Michigan News: Captain Bringe Fights Italian in Benton Harbor
Captain Albert Bringe Salvation Army leader, formerly of Chicago, clashed with Alexander Bartelci an Italian man 27 in Benton Harbor. More than a dozen shots were fired Bringe was wounded in the groin Bartelci was arrested attempting to flee and is jailed. Police believe Bartelci acted over alleged relations with Bringe’s wife. Bringe had earlier fired on Bartelci in the summer.
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R Bringe
Chicago
Albert Bringe
Salvation Army
Benton Harbor
Alexander Bartelci
Bringe
Barteuci
Salvationist
Bartend
Wyoming Coal Lands Restored to Public Domain
Announcement from Washington says the Interior Department classed unappropriated areas in Evanston Wyoming as coal land and restored them to the public domain. The price for disposal reaches up to 500 dollars per acre, with potential revenue gains estimated at about eight million dollars, reflecting value increases from previous sale prices.
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Department of the Interior
Evanston Land District
Wyoming
Horse Thief Canyon
Department
General Land Office
Sunday School Lesson August 8 1900 Thessalonians duties
Sunday School lesson covers First Thessalonians 5 verses 12 to 22 with emphasis on duties to church leaders, fellow believers, and self. It highlights reverence for preachers, peace among members, warning the unruly, comforting the feeble minded, strengthening the weak, patience, avoidance of evil for evil, rejoicing, prayer, gratitude, and discerning prophecy.
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Clarke
God
PEST OF WILD BEASTS NEAR MARQUETTE AND MUNISING
Reports from Marquette County and near Munising describe wolves and bears raiding crops and deer damaging fields along the Munising Railroad. Farmer Marten Halgren narrowly escaped a black bear on Cooper Lake land after a farm pursuit. Homesteaders Henry Haver and Thomas Gallagher arrived in Marquette with fifteen wolf pelts and noted unusually high wolf numbers in the Huron Mountain area.
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Marquette County
Munising
Marten Halgren
Negaunee
Cooper Lake
Henry Haver
Thomas Gallagher
Huron Mountain Club
Marquette
Michigan
Fire destroys multiple Pineconning structures in early morning blaze
A blaze starting at 4 am in Martin J. Gustin barn Pinconning racially damaged Gardiner and Ketcham livery W A McDonald general store and stock W A Smith livery Coyer brothers building and town hall Lambert residence and burned two horses in the Gustin barn Nelson Ireland’s automobile was lost McDonald's losses listed at 2500 on the building 5500 on stock with 4700 insurance town hall valued 1600 insured 1000 Gustin 1500 Smith 1200 Coyer brothers 400 with origin not known but blamed on tramps sleeping in haymow
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Pire
Martin J. Gustin
Gardiner & Ketcham
W. A. McDonald's
W. A. Smith
Coyer Brothers
Lambert
Gustin
Nelson Ireland
Her Hidden Riches Left to Christian Science
Maria Heydlauf a 60 year old scrub woman with no near relatives left 17000 in cash to charities via a will probated in Grand Rapids. The Christian Science Publishing Company Boston receives four fifteenths and the First Church Grand Rapids two fifteenths with distributions to Fennville society Michigan churches Grand Rapids children's home and Coldwater State Children's home.
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Christian Science
Maria Heydlauf
Grand Rapids
Christian Science Publishing Company
Boston
First
Church of Christ, Scientist
The
Christian Science Society
Fennville
Christian Science Churches of
Michigan
Coldwater
Engine Hits Auto, 3 Killed at Birch Creek Crossing
Three killed when the automobile of Ole Erickson president of the State Bank of Escanaba was struck by a northbound Chicago and Northwestern passenger train at a grade crossing near Birch Creek. Victims include Ole Erickson 58 his wife and his niece Miss Belle Erickson 17. The crash left four others unharmed.
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Birch Creek
Ole Erickson
State Bank of Escanaba
Chicago and Northwestern
Belle Erickson
Canners Race To Meet Peak Pea and Berry Season
Hart and Shelby fruit and pea canners operate around the clock in Oceana aided by over 2,000 extra workers to keep pace with receipts of the busiest season in five years.
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Oceana
Hart and
Shelby
Child ends life after burdened by loss near Reed City
An 11 year old girl Minnie Schmidt, daughter of a farmer three miles south of Reed City, committed suicide using her father's shotgun. The motive cited is the death of her mother two years earlier and the burden of caring for five younger siblings while pursuing education.
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Minnie Schmidt
Reed City
Priest’s Sister Shoots Two In Poles At Alpena Church
Miss Mary Nowalowski, sister of Rev. Father Nowalowski of St. Mary’s Polish Church in Alpena, fired on an enraged crowd injuring two men during an assault on the priest. She was arraigned on assault charges and released on bail as Bishop Richer denied church transfer demands.
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Father Nowalowski
St. Mary's
Alpena
Mary Nowalowski
Richter
Grand Rapids
Bear escape ends with man saved by tree
Hud son township farmer Herman Russell narrowly escaped a bear den when a cub attracted him to a pet attempt. The mother bear attacked, gnawed a sapling to collapse, and Russell fled up a larger tree to safety.
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Herman Russell
Hudson Township
Herman
Child Dies In Scalding Bath Accident
In Escanaba a baby named Samuel Carlson fell into a tub of hot water on his parents porch while they prepared clothes. The child suffered severe burns and died, with the mother badly burned while attempting to rescue him.
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Samuel Carlson
Escanaba
Geologists Lead Expedition to Northern Canada
A geologist party headed by C. K. Leith of the University of Wisconsin includes students and militiamen from Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois and Michigan. They have departed Channing for northern Canada and expect to stay until about October 1 with H. H. Porter Jr of Chicago among the members.
