World News Roundup Hits and Misses From Far and Wide
A crowded brief cites New York steamer blaze at Marvel yards and four deaths, a Fort Worth chemical manager’s suicide after drinking prussic acid, bank exonerations in Colgate, opium monopoly shift in Pekin, a Chicago private’s venue change, Tolstoy’s thanks letter, Manila fire death, El Paso gold rush, and multiple regional incidents. It notes Canadian river flood drownings in Oklahoma, a Texas oil town growth, a murder near Draughan, and various political and legal updates across the United States and abroad.
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New York
Marvel
Newburgh
N. Y
F. Davis
St. Louis Chemical Company
Fort Worth
Tex
Bank of Colgate
Okla
Herbert H. Smock
Colgate
Pekin
Joseph B. Klein
First Regiment
Chicago
Ford County
Kankakee
Earl Nelson
John W. Riddle
Russia
St. Petersburg
Mallory Line
Colorado
Tampa
Fla
Hillsboro Bay
Leo Tolstoy
Associated Press
Lewis Connor
Fire Department of
Manila
P. I
Emil Ruser
Papillon
Neb
John Slager
Slager
East Third Street
el Paso
Sylvanite
N. M
Texas
Elijah Mays
George Molette
Saline River Lumber Company
Draughan
Pine Bluff
Ark
Canadian River
Oklahoma
Moonshining By Children Stirs Kentucky Lawlessness Concerns
The article reports moonshining expanding in Kentucky with children delivering illegal liquor to mountain communities. Parents send youngsters to sell at schools and along roads, while villagers view the practice as legitimate and resist inspectors. Women moonshiners and riskier seizures are noted, heightening the challenge to enforcement.
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Kentucky
United States Labor Unions Report Diverse Growths and Changes
A survey notes unions expanding in San Francisco Laundry Workers and Toronto shoe clerks while the Iron Molders mark a fiftieth anniversary. Boston machinists push for a metal trades branch, and new unions form in Dan kin New York and Melrose Minnesota. The Belfast strike is averted with a one shilling weekly concession. International Brewery Workmen report 42 570 members in 373 locals and 1 000 branches, with a cash balance of 85 12 03. A savings scheme for Northeastern Railway in England offers deposits from sixpence. State labor data show improving employment in New York unions through mid year. Poster Artists ally with African Federation of Labor on its tenth anniversary. New Zealand liability bill aims heavy fines for strikers and lockouts.
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Toronto
B. & M. Road
Boston
Melrose
Minn
Steam Engineers
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
Dankin
Belfast
Ireland
Mass
A. F. of L. Metal Trades Department
Boston Machinists’ Lodge
Pennsylvania
International Brewery Workmen of America
Northeastern Railway Company
England
New York State Labor Bureau
Poster Artists’ Association of America
Aufrican Federation of Labor
New Zealand
Train Crash Enfails Metz Refugees Amid Michigan Fires
Refugees from Metz Michigan overwhelmed by forest fires die in a relief train wreck as 15 skeletons are found. Engineer and fireman escape by water tank after train derails on a burned culvert, trapping passengers as fires close in near Alpena in Presque Isle county.
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Metz
Mich
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Alpena
Presque Isle County
Detroit and Mackinac
Belgians to Come Here in Large Immigration Wave
A Belgian vice consul in New York says Belgium plans a major emigration to the United States, potentially rivaling Italian immigration. He notes Belgium’s high population density and hard times, predicts March plans to survey immigrant settlement sites, and says emigrants could become hardy, desirable citizens. Mrs Astor’s social leadership is discussed in a Delineator interview.
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United States
Belgium
Leon Gennis
Havana
New York
Antwerp
Cuba
America
Genis
Europe
California
Astor
Rebecca Insley
Forest Fire Train Wreck Near Metz and Astor Critique
A Michigan forest fire map recalls the relief train from Metz with evacuees and crew escaping by crawling along tracks as engine derailed by a culvert fire. Corroborating reports say Kinville is blind from burns while Foster and Lee survived. Elsewhere Astor condemns New York social tactics, praising Roosevelt's manners and wardrobe, urging a more refined elite society.
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Metz
Hawk's Station
Millersburg
Alpena
Foster
Lee
Corrador Kinville
Tle
Posen
Kinville
Japanese Brides to Settle Japanese in America
A Tokio agency named Ryokkokai arranges marriages for Japanese men in the United States. Ninety thousand bachelors abroad are to be married through certified photos and candidate exchanges. The plan aims to create families and naturalize future children as citizens, countering anti Japanese sentiment.
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United States
Shimanuki
Tokio
Ryokkokai
America
Ohio Going Dry and the Saloons
Ohio moves to dry counties as sixteen counties already voted dry under the local option. Saloons have closed, with predictions that about nine tenths of counties will be dry after all elections. Many counties plan be voting before or after the presidential election to avoid impacting the regular vote.
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Ohio
Yale Professor Warns TB Toll Reaches 5 Billion
Professor Irving Fisher of Yale University spoke at the International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington this week. He warned the United States bears an annual tuberculosis cost exceeding five billion dollars and noted the disease causes extensive suffering and economic loss.
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Washington
Irving Fisher
Yale University
United States
Coal miners and operators reach two year wage deal
Washington representatives of both sides signed a two year wage scale pact for coal. Roosevelt disputes a line from The Melting Pot and suggests change to Israel Zangwill. Ecker brothers sentenced for counterfeit nickels used to operate slots. Grand Duchess Elizabeth contemplates taking the veil. Redmond and Devlin receive a large Irish audience at a Lyric Theater reception in New York.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Israel Zangwill
Zangwill
P. T. Ecker
Chicago Trade Review notes gains and cautious outlook
The Weekly Review of Chicago Trade reports bank clearings at $243,279,198, down 9.7 percent from 1907, with improved production and increased machinery use offset by dull shipbuilding and weaker lake tonnage. Commercial defaults fall, old debts liquidating slowly, while rail, furnace, car building and farm equipment show strength amid cautious demand and steady retail gains. Failures in the district total 21 with two liabilities over $5,000.
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Weekly Review of
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
New York Weather and Business Verdict for Fall
New York reports continued warm unseasonable weather and election tensions hindering seasonal merchandise. Industry shows slight activity gains in iron and brisk building, yet drought and low water affect coke, waterways, and paper mills. Rail tonnage up. earnings show small declines. Overall cautious optimism towards expansion after year end, with credit constraints delaying new enterprises. Business failures: U.S. week ending Oct 15 at 244. Canada 29. Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
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United States
Canada
Market Prices From Chicago to Toledo and More
A dense summary of regional commodity quotes lists cattle hogs sheep and various grains across major markets. Prices cover Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo and a note on Bartels Thelen & Co shoe makers of Boston and Chelsea who assigned for creditors with liabilities estimated at 400000 to 500000.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Bartels, Thelen & Co
Boston
Chelsea
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Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Pessemer, Michigan
Dadeville
Ala
Jack Henderson
Tallapoosa County
J. Fletcher Turner
Jeannette L. Gilder
Critic
Putnam's Monthly
Seneca County
Fostoria
Board of Health
Wade N. Ellis
Huron County
Archhbald
Scranton
Lamb
New York State Hospital
Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
James 8. Young
Charles E. Davis
Omaha
Frederick Austin
Davis
H. Phipps
Matt Tummon
British Columbia
Vancouver
Injenika
Hatters
INO
San Francisco
Cal
Laundry Workers’ Union
Iron Molders’ Union of North America
Jef
Mary
Mr. Roosevelt
Newport
Ze Trevenes
ErrmerAn
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