Turner Besieged By Northern Arenac Forest Fire
Forest fires rage across northern Arenac county threatening multiple towns. Turner is surrounded by flames as all able residents fight to save the town. Thousands of acres burned, timber lost, and crops damaged along Hemlock Road near East Tawas. Wilbur village saved by local farmers while smoke hampers Lake Huron navigation near Alpena as the schooner Garibaldi runs aground.
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Turner
Arenac
Hemlock Road
East Tawas
Warner Leads Bradley For Republican Nomination In Governor Race
Governor Fred M. Warner holds a statewide lead over Dr. James M. Bradley for the Republican nomination as rural precinct results arrive. Early city returns favored Bradley, but belated rural tallies shifted the count to Warner, with Lansing signs showing Warner ahead. Vice President Fairbanks sent congratulations to Bradley.
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Fred M. Warner
James M. Bradley
Bradley
Warner
Lansing
Fairbanks
Eloping Clergyman Arrested in Sault Ste. Marie
The Rev. William Cummings, a young Michigan pastor, was arrested in the Soo on a non-support warrant from Ionia county while working in a laundry. His wife’s sister Velma Taylor, 20, had vanished the same day he disappeared from Elk Rapids. Velma was located at a boarding house and led to Cummings, who left with officers to be taken to Clarksville. The couple had lived in Sault Ste. Marie for about two weeks.
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Michigan
William Cummings
Elk Rapids
Sault Ste. Marie
Ionia County
Clarksville
Velma Taylor
Taylor
Soo
Mr. Cummings
Sonia
Miss Taylor
Brighton Boy Hero Hurt in Train Debacle
Leo Crippen an 11 year old Brighton pupil was nearly killed when he tried to board a freight train caboose on the Pere Marquette track behind the school. He was dragged a distance, suffered two scalp wounds and a badly bruised arm. Two years ago he saved three boys from drowning.
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Leo Crippen
Brighton
Pere Marquette
Young Crippen
Sisters rescue bid ends in tragedy on river
In Port Huron on Black River three siblings, Vina Wood aged 11 and her two brothers, 10 and 7, were swimming when the youngest drifted beyond depth. Vina saved the older brother but the 7-year-old drowned after slipping from her grip while she clung to both.
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Vina Wood
Clayton
Black River
Port Huron
Lad claims kidnapping tale in Port Huron case
Robert Nixon, 14, jailed in Port Huron, says an unknown man kidnapped him from Chris Vogeli’s Greenwood Township home and took him to Sanilac County where he was freed. Nixon, who spent years at Coldwater orphans home, was later to be placed in a new home by Sheriff Davidson.
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Port Huron
Robert Nixon
Chris Vogeli
Greenwood Township
Sanilac County
Vogeli
Coldwater
Davidson
Believed Martyr? Police Probe Death of Young Woman
Police investigate the death of Miss Marie Remke age 25 found near the Detroit River at Robarge's resort with neck broken and multiple injuries. She was part of a night boating party and reportedly fell into the water when returning to shore. A physician arrived to confirm death.
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Detroit River
Marie Remke
Robarge’s
Detroit
Miss Remke
Joliet man found dead in Bay City duck boat
Herbert Jenks aged 27 of Joliet Illinois was found shot dead in a rowboat used for duck hunting at Bay City. Authorities believe the shooting was accidental since the shotgun beside him had one empty barrel. Twenty years earlier his twin brothers drowned while visiting the same area.
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Herbert Jenks
Joliet
Ill
Bay City
Bradley Wins in Primaries Narrow Governor Race
The Republican nomination for governor remains undecided as primary returns show J B Bradley trailing Governor Warner with about 83 890 votes to 85 081 and Earle 25 613 across 2 015 districts. With 83 districts uncounted Bradley trails but could gain slight plurality. neither candidate reached 40 percent, triggering convention selection per party rules.
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Warner
J. B. Bradley
Bradley
Earle
Woman in Kalamazoo Ends Her Life Alone
Mrs Jessie Nichols aged about 60 in Kalamazoo prepared her rooming house for death by locking windows and doors and plugging keyholes before taking morphine. Found by police at midnight and died at 4 a m without regaining consciousness. She had lived in Kalamazoo a month and kept one roomer.
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Jessie Nichols
Kalamazoo
West Branch Mayor W A Weeks Dies at 52
William A Weeks longtime West Branch resident editor of the Ogemaw County Herald and county register of deeds died after a brief illness from acute Brights disease He was 52 and had held many county offices including prosecuting attorney judge of probate circuit court commissioner justice of the peace supervisor and surveyor He served as mayor last spring leaving a widow and two daughters.
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W. A. Weeks
West Branch
William A. Weeks
Register of Deeds
Ogemaw County
Herald
Bright
Mr. Weeks
University of Michigan
Burglar flees after discovering sick wife in Fort Huron home
A cooperative thief entered four stores at the beaches and the home of Harry Young on Gratiot Avenue. He surprised Young in bed, brandished a revolver, but fled when told a sick woman was in the house, promising to trouble less if noise was avoided.
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Fort Huron
Harry Young
Gratiot Avenue
Mr. Young
Young
Pottawattamie Chief David Krotch Dies
David Krotch, last Potawatomi chief, dies leaving Menominee county without a named successor. His passing closes a chapter in the tribe history as no formal line of succession exists.
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David Krotch
Pottawattamie
Menominee County
Krotch
Pottawattamites
Bankrupt Sought by Shaw-Walker Exec in Currie Crash
William F. Matter, superintendent of Shaw-Walker Co. in Muskegon and son of a Grand Rapids furniture manufacturer, has filed for bankruptcy in the U S Court at Grand Rapids. Liabilities total 3215 dollars 40 cents. The case follows the Cameron Currie Co crash incident.
