Telegraphers Strike Extends and Lifts of LA Los Angeles and Chicago
Telegraphers strike extends to Chicago and Los Angeles, with night shift walkouts and firings after refusals to handle messages. Armed guards at Western Union and postal operations suspended as strikes spread to other cities. World’s largest locomotive and immigration trends also noted amid labor disputes and public notices.
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Alabama's Railroad Controversy and Oil Trust Report
Governor Comer and state officials reach a compromise with the Southern Railway to suspend license revocation pending a Supreme Court test of the new Alabama nonresident license law and rail rate changes. Commissioner Knox Smith details Standard Oil’s rising margins, profits, and dividends from 1882 to 1906, asserting price increases beyond production costs across gasoline, lubricants, and wax.
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Southern
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Birmingham
Julian
Southern Railway
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United States Supreme Court
Herbert Knox Smith
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Standard OS Company
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Accidents and upheavals spark from war and unrest
Reports detail a French gun breech explosion during target practice near Toulon on August 2, killing three and wounding five, plus the killing of Russian General Karakozoff in Piatigorsk. In Casablance,Morocco, riots leave many dead and destroyed quarters as French and Spanish forces restore order. The Hague debates air warfare and education reforms push teacher training and school modernization.
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Casablanca
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Williams Is the Winner of Mississippi Senate Nomination
The Mississippi primary for the senatorial nomination of the dominant party showed Congressman YW linma narrowly leading Governor Vardaman on face returns with counties still unreported. Governor Vardaman urged a recount or second primary, but the state committee later declared Williams nominated by 648 votes and irregularities were noted on both sides.
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Ywlinma
Vardaman
State Committee
Chicago’s Death Rate Shifts Says Health Chief Evans
Health Commissioner Evans states in a bulletin that in seven months of 1907 about 12 000 men died versus 8 000 women, with the male female death rate now 30 percent compared with 10 percent twenty years ago. Causes cited include strenuous city life, quick lunches, exposure, and carelessness. He advocates a return to simple living and proper diet as remedy.
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Chicago
Artificial Lungs Assist Respiratory Failure With Dual Cylinders
A novel artificial respirator mimics natural breathing using two small cylinders with inlets and outlets. Plungers operate in sync to draw noxious gases from the lungs into one cylinder and push oxygen into the lungs from the other, using timed hand movements. The device, patented, will soon reach the market.
Chicago Directory Counts 2,367,000 in Population
The current city directory edition shows Chicago at 2,367,000 residents, up 68,500 from last year, reflecting growth across the metropolis and surrounding districts.
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Chicago
Zoa-Phora Promoted For Women By Dr Pengelly Patent Medicine
An advertisement extols Zoa-Phora as the premier medicine for women. It details Dr Pengelly’s careful ingredient selection, no alcohol, and endorsement by medical authorities. The copy claims it regulates menstrual function, relieves headaches, boosts appetite, and improves circulation and nervous conditions, urging readers to order sealed bottles with directions and a booklet.
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Man Crushed by Gas Main Accident at Springfield
Grover Rockfield, 20, of Springfield, was killed when a gas main he aided with fell onto him. He carried an end of a 10 inch pipe on his shoulder and stumbled, causing the pipe to strike his head and sever his neck. The incident occurred on August 12.
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Grover Rockfield
Every County Has a Candidate for Congress
Urbana Ohio Aug 13 announces Probate Judge T B Owen as a candidate against Mr Cole. County slate includes Champaign EH2hock Hardin Frank Willis Delaware Porterfield Union William Hoops Logan Jay Miller. Drowned While Rowing Sandusky Aug 12 Nona Hart 16 Mansfield drowned in Sandusky Bay Cedar Point Grace Herron Earl Lewis Charles Marsh survived. Hart body not recovered. Marietta Aug 18 bean in windpipe kills two year old Alice Reinwald near are choked to death. Fostoria Aug 7 six year old Paul Ebersole shoots sister Jesse dead.
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T. B. Owen
Cole
Champaign
Eh2hcock
Hardin County
Frank Willis
Delaware County
Porterfield
Union County
William Hoops
Logan County
Jay Miller
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Sandusky Bay
Cedar Point
Grace Herron
Earl Lewis
Charles Marsh
Lancaster
Lewis
Hart
Marietta
Aue
Alice
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