Billion Dollar Bank Combine Aims to Form Central Bank
Reports describe a planned nationwide banking power led by J. P. Morgan with Chicago packing interests and Rockefeller oil backing, seeking a single national bank to assume note issuing when the currency system changes. NYC banks National City, National Bank of Commerce, and First National Bank are involved.
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Cleveland
New York
Chicago
J. P. Morgan
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
United States
National City
National Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Washington’s false teeth arrive for Denver convention exhibit
A dentist’s assistant transports George Washington’s false teeth to the Denver dentista convention. The famed relic, reported to be in excellent condition, will be among the event’s most interesting displays in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
George Washington
Dentista
Denver
Falls to His Death in England Flying Contest
The first English flying tournament of the year ended tragically as Hon. Charles S. Rolls, third son of Lord Liangattock, perished when the Wright biplane plunged from about 100 feet.
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Tournemouth
England
Charles S. Rolls
Lord Liangattock
Secretary MacVeagh to Retire in Fall
Washington reports in informed circles that Secretary MacVeagh of the Treasury will resign his portfolio in the fall and be succeeded by Charles L. Norton, private secretary to President Taft.
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MacVeagh
Washington
Treasury Department
the Treasury
Charles L. Norton
Taft
Liquor Interests Push in Chicago Democratic County Race
Liquor men and Chicago liquor interests pressed candidates Tuesday in the Democratic contest for county offices. Distillers and brewers demand renomination for those who backed their interests at Springfield.
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Chicago
Springfield
Death by Lightning in Cripple Creek
The bodies of Robert Chambers and Jesse Treakee guests at the Imperial hotel registered July 7th were found Monday night by a searching party near the Mt. Pisgah summit. Lightning was the cause of their deaths.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Robert Chambers
Jesse Treakee
Imperial Hote
Cummmit
Mt. Pisgah
Arrest Prize Fight Stake Holder Charged in New York
Timothy D. Sullivan named stakeholder of the Johnson Jeffries prize fight is charged with violating state penal laws for acting as custodian of the prize money.
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New York
Timothy D. Sullivan
Fatal Railroad Wreck near Metz Station
Southern Pacific train carrying over 100 delegates to the American Chemical Society convention left the rails on a sharp curve near Metz station in Salinas California. The crash killed the engineer and fireman and injured four women passengers and four trainmen.
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Salinas
Cal
Metz Station
Southern Pacific
American Chemical Society
San Francisco
August Hermann Elected Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks
August Hermann of Cincinnati has been elected grand exalted ruler at the largest meeting of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Detroit.
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August Hermann
Elks
Detroiti
Cincinnati
Lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Fire Leaves Thousands Homeless in New Brunswick Towns
A blaze in Campbellton destroys 1000 buildings leaving 5000 Campbellton residents and 400 Richardsville residents homeless. Dalhousie reports 6000 homeless overall as fires devastate the region.
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Dalhousie
N. B
Campbellton
Richardsville
Burt Williams Nominated Unanimous Democratic Senator Candidate
Burt Williams of Milwaukee is the unanimous choice for United States Senate by the Wisconsin Democratic state convention. The selection signals strong party support for Williams ahead of the election.
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Burt Williams
Milwaukee
Wis
Germany Denies Antagonium Claim Amid Media Reports
Berlin dispatch reports Germany to the foreign office denies any antagonism toward the American government. No official statement confirms hostile intent, despite media speculation about what may be done in response.
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Germany
Berlin
Ee Agua
Rman Foreign Office
Record of Important Events From The Western News
A roundup notes Charles I Wellington of Colorado & Southern dies in Denver after illness. Nevada upholds the wildcat mining law by state Supreme Court. K O Mochizuki urges pacifism in Seattle amid Japan US war talk. Sierra forest fire near General Grant NP eastern Vasallo eyed for containment. J J P Armstrong contracts to move placer mining gear from Douglas to Chihuahua mountains. Williams monoplane owner to carry 100‑pound lots. first beaver‑type commercial use. Timothy D Sullivan faces New York penal charges as Johnson Jeffries prize money custodian. San Francisco censors ban JeffriesJohnson prize fight cinema. broader anti‑boxing film stance. Honduras reports pro Bonilla activity to the state dept. Taft appoints George Otis Smith acting chief of new Bureau of Mines. Taft again says cannot fill Supreme Court vacancies before April. 39 Pine Ridge Sioux in Brussels stranded. Indian Affairs to act. Taft orders withdrawal of 36 073 104 acres of coal lands across several states and territories. Over 10 million dollar postal deficit reduction reported in nine months. nine‑month deficit 2 709 000. Treasury shows 1910 customs receipts of 35 043 800. Payne‑Aldrich tariff strong through year, 1909 receipts 300 million. US trade with noncontiguous territories for fiscal year ends summarized.
