Curtiss Sets Speed Record at Rheims Aviation Meet
Glenn H. Curtiss, with Paulham, dominates day two at Rheims, lowering the six and one fifth mile course record to 8 minutes 35 and a fraction seconds. He says he did not push to the limit and remains favored for the Gordon Bennett Cup, while Paulham sets endurance marks in the Prix de la Champagne.
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Rheims
France
Glenn H. Curtiss
M. Paulham
Courtlandt Field Bishop
The
Aero Club of America
Tribunes
Paulham
Lefebvre
Fournier
Sanchis-Jesu
Bleriot
Delagrange
Lambert
Cockburn
Gobren
Latham
Tissandier
Buneau-Varilla
Farman
Aldrich to Visit Taft on Monetary Commission Report
Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich will visit President Taft to discuss the monetary commission's report. The trip follows Taft's day of routine tasks and shows no major diplomatic changes as Congress prepares to convene. Editor Frank A. Musgrove named census supervisor for Hanover, New Hampshire.
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Rhode Island
Monetary Commission
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Frank A. Musgrove
Hanover
N. H
Congress
Nelson W. Aldrich
Street Car Wage Talks Endless as Conference Fails
Chicago August meeting between Chicago Railways president John M. Roach and Amalgamated Association leader W D Mahon failed to produce agreement on wages and proposed grading system for street car workers. Both sides refused to yield a point and arbitration was discussed as a possibility.
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Chicago
John M. Roach
Chicago Railways Company
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Mayor Fatally Wounded in Davisboro Quarrel
J C Godfrey mayor of Davisboro Ga was shot at his home after a dispute over a mayor's court decision. Gordon Collins a white man fired the pistol wound entering the mayor's right side. Godfrey wounded and likely to die Collins fled and was not captured.
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Davisboro
J. C. Godfrey
Wes
Godfrey
Gordon Collins
M. M. Collins
Collins
Two Occupants of Automobile Killed in Illinois Crash
In Kankakee Illinois on August 24 Mrs George Granger wife of a retired local merchant and Miss Genevieve Rabig of Chicago were killed when a touring car was struck at the Hobbie avenue crossing by a freight engine backing down a side track. Five other occupants were seriously injured including George Granger Amelia Fortin Jeanette Granger Paul Granger Ira Dole and the chauffeur.
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Kankakee
George Granger
Genevieve Rabig
Chicago
Hobbie Avenue
Mound Grove Cemetery
Rabig
St. Xavier Academy
Amelia Fortin
Granger
Jeanette Granger
Paul Granger
Ira Dole
Miss Rabig
Navy Leads In National Rifle Team Match At Camp Perry
At Camp Perry Ohio on August 24 the National rifle team match enters the 600 yards stage with forty eight teams. The United States Navy leads at 1061 while Massachusetts holds 1075 and New York 1070. Annapolis cadets push the navy, New York ties high score at 200 yards and climbs from ninth to third. Associations move to arrange with Canada for an international match next month at Sea Girl.
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Camp Perry
United States Navy
Massachusetts
New York
Navy
Annapolis
Canada
Sea Girl
Association of American Riflemen
Johnson Accepts Fight With Tonight's Barry Burns Winner
Jack Johnson telegrammed promoter Tom McCarey to accept a bid to fight the winner of the Barry Burns bout tonight in Los Angeles. The match will be ten rounds with no decision and Johnson will receive the heavier share of the purse. It is planned for September 21 or 24.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Tom McCarey
Jack Johnson
Jim Barry
Jack Burns
Johnson
Expanded Homestead Act Allocates Vast Montana and Utah Lands
Acting Interior Secretary Pierce designated 542 480 additional acres in Montana under the enlarged act allowing 320 acres per claimant, bringing Montana total to 26 030 089 acres. The same act also designates 123 380 acres in San Juan County Utah.
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Washington
Interior Pierce
Montana
San Juan County
Utah
Dakota to be released from quarantine on scabbies cattle
Washington August 24 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson issued an order effective September 1 releasing from quarantine the portion of North Dakota lying south and west of the Missouri River due to scabbles or mango in cattle.
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Washington
Wilson
North Dakota
Missouri River
Results on the Diamond Across Major Leagues
Scores from games in American League American Association Western League and Three League list results in multiple cities. Highlights include Boston 6 Chicago 11 Detroit 11 Washington 6 St Louis 9 Brooklyn 1 and New York 12 Cincinnati 9 among others.
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Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
American Association
Grain and Provision Prices Reported in Minneapolis
Wheat futures quoted for September and December show slight shifts with prices around 96 and 93 to 97 cents. Grain notes include track bids for No 1 hard and Northern varieties with old and new price ranges from $1.04 to $1.21 per bushel.
