Burley Tobacco Board Sets 1907 Pool Payout Plan
Burley Tobacco society district board votes to divide among last pool growers 80 percent of the 10 percent reserve of the 1907 crop. About 900000 dollars will be paid to growers with 1 percent kept for expenses. Two-thirds acreage vote required before pool takes effect. adjourned to Sept 14. Congressman Stanley offers services in related suit.
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Commercial Tribune
Winchester
The
Burley Tobacco Society
Socie Suingee
Tobasbe
Otakeehe
le Bus
Louisville
A. O. Stanley
Stanley
Japanese Trade Commissioners Arrive for U S Tour
From Yokohama the delegation led by Baron Giichi Shibuzawa arrives in the United States for a tour. They are greeted with a welcome reception at the World’s Fair grounds where a dinner is hosted in their honor. The party includes the head of the delegation who helped finance the recent war with Russia.
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Washington
Giichi Shibuzawa
Russia
Empire
United States
Naibu Kanda
Japanese trade envoys greeted with enthusiasm in Seattle
Six leading Japanese chamber of commerce commissioners, led by Baron Giichi Shibuzawa, arrived in Seattle aboard the Minnesota. The party, including Baron Naibu Kanda and fifty-two members, was welcomed by Governor Hay and Mayor Miller. They will tour the United States to promote commerce and friendship, with daily cable reports planned by principal Japanese newspapers.
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Seattle
Wash
Chambers of Commerce
Japan
United States
Minnesota
Yokohama
Baron Komura
Portsmouth
Hajime Ota
Imperial
Great Northern Wharf
Marion E. Hay
State of Washington
John F. Miller
J. D.lowman
Associated Chambers of Commerce
Pacific Coast
Train Robber Still At Large Near Lewistown
A train robbery on the Pennsylvania railroad near Lewistown remains unsolved as authorities, aided by multiple detective agencies, pursue the suspect who escaped with less than $100. Bloodhounds from Chillicothe, Ohio, are on the trail, but officials fear capture may be unlikely.
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Lewistown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad and Express Companies
Chillicothe,.c
Joy Riders Sentenced in Detroit Auto Theft Case
Four prominent young men Oliver M Lau Harvey Huntoon Frank Miner and Er nest Clements from well known families were fined 100 dollars and sentenced to ninety days in the House of Correction for borrowing a car to take two women joy riding. The trip ended in a crash near Algonac on the St Clair river after the auto was taken from in front of the Hotel Ponchartrain.
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Detroit
Mich
Oliver M. Lau
Harvey Huntoon
Frank Miner
Ernest Clements
House of Correction
Algonac
St. Clair River
Ponchartrain
Venezuela Pays Indemnity to New York Venezuelan Company
In Caracas Aug 21 American minister W W Russell received a 59375 payment from Venezuela along with a protocol binding the government to pay 415625 more in seven yearly installments. The 475000 total covers losses from the Castro era confiscation of American property rights.
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Caracas
Foreign Office
New York and Venezuela Company
Venezuela
Agreement bans Cuban lottery tickets sent by mail
Washington officials say a pact between American and Cuban postal authorities will prevent all lottery ticket shipments from Cuba to the United States via the mails. The agreement settles the issue and aims to curb cross border gambling transfers.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Aviation Meeting May Be Held in Germany
Berlin Aero drome society organizes an aviation meeting to begin Sept. 26 at Johannastal and last ten days. All leading aviators have been invited to attend.
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Germany
Berlin
Johannastal
Dialville Devastated by Windstorm Near Jacksonville
Dialville, a Cotton Belt rail town eight miles from Jacksonville, was devastated by a cyclone last night. Several inhabitants were injured.
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Jacksonville
Tex
Dialville
John P Scripps Engaged to Miss Edith McBea of Detroit
Announcement from Detroit Michigan reports the engagement of John P. Scripps of San Diego California to Miss Edith McBea of Detroit. The wedding is planned for September 8 at the bride’s parents home with the couple to reside in California afterward. E W Scripps, father of the groom, is noted.
