Telegraphers strike grows as United States Steel operators join
Daniel R Rus sell says about 400 United States Steel office operators in New York Chicago Pittsburg St Louis and other cities have joined the commercial operators strike. Attorney General Jackson agrees to meet a strike delegation to discuss settlement as Western Union losses mount and women pickets gain influence. Mass meeting at Dallas city hall draws crowd including ladies. President Roosevelt reportedly urged to help end the telegraph strike. Associated Press manager Stone reports 350 operators quit before the deadline.
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New York
Daniel R. Russell
The
Commercial Telegraphers' Union
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Russell
Steel Trust
York
Pittsburg
St. Louis
William 8. Jackson
Western Union
Russell
Dallas
City Hall
Chapp
T. C. Campbell
W. W. Nelms
Stone
Associated Press
Woman’s Curse Said to Doom Man on Train Tragedy
Ed Maroney traveled from Benton Harbor to Elkhart with friends and faced a quarrel on a train. A woman threatened to stab him with a hatpin and allegedly wished he would die before returning home. He stepped off a moving train near a river trestle and drowned after misjudging the depot location.
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Elkhart
Ind
Ed Maroney
Maroney
Benton Harbor
Mich
Big Four
St. Joe River
American Marine Arrested in China Over Pekin Case
W H Adsell, a U S marine guarding the Pekin legation, was arrested in Chefoo China on suspicion of robbing and killing a woman whose body was found in a box aboard a British steamer at Hongkong He resisted arrest broke out of jail and escaped. authorities hold several thousand dollars and valuables found on his person as belonging to the murdered woman
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New York
Chefoo
China
W. H. Adsell
United States
Pekin
Hongkong
Adsell
Persevering Pigeon Returns Home After 12 Months
Winona the English homing pigeon owned by Harry Lathrope of Warsaw Indiana returned home after a 800 mile journey from Randolph Texas where it was stolen from the Adams Express office en route to Abilene Texas twelve months ago. Also noted a drowning of John Dagnall near Wintondale Johnstown Pennsylvania and news that three large Japanese colonies are to be founded in Brazil.
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Indiana
Warsaw
Ind
Winona
Harry Lathrope
Adams Express
Randolph
Tex
Abilene
Lathrope
Pastor Resigns After Controversial Sermon in Indiana
Rev. Frederick G. Strickland of the First Christian church in Indiana resigned after a fiery sermon accusing the conventional pulpit of losing influence. He stated he would follow Jesus by rejecting the conventional pulpit and align with others who labor with truth, likening himself to Jesus cast out of the synagogue.
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Gine
Frederick G. Strickland
Jesus
Galilee
Sixty Seven Mills Secure Power Contracts From Southern Power
Southern Power Company of Charlotte reports contracts with sixty seven cotton mills to supply power for spindles and looms. About 40,000 electrical horsepower will be used by these mills, including twenty new plants and several waterworks facilities in Charlotte Yorkville and Rock Hill.
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Southern Power Company
Charlotte
N. C
Catawba River
Yorkville
Rock Hill
S. C
Death notices for James Mc. David and Mrs. Stanton
News from Pine Barren Florida reports the death of James McDavid at his son in law Joseph McCaskill's home. Atlanta’s Mrs. W J Williams, James’s sister in law, was with him at the bedside. The same day Williams learned of her niece Mrs. F H Stanton’s suicide by laudanum. she leaves a husband and six children.
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Atlanta
James Mc. David
Pine Barren
Fla
Joseph Mc. Caskill
McDavid
W. J. Williams
The Soil as Earth’s Insignificant Film
Appleton's argues the soil is a tiny, humanly significant film on the earth's crust. It notes that oceans cover three-fifths of the surface, while soil beneath our feet is a thin, negligible layer in natural terms.
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Appleton
The Flirting Lobby at Westminster Explained
London Ladies' Gallery in the House of Commons is described as a semi enclosed space with a heavy iron grating. Members may converse with a lady in the gallery for five minutes before the attendant reminds them to end the visit. The scene is labeled the flirting lobby as amused benches below inspire curiosities and admiring glances.
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London
Reahn
Colorado Springs
Boulder
Glenwood Springs
Denver
Colorado
Denver Road
Stiphian’s Fatal River Descent at St Anthony Falls
Anthony Stiphi an survives a wild river descent near Union Station Minneapolis as he clings to two floating logs. He falls head first over a 10 foot apron then is swept through eddies and onto Little Spirit Island where the bodies of Indian maidens were once found. He alone survives the dangerous plunge in the Mississippi river.
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Minneapolis
Anthony Stiphian
St. Anthony Falls
Mississippi River
Anthony
Union Station
Little Spirit Island
Strike Ends As Telegraph Firms Return To Normal
New York August 15 The general offices say traffic is normal with the strike over. President Robert Clowry reports applications from strikers but no capacity to hire. AP resumes moving reports and service expands at several points as of Thursday amid mixed union sentiment.
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Veep
New York
Robert Clowry
Associated Press
Mee
Paws
Captures Five Hundred Dogs in New Castle
New Castle Pennsylvania August 15 Jack Young the city dog catcher reports capturing 500 dogs and euthanizing 300 unidentified ones in a routine enforcement action.
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New Castle
Jack Young
Cats Sent to India to Catch Rates
Salvation Army ships twelve cats to India to catch rates with more animals to follow. Onions shipped from McKinney reach over twenty five carloads this season. Edward M. Morgan named postmaster at Oyster Bay, new post in New York City.
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India
London
Salvation Army
McKinney
Birds Abundant Near Mart Ahead of Open Season
In Mart Texas on August 16 birds are reported plentiful. The dove season starts November 1, set like quail to deter separate hunting. Dry weather during nesting and a fair grain yield are cited for the increase in birds and likely good sport once the season opens.
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Mart
Tex
Man Found Hanged in Caddo Street Rooming House
Ardmore reports a man believed to be from Coal Gate found suspended by a rope from a door frame in a Caddo street rooming house. He was dead a few minutes before rescuers cut him down. Also noting the McAlister Southwestern Railway Company charter with $5,000,000 capital to run Salisaw to Frederick.
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Ardmore
Coalgate
Caddo Street
McAlister Southwestern Railway Company
Salisaw, I. T
Frederick
Okla
Nothing Doing Phrase Origins from Dickens and Jeffersonian Note
The Jeffersonian Magazine cites Dickens in Dombey and Son to explain nothing doing as a longtime habit, not slang. Sol Gillis tells Walter the shop must close while admitting the business is a mere habit he cannot easily relinquish.
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Dombey & Son
Sol Gillis
Walter
Jeffersonian Magazine
Seedy loafer feigns wealth as dinner ends in arrest
A shabby man eats a large meal and admits he has no money. The restaurant owner calls a policeman, and the guest quips about not needing a stomach pump, drawing a amused response from witnesses.
His Consolation. Mrs Justcott laments mice raid on custard pie
In a Cleveland Leader humor vignette Mrs Justcott frets that mice ruined a custard pie she baked. Mr Justcott consoles her with a gentle remark about small losses.
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Mr. Justcott
Mrs. Justcott
George
Cleveland
Sharp Boy Music Teases Punny Note Exchange
A playful exchange features a music teacher asking the note above FF and the student answering F sharp. The teacher then inquires about the note below FF and the student replies I blunt, in a lighthearted, punny moment.
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Roosevelt
Marine
Johnstown
John Dagnall
Wintondale
Brazil
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ROYCE
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Higgs & Haygoods
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