Floods, fires and crimes headline Bessemer Herald summary
Long list of incidents features New York banker Charles Muir’s death by suicide, four drownings in Wichita floods, canal excavation decline after heavy rain, Chicago gas asphyxiation at 62 Tell street, a fatal New York boarding house fire, bribery witness arrest in Columbus, Derby at Epson Downs won by Signorinetta, and multiple other disasters and events including a Cleveland bank riot scare, a Dayton hotel ceiling collapse saving 75 diners, President Roosevelt horseback mishap, and baseball league standings with Omaha and Denver leading.
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Charles T. Muir
Forty-second Street
Corn Exchange Bank
New York
Wichita
Kan
Clarence Glazier
Martha Wikoff
Starry Moore
Victor Jenkaway
Isthmian Canal
Aprile
Canal Commission
Goethals
Elizabeth Dohrman
Tell Street
Chicago
Mary Mooney
West Thirtieth Street
Nelson Cannon
Columbus
Ohio
Broad Street
Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company
Bramley
Trinidad Paving Company
Cleveland
Epson Downs
Great Britain
Ginistrelli
Signorinetta
Ben Oliver
Dewitt
Ark
Stanley
Oliver
Gaetano Liotta
Orange Street
Liotta
Nation to extend irrigation and forestry programs in coming years
Government plans call for heavy spending on irrigation and drainage to reclaim arid lands, with 28 projects in 16 states already shaping 1,010,000 acres. Details for next three years total 39 million plus 31 million already spent, and 10 million more slated for future schemes. The 16th annual irrigation congress meets in Albuquerque from Sept 20 to Oct 10 to discuss forestry, river control, and new canals along the Colorado and Sacramento valleys.
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Albuquerque N. M
Reclamation Service
Colorado River
Sacramento
California
Congress
Albuquerque
The Newsboard Delivers Jabs And Jottings From Elsewhere
A syndicated collection blends humor and politics as jokes on diamond hardness, Merry Widow bonnets, and prominent figures swirl around references to Evelyn Thaw Hetty Green and the U S Congress. The piece notes naval prowess, gambling tastes in Monte Carlo, and Georgia’s preemptive campaign chatter.
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Harry Thaw
Europe
Congress
Prince Relie
Monte Carlo
Evelyn Thaw
Gould
Hetty Green
House of Representatives
Georgia
Death of General Sir Redvers Buller in London
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller died in London after weeks of illness. Born in 1839, he won the Victoria Cross for gallantry in India and Egypt. His career ended amid defeats in the Boer War following the Ladysmith siege, with relief of Ladysmith among his notable actions before succession by Lord Roberts. He married Lady Audrey Jane Charlotte in 1882.
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Redvers Henry Buller
London
Buller
India
Egypt
Great Britain
Ladysmith
Lord Roberts
Washington society debates next first lady choices
Washington correspondents discuss who would be the next first lady after March 4. Potential spouses named include Mrs. Bryan Mrs Taft Mrs. Fairbanks Mrs Hughes Mrs Johnson and Mrs Cannon with notes on origins and social roles.
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Washington
Ww. J. Bryan
W. IL .Taft
White House
John A. Jolson
Charles W. Fairbanks
Charles BE
Hughes
Taft
Fairbanks
Johnson
Mary Baker Eddy Addresses Health Rumors Publicly
In the current Christian Science Sentinel from Boston Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy refutes health rumors with a formal public statement. She says she is not ill or criminal, urges critics to accept she minds her own business, and assures her beloved students she is living, loving, acting, and thriving. She notes Christian Scientists endure adversity and asserts justice and honesty sustain vitality.
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Christian Science Sentinel of
Boston
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Senator James K. Jones Dies in Washington at 69
Former United States Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas died at his Washington home at age sixty nine from heart failure. He practiced law with his son James K. Jones Jr. after leaving the Senate, and had a long career in Democratic politics including chairing the Democratic National Committee and guiding campaigns in 1900 and 1904.
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United States
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Washington
Senator Jones
Marshall County
Miss
Senate
Garfield-Hancock
Congress
Carlisle
Kentucky
Jones
Ways and Means Committee
House
Cratic
Chirman
William J. Bryan
Helk
Tom Taggart
York convict for cruelty in Easter chick sale
Aston Vaivre was convicted in York City for selling Easter chicks in a manner deemed cruel to animals. The verdict follows an investigation into the sale practices and authorities vow to pursue penalties.
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Aston Vaivre
York City
Chicago shows steadier trade and rising demand in 1908
Dun's Review of Trade notes stronger business in Chicago with better weather aiding activity. Bank payments steady, manufacturing orders improve for furnace and finished goods, seasonable goods boosted by heat, and wholesale stocks reduced. Bank clearings reach 216,460,701, up 10.1 percent from a five day week last year. district failures total 25 with eight liabilities over 5,000.
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Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
Weather and trade reports show uneven conditions across regions
New York notes irregular weather affecting crops and transport with bad roads from heavy rainfall. In warmer spells trade improves in some areas while reductions clear large stockpiles in others. Overall eastern and central western states report better final distribution. US weekly business failures rise to 263 from 284 and Canada reports 31 failures.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Agricultural Prices and Farm News Roundup and Local Reports
The column lists Chicago and other markets with prices for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats and rye across multiple cities. It notes Missouri Texas Iowa South Dakota Montana and Wisconsin activity. It also covers seed inspection advocacy by Texas experiment station, wild rice sowing for game birds along the Mississippi, a Black Hills Poultry Association show bid, seed corn from shocks, cold damage to eastern Montana fruit crops, Chester White hog prizes, widespread steam plowing in Sully County and a South Africa farming expert visiting Texas to study dry farming methods.
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Mississippi River
Spearfish
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Black Hills Poultry Association
Shelby County
Iowa
Montana
Bone
Alva
Lil
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Chester
South Africa
Texas
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