Army of Unemployed Warns of Declining British Industry
Britain faces a wage squeeze as redundant capital and idle labor surge. Shipbuilding and iron and steel trades suffer. 35,000 shipbuilders employed vs 45,000 last year. Tyne and Mersey layups rise. 6,000–7,000 dockhands idle. Glasgow and Manchester report widespread distress, while unions cite high costs and a looming winter need.
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Britain
Tyne
Thackeray
North of England Iron
Manchester
England
Paper Made From Corn Stalks Sways Paper Costs Down
Department of Agriculture chemists announce a corn stalk paper breakthrough. Dr H S Bristol and team produced white and yellow paper from stalk shells and pith, promising at least 3 percent cheaper production than wood pulp and easing pulp shortages amid forest cuts and fires. Millions of tons of stalks could supply the new material, with the process simpler than wood pulp preparation.
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Department of ArTiculture
Chemistry Bureau
Department of Agriculture
H. S. Bristol
Greatest Butterfly Collection Sold by Strecker Widow
The nearly 100000 specimens of butterflies and moths claimed as the world’s greatest collection, belonging to the late Herman Strecker of Reading Pennsylvania, have been sold to the Field Museum of Chicago for twenty thousand dollars.
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Herman Strecker
Reading
Field Museum of Chicago
Mrs Hains Seeks Divorce From Husband Captain Peter Hains
Mrs Claudia L Hains sues Captain Peter Hains for divorce while he sits in a Long Island jail awaiting trial for the killing of William Annis of New York. He claims Annis and Mrs Hains were lovers and shot Annis at the Bay View Yacht Club deck in July. She is poised to witness against him as the case proceeds.
Quds Ends and Races Set for 1900 Canada Cup Challenge
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club will challenge the Rochester Yacht Club for the Canada cup in 1900. Isaac O Weir known as Ike Weir the Belfast spider, dies in Somerville Massachusetts. Century Athletic Club plans a Pacific coast marathon of 25 miles from Fruitdale to Haywards set for Thanksgiving. Isle of Man race may end up last public highway event in Britain. Ruth Dillon a 4 year old Sidney Dillon trotter wins all heats of the Hester Columbus stake at Columbus Ohio. Jerry B wins the big purse in St Paul day pace race. Hedgewood Bay is defeated by Citation at Columbus, with Citation setting two mare pace records.
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Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Rochester
N. Y
Isaac O. Weir
Ike Weir
Belfast
Somerville
Mass
Pacific Coast
Century Athletic Club
Fruitdale
Haywards
Royal Automobile Club
Isle of Man
W. Watson
Great Britain
John Burns
Ruth Dillon
Argot Wilkes
Cox
St. Paul
Minnesota
Columbus
Ohio
Hedgewood Bay
Citation
Illinois
Apple crop yield tops twenty five million barrels nationwide
Estimates from the national apple show in Spokane, based on reports from 15,000 growers across the belts, place this season's harvest at 25 million barrels or 62.5 million bushels. Despite droughts and pests, the crop matches 1907 in size and shows broader distribution with higher prices than last year.
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United States
Harry J. Neely
Spokane
Middle Western
Mercury Treatment for Tuberculosis Touted by Navy Surgeon
Medical Inspector Hibbett reports a paper by Surgeon B L Wright on using mercury for tuberculosis at Newport Naval Hospital Rhode Island. The article claims mercury, when used judiciously, is a specific treatment for all forms of tuberculosis and notes some patients were nearly dead before treatment.
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Hibbett
Navy
B. L. Wright
Naval Hospital
Newport
R. I
Mrs Warren sues estate to foreclose mortgage
Mrs Warren wife of Dr Warren Methodist bishop of Colorado sues the estate of Hannah FE Foster former Denver red light queen to foreclose a mortgage securing a five thousand dollar loan from seventeen years ago. President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of Hamilton Fish Assistant Treasurer of the United States in New York to take effect October 21 as a Republican candidate for Congress in the Twenty first District.
