Bandits Rampage in La Grange Terror Night
The Elgin Echo reports a series of holdups in La Grange Illinois with homes looted and residents assaulted. Victims include Glavk Nelson who was stabbed and robbed and Serrvy Tilet beaten. the robbers fired shots at a fleeing homeowner and withdrew with valuables. Police chase and local fear followed as more houses were entered during the night.
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la Grange
Tll
Causa
Chicago
Glavk Nelson
S'rople
Cie
Hurtington
Nelson
L. Brown
South Fifth Avenue
Brown
Back From Labrador Wilds Washburne Kin Returns
Former mayor Hempstend Washburne's son Clarke Washburne, 28, returns to Chicago after a three month Labrador expedition with Eugene Delano, 21, of New York. They sailed from St Johns Newfoundland last June, skirted Labrador, reached Battle Harbor, then up the Grand River to Grand Falls and back, viewing the falls as a rare sight.
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Washburne
Tella
Clarke Washburne
Hempstend Washburne
Chicago
Labrador
Eugene Delano
New York
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Battle Harbor
Washborne
Rigulut
Grand River
Grand Falls
World’s Biggest Melon Record Breaker Grows Giant
Sikes Young on his irrigated farm near North Yakima Washington pulls a four foot long melon weighing 198 pounds. He brings the fruit to be photographed with his 12 year old daughter. The melon measures over four feet in length and three feet at the widest point. It will be shipped to an eastern city for advertising irrigated Washington regions. Young says he raised the remarkable specimen by careful attention and a method he will not disclose until he tests it next season.
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Sikes Young
North Yakime
Wash
Washington
Young
Fight for the Pennants. Branding of Clubs in Principal Leagues
A fragmented sports note shows standings with branding and league gaps for teams including Cincinnati Chicago Boston Pittsburg Brooklyn Philadelphia St Louis and others. In a separate obit style line, Max Glock, 52, a Hamilton Ohio laborer, died by hanging after leaving a note about a $1000 life insurance to feed his six hungry children as unemployment lingered and the policy neared expiration.
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New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
I Phil'dophia
St. Louis
Max Glock
Hamilton
Ohio
Japan to Cut Chinese Troops for Saving in Yen
Japan plans to reduce the large forces in northern China to two companies. The move aims to save about 730,000 yen annually, roughly 375,000 in other currency. The decision signals a strategic retrenchment and financial saving for the Japanese military presence in China.
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China
Japan
Man Falls Into Boiling Dye Vat Tragedy in Newark
Robert McFellin aged 25 of Passaic likely fatally scalded after falling into a vat of boiling dye at Laidten dyeing works in Newark New Jersey. The accident occurred at the factory where he was employed, with immediate medical aid unavailable to prevent demise.
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Robert McFellin
Passaic
Laidten
Newark
N. J
Emanuel Mandel's Fortune Probate Will Filed for $32 Million
Emanuel Mandel of Chicago files a will for probate detailing an estate of 32 million dollars with 50 thousand dollars earmarked for charity. A Dallas Texas fire in the business district destroys property valued at 200 thousand dollars and results in the death of a fireman.
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Emanuel Mandel
Chicago
Dallas
Texas
Dalias
Prominent Burlington Resident Found Dead in Park
Eighty eight year old Mallory, a noted Burlington figure, was found dead in Fairmount Park Philadelphia, with authorities deeming it a suicide amid financial distress and poor business affairs. A separate fire in Are wala, Migs., destroyed the town’s business district after a cigarette ignited waste paper in a pool room, consuming fifteen buildings.
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Killa
Jovn
Mallory
Burlington
Nod
Way
Fairmount Park
Phiadelphia
Arewala
Migs
Killing Prairie Dogs by Poison War On Western Pests
The U S Department of Agriculture waged a summer campaign against prairie dogs using poisoned wheat coated with strychnine and molasses. In Leadville and Pike national forests a 73 acre dog town yielded rapid cattle and rider protection as 90 percent died within an hour. The effort, led by forest service, plans a larger scale kill next spring.
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Merellesaly
Sam
Phila
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Leadville
Pike National Forests
Labor unions and pension plans across the world report
A survey highlights global union activity and reforms including Utah’s federation, Porto Rico cigarmakers above 1000 members, and a Sydney court ruling on trade union labels. It notes pensions proposals in Wilkes-Barre, age rules for Italian mine labor, and a tuberculosis focus by Cortelyou.
