Fire, deaths, and losses hover over early 20th century headlines
Dallas fire losses reach 200000 with a fireman killed. Emanuel Mandel of Chicago wills 2000000 with 50000 to charity. Mrs Helen Roach shot dead in New York. Passaic man fatally scorched in Newark dye works vat. Arcola Miss fire destroys fifteen businesses. Stew Leclaire aged Mason dies at Lynden. Philadelphia judge fined for a thank you note. Oklahoma official seizes freight engine to enforce taxes. Japan to cut Chinese troops saving yen. Trinity freshman in Hartford hospital after campus rush. Actress Louise Lonsdale settles breach suit for 50 weekly. Office-boy timber shortage in New York. Night rider terror in Calhoun Baker Miller counties. Hunter Webb accused of setting timber fires in California. Hartford Carpet exec cheerful about Roosevelt Jr. medical. Kansas City man Henry Johnson dies from heart rupture. Baseball standings across major leagues. Omaha murder bound over for district court. Susan Davis bound over. witness bond. New York suffrage workers plan to register. Emily Jensch arrives in San Francisco from Shanghai.
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Dallas
Texas
Emanuel Mandel
Chicago
Helen Roach
New York
Robert McFellin
Passaic
Newark
N. J
Arcola
Miss
Alexander Leclaire
Masonic Fraternity
United States
Lynden
Wash
William J. F. Reynolds
Witbank
Philadelphia
Sherif Hensley
Jackson County
Okla
St. Louis
San Francisco
New York City
Children’s Aid Society
Calhoun
Baker
Miller Counties
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Lewis KR. Webb
Deering
California
Webb
Alvin Hf. Higgins
Hartford Carpet Corporation
Thompsonville
Conn
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Higgins
Henry J. Johnson
Kansas City
W. L
Cincinnati
Pitsburg
Boston
Brooklyn
Phil'delphia
American League
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Crawford
Omaha
Charles Edward Davis
District Court
Frederick Austin
Davis
Abbie Rice
Harriet Johnston Wood
Emily Jensch
Korea
Shanghai
China
International Congress on Tuberculosis Opens in Washington
Washington reports on the International Congress on Tuberculosis held at the National Museum. Exhibits include maps and charts of campaigns, dispensaries, hospitals, and treatment methods. Notables such as President Roosevelt and Dr Edward L. Trudeau participate, with many international physicians listed among attendees.
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Washington
National Museum
Roosevelt
Congress
Edward L. Trudeau
Saranac Lake
Fairbanks
Cannon
Robert Koch
Landoury
Paris
Sprouck
Utrecht
Tendelo
Diplomatic Corps
Henry G. Beyer
Desert to Bloom Aim at Sixteenth Irrigation Congress
The sixteenth annual national irrigation congress opened in Albuquerque with 4,606 seats filled and 1,800 delegates present. President Frank Goudy welcomed attendees as officials from about thirty foreign countries offered greetings. Notable speakers included Dr. Robert Koch and Surgeon General Walter Wyman on tuberculosis control, and Dr. W. Reid Blair on wildlife tuberculosis. The opening featured open air treatment concepts, a Mexico military panel performance of The Star Spangled Banner, and the irrigation ode sung by 100 voices. Governor Curry and military parades welcomed the exposition, set to showcase the nation’s finest irrigated products.
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National Irrigation Congress
Albuquerque
Frank Goudy
Denver
Lester
United States
Robert Koch
Walter Wyman
W. Reid Blair
New York Zoological Society
New York
Congress
Curry
New Mexico
Goudy
France
England
Spain
Portugal
Itaq
Cape Colony
Canada
Porto Rico
Brazil
Government of
Mexico
J. Franklin Bell
Department of the Colorado
Bell
Thomas
Tuberculosis viewed as dire threat in public health remarks
President's representative extolled hygienic and economic stakes of tuberculosis. Cortelyou cited last year’s deaths approaching ten thousand, far exceeding yellow fever's long term toll and even bubonic plague in India. He urged united public action to curb the disease during a national congress parade involvement.
