Growth of the Trust for the Common Good
Toledo mayor S M Jones argues in a Chicago letter that trusts symbolize progress and should be harnessed for public benefit. He envisions a cooperative commonwealth, with government ownership of trusts and profits returned to society, guiding a broad social program toward equality of opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
S. M. Jones
Toledo
Trusts
Republic
American Brotherhood (Limited
Great American Brotherhood
Co-operative Commonwealth
Jewish Americans raise funds for Dreyfus supporters
Chicago and large American cities collect money for testimonials to Captain Dreyfus Emile Zola and Colonel Picquart. A diamond-set engraved sword for Dreyfus, a gold pen for Zola, and a gold loving cup for Picquart are planned as gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
Dreyfus
Emile Zola
Picquart
Ficquart
Don't take medicines before childbirth warns fetal risk
Don’t take internal medicines before the baby arrives. Mother’s Friend external liniment eases early distress and pains during and after labor. It claims reduced labor and dangers. Sold by druggists for $1 a bottle. Free illustrated book from The Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Explosion at Fort Pickens Ruins Buildings
A fire caused a powder magazine explosion at Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island in Pensacola. The blast wrecked the western fort corner and several buildings, killing Private Wells of battery H on the wharf and wounding four other laborers serving on the fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Pensacola
Fla
Fort Pickens
Santa Rosa Island
Wells
Battery H
Chicago trusts conference gains national endorsement
Chicago on June 21 reports that the Civic Federation of Chicago's conference on combinations and trusts to meet September 18 is receiving broad support. Governors attorneys generals and labor commissioners from 35 states have accepted or will send representatives to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Conference On Combinations and Trusts
Civic Federation of
Printing Pressmen Convention Limits Job Unions
The International Pressmen's union decided that job pressmen cannot organize branch unions and must remain as pressmen or assistants. Job men argued the constitution did not recognize them, yet they can manage their own interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Mine accident at Black Sturgeon shaft kills four
Four men fell two hundred feet in a shaft at the Black Sturgeon mine at Rat Portage Ontario. Charles Adams of Nova Scotia Charles Haas of Sudbury and John Howe of Rat Portage were killed. Charles Anderson was seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rat Portage
Ont
Charles Adams
Nova Scotia
Charles Haas
Sudbury
John Howe
Charles Anderson
Smallpox Stamped Out Among Moqui Indians
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones reported to Secretary Hitchcock that the smallpox epidemic among the Moqui Indians in Arizona has been stamped out. He says the Indians readily accepted quarantining after troops were sent to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jones
Hitchcock
Arizona
Judge orders sale of Broad Ripple Rapid Transit line
Indianapolis June 21 Judge Carter of the superior court ordered the Broad Ripple Rapid Transit Suburban line sold on July 17. The road has been under receiver's control for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Carter
Superior Court
Broad Ripple
Enabling Bill Becomes Law in Brisbane Legislature
Brisbane report states the federal enabling bill passed both houses of the colonial legislature and sets the referendum for September 2. The action formalizes a step toward constitutional change with the vote to occur on that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Queensland
Tramp Sets Fire to Lafayette Grocery Barn
A tramp reportedly started a blaze that destroyed John Long's Lafayette barn in London Ohio on June 21. The fire consumed the structure and its contents, with only the livestock saved. Loss pegged at 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Long
Lafayette
Tornado Causes Damage North of Hoopeston
By a Tornado Danville Ills June 21 A tornado passed north of Hoopeston doing considerable damage and killing some stock It is reported much damage was done at Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ills
Hoopeston
Wellington
Under Pressure Miles Sees Philippine Situation as Serious
McKinley and party spent the day in Adams Massachusetts. Rear Admiral Watson arrives at Manila aboard the Baltimore. Atlantic liner Montana disabled at sea. Ayrshire coal pit floods. fifteen men missing. George Waldvogel fatally stabbed by Philip McDermott in New York. Two boys duel in Pulaski Virginia. Raines killed. Greenberry Redditt gets ten years for killing a negress near Memphis. Heavy rains flood Mansfield and Shelby Ohio washing out tracks. London says Halifax dispatches about British squadron to Newfoundland coast are false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
McKinley
Adams
Mass
Watson
Manilla
Baltimore
Montana
Ayrshire
Scotland
George Waldvogel
Philip McDermott
New York
John Raines
Madison Pratt
Pulaski
Raines
Greenberry Redditt
Memphis
Tenn
Mansfield
Shelby
National Music Teachers Meet Approves New Constitution