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Detroit
Mich
John P. Scripps
San Diego
Cal
Edith McBea
California
E. W. Scripps
Progress in Cincinnati Methodist District Work
District reports show forty six charges in the Cincinnati district with new church building at North College Hill and mergers at Christie Finley becoming Union church. City Missionary funds aid pastors and eleven churches receive support totaling about two thousand dollars. New churches Asbury Camp Washington and Pleasant Ridge completed. extensive repairs at Hartwell York Street Harrison Riverside Addyston Madisonville Hyde Park and Walnut Hills underway. The Cincinnati Federation leads debt liquidation and revival plans aided by bishops Moore Anderson and Walden with gospel wagon and gospel auto reporting many conversions.
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Commercial Tribune
Greenfield, CO
Cincinnati
Methodist Episcopal Church
Jameson
City Missionary Society
North College Hill
Cleves
Harrison
Christie
Finley
Union Church
Asbury
Camp Washington
Pleasant Ridge
Hartwell
York Street
Riverside
Addyston
Price Hill
Walnut Hills
Madisonville
Hyde Park
Cincinnati Missionary Training School
Methodist Federation of Cincinnati
Federation
Harrison, Addyston
Linwood
Moore
Anderson
Walden
A. B. Leonard
Home For the
W. W. Ramsey
Detroit
J. BE. Gilbert
Parliament House West Wing Destroyed By Fire
In Toronto on September 1 the west wing of Ontario's Parliament buildings was consumed by flames. Insurance covers about 100000 dollars, but the Mowat law library was a total loss with no insurance. Five people were injured and a half million dollars in damage reported from a Pittsburg fire. A Detroit report notes an acid explosion aboard the steamer Northern Wave near Grand Marais igniting cargo on Lake Superior. The Northern King aided.
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Toronto
Ontario
Fine Mowat Law Library
Dominion
Pittsburg
J. A. Blanke Express
Blanke
Detroit
Mich
Grand Marais
Northern Wave
Mutual Transit Line
Whitefish Point
Lake Superior
Northern King
Kentucky Equity Group Calls City Meeting on Tobacco Pool
J Camp Bell Cantrill president of the Kentucky division of the American Society of Equity issued a call for a meeting in Louisville on Saturday. The gathering will discuss and ratify the tentative 1909 tobacco pool agreement between the Burley society and the American Society of Equity.
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Louisville
J. Campbell Cantrill
Kentucky
American Society of Equity
Burley Society
Timber conservation urged at British Association session
The British Association for the Advancement of Science closing session featured Prof Sommerville from Oxford urging energetic steps to prevent timber waste. A chemistry secretary condemned food fads, while officers for next year were elected including Rev. T. G. Bonney as president and Prof. John Harry as treasurer.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Sommerville
Oxford
England
Association
T. G. Bonney
London
Hetrdman
P. A. MacMahon
John Herry
W. Abney
T. Anderson
H. E. Armstrong
A. L. Bolley
Edward Brabrook
Horace Brown
Lauder Brunton
Close
Craigie
Dyson
R. T. Glazebrooke
A. D. Hall
E. Sidney Hartland
B. G. Hogarth
P. C. Mitchell
Poulton
D. Prain
Sherrington
A. E. Hipley
J. J. H. Teall
Tutton
J. Wolfe Barry
A. Smith-Woodward
J. L. Myres
Earl of Berkeley
Moody Suffered Rheumatism Says Secretary
Haverhill September 1 Associate Justice William H Moody of the United States Supreme Court is reported by his secretary John A Kratz Jr to be afflicted with rheumatism and nothing else.
