Tragic Wright Flight Accident Casts Shadow Over Era
Orville Wright and Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge were airborne at Fort Myer when a fatal crash occurred. Selfridge died within hours. Wright suffered serious injuries but is expected to recover.
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Fort Myer
Orville Wright
Thomas KK. Selfridge
Signal Corps
Army
Selfridge
Mgr. Wright
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Gagen
Woodboro
Soo
Mary Arthur
San Diego
Cal
Miss Arthur
Maine
Tire
Yaris
Saco River
Saco
Biddeford
Monker
Grand Marais
Minn
Galena
S. D
Military Wood Reserve
Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley
Clarksdale
Miss
Muscatine
Demetri
Campbell Bros.’ Circus
Des Moines Abolishes Segregated Vice Red Light Quarter
An order ending the segregated vice district in Des Moines Iowa went into effect with strict enforcement. The city now reportedly lacks a tenderloin area, claiming to be the only city over 75 000 without such a district. Two burglars who raided Samuel Clemens residence were captured after a gunfight on a train. Deputy Sheriff Tanks of Redding was wounded. Congressman Vaning was acquitted on charges of misapplying funds from the Ohio Trust Company in Fremont Ohio.
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Des Moines
Samuell
Clemens
Mark Twain
du Redding
Cann
Bethel
Redding
Congressman Vaning
Fremont, O
Ohio Trust Company
Deaths of Dr. Frans Huntington Snow and Gen. Charles A. Diller
Dr Frans Huntington Snow former chancellor of the University of Kansas and noted entomologist died at Bellfield Washington aged eighty six General Charles A Dill er former president of the United States Army Aid as tion died in Brooklyn He served in the Civil War and Cit war.
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Frans Huntington Snow
University of Kansas
Bellfield
Was
Charles A. Diler
United States
Brooklyn
Republicans tighten grip as Gardner narrows Maine race
Maine voters give Republicans four congressmen and legislature control while Obadiah Gardner narrows the gap. Roosevelt and Taft standoff dominates GOP rhetoric as Bryan attacks and Hearst cites oil money. Other states weigh nominations with Lilley, Hughes, Donlan, Quinby among the contenders.
Cholera grips St Petersburg as authorities face growing crisis
Foreign brief notes that Asiatic cholera nears 1893 levels in St Petersburg with daily increases and calls for stronger official action to prevent a broader outbreak. Also reports on royal telegrams, a London murder suicide, Hague peace planning, and a large Paris fire causing about 5 million dollars in losses.
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St. Petersburg
Edward
Turkey
Constantinople
William
Charles Edward Larad
London
Wateringbury
Eng
Germany
Italy
Holland
Hague
The
Interparliamentary Union
Reichstag
Berlin
Paris
Ofice
Taft to Tour Campaign Trail Across Twelve States
Judge William H. Taft plans three campaign tours covering Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Iowa Nebraska Colorado Kansas Missouri Kentucky Tennessee and possibly North Carolina The first leg runs Sept twenty three to Oct seven from Cincinnati to Galesburg Ill and Chicago to Minneapolis Fargo The second and third legs extend toward the South and East with a special train starting around Sept twenty five A Taft Bryan banquet in Chicago on Oct seven is reportedly off Two thousand Oyster Bay residents bid farewell to Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill John F Lacey wins Iowa standpatters bid to oppose Cummins Foraker cancels campaign engagements after Hearst charges Biden
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Maine
Obadiah Gardner
Roosevelt
Taft
Bryan
Mr. Taft
Washington
William B. McKinly
Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Committee
Congressional Committee
William H. Taft
Republican Congress
Mr. Bryan
Columbus
William R. Hearst
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
J. B. Foraker
Ohio
Congress
Republican National Committee
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
William J. Bryan
Greater
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Tammany Hall
Carnegie Hall
J. Adam Bede
Minnesota
E. L. Miller
Duluth
J. A. Tawney
James T. McCleary
Witchcock
East
Harrington, del
United States Steel Corporation
Republican Party
Connecticut
A. Heaton Robertson
New Havea
George J. Lilley
Charles B. Hughes
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
John K. Stewart
Lewis S. Chanler
Montana
Edward Donlan
Missoula
Henry L. Quinby
New Hampshire
Cincinnati
Galesburg
Ill
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Illinois
Chicago
Minneapolis
Fargo
N. C
Denver
W. J. Bryan
Dixon
Republican Speakers’ Bureau
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
John F. Lacey
Cummins
United States
Joseph B. Foraker
Iowa mulet law deemed illegal by circuit court ruling
Judge Smith McPherson declares the Iowa mulet system illegal and not a license system noting no lawful liquor sale in Iowa for 25 years. The court reverses a Maryland circuit decision on rail freight fairness and affirms Richmond circuit ruling in South Carolina dispensary cases. The American Atlantic fleet sails to Manila from Albany and the Interparliamentary union accepts Canada’s 1909 Quebec meeting invitation.
