Elgin Fire Tragedy Kills Three Firemen
In Baltimore a massive blaze at the J. Reperter & Sons building near Holiday and Saratoga streets killed three firemen and left fifteen injured as a wall collapsed in a gale. Fire spread through narrow Saratoga Street with a rear four story structure catching fire and burning.
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Alteen
Baltimore
J. Reperter & Sons
Iolliday and
Saratoga Streets
Saratoga Street
J. T. Read & Son Company
Veteran heir claim surfaces in Ohio ad seeking missing relative
An elderly man claiming to be Gideon ill, a missing Ohio soldier who served under Grant, asserts he is the sole heir to the estate of California millionaire Charles Hill. He appeared in Columbus at Attorney Sutton’s office after an NY administrator placed ads seeking the missing heir.
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Gideon Ill
Oto
Charles Hill
California
Suntington
Columbus
Ohio
New York
Glideon Iti
Blill
Elf Addiey
Grant
Skull fracture from falling iron at Singer Building
A five pound soldering iron dropped from the forty-second floor of the Singer Building in New York, striking a worker named John Boyle on the head and fracturing his skull. He was taken to a hospital in a dying condition. A steel bolt also fell through a skylight at the federal building, narrowly missing Assistant Postmaster Murphy. The source offers no clue to the iron's source or origin.
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Singer
New Singer
Lower Broadway
New York
0Rinsoni
City Investing
John Boyle
Federal Building
Murphy
Missouri River navigation congress meets in Sioux City
The Missouri River navigation congress held its first session at the Grand Theater in Sioux City to devise ways to improve the river and restore steam boat traffic, aiming for better freight rates and revived river commerce. The report also notes other modern era items and public notices from across cities.
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Missouri
Missouri River Navigation Congress
New Grand Theater
Sioux City
Congress
Missouri River
Morrrie K Jesup Dies After Civic Service
Morrie K. Jesup retired banker and longtime New York civic leader died at his home 197 Madison Avenue after two weeks of illness from heart disease. The 78-year-old inventor Jacob W. Vavie also died at his San Francisco home after pioneering copper clad clothing and copperynted overalls begun in Porto Rico and later moved to San Francisco in 1873.
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Morrie K. Jesup
Morris K. Jesup
Madison Avenue
New York
Mr. Jesup
Jacob W. Vavie
Francisco
Porto Rico
San Francisco
Pacific coast defense warnings alarm Seattle
A Washington state correspondent warns that sixteen battleships on a Pacific cruise highlight the coast’s weak defenses from Lower California to the Canadian line. He cites unprotected San Diego and Puget Sound and urges rapid fortifications and dockyard improvements along the coast to meet a potential fleet arrival.
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Seattle
Hay
Baclie
Walington
Lower California
Tvasion
Sanfrancisco
Humphrey
Whettington
Roosevelt
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Pacific Coast
San Diego
San Pedro
California
Washington
Pacific
Mexico
Magdalena Bay
Navy Yard
San Franciscoo
Union activity tops labor news across continents
Hudson Wisconsin unionists organize two new machinists unions. The Glass Workers Union reports 6 000 embers and 100 000 in the treasury. A Canadian Labour Party branch forms in London while Great Britain sees advancing labor images. Bartenders in Denver threaten eight hour demands. barbers in Hamilton seek higher wages. Notable: 41st Trade Union Congress meets in Nottingham September 7, 1908. Baltimore labor men back policemen to secure a weekly day off. a Lynn Massachusetts meeting plans a national independent shoe workers' union.
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Denver
Colo
Tamilton
Ont
Trade Union Congress of
Great Britain
Nottinghaim
Baltimore
Lynn
Mass
W. E. McRiwen
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
Mny
Duluth
Mel
Washington
D. C
Allied
Battle for Nomination Looms in 1904 Republican Drama
The coming nominating fight will be fierce with party lines drawn. The Democratic side solidifies against Bryan while Republicans brace for chaos and sharp exchanges. Veteran orators on both sides prepare to command the stump as the campaign stretches months, testing business nerves and public mood.
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Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
McKinley
Dealust
Roosevelt
Great 1908 Campaign Begins In Chicago Convention
Washington observers foresee a fierce national campaign to name a next president with Bryan likely in the Democratic field. Taft remains a White House favorite as Cortelyou Knox Foraker and others bolster the administration’s push while Hughes in New York and Fairbanks Cannon in Illinois stir the race ahead of Chicago. The convention scene hardens around Knox Hughes Foraker Fairbanks and Cannon as each backs their state and faction.
