79¢ Table Linen Leads All Others
A promotional notice from RR Murphy in Austin urges shoppers to investigate discounted dry goods and fabrics. It claims small-town stores can undercut city prices through bulk buys and slow turnover, inviting readers to compare silk, cashmere, linens, and ready-to-wear items like skirts, parasols, coats, and undergarments, with claimed savings of ten to twenty percent.
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Churott
Minnesota
RR. Murphy
Austin
Moroccos Police Plan Receives Allied Backing
Paris and Madrid report Allied powers approve a plan to allow France and Spain to occupy Moroccan littoral ports and organize an international police force. Spain signals readiness to act, with warships in Cadiz to enforce the policy as Moorish resistance persists and European prestige hinges on the response.
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Paria
Associated Press
Thange
Morocco
Spain
A Gabbas
Cot
Weed
Ace
Algeciras
United's
Qition
France
Ae Bolice
Cme
Waite
Hower
Nce
Mazi Spa
Mogador
Sath
Rabat
Aia
el Araish
Casa Blanca
Tangier
Paris
Temps
Madrid
Maura
Cadiz
Progress of the Plague in San Francisco
San Francisco officials urged burning the city and county hospital housing plague cases as the Marine Hospital Service assigns Dr. Rupert Blue to lead the plague campaign. Washington reports Blue travels to San Francisco to direct the fight and stop the outbreak.
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San Francisco
Board of Health
Board of Supervisors
City and County Hospital
Marine Hospital Service
Rupert Blue
Wyman
Washington
The
Pubic Health and Marine Hospital Service
Train robbery try ends with knife attack near Alves
Three men who had targeted Rock Inland passengers at Lincoln station tried to rob the Rocky Mountain Limited near Alves station. They fought Conductor Henry Duvall, staving off the attack with a knife before leaping from the train.
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Omaha
Lincoln
Henry Duvall
Rocky Mountain Limited
Alves
Lumber Plant Fire Ravages Chicago North Branch Yards
Fire destroyed the plant and lumber yards of the North Branch Flooring company in Chicago. Loss estimated at 70,000 dollars amid a night of crime reports including an attempted robbery aboard a train and related courts.
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Chicago
North Branch Flooring Company
Michigan Girl Killed in First Balloon Ascension
Pearl Potter of Grand Rapids died at a fair in Howard City while attempting her first balloon ascent. She rode in a parachute capsule attached to a cannon intended to launch at 500 feet, but the device failed to fire.
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Howard City
Mich
Pearl Potter
Grand Rapids
Oil Trust Indicted for Rebating in Oil Shipments
Jamestown New York September 7 1909 A federal grand jury concluded its July investigation discharging the panel after returning four indictments Standard Oil New York Central Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad and a joint indictment against the two railroads The counts allege accepting or granting rebates on oil shipments from Olean to points in Vermont reflecting a broad rebate scheme with heavy counts in each indictment
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Jamestown
N. Y
Federal
Standard Oil Company
New York Central Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Olean
Vermont
Telegraphers Strike May See Developments Next Tuesday
New York Sept 7 officers of the telegraphers union say key developments may come at the Western Union quarterly meeting next Tuesday. About 200 strikers have found other jobs, while Postal Telegraph and Western Union officials declare the strike is over for the companies.
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New York
Telegraphers’ Union
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Company
Mills Elected Right Worthy Conductress At Eastern Star
At the closing session of the general grand chapter Order of the Eastern Star Mrs Retta Mills was elected right worthy conductress. The next triennial convention meets in Jacksonville Florida.
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Milwaukee
General Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star
Retta Mills
Jacksonville
Fla
TWELVE MEET DEATH TRAIN WRECK AT NORRIS LA
Twelve people were killed and twelve injured when a northbound express train jumped the track at Norris Louisiana and collided with a southbound freight. Victims were all in the smoking car. rescue work was aided by nurses and a hospital at Waterloo. Plunderers roamed the scene, robbing the dead and injured in broad daylight.
