Attacks by St. Petersburg Newspapers Stir War Hopes
Dispatches from Sofia and Berlin report mixed signals over the Balkan crisis. British and French actions to curb massacres in Macedonia are noted alongside German caution on Russia and the Vienna meeting of emperors. Observers debate Turkish atrocities and the threat of war with Turkey, Ferdinand, and joint Austrian Russian plans.
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Constantinople
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Kastoria
Westminster Gazette
Belgrade
Europe
Russia
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Balkan
Turkey
Germany
Ferdinand
Prince Ferdinand
Austria
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Bulgariy
Seattle as Alaska's gateway and West's spirit in one
The piece argues Seattle is Alaska’s front and back door, a bustling western metropolis pivotal for gold seekers and eastern readers alike. It recounts Klondike Jim’s return, Seattle's civic generosity, and a tragic tale of a Midwest couple driven by dream to Dawson, ending in hardship and a brave, dying Indiana woman named Kate.
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Juneau
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
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Little Kate
Sick horse drowns after breaking halter in May's Landing
A valuable horse owned by councilman L. B. Carson of May's Landing New Jersey died by its own action. The animal, stricken with spinal meningitis, broke its halter during the night, ran from the barn, and jumped into Babcock's Creek, where it drowned.
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May’s Landing
N. J
L. B. Carson
Babcock’s Creek
Texas Quarantine Tightens to Bar Yellow Fever
Fort Worth, Sept 19 Gov Lanham orders full aid from state health board to prevent yellow fever entry. Border entrances are being strictly quarantined and monitored to stop spread.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Lanham
State Health Board
Tragedies in Alaska Reported Drownings
Seattle dispatch notes Charles Carlson of San Francisco drowned in the Chignik River on the Alaska peninsula weeks ago. About the same time John Nelson was killed by a half-breed named Wilson.
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Seattle
Wash
Charles Carlson
San Francisco
Chignilk
Alaska Peninsula
John Nelson
Wilson
Insect Injures Cotton Crop in Arkansas and Tennessee
Memphis report Sept 19 states boll weevil has appeared in Woodruff and nearby counties in northern Arkansas. The pest damages the cotton crop by about a quarter, harming yields in the area.
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Memphis
Tenn
Woodruff
Arkansas
Death of Professor Alexander Bain in Aberdeen
Aberdeen September 19. Professor Alexander Bain former lord rector of the university for twenty years and professor of logic and English literature is dead.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Alexander
Bain
Gompers Leads Opposition To Dismiss Open Shop Move
Washington labor leaders converge on a plan to have the AFL council endorse a campaign against President Roosevelt over Foreman Miller’s dismissal and pro open shop stance. John Mitchell leads a rival faction opposing confrontation with the administration. Kidd of Chicago and Lennon of Bloomington attend the executive council meeting without commenting.
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American Federation of Labor
Foreman Miller
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Washington Central Labor Union
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ Union of America
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Gompers
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Prisoners Escape in Bold Frankfort Jail Break
A daring jail delivery in Frankfort Kentucky saw Squire Hibler Clayton Day and Frank Chenault escape after Chenault struck Deputy Jailer Merritt Williams with a bottle. Hibler wore prison garb and fled with two ex-convicts while awaiting murder and robbery sentences. The alarm was raised late.
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Squire Hibler
Clayton Day
Frank Chenault
Chenault
Merritt Williams
Hibler
St Paul Player Hit By Fastball Fatal Injury
W. Kelly brother of Mike Kelly and manager of the St Paul American Association team was struck in the temple by a swift pitch from Algona colored pitcher Halland during a game in St Paul. He collapsed and later died at the city hospital. Kelly, from Gardner Massachusetts, was a star second baseman for Winnipeg and expected to join St Paul next season.
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Mike. Kelly
St ‘Paul
Colombia Offers New Terms in Panama Canal Talks
Washington reports that Colombia has submitted a confidential communication through its chargé d affaires Dr Herran to the state department. The proposal aims to sustain canal negotiations beyond Sept 22 when the current treaty expires, with the final fate unclear amid Senate deliberations and diplomatic assessments in Bogotá and Washington.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Dr. Herran
State Department
Senate
Beaupre
Bogota
Old Kansas City packer ends life after flood loss
Henry Mockley, 64, proprietor of the Riverside packing house, killed himself after losing $65,000 in the June flood. His plant's foundation was washed out and the building burned by spontaneous combustion weeks later, leaving him penniless despite good credit. He left a grown son.
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Kansas City
Henry Mockley
Riverside Packing House
Packer
Mockley
Wartime Snail Rain Reported Across Crawford County
Springfield Ohio reports a gastropodal shower with millions of snails overnight in the southern Crawford county area. Snails were found in several sections south and west of Bucyrus and collected for microscopic examination as perfect specimens.
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Springfield
Ohio
Crawford County
Chicago Board of Trade Quotations Today
Chicago Board of Trade quotes for September 19 show current bid and ask levels across traded futures and options with emphasis on agricultural contracts and market trends.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Board of Trade
Resignations Likely Mark Cabinet Vacancies Before Reconstruction
London Sept 21 Lord Balfour of Burleigh secretary for Scotland and a free trader has resigned. Arthur Elliott financial secretary to the treasury also resigns. Four cabinet vacancies loom before a reconstructed ministry. War Office reform debate feeds speculation on Brodrick and possible successors amid Liberal Unionist shifts.
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Lord Balfour
Burleigh
Scotland
Balfour
Arthur Elliott
Treasury
Elliott
William Hayes Fisher
Telescriptor Syndicate
Lord Balfour of
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Lisline
Fifth Earl of Aberdeen
Mr. Chamberlain
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Edinburg Review
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Lord Minto
Canada
Sheffield
William St. John Brodrick
Balmoral
Lord George Hamilton
India
War Office
Commission
South Africa
Brodrick
Arnold Foster
Austen Chamberlain
Lord Selborne
Board Prohibits Teachers Attending Dances During School Days
Stephenson Mich Sept 21 The local school board unanimously passed a resolution prohibiting teachers from attending dances or parties day or night while school is in session. Trustees say school work has suffered and similar proposals are under consideration in other towns and county schools.
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Stephenson
Mich
Menominee
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