Week in Review Across Nations and Disasters
Taft and Bryan met at a Chicago banquet amid 1300 guests. A Kentucky farmer killed his wife then himself. A Tennessee riverboat capsize drowned five black passengers. Richmond industrial plants idle and 1000+ out of work due to drought. Yale announces 3400+ students for 1908 09. Canadian Pacific rehiring strikers. New York builds code eyes max heights of 50 and 300 feet. Elbert Morgan arrested in Jersey City. Georgia election results show Brown leads governor race. voter qualification amendment ratified. Richford VT grain elevator explosion kills 12 and a woman. Pastor Young offered Brookyn post with higher pay, declines raise. Anatomy Hall MN Univ destroyed by fire. Genesee Methodist charges against Dryer lead to suspension. Philippine typhoon wrecks Lucia and Soledad. crew losses. Stotesenbourg barracks damaged. total post losses. Ralph Eddy enlists in army after Milwaukee disappearance. Philadelphia leader Erb shot dead. wife admits involvement in quarrel.
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Yale Corporation
Canadian Pacific Railway
New York
Building Code Revision Commission
Elbert L. Morgan
First National Bank of Friendly
W. Va
Jersey City
United States
Roe
Morgan
Georgia
Joseph M. Brown
Richford
Stevy
S. Edward Young
Second Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
Bedford Avenue Presbyterian
Millard Hall
Genesee Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
George H. Dryer
Central Methodist District of
Western Methodist Book Concern
Philippine
Lucia
Soledad
Mindoro
J. C. Heinschein
Stotesenbourg
Weegtt
Ohio
Ralph W. Eddy
Milwaukee
Miss Warren of
Wooster
United States Army
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
J. Clayton Erb
Israel W. Durham
Philadelphia
Catherine Fpaisdell
Wireless telegraph on Washington Monument proposed
The Navy Department considers converting the Washington monument into a wireless telegraph station as a temporary measure before erecting a 500 foot steel tower. If successful, messages could reach western Europe and fleet vessels across the Atlantic, revolutionizing government wireless and cable operations.
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Navy Department
Washington Monument
Bureau of Equipment
Metcalf
Europe
Admiral Cowles
War Department
Pacific
Atlantic
Caribbean
Global labor unrest and union actions across nations
Idle docks in Liverpool and sailors awaiting berths reflect a broader strike era. Lord Dunraven funds two industrial training scholarships in Limerick. Scottish miners accept 12 percent wage reductions while Scottish trades unions back old age pensions and compulsory dispute intervention. New York rail clerks seek a system agreement. Portland garment workers aim at forty eight hour weeks. Brooklyn office workers push for organization by Bookkeepers Union No. 12646. Glasgow relief committee seeks 50 000 dollars for 8 000 out of work families. San Francisco to hire 3 000 for municipal projects easing local strains. Chicago debuts Hebrew language labor paper Jewish Labor World. Alaskan fisheries employ over 5 000 organized fishermen. Canadian textile workers push weekly 25 cent contributions and enforcement of fifty five hour work week limits for women and children. United Brewery Workers of America convention in New York shows 40 000 members across 878 locals. International Brewery Workers formed in Baltimore 1886 from eight locals. French Miners Federation affiliates with General Federation of Labor for greater influence. Boot and Shoe Workers Union touts 25 cent weekly dues reducing strike risk and enabling self help from sister crafts. High dues support union stamps and stronger campaigns.
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Portland
Ore
Brooklyn
N. Y
Glasgow
Scotland
San Francisco
Chicago
Jewish Labor World
United Brewery Workers of America
New York
International Union of the Brewery Workers
Baltimore
National Miners’ Federation of France
General Federation of Labor
Boot and Shoe Workers’ International Union
High
Bulgaria Proclaims Independence At Tirnovo Under Prince Ferdinand
Bulgaria, a tributary principality under Ottoman suzerainty, proclaimed independence at Tirnovo with Prince Ferdinand and the cabinet. London reports suggest a conference of powers to prevent war in the Balkans as France and Britain act as mediators with Turkey and Bulgaria amid rising tensions.
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Bulgaria
Turkey
Tirnovo
Ferdinand
London
Near East
France
Great Britain
Bul
Pension roll declines as 34 thousand die in year
The commissioner of pensions reports for the year ending June 30 that 34 323 civil war veteran deaths reduced survivors to 628 084 while total pensioners ended at 901 687. There were 188 415 widows benefiting from a $12 monthly rise and expenditures reached 153 093 086 with roll value at year end 159 495 701 up 18 644 821.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Bureau
Rival Oil Trust Branches In New York Hearings
During the oil trust probe in New York Vice President F B Squire of Standard Oil of Ohio testified as Kellogg for the government outlined how the Toledo Oil Company operated within the trust structure. The testimony connected organizational branches and practices to alleged antitrust activities.
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Oil Trust
F. B. Squire
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
New York
Kellogg
Toledo Oil
Balkans Tension and Ottoman War Threats Rise
Berlin reports Bulgaria asserts control of the Oriental railroad in eastern Rumelia and opposes Turkish authority. Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary actions spark diplomatic strain as Europe seeks to avert war. Vienna dispatches claim Austria-Hungary will annex Bosnia and Herzegovina. Francis Joseph letters urge political status change.
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Garia
Germany
Berlin
Turkey
Bulgaria
Oriental
Rumelia
Austria-Hungary
London
Ferdinand
Vienna
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Francis Joseph
Standard controlled independents via name, admit misleading ties
The Company and the American Oil Company operated as independent concerns for years though owned by Standard. Squire admitted the arrangement to leverage old names goodwill and described dismissing C J Castle of the Cleveland Standard unit for giving rebates to customers.
