Decrees and disasters sweep across cities and states
Decrees by China’s new regime are said to back reforms under Kuang Hsu and the empress dowager. Cleveland mayor Tom Johnson says his fortune was wiped out yet he will run again next spring. Kingman Kansas salt mine fire destroys works. losses pegged at 65,000 dollars. A Crookston Minnesota judge dies by self harm after financial losses. Russian hop yields plunge despite more plantings per American consul. Seaver of Jackson Michigan found dead in Zanesville hotel room. Beef taint sickens Washington state residents, with others recovering after meals. Oakland official dismissed after prior political charges. Railway crash near Chicago kills four Greek workers and injures four. Chinatown merchant Gee Chumg suicides in Los Angeles. Eight troubled individuals face various legal actions in federal cases. A fatal shooting in Tecumseh ends one life, another wounded. Calumet river plunge ends a party’s outing. several rescued. Fire in Williamsburg, Brooklyn endangers many children. one boy dies. Tobacco industry turmoil as American Tobacco absorbs Burley crop assets. Kentucky night riders noted. Campaign fund total reported near 620,000, with most contributions from New York area and the Midwest.
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China
Kuang-Hsu
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Kingman
Kan
Mie
Chicago
RE. E. Grice
J. A. Greenleaf
Charles H. Seaver
Jackson, Mich
Zaneaville
Johnn T Hoge
Washington
Post Ofice
Dianner
Thomas J Ford
Gee Chumg Hut
Chinatown
Los Angeles
Burley Tobacco Society
Marandera
American Tebarro Company
American Tobacco Company
Kentucky
Tament
Hieffman
Game Authority
New York City
Middle West
Postal deficit hits record high as Postmaster General urges rural parcel plan
Postmaster General Meyer reports fiscal year ending June 30 deficit of 16,910,279 with receipts 191,478,633 and expenditures 208,351,886. He cites Rural and City delivery pay advances of 9,891,321 and argues a local parcel post, limited to rural routes, could wipe out the deficit, serving 18 million people on over 39,000 routes. A proposed rate would be 5 cents for the first pound and 2 cents for each additional pound up to eleven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Post Office Department
Congress
Tate
Deadly plot of daughter shocks Chicago police
Miss May Otis, arrested after offering to pay a detective 2500 dollars to kill her mother, is at the center of a Chicago investigation. Detectives Stolpman and Mackey corroborate her signed statement recalling conversations about killing her mother for property. Friends say she is sane, with no prior signs of mental imbalance.
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Chicago
Miss May Otis
Mackey
Stolpman
Stolpmans
Miss Otis
Pittsburg
Liberal Victory Strengthens Cuban Election Lead
Returns from 1,260 polling places show Gen Jose Miguel Gomez winning decisively for the Liberal party. Gomez totals 153,822 votes to 112,? for Gen Maurilio Menocal. Liberals carry Havana by about 24,000 and the city by 12,000, with large margins in Oriente, Santa Clara, Camaguey, Pinar del Rio, and Matanzas.
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Jose Miguel Goney
Mauria Menocal
Havana
Oriente
Santalara
Camaguey
Pinar del Rio
Matanzus
Moravian and Catholic Celebrations and Local Church News
The Methodists of Pierre celebrate the anniversary of their church as Bishop Muldoon arrives after December installation. Brooklyn Baptists face hats controversy at services. Foreign missions commissioners gather to plan work for next year in Brooklyn. Fort Lee clergy assist in burglary investigation. Miles City advances an M G A building with a local funding drive planned for spring construction.
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Methodists
Pierre
Wal
Roman Catholica
Borkford Ill
Peter J Muldoon
Baptist Temple
Brooklyn
Lyr Myers
Commissioners of Foreign Missions
J A. McCleary
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Fort Lee
Miles City
Montana
Ono
Prison Door Shuts On $760000 Forger
Peter Van Vilssingen a Chicago real estate man once reputed wealthy was indicted tried and sentenced to 8 to 14 years in the penitentiary for a long running forgery scheme that duped more than 25 persons over eighteen years. He confessed to friends Saturday and to the State's Attorney Monday detailing forged notes trust deeds and mortgages while his nephew Julian Vanderpoel remained unaware of the fraud.
