China plans to invest in foreign securities over a year
The Elgin Echo reports a Chinese investment plan exceeding 1,000,000,000 in foreign securities. Other items note census results in New York City, political indictments, and global events from queenly proclamations to Roosevelts comments and disasters.
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China
Greater
New York
United States
Warren
Wyoming
Conress
General Explosives Company
Hull
Quebec
End of an Era as King Edward Dies at Buckingham Palace
King Edward VII of England dies from pneumonia at 11 45 p m Friday night at Buckingham Palace London. George V becomes king immediately after, with the crown passing in due order. Reports say pneumonia followed bronchitis, though doctors offered no formal statement. The king's last words were I think I have done my duty. His death ends a reign marked by democratic simplicity and kingly dignity. The royal family was by his bedside as he passed, and the nation begins a new era under George V.
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Edward VII
Great Britain
London
George
W. J. Henley
Western Indiana Railroad
Chicago
England
Buckingham Palace
Empire of Great Britain
Prince George of Wales
George V
Edward
Chronology of the New King Born at Marlborough
A garbled chronology traces a royal figure from birth at Marlborough House on June 6 1865 through early naval service to command roles and promotions. It mentions a secret Malta marriage to Miss Tryon a fever illness in 1891 and accession timing related to the throne, ending with the creation of the Prince of Wales title and succession in 1901.
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Marlborough House
Navy
Malta
Tryon
Princess May of Teck
Britain
Prince of Wales
Farmers and Workers Band Align on Industrial Lines
The Farmers' National and Cooperative Union agrees to accept Samuel Gompers's plan of cooperation with the American Federation of Labor on industrial lines only. Representatives say the alliance has no special items. Organized labor and organized farmers will cooperate to preserve the rights and liberties of both classes of workers. The alliance aims to unite labor and farming interests across industry.
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Farmers’ National and Co-operative Union
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Farmers’ Union
All Niation
King Edward Loved Across England’s Colonial Realms
King Edward was sincerely loved throughout England's possessions for his democratic simplicity and kingly dignity. He was praised as the first gentleman of Europe, beloved by a noble mother and by all who knew him.
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Edward
England
Europe
Woman Strangled in Denver Home Mystery Deepens
Mrs Ridgeway Wilson wife of a Denver real estate dealer was found dead in a coal bin. She appeared choked with her hair, with a large forehead skin triangle and deep temple cuts. A Japanese consul was summoned amid suspicions involving a servant. Money left in the house remained untouched.
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Ridgeway Wilson
Denver
Colg
Mr. Wilson
Gompers Backs Co Op Resolution With Farmers Union
A four day conference between Gompers and the farmers' committee led to a resolution pledging to favor products of industrial workers who organize and to urge reciprocal purchase of union farmers products. Legislative committees will cooperate with labor to secure relief and reform to conserve workers and citizens rights under the U.S. Constitution. The farmers' union claims 2,000,000 members.
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Gompers
Farmers’ Committee
United States
Farmers' Union
Big fruit crop expected in four western states
Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana officers of state horticultural organizations report to Spokane Chamber of Commerce that this year’s fruit crop should be the largest and most profitable in the history of the four states.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Chronology of the Life of King Edward VII
Chronology traces Edward VII from birth in 1841 at Buckingham Palace to death in 1910. Events include marriage to Alexandra in 1862, typhoid illness in 1871, India visit in 1875, Derby win in 1896, accession in 1901, perilous illness in 1902, and coronation in August 1902.
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Buckingham Pulace
United States
Canada
Alexandra of
Denmark
Windsor
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence
Prince George, Duke of York
Prince of Wales
India
Jan
England
Buckingham Palace
Rail Bill Passes House With Narrow Vote 200 to 126
The administration rail bill cleared the House exactly as reported from committee. The final vote stood 200 to 126 with all Republicans voting yes or paired in its favor. Fourteen Democrats joined the majority, while motions to recommit and to alter merger provisions were defeated.