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Smith McPherson
United States Circuit Court
Iowa
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Circuit Court of Maryland
Pitcairn Coal Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company
South Carolina
Richmond
Sperry
Albany
Western Australia
Manila
Interparliamentary Union
Berlin
Canada
Quebec
Market declines and unrest on the New York Stock Exchange
Financial and industrial activity shows violent declines with two to five point drops in active issues on the NYSE. Disorder in unloading stocks and urgent selling mark trading. Dun's Trade Review dispatches note gradual improvement overall despite slow progress and rain-related manufacturing and transport impacts.
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New York Stock Exchange
Dun
Wheat futures quotes from Minneapolis market
Market report from Minneapolis on September 19 lists wheat futures with Sept at 1.00 and Dec at 1.0214 and May at 1.06. On track prices include No. 1 hard at 1.04, No. 1 Northern at 1.0314, and No. 2 Northern at 1.013%.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Livestock Prices From St Paul Market Report
St Paul market summary lists cattle prices with ranges for steers cows and heifers veals hogs and sheep including good to choice and fair to good categories. Prices span from six dollars to seven dollars for hogs and from about three to five dollars for various sheep and lamb grades.
Wheat and flax price quotes on arrival and track
Duluth price desk reports wheat on track for arrival with No 1 hard at 1.04 and No 1 Northern 1.08 while Sept and Dec futures hold around 1.03 to 1.02. Flax quotes show Sept at 1.241 and Oct to Dec around 1.24 to 1.246, with minor cents adjustments.
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Duluth
Northern
Wheat and dairy and poultry prices listed in Chicago
Chicago market report shows Wheat contracts Sept Dec and May with around 1.00 to 1.04 dollars, Corn Sept Dec and May near 0.77 to 0.65 dollars, Oats quotes for Sept Oct Jan and May around 15 to 17 dollars, Butter prices for Creameries and dairies, Eggs at 21 cents, Poultry rates for Turkeys 18 cents, chickens 10 to 14 cents, springs 14 to 40 cents.
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Chicago
Cattle and Hogs Prices at Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago stock yards report cattle Reeves Texano Western steers stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves with prices from 1.65 to 8.20 and hogs listing light pigs mixed heavy and good to choice heavy with prices 4.50 to 7.40. Sheep yearlings and lambs priced from 3.25 to 4.75.
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Chicago
Reeves
Texano
Forbidden Foods Across Ages and Totem Beliefs
A New York Post piece surveys how cultures from Egypt to Greece and Rome avoided certain meats and vegetables through totemism and religious custom. It cites examples such as pork in Jewish tradition, beans in Eleusinia rites, and onions in Egyptian practice, noting how food taboos varied by tribe and locality.
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Demeter
Aristophanes
China
India
Egypt
Greece
Apollo
Thebes
Lerodotus
Plutarch
Wolf
Swan
Kongo Free State
Old Egypt
Mendes
Bubastis
Ombos
Lucian
Pelusium
Pliny
Juvenal
New York Post
Tolstoy at Eighty Preserves Power Through Simple Life
Tolstoy, born August 1828 at Yaskaya Polyana, remains active despite his age. He credits the simple life with preserving vigor while his writings and views draw praise from the czar's opponents and the world. He organized peasant schools and served in the Crimean War. his works are translated widely. Multiple screws altered naval strategy since the Civil War, aiding vessel mobility and defense, leading to widespread use in large transatlantic ships despite late adoption in merchant service.
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Leon Tolstoy
Count Tolstoy
Tolstoy
Siberia
Russia
Yaskaya Poliana
Kazan University
Mississippi
Paris
New York
Majestic
Theatrical Notes On New York London Stage
The piece surveys recent openings and engagements in New York and London, listing Simple Simon Simple at New York venues and The White Cat at New Amsterdam. It notes Ethel Barrymore in Alice Sit by the Fire with brothers Lionel and John, Pittsburg star Wright Lorimer in The Shepherd King, August Anderson in The Curse of Drink, Augustus Thomas comedy Mrs Lefingwell’s Boots on tour, Edna May in The Catch of the Season at Daly’s with Frohman’s company.
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Simple
Simon Simple
New York
Augustus Thomas
Mrs. Lefingwell
Boots
Edna May
Daly's Theater
Miss May
Charles Frohman
Zeppelin’s Record Airship Pioneers Human Flight
In spite of its vague end Count Zeppelin’s airship may be a true pioneer in man’s conquest of the air, potentially securing a lasting place in aviation history.
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Count
Zeppelin
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Pratt
Eatantee Drug Co
Foley Shoney
the Club Saloon
Oliver
H. Bliss
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