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United States
Mr. Cortelyou
India
Digging Fast at Panama Harnessing Labor Force
Colonel George W. Goethals, Panama Canal chief engineer, reported in New Orleans that dirt flying progress is satisfactory. He said natives and Jamaicans provide nearly all manual labor, attempts to use American workers failed, and current labor supply is ample with many workers cycling in and out, leaving more workers available than needed.
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George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
New Orleans
Colon
Washington
Colonel Goethals
Providence woman scales Mount Huascaran in Peru
Miss Annie 8. Peck of Providence Rhode Island completes a second ascent of Mount Huascaran, which she estimates at 26000 feet. Her first attempt reached 25000 feet before retreating due to a guide’s illness. on the final climb a Swiss companion suffered frostbite with one foot and both hands frozen.
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Huascaran
Annie
Peck
Providence
R. I
Mount
Peru
Mrs Mina Hubbard and Harold Ellis Wed in Ontario
Mrs Mina A Hubbard widow of Dr Leonidas Hubbard explorer of Labrador and Harold T Ellis son of the former English under secretary of state for India were married at Torgsda Ontario.
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Mina A. Hubbard
Leonidas Hubbard
Labrador
Harold T. Ellis
India
Torgsda
Oat
U S Goal Mines Take 9025 Lives In A Year
The Geological Survey reports 8125 mining deaths and 5314 injuries in the United States last year. West Virginia had the highest death rate at 12.85 per thousand and lowest coal output per life lost. Explosions were not the main cause. roof falls killed many, and Congress funding is urged to reduce future accidents.
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United States
Geological Survey
West Virginia
New Mexico
Alabama
Missouri
BE. W. Parker
Congress
Venezuelan tangle widens as Brazil rebuffs France
Castro refuses to let the Brazilian charge d affaires assume charge of French interests in Venezuela, sparking speculation in Caracas on insults and France's next move for representation. Also notes on the Paris cotton congress urging unity, extended colonial cotton production, a shift to net weight pricing, and mutual mill insurance. funeral of Baron Speck von Sternberg. German Social Democratic Congress gains 10 percent. British Social Democrats urge restraint on war decisions.
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Castro
Venezuela
Caracas
Brazil
France
International Cotton Congress
Paris
Cotton Contract Commission
Europe
Mutual Mill
America
Speck von Sternberg
United States
Lutzchena
Leipsic
Nuremberg
German Social Democratic Congress
British Social Democratic Federation
Chicago Duns Review Signals Mixed Trade in Week
In Chicago the Dun's review notes a mixed business picture with temporary setbacks from forest fires and drought-affected demand offset by strong bank payments and ample resources. Money tones firm, discounts rise, currency shipments to crop areas increase, and real estate investment grows. Building activity compares favorably with last year as labor enjoys higher wages and new orders rise in iron, brass and electric lines.
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Chicago
Dun
Trade cautious in New York as election looms and inventories tighten
The Bradstreet Commercial Report notes conservative wholesale and jobbing buying in New York with trade below normal, though Western trade shows strength. Retail stocks are lean, orders for immediate shipment rise, and a tendency to curb purchases grows as the election approaches. US failures total 267 this week, up from last week. Canadian failures rise to 82.
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New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
National Market Prices by City and Commodity
A compiled list of livestock and grain prices across major markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Toledo Buffalo with ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and other staples. Prices show wide variation by city and grade reflecting regional demand and delivery terms in the period.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Ste
Toledo
Hogs Price Rises With Cattle in Chicago Yards
For the first time in nine years hog prices rose alongside cattle in the Chicago stock yards last Monday, reaching about 7 cents higher. Experts cite livestock scarcity and high corn costs as the cause, with pork lard and tallow prices increasing in tandem.
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Chicago
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Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Bessemer, Michigan
MacFarland
Obert Koch
Desert TO Bloom Aim
Dr, Wyman
Manting
Mountain Sanatorium
Ottawa, Ill
Panama
U.S
Bureau of Labor
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
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