Delegates to the twenty first annual Music Teachers National Association convention in Cincinnati spent the day reviewing the new constitution and adopted it in a regular session without material amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
The
Music Teachers’ National Association
Ohio Floods Ravage Loudonville and Nearby Towns
Mansfield reports a severe storm sweeping Ohio from Loudonville to Shelby and London. Homes moved from foundations, floods in basements, and rail traffic halted. In Loudonville Horsetail creek overflowed, Isaac Hunter’s house destroyed, Hunter missing. Estimated city damage 50,000, bridges and roads 100,000, crops and livestock up to 200,000 more. Springfield also hit by strong wind and rain with telegraph lines, streetcar wires down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Ohio
Shelby
Londonee
Loudonville
Isaac Hunter
Hunter
Maher Stops Morrissey in Quick Victory at Lenox Club
New York June 21 Peter Maher Irish heavyweight defeated fellow-countryman Mike Morrissey of Tipperary before Lenox Athletic Club. Morrissey weighed 182 pounds and had been regarded as an invincible Irish champion. Maher opened with a swift attack and landed a breast punch and a solid jaw blow that ended Morrissey, with no real exchange occurring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peter Maher
Mike Morrissey
Tipperary
Lenox Athletic Club
Morrissey
Maher
Kerry estate purchase pledge faces weak public demand
London June 21 Gerald Balfour stated in the house of commons that Kerry county council asked the government to buy the Herbert estate in Killarney but there is no evidence of broad public demand. He noted the estate lies far from population centers and is of little value to tourists for many months each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Gerald Balfour
Ireland
Kerry
Herbert
Killarney
Santiago Cuba approves arms surrender and gratuity
At a Cuban club meeting in Santiago on June 21 a resolution urged soldiers to accept the American gratuity and surrender their arms. Some politicians argued for dignity in refusing money, but they were in the minority. A business boost is expected after Santiago’s fund disbursement. In London the Duc d Orleans escaped injury when his electrical brougham crashed at Waterloo station, wrecking the front of the car and leaving the occupants shaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Cuba
Dake
London
Duc d’Orleans
Waterloo Station
Duke
Union Cavalry Captain Leonard B. Chapin Dies by Suicide
Captain Leonard B. Chapin aged 65 of Berlin Heights Sandusky county shot himself in a barn. He was a wealthy prominent farmer long since Civil War Third Ohio Cavalry captain and was recently insane due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Leonard B. Chapin
Berlin Heights
Third Ohio Cavalry
Sid Durham's Plan to Raise Custard Pies by Eggplant Milkweed Cross
Sid Durham of Atchison County Nebris World proposes a scheme to raise custard pies by crossing eggplants with milkweed. The idea is presented as a quirky agricultural concept in the local newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Durham
Atchison County
Riots Beset Cleveland Streetcar Strike Sparks Violence
Two outbreaks tied to the Cleveland streetcar strike flare as 2 000 protesters clash with cars and 5 000 mob at Hollenden barns. A nonunion motorman, Charles Jones of Grand Rapids, was badly injured. police were overwhelmed. Later, track damage and scattered clashes continued with no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Charles Jones
Grand Rapids
Mich
Brighton
South Side
Hollenden Avenue
Baseball Batteries Across Cities Show Mixed Results
In Chicago and St Louis matchups, teams split with varied innings totals. Cincinnati and Louisville ties feature notable battery pairings including Phillips, Wood, and Burns with multiple teammates contributing. Strong lineups from Brooklyn, New York, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia appear in the day’s score table with listed pitchers and catchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
R. H. EB
Boston
Griffith and Donahue
Nichols
Clarke
Gaffney and Manassau
ST. Louis
R. H.E. St. Louis
Washington
Powell and Criger
Mercer and
McGuire
Emilie and McDonald
Cleveland
R. H.E. Cleveland
Brooklyn
Knepper
Schrecongost
MecJames
Grim
O'Day and McGarr
Pittsburg
R. H.E. Pittsburg
New York
Leever
Bowerman
Doheny and
Warner
Lynch and Connolly
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Phillips
Wood
Fifield
Douglas
Burns and Smith
Louisville
R. J. B. Louisville
Baltimore
Zimmer
McGinnity and Robinson
Swartwood and Warner
Scores From Interstate League Matches Across Cities
At Buffalo Buffalo 11 Columbus 5 and Milwaukee 0 Minnesota 8 and Kansas City 11 St Paul 3. Detroit 11 Indianapolis 8. Mansfield 2 Youngstown 1. Dayton 3 Grand Rapids 0. Fort Wayne 1 Toledo 4. Newcastle 4 Wheeling 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Columbus
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Detroit
Indianapolis
Mansfield
Youngstown
Dayton
Grand Rapids
Fort Wayne
Toledo
Horse racing card snippets from Sheepshead Bay Latonia and Chicago
The notes list horses and handlers across three tracks Sheepshead Bay Burlington route Miss Patton Mesmerist Bendoran Peace ful Maximo Gomez Chicago Frangible Abe Furst Rifle Boney Boy Moroni Lillian Reed Latonia The Bondman May Jane Dandy Batten Little Smoke Billy House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepshead Bay
