Fires menace Mesaba range towns as Snowball is destroyed
Fires from the Mesaba range sweep through Hibbing Buh and Nashwauk threatening towns along a twenty two mile front. Snowball, a 190 population settlement, is reported totally destroyed by a sudden blaze. Militias guard Mitchell and Chisholm while looters are arrested amid firefighting efforts and rail crews assist.
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Duluth
Rept
Mesaba Range
Chisholm
Flibbing
Bub
Nashwauk
Snowball
Nashwavuk
Brooklyn
Hilo
Huhl
Aurora
Mitchell
Hibbing
Duluth, Mesaba and Northern Railway
Buhl
Virginia
Great Northern Railway
Kelly’s Lake
Labor Pays Tribute to William J Bryan in Chicago Parade
Labor leaders honored William J Bryan on Labor Day in Chicago. Processions gathered around the Auditorium Hotel as Bryan accepted cheers from thousands of workers and wore a badge tossed from a cigarmakers union. He spoke on dignifying honest toil and later addressed crowds at Forest Park and Brand's Park.
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Chicago
Organized Labor
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Auditorium Hotel
Bil
William
Cigarmakers’ Union
Labor
Iroquois Club
Forest Park
Park
Mr. Bryan
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Brand's Park
Killed in Auto Accident Near Minneiska
Paris Fletcher of Clarke & Fletcher real estate firm died when their car overturned at the bottom of a steep hill near Minneiska in Wabasha county. Mrs. Fletcher was seriously injured. He was 43, long a prominent real estate dealer and manager of estates in St. Paul.
AFL Head Samuel Gompers Campaigns Against Cannon in Danville
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, opened his campaign against Joseph G. Cannon’s re election to the national house of representatives during the Labor day celebration in Danville Illinois. He addressed about 1000 people in attendance at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ill
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Joseph G. Cannon
National House of Representatives
Gompers
Anarchist Berkman Arrested as Cooper Union Riot Erupts
A Cooper Union labor meeting in New York on Labor Day devolved into an anarchist demonstration. Emma Goldman was forced to leave, Berkman was arrested after attempting to defend anarchist doctrines, and a woman alias Mary Smith was also detained for riot incitement.
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New York
Sept
Cooper Union
Alexander Berkman
Henry ©. Frick
Steel Company
Homestead
Pennsylvania
Mary Smith
Berkman
Emma Goldman
Mr. How
Vegnone
Ben Reitman
Minneapolis
King of the
Dr. Reitman
Charles Oberwager
Central Federated Union
Moran Attel Draw In Featherweight Championship Fight
Moran of England and Attel the American champion fought a 23 round draw at the Colma arena in San Francisco before about 6000 spectators. Referee Jack Welsh signaled a draw as Moran said he broke his right hand in round two and would fight five more rounds for a winner takes all. Moran's hand was found badly swollen after the match.
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San Francisco
Sept
Abe Attel
America
Owen Moran
England
Colma Open Air Arena
Jack Welsh
Moran
Attel
Papke Stuns Ketchel In Brutal Middleweight Title Fight
Billy Papke of Illinois defeated Stanley Ketchel of Michigan by knockout in the twelfth round at Jeffries Vernon arena to become the world middleweight champion. Ketchel, favored 2 to 1, was battered and knocked to the mat multiple times before the final knockout as both fighters endured a bloody, grueling contest. Ketchel sustained severe facial injuries and required postfight care.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Stanley Ketchel
Michigan
Jeffries’ Vernon Arena
Billy Papke
Illinois
Thunderbolt
Ketchel
Papke
James J. Jeffiries
Keichel
Heroic fire rescuer sacrifices life saving mother and child
John Tuck a retired real estate dealer and Brooklyn resident returned to a burning apartment to rescue a mother Mrs. William Clampel and her child. He carried the mother to safety using his coat and then brought out the infant before his clothes caught fire. He died after placing the child in the mother's arms. Neither mother nor child suffered serious injuries.
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New York
John Tuck
Brooklyn
William Clampel
Tuck
Fearless Balke Hits Boy at Agricultural Park
Charles Balke known as Fearless Balke in the motorcycle world, riding at a speed described as a mile a minute, struck seven year old Lester Webb who darted onto the track. Webb was killed and Balke was seriously injured with possible lifelong consequences.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Balke
Crank Armed With Bull Dog Revolver Grasped Near Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay September 8 A man calling himself John Coughlin a supposed detective armed with a bull dog revolver was stopped by Secret Service near the president house at Sagamore Hill He claimed to come to urge Roosevelt to call out 10000 troops to quell Boston outrages He grappled with agents and was jailed for carrying a concealed weapon He will be examined for sanity at Mineola jail.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Hill
John Coughlin
Secret Service
Vege
Boston
Coughlin
Adams
Roosevelt
James Sloan, Jr
Sloan
Oyster Bay Town Hall
Mineola
Coughan
Knox Escapes Injury in Evian Geneva Auto Mishap
Senator Philander C Knox of Pennsylvania and his son avoided serious harm after their car skidded on a soft road near Evian and plunged into a ditch. The elder Knox suffered no serious injury while his son escaped with minor bruises and torn clothing. The automobile was badly damaged and Knox proceeded to Basle for a temporary halt to the tour.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Eviantes-Bains
Knox
Automobille
Basle
Four Die in Water Street Factory Fire Incendiary Suspected
Four persons including three men and a woman were burned to death in a seven story Water Street factory blaze. The fire, believed to be incendiary, occurred during overtime work by a group of employees. The victims perished in the blaze and bodies were severely burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Water Street
Car Crash in 290 Mile Rocky Mountain Race Injures Six
In Denver on September 8 a 30 horsepower car driven by A B Crow crashed into a telegraph post, ejecting occupants including Albion Ingersoll the mechanician. The vehicle then struck a buggy with women and children. six people were injured.
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Denver
A. B. Crow
Albion Ingersoll
Forest Fires Threaten Homestake Preserves
Three troops of the Fourth Cavalry from Fort Meade are dispatched to combat a forest fire endangering Homestake Mining company preserves south of Sturcs. Reports say more than twenty fires burn in the Black Hills.
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Sturcs
S. D
Fourth Cavalry
Fort Meade
Homestake Mining Company
Black Hills
Early meteors and enduring worship across ages
The record recalls a 204 B C meteor in Phrygia once venerated, carried to Rome as a divine messenger, and Livy noting a meteoric shower that unsettled people and led senators to skip a nine day festival. It also mentions a 600 A D Mecca meteorite still worshiped today.
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Phrygia
Rome
Mecca
Frantic Women Distracts from Feminine Health Discourse
An article discusses organic disturbances shaping female nerves and mood, claiming such conditions cause widespread misery. It notes these issues can be overcome by taking certain remedies, highlighting a push toward medical explanations for female nervousness.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Appeals to Women
Letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Compound as a trusted female remedy. Mrs Mary Wood of Chris Tenn reports nerve relief and life change after use, while Mrs Wallace Wilson of Thomon ville Conn says it restored her health after doctors failed.
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Mary Wood
Chris Tenn
Pokies
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wallace Wilson
Thomonville, Conn
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H. L. Banfield
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J Droft
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Longyear Lake
Shenango
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John McHale
Aan
Chisolm
Long Year Lake
Grand Jury
Shenanto Mine
Paul Man
Henry C. Frick
Eads How
St. Louis
Hobo
Unemployed and Brotherhood Welfare Association
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Marseillaise
Stanley Ketchell
Crank
Roosevelt Home
Cret Service
Lydia E.pinkham
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