Massive Forest Fires Ravage Minnesota and Michigan Regions
The text reports extensive forest fires across the Mesaba range and northern Minnesota, burning thousands of acres in Chisholm and surrounding counties with an estimated loss of 3.75 million dollars, including 2.75 million tied to Chisholm. Six thousand people are homeless and several deaths occur from various fire related causes.
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Chisholm
Mesaba Range
St. Louis
Carlton
Itasca
Minnesota
Douglass County
Wis
Peter J. Schollert
Peter Schollert
Lewis Christianson
Upper Peninsula
President Roads
Boston
Northern Pacific
Paradise
Mont
Custom House
Wall Street
New York
National City Bank
Rawhide, Ney
Vancouver Island
Penobscot Bay
Deer Isle
Richard Rudermacher
Brooklyn
Jamaica Bay
Armour & Co
Chicago
Morocco Crisis Shocks Paris As Mulai Hatid Named
Germany moves to recognize Mulai Hatid as Morocco’s ruler triggering consternation in official circles. Arab tribes attack Boudenib prompting French forces to defend a blockhouse. two French deaths reported. Holland demands Venezuela revoke May 14 decree affecting Curacao trade by November 1. Ricardo Rodriguez arrested over a $53125 shortage. Wu Ting Fang may be recalled over disclosures. English Channel storm reaches 140 known casualties.
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Germany
Morocco
Algeciras
Mulai Hatid
Paris
Boudenib
Mulai Hassen
Holland
Venezuela
Castro
Curacao
Ricardo Rodriguez
Havana
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
English Channel
Wisconsin and national election results reported in concise runs
Returns from Wisconsin primary show Isaac Stephenson leading Republicans by several thousand over three opponents with Neal Brown as Democrat choice. Governor Davidson and J A Aylward head their party tickets. Lenroot defeats Jenkins in the Eleventh district while Vermont backs Prouty for governor. nationwide campaign moves include Taft planning a tour and Bryan advising weekly letters to precincts. Bryan speaks to 20,000 at Minnesota fair.
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Wisconsin
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Neal Brown
Wausau
James O. Davidson
J. A. Aylward
Adolph J. Scamitz
Eleventh
John J. Jenkins
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Irvine L. Lenroot
Superior
State Assembly
Vermont
George H. Prouty
Newport
James E. Burke
Burlington
Nathan Goff
United States Circuit Court
Parkersburg
W. Va
C. A. Swisher
S. C. Scherr
William H. Taft
Republican National Committee
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Cummins
United States Senate
Allison
Robert F. Hudspeth
New Jersey
Democratic Committee
National Democratic Committee
William J. Bryan
Ohio
Youngstown
Flarris
Hughes
Beveridge
Joseph M. Dixon
Montana
Chicago
Republican
Homer S. Cummings
Connecticut
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence League
Fam J. Bryan
Minnesota
Taft and Fora ker Reconcile at Toledo Review Stand
William H. Taft and Senator Fora ker created a hurricane of cheers in Toledo as they shook hands in the official reviewing stand. The two men have again become friends. John D. Rockefeller was hailed as offspring of a noble race at the Rockefeller family reunion in Albany. Colonel Henry M. Nevins of Red Bank was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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William H. Taft
Senator Foraker
Toledo
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Albany
N. Y
Henry M. Nevins
Redbank
N. J
Grand Army of the Republic
Roosevelt to urge bigger army to one hundred thousand
Washington notes say President Roosevelt will likely recommend raising the army to at least 100,000 men in his final annual message to Congress. The current peacetime strength stands at about 60,600 men.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Death notices across several notable figures
Lionel Sackville Sackville-West of Knole Park dies. he was British minister to the United States from 1881 to 1888 and born in 1827. Frank Pierce Sargent, longtime immigrant advocate and labor leader, dies in Washington. Rear Admiral Henry Glass dies in California at 64 after heart failure post operation. Dr Frederick T. Austin shot near Omaha home. John J. Emery of New York dies at Bar Harbor after weeks ill. net worth about 40 million. Alexander Troupe of New Haven Union dies. Francis Tiffany, bridge preacher and author, dies in Cambridge born 1827 in Maryland.
