Summary of News From The Bessemer Herald
The sheet lists fires in Philadelphia and Wo burn Massachusetts. trolley derailment near Worcester Massachusetts. deaths and injuries in a Boston tenement fire. national politics prices and labor cases. Notable items include losses from factory and department store fires, a London Times bid, railroad troubles, and a mining labor altercation in Nevada. Other incidents cover a man missing in Minnesota, deaths of Senator Latimer and Judge Fish battle, and a Pinole California dynamite explosion with dozen fatalities.
Fresh Air School Opens in Providence Rhode Island
A new indoor fresh air school opens in Providence with large three sided ventilation and continuous sunlight exposure. Based on European and German models, the program emphasizes cold air and hygienic study. students use woolen foot bags and gloves, while furniture is on portable platforms to stay in sunlit rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island League For the Suppression of
Europe
A Modern Utopia In Hudson By James W Ellsworth Plan
James W Ellsworth coal operator of New York has taken under his protection the village of Hudson Ohio once home to Western Reserve University. He will invest heavily to beautify the town and make it an educational center tearing down unsightly buildings to replace with fine new ones. Ellsworth, over 60, was born near a family estate, moved to Chicago, then built a leading independent coal business.
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James W. Ellsworth
New York
Hudson
Ohio
Western Reserve University
Ellsworth
Chicago
Labor unions form district council and forge plans
The Cabinetmakers Union of St Paul and Minneapolis forms a district council while Minneapolis Trades Assembly represents about 13 000 laborers. Germanys metal workers union had 35 075 members in 1906. Toronto seeks 5 000 signatures for an independent labor party branch. Alabama passes a child labor law restricting under twelve in mills and limiting fourteen year olds. Clyde shipyards avert a strike with a 5 percent piece rate cut. time rates unchanged. Tennessee Federation of Labor plans legislative work and broader organization. Bridgeport industry resumes operations. Spokane groups plan a $75 000 labor temple funded by stock from 7 000 union men.
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Cabinetmakers’ Union
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Alabama
Clyde
Tennessee Federation of Labor
Tennessee
Bridgeport
Conn
Structural Building Trades Alliance
Central Labor Union of
Spokane
Wash
Spa
Hetty Green Warns of Rich Man’s Fall in Times
Boston interview with Mrs. Hetty Green, the Queen of Finance, claims financial stringency has pushed many rich into temporary poverty. She recounts lending refusals to the Vanderbilt family over security of jewels, predicts political maneuvers for the presidential nomination, and foresees continued hardship until after the election.
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Hetty Green
Finance
Boston
Mrs. Green
Gladys
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Roosevelt
Taft
Doukhobors face spring exodus amid harsh rules
Reports from Ottawa describe 7000 Doukhobors planning to leave northwest communities for a new pilgrimage. Leaders issue decrees that restrict food, tools, and clothing, confiscate property, and ration labor and shelter, leaving families in poverty and extreme crowding as younger men are housed in garrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Hard Luck Tales From a New York Murder Scene
Two women found dead in a West Seventy-first Street house where they served as caretakers. A Minnesota farmer, Nelson P. Thoren, died after collapsing from ice while starved of air. British captain Smith killed himself after mutiny on a steamer near Cuba. An orphan boy from Morrisonville was sent to a reform school in Wisconsin. A 14 year old Loy asked to be placed where he could learn a trade and education.
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Goldie Ackerman
Marietta
Ohio
Ajl
United States
Vdostoffice
Frank E. McMillin
House Committee On
Missouri Pacific Railroad
New York
J. Gould
Illinois Supreme Court
John E. Wilson
John T. Wilson
Roy Hey
Sparta
Ill
Scott and
Farmer
Herman Billik
Mary Vizal
Chicago
Billik
Mary McDonald
Tremont Street
Roxbury Crossing
Boston
P’atrick McDonald
E. H. Harriman
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railroad
N. Y
Grace
Billy”) Brown
Ine Court of Appeals
L. Danik
Great Northern Roundhouse
Grand Forks
N. D
Kres
Blackwell's Island
Long Island City
Fedala
Col. Taupin
Madaghras
West Seventy-first Street
Nelson P. Thoren
White Bear Road
Stillwater
Minn
Smith
Ashfield
Mobile
Ala
Nipa
Cuba
William Winrich
Morrisonville
Wis
Waukesha
Loy
Inland waterway plan proposes $50 million fund and $500 million over ten years
Senator Newlands of Nevada leads a push for a vast inland canal system paralleling the Atlantic coast. The plan calls for a $50 million first fund and up to $500 million in the next decade to connect Barnstable Bay to Buzzard’s Bay and extend via Buzzard’s Bay, Long Island Sound, Delaware and Raritan, Chesapeake Bay, and down to Florida and the Gulf, linking to the Mississippi to Texas coast. The project envisions multiple cuts and channels to create a continuous ship route from the Delaware River to the Rio Grande, reshaping national harbors and commerce.
