Explosion at Fenton Cement Plant Kills Three Workers
An explosion of coal gas and dust at the Aetna Port land Cement Company plant in Fenton kills three men and severely burns a fourth. Victims are William Alorris of Linden 40 Andrew Corwin of Fenton 45 and George Hart of Saginaw 25. Injured is Robert Boyd 30 who is in serious condition. The conveyor, recently repaired, clogged and ignited gas from furnaces causing the blast. The men near the chute were hurled and burned as flames swept the area. Corwin and Harris died within hours. Boyd remains alive but badly burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton
Laborera
Aetna Portland Cement Company
William Alorris
Linden
Andrew Corwin
George Hart
Saginaw
Robert Boyd
Harris
Corwin
Nate
Boyd
Train Hits Buggy Killing Boy 9 Near Northville
Dwight Love age nine was killed instantly when a Pere Marquette passenger train struck the buggy he rode in with his mother Mrs. David Love of Mesa Aziz. Mrs Love narrowly escaped death being held on the engine pilot as the train passed. They had been visiting relatives in Northville and were returning from Novi when the accident occurred at a crossing with obstructed view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Love
David Love
Mesa
Aziz
Pere Marquette
Northville
Ex-Joliet Pastor Jailed In Kalamazoo Desertion Case
Benjamin Giat ex pastor of Ridgewoy Baptist Church Joliet UK is arrested in Kalamazoo on complaint of his wife accusing him of desertion and non support. Mrs Graff threatens to press divorce action while Graff continues law and order work in Van Buren County. The arrested woman initially gave the name Wayne Mervyn then said she was Eleanor Martin of Battle Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Giat
Joliet
Ridgewoy Baptist Church
Kalamazoo
Graff
van Buren County
Wayne Mervyn
Eleanor Martin
Battle Creek
Logging Industry Declines in Muskegon as Mills Close
The once thriving Muskegon logging trade has faded. Dozens of tugs once churned the lake with log rafting jobs now reduced to a single active boat. Mill closures ended broad employment and wealth, leaving piles to rot while Gow & Campbell and F Alberts & Sons remain the only operating sawmills on the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon
Gow & Campbell
F. Alberts & Sons
Cave-ins in Milan trenches kill one man
One man died and another was seriously injured when a trench about 12 feet deep collapsed during water works digging at Milan. John Dillon, 40, was trapped for about twenty minutes and died. Therle Sanford escaped unconscious after a smaller trench caved in nearby.
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John Dillon
Milan
Water Works Board
Tle
Dillon
Therle Sanford
Gate Chair Factory at Grandville Destroyed by Fire
A Grandville factory belonging to The Gate Chair Company burned to the ground with an estimated loss around 20000 dollars. The fire started in the finishing room from crossed wires and the plant, being new, burned rapidly before Grand Rapids apparatus could arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gate Chair Company
Grandville
Grand Rapids
Cholera Strikes Sheep In Oakland County Flocks
An epidemic resembling cholera is killing sheep around Rochester Michigan. Calvin Shoemaker reports heavy losses and other farmers report deaths. Veterinary doctors study the strangely dry condition and water shortage as possible causes.
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Oakland County
Rochester
Calvin Shoemaker
Labor Scarcity Strikes Michigan Crops At Harvest
Northeastern Michigan and the Thumb face severe labor shortages as cherries and huckleberries rot on trees and fields while prices surge. Farmers borrow large sums to hire pickers, with beets also hit by the labor crisis and youths earning full adult wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Thumb
Bay City
Girl Cheats Undertaker After Drowning Rescue
A 12 year old Muskegon girl fell from the Magoon and Kimball dock into the water and was pulled from the river after a second submersion. Workmen rescued her before the undertaker arrived, and she was revived with physicians tending her. She is expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sikkenga
Muskegon
Magoon & Kimball
Has 400 Million Road Plan Advocated by Speakers
H H Gross of Chicago president of the Farmers Good Roads League urged a 400 million dollar bond issue for highway construction at the National Convict Labor Good Roads Association meeting in Grand Rapids. He proposed state allocations by population, Illinois about 20 million and Michigan about 4 million. A N Johnson state engineer of Springfield described Illinois convict labor methods. About 200 delegates attended, with other speakers from Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. HW
Gross
W. AW. Gross
Chicago
Farmers& ¢Rood Roads League
National
Convict Labor Good Roads Association
Grand Rapids
Michigan