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Lionel Sackville Sackville-West
Knole Park
Seven Oaks
Fong
Lord Sackville
United States
Cleveland
Frank Pierce Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Washington
Henry Glass
Paso Robles
Cal
Berkeley
Glass
Frederick T. Austin
Omaha
West
John J. Emery
New York
Bar Harbor
Emery
Alexander Troupe
The
New Haven
Officials End Birmingham Miner Strike With Union Leaders Order
An official order halting the Birmingham district coal mine strike was issued to all camps. Signed by President Lewis Vice President White and Secretary Treasurer Ryan of the United Mine Workers of America the move ends a strike begun July 6 marked by violence. Wyoming mines closed 7000 miners affected as operators and union leaders failed to agree on a wage scale. In Dunmore Pennsylvania a strike riot wounded Mrs Adam Kavalko and Mrs Anna Cordlach wives of miners on their front porch.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lewis
White
Ryan
United Mine Workers of America
Wyoming
Dunmoore
Adam Kavalko
Anna Cordlach
Bacic
Kavalko
Multitude of Violent Incidents Roil Early 1900s Regions
A collage of crimes and disasters reports killings in Somerville and Wichita Falls, a boarding house torso discovery ties to Chester Jordan, fires by night riders hit Lowry and Alaska towns, a mother poisons children near Elgin, a Mindanao raid leader faces hang, and other fatal acts including a double suicide and a murder attempt probe in Sharon and Hillsboro.
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Greater
Boston
Susan Geary
Honorah Jordan
Somerville
Chester Jordan
Lowry
Alaska
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Walworth County
Matthew Berna
Elgin
Territorial Supreme Court
Manila
Sultan of
Dunaharra
Parang
Mindanao
J. W. McDonald
Lillie Wheatley
Walter Allen
St. Charles
Wichita Falls
Tex
Miss Wheatley
Mr. Allen
Henry Stuckman
Indianapolis
John Czolgosz
McKinley
Sharon
Czolgosz
Indiana Governor calls extra session September in Indianapolis
Governor Hanly issues call for an extra Indiana legislature session to start September 18 in Indianapolis. The agenda includes county local option law, repeal of unexpended state grant funds, and granting the governor authority to address Southern Indiana night rider disturbances. Meanwhile in St Paul a federal judge grants Arkansas railroads a temporary injunction against enforcing existing railroad rate laws pending review. A Brooklyn hat wearer survives when a hammer falls from a tenth floor window of the Flatiron Building. Salt Lake City wins the next Grand Army of the Republic encampment for 193?
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Hanly
Indiana
Indianapolis
United States Circuit Court
St. Paul
Vin Deventer
Arkansas Railroads
Cosmopolitan National Bank Closes in Pittsburg on Comptroller Order
The Cosmopolitan National Bank, a smaller Pittsburg institution, has shut its doors following an order from the Comptroller of the Currency. Local customers face disruption as regulators intervene and announce closure procedures.
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Cosmopolitan National Bank
Pittsburg
Market Quotations From Minneapolis and Chicago
Wheat futures and spot prices listed for Minneapolis and Duluth with on track and arriving grades. St Paul stock yard cattle hogs and sheep values shown, followed by Chicago prices for wheat corn oats pork butter eggs poultry updated Sept. 5–6.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Chicago
Springs
Cattle and Sheep Prices Reported in Chicago Market
Chicago market quotes list cattle beeves Texans Westerners stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves and hogs and pigs with price ranges. Sheep and lambs show nature yearlings and lambs priced from about two to six dollars, reflecting varied demand across categories.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Etiquette Hints for Gentlemen Escorts and Entertaining
The guide notes a gentleman escort pays all trip costs and that offering tea and light refreshments at home is a pleasing custom. It adds invitations to church weddings require no reply unless engraved with a request to reply. It also states a chaperon is required when entertaining young ladies, typically a close friend of the hosts.
Signs of Schoolroom Wit and Basic Definitions
A glimpse into childhood teaching humor and simple terms. The excerpt defines a vacuum as nothing shut up in a box and compares the zebra to a striped horse.
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London
That Was Different. Mrs. Tittle
A wry reflection contrasts ancient calm with modern chatter in a Boston Transcript exchange. The speaker notes how in earlier times only Adam and Eve existed, with no one to speak ill of them, then observes the world may have improved since.
A Dreadful Disappointment in Cleveland Wedding Plot
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a fatal romantic twist as a wedding is scuttled after a father’s business collapse just days before the nuptials. The dialogue hints at ruined prospects and family distress surrounding the pair.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Blinn of Riches
A humorous exchange on money and happiness from a Chicago Tribune cartoon caption. One wise man asserts money brings happiness with enough, while the other counters with a twist of fortune.
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Chicago Tribune
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DeWitt
E. C. Dewitt & CO
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Patterson Drug Co
General Putnam
Ees
Bunker Hill
Wolfe
Budweiser
Hale
Israel Putnam
Appleton’s Encyclopedia
Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis, Mo
C. S. & Fuel CO
BIG Timber
Pioneer Printing and Pub, Co
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