Oklahoma Farmers Unite for Higher Profits and Co operation
Progressive Oklahoma farmers plan to meet at Shawnee next week to expand cooperative actions among producers. The movement, already spreading from Texas and Virginia, aims to cut middlemen profits, improve roads and telephone lines, and boost markets for creameries, grain elevators, and more. A Farmers Cooperative Commission bill in Congress and examples from Virginia show potential annual gains in the tens of millions, with profits shared among member farmers.
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Oklahoma
Shawnee
Texas
Virginia
Kentucky
Farmers’ Co-operative Commission
Ruralville
W. M. Hays
New Zealand Hosts Banquet for American Fleet
Auckland Aug 10 government held a grand banquet for Rear Admiral Sperry and the U S fleet with 750 guests. Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward toasted King Edward and Roosevelt praising the navy and cordial ties. The reception included fireworks and illuminated harbor scenes as shore leave was granted to 1,000 sailors.
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Auckland
N. Z
Sperry
New Zealand
Joseph George Ward
King Edward
Roosevelt
Richard Poore
Admiral Sperry
England
United States
South Africa
North Island
Connecticut
Wright Airship Scores Second Great Success
Wilbur Wright achieves a successful ascent at EEMANS after two false starts, flying about 1.24 miles in 1 minute 45 seconds. The flight includes two loops and a late dusk demonstration to cheering crowds. French aviators praise the craft as a marvel while noting motor issues limited longer runs.
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Eemans
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Wright
Mr. Wright
Eight Killed in York Boiler Explosion at Mill
A York Rolling Mill boiler exploded in the center of the mill, killing eight men and injuring about twenty, with thousands of dollars in property damage. The dead include John Clancy and Edward Fitler among others from nearby towns. rescue teams and ambulances flooded the scene as debris and twisted iron scattered across the area.
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York
John Clancy
Benjamin Bremer
Harry Sears
Pailor Pucci
Alfred Struck
John Slossman
Harry Feger
Columbia
Edward Fitler
Marietta
Baldwin Predicts 22 MPH In Official Trial
Washington reports Captain Baldwin asserts readiness for the official speed trial claiming 22 miles per hour achievable. He cites Hammondsport tests showing 280 pounds maximum pulling power and explains envelope design reduces wind resistance, leaving rope, frame and operator friction as the remaining factors.
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Washington
Captain Baldwin
Baldwin
Hammondsport
Edison Hosts Farman at Orange Laboratory Exhibition
Thomas A Edison welcomed aviator Henry Farman to his Orange New Jersey lab to view the flying machine Edison invented. Edison explained the gyroscope based uplifting fan concept and Farman praised the ideas as superior to his French prototype. Farman’s manager Mac Mechen of St Louis sought fresh financial backing for a U S tour, with Farman ready to exhibit further in America if funds arrive soon.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Farman
Orange
N. J
Edison
France
Farman
MacMechen
St. Louis
Wife frees husband jailed in midnight jailbreak
Mary Moore dressed as a man and aided by Willie Cantrell and Henry Wels pried open the County Jail with a crowbar releasing her husband Charlie Moore and three other inmates. Moore, a suspected murderer and bigamist with wives in four states, fled as posses hunt him with a $1000 reward.
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Commercial Tribune
Sergent
Mary Moore
Charlie Moore
Willie Jones
Willie Cantrell
Henry Wels
Tennessee
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Moore
Mingo County
W. Va
Jackson
Cabinet Officers to Speak in Vermont Campaign
Secretary Wilson and Secretary Straus will campaign in Vermont for the September 1 election. Frank Hitchcock, RNC chairman, announced the plan and arrangements for speeches, with details to be released tomorrow. A Speakers Bureau index will track each orator’s strong points and best use.
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New York
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Straus
James T. Williams, Jr
Hitchcock
J. V. Olcott
Frank C. Williams
Vermont
National Committee
Wiliam Hayward
Nebraska
Coleman Dupont
Ellis Admitted Leading Night Riders Testimony Near End
Murray Ky August 10 The Jake Ellis case nears completion with both sides finishing their testimony. Key witnesses include Joe Ryan who testified Ellis invited him to join the night riders and claimed he led the Thornton raid back door. Raleigh Myers corroborated Blalock’s late night absence. Officials respond to Governor Willson’s accusation of duty lapses.
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Commercial Tribune
Murray, Ky
Jake Ellis
Commonwealth
Joe Ryan
Nat Ryan
Moses Thornton
Ryan
Ellis
Paducah
Eilis
Els
Thornton
Raleigh Myers
Blalock
Willson
Commercial Bane
Augusta
H. T. Bradford
George B. Kinney
Bracken County
Daily Press
Bracken
Kentucky
Brackett
American Tobacco Company
American Society of Equity
Wainright Lea
Lea
Dimmitt Griffith
Griffith
Bradford
Taft to Meet Vorys in Hot Springs Conference
Taft arrives with Mrs. Taft and General Edwards at Hot Springs after a day at Greenbriar County Horse Show. He sorts mail, plays golf, and plans a conference with A. I. Vorys expected to arrive tomorrow or Wednesday. Hitchcock also set to arrive as advisory committee personnel are anticipated.
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Hitchcock
Chicago
George R. Sheldon
Richard V. Outahan
Literary Bureau
T. Coleman DuPont
New York
Hot Springs
Taft
West Virginia
Vorys
William H. Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Tobacco Planting Advocated in Fayette County Meeting
J. D. Clark, Secretary of the Fayette County Board of Control of the Society of Equity, announced the society will advocate planting a large tobacco crop next year. Delegates from boards will meet in Winchester tomorrow. About 1,400 hogsheads of the 1906 Fayette crop have shipped, with the rest moving quickly. sentiment opposes pooling this year's crop and no contracts have been issued.
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Lexington
J. D. Clark
Fayette County
Society of Equity
Winchester
Plans for Army Invasion of Haiti Revealed
The War Department has completed invasion plans for Haiti to restore order if needed. Captain Charles Young’s intelligence supports rapid troop deployment from Eastern ports to Port Au Prince Gonaives or St Nicholas with naval support from a cruiser and gunboats. About five thousand U S troops could be deployed to break up factions and establish control near Hampton Roads or Charleston.
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United States
Port Au Prince
Gonaives
St. Nicholas
Navy Department
Haiti
Hampton Roads
Charleston
War Department
Three Dead and Forty Hurt in Sidney Electric Car Crash
A head on collision of electric cars on the Western Electric line near Sidney Ohio killed three men and badly injured about forty passengers. Motormen misread running orders causing both cars to be on the same track. The scene showed extensive wreckage with many fatalities and critical injuries.
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Sidney
Piqua
Western Electric
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