President Roosevelt on railroads shapes policy in Indianapolis speech
The article notes President Roosevelt’s Indianapolis remarks on railroad policy declaring stock watering punishable, overcapitalization curbed, publicity enforced, while honest operators are encouraged. Other items include Mary Crosby’s death by suicide in Duluth and a Chicago disappearance, Elkton fires, Honduras Lottery grand jury developments, and Forts Assiniboine Keogh changes.
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Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Mary Crosby
Chicago
Duluth
Mina
Federal Grand Jury
Honduras National Lottery Company
New Orleans
Chicago Chronicle
John R. Walsh
Ameskeag raises wages for MAN operatives by three percent
News nuggets show a 3 percent wage increase for Ameskeag Manufacturing Company’s Manchester New Hampshire MAN operatives. Other items report a Norfolk Nebraska farmer fatally shooting his brother, a paralytic husband attacked by burglars, and a series of violent crimes across Ohio and Oregon with masked robbers and a killed conductor in Portland.
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Ameskeag Manufacturing Company
Manchester
N. H
Meary Knees
Norfolk
Neb
George
Thomas Hull
Alliance
Ohio
Reckfent
Charles M. Carson
Painesville
A. M. Carson
Omaha
Stapleton
L. L
Albert Skyweite
New Rise City Park
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Portland
Ore
C. L. Nevins
Aypennes
Notable Fires and Trials Across Early 20th Century News
A sweep of incidents begins with Lele Glaser's marriage to English actor R C Herz in New York and Winston Churchill's decision not to run for New Hampshire governor. Fires destroy a Buffalo car barn with 25 cars and a Boston summer home valued around 75 000 dollars. A priest's murder leads police to two suspects, while a Pittsburg dye works blaze claims a life. Major corporations plan to distribute 70 million in June. Mayor McClellan vetoes a public utilities bill over home rule concerns. plus many more local crashes, trials, and political moves amid a nationwide wave of calamities and legal actions.
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Lele Glaser
R. C. Herz
New York
Winston Churchill
New Hampshire
Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company
Blaisdell
N. Y
Albert C. Burrage
Boston
Hanson
Mass
James Henry
Silent) Smith
Goshen
Wilie Avenue
Pittsburg
Fred Rose
United States
McClellan
Major Blocksom
Senate Military Committee
Washington
Brownsville
Hornell
John Bell
Richmond
S.t
Charles Townsend
New Brighton
Bell
Eugene Mergenthaler
Baltimore
Karlsruhe
Mersenthaler
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Orleans
France
Joan of Arc
E. H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Central Park
Harry D. Sellers
Sellers
John Black
Dawson
Scranton
Lottie Dawson
Verna Davis
Lottie
United States Circuit Court
Fendants
May Irwin Wed to Kurt Eisfeldt at Thousand Islands
May Irwin married her manager Kurt Eisfeldt at the star's summer home in the Thousand Islands on Sunday. The Red Cross has discontinued famine relief contributions for China, with a total of 820000 dollars raised. About 100000 railway workers may lose jobs due to a general retrenchment order from reduced business.
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May Irwin
Kurt Eisfeldt
Star
Thousand Islands
Red Cross
Tilton dies in Paris amid quiet life after suit with Beecher
Theod orel Tilton, famed plaintiff in the $100,000 suit against Henry Ward Beecher, dies in Paris after a long reclusive life. Reports of European events follow, including floods near Ruuble ata, and political notes on Prince Eitel Friedrich and King Oscar II.
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Theodore Tilton
Henry Ward Beecher
Paris
RuuBle Ata
Nuapaay
Torontal County
Berlin
London Daily Mail
Eitel Friedrich
Kaiser
Hungary
Copenhagen
Nieziegh
Oscar II
Sweden
Gustave
Oscar IT
Ile
Bernadotte
Ciudad de Mexico
Buenos Ayres
Wongkeng
Aping
Chinchu Prefecture
China
Wongkong
Mrs McKinley Dies In Canton After Long Illness
Mrs. Ida McKinley widow of President William McKinley died Sunday in Canton Ohio after a long illness. She rests in West Lawn cemetery awaiting transfer to the national mausoleum on Monument Hill when both caskets will join her husband. She was born Ida Saxton June 8 1817 and endured years of invalidism yet supported her husband through campaigns and service in Washington.
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William J. McKinley
Los Angeles
William Reid
McKinley
National Educational Association
Fred Harte
Cheska
I. T
L. M. Johnson
William McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Indiana Supreme Court
Missouri
Kansas
Second Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kan
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Thirteenth Cavalry
Fort Sheridan
Kansas City
John Halpin
H. A. Lanagan
Board of Police Commissioners
Herman Klemm
St. Louis
John Schroers
Westliche Post
Charles Gotschall
Harrisonville
Philip Schwartz
Duke of
State Dairy and Food Department
Keston
Minn
Chicago
Monument Hill
James A. Saxton
Ida Saxton
Delhi
N. Y
Cleveland Academy
Brook Hall Seminary
Media
Presbyterian Church
First Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Grant
Sherman
Shenandoah Valley
Congress
Washington
The Chinese Famine Deepens Its Grim Toll
A vivid account from famine regions describes 15 million people facing starvation, daily deaths, and widespread extreme suffering. Cannibalism, graves robbed for food, children offered for sale, and poison risks mark the crisis as Captain Kirton observes a crowd driven by hunger and the desperate struggle to survive.
