Supreme Court Sustains Oklahoma Bank Guaranty Law
A review of varied 1900s era items includes the Oklahoma Supreme Court sustaining a bank guaranty deposit law while several other notices report fires in Ohio and Manitoba, a record flight by Orville Wright at Fort Myer, a Philadelphia era coroner on electric chair, a 113 year old Topeka death, and multiple local disasters and legal actions. The collection also notes a Turks Islands hurricane, a Kansas City gold assay, Cincinnati factory blaze losses, and ongoing public notices across various cities.
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Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Chickaxaw
Celina
Ohio
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Sallie Ruthford
Topeka
Kan
Middleton
George F. Shrady
Manhattan
Irving H. Berg
Catskill
Jon Martin
Kansas City
Cincinnati
William Mayer Company
West Third Street
Arnold Lawson
Thomas W Lawson
Mareshall C Boure
Boston
Lawson
Turks Islands
Grand Turk
John Murray
Fayetteville
Ark
John S Holt
Holt
Murray
E Ho Harriman
Orange County
Altona
Manitoba
Yoerger
Freesen
Coblentz
Bank of Montreal
Western Canada Land Company
York
Commercial Hott
Sir
July 4 Death Toll Review by Medical Journal
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports July 4 tolls across the nation, noting peak deaths in 1908 from toy pistols and blank cartridges. Band injuries and tetanus remain major concerns despite progress, with 70 percent fatality in advanced tetanus cases.
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United States
Viste
American Medical Association
Medical Association
Western Canada Wheat Crop Estimated by Manitoba Grain Exchange
Manitoba Grain Exchange members estimate Western Canada wheat at not more than 100,000,000 bushels and the rest crop at 80,000,000. Hot weather blamed for shrinkage. In St Paul a conference of Minnesota health officers dairymen and cattlemen backed legislation to require cattle sales only if tested for tuberculosis with stockmen urging tuberculin testing as well.
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Manitoba Grain Exchange
Western
Canada
Minnesota Health Officers
St. Paul
German Inventor Demonstrates Writing and Voice Telecommunication
Gustav Grranna showcases a device that sends handwriting and voice over a wire using a twelve volt current. A light ray and sensitized paper reproduce pencil movements on horizontal and vertical axes, producing rapid, automatic developing of the message or drawing for multilateral transmission and reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Grranna
London
Meana
Zeppelin Flights Break Airship Distance Record
Count Zeppelin’s airship set a new distance record during a journey from Friedrichshagen on Lake Constance. The 261 mile continuous flight over the lake and towns drew crowds as guns saluted and the craft sped along the Rhine toward Mainz before returning for repairs.
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Zeppelin
Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshagen
Lake Constance
Rhine
Mayence
Political nominations and party notes across states
The Iowa executive council names J A T Hull to Congress. W J Bryan is made honorary member by the Lincoln Typographical Union and receives a Frick mole from the Minnesota Agricultural Society. John Temple Graves runs with the Independence party. Illinois nominates George W McCaskrin for governor. Oklahoma renominates Fioman P Gore. Debs questions the Independence party impact. Plimpton refuses hall use for a Debs meeting in Tremont Temple.
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Lioux City
Denver
Omaha
Prebloiho
Lincoln
Dew Morten
Frank Roby
Appellate Court of
Indiana
Republican State Central
Ile
Glassow
Iland
George State
Glasgow
Iowa
John Temple Graves
Independence Party
New York
Illinois Independence Party
Chicago
George W McCaskrin
Rock Island
Oklahoma
Fioman P Gore
Eugene W Debs
Socialist Party
Boston
Death of E P Sargent Former Commissioner General of Immigration
Frank Pierce Sargent died in Washington on Friday from stomach trouble and related diseases. Born November 18 1854 in East Orange Vermont he rose as a locomotive fireman and led the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen for seventeen years. He served on the Industrial Commission and was appointed Commissioner General of Immigration on July 1 1902 by President Roosevelt.