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Utah
Federation of Labor
Cigarmakers’ Union
Porto Rico
Federal High Court
Sydney
New South Wales
Scottish
Trades Union Congress
St. Louis
John Samuels
Trade Union Congress of England
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Brisbane
Australia
Clothing Trades
Wemale Employes
W. G. Weaver
Wilken-Barre
Italy
James EB. Roderick
Department of Mines
Pennsylvania
Liege
Telgimum
International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington Opens
Washington report on the International Congress on Tuberculosis at the National Museum. Exhibits include maps, dispensaries, hospitals, and treatment facilities. Notable attendees include President Roosevelt and Dr. Howard L. Trudeau. vice presidents include Fairbanks, Cannon, and state governors. The opening ceremonies featured diplomatic and medical dignitaries and a welcome by District Commissioner MacFarland.
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Washington
National Museum
Walla
Roosevelt
Congress
Howard L. Trudeau
Saranac Lake
Fairbanks
Cannon
Robert Koch
Landoury
Paris
Sprouck
Utrecht
Tende- Joo
Leyden
Philips
Edinburgh
Conl
Buenos Ayres
Flugge
Brea- Tau
Bang
Copenhagen
Vargas
Barcelona
Marchinfava
Rome
Egger
Basel
Wladimiroff
St. Petersburg
Kayserling
Berlin
Ocalmette
Lille
Diplomatic Corps
Henry G. Beyer
Dra. Beyer
John S. Fulton
Desert to Bloom Amm Great Meeting at Albuquerque
The sixteenth annual National Irrigation Congress opened in Albuquerque with about 1,800 delegates. President Arink Goudy of Denver presided as crowds filled the hall. speeches by Mayor Laster and foreign representatives marked the event, with experts like Dr. Robert Koch and Surgeon General Walter Wyman addressing TB control and other irrigation topics. The program included open air treatment trials, a large choir performance, a Mexican government band, and a parade by Colorado troops. Governor Curry opened the exposition as Congress allocated $30,000 for displays of irrigated products.
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Albuquerque
National Irrigation Congress
Arink Goudy
Denver
Laster
United States
Robert Koch
Walter Wyman
W. Iield Blair
New York Zoological Society
New York
Curry
New Mexico
Esponse
Goudy
France
England
Spain
Portugal
Itay
Cape Colony
Canada
Porto Rico
Brazil
Congress
Government of
Mexico
J. Franklin Bell
Hax
Department of the Colorado
Bell
Thomas
Panama Canal labor supply expands with natives and Jamaicans
Colonel Georgs W. Goethals, chief engineer, reports on arrival at New Orleans that natives and Jamaicans provide nearly all canal labor. An American labor attempt failed due to security concerns. The labor force is stable, with many workers returning after leaving, creating a ready pool for ongoing construction.
Woman climbs Huascaran in Peru reaching summit
Miss Annie Peck of Providence R I achieves a second ascent of Monnt Huascaran in Peru, about 26 000 feet high, after an earlier 25 000 foot attempt hindered by a guide's illness. Her Swiss companion suffered frostbite as the climb began. Mia Ming A Hubbard widow of explorer L Hubbard and Harold T Ellis married at Toronto Ontario.
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Huascaran
Annie
Peck
Providence
Monnt Huascaran
Peru
Mia
Ming A. Hubbard
Dr. Leonidgs Hubbard
Labrador
Harold T. Ellis
India
Toronto
Ont
Chicago Business Tone Amid Drought Delays and Demand Shifts
Dun's Review of Trade notes irregularities yet an encouraging general business trend in Chicago. Bank clearings total 237,615,073, down 3.7 percent from the same week in 1907, with activity in money and bonds rising while drought and late harvest delay retail demand and fall plowing. Manufacturing shows no major shift. more labor and machinery active. real estate and new building investment rise. 28 district failures reported, seven liabilities over 5,000.
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Chicago
Dun
New York Trade Cautious as Election Looms
Wholesale demand remains dull with conservative purchases and a fall in dry goods. Western trade shows general strength but retailers hold small stocks while orders for immediate shipment rise, pressuring wholesalers and robbers. Bradstreet reports weekly U S and Canadian failures: 267 in the U S and 32 in Canada.
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York
United States
Canada
Prairie and Midwestern Market Prices Around the Nation
A dense sweep of commodity quotes from Chicago to Buffalo lists cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs potatoes and clover seed with bid ranges and quality notes. Prices span multiple cities including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Toledo and Buffalo reflecting wide regional fluctuation across livestock and staple grains.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Hog prices rise in Chicago stock yards after long decline
For the first time in nine years hog prices increased in the Chicago stock yards last Monday, rising about seven cents per hundredweight as pork lard and tallow followed. Scarcity of livestock and high corn costs cited as causes for the upswing.
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Chicago
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