Roosevelt and Brick in Trust Debate Echoes on Labor
A July 4 Pittsburg speech by President Roosevelt draws praise for enforcement of the law yet questions linger over action against the coal and meat trusts. The piece contrasts Knox's stance, Wellman’s view, and Congressman Brick’s record on labor issues and Chinese immigration, criticizing silence on wage protection and monopoly. The writer frames Brick as possibly hollow in labor posing as friend.
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Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Theodorus
Hamlet
Polonius
Beveridge
Mark Hanna
Washington
Chicago
Knox
Walter Wellman
Chicago Record-Herald
Coal Trust
Morsson Bryan War of Words with Indianapolis Sentinel
The Nebraskan editor accuses the Sentinel of compromising democratic principles by endorsing the Indiana platform. The Sentinel rebukes Bryan while praising his eloquence but questions his party leadership, accusing him of dividing the Democrats to serve Hanna aligned interests and to maintain moneyed control.
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Bryan
Indianapolis Sentinel
Nebraskan
Sentinel
Indiana
The
the Sentinel
William J. Bryan
Mir
Kansas City
Mark Hanna
Freebooters
Democratic Party
Brick's Labor Image Aims To Win Vote
Congressman Brick shifts image to labor advocate claiming a hardened labor stance while defending a past record. He plans a broad stump tour and will highlight a speech on extending the Chinese exclusion act to appeal to working voters. Five hundred thousand copies of the speech will be printed and circulated to boost visibility.
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Congress
Congressman Brick
Brick
Labor
Which is Deserving of Sym Pathy
An editorial argues that industrial strife pits organized capital against organized labor with the public bearing the burden. It cites the coal strike as evidence of rising prices and distrust, asks who suffers, and suggests a new party may emerge to restrain both sides and protect national progress.
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Great Republic
Walter Brown Praises Brick Act For Pulaski Statue
Walter Brown criticizes slow attention by opponents and lauds Congressman Brick for pushing a $50,000 appropriation in the house to honor Count Pulaski. He cites Polish support in Indiana and Illinois and stresses Brick’s effort for the thirteenth district and its veterans. He notes Kemp, an old soldier, as an example of Brick’s district-focused energy.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Walter Brown
Brick
Walter
Illinois
Count Pulaski
Thirteenth
Mr. Brown
Washington
Kemp
Democratic Nominee Kemp Praises Brick and Soldiers Aid
In Elkhart and beyond the talks recount Kemp, the Democratic township assessor nominee, praising Mr. Brick for aiding veterans and securing a $55,000 government building appropriation. The piece notes local reactions, party disputes, and efforts by Brick and Brown to shape voter opinion ahead of the fall election.
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Washington
Brick
Kemp
Elkhart
Elkhart County
Mr. Brown
Congress
Brown
South Bend
Count Pulaski
Senate
Mr. Brick
Indiana
Myers
House
Fairbanks
Messrs
Brick & Brown
Poor Fishing Season Hits Lake Michigan Ports Hard
The Michigan City area along with St. Joseph Grand Haven Pentwater Ludington and the west shore ports report unprofitable commercial fishing this year. Northward activity around Frankfort Beavers and Charlevoix shows better yields with tugs delivering 2000 to 5000 pounds of whitefish and trout. Whitefish have largely vanished from Indiana waters. trout and herring stocks decline as fisheries adjust to a yearly closed season. Booth & Co. have scrapped their tugs and now use small boats.
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Lake Michigan
Michigan City
St. Joseph
Grand Haven
Pentwater
Ludington
West Shore
Frankfort
Beavers
Charlevoix
Michigan
Indiana
Booth & Co
Canals and Locks Drive Northwest Growth in 19th Century
The article traces the St. Mary's Falls locks opening in 1855 and the rapid rise of canal tonnage from 106 296 tons to 28 500 000 tons by the late 19th century. It highlights how new locks, railroad expansion, and northwest development spurred massive shipping growth and regional progress.
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St. Mary’s Falls
Northwest
Great Lakes might dry and splice railroads together ruin
A July Engineering Magazine view by S. A. Thompson warns that a cataclysm drying the Great Lakes would erase the regional rail network from Buffalo to Chicago and Duluth, causing total, irretrievable ruin for cities and lines alike.