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Mrs. Warren
Dr. Warren
Colorado
Hannah FE. Foster
Denver
Red Light Queen
Roosevelt
Hamilton Fish
United States
New York
Fish
Twenty-first District
Kaiser as Matchmaker Plans for Victoria Louise Marriage
Reports claim Kaiser Wilhelm II plans to wed his daughter Victoria Louise to Archduke Karl Franz Joseph of Austria Hungary. Karl Franz, 21, is heir in line of succession due to Ferdinand renouncing rights. Victoria Louise, 16, is described as gentle and gifted, living with her mother the empress.
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Helr
Austro-Hungary
Austria
Hungary
Victoria Luise
Archduke Karl Franz Joseph
Francis Joseph
Berlin
New York Times
Karl Franz
Archduke Otto Franz Joseph
Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Karl Franz
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Princess von Hohenberg
Vienna
Hussars
Empress
Global trade, London fires, and notable markets
A collage of facts notes Siri Mitsui’s $100 million trade with multiple continents, London’s Friday fires and August December peaks, Postal Savings Bank of India reaching 1,190,220 depositors with $49.2 million, and global business attitudes. It also covers the rise of blue roses, cost disparities between London and New York city departments, whalebone production, mutinous Potemkin sailors in Roumania heading to Canada, human body resistance tests, Dr Ida Kahn’s return for postgrad study, and John W Gates’ lavish London-era projects including a $1 million golf course and a $4 million concrete track.
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Nitsui Trading Company
Japan
Europe
Australia
America
Asia
London
Postal Savings Bank of India
South America
United States
New York City
Department of
New York
Pacific Coast
Knais Potemkin
Roumania
Canada
Ida Kahn
University of Michigan
Johns Hopkins
Miss Kahn
Methodist Episcopal Church
Nanchang
Tastal Taco
John W. Gates
Washington
One wheeled vehicle riddle from Illustrated Bits
In this illustrated Bits item a playful riddle asks what a vehicle with a single wheel would be called after defining bicycle and tricycle. It presented a surprise answer about everyday wheels and clever wordplay for readers.
Friendship Tested by Forbearance Between Two Lifelong Friends
In a concise reflection two lifelong friends note that their bond endures largely because each credits the other’s forbearance. The pair suggests mutual restraint and shared history sustain their relationship beyond ordinary friction.
Forest Fire Destruction Terrifies Refugees and School Kids
Terrifying forest fires sweep Wisconsin area destroying the village of Koss and forcing hundreds to shelter in box cars and fields. A boy named Dust carried his sister’s charred remains in a handkerchief while refugees endure exposure, hunger, and freezing temperatures amid heroic rescues and vast losses.
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Tad
Kerchief
Cassie Howland
Millersburg
Miss Howland
Dust
Koss
Menominee River
Wisconsin
Ink to initial ballots rule urged for inspectors
Reported discussion after the recount threat notes that the Supreme Court split on whether ink initiated ballots are mandatory or merely directive. With general elections near, observers expect contests over this issue as many inspectors still use pencils. A majority reportedly agreed the law is mandatory and requires ink for all ballot initialing.
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Supreme Court
Rob Bank and Postoffice at Posen Robbed
Sheriffs posse chases alleged yeggmen after they blow two safes in Posen. Private bank McColl Learment Co and the adjacent postoffice, owned by Postmaster Joseph Smith, lose a small amount of cash stamps and two watches. Four tramps spotted near Posen are suspected.
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Sheriff's Posse
Posen
McColl, Learment & Co
Joseph Smith
Prsons
Two Weddings a Week in Plainwell Record
Plainwell has seen nearly twenty marriages in the last two months, the most in its matrimonial history. About half the couples involved Plainwell residents, with the Plainwell Shoe Company factory noted as a prolific source of couples. Andrew Melosh near Boyne City reports six apple trees in full bloom while a good crop of fruit remains on the branches.
