Michigan Captain Fights Italian in Benton Harbor Duel
Captain Albert Bringe of the Salvation Army, who came from Chicago to Benton Harbor, exchanged fire with Alexander Bartelci, a 27 year old Italian. More than a dozen shots were fired with Bringe wounded in the groin. Bartelci was arrested as he fled the city. Police believe Bartelci’s ties to the Salvation Army leader’s wife sparked the shooting. Bringe had fired at Bartelci earlier in the summer. the duel occurred as Bringe walked near his home.
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Heinge
Chiago
Albert Bringe
Salvation Army
Benton Harbor
Chicago
Alexander Bartelci
Bringe
Barteuci
Salvationist
Bartend
Priest's Sister Fires on Angry Parishioners in Alpena
Miss Mary Nowalowski, sister of Rev. Father Nowalowski at St. Mary’s Polish Church, Alpena, opened fire on an excited crowd after Bishop Richer refused to transfer the priest. Two parishioners were wounded, one with part of a jaw shot away. she was arraigned on assault charges and released on bail. The bishop witnessed the incident. the priest was assaulted.
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Father Nowalowski
St. Mary's
Alpena
Mary Nowalowski
Richter
Grand Rapids
Wild beasts strike northern Peninsula with wolves bears
Reports from Marquette County and near Munising describe farmers troubled by bear and wolf attacks. Deer damage crops along the Munising Railroad. Farmer Marten Halgren escaped a bear encounter on Cooper Lake property after a fight, while Henry Haver and Thomas Gallagher arrived with fifteen wolf pelts from near the Huron Mountain club area.
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Peninsula
Marquette County
Munising
Marten Halgren
Negaunee
Cooper Lake
Henry Haver
Thomas Gallagher
Huron Mountain Club
Marquette
Michigan
Destructive blaze hits Pinconning structures incl
A morning fire in Pinconning destroyed the Martin J. Gustin barn and many nearby properties. Gardiner & Ketcham livery, W. A. McDonald general store, W. A. Smith livery, Coyer Brothers building, town hall, and Lambert residence suffered major losses. Fire origin blamed on tramps in haymow. two horses cremated. Nelson Ireland’s car burned. Total damages run high with stock losses and insured values noted.
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Martin J. Gustin
Gardiner & Ketcham
W. A. McDonald's
W. A. Smith
Corer Brothers
Lambert
Gustin
Nelson Ireland
McDonald's
Smith
Coyer Brothers
Hidden Riches Found in Scrub Woman’s Will
Maria Heydlauff a 60 year old scrub woman reputed poor left 17000 cash mostly in banks all to charity as she had no near relatives The Christian Science Publishing Company Boston receives four fifteenths First Church of Christ Scientist Grand Rapids two fifteenths Christian Science Society of Fennville one tenth and three fifteenths in trust for other Michigan Christian Science Churches Grand Rapids Children’s Home receives three fifteenths and one tenth goes to the State Children’s Home at Coldwater
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Lear
Christian Science
Maria Heydlauff
Grand Rapids
Christian Science Publishing Company
Boston
First
Church of Christ, Scientist
The
Christian Science Society
Fennville
Christian Science Churches of
Michigan
Coldwater
Three Die When Car Is Hit by Train at Crossing
Ole Erickson president of the State Bank of Escanaba and his wife and niece were killed when their automobile was struck at a grade crossing by a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train near Birch Creek. The nauve victims were Ole Erickson 58, Miss Belle Erickson 17, and Mrs. Erickson. Four others escaped unharmed.
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Birch Creek
Ole Erickson
State Bank of Escanaba
Chicago and Northwestern
Belle Erickson
Canners Hustle to Meet Record Season at Hart and Shelby
Fruit and pea canners Fea and Berry Crope in Oceana push 2,000 extra workers to run night and day at Hart and Shelby to keep pace with receipts of the biggest season in five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fea
Oceana
Hart and
Shelby
Tragic Self-Inflicted Death Near Reed City
Fifteen year old Minnie Schmidt, daughter of a local farmer three miles south of Reed City, ended her life by shooting herself through the heart. The act followed the death of her mother two years earlier and the burden of caring for five younger siblings plus interrupted education. The prisoner of sorrow left no note and the tragedy stunned the rural community.
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Minnie Schmidt
Reed City
Bear attack chase ends with farmer’s narrow escape
Herman Russell of Hudson township escaped a den of bears when a cub lured him toward a tree. The sow bear gnawed a sapling to force a break while Russell climbed to a larger tree and survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Russell
Hudson Township
Herman
Wyoming Coal Lands Restored to Public Domain in Evanston District
The Department of the Interior classifies unappropriated Wyoming coal lands in Evanston for disposal at up to $500 per acre. Investigations linked title fraud in Horse Thief canyon cases led to reclaiming valuable coal deposits from patentees and returning land to the public domain. Under new policy the townships’ worth rises to $8.13 million from $459 thousand, with expected revenue gains near $8 million beyond former prices.
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Department of the Interior
Evanston Land District
Wyoming
Horse Thief Canyon
Department
General Land Office
Child Dies After Falling Into Hot Soapy Water
In Escanaba a baby boy named Samuel Carlson died after slipping from a perch into a tub of hot suds the mother had prepared for soaking clothes. The mother's arms and hands were burned while pulling him from the scalding water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escanaba
Samuel Carlson
Geologists Lead Expedition to Northern Canada
Led by C. K. Leith of the University of Wisconsin, geologists and students from Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois and Michigan depart Channing for northern Canada to stay until about October 1. H. H. Porter Jr of Chicago is among the party.
