Special Homeseeker Excursion Rates via the Wabash
Tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays of each month with rates to Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territories about one fare plus 2 for the round trip to gulf points in Texas and intermediate points to Oklahoma 25 40 for the round trip to Colorado and other points on application Tickets limited to thirty days stop-overs allowed for further information contact EK W Richeson Agt.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gulf
Texas
Colorado
EK. W. Richeson
Agt
Township sales announce special rail rates by Wabash Railway
Clinton D. Smits trustee of Troy township lists weekly office hours in the K of P building to transact township business. Special one way second class colonist rates to the west and southwest via Wabash line. Dates: March and April sales schedule with prices to Montana Oregon Utah and Washington destinations. E. W. Richeson, Agent.
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K. of P
Clinton D. Smits
Troy Township
Wabash Railway
Billings
Hilldale
Mont
Portland
Ore
Tacoma
Seattle
Everett
Bellingham
Ogden
Utah
Salt Lake City
Helena
Butte and Anconda
Spokane
Wash
Points
Northern Pacific Railway
E. W. Richeson
Indianapolis Bath House Gift by Former Attorney General
Former Indiana Attorney General Wm. L. Taylor donates the largest bath house in Indiana to Indianapolis as part of free public bath and playground efforts. The deed, given to the Children’s Aid Society, is lauded by Vice President Fairbanks as a benefit to all citizens and linked to broader health and social reform ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Taylor
Indianapolis
Ind
Wm. L. Taylor
James Whitcomb Riley
Mr. Taylor
Taylor
Fort
Children’s Aid Society
Indiana
Fairbanks
Tobacco Trust Named in Government Suit in New York
The United States files in federal court a petition against the American Tobacco Company and 56 related corporations and 29 individuals, aiming to dissolve the trust by breaking up agreements. It argues the trust, formed in 1890, could monopolize the entire tobacco industry if unchecked.
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New York
United States
American Tobacco Company
Imperial Tobacco Company
British-American Tobacco Company
American Snuff Company
American Cigar Company
United Cigar Stores Company
American Stogie Company
MacAndrews & Forbes Company
Corley Foil Company
Tobacco Trust
Trust
Haywood Defense Plan Nears End in Idaho Trial
Boise July 8 attorneys for William D Haywood outlined final week plans as the closing defense unfolds with Haywood and Charles Moyer expected on the stand The two month trial seems unlikely to end within three weeks as the defense aims to present Haywoods life history over five or six days of testimony.
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Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Charles Moyer
Miners’ Organization
Harriman Case Report Reaches Roosevelt Aide
Oyster Bay July 10 President Roosevelt has received the interstate commerce commission report on E H Harriman and alleged railroad finance manipulations. A copy was sent to Attorney General Bonaparte and Secretary Loeb says the AG recommendations will guide any further government action. The commission conclusions won t be public until AG recommendations arrive.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
E. H. Harriman
Bonaparte
Loeb
Glaring Sherman Law Violation Alleged Against Harvester Trust
Chicago July 11 facts in the government files allege that the International Harvester trust is the most glaring violator of the Sherman law in the United States. The U S government has begun a broader inquiry to dissolve the trust's influence.
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Chicago
International Harvester Trust
United States
Chicago Southern railway to reach Chicago by October
Chicago Southern railway syndicate managers John R. Walsh John N. Faithorn and Orville E. Babcock announce orders to complete the road to Chicago by July 8 with trains into Chicago by October 1. The northern terminus is at Chicago Heights thirty one miles from Chicago. Sixty miles of track are done south of Chicago Heights and forty four miles north of Terre Haute leaving a 39 mile gap.
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Chicago
Chicago Southern Railway Syndicate
John R. Walsh
John N. Faithorn
Orville E. Babcock
Chicago Heights
Terre Haute
Ind
Burns Stops Squires in San Francisco Bare Round
In San Francisco a short boxing round ends when Burns lands a sequence of rights to Squires. The crowd, about 9 090 strong, pays 2 to 20 dollars for a two minute and eight second bout. Separately, Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz is sentenced to five years in prison for extortion amid an courtroom applause.
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San Francisco
Cal
Australia
Tommy Burns
Burns
Squires
Eugene E. Schmitz
Judge Dunne
Growing Death Toll from Wisconsin Tornado
Twenty one people confirmed killed as a tornado carved a 100 mile path through central Wisconsin on Wednesday night. Details trickle in and officials fear the list will grow as more reports arrive. In Crown Point Indiana a brakeman struck by lightning while switching cars may survive despite severe injuries.
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St. Paul
Wisconsin
Crown Point
Ind
Neff
Boonville Man Killed by Coal Train on Southern Tracks
Taylor Mc Afee aged fifty five and single was struck by a coal train on the Southern tracks in Boonville Indiana and died from injuries sustained in the accident reported in July.
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Boonville
Ind
Taylor McAfee
Chicago Telegraph Operators Postpone Strike for One Week
Chicago telegraph operators from both companies decide to delay any strike for seven days after a Sunday meeting to vote on the action. The pause gives time for negotiations and future consideration.
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Chicago
The Day's Harvest of Death
Chicago reports thirty six killed and one thousand four hundred seventy one injured in Independence Day celebrations across the United States in the past twenty four hours, per the Record-Herald canvass.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
United States
Man Ends Life Over Unemployment Woes in Indianapolis
Grief over unable to find work to support his wife and nine months old baby led Thomas O'Donnell to shoot himself twice in the chest, dying from the self inflicted wounds in Indianapolis on July 11.
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Indianapolis
Thomas O'Donnell
Christian Endeavorers Meet In International Convention
Delegates from every state attend the twenty third annual international convention of the Christian Endeavor society in Seattle Washington. The gathering is held in an immense tent showing wide participation and organizational reach.
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Christian Endeavorers
Seattle
Wash
The
Christian Endeavor Society
Trolley Car Struck by Lightning in Warsaw News
Lightning struck a Winona and Goshen interurban trolley car at New Paris, Warsaw, Ind, stunning several power workers and injuring none reported in this brief dispatch from July 6.
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Warsaw
Ind
Winona & Goshen Interurban Electric Railway
New Paria
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H. J. Rhein
Cincinnati
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Standard Oil Company
Landis
United States District Court
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K. M. Landis
Federal Court
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Union Tank Line Company
Apter Tobacco Trust
MR. Harriman
Chicago Southern Railroad
Harvey Burks
Harrisburg
Kinois
Zemo
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Siks
Jared
Manford VanDorn
Covington, Ind
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Layton & Bilsland
Maple City
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Coleman, Reeves & Coleman
Dalady
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