohio Michigan and other Northwest states plan a Chicago June 12 13 convention of the American Society of Equity to form a marketing association. It aims to control supply store surplus and push uniform prices for perishable vegetables fruits dairy eggs and poultry, with storage for winter release to stabilize markets and boost consumption.
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The
American Society of Equity
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
Northwest
Great Northern
Chicago
Marketing Association
Presbyterian Clergyman Denounces Westminster Confession
A Presbyterian clergyman Rev Dr Samuel T Carter denounces the Westminster confession as an idol of man's invention and rejects its view of God in a Des Moines letter to the general assembly. The letter has stirred strong reaction and may lead to a heresy trial.
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Delhi
Pekin
Africa
Samuel T. Carter
Presbyterian General Assembly
Des Moines
Dr. Carter
Presbyterian Church
Supreme Court Refuses Rehearing in Chicago Telecommunication Case
The United States Supreme Court declines to rehear the Chicago telecommunication dispute, leaving in place a lower ruling. The decision affects ongoing litigation over the management and regulation of the regional system and its operators.
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Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Las Marco
Becum
Scandal At Frisco Relief Committee Officials Abused Goods
San Francisco authorities probe hoarded relief supplies amid reports a committee member hid provisions and tents at home. Coroner records dispute sensational killings claims from the earthquake fire period. Water contamination and street stoves persist as city faces post disaster recovery. Post office damage report cites over $500000 in losses from blast and quake. Twenty three thousand children lack school space. thirty large buildings destroyed.
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Relief Committee
San Francisco
Walsh
Heber Tilden
Tilden
Gibbs
J. W. Roberts
New Post Office
Washington
China to Open Ports Amid Foreign Lease Demands
China plans to open certain ports and interlaced cities to world trade after preparing regulations for foreign colonies. Openings will hinge on foreign lessee agreements not to buy land. Tang Chao Ye leads anti foreign movement. Washington reports warn of a growing anti American boycott and rising U S goods stocks delaying impact until autumn.
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Washington
Tang Chao-Ye
Board of Foreign Affairs
America
Yale
China
Railways and rail projects headline global transport plans
A survey of recent rail developments includes Japan exceeding 4500 miles of track at 3 feet 6 inch gauge. The Western Pacific issues a circular seeking bids to build 110 miles of roadbed and track in Nevada to Deeth along Humboldt River. A new electric powered New York to Chicago line aims for 742 miles in five years, with trains at about 75 mph taking ten hours. The piece notes rail injuries and deaths, wooden legs used by some railroads, and a massive new Leipsic station planned for 1914 at 31 million dollars, plus Mont Blanc rail work anticipated to take five to six years despite a short length.
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Japan
Western Pacific Railway
United States
Nevada
Utah
Deeth
Humboldt River
New York
Chicago
Leipsic
Great South
Boston
St. Louis
Mont Blanc
Switzerland
San Francisco Campers Urged to Halt Fever Risk
Fear of typhoid fever grips San Francisco as camp hygiene lapses threaten public health. Red Cross agents tour refugee camps and poorer quarters urging boiling water and sanitation. Officials debate concentrating camps at Golden Gate Park Presidio and Fort Mason to control water and cleanliness while rebuilding the city.
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San Francisco
Red Cross
Muere
Golden Gate Park
Presidio
Fort Mason
E Demic
San Francisco Earthquakes Mark Long History of Shocks
The city has endured numerous earthquakes over 50 years with 250 shocks recorded. Notable events include 1868 damage and loss of life, 1898 at 11 43 p m with property damage along the waterfront, and Mare Island yard damages of 150 000 leading to height limits on government buildings. Modern steel towers later rose as tremors continued through 1899 and early 1900s.
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San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
St. Nicholas Hotel
Bridgeport Explosions Shake City in Powder Magazine Tests
A series of blasts at the Union Metallic Cartridge Company testing grounds in Bridgeport Connecticut shook the city. Four magazines exploded causing alarm as windows shattered and crockery fell but no serious damage occurred to buildings. Residents fled in night clothing believing an earthquake had struck. many women became hysterical before reassurance came.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Cartridge Company
Town Farm
New Haven
San Francisco Relief Plan Aims At Rebuilding City
A proposed $100 million corporation would rebuild San Francisco after the disaster, using realty as security and creating zones with wide boulevards to limit future fires. The plan emphasizes business-like operation, not charity, and envisions supplying cheap restaurants and carefully controlled development under a city beautification commission.
