Chicago Faces Street Car Strike Ties Up Transit
The Bessemer Herald notes Chicago faces a street car strike that could disrupt surface transportation for two thirds of the population. Other items include suicides in Columbus and Washington, bank runs in Japan, fires in Minnesota, a deadly family tragedy in Kansas, and a tornadic Louisiana report.
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F. C. Moore
Xenia
Quittenden
Columbus
Ohio
Rome
Boni de Casellane
Mme. Gould
Sydney Goodman
Atlantic City
N. J
House of Representatives
Senate
District of Columbia
Allen Gard
Lanao
Philippine Islands
Minnesota
Anton Bily
el Dorado
Kan
Conservation Conference at White House Advocates Unified Resource Use
President Roosevelt convened governors and top leaders at the White House to discuss conservation of forests waters minerals and soils. Notables including Carnegie Hill Mitchell White and Bryan attended and urged practical action while framing conservation as a national duty with water ways forests and mineral wealth treated as an indivisible whole.
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United States
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Andrew Carnegie
James J. Hill
John Mitchell
T. C. Chamberlin
University of Chicago
I. C. White
West Virginia
William Jennings Bryan
George Gray
Delaware
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
University of West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Washington
Methodist Episcopal General Conference Turns Focus to Faith and Growth
The article discusses upcoming General Conference decisions for the Methodist Episcopal Church including proposed stance on amusement questions, new bishops, and board appointments. It notes the church’s centennial reorganization since 1808, growth across the nation, and the North South division as largely technical rather than spiritual.
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Joyce
McCabe
Fowler
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltle
Republic
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore
The four year session in May gathers the church’s law making body, noting missionary zeal and debate over creed revision. Founding leader John Wesley proclaimed the world his parish as the church pursues modernization and fears about changing articles of faith surface among factions.
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General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
John Wesley
MURDER FARM IS A MAGNET AND DISASTERS CAME
A Seattle steamer report describes the Hankow Yangtze flood disaster, with about 10 000 dead as a 26 foot bore swept upriver wrecking ships and drowning thousands of sleeping Chinese along the riverbank. Officials vow renewed inquiries into the Gunness murder case as Laporte mourns and crowds flock to the crime scene.
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China
Yangtse-kiang
Hankow
Seattle
Titan
Battleship Fleet Itinerary Around the World
President Roosevelt approves an around the world voyage for the Atlantic battleship fleet. The schedule begins in San Francisco on July 7 with stops at Honolulu, Auckland, and other ports en route to the Philippines, China, and Japan before returning to Manila.
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Philippines
China
Japan
Manila
San Francisco
Honolulu
Auckland
Facts for Farmers Across Regions
A rain and hail event at Laredo Texas damaged the onion crop with estimates that about one third may be a total loss. In Chickasaw county Iowa farmers are converting large cottonwood trees into timber due to high lumber prices. Stony Creek National Forest requires sheep to be dipped before July 15 to graze on the forests. Iowa State College plans a short July summer course in agriculture at Sheldon for public school teachers seeking agricultural knowledge.
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Laredo
Texas
Chickasaw County
Iowa
Stony Creek National Forest
Iowa State College
Sheldon
Census Humor in Divorce Statistics From 1867 to 1887
An amusing note on a census effort where 100 agents, mostly bachelors, gathered divorce data to answer if marriage is a failure. They reported who filed, number of children, alimony, and whether intemperance caused separations, highlighting 328000 filings 1867 1887 and over 1 400 000 through 1907, with rural areas contributing most.
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Bachelor Brigade
Joe Mitchell
Chayple
National Magazine
Harriman Denies Federal Suit Against Rail System
Harriman and Union Pacific officials file general denial in Salt Lake City to a government suit seeking dissolution of the railroad system. He denies owning a majority stock stake with Schiff and others or conspiring to restrain trade. He admits Union Pacific controls some lines but says the aim was not monopolization. he also disputes competition claims with ships and other lines while acknowledging UP’s competition with Santa Fe.
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Harriman
Salt Lake
W. A. Clarke
Schiff
Kahn
Stillman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Portland and Asiatic Company
Pacific Mail Lines
Santa Fe
Business conditions in Chicago as May settlements rise
Heavy May settlements and interest disbursements drive a larger payment volume through banks while commercial defaults keep the recent high average. The overall situation shows no major development with conservative production and distribution patterns. Unusually wet weather slows activity in retail, construction, and farming though winter wheat prospects and agriculture outlook improve. Crop marketings lag last year with reduced breadstuffs but May deliveries look strong and prices reach season highs. Money remains favorable for top commercial paper, discounts scarce. Real estate investment rises and demand for high grade bonds strengthens, though local securities trading is lighter than a year ago. Bank deposits rise but unemployment hinders surplus fund deployment. Freight and heavy materials movement lag last year. iron and steel output remains near low levels. Quarry, builders’ hardware, cement and plumbing demand grows, hardwoods in demand. Chicago district failures total 36, liabilities over $5,000 at 107. Dun’s Review of Trade.
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Chicago
Dun
Weather and trade hold steady amid heavy rains in New York
NEW YORK reports little change in weather, trade, and industry with farm work, retail, and old crop movements constrained by rain and bad roads. Pacific coast and a few southwestern centers show exceptions as industries remain quiet, while textiles and leather face soft demand and shipments. Economic data note 288 US business failures for the week ending May 7, with Canada at 22.
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Pacific Coast
United States
Historic U.S. grain and livestock price grid by city
Market snapshot lists Chicago Chicago-Castle to Toledo across multiple cities with prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Includes No 2 wheat corn oats rye prices in cents and dollars, along with hay butter eggs potatoes and clover seed values. Notable centers: Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit New York Milwaukee Buffalo Toledo with ranges for each commodity.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste. Detroit
New York
T&c
Milwaukee
Toledo
T&e
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