2005 BENDS and Other Sporting Notes From Colby and Beyond
A 2005 BENDS item notes wrestler Fred Beel buying an eighty acre farm near Colby Wisconsin to be ready for future competition. Joliet Illinois based discus star M H Griffin, 2nd in London Olympic Games, plans to enter Beloit College. Freddie Welsh KO’s Frank Carsey in Los Angeles. Macalester hosts forty football candidates. Carlisle 35. Nashua New Hampshire sees Charles Van Zant, longtime Albany club baseball figure, die by self-inflicted gunshot. Mighty Roseben likely retires after a bad defeat at Sheepshead Bay. Empire State Stakes at New York State Fair features Geers Teasel Spanish Queen Acquin Dewitt in five heats for $10,000. Magoffin arrives as North Dakota Agricultural College football coach, a Michigan alum and Yost favorite, tasked with filling big shoes left by Gilmore Dobie.
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Fred Beel
Colby
Wis
M. H. Griffin
Joliet I
London
Beloit College
Freddie Welsh
Frank Carsey
Chicago
Pacific Athletic Club
Los Angeles
Macalester College
Nashua
N. H
Charles I. van Zant
Albany Club
Mighty Roseben
Dave Johnson
Weir
Sheepshead Bay
Roseben
Geers’ Tease
Acquin
Dewitt
Magoffin
North Dakota Agricultural College
Michigan University
Yost
Gilmore Dobie
Proposal for a School of Sanitary Science at Columbia
Dr Norman E Ditman proposed a School of Sanitary Science in the Columbia University Quarterly. The plan aims to enlighten the public on preventable causes of death, with a claim that over 400000 lives are lost annually in the United States due to these preventable factors.
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School of Sanitary Science
Norman E. Ditman
Columbia University Quarterly
1000 Men to Demolish Wanamaker Store Section
John Wanamaker announced employment for 1000 men to demolish the old Chestnut Street store section in Philadelphia starting last Monday. The call drew 6000 applicants and a crowd of about 5000 men, disrupting traffic until police reserves cleared the streets after selections were made without disorder.
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John Wanamaker
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Lakes to Gulf Deep Waterway session opens in Chicago
The greatest deep waterway convention opened at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago with Taft Bryan and Graves among honored guests. Secretary Saunders outlined the movement’s history and aims, stressing a Chicago to New Orleans trunk route, rail and river transport synergy, and growing delegate representation from 1,100 in St. Louis to 3,517 this session across 44 states.
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Auditorium Theater
Chicago
The
William Howard Taft
William Jennings Bryan
John Temple Graves
Independence Party
Taft
Bryan
Mr. Graves
Coliseum
William K. Kavanaugh
Association
Samuel Fallows
Fallows
Kavanaugh
William F. Saunders
United States
St. Louis
Saunders
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Lakes
Gulf
William Lorimer
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
Ben Humphreys
Segregate Cows Urged to Curb Bovine TB
Dr. W. A. Moore of Cornell urged at the American Veterinary Association convention that the only hope to check the rapid rise of bovine tuberculosis in America is to segregate healthy herds and pass laws to regulate cattle sales.
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W. A. Moore
Cornell University
American Veterinary Association
America
Day Re-elected Chairman of Minnesota Democratic State Committee
Frank A. Day was re-elected chair man of the Minnesota Democratic State central committee. At Sheepshead Bay Priscillion, carrying top weight, won the Occidental handicap at one and one-eighth miles in the last time of 1:52. On Labor Day labor organizations nationwide received an address from Samuel Gompers reviewing events since the previous Labor Day.
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Frank A. Day
Minnesota
Democratic State Central Committee
Sheepshead Bay
Samuel Gompers
Peruna Cures Sudden Cold In Nine Days Says Miss Sauerbier
Miss Helen Sauerbier reports a winter cold developing into nasal and throat catarrh. After using Peruna at a friend's urging, phlegm loosened in three days and appetite and spirits returned within nine days, restoring her health. The note adds Peruna as a trusted remedy for women.
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Sr. Joserm
Micn
Peruna
Helen Sauerbier
Fighting Formosan Tribes Refuse Government Demands
South China Post reports Nan-Ow aborigines of Formosa demand submission terms from the government. They yield skulls but resist surrendering arms, sparking renewed resistance near the Aiyu line as government troops fortify guardhouses telephone lines and wires to enforce control.
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Giran
Formosa
South China Post
Aiyu Line
Storm Waves and their Colossal Power
The average storm wave reaches thirty feet in height. Highest waves recorded ranged from forty four to forty eight feet. At Skerryvore lighthouse off Scotland a five and a half ton rock was thrown seventy two feet above sea level and a thirteen and a half ton mass was torn from a cliff seventy four feet high as noted by the Pall Mall Gazette.
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Skerryvore
Scotland
Pall Mall Gazette
Grape-Nuts End Indigestion Says Letter From Reader
A New York man reports lasting relief from indigestion after trying Grape-Nuts with cream and other foods. He says appetite returns and midday meals become enjoyable. The Postum Company cites the letter as genuine and says new testimonials appear over time.
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Richmond
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Boston
Phil'delphia
Detroit
Cleveland mL
Washington
Liverpool
England
Lord Dunraven
Limerick
Ireland
Scotland Miners’ Federation
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Hartford Railroad
Scottish
Trades Union Congress
Freedom OF
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Cenfer
Chicago Tribune
BENDS
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Chicago Auditorium
Main St
St. Joseph, Mich
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Sudden Coles
Postum Co
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Wellville
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