Michigan teacher Miss Barber leads students to safety from wildfire
In Presque Isle county Krakow township, 19 year old teacher Grace Barber ordered her pupils into a double file and led them to a plowed field as flames swept the school. Embers were extinguished as they fell on clothing and the group remained safe overnight, with Barber guiding the children home in the morning despite wildlife nearby.
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Presque Isle County
Grace Barber
Krakow Township
Infernal device found in hay barn near Ingham township
A miscalculated incendiary device nearly destroyed John Scarlett's farm in Ingham township. Hay saturated with kerosene, a concealed infernal machine, and a narrow escape saved Scarlett and possibly nearby residents amid ongoing local feuds between Ingham and Wheatfield townships.
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John Scarlett
Ingham Township
Ingham
Wheatfield
Injunction Denied Over Sausage Adulteration Claim
Judge Wiest of the Ingham Circuit Court denied Armour & Co. a injunction to stop the State pure food department from interfering with sausage sales in Michigan. The state argued cereals and water in sausage were adulterants. the company contended they were needed to perfect the product. The court ruled sausage denotes meat and cereals and water are adulterants added to cheat, saying selling as a pure food product would violate the law and drive honest dealers from the market.
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Wiest
Ingham
Armour & Co
State
Pure Food Department
Michigan
Gets Sixty Days Breaks Jail William E C Epple
William E C Epple jailed for sixty days in St Johns county jail for violating local option law escaped. He came from Owosso in September and bought whisky at a drug store to sell to an habitual drunkard. He removed bricks from the gable end and lowered himself with a bed clothes rope.
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William E. C. Epple
St. Johns
Epple
Owosso
Fire devastates Greenville grain and lumber warehouses
A major morning blaze in Greenville destroyed the grain and bean warehouse of C. H. Wells & Co and the lumber warehouse of Dallava Brothers. Wells & Co suffered the warehouse plus 1,000 bushels of rye and beans, insured for 1,500 dollars. Dallava Brothers lost the warehouse and lumber, insured for 6,000 dollars. The Grand Trunk railway also reported a burned car and damage.
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Greenville
C. H. Wells & Co
Dallava Brothers
Grand Trunk
Midland High School Destroyed by Fire
A brick Midland high school built in 1868 was totally burned the other evening, with a loss around 35 000 and 22 000 insured. Fire started in the basement among stored kindling wood. no furnace fire reported that afternoon. Flames gained speed before discovery, and firefighters could not stop them.
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Midland’s
Body Found After Months Missing Near Adrian
Stephen Noble, last seen wandering from his Palmer Furniture factory job, was found by workers at the Raisin Center celery farm after more than a month of search efforts by local crews and a sheriff's force.
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Stephen Noble
Raisin Center
Palmer Furniture Factory
Adrian
Slag and Molasses Trials Promote Dustproof Roads
U S Department of Agriculture public roads office reports experiments to build dustless roads by mixing slag with tar or asphalt and by using molasses as a binder. Chicago and Birmingham tests show slag asphalt and slag tar promising. Newton Massachusetts explores molasses binders. Independence Kansas tests oil road methods.
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Office of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Vernon M. Peirce
Federal Bureau
Birmingham
Ala
B. F. Heidel
Newton
Mass
Prevost Hubbard
Page
Scientific Corps
Mr. Hubbard
Independence
Kan
California
Road Improvement Aims at Boosting Economy and Jobs
The article argues highway construction benefits farmers, railroads, and labor by improving roads and waterways, reducing convict idleness, and saving state costs. It notes large road plans in New York, California, Colorado, Michigan, and Massachusetts, with broad public interest coast to coast.
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Illinois
New York State
California
Los Angeles
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Michigan
Massachusetts
Farmers Face Road Tax Plan and Bond Boost in Illinois
In Illinois the farm property valued at under 400 million dollars would bear only about 40 percent of state taxes if roads were funded like New York and Pennsylvania. A proposed bond program totaling 50 million dollars over ten years would add 25,000 miles of hard roads, with a two mill state tax levy and local bond issues, costing farmers about 150 dollars over the decade but potentially boosting farm values by roughly ten dollars per acre.