Burlington
Miss Patton
Mesmerist
Bendoran
Peaceful
Maximo Gomez
Chicago
Frangible
Abe Furst
Rifle
Boney Boy
Moroni
Lillian Reed
Latonia
Bondman
May Jane
Dandy
Batten
Little Smoke
Billy House
Weather Outlook by State and Wind Direction
Kentucky and West Virginia partly cloudy with west to northwest winds. Ohio and Indiana face threatening conditions with fresh northerly winds becoming north easterly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Kennedy Found Guilty in Macomb Train Robbery Case
Hartville Mo June 21 The jury trying John Kennedy for complicity in the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis railroad express train robbery at Macomb Mo Jan 3 last returned a verdict finding Kennedy guilty and fixing his punishment at 17 years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartville
John Kennedy
Kansas City, Fort Scott
Looting and arson devastate villages in Tinnevelley district
In Simla on June 21 reports say over 50 villages across the Tinnevelley district were looted and burned. In one town more than a hundred serious cases occurred, with victims hacked and thrown into burning homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
India
Tinnevelley
His Big Fortune Alleged Motive For Abduction
Detroit June 21 Moses Fowler Chase 21 is said to have been abducted from the Cadillac Hotel while en route to Lafayette Ind. with his father Frederick Chase a lawyer. The pair traveled via Cleveland and Cincinnati to Albany where a private detective lost track. Extradition papers were prepared as New York authorities were warned. The fortune claimed to revert to the aunt on death is cited as motive for the kidnapping effort and guardianship motives. Police in New York Boston Portland and Montreal were notified to watch for the party believed aiming to remove Chase from the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Moses Fowler Chase
Cadillac
Chase
Flint
Lafayette
Ind
Frederick Chase
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Albany
N. Y
New York
Boston
Portland
Montreal
French Cabinet Crisis Deepens Amid Dreyfus Return
Paris reports intensifying cabinet crisis as Dupuy and Lockroy urge resignation. Orders allegedly direct the cruiser Sfax carrying Dreyfus to halt in the Azores to avoid home arrival before a new minister takes office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
MM. Dupuy
Lockroy
Loubet
St. Michaels
Azores Islands
Sfax
Dreyfus
France
Severe Storm Kills Man Milking Cow in Indiana
A severe storm swept central and eastern Indiana on June 21. Near Daleville under lightning, Charles Beeler and a cow were killed. Frank Smith lost his Eaton residence to a lightning strike. trees felled along North Nana near Muncie blocked railway tracks. wheat fields suffered heavy hail and wind damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Daleville
Charles Beeler
Frank Smith
Eaton
Nana
Muncie
General Leonard Wood Offered DC Transit Presidency
Washington June 21 General Leon ard Wood the military governor of Santiago province has been offered the presidency of the Washington Traction and Electric company of this city. The company formed recently owns and controls nearly all the street railroads in the District of Columbia. Wood has the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leonard Wood
Santiago
Washington Traction and Electric Company
District of Columbia
Wood
Henderson to Reshape House Committees on Elevation as Speaker
Chicago June 21 Congressman D B Henderson of Iowa will become speaker of the Fifty sixth congress and plans a general committee reorganization with no personnel changes The rules committee chair will move from Henderson to James W Babcock of Wisconsin and the shift signals a strategic reallocation of leadership duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
D. B. Henderson
Iowa
Committee On Rules
Henderson
James W. Babcock
Wisconsin
Indictments for Bribery in Chicago Grand Jury Action
The Chicago grand jury indicted Daniel Coughlin on offering a bribe to juror John F Taylor. Coughlin and his bartender William Armstrong were also indicted on conspiracy to obstruct the administration of public justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daniel Coughlin
William Armstrong
Coughlin
John F. Taylor
Workmen to Incorporate by Supreme Lodge Decision
Indianapolis June 21 The Supreme lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen voted to incorporate after two days of discussion. Previously some lodges opposed incorporation, but the final vote showed a large majority in favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workmen
Indianapolis
Supreme Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen
Hold the Philippines Threat to Pacific Coast Trade
Boston June 21 United States minister to Siam John Barrett warned at the Boston chamber of commerce that relinquishing the Philippines would strike a death blow to Pacific coast progress. He urged unity with Pacific coast states to secure legitimate commercial opportunities from Philippine occupancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Boston
John Barrett
United States
Siam
Cleveland
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Philippines