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Grand Rapids
Cameron Currie & Co
William F. Matter
Shaw-Walker Co
Muskegon
United States
Fire wipes out Manitoulin Island business section
A telephone report from Manitoulin Island states the town's business district was nearly destroyed by fire. Fifteen businesses and eight homes burned. With a population around 1,000 and no water works, the loss may reach $10,000, largely insured.
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Toerby
Manitoulin Island
Edward Roberts
Allegan
Kalamazoo
Roberts
Peter van Lear
Sunday School Lesson Review for September 20 1908
The lesson reviews biblical figures and events surrounding Israelite leadership. It discusses why the people asked for a king, Samuel's warnings, and the contrasts between human judgment and divine purpose. It highlights Saul and David, jealousy, obedience, Jonathan's nobility, and the principle of waiting on God's timing for leadership.
I Cannot Do That The Enemy Of Courage In Speech
A Success magazine excerpt warns that words of doubt such as I cant I am afraid and I fear destroy initiative and hinder achievement. The piece argues that hesitation and negative phrases kill ambition and leave many only mediocre outcomes, urging decisive action and positive speech.
New Manifolding Book Promises Faster Duplicates
A new manifold paper process improves copying by using sheets with one writable side and a carbon coated reverse side. The system places a plain interleaving sheet between combination pages making copies easier and more reliable, reducing slips and misalignment.
Meditations and The Bird Got Wise Comic Bits
A column of humorous observations on spinster life and manners contrasts with a parrot joke. Tales touch on church vacations, married life, flirting, and a late night note about a bird’s beak repair, ending with a punchline from a London Telegraph anecdote.
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Polly
Scott
London Telegraph
Pedestrian Rights in Britain and Global contrasts
An Atlanta Constitution quote contrasts British pedestrian law with other nations. It notes foot passengers in Britain have equal highway rights and drivers must yield even at risk or inconvenience, while elsewhere pedestrians are expected to yield to wheeled traffic. A separate Q&A about a young woman's repartee reflects social humor.
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Great Britain
Atlanta Constitution
Fairies of the Deep and Children’s Story Tastes
A Kansas City Star snippet features Mother Pike asking Little Piker for a fairy tale choice between Little Red Riding Hood or Octo-Puss In Boots. The piece closes with a calm bedtime philosophy urging minimal worry for happiness.
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Fairies of the Deep
Mother Pike
Little Piker
Little Red Hertring Hood
Kansas City Star
unions rally across North America and Europe for labor reform
Toronto clerks organize a union while Boston lamplighters and San Francisco drug clerks expand labor rights. Washington DC, Lynn MA and New York Hebrew trades seek alliances. Reports cover sick benefits limits for American tailors abroad, Mare Island child labor enforcement, cross city roofer negotiations, and a push to start a 1 cent Morning Herald daily by the AFL.
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Toronto
Canada
Boston
Mass
Lamplighters’ Union
Drug Clerks’ Union
San Francisco
Cal
Trades Unionist
Washington, D. C
Lynn
Scottish Trade Union Congress
Coopers
Machinists
Oakland
Bay Counties
United Hebrew Trades Union of
New York City
Workmen's Circle
National Hebrew Labor Federation
Journeymen Tailors’ General Executive Board
United States
Vallejo
Navy Department
California
Mare Island Navy Yard
Poster Artists’ Association of America
American Federation of Labor
Great Railroad Brotherhoods
France
Belgium
Morning Herald
Trade Union Congress
Spain
QODS 8 ENDS IN INAUGURATED SHOOTING TOURNAMENT PLANS
A movement has been launched to hold a major shooting tournament in Sioux Falls. Spanish Queen won the $10,000 Burdick hotel purse at Kalamazoo amid eight rivals. Charley Griffin seeks a bout with Abe Attell. Sterling McKinney defeated Jack Leyburn in the 2:00 trot at Kalamazoo’s Grand circuit meeting. Stanley Ketchel stopped Joe Thomas in a quick second round at Grand Rapids. Maskette, the cleverest Keene filly, won at Saratoga in a dramatic finish. New York racing magnates push gambling tools to beat authorities, favoring handbooks for early bets. Jack Atkin won the Mount Vernon handicap at Empire City in 1:40 4-5, under heavy strain.
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Sioux Falls
Kalamazoo
Charley Griffin
Australia
Abe Attell
Jack Leyburn
Sterling McKinney
Stanley Ketchel
Grand Rapids
Mich
Joe Thomas
San Francisco
James R. Keene
Saratoga
Maskette
New York
Empire City
Jack Atkin
Mount Vernon
Notter
Chicago notes steadier recovery signals in business
Favorable developments grow as recovery advances in Chicago industry with rising mill and factory demand and stronger agricultural prices. Credit conditions show heavy bond and stock activity, new city loan secured, and bank deposits steady amid moderate failures.
New York Fall Trade Gains Amid Cooler Weather and Festivals
Fall jobbing and retail demand improve with cooler weather and fall festivals lifting distribution in northern and southern markets. Crop movements rise, especially winter wheat and cotton, aiding receipts to a fair normal level. Yet overall trade trails last year as conservatism holds buys to immediate needs awaiting political and harvest developments. Industrial output expands, iron and steel run at 60 to 80 percent, coal and papermakers’ strikes settled boosting production. Week end failures total 216 in U S and 17 in Canada, versus prior periods.
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West
Alabama
New England
United States
Bradstreet
Commodity price roundup across major markets
A dense listing of daily commodity bids and ranges from Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York, and Toledo. Live cattle hogs sheep and grain prices show No 2 wheat, corn, oats, rye and forage values with seasonally varied bids. Strong entities include city and market names, with prices in dollars per hundredweight or bushel.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
St.6
Toledo
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