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C. K. Leith
University of Wisconsin
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Channing
Canada
H. H. Porter, Jr
Chicago
Wanted: Real Baby for Sale in New York
A two week old baby boy named Tommy Beach is offered for sale for five hundred dollars. He lives with his father a 19 year old mother and two step-sisters in a second floor tenement on 8th avenue. The father cannot afford milk for Tommy and seeks a good home while raising funds to help others.
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New York
Tommy Beach
8Th Avenue
Tommy
State Happenings Report A Chain of Narrow Escapes
Three Hoag sons escape a rattlesnake bite after it crawled from a haystack in Lee township. Kala mazoo child Helen Ives likely dies from dog attack injuries to scalp and face. Levi Snyder, a Holland cripple, plans cremation after death sent to Indianapolis medical college. A Holland boy burns from a bonfire but saved by mother’s quick actions. A 12 year old girl Julia Kipp narrowly survives dress fire started by a match. Judge Padgham awards plaintiffs 350 dollars in Adams versus Plainwell Water Power case. Sayres family from Detroit suffers injuries in a Port Austin shaft accident leaving Mrs Sayres with a fractured shoulder. W S Sayres Jr. unharmed.
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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 ©. L. Adams
Plainwell Water Power Company
Supreme Court
Plainwell
Trade and Industry items pace 1900s regional notes in New Jersey and beyond
Grand jury at Orange New Jersey backs continuation of the strike with a 1407 to 3 vote against returning to work without the union label. The tenth annual report of the American Smelting and Refining Company shows net earnings of 7711979 with a 5600000 dividend and a 1843000 surplus. The subsidiary American Smelters Securities Company reports net earnings of 3626426. Minnesota reformatory granite will be shipped free to counties for road use, aided by Great Northern and Northern Pacific hauling rock. Northwest crops look good with strong grain hay and fruit prospects. Prof. N O Leighton will study Hawaiian water resources for power. South Dakota towns install electric lighting. gas engines power generation and electric use expands, costs range 1600 to 4000.
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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
Weassington
Pauls Instructions to Thessalonians Sunday School Lesson
August 8 2008 lesson on first Thessalonians concludes the epistle. It urges reverence for pastors, peace among believers, correction of the unruly, comfort to the weak, patience toward all, and joyful gratitude. Believers should pursue good, avoid evil, maintain prayer, heed prophecy, and test all things.
Erie Train 15 Held Up by Revolver Wielding Robbers
Reports from Middletown New York describe a hold up on the Western Express bound west after leaving Jersey City. One or two men entered the first day coach near the Bergen tunnel and robbed passengers including women and children before escaping, causing panic as victims struggled to understand the robbers.
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New York
Middletown
N. Y
Bergen Tunnel
New Jersey
Jersey City
SAFE LOOTED SEEK EMPLOYE
The First National Bank of Tipton Indiana closes as assistant cashier Noah R Marker disappears with 35000 to 60000 dollars in cash from the vault. He set a time lock to Monday morning and left a note for his brother cashier William Marker claiming to have taken funds to cover expenses. Marker, 35, a 19 year employee and former mayoral candidate, leaves wife and two children.
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First National Bank of
Tipton
Ind
Indiana
Noah R. Marker
Marker
William Marker
Noah Marker
Wages Restored for Traction Workers in Eastern U S
Motormen and conductors for the Interstate Railways Company on traction lines in eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware learned the wage scale would resume to 18 cents an hour after August 1 with a 12 cent reduction from a year ago already in place. No worker demand prompted the move and officials had pledged an increase when business warranted.
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Eastern Traction Company
Interstate Railways Company
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Massachusetts husband shoots wife in mistaken burglary alarm
In Jamaica Plain Boston Harry Pierce a shoe designer fired at what he believed was a burglar at his home killing his wife. Pierce was taken into custody as police pursue an accidental shooting theory while friends stress their marriage was affectionate after about three years.
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Massachusetts
Hig Helpmeet
Harry Pierce
Jamaica Plain
Boston
Pierce
Senate Tariff Debate and Suffrage Tactics Report
The Senate weighs tariff protections for oil amid insurgent pressure while La Follette issues an Aldrich bill analysis showing import shifts valued at 146 million and 93 million under different bills. Separately suffragettes in New York stage summer campaigning with a street piano and tambourine as they confront a hostile Wall Street reception.
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Senate
la Follette
Treasury
New York
Wall Street
Chicago trade optimism and rising industrial activity
Midsummer conditions show improving business across Chicago with higher solvent payments, stronger factory production, and growing demand. Steel car building expands, raw materials improve, bank clearings rise 18.9 percent from 1908, while failures and liabilities soften but remain notable in the district.
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Chicago
Dun
Weekly Review of Trade
Improvement in crops and wider trade outlook this week
NEW YORK reports improved crop prospects with better outlook for leading cereals and lower breadstuff prices due to larger wheat supplies. Retail clearance sales aid distribution while fair trade with jobbers expands. Industrial output rising, manufacturing values up, and debt demand increases. Rubber price up to 1.85 a pound. Business failures: US 239 for week ending July 22. Canada 24 that week.
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United States
Bradstreet’s
Market price snapshot for livestock grains across major cities
Prices listed for cattle hogs and sheep by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati and New York with ranges for wheat corn oats rye and hay and dairy items such as butter eggs and pork finishes. Contains varied figures and no unified trend.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
New York
Western
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Clarke
God
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Gotham
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