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Illinois
Cook County
New York
Pennsylvania
William J. Shanks
Petrolythic road saga sparks roaring praise on wheels
A Los Angeles Times提ers passage notes roads built by the petrolythic process may soon cover the nation. A chauffeur, while riding a country road, calls the rolling sausage machine roller the best surface he has traveled. The widespread support appears evident from the miles under construction.
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Los Angeles Times
Chester County Bills From State For Road Improvements
Commissioners report bills from the Pennsylvania State highway department for road works in Westtown Schuylkill Valley and Avondale areas. Totals include contract price extras inspection and surveying. State covers two thirds of expense while county and township share one sixth each.
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Chester County
Pennsylvania State Highway Department
Westtown
Schuylkill
Valley
Avondale Borough
Labor and Industry Threads Across Countries
International union activity expands from Albany to Australia as unions build, merge, and press for reforms. Ireland’s linen sector employs about 70,000. Canada records 320 industrial injuries and 115 deaths in August. Lethbridge with 4,000 residents reports 1,000 union members. Yorkshire miners press non union crackdown. Boston cigar makers levy $5 to fund blue label ads. UK and US unions form new associations, increase wages, and push legislation includes New Zealand growth from 37 to 310 unions with 45,163 members.
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Albany
Ireland
Canada
Lethbridge
Yorkshire
England
Miners’ Federation
Boston
Mass
Cigar Makers’ Union
Bricklayers
Stonemasons
Guelph
New Zealand
Boot and Shoe Workers’ International
Walla Walla
Wash
Board of Education
Maritime Federation
Australia
Sydney
Pharmacists push for university pharmacy building funds
Pharmacists of Minnesota urge the Legislature to allocate 100000 dollars for a new pharmacy building at the State University. The Prussian government now requires higher girls schools to be equal to boys and allows women to matriculate in Prussian universities. Walter M. Wood, taking charge of the new Y M C A building in Philadelphia, will promote supplemental education through night classes for students unable to pay in advance. Supt Maxwell of New York public schools warns that increasing public school baths may be less impactful than expanding playgrounds and directed athletic activities. Charles Mix county in South Dakota launches a compulsory education drive, with Yankton Sioux Steve Blaine the first to be jailed briefly for delaying school attendance. several white parents face similar action.
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Philadelphia
Walter M. Wood
Chicago
Supt. Maxwell
New York Public Schools
Playground Association of America
Carnegie Libraries
Iis
New York
Charles Mix County
South Dakota
Steve Blaine
Wagner
Blaine
Chicago weekly trade review signals gradual recovery
The Weekly Review of Chicago reports continued recovery in business activity with rising bank payments and a healthier market for textiles and fabrics. Agricultural conditions improve as corn yields and rains support winter wheat seeding, while wholesale demand and rolling stock rise. Currency moves slow, election uncertainty lingers, and Chicago bank clears drop 6.5 percent from last year. reported failures total 18 in the district with five liabilities over 5,000.
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Chicago
Weekly Review of Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Retail trade and weather ease in oct market report
New York reports show warm weather maintaining retail strength while election tensions curb heavy buying for new ventures. Manufacturers increase raw material purchases and Wheat shipment drives optimism for late year gains. Ohio river traffic and coal movement hampered by drought. forest fires and low water worsen conditions. Business failures in the US for the week ending Oct 22 total 231, Canada 81, with year-over-year comparisons noted. Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
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New York
Northwest
Ohio River
Chicago
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Grain and livestock price survey for major markets
Prices across Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Highlights include Chicago cattle 4.00 7.45 and hogs 4.00 6.15. wheat No 2 around 1.00. corn No 2 67c to 68c. oats 46c to 47c. butter creamery 2c 26c. eggs 24c to 27c. hay timothy 8 15. rye No 2 4e to T4e.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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