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Haverhill
Mass
William H. Moody
United States Supreme Court
John A. Kratz, Jr
Polar exploration roll of fame and failure across years
A historical survey lists notable attempts to reach the North Pole from 1882 to 1909. It cites Walter Wellman's 1909 balloon voyage ending after thirty miles, Peary's 87 deg 6 min reach, Andree's fatal balloon trip in 1897, Franklin's doomed 1845 effort, and other expeditions from Nansen to Toll, with dates and routes across the Arctic.
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Walter Wellman
Sydney
N.S
Roald Arundsen
Northwest Passage
Christiania
Gjoa
Herschelle Island
Arctic Ocean
Baron Toll
Siberia
Erickson
Saunders Island
Anthony Fiala
Brooklyn
America
Fram
Ingerstraits
Prof
Andree
Tromsoe
Norway
Eagle
Pole
Captain DeLong
Henrietta Island
Greeley
John Franklin
Lancaster Sound
Behring Strait
Karshner backs Jeffrey for governor nomination in Columbus
Malcolm A. Karshner a Franklin county Republican leader and state central committee secretary has declared for Robert H. Jeffrey former Columbus mayor and head of Jeffrey Manufacturing Jeffrey is wealthy and Franklin county will back him Karshner notes Jeffrey's business success and strong local control Jeffrey served as mayor in 1905 and 1908 and is about 40 years old. his Bullitt Park home is a noted landmark.
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Jeffrey
Jeffrey Manufacturing Company
Karshner
Franklin
Kershner
Columbus
Ohio
Bullit Park
Franklin County
Theater Burns to Ground in Hamilton Fire
Fire destroyed the Savoy theater in Hamilton Ontario on September 1 causing about $60,000 in losses. The venue was slated for takeover by the Shuberts.
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Hamilton, Ont
Savoy Theater
Shuberts
Infant Dies in Gasoline Fire at Westport
The 1 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer Simmonds of Westport died after a bottle of gasoline was upset, ignite by a nearby stove and explode. Mrs Simmonds is in serious condition from burns while attempting to rescue the child.
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Babe Burns
Commercial Tribune
Greensburg
Ind
Homer Simmonds
Westport
Fire destroys stable store and residence in Newcastle
A blaze in Newcastle Kentucky at dawn consumed Bondurante s livery stable the J W Wilkinson general store and Mrs William Barber s home causing a loss of 20000 fully insured.
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Newcastle
Bondurante
J. W. Wilkinson
William Barber
Two Alarm Fire Destroys Feed Store Elevator and Shed
A early morning blaze gutted August Ferger & Co. three story elevator and attached shed on Hopkins street near President Place. Fire, starting in the elevator, caused $5,000 loss by 2:15 am and was under control by 3:30 am after a second alarm. The elevator and shed contents likely total losses.
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Hopkins Street
President Place
Mystery envelops finding of body in San Antonio park
The body of Mrs Alberta Banta 30 once a social leader was found by police in Breckinridge park after a call from an unidentified party naming the exact spot but not giving a name. Her ex husband Senator John Phipps of Homer La and Murphy J Foster were noted for an anti lottery fight eighteen years ago.
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San Antonio
Texas
Alberta Banta
United States
John Phipps
Homer
Breckinridge Park
Senator Phipps
Murphy J. Foster
Prince Crown Prince’s Chauffeur Wounded in Secret Hospital Death Plunge
Belgrade dispatch reports Crown Prince George’s French chauffeur severely injured and taken to a Belgrade hospital in a dying condition after an earlier assault allegation involving the prince. The Zvono again stirs intrigue by detailing the chauffeur’s grave injuries and covert hospitalization amid mounting royal scandal.
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Belgrade
Cook reports reaching North Pole in Arctic 1908
Paris edition quotes Dr. Frederick A. Cook describing a grueling voyage from Smith Sound to Grinnell Land. He notes frost and famine, 101 musk oxen and 7 bears found, 335 hares killed, a 460 mile unknown line, and survival of the fittest as the final test.
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Bradley
Smith Sound
J. F. Bradley
Nansen Sound
Land
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British Association For Advancement of Science
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