Financial Situation Declares It Was Never 80 Necessary
Former secretary of the treasury Leslie M Shaw speaks on US financial and industrial health. He notes farm production exceeding 4.6 billion, mines 1.56 billion, forests 1 billion, nonfood factory output 12.0 billion, railways 2.4 billion, payrolls about 3.5 billion, and wage levels steady. He warns against bank withdrawals and consumer orders triggering downturns, urging universal sanity to sustain industry.
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New York
Leslie M Shaw
Eolgtey
Wsu
Geromomd Theotarist
Decline in Prices Deepens as Market Treks Lower
New York papers report a week of continued price drops with many securities at multi year lows. Liquidation, higher money rates, and fears of congressional crackdowns on corporations weigh on investors while funds remain scarce and sentiment stays cautious.
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New York
America
Europe
Standard Oil Company
Wall Street
Inc Rence
Earthquake Recorded Distant Event in Laibach Obseratory
A strong distant earthquake was recorded in Laibach on Saturday night beginning at 6 38 and lasting fifty minutes. The event is calculated to be about 6600 miles away.
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Laibach
Fatal Grade Crossing Crash Kills Five In Bristol Trip
An auto party of five from Bristol Connecticut collided with the New York and Pittsfield Express near Ashley Falls Massachusetts. Three killed here including Charles J Root and Mrs Root. Catherine Root fourteen and Mary Root critically injured. Charles Root at wheel reportedly tried to beat the train at the grade crossing.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Bristol
Conn
New York and
Pitte Field Express
Ashley Falls
Charlea J Root
Belatol
Mary Root
Charles J. Root
Pittsfield
Catherine Root
Ma Root
Tess
Three FHREE boys injured in city accidents
Martin Anderson five living at 738 Marnellh street fell from a coal baron at Jenks street and Payne avenue sustaining serious head injuries with scalp torn along the forehead to the back. John Tutt ten fell from his father's sand at Kent and Lafond streets suffering a sprained hip cuts and bruises and a wounded knee cap while recovering. George Scott ten living at 273 Sherburne avenue burned severely about the legs and lower body by tar in a bucket at Kent and University avenue with flesh burned to the bone and uncertain outcome.
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St. Peul
Martin Anderson
Marnellh Street
Jenks Street
Payne Avenue
John Tutt
Minnehaha Street
Kent
Lafond Streets
George Scott
Sherburne Avenue
Kent Street
University Avenue
Young Boy Shoots Himself in Tragic Farm Dispute
Sioux Falls reports 15 year old Lloyd Pullins, son of a Kingsbury County farmer, killed himself after quarreling with an older brother over hay field work. He took a shotgun from home, told his mother he was headed to a lake, and later died from a self-inflicted shot. His body was found in a nearby grove.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Lloyd Pullins
Kingsbury County
Lloyd
Pultins
SHOOTS HIS SWEETHEART IN CHURCH DIVIDE
In New York on a Sunday night Ellen Fiska eighteen and Joseph Paltage twenty one broke two years of courtship over church vows. After Ellen chose to stay Catholic Paltage shot her in the breast and killed himself. Both died en route to hospital.
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New York
Ellen Fiska
Joseph Paltage
Paltogg
Infant Body Recovered From Mississippi River
In St Paul on Aug 19 four boys fishing near Phalen creek found an infant’s body at the river mouth where Carver's cave feeds the Mississippi. A tug on a fishing line revealed the wrapped body. two boys helped pull it in. The parcel carried a weight, and police took the body to the morgue.
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St. Paul
Mississippi River
Carver's Cave
Phalen Creek
Mississippi
Senator Dubois Calls Mormons a Balance of Power
In Aurora on August 19 Senator Dubois of Idebe argued that polygamy laws must be strengthened to curb Mormon political clout. He said convincing polygamy requires proof of a second marriage and that secret plural marriages, led by church officials abroad, lack records. He warned a law against unlawful cohabitation could place Mormon leaders in jeopardy and diminish their political power. He claimed Mormons already influence Utah politics and, if unchecked, will become a Senate balance of power in Idaho Wyoming Oregon Nevada and the nation.
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Aurora
Chaiiougua
Dubois
Idebe
Generess
Supreme Court
Utah
United States
Idaho
Wyoming
Oregon
Nevada
Senate
Russia strengthens Far East defenses after war
Washington reports Russia is shifting forces and fortifying Siberian bases in the Far East. Harbin loses prominence as Vladivostok’s links weaken, with Irkutsk and Chita to host expanded defenses. A new Amur valley railway to Khabarovsk and Usuri line would connect fortified Vladivostok.