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Plainwell
Plainwell Shoe Company
Andrew Melosh
Lake Shore Road
Boyne City
Hunters Find Charred Skeleton in Menominee County
Edward Berg man and Ole Harsted of Bark River found a charred skeleton in the northern Menominee county region. The skull showed a bullet wound, the body was burned to destroy identifying evidence, leaving only fragments of a grey soft hat and a few light remnants.
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Menominee County
Edward Bergman
Ole Harsted
Bark River
Grub Cause Kills Oak Trees At Mackinac Island Park
About 200 oaks in Mackinac Island State Park have been killed or near dead by grubs. Federal expert Percy Robinson investigated at Supt Emery’s request. He found grub activity girdling sap cells led to tree death. Specimens were sent to the U S Biological Laboratory for study.
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Mackinac Island
B. F. Emery
Federal Department of Agriculture
Percy Robinson
Robinson
United States Biological Laboratory
Jail Break Attempt Ends With Escape From Muskegon Jail
In Muskegon ten prisoners confined in the county jail and the alleged murderer Charles Rutledge faced a blocked jail delivery. Gabriel Gabrielson, an Ionia convict, escaped through the sheriff’s office door when Deputy Sheriff Charles Dorge and attorney Frank W. Cook left the cell. Gabrielson fled into an alley as Rutledge remained.
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Charles Rutledge
Muskegon
Gabriel Gabrielson
Ionia
Charles Dorge
Frank W. Cook
Rutledge
Gabrielson
October crop report gives 12 million bushels wheat
The October crop report from the Secretary of State lists final yields per crop. Wheat totals an estimated 12,000,000 bushels at eighteen bushels per acre, with rye 5,272,000 bushels, corn 49,165,000, potatoes 20,000,000, beans 4,301,000, buckwheat 702,000, and sugar beets at 729,000 tons from 81,000 acres.
Literary Woman Caroline Leving Dies in Ann Arbor
Mrs. Caroline Leving widow of Lansford Lemax Leving and long-time Ann Arbor resident dies after a life marked by early marriage in Virginia and widowhood. Survived by two daughters Miss Nellie Leving and Mrs. Arthur C. Roberts of Galesburg. Her parents were Anthony Collamore and his wife of North Pembroke, Massachusetts, a family with colonial roots.
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Caroline Leving
Ann Arbor
Lansford Lemax Leving
Anthony Collamore
North Pembroke
Mass
Virginia
Nellie Leving
Arthur C. Roberts
Galesburg, LL
AGAIN ATTACKS SINK HOLE NEAR LAINGSBURG
Michigan Central raises track across Chandler marsh to fix a costly sink hole. Rocks earth logs and other materials dumped into the hole are swallowed by it. Company hauls hundreds of carloads of cin ders along the line to stabilize the route. Baby Dies After Drinking Poison. The 3 year old son of Nelson O Bean of Maple Island dies from poison water soaked with fly paper.
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Michigan Central
Chandler Marsh
Laingsburg
Baby
Nelson O. Bean
Maple Island
Muskegon River
Within Our Borders Fire and Tragedy Across Michigan
Railroad ties on the Grand Trunk at Seley derailed a through freight. crew escaped injury. Grand Marais suffered major fire damage after weeks of forest fire fighting. John D Bauerly of Jonesville hanged himself, leaving a widow and four sons. A large balloon was seen near Rochester. A child died in Allouez when a railroad tie toppled during play. Crosby Street Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids burned, parsonage and organ lost. mortgage cleared weeks earlier. Mrs J Hallock died after ingesting carbolic acid at U B A hospital. Incendiaries attempted to burn a Hastings moving picture theater. second fire damaged upper and basement areas. kerosene fumes hampered firefighters.
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John D. Bauerly
Jonesville
Rochester
John Blau
Allouez
Crosby Street Christian Reformed Cbarch
Grand Rapids
J. Hallock
Mae Rant
Watt Sonmaily
Hastings
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