The Lucania Damaged in Liverpool Dock Scene
The Elgin Echo reports the steamer Lucania sustaining heavy damage in a Liverpool dock. Other items note appendicitis surgery on a passenger ship attributed to pure air and absence of germs, plus numerous national issues from trains wrecks to bank reform talks and currency plans.
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Lucania
Liverpool
Denver and
Rio Grande
Husted
Colo
J. Hy
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Notes of Current Events Highlight Early Ship Names
Notes from the era report the death of Miss Isis Gusser at eighteen after an apparition and Usht racing. The Cunard steamships Umbria and Mtrucke are for sale due to outdated engines and high coal consumption. these vessels were record breakers about twenty years ago, first to halve the ocean trip.
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Isis Gusser
Voll
Kinger
Umbria
Mtrucke
Cunard
Ite
Aliando
Ebullet
Street Car Workers Agree to 1 Million Dollar Wage Rise
Chicago street car employees and traction companies reached a near settlement after a conference led by John M Roach and Thomas B Mitten The pact would raise wages by about 1 million dollars over three and a half years dating from August 1 1904 The plan outlines stepped increases from 28 cents to 30 cents per hour for veteran workers and scaled steps for newer hires under a three and a half year contract
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Chicago
John M. Roach
Thomas B. Mitten
City
Cabe Met
South Chicago and Consolidated Companies
Walter J. Fisher
Venezuela to Pay Claim in Out of Court Settlement
Information from New York reports the New York Venezuela Company claim against Venezuela settled by protocol. Venezuela agrees to pay $475,000 in cequital for development expenditures from concessions granted in 1901 under the Castro government. The case had been slated for The Hague tribunal next fall after months of testimony in New York. This is the third of five U S disputes with Venezuela resolved independently.
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New York
New York-Venezuela Company
Venezuela
W. W. Russell
State Department
Washington
Hague
Egyptian lotus blooms in Calumet River near Hammond Indiana
The Egyptian lotus is said to grow in the Calumet river three miles east of Hammond, Indiana, with thousands of blossoms observed. The flower, five to six inches across, is delicate yellow tipped with green and opens by day. Local residents doubt importation, believing the plant is indigenous to the Calumet and Nile waters.
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Calumet
Hammond
Ind
Woom
Nile
Himmmond
Egypt
Calumel
Nile River
Chicago City Faces Streetcar Crisis After Fatal Accidents
Mayor Busse orders drastic safety measures after a report shows last month twenty two killed and two hundred fifty three injured in two hundred thirty four streetcar accidents. Fifteen adults and seven children among the dead.
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Busse
Chicago
Inheritor Calls Wealth Evil Theodora Harris Bequeaths to Baptists
Louisville banker Theodora Harris dies leaving over 1 million dollars largely to the Baptists of Kentucky. His will provides life tenancies for children, each to yield 150 dollars monthly, with any disqualified beneficiary’s share reverting to the estate for church use. He argues inherited wealth is seldom useful to heirs.
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Theodora Harris
Louisville
Baptists of
Kentucky
Baptist Church
Tarnished totals and races mark 1908 Detroit meet
The 18 year old trotter 2008 BENDS reduced records at the State Jury Detroit, with a sale price of 492 in a 12 field. Murry G. Lees of Minikahda Minneapolis won the trans-Mlaalaxippt golf championship by defeating Bernard &chdnand of the Wavel Club Des Moines 16 to 8 in final play at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club. Glidden tourists visited M. W. Savage's stock farm in Twin Cities where Dan Pawh and Minor Weir finished in a dead heat. Time figures ranged 80 to 220644. Viltoen Russian racing horses from Urluft stables in Moscow were to be exhibited in America this fall at state farms to gauge interest for importation.
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Trotter
Detroit
Murry G. Lees
Minikahda Club
Minneapolis
Bny Bernard &, Chdnand
Wavel Club
Des Moines
Moscow
America
Bank Robbers Kill and Wound in Oklahoma Heist
Two men robbed the State Bank at Kiefer Oklahoma late Monday night. City Marshal Inford was killed and Cashier Calmer Webling gravely wounded when the robbers fired after being interrupted while drilling the vault door. They escaped as a posse formed to pursue.
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Oklahoma
Marshal Inford
Inford
Wobling
Alabama Moves to Make State Dry Under Fuller Bill
Alabama lawmakers pass the Fuller bill aiming to ban all liquor sales and advertising in any form. It prohibits liquor sale or shipment, advertising, and declaring places as saloons, with raids allowed on suspicious premises and confiscation of goods. A federal revenue license becomes prima facie evidence of guilt for proprietors.
