Train schedules for Lake Shore and Michigan Southern lines
Beginning June 2 trains from Elkhart will run on Sundays with multiple east and west bound numbers. The Lake Shore route via Cleveland connects with Erie and P. L. E. Rys. to form the quickest direct path to Pittsburgh. G J Grammer General Traffic Manager and A J Suire General Passenger Agent announce ticketing and agent details.
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E Lake $Hore & Michican
Elkhart
West BU
Lake Shore
Cleveland
Visola
A. Co
Ia Co
Grand Rapids
Terry
Pacific Express
Fast Mail
Elk. & Chi Accom
Boston & Ohi
Gt al
New York & On
Lake Shore Limited
Day Express
Western Express
Burlington Railroad seeks 100 laborers in Midwest
Wanted 100 laborers and teamsters for Burlington Railroad work across Western Iowa Minnesota and Dakota. Wages two dollars daily for five months or less than a month at one ninety five per day. board three dollars seventy five cents weekly. Company pays teamster wages twenty five dollars and up to three thousand dollars monthly plus board. Cheap fare five dollars thirty cents from Elkhart Indiana. free return fare after project ends. Ships Sunday July twenty first at eight a m. Rail labor agent Did and Dans 503 South Main Street Elkhart Indiana.
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Burlington
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakota
Co. Teamsters
Elkhart
Ind
Chicago
R.R
Did & Dan's
South Main Sr
Forestry Division Becomes Bureau and Expands
The July change elevates the Division of Forestry to a Bureau within the USDA along with three other scientific divisions. The new bureau will extend field work from Maine to California, advising forest owners and supervising prudent lumbering, with millions in acreage under management and broad state and federal interest. Prominent Havana businessmen favor annexation to the United States, seeking stable governance beyond the Platt amendment.
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Division of Forestry
United States Department of Agriculture
Congress
Bureau of Forestry
Department
Bureau
Maine
California
Georgia
Washington
Department of the Interior
Havana
United States
Ouida protests British treatment of Olive Schreiner in South Africa
The writer Ouida denounces the British military prison conditions for Olive Schreiner in South Africa. Schreiner, confined in a wire net enclosure with armed sentries, lives alone with her dog, no light at night, and has no permission for her husband to visit.
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London
Ouida
Mme
Louise de la Ramee
South Africa
Olive Schreiner
Quida
Cape Corony
House of Lords
Lord Razian
Heat Wave Paralyzes New England Factories and Kills Score
Boston records ten heat deaths and eighty serious prostrations as factories and stores shut down and ambulances rush the sick. Maine and Vermont endure extreme temperatures with towns reporting 110 to 120 degrees. mills, shipyards, and quarries halt work as workers collapse and water sprays cool factory floors.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Maine
Lowell
Federal Building
Bath
Burlington
Standford
Gloucester
Keene
Barre
Quincy
Biddeford
Great Fire Destroys Packing Plant in Wichita Kansas
The Jacob Dold and Sons packing plant in Wichita suffered a major fire destroying four buildings. About 7,000,000 pounds of meat under process were lost, with total damage around 1,060,099 and insurance about 400,000. Four workers injured, 350 men laid off, and rebuilding planned. origin in the lard house likely spontaneous combustion.
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Sons
Wichita
Kan
Jacob Dold & Sons
Livery Stable Fire in Madison Causes Heavy Loss
Fire destroyed the Kentzler Brothers livery stable in Madison Wisconsin on July 17 and damaged adjacent buildings. Loss estimated at 20000 dollars insured. Seven valuable horses and many carriages burned. William Haak a local manufacturer was severely injured while aiding firefighters.
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Madison
Wis
Kentzler Brothers
William Haak
Fremen
Tragic House Fire Kills Three Family Members in Broad Ripple
In Indianapolis suburb Broad Ripple Roy Jones aged 12 and his brother Bryan 4 died from burns after a coal oil fire started by the boys. Their mother was severely burned while attempting rescue. The blaze destroyed the parents home.