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Far East
Harbin
Siberia
Lian Tung Peninsula
Dalny
Vladivostok
Port Arthur
Amur
Khabarovsk
The Anti Canteen Act Report Impacts Army Courts Martial
Washington reports Acting Judge Advocate General Porter notes 3913 total courts martial in the last fiscal year with 32 officers and 23 convicted. Desertions and AWOL led to most trials while four officers were dismissed by sentence. The anti canteen act is blamed for near military posts liquor resorts undermining discipline and court martial numbers.
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Washington
Porter
Negro suffrage group formed in North to challenge Southern Democrats
Washington August 19 The North sees the creation of the Constitutional Brotherhood of America a new organization to combat Southern Democrats on the suffrage issue Headquarters are in Philadelphia with James F P Churchman as president Circulars outlining the group’s aims have been widely distributed.
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Washington
North
Constitutional Brotherhood of America
Philadelphia
James FP
Churchman
Eight-Year-Old Killed in Hay Loft Accident at Spring Valley
Ar win Freheit aged eight, son of Otto Freheit, living four miles east of Spring Valley Minnesota, fell from the hay loft onto a hay loader, breaking his neck and causing instant death.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Arwin Freheit
Otto Freheit
Severe region storm hits St Paul with heavy rain and damage
A lingering August electrical storm swept through the region starting in Bismarck and reaching Duluth with torrential rain and high winds. In St Paul the downpour and lightning disrupted traffic, shattered windows, and felled trees while rainfall reached about two inches. Government records note 1.64 inches in Duluth overnight and the June 53 hundredths inch as the season’s best daily total prior to this event.
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Bismarck
N. D
Dulutho
Frank T. Laths
Duluth
Beane
Venezuelan Invasion Triggers British Guiana Tension
Georgetown reports excited reaction as Captain Calder's frontier force from British Colombia crossed into Venezuela and seized balata gum on Venezuelan soil. He protested to President Castro and the British consul, warning of possible retaliation at Morawhanna, with long standing disputes over the balata trade and illicit trading efforts by British officials.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Calder
British Colina
Barima
Venezuelan
Castro
Morawhanna
Invasion of Venezuelan Territory Report Lacks Details
London aug 19 the colonial office has received no information concerning the invasion of Venezuelan territory by captain Calder.
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London
Colonial Office
Calder
Storm Strikes Minneapolis Causes Panic and Damage
A severe storm in Minneapolis on Sunday evening struck the Lutheran church with lightning, toppled tent coverings at the East Side carnival, and caused widespread flooding and property damage. Frank Montgomery was injured by a falling tent pole, Peter Jensen was stunned by lightning, and a barn was destroyed. The downtown area and basements flooded, stocks damaged. Osseo reported roofs ripped and services crippled with streetcars nearly halted for hours.
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Mingiapolis
Teeger Lutheran Church
Frank Montgomery
Peter Jensen
Osseo
Bad storm in Duluth kills woman and damages city
A severe electrical rain storm swept Duluth on Sunday. One woman, Anna Bolander, was killed when lightning struck her home. seven others were injured. The Polish Catholic church on Second Street was struck, its steeple toppled, pigeons killed, and services continued with no injuries to worshipers. The Elks' hotel and many basements suffered flooding.
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Duluth
Anna Bolander
Bolander
Second Street
Second Avenue West
Elks
Peculiar accident injures Mrs McWalter in storm
Mrs James McWalter of 156 Russell Avenue North Minneapolis was badly burned when a cistern overflow during a Sunday storm. She lit a match to gauge water height and a can of gasoline in the cistern tipped and floated on the surface, causing further flames and injury.
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Minneapolis
James McWalter
Russell Avenue North
McWalter
Startling Spectacle Over New York Ocean Fireball
Witnesses at Amagazett New York reported a massive meteor blazing across the sky near the shore on a Sunday evening. It weighed several tons, struck the sea with a thunderous roar, stirred up breakers, washed away pavilions, battered nets, damaged oceanfront property, and swept in many dead fish.
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New York
Amagazett
I. L
Taft begins globe encircling voyage to Manila return
Secretary of War William H Taft departed Washington on a world trip to honor a Filipino pledge to return for Manila's inaugural legislative assembly. W W Michler and an aide traveled with him. Mrs Taft and Charles will join in Yellowstone. Carpenter to meet in Seattle. First stop Columbus Ohio where Taft will address the Buckibes club.