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Minneapolis
Livestock Prices From St Paul Market Report
Cattle price ranges show good to choice steers in the six dollar to six seventy five range, cows and heifers from four to five twenty five, hogs at seven fifty to seven eighty, and sheep with wethers and yearlings around four to five dollars, lambs near five to six fifty, and spring lambs at six to seven twenty five.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax prices on track and arrival lists
On track prices for wheat show No 1 Northern at 1.034 and No 2 Northern at 1.00 with nearby bids at 99c to 97c and futures for Sept Oct Dec May. Flax prices on track and for arrival range from 1.45 for Sept to 1.31 for Dec with nearby bids around 1.37, 91.34, and 1.84 respectively.
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Duluth
Northern
Thirteenth Annual Food and Dairy Convention Opens
Denver hosts the thirteenth annual convention of state and national food and dairy departments. A goal is a model pure food bill for states, limiting a national law to interstate commerce. A special committee led by Dr. E F Ladd plans to forward the approved bill to state legislatures. Secretary Wilson attends as a spectator and may push stricter federal enforcement. Dr H W Wiley to discuss the chemistry of bleached flour.
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Denver
Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments
E. F. Ladd
North Dakota
Wilson
H. W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Chicago market quotes for grains and livestock
Wheat Sept 9844c Dec 94%c May 98%c. Corn Sept 65%c Dec 55%c May 57c. Oats Sept 36%c Dec 36%c May 39%c. Pork Sept 22.40 Oct 20.85 Jan 17.25. Butter cream eries 23% 27c, dairies 21 244c. Eggs 18 21 %c. Poultry Turkeys lic chickens 14%c springs 17c.
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Chicago
Cattle and Hogs Prices From Chicago Market Report
Chicago market report lists cattle categories with price ranges for cattle beef stocks cows and heifers calves hogs and sheep. It shows prices per hundredweight across Varied classes including western steers stockers and feeders hogs and lambs with ranges from 2.25 to 8.75 for cattle and 6.90 to 8.16 for hogs and 4.75 to 7.50 for sheep.
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Chicago
Texas
Panic at Pressed Steel Car plant as strike-breaker opens fire
Mike Melsinska, an alleged strike-breaker, fired four shots inside the Schoenville plant, wounding a man as about thirty strikers fought back. State deputies failed to quell the riot. constabulary rushed to the scene and an ambulance carried the gravely injured shooter to Ohio Valley hospital. The man is unlikely to survive.
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Pittsburg
Mike Melsinska
Schoenville
Meljinska
Melsingka
Oho Valley
McKees Rocks Demands Governor Call for State Troops
City council sends a committee to Harrisburg to urge Governor Stuart to deploy the state constabulary to the Pressed Steel Car plant in Schoenville amid a strike that has left seven dead and many wounded. Forty state police plus mounted guards have arrived as chaos continues.
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City Council of
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Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Stuart
Pressed Steel Car Company
Schoenville
Mike Desosaki
Mercy Hospital
Mounted Constabulary
Train kills Minnesota miner in Coleraine tragedy
A 27 year old miner named Frank Pattmeau, a husband and father, was killed at Coleraine when he stepped off the track to avoid one train and was struck by an approaching opposite train.
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Duluth
Frank Pattmeau
Coleraine
Harriman Appears on Deck After Atlantic Voyage
E. H. Harriman, after leaving Cherbourg on August 18, reappeared on the Kaiser Wilhelm II deck at Halifax via wireless on August 4. He talked with several passengers but still shows fatigue and needs rest.
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E. H. Harriman
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Halifax
Cherbourg
Billy Sunday Injured In Collision Near Yellow Creek Lake
Evangelist Billy Sunday and his wife were injured when their car overturned after a collision with another automobile near Yellow Creek lake in LaPorte Indiana. Mrs Sunday was in serious condition while Billy Sunday suffered only painful bruises as he drove at high speed attempting to pass the other vehicle.
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LaPorte
Ind
Yellow Creek Lake
Bilby
Mra
Merediths Advice to Stead
W T Stead recalls a telling episode with George Meredith praising some characters yet urging harsh honesty. He notes Meredith stayed loyal in friendship and was forthright in critique especially about his first story sent in fear and trembling.
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Cecibodes
Train Timetables for Chicago Great Western Railway
North Bound trains serve St Paul Minneapolis Dubuque Chicago Des Moines and Kansas City with departures at 4 11 a m and 5 44 p m Arrivals from cities listed at 11 42 p m 12 25 p m 1 23 25 p m South Bound services to Fort Dodge Council Bluffs and Omaha depart at 12 25 p m and 11 42 p m with arrivals from Fort Dodge Mason City Lyle Council Bluffs and Omaha at 5 44 p m and 4 11 a m
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Minneapolis
Louisville
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Toledo
Columbus
Dubuque
Chicago
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Lyle
Manly
Ason City
Mason City
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