Far East
Great Pacific
San Francisco Group Plans National Negro Music Academy
San Francisco colored citizens move to secure a national academy of music for the Negro population. A committee at Star King African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church will map plans and entrust them to David Lubin of Sacramento and San Francisco to promote the idea in the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
National Academy of Music
Washington, D. C
America
Star King
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church
David Lubin
Sacramento
Governor Bradley Talks Feud in Clay County Meeting
In Frankfort on June 21 Governor Bradley conferred with Clay County citizens about the feud. Judge Eversole said he would vacate the bench and a special term will be called to try the two Bakers. The governor plans to send troops to attend the court and has offered a reward for the arrest and conviction of the unknown Tom Baker slayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Bradley
Clay County
Eversole
Bakers
Tom Baker
Four transports sail for Manila within a week
San Francisco dispatch reports four transports set to sail for Manila within a week with the Zealandia taking part of the Twenty-fourth infantry and the Valencia taking the remainder. The Zealandia is due to sail on Thursday, followed by the Sheridan and Pennsylvania on Saturday and the Valencia on Sunday. The Weyfield, a freight ship, will depart early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Manilla
Zealands
Sheridan
Pennsylvania
Valencia
Weyfield
Zealandia
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Dock workers avoid general strike after labor conference
In Buffalo on June 21 a conference of dock labor representatives failed to order a general strike. Freight handlers were urged to return to work but did not, and the decision was deferred until President Keefe of the Longshoremen's Association arrives to assess the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Keefe
Longshoremen’s Association
Dover Bank Teller Returns Missing Funds in Dover
Harry Hough assistant cashier of the Cocheco National Bank of Dover returned 5500 to the bank receiver after three weeks away. Police had alleged he took 3000 in gold and 2500 in bills from the vault when he left town and was arrested in Boston before being brought back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
N.H
Harry Hough
Cocheco National Bank of
Boston
Hough
Petition In Bankruptcy Files by Griswold & Son
Springfield furniture dealers EE Griswold and Son filed a bankruptcy petition citing liabilities of 75000 and assets of 90000. The filing date is June 20 in Springfield Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ills
EE. D. Griswold & Son of
Heat Paralyzes Seven in Chicago as Heat Hits 92
Seven people were prostrated by the heat in Chicago on June 20 as temperatures reached 92 degrees. One victim, Alexander Caldwell, a laboring man, is expected to die from heat exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alexander Caldwell
Mercury
Standard Oil to Move Headquarters from Cleveland
The Standard Oil company plans to abandon Ohio and relocate headquarters to New York. On July 1 its Ohio charter will be surrendered. Virgil P. Kline, the companys attorney, stated there is no aim to avoid litigation and denied that Attorney General Monnett forced the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Ohio
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
New York
Virgil P. Kline
Monnett
MARKED REPORTS Cattle and hog prices across markets
Chicago and Pittsburgh market figures show cattle ranges from common to choice grades with prices listed for beef cattle calves hogs sheep and lambs including western fed steers Texadhs and Yorkers Cattle prices span 2 to 7 per unit, hogs 2 to 8, lambs 4 to 8 with regional variations in Pittsburgh and Colorado wool lambs and spring lambs noted.
Market Prices Snapshot Across Cattle Hogs Wheat and Eggs
The column lists cattle and steers at varied prices up to 7 25 for calves, hogs around 4 25, and sheep and lambs from 3 25 to 8 00. Grain futures show No 2 red wheat at 83 and corn around 2 to 3 per bushel with mixed oats near 26. Eggs and creamery prices appear in Baltimore and Toledo markets with several price points noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Cyclone Freaks Near Milton Leaves Odd Strips of Damage
Tarkio Missouri man Cane Rankin described a recent cyclone near Milton, detailing peculiar storm effects. Dozens of chickens killed with feathers stripped, trees torn from roots or snapped, a plow impaled in a tree twenty feet high, grass scorched, and clothing and household items scattered or hung in branches, suggesting the cyclone split and surged twice while damaging homes and land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cane Rankin
Tarkio
Milton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sam Jones
Dreyfus and Friends
Admiralty
Halifax
Newfoundland
Lil Bealth
Cape Town
War Office
Kimberly
Cape Railway
W. Rh
P.C
Cini
Brook
Titts
Best
Balto
Nemereas
Phila al
Wreyh
Ao Louis
Cleve
St. Ti
Western League
Interstate League
Newcastle
Kennedy
Royal Baking PO
Academy of Music
Colorado
Pittabarg
Haltimore
Missouri
Cary Melhor
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!