Circling the Globe by Bishop Greer Succeeds Potter
Coadjutor Bishop Greer, noted for giving a year’s salary to the Poor, succeeds Bishop Potter. Also reported: owners of New York property valued at 7,000,000,000 will pay 116,000,000 in taxes. fire loss in East Boston shifts to insurers. St Paul Union station archway collapse endangers 20. Judge Landis’ Standard Oil rebate ruling overruled. Mayflower sinks lumber schooner Menawa off Newport with all aboard rescued. large coal stripping near Gilberton to expose 20 foot vein. tongue preserved by toothpick incident in North Lima. moving picture doubt in Boston theatre. Kentucky night riders burn Illinois Central stations. Jamaica Plain gun violence case. baseball standings. Evelyn Walsh’s Denver marriage to Edward McLean. plan for post offices on ships.
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Greer
Potter
New York
Boston
St. Paul Union Station
Newport
R. I
Mayflower
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Gilberton
Albert Rukenbrod
North Lima
Rudenbrod
Halstrom
Baltimore
Kentucky
Ilinois Central Railroad
Gracey
Christian County
Cerulean
Trigg County
Otter Bend
Caldwell County
Illinois Central
Madisonville
Cobb
Otter Pond
Gravey
Potter Henry C Potter Dead Bishop of New York Dies
Henry Codman Potter seventh Protestant Episcopal bishop of the New York diocese died Tuesday night at his Cooperstown summer home after several weeks illness. Born Sche nectady May 25, 1834 he was part of a family of bishops and notable clergy. His career spanned Greensburg Troy Boston and New York City culminating in his leadership of Grace Church and the diocese. He was twice married first to Eliza R Jacob and after her death to Mrs Alfred Corning Clark, a widow with a fortune of about 13 million dollars.
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Epistoph Bate
New York
Rng
Ilness
Henry Codman Potter
Diocese of
Cooperstown
Bishop Botter
Schenectady
N. Y
Alonzo Potter
Pennsylvania
Dr. Knott
Union College
Horatio Potter
The
Theological Seminary of
Virginia
Trinity
Potter
Eliza R. Jacob
Philadelphia
Alfred Corning Clark
New Political Party Emerges From Farm Union Efforts
A new political party is being organized across the south and west led by the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union, which claims 700,000 members in the United States and 200,000 in Oklahoma. Leaders from Granger and Populist circles are joining picnics and gatherings to discuss policy, with labor unions targeted for support.
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South
West
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
United States
Oklahoma
End of the Big Texas Ranch Era Nears
West Texas farmland shifts to small holdings as frontier life fades. In Lubbock, Hockley, and Cochran counties, vast tracts once emptied of people now give way to dispersed farms. Large 15,000 to 50,000 acre sales decline as the era of the vast W 00Q acre parcels winds down.
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West Texas
Lubbock
Hockley
Cochran
The Heredity of Hair Form in Man
Gertrude and Charles Davenport of Cold Spring Harbor report in the American Naturalist that hair form in children can be predicted from parents. They state two wavy-haired parents may have straight, wavy, or curly children, with curly hair less likely, while two curly-haired parents can have straight, wavy, or curly offspring, with curly hair more common.
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Gertrude
Charles Davenport
Carnegie Institution
Cold Spring Harbor
N. Y
American Naturalist
Public service franchise must serve the public first
The Wall Street Summary notes New York City court decisions canceling unprofitable street railway leases and approving a new operation plan without honoring prior dividend rates. It states that public service costs come before dividends and that a corporation unable to meet its obligations to the public is unworthy of a franchise.
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New York City
Wall Street
Secrecy Pushes Through French Electoral Reform Law
The Senate and deputies of France have approved an electoral reform law aimed at ensuring complete secrecy of voting. Meanwhile in Mexico, regular troops surrounded rebel-held northern territories and dispersed the rebel bands as they attempted to escape the lines. Rounding up operations were anticipated soon.
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Senate
Deputies
France
Fort Wayne Politician Killed in Auto Train Crash near Columbia City
Mr. Charles Sherman King a former Indiana legislator and his family and chauffeur were killed when their car failed to clear a Pennsylvania Railroad freight crossing near Columbia City Indiana. The Manhattan Limited train struck the auto, derailing the locomotive and mangling six occupants. The party was en route from Fort Wayne to Lake Wewasee for a Sunday visit.
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Iestant
Columbia City
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles Sherman King
Fayma Bradshaw
Carl Timmins
Fort Wayne
Mr. King
Lake Wewasee
Oklahoma voters consider selling 3 million acres of state lands
Under an initiative proposal Oklahoma voters in November would decide whether to sell 3,000,000 acres of public lands held in school and public buildings funds. The plan argues eventual higher value from sale and tax benefits versus leasing, predicting 75,000 forty acre farms if sold now.