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Globe
Manila
Legislative Assembly
William H. Taft
W. W. Michler
Mr. Taft
Mrs. Taft
Charles
Yellowstone Park
Fred W. Carpenter
Seattle
Taft
Columbus, O
Headless body found on Iron Mountain rail line
A switchman along the Chicago and Northwestern track in Iron Mountain, Norway, Michigan, discovered a severed head between the rails and a body on the right of way at 2:30 am Sunday. The deceased was identified as Frank Bongavin, a laborer from Pittsburgh, forty, who had moved to Upper Michigan three years earlier with a wife and two children. Authorities believe he wandered onto the track and slept with his head on the rail, later struck by a train.
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Mich
Chicago
Iron Mountain
Rank Bongavin
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Lord Goschen
Sink
Birmingham
Gamatiel
Hirths
Nicholson
Belton Road
Bidcup
Alfred Nicholson
Old Isaacs
Old Treloar
Ald
Die Lustige
Petticoat Lane
de Mortai
Jin
Polly
Herrin
Moses
Tennyson
London Express
Head on collision injures fourteen longshoremen in Superior
In Superior on August 19 a coach carrying longshoremen collided head on with freight cars. Fourteen workers were injured, none seriously, and both the coach and engine were badly damaged. The crash occurred after mistaking block signals as the longshoremen traveled toward the Itasca flour sheds.
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Superior
Wis
British Minister in Tangier Seeks Word on Captor
Tangier on August 19 reports British minister Gerard Lowther has not received any communication for five days from Caid Sir Harry MacLean or his captor the bandit Raisall. It is known only that Sir Harry was alive on August 12.
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Tangier
Gerard Lowther
Caid
Harry MacLean
Raisall
Harry
Printing Blunders From Compositor Lore Across The Ages
A roundup of typographical slips and misprints from printers and readers, recounting famous misreadings and humorous proofreader clangers. Examples include political phrases altered in public speeches, obituaries with wrong kinship terms, and errors from Boer War to London press, all highlighting the fragile edge between intent and misprint.
Quotation on Presence of Mind in Emergencies
A brief literary note reflects on how presence of mind in untried emergencies reveals a man’s true character, quoting Lowell to emphasize tested metal and reserve under pressure.
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Lowell
Quiet in New York Telegraphers Strike
New York Aug 19 reports say strike leaders and brokers paused amid mutual claims. Western Union and Postal offices stayed quiet while unionists planned a daily paper to publish their side. Leased wire news service improved nationwide as negotiations drifted.
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New York
Littl
Western Union
Wall Street
Fire Burned Steeple Chase Island Grounds in Bridgeport
Fire swept the Steeple Chase Island amusement grounds in Bridgeport on Sunday causing about $60,000 in damage. Six structures including the grand stand and bleachers were burned while 20,000 visitors fled in a panic though no serious injuries occurred. The loss largely falls on George Lillyau, proprietor, whose steeplechase at Coney Island was destroyed weeks earlier. In Oyster Bay Roosevelt sails for Provincetown on Mayflower for shore ceremonies, then returns to Oyster Bay.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Steeple Chase Island
Chicago Bridgeport
George Lillyau
Light weight gold coin marked with L explained
A reader describes a so called light coin marked with a large L, advising to take suspected coins to an assayer for weighing and melting into bullion. The piece explains how light coins are handled at customs and how sweating may extract gold dust from the coins.
Mules and Gray Horses Question Their Pairing
A Georgian questions why a mule and a gray horse are hitched together on Chambers Street and Broad Way. The driver says the team always runs in order of the stable boys. The southerner recalls mules following or hitching with a gray horse since childhood and notes no reason for the color-linked pairing.
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Chambers Street
Broadway
New York Sun
Engaged Girl's Pride Sparks Quiet Reflection
The remark traces tension after the engagement news as she observes the poised joy of the engaged woman, noting jealousy and restraint. Subtle arguments arise about who wins or loses in love, with a sharp line on taste and prize in social games.
Perilous Prospect amid Private Letters and Warning
A tense ciphered exchange hints at serious danger as Coldeck fears the truth may ruin his wife. Second-Now urges calm while warning that Wildshot will fire in the air, suggesting a volatile situation and potential public incident.
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Coldeck
Wildshot
Puck
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