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Captain Kirton
Foreign Relief Committee
Fire losses and protection cost huge toll on nation
The piece argues that despite building about $500 million in new structures annually the United States spends vast sums on fire losses, fire departments, and insurance. It estimates hundreds of millions in actual losses, premiums paid, and the limited insurance recovery after major fires like San Francisco, suggesting the fire gambling is unprofitable.
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San Francisco
Notable figures and imperial appetites in early 20th century reports
The record notes Gen Funston gathering botanical specimens for the Department of Agriculture, claims Leopold II as Europe’s wealthiest monarch after the Russian czar, mentions the Duke of Orleans planning a northeast Greenland expedition this spring, and describes the Sultan of Turkey drinking sparingly with water as his main beverage delivered in sealed barrels.
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Funston
Department of Agriculture
Leopold
Europe
Czar
Russia
Duke of Orleans
Greenland
Turkey
One Woman in Five a Worker
Census figures show 4,833,030 women at work in continental United States in 1900, or one in five women over 16 being a breadwinner. Divorced women largely support themselves, domestic service remains dominant, with detailed counts of women in skilled trades and transportation roles.
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Census Bureau
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Religious leaders and events across churches worldwide
Notes on church appointments and activities include Dr. W H McGlaughlin named general superintendent of the Universalist Church in the United States, Rev. John O Foster teaching theology at the University of Puget Sound, and Rev A K Baird taking a pastor at large post for Helena presbytery. Also Gypsy Smith’s New York farewell and a Benedictine chaplain appointment in Milwaukee. The fifth international Sunday school convention opens in Rome with 1000 delegates and 30 million represented.
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College of St. Tt
Ushaw
Durham
England
W. H. McGlaughlin
Minneapolis
Universalist Church
United States
John O. Foster
Kimball School of Theology
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma
Wash
A. K. Baird
Montana
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Helena
New York
Gipsy” Smith
James Law
British Council of Free Churches
Smith
Sacred Heart Sanitarium
Rome
Italy
Chicago trade shows steady growth and high wages in 19th century period
In Chicago the trade review notes steady business despite poor weather. Industrial production remains strong with new demand pushing forward work into 1S. Raw material supplies stay ample and rail and equipment orders grow. Building consumes more materials with high wage costs, while manufacturing expands in wood, leather, and electrical goods. Ore receipts lag due to late navigation, lumber and hides rise, wholesale activity stays fair, and mercantile collections improve. Deposits reach high levels. commercial borrowing is not urgent. Provisions and live stock markets steady with better hog receipts, but breadstuffs face strong demand and rising prices. Grain movements at port total 1040,000 bushels versus 968,130 last week and 1,267,000 a year ago, with higher receipts and shipments than last year. Stock receipts reach 89,000 heads, down from last year. District failures total 14, down from 24 year over year.
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Suesos
Chicago
New York Trade Reports Mixed as Temperatures Rise
Headstreet's Commercial Report notes irregular crop and trade activity in New York with improvements in the Pacific Northwest. Retail trade trails last year in most regions while foundry pig iron markets firm. Malleable iron sold in Cleveland for early 1808 delivery at 22 per ton, with southern shipments similar. Demand for basic pig for late 17 is heavy. Weekly business failures: 1, U.S. 18 last week 17 in the prior year. Canadian failures total 19, up from prior weeks.
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Pacific Northwest
Cleveland
Birmingham
ISI
Headstreet
Grain and livestock price roundup across U S markets
The report lists commodity quotes from Indianapolis to Toledo including cattle hogs and sheep prices, plus grain bids for wheat corn oats rye and barley across major markets. Notable ranges show cattle at four to five dollars per hundredweight and wheat around the dollar range per bushel, reflecting varied regional demand.
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Indianapolis
Sean Nee
Ste
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Milner Arrest Follows Dead Storekeeper Found in Florida
Joseph Milner is under arrest after the discovery of T. Sirmans, a Madison county Florida storekeeper, slain near Sirmans station. A Lincoln New Hampshire fire left over twenty homes homeless, destroying 22 cottages and two large residences with an estimated loss of 100000 dollars.
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Joseph Milner
T. Sirmans
Sirmans* Station
Madison County
Florida
Lincoln
N. H
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Count Levetzau
Denmark
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Keogh
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Fort Assiniboine
Guy Dpd. Haviland
Shanghai
Seo Chow Creek
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Iladelphia
Boston New York
American Association
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Columbus
Louisville
St. Paul
Weste
Smock
State Bank of
Manfrou
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Main Street
Lovelock
Nev
Nebraska
Minnesota Supreme Court
T. E. W. VY. Appleby
Wilder
Edna Wilson
George M. Wilson
Babes In the Woods” Company
Bryden
Presbyterian General Assembly
Kansas National Guard
John Shepherd
Solway
Board of Public Service
M’kinley
Ews
Gypsy Smith
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