Man shoots guest and relative during home intrusion fear
George Speed fatally shot his brother-in-law Abe Vinson and fired at his sister, both guests at Speed's Fulton Kentucky home. Believing burglars were entering, Speed fired on the pair as they slept on a balcony, then failed to investigate.
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Hkeostncky Luna Alay
Stater
Fulton, Sy
George Speed
Abe Vinson
Vinson
Speed
Argentina Rescinds Beef Import Embargo After Congress Act
Argentina will allow importation of American cattle and hides from the United States as the embargo is lifted. The move follows Congress placing hides on the free list, which is believed to have influenced Argentina to take this step.
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United States
Congress
Argentina
Indian student hanged in London after killings
Mandeo Muardover Wanged and Madarial Dhinggri, identified as Indian students, were executed in London for the murder of Lieut-Col. Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyttie and Dr. Cawal Labaca. The case draws attention to colonial tensions and wartime security in the capital.
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Mandeo Muardover Wanged
Madarial Dhinggri
Wiliam Hutt Curzon Wyttie
Cawal Labaca
London
Alaska Coal Land Fraud Hearings Promised
Investigations into Alaska coal land frauds escalate as Ballinger and Dennett prepare hearings. Nearly 500 coal entries face cancellation amid coordination between the General Land Office and top coal engineers. Railroad firms in New York Boston and Philadelphia reportedly seek delays to curb impending actions.
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Interior
Ballinger
Jed Dennett
General Land Office
Altaska
Dennett
Alaska
Denver
Seattle
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Waterville Bans Swearing Except “By Chowder”
In Waterville Kansas the city council passed a strict ordinance barring profane language within city limits. Only the term “by chowder” is permitted and not considered a swear word, otherwise violators face fine and imprisonment.
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Waterville
Kan
Clermont mine disaster claims twelve miners in France
An explosion at a Clermont Fer rand mine in France kills twelve miners. Separately, Cuba’s President Gomea realigns his cabinet with all members except the Secretary of Justice to reconstruct it per popular demands. In Australia, South Australia buys 1600 acres to promote dairy farming with a government expert in charge.
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Clermont
Ferrand
France
Gomea
Cuba
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade update for Chicago district
The Chicago district shows rising demand and expanding production across iron and steel, rail, manufacture, and mercantile sectors. Grain movements reach 11,067,547 bushels with year over year gains. bank clearings rise 21.7 percent from 1908. failures total 29 with seven over 5000 dollars.
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Chicago
Dun’s Weekly Review of Trade
New York Trade Shows Improving General Activity Week
Improvement is manifest in general trade and industry with conservatism still seen in small frequent sales. Developments are largely favorable as buyers increase for fall and spring delivery. crop reports and securities strength bolster markets. Railroads improve, idle cars declining, iron and steel industries active, building trades busier, and collections inch higher. Business failures US week to Aug 12 total 219. Canada 24.
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New York
United States
Canada
Commodity Price Snapshot Across Markets
Chicago prices cover hogs wheat and butter. Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Cincinnati New York show cattle hogs and grains with No 2 and various quotations. Notable figures include wheat around 1.05 to 1.10 and corn near 64c to 78c, butter at 28c to 29c, eggs about 17c to 25c.
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Rinndina
St. Louis
Cleveland
St. Paul
Ilwikee
I¢ Kan
Lonisville
Columbus
Bovetas
Chicago
Indianapolis
Bate
Detroit
Cincinnati
New York
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Elgin Echo
ELGIN
American Prison Association
Aldrich
Rock Gland
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Crete
Massachusetts
Turkey
Peking
Chinese Railway $20,000,000 Loan. B. ¥. Yoakum, of the Rock Island
Melilla
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Naval Court of Inquiry
Sutton
Taft
Beverly
Forester Pinchot
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tudleripolis
West Point
Rolando Sutton
Rocky Mountains
South Dakota
Secret Service
Loutaville
Bourque
Holcombe
Indianapolis Speedway
National Prohibition Party
Atlantic City
Alabama Legielatory
South
National Irrigation Congress
Pueblo, Colo
North America
Leroy T. Broward
Chicago Post Office
Macvyeagh
Treasury
Alabama
Kansas Town
Kelk
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