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Oklahoma
Nation Leads In Airships In U S Recognition Of Aeronautics
The United States moves toward practical aeronautics with trials at Fort Myer as it seeks a lead in heavier than air flight. Captain Ferber credits Octave Chanute Lilienthal and American inventors for aviation progress, while noting Farman and De la Grange in France. Other successful foreign air ships are mentioned.
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United States
Fort Myer
Ferber
France
Octave Chanute
Lilienthal
Harry Farman
de la Grange
Notable Indiana Republican Leader and Public Figures
A prominent Indiana Republican and several public figures are referenced. Daughters Katherine 16 and Josephine 12 of the King family guest Miss Bradshaw 16 at Lake Wawasee. Elizabeth Dupree 40 dies and Mary Dupree 65 is critically injured in a Columbus runaway caused by Tom Taggart’s car. Also noted are Wright brothers aeronautical work and a Knights of Pythias Supreme Lodge gathering in Boston expected to draw about 100,000 visitors and 1,000,000 members total.
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State
Indiana
Katherine
Josephine
Miss Bradshaw
King
Lake Wawasee
Robert F. Bradshaw
Fort Wayne
Elizabeth Dupree
Mary Dupree
Columbus
Ind
Tom Taggart
Indianapolis
National Democratic Committee
Taggart
Harry Stodler
French Lick
Garden City
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
Octave Chanute
Wright Brothers
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Boston
Order
Pythian Sisters
Prohibition and Republican Rally Amid 1912 Campaign
Eugene W. Chafin plans to speak in every state as Prohibition nominee. Frank H. Hitchcock becomes chairman of the national Republican committee. Roosevelt declines recording speeches for public sale. Taft completes a first draft acceptance speech at Hot Springs. Burton backs Taft over his own candidacy. Bryan critiques Taft's campaign funding stance and urges producers' rewards. Bangor Me Republican convention nominates Fernald for Governor and endorses prohibition. resubmission of the law to the people is the central issue.
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Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
National Republican Committee
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Hot Springs
Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
United States
W. J. Bryan
W. H. Taft
Bangor
B. M. Fernald
Failures in early 1908 US commerce show improvement
Dun's Review reports 8,700 commercial failures totaling 124,374,833 dollars in the first half of 1908, versus 5,607 failures and 69,568,662 dollars in the same span last year. The later months suggest the commercial death rate is diminishing, signaling a hopeful trend.
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United States
Dun
Big Standard Oil Fine Is Knocked Out
United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago unanimously reversed Judge Landis in the Standard Oil Indiana case remanding for retrial. It held the $29,240,000 fine based on false premises affecting rates, transactions, and ownership, with Rockefeller's ties noted and ground cut from under federal prosecutors.
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John D. Rockefeller
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
Peter 8. Grosscup
Seaman
Baker
Landis
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Alton Railroad
Erty
New Jersey
Whiting
Ind
Chicago and Alton
Indiana Company
Indiana Oil Company
New York
War on mail order firms and farm markets across the nation
Farmer and retailer tensions frame the rural market scene as small dealers push back against chain houses while harvest continues worldwide. Chicago milk firms cut retail quart prices from 9 to 7 cents, towns nearby drop from 7 to 6. Motley Minnesota Co Operative Creamery shareholders oversee 800 cows and collect milk from 500 more locally. Elgin Illinois sets cow butter pricing globally but faces charges against three restaurant keepers for selling bogus butter.
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Nubbins
Chicago
Co-Operative Creamery
Motley, Minn
Elgin
Ill
United States
Trade and industrial activity show cautious improvement
Payments through the bonus indicate a close trade recovery with stronger discount operations. Advances in American prints aim to hasten heavy selections for interiors as dry goods lines improve. Weather boosts retail sales while lightweight items shrink to comfortable stock. Pig iron, structural shapes, and wire demand rise, furnaces and mills increase production, and public works push large material needs. Leather goods remain strong as hides stay scarce and pricier. Crop markets stay favorable. winter wheat and corn progress. breadstuffs and livestock markets stay active. Grain at port totals 6,504,493 bushels, receipts up or down versus prior weeks and last year. livestock receipts rise. Chicago area failures up.
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Chicago
Dun's
Trade and industry hold midsummer calm in New York
The report notes a quiet trade and cautious optimism across sectors. Retail surplus clearances rise slowly while public buying power remains constrained. Jobbing centers on summer fabrics, with some regions expanding fall orders. Building shows life, especially in the South and West as yellow pine firms. Iron and steel stay quiet but export activity grows. US weekly business failures total 258, up from 246 last week. Canada reports 28 failures, down from 39.
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New York
Southern
Northwestern
Southern and
Pacific Northwestern
United States
Canada
L Bradstreet
Regional grain and livestock price roundup data
A detailed table lists cattle hogs sheep and various grains with market ranges across multiple U S cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and others Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed with No 2 and quality modifiers and monthly October figures where shown Keywords include city market No 2 red or white and specific price brackets
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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Colorado
Edward McLean
United States Navy
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American Association
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