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Norris
Waterloo
Rock Island Railroad
PD. Oliver
Will Goodman
John N. Watson
Waterlds
C. L. Landphore
Shell Rock
W. Ray Johnson
Dike
B. R. Christy
Minneapolis
Lepovan Toja
Hammond
Ind
Saborer
Beeman
W. H. Meyers
Baggageman
Burlington
J. A. Newell
Minois Central
John Shaw
Dr. Co
J O'Keefe
Marble Rock
Ita
J. H. Dougass
Thomas Evenson
Mora
Minn
O. H. Martin
West Liberty
Edward
Pierre
Trocoin Crignen
St. St. Paul
H. McMahon
Albert Mason
A. L. Welliver
F. Kinch
Cedar Rapids
Lakeland Street
Chicago
Presbyterian Hospital
Norris Siding
Cedar Faille
Million Dollar Rail Fight Over Superior Line
In Superior Wisconsin on September 7 a major railroad dispute unfolds among the Soo railroad the steel trust and opponents the Northern Pacific and Great Northern. Officials Erickson and Engineer Pence reviewed the case as the steel trust road plans threaten Great Northern yards at Saunders and would cost over 1 million dollars for a few miles of track with plants costing additional millions. The steel trust has already set aside 10 million for a plant and road at Superior and Duluth.
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Superior
Wis
Soo
Steel Trust
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Erickson
Pence
Railroad Commissi
Saunders
W. A. McGonagle
Steel Trust Road
Douglas County
Duluth
Taft Tours Oregon Aims at Equal Privilege Policy
Secretary Taft and party visited Portland on Friday while en route to the Philippines. He met Theodore B. Wilcox and spoke at the Portland hotel and armory delivering remarks on government business being run on the principle of no special privileges for any class. He addressed more than 5,000 people at the armory under the Oregon Development league.
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Portland
Ore
Lesceracy Taft
Philippines
Theodore B. Wilcox
Oregon Development League
Taft
Wilcox
Vancouver Barracks
Bank Robbery in Frankfort Causes Heavy Loss
In Frankfort South Dakota bank safes blown during a thunderstorm explosion. Three men described as suspects fled the scene with about $8000. Building damage reported. Police issued descriptions and believe the trio escaped on a handcar. no trace yet.
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Huron
S. D
Frankfort
Boar Hunt with Javelins Planned for Roosevelt
Reports from San Antonio indicate a wild boar hunt with javelins instead of rifles is being planned for President Roosevelt. An experimental hunt south of San Antonio will proceed soon, with several of the president's acquaintances endorsing the idea and noting he may join during his upcoming Southern and Western tour.
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Houston
Tex
San Antonio
Roosevelt
HummeI Cannot Testify in Thaw Trial
Abe HummeI’s frail physical and mental state prevents setting a date for the second trial of Harry K Thaw for the Stanford White murder He is not able to testify and may not rally enough in prison to be a competent witness, risking the state’s ability to rest its case without him The testimony of the small lawyer would be crucial to proving Thaw’s guilt.
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New York
Abe" Hummel
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Pittsburg
Wisconsin Woman Freed After 16 Years For Murder
Wilhelmina Bache, imprisoned since age seventeen for the murder of Michael Setl in Shawano County, was released as her life sentence was commuted by Governor Davidson. Madison reports indicate she is not guilty beyond doubt.
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Madison
Wis
Wilhelmina Bache
Wangon
Michael Setl
Shawano County
Davidson
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Europe
Dr. Blue
Michigan
OIL Trust
Florida
Iowa
Charles J. O'Keefe
Sdes
International Harvester Company of
Wisconsin
Texas
Donaldson, Minn
Crookston, Minn
Donaldson
Here
Superior, Wis
Oregon
Dakota Bank
President Roosevelt
Hummel
Harry Thaw
Reliable Home Insurance Company of
Citizen’s National Bank
Schleuder’s
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