A. N Johnson
Springfield
Illinois
Waylaid and Assaulted Near Oakley
Oakley farmer Curtiss Brown was attacked by Paw Broorkes, a Bohemian, after Brown secured a farm job. Brown was dragged from a buggy containing two young women, struck with a beer bottle, and left unconscious. Broorkes resisted arrest near Henderson and was held for felonious assault trial as Brown lingers recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakley
Curtiss Brown
Paw Broorkes
Brown
Hloorkes
Hleorkes
Henderson
Hlvorkes
Woman Bitten by Flies and Mosquitoes in Woods
Mrs. John Smith, wife of a prosperous farmer, lies in serious condition after three days lost in the woods. She suffered exposure and severe insect bites, found unconscious near a water pool with flies and mosquitoes swarming. Recovery deemed doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Allister
Seek Alleged Forger John Kostenbee On the Run
Wanted in Calumet for stealing and forging seven boarders’ checks total about $500 cashed at local banks. Kostenbee fled to Chicago and authorities seek him. He is believed headed toward Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kostenbee
Calumet
Chicago
Australia
Found Alame in a Shack on Big Prairie
Junius Brutus Woods a 103 year old Black man known as the old basket maker was found alone in a shack on Big Prairie near Crotan and taken to the poorhouse after a recent disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alame
Big Prairie
Junius Brutus Woods
Crotan
Minor state items and local incidents reported
A humane society may form in Monroe. Drain Commissioner Jarvis plans a six mile drain from Jerusalem to Mil creek. Eight year old William Johnson dies in Lansing from canned meat poisoning. The Republican State convention is set for Sept 20 in Detroit. Two Tamarack shafts at Calumet mine burn destroying shaft equipment and buildings, loss about 50 000. Herman Gundlach wins a 50 000 library and museum contract for Michigan College of Mines, heating and equipment excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humane Society
Monroe
Jarvis
Jerusalem
Milcreek
William Johnson
Lansing
Republican State Central Committee
Detroit
Tamarack, Jr
Calumet
Herman Gundlach
Woughton
Michigan College of Mines
Board of Control
Dagger Plot Targeting Abdul Hamid I at Constantinople
reports say Sultan Abdul Hamid I of Turkey narrowly escaped a knife attack in the Yildiz palace as a would be assassin, bribed with gold, was seized by guards. The incident sparked palace uproar while the sultan, long a target of fear, has weathered multiple assassination attempts during his 32-year reign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sultan Abdul Tamid
Turkey
Constantinople
Abdul
Ablul Hamid
Evirops
Czar
Russia
Alalul
Mourad V
Abdul Saad
New York to Build 34-Story City Hall Tower
New York officials approve plans for a new 34 story municipal building to rise at Park Row Center and Dunn streets. The tower will reach 559 feet 8 inches with a projected cost of 7,600,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Board of Estimates
Met Tellan
Park Row
Center
Dunne Streets
New York City Plans Municipal Skyscraper Near Flatiron
A proposed New York hall will rise twice the height of the Flatiron, just shy of the Singer building, with 23 floors for city offices and annual rentals around 500 dollars. The structure combines French renaissance style, exterior humps, and steel stone construction. Main roof height 349 feet, tower figure 210 feet above roof, statue 24 feet high, clock faces 25 feet in diameter, and all rooms will be external with no interior light court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer
New York Hall
New York
Singer Suffers Gruesome Dog Attack At Seagate
Opera singer Emelie Gardner was hospitalized in critical condition after a bull terrier attacked her in the cottage pantry at Seagate near Coney Island. The dog owned by her housekeeper, Mrs Bangin, reportedly leaped at Gardner as she returned at night, biting her left arm and severing two fingers from her right hand while she fought the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emelie Gardner
Coney Island
Balloon Hamburg Crash At Lübeck Reported
The Hamburg balloon of the Hamburg Aeronautical Society fell during a attempting handoff at Lübeck. Mexico claims it has captured the two main instigators of the northern revolt. Nicaragua and Guatemala publish correspondence showing extreme tension between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Hamburg Aeronautical Society
Lubeck
Nicaragua
Guatemala
How to Restore a Drowning Man
A historic guide outlines methods to rescue a drowning person. It recommends rolling the patient on a barrel or placing them on their head to clear the lungs, then performing artificial respiration by moving the arms and pressing the ribs while lifting and lowering the arms. It suggests stimulant measures and seeking a physician promptly.