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Charles I. Wellington
Colorado & Southern
Denver
Nevada
State Supreme Court
Carson City
K. 0
Mochizuki
Liberal News Agency
Tokyo
Seattle
Japan
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Sierra Slopes
General Grant National Park
California
Vasallo
Honduras
Bonilla
State Department
Taft
George Otis Smith
Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Congress
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Bureau of Indians Affairs
Pine Ridge Reservation
South Dakota
Brussels
North
Washington
Utah
Colorado
Territory
Arizona
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Hitchcock
Department
Treasury Department
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Monarch
Laramie
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Byron
Cowley
Ionia
Carl Ashley
Medicine Row
Shaw Feet
Sheridan
Dig Horn
Sheridan County
Poul Christensen
Evanston
Marie Fox
Saratoga
Thermopolis
Uinta County Irrigation Company
Marbleton
Cottonwood
Riverton
Stepp
E. J. Smalley
Laramie County
Cheyenne
Manewal
Douglas
Maxwell & Rumfelt
Clearmont
Shoshoni Valley Telephone Company
Cody
Broadmore Land Company
Basin
Ezra Meeker
Oregon Trail
Bia
Mr. Meeker
North Platte Valley
Museum of the State Historical Society
Wyoming
Woolgrowersa
Heat, floods, and crime in a chaotic day
New York records twelve heat deaths while authorities seize over 4.5 million ice cream cones tainted with boric acid. Miss Dorothea Jones earns a Michigan MA at seventeen, and congressman Walter Brownlaw dies of Bright's disease in Tennessee.
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New York
Dorothea Jones
Harrisburg
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Walter Preston Brownlaw
Tennessee
Johnson City
Bright
Brownlaw
Congress
Alner
Aviators break records and royal finances debated in London
Graham W. White flew ninety and a half miles to Bournemouth in under four hours after losing to Paulhan in London Manchester. Parliament’s civil list proposes 4,170,000 annually for King George V’s maintenance, up 65,000 from the last reign. 160 kilometer records at Rheims seen by Latham and Olieslager with faster times. Duke of the Abruzzi tours Italy Austria meeting Americans, stirring gossip about Katherine Elkins. Porfirio Diaz re-elected Mexico president for six years at age 88.
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Graham W. White
Paulhan
London Manchester
Bournemouth
America
London
Select Committee of Parliament
George V
Hia
Rheims
Hubert Latham
Olleslager
Bis
Rome Tribuna
Abruzzi
Argona
Vanicw
Venice
Toblach
Austria
Katherine Elkins
Elkins
Porfirio Dias
Mexico
Wool Sale Brings Solid Prices in Newcastle Wyoming
At Newcastle wool sale 150000 pounds sold for 18 1 2 cents a pound. Cheyenne reports state hospitals seek more student nurses with $10 monthly living stipend plus expenses. Kemmerer wardens seek ID proof of trout dynamiting by foreigners. several dead fish found along Ham’s Fork. Encampment judge confirms Gus Jensen as North American Trust Company receiver after creditor petition.
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Cheyenne
Rock Springs
Sheridan
State Board of Charities and Reforms
Craig
Rawlus
North American Trust Company
G. M. Winkleman
Gus Jensen
Sheridan Girl Wins Settlement for Broken Finger
Miss Mary Coffey a Sheridan fifteen year old receives 775 dollars from the Pullman Palace Car Company as a compromise for a broken finger suffered last August when a window in a car fell on her hand. The settlement was made out of court after she entered suit.
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Sheridan
Mary Coffey
Pulman Palace Car Company
Ault
University of Wyoming Experiment Station Faculty Listed
Announcement of the agricultural experiment station at the University of Wyoming names the faculty including director H. G. Knight and key staff F. Purrage chemistry A. Nel son botanist F. Hepner animal pathologist O. L. Prien medical officer A. D. Faville animal husbandman J. C. Fitterer irrigationist J. A Hill wool expert L. C. Baldwin chemistry C. J. Oviatt wool T Parsons agronomist James McLay stock superintendent H. A. McCracken clerk.
