Pure Food Laws A Benefit To All In This Country
A Mackinac Island meeting of the Assocation of Federal and State Officers discusses how pure food laws protect consumers. Reports cite enforcement gains, reforms in labeling, and prosecutions of misbranded products, with examples from Cincinnati Minneapolis New Orleans and Nashville. Strong entities include state and federal food departments, food chemists, and unnamed legislators.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Food and Dairy Departments
Detroit
Association of Food Control Officers
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Minnesota
New Orleang
Nashville
Mackinac
Europe
Five Killed in San Francisco Auto Crash Near Burlingame
A two-vehicle tragedy near Burlingame claims five lives and leaves two injured. Victims include Mrs. Thomas A. McCormick, Miss Clara McCormick, Robert T. O'Brien, Ira G. O'Brien Jr., and Mrs. Ira G. O'Brien. Mrs. E G McAuley and Miss Ethel McCormick sustain injuries as the car, driven by Miss McCormick, loses brakes and plunges down a grade.
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San Francisco
Burlingame
Thomas A. M’cormick
Clara M’cormick
Robert T. O’brien
Ira G. O’brien
Ira G. O'Brien
Keystone Manufacturing Works
Frederick Marrett
James L. Gilbert
Bryan not chosen for Typographical Union seat in Lincoln
Fairview Nebraska August 3. A quiet day with few voters in the sweltering heat. Mr Bryan was not informed of why he was not elected with Governor Sheldon to the Lincoln Typographical Union. A large delegation from the Central Labor Union previously expressed confidence in him. His acceptance speech will be brief, totaling about 5300 words, with campaign issues to be discussed in later addresses.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Typographical Union of
Sheldon
Central Labor Union
Explosion at Knickerbocker Colliery Kills Two Miners
At Shenandoah near Pottsville Pennsylvania two miners died and three were fatally injured in an underground explosion caused by gas inrush during blasting. A rock fall buried Peter Dumbinsky and Jacob Koelick. John Kuza William Saso and Charles Cowley were also trapped, with two already confirmed dead and three seriously injured. All victims resided in Shenandoah.
President lauds act of Sultan proclamations
Ambassador Leishman at Constantinople reports the President congratulates the Sultan for proclaiming a constitution. This cable from the State Department communicates gratitude over the action and marks a diplomatic gesture by the United States toward Turkey.
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Washington
Leishman
Constantinople
State Department
Harriman Hints at Freight Rate Readjustment
Edward H Harriman, departing Chicago for the west, argues for a general readjustment of freight tariffs rather than a blanket rise. He believes the American public should pay railroads for proper transportation and notes some rates are too low and should be raised, but opposes a uniform 10 percent increase.
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Chicago
Edward H. Harriman
Jealousy sparks fatal shooting near Metropolis
In Paducah Kentucky Aug 3 19 year old Jim Kelley confronted a rival butcher Link James and his sweetheart Eva Sleeter near Forktown Metropolis Il After a chase Kelley killed James and wounded Sleeter in the abdomen then turned the gun on himself narrowly missing a fatal shot Lena Oliver fled the scene Kelley survived.
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Paducah
Jim Kelley
Eva Sleeter
Link James
Métropolis
Kelley
James
Lena Oliver
Forktown
Metropolis
Miss Sleeter
Oliver
Paris Strike Fails to Match Leaders’ Hopes
In Paris a twenty four hour general strike called by the General Federation of Labor to protest killings at Vigneux proved less extensive. At six pm in Place Republique protesters dispersed after police orders, then hurled tables and siphons at officers near a cafe. They later took refuge in the Labor Exchange and continued to clash until police cleared the building.
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Paris
General Federation of Labor
Vigneux
Place Republique
Place de la Republique
BC Bush Fires Wipe Out Towns and Kill Scores
August reports say Michel and Coal Creek burned out. Fernie wiped out with 3,500 residents. Estimated BC deaths reach 125 with $8 million in property loss. Refugees 5,000 to 7,000 in Cranbrook area. hundreds perished and many homes lost amid raging fires and missing workers.
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Winnipeg
British Columbia
Crow’s Nest
Cranbrook
Fernie Fire Toll and Destruction Across East Kootenay
Summary reports 170 killed and about 6000 homeless as the East Kootenay fire roars from near Cranbrook to four miles of Frank Alberta. Fernie Coal Creek and Hosmer largely destroyed with $4.5 million in losses. Fernie alone faces $2 million. Fires threaten Michel and Hosmer as villagers flee and rescue efforts begin.
