Pittsburg Exits Rail Entrance Described Amid Growth
George Gould explains Pittsburg’s push for railroad access as the city grows into a leading U S steel coal glass and foundry center with a 1902 tonnage of 84 000 000 amid a population of 821 616. In Paris Senator Elkins pledges a 10 percent import duty cut on goods carried in American ships and equal rise for foreign bottoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gould
Pittsburg
United States
Paris
Elkins
Manila
W. J. Gilmore & Co
Minnie
White House
Capitol
Jackson
Miss
Goy
Robert Lowrey
Mississippi
Stilwell
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
Fragmented World News Digest of 1906 Era Incidents
A collage of brief, disparate items covers violence in Smerdash Europe and Turkey, political nominations in Cleveland, Belgrade rumors, a fatal fire in a Pittsburg wholesale warehouse, Moody's cabinet status, a Uintah land opening, a New York postal fraud arrest, a looming anthracite strike, a Cincinnati appeals court ruling, a Gold-Stabeck bank robbery, a lynching in Greenville Mississippi, and a postponed ball game amid mob violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smerdash
Europe
Turkey
Myron TL Herrick
Cleveland
Belgrade
Servia
Wing Alexanders
Queen Draga
W. J. Gilmore & Co
Pittsburg
Moody
Roosevelt
James McLaughlin
Utah
Ballston
N. Y
A. Wright
New York
Postoffice Department
Washington
Wilkesbarre
Pac
United States Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
McWnight
Louisville
Eepre
Vesta
Minn
Robert Dennis
Greenville
Miss
Beulah Bishop
Floods and fires dominate the nation in scattered disasters
Des Moines floods homeless 6000 and 23 deaths reported. Kansas Missouri and Nebraska suffer unprecedented floods with 25000 plus displaced. North Topeka wiped out by fire and flood with $5 million in losses. Philadelphia area reports a deadly train collision in Ohio and a London banker arrives in San Francisco. Brisk political results in Chicago with Republican judges defeated and Superior Judge Brentano re-elected.
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Des Moines
Butler Brothers
Chicago
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
B. F. Egan
Great Northern Railroad
Moontana
North Topeka
Kan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tittin
Ohio
Harold I. J. Baring
San Francisco
Trient
Case Thrashing Machine Company
Elbridge Hancey
Tuthill
Gibbons
Smith
Brentano
Charles Lynch
Tragic incidents flood Virginia to Georgia headlines
The report details multiple deadly events including Tip Nelson killed by John Reynolds in Lee County Virginia after a quarrel over a woman, Reynolds missing. a Gainesville cyclone killing eighty five and injuring many. Frank Emmett of New Orleans committing suicide after cotton market losses. a verdict against George Zoll over a mad dog attack. a coast line excursion train collision near Sumter killing conductor Clement and four passengers with thirty others injured. a cyclone near Welsh Louisiana wrecking a two story home and injuring Carroll and his wife. and Ed Burgess killed at Carroll farm cleanup.
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Tip” Nelson
Lee County
John Reynolds
Reynolds
Nelson
Gainesville Ga
Frank Emmett
Emmett & Puceh
New Orleans
George J. Zoll
Louisville
Theresa Stengel
Sumter
Columbia
D. C
Clement
Welsh
KE. Carroll
Ed Burgess
Carroll
Surging global tensions rattle markets and politics
A chaotic mix of reports shows violence in European towns, debates over colonial governance, and shifts in Latin American leadership. Reports mention Tolstoy accusing Russia, mob dispersals in Kishinev, Curzon extending India tenure, and Colombia likely rejecting the Panama canal treaty. Weather and agricultural notes describe widespread crop delays, floods, and improving conditions across the United States, with drought relief in parts and late planting in others. Minor incidents include Mormons expelled from Muehlhausen and a Naples pawnbroking loss.
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Leo Tolstoi
Nishineff
Kisheney
London Daily Mail
Lord Curzon
India
Bogota
Monte di Pieta
Naples
Italy
William Stevens
New York
John Meyers
Chicago
Muehlhausen
Thuringia
Manuel Candamo
Lino Alarco
Serapio Calderon
Trade and weather update from New York markets
Weather and drought affect gardens and minor farm products as labor disputes disrupt distribution. May railway earnings rise 2.8 percent from last year, steel and iron markets adjust with strikes easing, tin plate output up, hides steady, and foreign dry hides firm. Exports show strength in April with wheat and corn shipments led by rail and sea routes.
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New York
Eeast
R. G. Dun & Co
Pittsburg
London
New England
Teather
Colorado
United States
Canada
Fire at Moeriesville and other early 20th-century items
Fire at Moeriesville twenty one miles from Montreal on the Vermont Central destroyed fifty buildings. The banking house A F E Ames & Co of Toronto closed with heavy liabilities and unknown assets. Exportation of manufactures in April surpassed all history except March and May 1100. Premier Prior exonerated by Victoria inquiry. Banco Agricola Porto Rico secured a Paris loan of 38000000 for farmers relief. Jaroslav Kocian returned $30000 instrument to owner after touring Europe. Lindstreet reports wholesale trade awaiting crops and labor, iron prices down. May railroad earnings up 15 percent over 1902. Presbyterian assembly urged expulsion of Reed Smoot. Importations of manufacturers materials to US near record, about 500 million, 48 percent of total imports.
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Moeriesville
Montreal
Vermont Central
A. F E. Ames & Co
Toronto
Prior
Victoria
B. C
Banco Agricola
Dun’s
Presbyterian General Assembly
United States
Senate
National livestock and grain price report appears messy
A reported ledger of regional commodity quotes lists cattle hogs and sheep prices for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and more with grades grain oats rye corn and butter and eggs prices range across many values. the text is garbled but preserves item types and rough ranges from multiple markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Northern
Ste
Toledo
New York
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Louis
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Perkins Machine Company
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Ipa
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National House of Representatives
Louise Diviniero
Monticello
Kate Taylor
Lafayette Taylor
Dannemora
Kidd Bros. & Burghers
Mekkees Rocks
Maine
Lena Wolf
Jenesa
Wpittsburg
Morris Weir
Warren McNally
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Newton
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Thayer
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Lake Shore Road
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Jenny
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Jack
Irene Mas
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Horace Irvine
John Danner Company
Hannibal
International Conference of the German Baptist Brethren
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Theta le Ins
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