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Congress
Newlands
Nevada
Atlantic
G. Newlands
Gulf of Mexico
Inland Waterways Commission
Nevada Authority
Frederick H. Newell
Reclamation Service
W. J. McGee
Geological Bureau
Gifford Pinchot
Warner
Missouri
Burton
United States
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
Barnstable Bay
Cape Cod
Buzzard’s Bay
Buzzard’s
Norfolk
Elizabeth River
Currituck Sound
Coanjock Bay
North Carolina
Albemarle Sound
Croatan Sound
Pamlico Sound
Beaufort
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida
Mississippi
Texas
Rio Grande
University of Wisconsin to field four football coaches
Wisconsin plans a four-coach setup for next season as it prepares its football eleven. The Grinnell track team aims to defend Iowa title, while Nebraska offers Thanksgiving date to Ames for a Lincoln game.
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University of Wisconsin
Columbia Yacht Club of Chicago
Great Lakes
Grinnell
Iowa
Nebraska
Ames
Lincoln
Chicago
Pinkerton
Souchard
Congressional Battles Over Currency and Bills in Senate and House
The Senate debated Senator Clay of Georgia on the Aldrich currency bill with clashes from Republicans over government issued paper money. House and Senate schedules moved slowly on the census, salaries for officials, and the ocean mail subsidy. The House passed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. Senate discussions touched on national bank deposits, criminal code revisions, and Cannon’s presidential boom amid anniversary remarks. The chamber adjourned in respect to Senator Latimer after brief sessions and impeachment readings against Judge Wilfley dominated House time.
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Senate
Senator Clay
Georgia
Clay
Lodge
Teller
House
Macon
Arkansas
Wetherspoon
Aldrich
Stone
Missouri
Ile
Bacon
Cannon
Boutell
Ilinois
Johnston
Alabama
Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Henry
Texas
Latimer
South Carolina
Waldo
New York
Lebbius R. Wilfley
United States Court
Shanghai
China
Committee On the Judiciary
Senator Latimer
Le Moine Diamond Formula Sparkes European Debate
The case of Paris diamond maker Le moine, prosecuted by Sir Julius Wernher, fuels European debate over his artificial diamond formula. He allegedly sold a half interest to Edgar Cohen in London, with a process claiming iron boron charcoal heated to 4000 degrees and carbonic acid gas to remove oxygen. Skeptics doubt its genuineness though Armstrong saw the secret. Maissan earlier created diamond dust with Nobel prize links but no commercial value.
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Lemeoine
Lemoine
Paris
Julius Wernher
de Beers Mining Company
Wernher
Edgar Cohen
London
Armstrong
M. Maissan
Fires wreck Pine Tree Worsted and Central New Railroad plants
Sparks from the wires report a blaze destroying the Pine Tree Worsted Company plant at Putnam Coan with losses around 70000 dollars and the roundhouse and machine shop of the Central New Railroad at Fishkill Landing New York incurring about 100000 dollars. The item notes Miss Alice Hollis, totally blind, traveling from New York on a steamer to Wiesbaden.
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Putnam, Coan
Central New Railroad
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Alice Hollis
New York
Weisbaden
Goby
Cure for Eczema Claims Three Years Of Relief
Mrs Florence E Atwood recounts a three year battle with eczema. After failing with Chicago physicians she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for three months and is now fully recovered. Witness L S Berger. October 2 1905.
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Chicago
Florence E. Atwood
Crilly Place
Ill
L. S. Berger
What Struck Him in War Tales from a Private Soldier
A Blackwood's Magazine writer recalls a private Irish soldier inquiring a lady about war experiences. He initially claims nothing happened but finally admits the most striking detail was the number of bullets that whizzed past him.
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Blackwood
Tommy
South Africa
St Jacobs Oil Offered as Cure for Rheumatism
The article extols rheumatism as a painful but usually non fatal disease and claims St Jacobs Oil as the safest, surest cure unless serious organic disease exists. It adds a note about a Norwegian inventor patenting a sea floating suit for maritime accidents.
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St. Jacobs
What Causes Headache and How to Prevent It
From October to May colds are the leading headache cause. Laxative Bromo Quimine removes the cause. E. W. Grove on box 25 cents.
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E. W.grove
Small Necked New Yorkers and Elderberry Asthma Cure
Statistics from manufacturers show New York men have smaller necks than out-of-town peers with big sizes common in Boston and Chicago. In Manhattan shops necks larger than sixteen and a half require special orders from factory or agent. Dried elderberry leaves are claimed to cure asthma when slept upon in a pillow for three months, with a peculiarly smelling odor.
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New York
Boston
Chicago
New York Press
Petersburg
Tenn
Nashville
Brain Power Increased by Proper Feeding
A writer and mother shares how Grape-Nuts boosted her morning appetite and energy. She details prior exhaustion doubt and the boost in breast milk, brain activity, and strength after starting Grape-Nuts, noting improved focus for writing and overall health for herself and her children.
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Ville
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