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Barnad
Indianapolis
Ind
Roy Jones
Bryan Jones
Broad Ripple
Thousands Prayed for Rain in Omaha Tent Meeting
A crowd of several thousand gathered at a large tent on Twenty first and Spencer streets for a rain prayer meeting led by Rev. I Merton Smith the English revivalist. Participants from all walks of life joined in the solemn invocation hoping for a timely downpour to save the crops.
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Omaha
Spencer
I’. Merton Smith
Rainfall Relief Reaches Omaha and Surrounding Areas
Eastern Nebraska and western Iowa reported an inch or more of rain beginning at 2 a.m. The showers broke a long hot spell. Fair rains were also noted in the Black Hills region.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Black Hills
Steamer Fremont Sinks After Collision Off Saybrook
News from New London says the steamer Fremont in a sinking condition was taken in tow by the steamer City of Lowell after a collision about midnight east of Cornfield light vessel off Saybrook. All passengers and crew were rescued and landed in New York. Captain Miner of the Lowell reported taking the attendees aboard and awaiting further word.
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New London
Saybrook
City of Worcester
City of Lowell
Miner
Lowell
New York
Mysterious wreck sighted near Renews Island
Reports from Seal Cove say fishermen saw a steamer ashore at Renews Island near the Delmar and Lusitania wreck sites. The Fiona cruised the shore but the commander found no wreck or wreckage.
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St. Johns
N. F
Seal Cove
Renews Island
Delmar
Orient Steam Navigation Company
Fiona
Wealthy ranchman Samuel Carlson slain near Cody
The body of ranchman Samuel Carlson was found about twenty miles from Cody with a shoulder wound and a crushed face after a struggle at his cabin. A large amount of dried blood and missing money were found, and Carlson had been missing for two weeks.
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Cody
Wyo
Samuel Carlson
Carlson
Wennerholm Dies In Electric Chair In Prison
Auburn Minnesota reports Frank Wennerholm, the Chautauqua County murderer, executed by electric chair. The current lasted one minute and five seconds, with initial 1,800 volts then varied to 2,000 and back, leaving Wennerholm dead as observers noted his collapse and moan.
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Auburn
MN. Y
Frank Wennnerholm
Chautauqua County
Proudmueen
Wenheim
Increase in Jine Failures Reported for June
Classified returns to R G Dun Co show June failures heavier than the prior three months and the same month in earlier years yet pre 1899 last month would have been light. Manufacturing totals exceed last year by 1 518 817 due to a few unusual disasters.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Dus
Forgery Trial Delayed by Juror Illness in Parkersburg
In Parkersburg West Virginia on July 17 Ellis Glenn forgery trial faced hours of delay as juror Willard Lytle collapsed from heat. Illinois attorney Kinder aided the case at Hillsboro as the state nears completion of witnesses with Miss Glenn expected to testify as a star witness.
Five Thousand Additions to Forces of the Bilion Dollar Trust
Pittsburg July 17. Two hundred thousand men are involved in the greatest steel and coal strike in U S history. In coal fields 110000 idle. steel strikers 90000. railroad brakemen refuse nonunion steel handling. Clark mills in Lawrenceville closed. Solar Iron Works lodge of 108 on strike with 100 others. Amalgamated Association predicts spread to United States Steel subsidiaries and other major companies.
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Pittsburg
Clark Mills
Lawrenceville
American Steel Ecoup Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and
14In
Solar Iron Works
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
United States Steel Corporation
National Steel Company
Federal Steel Company
Carnegie Companies
Strike Features and Labor Fight with Steel Trust
The strike centers on union recognition and workers organize for mutual protection. The steel trust fights to deny labor power, control hiring and pay. Ninety five thousand Amalgamated Association members strike. most US Steel mills close. Wall Street plunges. a secret NY conference debates capitulation. National Tube Works workers gain 10 percent wage hike at Meadville. Pennsylvania firemen stop work. half a million could be idle.