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Peter van Vilssingen
Chicago
van Viissingen
van Vilasingen
Julian Vanderpoel
Vanderpoel
Good Time To Build Prices Fall Aid Builders
Country Life in America notes improved building prospects with material prices low and contractors eager for work. Savings of 10 to 20 percent possible in domestic architecture. timber and brick cheaper, labor abundant, but regional variations exist. American Lumberman reports price differentials with temporary high costs expected in the west and south over the coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Americaa Lumberman
South Han
New York
Forger Vilssingen's Mortgage Fraud Network Unmasked
The article details Vilssingen’s private desk device to forge mortgage instruments and counterfeit signatures. For nearly two decades he moved fraudulent papers from New York and New England to Chicago and abroad, liquidating them before exposure. Prices and savings in cement, plumbing, and hardware are noted as part of broader market trends.
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Vilssingen
Chicago
New Fingland
Germany
Holland
van Vilasingen
Rail and state finance notes in brief
Exploitation of railroads by the State in Belgium causes a 2,000,000 loss this year. Lord Northcliffe funds a stained glass memorial window for Plymouth church in Brooklyn. Minnesota twine plant promises to pay 1,000,000 into the State treasury in November and borrowing 500,000 is planned. The St Paul road reports 4,425 corn of wheat shipped in 1908 from James River division towns and 640 more expected. Estimates for eastern towns on the Ffastinga and Dakota Avision total 7,4068 cars.
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Belgium
Lord Northbcliffe
Plymouth Church of
Brooklyn
Minnesota
St Paul
Jamea River
Ffastinga
Dakota
Road Building Solution from Gilman Proposal
The American Journal of Sociology outlines a plan to organize the entire negro population into a state controlled industrial army with farms and mills, serving as schools of efficiency and mainly constructing roads. It notes experiments on sand foundations using road made from rand and sawdust, including methods at Cambridge in Island County and Minnesota tests with clover and rye.
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Charlotte Perking Gilman
American Journal of Socology
Gif
Rand
George W Cooney
Minnesota
Tast Spring
Rawduat
Cambridge
Isand County
Automobiles Growth Surges with 187 Million Industry
The article notes 187 million total capital in autos and related trades, 108 thousand direct and indirect jobs, 253 U.S. builders, 52 thousand last year output with projections to 75 thousand, and foreign imports at 28 million while American car sales rose from under 8 million to over 105 million in a recent year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
Labor unions gain ground across cities and sectors
The report notes unions forming in Teamsters at Emporia Kansas and dye workers in Minneapolis Minnesota, with actions across Buffalo Sacramento and Albany. It covers eight hour day laws in Oklahoma and New York Court of Appeals rulings upholding public work limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamstera
Emporia
Kan
Minneapolis
Peruna testimonial from Oklahoma City reader
An Oklahoma City reader recounts relief from stomach troubles after taking Peruna. He explains doctors and other treatments failed, sanitariums were tried, and travel was resorted to, but Peruna gave an apparently absolute cure. He proudly endorses Peruna to readers as a last resort.
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Fort Asean
Vahiberg
Ant William FF
Vahliberg
Oklahoma City
Okie
Peruna
Mourning Colors Across Nations and Their Meanings
The article surveys mourning colors used in Europe, America, and various countries, explaining why black, scarlet, yellow, purple, white, blue, pale brown, and grayish brown are employed to express grief, royal status, or hope, with notes on regional practices and origins. It also includes brief humorous remarks about moving pictures and a village mothers' club joke.
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Nving
Europe
America
Egypt
Burma
Brittany
New Life Found in Change to Right Food
A New Mexico woman and her son found relief from sour stomach after a specialist prescribed Grape Nuts. They improved within weeks, regained daily strength, and continue eating Grape Nuts at breakfast and supper. The Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan, cites reader letters as genuine, human interest.
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N. X
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellsville
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