News Forecast For The Next Six Days
Washington dispatch details a packed political week with Taft and Bryan campaigning across key states Ohio Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and New Jersey New Hampshire and Wisconsin conventions as a La Follette strength test and Roosevelt returning from Oyster Bay for an International Tuberculosis Congress. It also outlines major criminal court actions in New York and San Francisco and lists forthcoming conventions from Farmers National Congress to International Fishery Congress and Odd Fellows to Trades and Labor Congress with extensive calendar notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Cincinnati
National Republican League
M. Bryan
Central West
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Columbus
Detroit
Terre Haute
Dayton
Mansfield
Judson Harmon
James E. Campbell
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Assembly
Senate
Madison
la Follette
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
International Tuberculosis Congress
America
Europe
Supreme Court of
Queens County
New York
National Wholesale Druggists'’ Association
Atlantic City
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Denver
United Irish League
Boston
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Halifax
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Clinton
Iowa
Drought Threatens Pennsylvania Crops and Industry
Pitsburg reports a two month drought worsening across Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and West Virginia. Forest fires burn while crops risk ruin and river navigation stalls as streams dry. Shenandoah repeatedly hauls water for town supply, farm earnings rely on hauling water over selling produce.
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Pitsburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsyvanna
Allegheny Mountains
Shenandoah
Anthricate
Novel plan designed to prevent all wrecks on railroads
Washington reports a new train stopping device by P. J. Simmons of Los Angeles under investigation by the interstate commerce commission block signal and train control board. Installed on eighteen miles of the Santa Fe line in Southern California it records train times at each block and enables dispatchers to signal trains without relying on telegraph operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Block Signal and
Forest fires threaten Adirondacks and Catskills in drought
Mbany New York state warns of growing forest fires possibly matching 1908 damage as drought continues. John H Ward of the state forest commission says fires in the Adirondacks spread rapidly, with about 1000 acres burned there and nearly 100 acres in the Catskills, risking lives and property.
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Mbany
N. Y
New York State
John H. Ward
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Adirondacks
Ward
Catskills
Miss Winnie Ream Sits Beside Liszt and Sculpts His Bust
The Baltimore Sun recounts Miss Winnie Ream, a sculptress, visiting Rome and attending a Liszt concert where he touched her hand in silent recognition. She later obtained his consent to sit for a life bust, capturing strength and life in her work.
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Winnie Ream
Rome
Liszt
Baltimore Sun
Weather, Comedy and Advertisements in a 19th Century Page
Two Germans joke over a parlor match on a garden concert program while an Indies Home Journal piece recalls South African storm destruction with hail and dam disruptions. The page also advertises ecards at Pedigo's, a millinery opening at Ferrell Mercantile, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for piles, and Daily Telegraph subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summer Garden
Indies’ Home Journal
Honaker News and Local Industry Swirl in Virginia
In Honaker Virginia James Shoemaker a pioneer of Russell County dies suddenly. The Clinch Valley Barytes plant near Honaker is sold to Miller of Columbus Ohio for several thousand dollars. The purchase includes mills houses a hotel and land with plans rumored to add a concrete dam and water power. Other notes cover church dedication high school start dates and local road macadam work by Luck Construction Company from Blacksford to Rosedale.
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Honaker
James Shoemaker
Russell County
Virginia
Clinch Valley Barytes Company
Clinch River
Miller
Columbus
Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Blackford
Dotson M. E
EK. Grant Hutchinson
C. C. Burns
Lebanon
Barytes
C. B.B. Greear
Church Street
Jno. E. Davis
Swords Creek
Fairmount Heights
College
Henry A. Shoemaker
Texas
Greear
M. L. Dinwiddie
Dante
Stuart Land & Cattle Company
Blacksford
Luck Construction Company
Roanoke
Beresford and Buller Duel Over River Channel
In a Nile campaign Lord Charles Beresford and Sir Redvers Buller argued on the proper river channel while aboard a river steamer. Both insisted on their plan but Buller prevailed, ensuring the boat's safe passage. The exchange ends with a witty jab about rightness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beresford
Buller
Charlie Beresford
Sir Redvers Buller
Nile
Charles
Sir Redvers
Lord Charles
London Realm
Army Contract Boots and Catarrh Cure Claim
An Edinburgh bootblack jokes he has an army contract while a Toledo firm offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward per untreated case. The ad extols internal use and testimonials, urging readers to buy Hall's Family Pills for constipation and noting Kodol digestion aid.
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Edinburgh
Sandy
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. Chenndy
A. D
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & CO
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Ferrell Mercantile
Ferrell
Westinghouse
A. G. Motors
Bluestone Traction Company
Bluefie
Id Bottling Company
Bluefield, W. Va
United States
Strobel
Batty
Performing Bears
Louis A. Sholz
Sec
Hains Brothers
Wide World Magazine
Pedigo's
Ferrell Mercantile Company
DeWitt
Daily Telegraph
S.S.S
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Secret Society News
Bluefied Lodge
Rea
Bluefield Lodge No
Masonic Hall
Princeton Ave
Cease Lodge No.153
Knights of Pythias
Old Masonic Hall
LUNDS
Cepss
Thomas E. Peery
M. D
Bluefield
W. VA
N. & W. Railway
Paris
Everett
Everett Piano CD
Mass
THE
John Church, CQ
Ford Music Co
Bland St
Lindsey's Pool & Billard Room
R. Chapman
Bluefield Mercantile Go
Princeton Avenue
Mercer Street
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