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C. K. Leith
University of Wisconsin
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Channing
Canada
H. H. Porter, Jr
Chicago
Real Baby For Sale In New York City
Advertises a two week old baby named Tommy Beach for five hundred dollars to fund the family. Describes the infant’s blue eyes and strong lungs and notes the father, a 19 year old mother, and two step-sisters live in a second floor tenement ballroom on 8th Avenue. Milk is needed but unaffordable, prompting the sale plan.
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New York
Tommy Beach
8Th Avenue
Tommy
State Happenings Include Accidents And Legal Ruling
A roundup of incidents across Michigan includes three Hoag sons escaping a rattlesnake attack in Lee township, a Kala mazoo girl severely injured by a dog, Levi Snyder arranging cremation after death, a Holland child burned by a bonfire, and a dress fire near Port Huron. Judge Padgham allocates 350 to Adams et al. in Plainwell dam case. rest of Sayres family injured in a Detroit area wagon accident.
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William Hoag
Lee Township
Helen Ives
Joseph Ives
Kalamazoo
Levi T. Synder
Medical College
Indianapolis
Ind
Snyder
Harvey S. Sullivan
Holland
Julia Kipp
Phillip Padgham
Circuit Court
Frank C. L. Adams
Plainwell Water Power Company
Trade and industry new from Orange and Minnesota reports
Grand jury in Orange New Jersey saw 1407 to 3 vote to continue the strike without the union label. American Smelting and Refining reports 7,711,979 net earnings with 5,500,000 dividends and 1,843,000 surplus. its subsidiary shows 3,626,426 earnings. Minnesota reformatory granite for road use ready to ship with eight to ten cars weekly. Great Northern and Northern Pacific to haul at no cost. Northwest crops outlook favorable with robust grain hay and fruit potential. Prof. N O Leighton to lead Hawaiian water resources study for power development. Several South Dakota cities adding electric lighting. gas engines and electric power to be used commercially. Herried Harrold and Wessington among new plants, cost 1600 to 4000 dollars.
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American Smelting and Refining Company
American Smelters’ Securities Company
Minnesota
St. Cloud
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
N. O. Leighton
Geological Survey
Hawaiian Islands
South Dakota
Herried
Harrold
Wessington
Hold Up Report On Erie Train Robbery
Reports of an Erie Western Express hold up near Middletown New York describe one or two gunmen robbing western bound immigrants just after leaving the Bergen tunnel New Jersey. Victims included men women and children as they were frightened and forced to surrender money and valuables before the robbers escaped. The train left Jersey City at 12 10 a m and stopped at Middletown after the robbery was discovered.
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New York
Middletown
N. Y
Bergen Tunnel
New Jersey
Jersey City
SAFE LOOTED SEEK EMPLOYE FIRST NATIONAL BANK TIPTON IN
The First National Bank of Tipton Indiana closed and assistant cashier Noah R Marker has vanished after taking 50 000 to 60 000 in cash. He set the safe time lock to 9 am Monday and left a note saying he had gone for good. Marker 35, married with two children, had been with the bank nineteen years and once ran for mayor as a Republican.
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First National Bank of
Tipton
Ind
Indiana
Noah R. Marker
Marker
William Marker
Noah Marker
Wages Restored for Traction Workers After Pause
About 3,900 motormen and conductors employed by the Interstate Railways Company on traction lines in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware were surprised to learn that after August 1 the 1814 cent hourly rate would resume, undoing a 1½ cent reduction made a year ago. Officials had promised an increase when business warranted, with no demand from the workers.
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Eastern Traction Company
Interstate Railways Company
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Massachusetts Husband Shoots Wife in Jamaica Plain
In a Boston Jamaica Plain home a shoe designer named Harry Pierce shot and killed his wife during an apparent burglary scare. Pierce was taken into custody as police say the shooting appears accidental. Friends describe a loving marriage of about three years.
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Massachusetts
Harry Pierce
Jamaica Plain
Boston
Pierce
Tariff debate stirs independents as Aldrich bill analyzed
Senator La Follette issues insurgent analysis of the Aldrich tariff bill. Treasury figures show imports would rise by 146 million under the House plan and fall by 93 million under the Senate plan. American suffragists in New York plan novel summer campaigning using a street piano and tambourine to spread literature as they face hostility in Wall Street.
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la Follette
Aldrich
Treasury
Senate
New York
Wall Street
Trade optimism strengthens midsummer markets
Midsummer trade conditions show renewed vigor with higher solvent bank payments and robust factory activity. Weather boosts general merchandise demand and raw material consumption while steel car building expands and outputs rise in implements, electric appliances, and leather goods. Bank clearings reach 259,703,400, up 18.9 percent from 1908. Chicago district failures total 37 with lower liabilities.
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Chicago
New York Crop Gains and Trade Strengthen Economy
Improvement in crops and better outlook for leading cereals ease bread prices, boost retail clearance sales, and widen fair trade with jobbers. Output expansions in industries, rising manufactured prices, greater money demand for crop movement, and higher friction between employers and workers accompany the week. Rubber climbs to 1.85 per pound, Press Bradstreet notes US business failures 239 for the week ending July 22, with Canada at 24.
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United States
Bradstreet’s
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Major Markets
A compilation of price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep, plus grain and dairy values across Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and New York. Includes cattle 4.00 to 7.50, hogs 3.00 to 8.50, wheat 1.06 to 1.96, corn 0.66 to 0.79, oats 0.42 to 0.52, rye 0.56 to 0.80, butter 22 to 27 cents, eggs 18 to 24 cents, and hay and other commodities priced for regional markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
New York
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Thessalonians
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Priest
Brain
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Port Austin
W. S. Sayres
Trade and Industry
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N. J
Gotham
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