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Washington
California
Maine
Roosevelt
Taft
Foraker
Knox
Cortelyou
New York
Gov. Hughes
Chicago
Fairbanks
Cannon
Senate
Indiana
Imuels
Hughes
Faibanks
Presidential Campaigns Since 1886
A garbled list traces presidential campaigns from 1800 to 1904, naming pairs of Republican and Democratic contenders and party alignments. It includes Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, McKinley, Roosevelt, Cleveland, Bryan, Parker and others, with scattered dates and opposing tickets. The passage mixes errors and multiple spellings, reflecting OCR issues.
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I'vemont
Dayton
Lincoln
Harlin
Johnson
Grant
Colfax
Wilson
Hayes
Wheeler
Garfield
Arthur
Linine
Logmi
Harrison and Morton
Harrison and Reid
McKinley
Hobart
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Candlanton
Buuchanan
Breckinridge
Douglas and Johnson
McClellan
Pendleton
Seymour and Blair
Greeley and Brown
Tilden and Hendricks
Nancock
English
Cleveland and Hendricks
Cleveland
Thurman
Stevenson
Brynan
Sewall
Bryan
Parker and Davis
Breckinridge and Lane
Senate and House Debate on Criminal Code and Immigration
Congress devoted sessions to the criminal code revision and immigration bill amid clashes over agency powers and political endorsements. The Senate discussed a probe into the Silehman coal case and harvester influence, while the House advanced a crop statistics falsification offense and pondered tariff action as a looming deficit was flagged. Adjournments followed quiet, if tense, proceedings.
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Senate
Cortelyon
Philadelphia
Honac
Silehman Goal and Coke Company
John Mitchell
Alston G.duyton
United States Circuit Court
West Virginia
Culberson
Hale
Burleson
Exes
Sherley
Kentucky
Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Dalziel
Randell
Texas
Qlark
Missouri
Wiliam S. Bryan
Denver
Boutell
Illinois
Cannon
Senate Srihitra
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Department of Commerce and Labor
Tts
International Larvester Company
Harvester Trust
House of Representatives
Ollie Jones
Stone
Treasury Department
New York
Boston
Teller
House
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Magnetic Nebraskan Sets Tone For Party Nominating Process
Commentator notes Nebraskan influence shaping the Republican and Democratic paths to Chicago and Denver. Six months of contention loom as parties await standard bearers, with capital watching closely as indications and straw polls sway confidence, while major projects stall pending nominations.
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Chicago
Denver
Chicago regulates bake stalls after bakery filth uproar
Chicago acts to revoke a bakery license instantly if cleanliness rules are not met following a citywide agitation about filthy bakery conditions. The new ordinance targets immediate enforcement to curb unsanitary practices in city bakeries.
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Chicago
Taft Endorsed by Oklahoma Legislators Amid Quick Briefs
Telegraphic items note Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma backing Secretary Taft for the presidency. A bomb heavily damaged the Center at Andover New York home of Justice H R Core. Justice Core had been strict in liquor law enforcement. Thomas F Lonergan, a supervisor under the Schmitz administration in San Francisco, confessed to bribe schemes and died there of heart illness.
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Oklahoma
Taft
H.R. Core ‘Center
Andover
N.Y
Thomas F. Lonergan
Schmitz
Prominent Society Figure Visits New York Children
A society lady frequently visits a New York children's hospital, bringing fruit and flowers to patients. In one ward a boy is singled out as difficult. she offers a dollar if he behaves well for a week. He promises but falls short, and on her next visit she asks him to decide his own behavior history.
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Children's Hospital
New York
Miss Society
New. York. Tribune
Scientist Answers A Mystery With Nightcap Fireball
A curious glow and sizzling sounds disturb Sir Humphrey Davy as a lamp is extinguished. He then notes a warm scalp and dramatic thoughts on gravity and the solar system, with a New York American snippet on Neptune and universal gravity.
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Humphrey Davy
Neptune
New- York
The Niagara Limited Honeymoon Party Mystery
A reporter bursts into the station asking where the Honeymoon parties are while the station master gestures to the waiting room where two turtle doves sit, suggesting a vanished gathering. The exchange hints at a playful, cryptic scene aboard the Niagara Limited train.
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Niagara Limited
Grape Nuts praised as lifesaving baby food
A reader extols Grape Nuts as a perfect food for delicate babies and healthy adults. She recounts a doctor advised case where condensed milk ruined a child's stomach, and after using a homemade Grape Nuts preparation the baby thrived. The letter lauds its wholesome, tasty benefits for all ages.
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Baby
Wellville
Ples
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