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Coal Creek
Fernie
Michel
Hosmer
Crow's Nest Pass
Due Dispatch
B. C
East Kootenay
Cranbrook
Frank
Alberta
Cedar Valley Lumber Company
Canada
Ottawa officials seek details on Kootenay Valley disaster
Sir Wilfred Laurier Hon Mr Templeman and Hon Frank Oliver await full details of the Kootenay Valley disaster. The government pledges aid but relief associations must be formed and distribution channels organized before funds and supplies can be marshaled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Wilfred Laurier
Mr. Templeman
British Columbia
Frank Oliver
Kootenay Valley
Taft Plans Phonograph Speeches As Virginia Rally Nears
Taft consents to deliver short speeches into phonograph records in Hot Springs Virginia. The plan follows rehearsals as Mrs Taft mocks his efforts. Taft fixes August 21 for the Virginia Republican rally while Virginia Bar Association members greet him at the Homestead Hotel.
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Virginia Bar Association
Taft
Homestead Hotel
Body found buried near Rolling Prairie in LaPorte
In LaPorte Indiana a half dug grave on Dr Bowell farm near Rolling Prairie yielded a well dressed man about 40 shot through the head. The body lacks identifying features though a copy of a Minneapolis farm paper was found with almost new clothing bought in Grand Rapids Michigan. Identification seems unlikely.
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Laporte
Ind
Mack
Grand Rapids, Mich
Minneapolis
Farman Makes Three Flights at Brighton Beach Race Course
Henri Farman performed three successful flights this afternoon at the Brighton Beach race course in New York. Each flight went straight ahead with increasing distance from about two thirds of the course at six feet, to the full 800 yards on the third run, the plane then twenty feet off the ground. Tomorrow Farman plans to demonstrate turning capability in the air.
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New York
Henri Farman
Brighton Beach
Farman
Wreck injures three at Petoskey suburban station
In Petoskey Michigan this afternoon a Grand Rapids and Indiana locomotive failed to brake, crashing into a baggage car and passenger coach. Hazilton of Cincinnati suffered chest injuries, Street of St. Louis a broken nose, and three year old John Waldo sustained a crushed jaw. The crowded station caused a small panic as passengers fled through doors and windows.
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Indiana
Hazilton
Cincinnati
Street
St. Louis
John Waldo
Pettibone Dies From Operation in Denver
George Pettibone longtime Western Federation of Miners official, linked to Moyer and Haywood, dies at St Joseph Hospital after cancer surgery. He had been ill since Idaho Penitentiary confinement and was acquitted at Boise trials. He leaves a widow.
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Denver
George Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
Haywood
Steunenberg
Idaho
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Pettibone
Boise
Son Held On Murder Charge In Clermont County
George Vail Jr aged about 17 was arrested and charged with murdering his father George Vail Sr of a farm near Withamsville Clermont County. Investigators report conflicting stories from the boy as they search for the missing man and other Vail family members.
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George Vail, Sr
Wilhiamsville
Cler
Vail
Withamsville
Cincinnati
Roanoke
Ark
Young Vail
Pearl Shaffer
Charles C. Kearns
Batavia
Clermont County
Kate Dumford
Litherbury Street
East End
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Cent Public
Federal
Frederic J. Haskin
Oregon
E. G. M'Cauley
Ethel M’cormick
Prince Piniatowsky
San Mateos
Crys
Tal Lake
Ethel McCormick
Lauds Agt
Sultan
Atsi
Harriman
Nelson
Nichel Has
Ston
West End
West Fernie
Elk Mill
Cedar Valley Company
Camp No. 2
Elk River Lumber Company
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Coleman
Blairmere
Laurier
Photo
By Dillon
Virginia
Hitchcock
Hot Springs
Mr. Taft
Missouri
W. F. Heavner
Lebanon
Howard Taft Heavner
Judge Taft
Hadley Sherman Heavner
Hadley
Republican National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Victor L. Mason
Passaic
N. J
Mason
Elmer Dover
Indiana City
Petoskey, Mich
Grand Rapids
Williamsville, CO
Lad
Mont County
George Vail
Ing
C. C. Kearns
W. E. Cain
Tilton ‘Vail
Sycamore Street
Vall
Cain
Corbin
Charles Vail
West
Arkansas
Paul Rapp
Mr. Vail
Rapp
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