Taft Party Prank Stings Edwards at White Sulphur Springs
General Clarence R. Edwards leads a taunting prank at the Greenbriar hotel where Taft guests demand mixed drinks. The barkeep refuses after a line forms, the gag backfires as Edwards falls on the bar rail, and Taft laughs at the revived scheme involving Cameron Forbes.
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Taft
George A. Mills
Greenbriar
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Clarence R. Edwards
War Department Insular Buureau
William H. Taft
Edwards
Tom Collins
Aberith Frappe
Mr. Taft
Forbes
March
Barkeep
Good Luck Corporation Promotes Marriage Luck Business
Nellie Porter leads the Good Luck Corporation in St Louis as president and general manager. The firm markets wedding support with rice and used shoes, aided by Justice Reichman’s office and a directorate including M Mallon. The balance sheet shows a debit dominated by rice and footwear expenses.
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Nellie Porter
St. Louis
M. Mallon
Good Luck Corporation
Justice of the Peace
Reichman
Cunard Lusitania Sets Faster Atlantic Crossing Record
The Cunard liner Lusitania completed the Atlantic crossing in 4 days 15 hours, beating the prior record of 4 days 18 hours 40 minutes by 3 hours 46 minutes. It also set new marks for average speed across the voyage and for the greatest single day’s run. The government seeks a rehearing in the Standard Oil Indiana case to defend the Elkins and interstate commerce acts. Springfield, Illinois ends martial rule as militia is reduced to one regiment and civil authorities take over order. National Editorial association in St Paul names Seattle as next year’s meeting site and Will Hayes of Brownwood Texas is elected president.
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Cunard
Lusitania
Atlantic
United States Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Chicago
Springfeld
Ill
National Editorial Association
St. Paul
Seattle
Wash
Will H. Hayes
Brownwood
Tex
Independent stockyards planned near Chicago by farmers
West farmers form a co operative stockyard corporation to be opened by Oct 1 just outside Chicago. Myron J Carpenter, ex president of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, named receiver for the Southern Indiana Railway. Cash wheat at Minneapolis tumbles 8 to 10 cents as velvet chaff troubles mills. Dun's Trade Review dispatches show modest weekly gains ahead.
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Chicago
Myron J. Carpenter
Chicago and Eastern Ali-ools Railroad Company
Southern Indiana Railway Company
Walsh
Minneapolis
Dun
Evacuation orders issued for CP houses of striking workers
Canadian Pacific offices in Montreal order evacuation within thirty days of all company owned houses occupied by striking employees. The firm also owns houses in Montreal and other shop locations. The Chicago Federation of Labor approves on Gompers policy. Twelve thousand Wyoming miners plan a strike on September first.
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Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Chicago Federation of Labor
Gompers
National
Wyoming
Pointed Paragraphs on Honesty and Reform
The piece satirically notes that good intentions falter under pressure and warns against criticizing behind backs. It observes that alluring rhetoric tempts but can mislead, claiming even strong displays may reveal weaknesses when money is involved.
Ingenious Australian Green Ants Use Leaf Nests
The green ants of Australia bend leaves into nests and seal them with natural glue. Cook observed hundreds on a single leaf drawing it toward the ground, while others waited to receive, hold and fasten it.
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Australia
Cook
Market Quotations Wheat and Flax Prices
Minneapolis Wheat on track and to arrive bids range from No 2 Northern at 1.07 to No 1 hard at 1.12. Duluth prices list No 1 hard at 1.19 No 1 Northern around 1.18 with Sept and Dec futures noted. Flax prices shown for arrive and on track from 1.26 to 1.33 per bushel with monthly futures.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Cattle and hog prices listed for St Paul market
St Paul market figures show cattle from good to choice steers 6.00 to 6.75, fair to good 5.00 to 5.75, cows and heifers 4.00 to 5.00, yields 3.75 to 5.25. Hogs range 5.50 to 6.45. Sheep list wethers 3.75 to 4.25, yearlings 4.00 to 4.50, spring lambs 5.00 to 5.50.