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Frank Sargent
Washington
Frank Pierce Sargent
East Orange
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Peoria II
Georgie M McCullough
McKinley
Mr Sargent
Industrial Commission
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Roosevelt
Mr. Sargent
Standard Oil Rehear Argument Traced In Chicago Reply
Chicago Thursday filing rebuts government bid for rehearing of the 29 240 000 Standard Oil case. Counsel call the petition captious and groundless and defend Judge Grosscup and Bogardus testimony, urging the original fine stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Standard En Cape
Federal Court of Appetite
Landis
New Jersey Corporation
Government Council
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Oliver Wen Gell Holmes
Bogardus
New Haven Stock Sale Stir Causes and Labor Strife
The sale of the New Haven railroad major stock block to a friendly buyer prompts protest from New Haven officials who doubt the purchaser Billard’s obligations. Meanwhile 8000 to 19000 Canadian Pacific workers strike across 15 lines to protest a new management schedule.
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New Haven Railway
Boston
Maine
New Haven
My Billard
Canadian Pacific Railway
St John
Vancouver
Arbitration Board
Montreal
Bell Hard
Federated Mechanics
Mon Tank Line Company
Oid Trust
Trenton
N. J
Kon, Towa
Chicago Great Western Railway
Fort Dodge
Omaha
Hapsfield
Oodwein
Winnebago
Wis.) Traction Company
Trust Company of America
Oliver Fuller
Fred C Best
Russell L. Smith
Milwaukee
Competition for Beef Trust Gains Chicago Stock Yards Firm
Chicago reports the formation of an independent stock yards company to operate on a large scale starting Oct 1. The Chicago Stock Yards and Transit Company will have 2.5 million dollars in capital stock, twenty acres bought at 39th Street and 48th Avenue, with buildings under construction. The new concern is expected to cut prices.
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Chicago Bears
Chicago Stock Yards Sand Transit Company
Thirtyninth Street
Forty-eighth Avenue
Fort Snelling to open school this fall for children
A new Fort Snelling school for officers and enlisted personnel will open this fall. Shortage of suitable teachers at the fort led to sending children to St. Paul public schools, and the St. Paul school board offered to supply teachers to integrate the fort school with city schools. Fort authorities accepted the offer.
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Fort Snelling
St. Paul
Distinguishing Mushroom From Poisonous Toadstool
An information editor responds to a reader query about mushrooms and poisonous toadstools. The editor notes that the office handles such questions by distinguishing the poisonous toadstool from the mushroom and provides an example of the frequent, similar inquiries received.
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Tlow
Querist
Donu's Kidney Pills Claim Noted Cure for Backache
Mrs. Thos Dunn of Columbus Ohio reports ten years of backache with exhaustion headaches and dizziness relief after using Donu's Kidney Pills. She credits quick relief and a permanent cure and notes the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Thos Dunn
Vine &J
Columbus
Ohio
Donu
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Sea Serpent Sighted Off Brazilian Coast
M J Nicol reports near ship off Brazil observing a six foot neck with a turtle like head and a four foot dorsal fin, described as a large brownish black creature that wriggled and surfaced intermittently, likely not a reptile but a warmblooded animal.
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Brazil
M J Nicol
The Stone Broke Him Over a Solitaire Ring
Phrase filled quip from Philadelphia Press about a man ruined by buying a solitaire ring for his girl. The joke hinges on a pun about being stone broke and the cost of a gift.
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Philadelphia Press
Pale Girl Finds Postum Beats Coffee In Cold North
A North Dakota woman once called the pale girl describes relief after switching from coffee to Postum and Grape-Nuts. She reports clear complexion, headaches gone, improved energy, and no indigestion. Her husband notes similar benefits for themselves and their children.
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N Dak
Battle Creek
Mich
Westville
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Minnesota Agricultural Society
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Commissioner of Immigration
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the Sea Serpent
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