Monon Fights State Board Over Lime Rate Cut in Court
In Lafayette Indiana Aug 23 a lawsuit challenges a 1907 act authorizing the railroad commission to adjust freight rates. The Monon railway argues a new joint rate of 60 cents a ton for coal service with Vandalia is below its cost and would cause a net loss per carload, threatening the line’s property value and earnings.
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Lafayette
Ind
Asult
John Y. McHugh
Mononailroad Company
State Railroad Commission
Iast
Railroad Commission
Romana Celtic Stone Company
Tudinna
Jines
Plaints Company
Vandalia Railway Company
Integer
Linton
Stone Company
Stinesville
Monon Railway Company
Monon Company
le Monon
Beer Makers of Indiana End Saloons Plan
Indianapolis reports Brewers resolve to stop opening new saloons as licenses expire. An agreement by brewers aims to remove about 2000 saloons state wide saving half a million dollars yearly and reducing license agitation ahead of the 1909 legislature. Death of P K Buskirk noted in Bloomington.
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Indianapolis
Sifoon
Grewsome find spurs cancer operation tale in New York
A bundle found in the Hudson River contained amputated breast tissue, initially feared murder. Dr. Weston, coroner’s physician, said the tissue came from a cancer operation likely performed in a sanatorium, not in a hospital, ending the murder theory.
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New York
Albert E .T. Weston
Earthquake Felt Across Caribbean Islands
A sharp earthquake was felt in Guadeloupe and Dominica with reports of damage or tremors. Strong aftershocks were reported near St Lucia as authorities assess impact on the island chain.
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West Indies
St. Thomas
D. We T
Guadeloupe
Dominica
St. Lucia
Wheat and livestock prices listed in Chicago market notes
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show wheat, corn, oats and fats with varied highs lows and closes. Hogs cattle and sheep receipts are reported with price ranges for prime fat steers and native wethers, plus livestock commission notes from East Buffalo.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ancient China soldier diet vow to gain ferocity
A Bar Harbor anecdote describes a Chinese diplomat in robes entertaining girls and claiming soldiers historically ate a tiger jelly, serpent soup, crocodile broth, and other bizarre dishes to gain fearsome traits. He asserts mandarins and soldiers still prefer this diet over modern drill and gunfire.
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China
Three Giant Locomotives Built for Erie Railroad at Schenectady
The American Locomotive Company at Schenectady builds three Mallet compound engines for the Erie railroad. Each locomotive weighs 205 tons without tender and can haul a two mile long freight train or 320 loaded cars on level track. The boilers exceed 43 feet in length with a massive eight foot firebox foundation ring and 404 inch tubes.
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Erie Railroad
Schenectady Works
American Locomotive Company
York Merald
Kaiser Reasserts Regimental Colors Policy
The Kaiser ordered regimental colors to be kept in their cases except on key occasions. Army flags, including new colors issued after recent reforms, were in poor condition and paraded lacking dignity. Officers tried to hide wear by slicing flags to imitate old regimental colors, provoking the emperor who cancelled the sham display and ordered proper colors returned to their cases.
Copper Mirrors From Aqueous Solution
A new method deposits copper mirrors on glass by reducing cupric oxide with phenyl hydrazine in potassium hydroxide. Dr. F. D. Chattaway presented mirrors to the London Royal Society, noting a coherent metallic film as bright and uniform as silver, with particularly vivid coloration.
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London Royal Society
F. D. Chattaway
Accidents on Warships And Sailor Grog Policy
A Chicago Tribune view compares warship accident risks to industrial plants and stresses constant vigilance necessary for safety. It notes that momentary carelessness can cause death or disability during training and combat, and that eternal vigilance remains the price of safety on ships. The piece also mentions British sailors being allowed a daily grog ration of two pints.
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Chicago, Tribune
Quaint Conceits in Jewelry and Dress Fashions
The article notes big brooches set with large stones like amethysts and topazes, with topaz pins gleaming and amethyst pins glowing softly. It describes immense Vierrot pompons of tulle on black hats and color pairings of roumanian, Bretonne, Moldavian embroidery on gowns. It also mentions skirt trimmings as wide bands at the hem and outfits for active boys, with Lutcher linen used in a white variation.
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Benson
Model of the Moment in Parisian fashion trends
Linen and pique dominate this season with wide color ranges from pastels to browns and blues. Elegant costumes trimmed in lace feature heavy floral crowns and velvet ribbons. Stripes persist, new trims diversify outfits, cloche hats rise, and Japanesque sleeve effects appear with embroidery and flat bands enhancing shoulders.
Bucklen Theatre Delivers Melodrama and Toyland Debut
Bucklen theatre crowd fills balcony and lower floor for A Break for Liberty about the Biddle brothers escape. Next Monday August 26 Toyland returns with a chorus of pretty girls and music. A Poor Relation and Luckiess David feature rare eccentrics with Lee D. Wellsworth appearing in both, curtain at 8 15.
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Bucklen Theatre
Biddle Brothers
Pennsylvania
Noah Vale
So Smith Russell
Luckiess
David
James W. Cutshaw
Lee D. Wellsworth
Waves of Water Lake Superior and Abyssinian Rainfall
Lakeside note describes Lake Superior as the largest body of water to October due to Abyssinian highlands rainfall. It notes Binck aca contains less animal life than other waters and that lower depths are saturated with a poisonous INS fish-killing substance.
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Superior
Oaly
Binck Aca
Otsego Journal Endorses Dr King’s New Discovery
Wm M Dietz editor of the Otsego Journal Gilbertsville N Y proclaims Dr King’s New Discovery the most popular remedy in Otsego county and the best friend to his family It cures coughs and colds and aids lung and throat diseases It is sold by Houseworth Bros Drug Store with 50 cent and one dollar bottles and a free trial bottle offered.
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Otsego County
Wm. M. Dietz
Otsego
Gilbertsville
N. Y
Dr. King
Houseworth Bros. Drug Store
Humor of the Hour and Quick Quotes In The Paper
A column of light humor and quips features short bits from Harper’s Weekly Catholic Standard and Times Detroit Tribune St Louis Post Dispatch and Washington Star. Jokes range from a child’s storm rescue to husband wife banter and wordplay.
Mischief on the Farm and a Punchline Exchange
A humorous dialogue frames mischief on a farm with animals planning a joke at an old man Ox as a setup. The snippet includes a quip about a horse laugh and a brief aside about kissing and athletics.
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Mr. Colt
Mr. Dog
Sansas
City Times
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