Union Activity Across U S Shows Rising Labor Solidarity
A French leather workers delegation tours American factories while Hebrew painters and Boston paperhangers reform their old union in Massachusetts. San Francisco Daisy Building’s Prades Council forms an athletic association as Carpenters in Mexico City join a non labor union affiliated with ALBA. More union men wear the union button in Chicago as longshoremen in New Orleans sign a five year contract with stevedores and steamship agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Mexico
ALBR
Chicago
New Orleans
Labor News From Across the Nation and Abroad
The dispatch reports union activity and labor issues in Mayagues Porto Rico Wheeling West Virginia Walla Walla Pittsburg and more. It notes new union labels wage gains a census printing push mining safety stations conventions and strikes and describes Pullman checks and temple plans in Kansas City.
Chronology of notable events and births across centuries
A compact timeline entries span 1056 to 1954 detailing rulers, explorers, battles, treaties, births and deaths. Notable names include William II, Bartholomew Columbus, Sir Jeffrey Amherst, Melville, Dana, Lincoln era figures, and events like the capture of Saghalin and the London bridge completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William II
England
the Conqueror
Normandy
Bartholomew Columbus
Christopher Columbus
San Domingo
Argentina
Wan
London
Hudson
Cape
Police Commissioner Bingham’s crusade against city noise
New York Police Commissioner Bingham has begun a general crackdown on unnecessary noises. He seeks arrests under an order aimed at reducing disturbances at night and daytime sleep disruption for workers. The enumerated nuisances include loud sirens, organ music, metal cargo noises, shouting, roller skating, peanut roasters, motorcycle exhaust, barkers, flat streetcar wheels, and barking dogs. Several arrests occurred as efforts were made to enforce the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
New York
Big City
Brazil's coffee monopoly controls market as speculation wanes
The article notes almost complete cessation of coffee speculation on New York and other exchanges while Brazil's government, holding nearly eight million bags valued at ten to eleven dollars each, has stabilized prices by buying the surplus crop from the bumper year 1900. European markets also paused trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brazil
Doukhobors Fight Raid at Yorkton Compound
Northwest mounted police raided the Doukhobor compound near Yorkton Saskatchewan to arrest twelve ringleaders of a band confined there by government. The group fought with cordwood sticks and weapons for three hours before being subdued. Six men and six women were sent to the Northern penitentiary. Summer school at the Faribault blind school opened with fifteen men enrolled and industrial work planned. I E E Weyerhauser leads a large lumber merger in St Louis with capital of 1 000 000 and 140 dealers involved.
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Vallee
Northwest Mounted Police
Yorkton
Saskatchewan
Northern
School For the Blind
Faribault
Minn
I. EE. Weyerhauser
Frederick Weyerhauser
St. Paul
St. Louis
Middle West
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Mirror OF Michigan
Hlinds City
Girl
Undertaker
Qultan
Abdul Hamid IL
Pauresep
Beast
San Francisc Daisy Building
Prades Council
Mayagues
Porto Rico
Photo Engravers’ Union of North
Trades Council
Pittsburg
International Brotherhood of Stationary
Washington, D. C
Government
C. H. McConaughy
San Francisco
Cal
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
M. J. Sullivan
South
Garfield
National Federation of Weavers
Fall River
United Textile Workers’ Union
Pullman Company
West Virginia State Federation of Labor
Kansas City
P. C. Fenton
Pennsylvania
Los Angeles
Council Chamber
E. A. Cantrell
Pasadena First
Brotherhood of Railroad Baggraves
Brotherhood of Railroad Station
Fort Scott
Kay
St. Paul Pypographical Union
Minnesota
New York State
Labor Department
International Brotherhood of Bookhbinders
Cedar Rapids
Town
Cleveland
Ragland
Mitti—Frontenac
Onondaga
Montreal
Battley of
Minden
Crown Point
Gen. Amherst
Gen. Burgoyne
Gates
Saratoga
Mordecai Gist
Maryland
George Washington
Charleston
Baltimore
Jeffrey Amherst
Bonaparte
France
Plattsburg
N. Y
Richard Henry Dana, Jr
Cambridge
Rome
Herman Melville
New York City
William Floyd
Oliver PL. Morton
Indiana
Saulsbury
Ind
Lndinanapolis
Thomas FE. Meagher
Waterford
Ireland
Port Benton
Mont
New London Bridge
Polk
Pampero
Cuba
Andrew Johnson
United States
Senate
Mr. Belknap
Louis Riel
SHC
James David Mdgar
House of Commons
Elihu Root
Gen. Alger
Charles Tanner
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
William Elis Corey
Robert BE. Pattison
Saghalin
Casablanca
Augustus Saint Caudens
Brasil’s
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