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Steel Trust
Billion Dollar Steel Trust
Billion Dollar Trust
T. J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Pennsylvania
Steel strike widens idle mill work force in Pittsburg
July 17 report from Pittsburg notes 90 000 workers idle as all union mills and four major non union mills stop operations. Amalgamated officials offer no duration estimate while President Shaffer suggests a short fight. A possible New York conference of combine officials cited, though officials deny knowledge.
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Pittsburg
Steel Trust
Shaffer
Combine
New York
Amalgamated
Sheet Combine
Vanderqrift
James H. Nutt
Labor Bureau
Republic Iron and Steel Company
J. H. Reis
Federal Steel Company
Firemen Strike Halts Pennsylvania Coal Mines
Scranton Pa July 17 five hundred thousand workers face idleness as stationary firemen strike after quitting at 5 pm. Pumps stopped across anthracite mines risking mine flooding and mass layoffs of 200000 miners and 25000 other workers unless demands are met or replacements found.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
Canada and United States relations threaten a widening rift
The piece argues that American indifference to Canadian proposals harms bilateral ties as Sir Wilfred Laurier shifts toward subsidies and industrial growth. It notes Canada opens lands to settlers, boosts emigration from the U.S., and foresees increased cross border cooperation if tariffs fall. It also mentions steel unions and labor organization concerns amid a looming strike.
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Canada
United States
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Liberal Party
Wilfred Laurier
Wilfred
Wheat Food Becomes Breakfast for Seven
A cupful of Mrs. Austin's Wheat Food serves seven people for breakfast, making it more economical than similar preparations.
Strike in the Steel Mill Faces Possible Closings
The United States Steel Company strike looms with serious appearance yet leaders expect no widespread mill closings. Amalgamated Association demands inclusion of additional mills under its wage scale while manufacturers resist extending the scale to nonmember workers. Both sides are described as conservative and not antagonistic, with no wage disputes cited. The disagreement centers on which mills fall under the association’s supervision.
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Freir
Organization of Labor
United States Steel Company
Amalgamated Association
A New Party Emerges From Ohio Democratic Split
Ten men at Cleveland agreed to form a new party aligned with the Chicago and Kansas City platforms. A declaration of principles will be circulated for signatures and a Columbus convention is planned for July 31 to nominate a state ticket. The move marks a sharp break between Democrats and Populists in Ohio.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Chicago
Kansas City
Columbus
Brian
Machines and labor shift through a changing economy
The piece argues that fears of mass unemployment from machinery are overstated as many sectors expand employment. It notes railroads, telephones, and new industries absorbing workers, with typewriters already creating tens of thousands of jobs and overall wages generally improving despite automation.
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Intergroum
Bryan Foresees 1904 Candidacy Shape
A New York telegram reports William Jennings Bryan dropping support for David Bennett Hill. Bryan says Hill’s hold on the party last year rested on the possibility of Bryan’s own bid in 1904 and that Hill was pleased when Bryan was defeated. The dispatch suggests Bryan sees seven things clearly.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
David Bennett Hill
Hilf
Hill
Bryan
Electric line proposal from Newcastle to this city
Knightstown residents report Messrs. Osborn and Newby propose building an electric line from Newcastle to this city. The line would operate with one of Edison's storage batteries, potentially reducing the need for poles and trolley wires.
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Knightstown N
Messrs. Osborn Ar Newby
Newcastle
Edison
Terre Haute Street Fair Faces Additional Costs This Year
The Terre Haute event plans to allocate several thousand more dollars as costs rise this year. Organizers warn residents that funding for the street fair will require adjustments and careful budgeting to cover anticipated expenses.
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Terre Haute
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Olive Schreiner van Uishes
Jacob Dold & Son
Fremont
Gare
Lowall
Conn
Daily Markey Report
Chicago Board of Trade
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Bilion Dollar Trust
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