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Laramie
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Wyoming
H. G. Knight
F. &. Purrage
B. A
Aven Nelson
M. S
F. E. Hepner
Ph.g
O. L. Prien
A. D. Faville
Slaughter of Trout Reported on Bear River
Anglers report a mass killing of fish along Bear River from Myer's ranch to McGraw's, with dead trout spotted as evidence of a likely deliberate shooting to steal the big ones. Sage chickens are also being shot out of season. calls go out for officers to pursue the offenders and make examples of them.
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Fleh
Bvanaton
Bear River
Myer
McGraw
State Day Farm Meeting in Cheyenne Wyoming
Wyoming will hold its first state day farming meeting July 20 21 in Cheyenne to study soil and climate conditions seed selection marketing crops farming methods and to organize a permanent dry farming association Hlon Frank W Mondell president of the Dry Farming Congress will chair the meeting John T Burns secretary of the Dry Farming Congress will assist in organizing a permanent body affiliated with the International Congress and will deliver an address Dry Farming a World Movement
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Hlon
Frank W. Mondell
Dry Farming Congress
John T. Burns
Hsulst
International Congress
Coal Land Entries Canceled in Big Horn County
The U S land office canceled civil contest cases against sixty four entrymen in Owl Creek and Gebo coal lands totaling 10000 acres valued at 1600000. Mines closed last February by injunctions, affecting about one thousand jobs. Criminal cases remain against eight New York men alleged to have filed lands in June 1906 with extradition attempts and potential Supreme Court habeas corpus appeals.
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Wyoming
United States Supreme Court
Capt Hardy Plans Frontier Day Rifle Portrait Stunt
Cheyenne reports the Frontier Day committee hiring Capt A A Hardy famed rifle shot to shoot a tar get picture of Col Roosevelt in the arena at 100 yards. Roosevelt sits in a grand stand box as Hardy makes hundreds of shots to form a six foot puncture portrait.
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Cheyenne
Frontier Day Committee
A. A. Hardy
Col. Roosevelt
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised for Kidney Relief
An Oregon testimonial endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney disorders and dropsical swelling. Mrs. A B Fulton of Portland reports bloating and leg swelling improving after use. The advertisement notes Doan's costs 60 cents a box and is sold by dealers nationwide.
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Secreons
Dean
A. EB. Fulton
Skidmore &T
Portland
Ore
Doan
Language clash sparks playful exchange in street chat
A Mr Talkalot and Mrs Talkalot trade jabs about language use as they joke over blunders in a lively street encounter. The pair treats the moment as light banter turning into amusement.
Foxy Hiram and the Ant Price Prank
Mrs Ryetop laughs at a tale about Hiram Skinflint planning a sugar store ruse. The couple speculate he will drop an ant into Jed Weatherby’s sugar and offer it at half price while tossing in extras like raisins and a yeast cake.
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Hiram
Mrs. Ryetop
Mandy
Jed Weatherby
Jed
Poetry on Kipling style fades in new magazine
A letter laments poetry submissions to seventeen magazines and a monthly that features a Kiplingesque pome titled Vampire. The writer ridicules poems and braces for a halt in poetry sales, signaling a move to study the psychology of the ax and abandon poetry for magazines.
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Kipling
Woodshed
Portrait Request Sparks Mutual Embarrassment
A stylish photographer and an embarrassed woman with a squint share a tentative moment as he offers to photograph her in profile, citing a difficult yet fascinating eye. Beacon.
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Beacon
Caring for the Baby
A brief comic panel shows an old lady praising a boy who gently snatches a baby brother. The Nice Boy affirms the action, mentioning the child swallowed a dime and that he fears kid napers.
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Casper
Billion Dollar Bank Combine
Morgan I
Packers
Western
J. J. P. Armstrong
A. M. Williams
Douglas, Ariz
Chihuahua Mountains
Wihiiams
SPORT
Sioux City
Wichita
Noolen
St Joseph Op
Topehia
Peter Tripoli
Yonkers
N. Y
Glenn H. Curtiss
Ola
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Interstate Commerce Commmission
Walter Wellman
Melvin Vaniman
Atlantic Ocean
Spitzbergen
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue
Philadelphia
Boston
Middletown N.Y
New York City
Larimore
St. Louis
Quinn
Jeffries-Johnson
George Kleine
William Selig
George T. Spoor
Moving Picture Syndicate
Dynamiters
Capt. Hardy
Mrs. Talkalot
Post
Grecems
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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