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Crocker School
Relief Committee
San Francisco
California
Wall Street
Tebe
Czar's Admiral Kuzmich Slain Amid May Day Turmoil
Unpopular St. Petersburg port commander Vice Admiral Kuzmich was stabbed to death by a concealed assailant as laborers gathered for a May Day demonstration at the new admiralty works. The suspect fled among workers, police surrounded the site, and authorities deemed the act premeditated. The dagger was hidden in a sword cane. Kuzmich, seen as harsh by workers, was killed after a dispute over an early departure from shifts. The incident occurred as tensions rise amid labor unrest and revolts in Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Kuzmich
New
Admiralty Works
Congressional debate on navy bills and railroad rates continues
The House devoted time to naval appropriation matters including open market purchases for anchors chains and cordage and coal transport costs to the Philippine Islands. The Senate focused on coal and commodity production, the Elkins and McLaurin amendments, and the railroad rate bill amid party debate.
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Great Lakes
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Navy Department
Atlantic
Gulf
Philippine Islands
Elkins
McLaurin
Washington
Pensacola
Bailey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tayner
Tillman
Senator Bailey
Carter
Lodge
Allison
District of Columbia
Washington Public
National Capital Notes Highlight Ambassadors and Treaties
Viscount Aoki is presented to the President as Japan's first ambassador to the United States. A U S Roumania trademark treaty clears Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Navy and Army officers chosen for Madrid nuptials. Alaska fishing bills advance targeting aliens. Roosevelt signs Mare Island Navy Yard and California Post Office emergency appropriations.
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National Capital
Viscount Aoki
Japan
United States
Roumania
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Lieut
Leigh
Palmer
Missouri
Navy
Alfonso
Madrid
A. S. Grant III
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
House Committee On Territories
Cushman
Washington
Alaska
Alaskan
Roosevelt
Congress
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Post Office Department
State of
California
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad Ends Womens Ailments
An article extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the leading remedy for female disorders. It claims the product cures backache nervousness kidney trouble and displacements, regulates periods, and supports childbirth and menopause. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts with letters read by women.
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Frret
Szconp
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Come in Waldonia Verdict and Patent Remedy Pitch
In Boatonene a Boston girl speaks to her mother about a carnivorous metaphorical creature and a local disease. The ad promotes Nall’s Catarrh Cure by F R Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio claiming constitutional efficacy and a $1000 reward for failure to cure, plus Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. The piece blends dialogue with sensational medical patent medicine marketing.
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Mamma
Boston
Nfall
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Welsh Indians in America and the Madoc Legend
Public interest on Welsh settlers in America contrasts with eighteenth century claims of a Welsh Indian tribe. Early travelers note Britonlike customs and Welsh speech among natives, with later traders reporting manuscript traditions and Christian worship. Captain Chaplain's garrison near the Missouri reportedly met Welsh speaking Indians, tied to legends of Madoc’s 1170 American voyage.
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America
John Josselyn
New England
Thomas Herbert
Abraham Chaplain
Kentucky
Missouri
Had No Fear Mrs Vera Ritch and Mr Knottse Ritch quarrel
Reported in the Cleveland Leader a brief exchange between Vera Ritch and Knottse Ritch about a marriage proposal and the amount of money her father planned to give, highlighting social expectations and family finances.
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Vera Ritch
Mr. Knottse Ritch
Cleveland
Curious Results When Coffee Drink Sign Abandoned
The article argues that quitting coffee is as hard as stopping alcohol or tobacco use, yet Postum Food Coffee offers a tastier alternative. It claims a ten to fourteen day bodily transformation after ceasing coffee, with Postum supplying nourishing elements and a connoisseur praise for its flavor compared to Java. There's a slogan, There's a reason.
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