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Lake
Superior
Great ‘Lakes
Buffalo
Chicago
Duluth
S. A. Thompson
Engineering Magazine
Mining History of the Rand and Witwatersrand Gold Boom
A historical overview traces South Africa's Transvaal mining rise from 1868 open exploration to the Witwatersrand boom. It details Leydenburg exploration in 1876, De Kaap discovery in 1884, and the 1885 banket beds, with first stamping in 1887 and 1887 output of 23 000 ounces. By 1898 eighty mines produced 7 331 446 tons of ore, with 4 765 stamps crushing, employing about 9 476 whites and 88 627 native workers.
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Transvaal
Leydenburg
DeKaap
Witwatersrand
Johannesburg
John Hays Hammond
Engineering Magazine
Every Soldier Has His Marks
Maj. Macklin of the Indianapolis recruiting office explains that the army keeps maps of every soldier, filed with the surgeon general in Washington. The maps detail physical traits and past service, helping detect false identities and prior discharges, with full records including bobtail discharges leading to rejection.
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Sam
Army
Maj. Macklin
Indianapolis
Surgeon-General
Washington
Uncle Sam
Mrs. Austin's Famous Wheat Food Seeks Breakfast Buyers
A brief note advertises Mrs. Austin's Famous Wheat Food as ideal for a hearty breakfast. The item is touted to please hungry shoppers with a robust start to the day and is claimed to be available at all grocers.
Three Bathers Drown On Hot Day In Cleveland Lake
Heat drove crowds to the lake where three bathers perished. Raymond Heyburn, 12, and Harvey Hydes, 10, attempted a rescue but drowned. Edward Fox, a young man, also died in the incident.
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Cleveland
Raymond Heyburn
Harvey Hydes
Edward Fox
Young offender spared: Woodley commuted to life
Samuel Woodley, a colored youth from Fayette County, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Sayers. The commutation follows his being under 17 at the time of the assault on a white girl.
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Austin
Tex
Samuel Woodley
Fayette County
Sayers
Grant
Beatrice
Linden Tree
Turkey
Panama
Salazar
Carmen
de Tacao
Munoz
Garcia Roviera
Victim of Musician in Reading Shootings Dies
Edward Hart man aged 25, third victim of the July 4 shooting in Reading, dies. Italian street musician who fired at bystanders remains jailed as investigators press the case. The incident began after crowd taunts. Peary windward steamer delayed two days overdue to Sydney due to Northwest gales.
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Reading
Edward Hartman
Peary
Halifax
N. S
New York
Sydney
Blinded by Snow Near Telluride Mine
Telluride Colorado July 9 E Erickson was brought from the Liberty Bell mine insane from acute snow blindness. Snow depth reached eighteen inches. Forenoon sun was bright. Erickson’s face blistered from sunburn.
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Telluride
Colo
E. Erickson
Liberty Bell
Erickson
Socialists Name Ticket for Minnesota Governor Nash
Minneapolis July 9. The Social Democrats of Minnesota nominated a state ticket at convention here with J E Nash of Minneapolis named for governor. Pittsburg heat toll tops twelve deaths and seven prostrations among mill workers. several are reported in serious condition as mills and furnaces halted.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Social Democrats of
Minnesota
J. E. Nash
Pittsburg
Cadets Now Midshipmen
Annapolis Md July 9 An order at the naval academy changes the title from naval cadet to midship man in line with the July 1 1902 act of Congress.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Congress
Naval Cadet
Earl of Arundel and Surrey Dies at Arundel Castle
London reports the death of Philip Joseph Mary Fitzalan Howard Earl of Arundel and Surrey at Arundel Castle. He was the eldest son and heir of the Duke of Norfolk and was born September 7 1879.
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London
Philip Joseph Mary Fitzalan-Howard
Earl of
Dr. Charles Kendall Adams Now Past Danger Point
Dr Charles Kendall Adams former president of Wisconsin university and once Wisconsin president is seriously ill in Rea Glands Cal and was deemed past the danger point by Dr Norman Bridge of Los Angeles after a medical consultation.
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Adams
Rea Glands
Cal
Charles Kendall Adams
Wisconsin University
Norman Bridge
Los Angeles
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