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House
Adamson
Georgia
Mann
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Farmers in Big Food Unite For High Price Fight
Farmers formed the American Co-Operative Union in St. Louis after a national rally to curb rising costs. Secretly organized, the body aims to incorporate for 1 million dollars with Thomas G. Nelson of Indianapolis as president, Rev. J. Tuo hy of St. Louis as secretary, and Thomas Emmerton of Bloomer as treasurer.
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St. Louis
American Co-Operative Union
Thomas G. Nelson
Indianapolis
Ind
J. T. Tuohy
Thomas Emmerton
Bloomer
Wis
Trade And Industry Ledger Notes
Milines owns over a million and a half horses valued slightly above 106 dollars each. Missouri last year produced over half a million pounds of tobacco worth 12 cents per pound. The South Dakota Cattlemen meet in Rapid City. A wage hike of three cents hourly for all train crews on the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific line. Japanese day laborers 29 cents for four days, women servants 84 cents a month, men servants 1.36 a month, women farm laborers 8.60, men farm laborers 15.96. Incorporation filings: Farmers State Bank of Roscoe South Dakota capital 15,000. State Telephone Company based in Draper with capital 5,000.
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Missouri
South Dakota Cattlemen's Association
Rapid City
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
Japan
Perre
Farmere’ State Bank
Roscoe
State Telephone Company
Draper
Proclamation of George V as King in medieval ceremony
The nation hailed George V with a formal proclamation at St James's Palace. Heralds in red and gold read the royal title as crowds gathered in rain. Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty led the ceremony with cheers and a fanfare, followed by the Coldstream Guards playing God Save the King.
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George V
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Ireland
India
Victoria
Duke of Norfolk
England
Great Heraldic Company
Alfred Scott Scott-Gaity
Duke of
Duke
Sir Alfred
Coldstream Guards
St. James’ Park
River Steamer Saltillo Sinks After Collision
Thirteen aboard the City of Saltillo were drowned when the Mississippi steamer struck a rock near Glan Pari twenty four miles south of St. Louis. Built 1892 at Jeffersonville, the 200 by 37 foot vessel drew 6.6 feet and served St. Louis and Tennessee River routes to Waterloo Alabama with stops in main river cities.
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Mississippi River
City of Saltillo
Glan Pari
St. Louis
Saltillo
St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company
Jeffersonville
Ind
Waterloo
Ala
Tennessee River
Standings of the Clubs in Baseball Leagues
National League standings show Pittsburg leading with 12 wins, 6 losses, followed by Cincinnati at 8 8b and New York at 18 8. Boston is 7 11, Philadelphia 10 7, St. Louis 6 18, Chicago 12 8, Brooklyn 7 14. Western League lists Denver 12 4, Omaha 8 8, Wichita 11 5, Topeka 6 9, St. Joseph 9 6, Sioux City 5 9, Lincoln 7 8, Des Moines 6 12. A London Ky dispatch reports Alma Kellner, Louisville child kidnapped last winter, found in Grays with a gypsy fortune teller.
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Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Philadel’a
St. Louis
Chicago
Brooklyn
Wwe
Denver
Omaha
Wichita
Topeka
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Lincoln
Des Moines
London
Alma Kellner
Louisville
Grays
Philadela
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
American Association
St. Paul
Indianapoli
Minneapolis
Columbus
Milwaukee
Toledo
Kansas City
Sarsaparilla Cures and The Dairy Line Joke
A vintage ad copy touts Hoods Sarsaparilla as a cure all for blood humors and digestion, while a stray streetcar banter notes a nickname dairy line due to sour cream turning to butter by journey's end. The exchange features a motorman chewing tobacco and a thrown back line about a mysterious tablet called Sarsatabs.
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Dairyline
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Various Advertiser Claims
A mixed set of old advertisement snippets and medical claims. Prominent items tout Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money-back claim, Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, Dr Pierce's Pellets for constipation, Perry Davis' Painkiller, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and generic quackish notices. The piece also includes a quip about spelling reform and a joke from the Chicago Tribune.
Elevated Loop Problem and Nickel Extraction Comment
A Chicago Tribune exchange quotes an old resident stockholder describing the “elevated loop problem” as finding the way to obtain the most nickels with minimal expenditure, highlighting practical cost concerns.
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Uceinetly
Chicago Tribune
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