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St. Paul
Market quotes for wheat corn oats pork butter eggs and poultry
Chicago grain and livestock futures show Wheat Sept 8c Dec 94c May 98 3 4c Corn Sept 77c Dec 65 5 8c May 8434c Oats Sept 49 4c Dec 48c May 50 4c Pork Sept 14 10 Oct 14 20 Jan 15 37 percent Butter Creameries 19 22c dairies 17 20c Eggs 18 c Poultry Turkeys 16c chickens 10c springs 16c
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Chicago
C. Dairies
Cattle and Hogs Prices Across Markets
Chicago market report lists cattle categories with bid and offer ranges including Texan cattle Western cattle stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves and calves prices. Hogs show light to heavy classifications with price ranges and quality notes. Sheep and yearlings quote for wool breeds with lamb figures.
Notable Chicago merchant John V. Farwell Sr Dies at 83
John V. Farwell Sr longtime head of the J. V. Farwell Co wholesale dry goods dies at age eighty three. Also reported are the suicides of Rev. J Duane Phelps Syracuse University treasurer in Utica New York and Baron Speck von Sternberg the German ambassador to the United States in Heidelberg Germany.
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John V. Farwell
Chicago
J. V. Farwell Company
Rev. J. Duane Phelps
Syracuse
N. Y.) University
Utica
N. Y
Baron Speck von Sternberg
United States
Heidelberg
Germany
Australian Hardwood Shipment For U S Rail Sleepers
Eight hundred tons of Australian hardwoods have been shipped to San Francisco for use on American railways as sleepers. The consular report says this shipment is the forerunner of many more and will prompt Americans to recognize timber supplies are low, forcing reliance on antipodean forests for railroad sleepers.
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United States
San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
Oklahoma's Fruitful Soil and Cherry Folk Wisdom
Henry Reung of Shawnee Kansas grows champlein cherry trees and reports fruit sales of about 40 dollars from three trees. He estimates 100 such trees per acre could be grown in Oklahoma soil, which would likely depress cherry prices if realized. He challenges critics who claimed Oklahoma was not a fruit country.
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Oklahoma
Henry Reung
Shawnee
Kan
Kansas City Plans Novel Zoo Park in Swope Park
Kansas City authorities announce a new zoo park on sixty acres in Swope Park. Dens will be dug into rock cliffs with enclosures in front, and a creek will be divided into basins. Each basin will host aquatic plants, animals, and fish.
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Kansas City
Swope Park
Rail wreck near Suwanee leaves fireman dead
The Southwestern Limited on the Southern Railway crashed four miles north of Suwanee in Atlanta on August 24. A colored fireman was killed while the engineer was badly scalded. The engine mail car baggage car and a combination car tumbled down a fifteen foot embankment. all passengers escaped unharmed.
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Atlanta
Southwestern Limited
Southern Railway
Suwanee
Frosted Comb Care for Birds in Cold Weather
Dr. Sambore recommends slowly warming a frostbitten bird in a room with gentle circulation. Avoid direct sunlight and freezing temperatures. After thawing, apply vaseline glycerin and turpentine ointment twice daily to stimulate blood flow and reduce swelling in the comb and wattles.
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Sambore
Freshness of Youth in a Busy Car
A respectable butcher carries a white apron and a pocket knife falls from his bundle as he boards a car. A youth jokes about the knife while passengers laugh, sensing the risky moment in a bustling ride.
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Albany Journal
French Minister Seeks Mustache Ban for Sailors
In Paris the minister of marine proposes prohibiting mustaches for bluejackets after an inquiry found the clean shaven sailor voices carry better than those of bearded mates.
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Paris
Engagements and a West Philadelphia dinner talk
In a West Philadelphia home a family discusses an upcoming wedding as a servant, who also served as waitress and laundress, brings dessert to the table. A niece asks about Ediths fiance, and the servant replies she does not know as the matter has not been in the wash tub.
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France
West Philadelphia
Virginia
Edith
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