New York Worried Over Unemployed Problem
The Wainwright commission on unemployment in New York reports the sub commission's findings to the Legislature. It surveys joblessness in urban centers and labor shortages in agricultural districts, amid a broader study of the state’s employment landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Guard Apedial Service
Wainwright Commission On
Hughes
Wiiteamet
Wadsworth
Assembly
Empire State
Clermont
Staten Island
Hebert Fulton
Hudson-Fulton
Fulton
Fulton- Hudson Publishing Company
Hudson River Valley
Hudson
Mme. Justicce
Girl Tells Of Brutal Handling In Wellington Hotel
Ella Gingles an 18 year old Irish lace maker testified in Chicago on July 3 about alleged abuse by Miss Agnes Parrett and Mrs Cecelia Kenyon at the Wellington hotel. She described being locked in a room, choked and beat while authorities said she was searched for valuables, and being half clad when released. The testimony followed previous sensational events including her being found bound and gagged in the Wellington bathroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Pepper
Savings Hanks
Savings Banks
New York
Bowery Savings Bank
Great East Side
Chicago
Ella Gingles
Agnes Harrett
Hotel Wellington
Misa Parrett
Wellington
Firecracker Kills Financier Langham in Indiana
Loucheville Kentucky financier Arthur Grenville Langham, president of Provident Life Assurance, died in Seymour Indiana from a delayed cracker blast he struck to relight. His hand was torn and a strong concussion left him unconscious. Langham is uncle to Baroness Speck von Sternberg and Countess de Fairmourt. His widow is in Europe visiting the baroness.
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Loucheville
Arthur Grenville Langham
Provident Life Assurance Society
Seymour
Indiana
John J. Peter
Langham
Speck von Sternberg
Countess de Fairmourt
Washington
Europe
Baroness von Sternberg
Excavation of Old Babylon Progress Report
Berlin officials announce progress on the long running Babylon excavation. German workers have spent eleven years on the Mesopotamian mound planning the next phase to uncover more of the ancient metropolis sands.
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Old
Babylon
Berlin
Babylon Emerges From Desert Plain As Excavations Reveal Castle
A desert mound rises as Babylon, its walls tracing a triangle toward the Euphrates. Great mounds cover palace and temple sites along the river, where excavators have lived and worked for over a decade. Within the largest mound lies the keer or castle, as locals call it.
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Nebuchadnezzar
Belshazzar
Euphrates
Nabopolassar
Tne
Euchrates
Ishtar
Babylon
Keer
Surveying new line to the coast near Oakland
Oakland Ore July 1 Yesterday morning W. W. Purdy with a crew of 14 men commenced surveying the line of the Oakland Tidewater railroad. The first camp is about three miles west of the city.
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Oakland, Or
W. W. Purdy
Oakland & Tidewater
Olympia Wood Pipe Plant Burns. 200000 Loss
Olympia July 4 Fire destroyed the National Wood Pipe Company plant and storage yard plus four residences and a grocery across the bay. Wind carried brands ignited nearby buildings. Two hours after outbreak the fire was controlled. Loss near 200000 with 40000 insurance. eighty workers unemployed. E J Berneche injured by falling bricks. Seattle Tacoma phone lines cut.
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Olympia
Wash
National Wood Pipe Company
E. J. Berneche
Seattle
Tacoma
Ticonderoga Town Note on Historic Fort Site
Ticonderoga New York on July 6 reports the ancient town known for the fort built by the French later captured by the British and subsequently seized in historic upheavals. The item notes the fortress era and ties to regional history.
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Ticonderoga
N. Y
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Bows Ceremony
Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Bows led a towering ceremony praised as among the most impressive of its kind, commemorating a historic event. The pageant drew attendees and highlighted regional pride with symbolic displays and costumed participants.
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Ethan Allen
Green Mountain
Relics Brought From War Show Unusual Items
A British commander by friends in New York is mentioned before he headed north. The collection includes light relics such as forks, knives, bar shot, canister shot, cannon balls, pieces of guns, and mortar shells.
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Tifled
New York
Oregon Sues Corporations Over Gross Earnings Tax
Oregon files suits through Attorney General Crawford against Wells Fargo Express and Standard Oil to recover 29 846 42 dollars plus six percent interest and costs for gross earnings tax from June 26 1906 to January 1 1909. Pacific States Telegraph and Telephone challenged the law but the supreme court upheld it. A similar suit against Union Oil is being prepared.
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Salem, Or
State of
Oregon
Crawford
Wells Fargo Express Company
Standard Oill Company
Pacific States Telegraph and Telephone Company
Supreme Court
Union Oil Company
Suffragists in Big Family Row at Washington Convention
In Seattle on June 30 the Washington Woman Suffrage Association met amid chaos as a faction led by Mrs. Mary Arkwright Hutton challenged state officers led by Emma Smith Devore. The credentials report barred Spokane delegates, voices clashed, accusations flew, and delegates were hissed, with D. C. Coates targeted during the heated session.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington Woman Suffrage Association
Mary Arkwright Hutton
Spokane
Emma Smith Devore
Committee On Credentials
D. C. Coates
Tariff Bill 10 Conference Selections Near Final Action
Washington July 6. Senate Republicans and Democrats weigh conferees to reconcile the tariff bill with House selections likely including Aldrich Hale Penrose Burrows Smoot for the GOP and Daniel Money Bailey for the Democrats. In the House Cannon may pick Payne Dalzell Boutell McCall Needham or Calderhead Clark Underwood Griggs. Taft greeted a large crowd at Ticonderoga with a grand day of ceremonies and a restored fort exhibit.
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HOUSE
Senate
Washington
Aldrich
Hale
Maine
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Burrows
Michigan
Smoot
Utah
Daniel
Virginia
Money
Mississippi
Bailey
Texas
Cannon
Payne
New York
Dalzell
Boutell
Illinois
McCall
Massachusetts
Needham
California
Calderhead
Kansas
Champ Clark
Missouri
Underwood
Alabama
Griggs
Georgia
Income tax stalemate shifts to constitutional path
Washington July 26 The senate, after refusing to amend the Brown resolution for a constitutional amendment to provide an income tax, adopted the resolution unanimously. The report notes an aging 77 year old senator taking part in the debate.
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Washington
Senate
No Compromise for Lipton Challenger
Glasgow July 2 The Royal Yacht Club invites the New York Yacht Club to state conditions for the American cup challenge and concessions. The move aims for an early challenge if the reply is favorable. The Bangs Livery Company opens a general feed business at Ninth and Pearl streets.
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Glasgow
Royal Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Bangs
Ninth and
Pearl Streets
Severe Eczema Relieved After 24 Hours of Cuticura
A man tormented by a head to foot eczema for six months endured relentless itching and irritation. After just 24 hours using Cuticura he slept like an infant, easing to near normal as the condition improved significantly.
Cured in One Month by Cuticura Remedies
Patient recounts severe eczema from head to foot after a fall followed by erysipelas. After trying doctor’s meds and suffering six months, Cuticura products brought immediate sleep and rapid improvement. Within a month he was cured, praising the remedies and noting hair loss reversal.
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Lodge of Odd Fellows
Harrison Smith
Mt. Kisco
N. Y
Potter Cruz
Chess
Cord
Cracker Starts Blaze at Nampa Causing Big Loss
Caldwell Idaho July 3 A fire started in a cigar store opposite the depot in Nampa destroyed an entire business block with a 250000 loss and 125000 insurance. A Boise fire engine arrived in 22 minutes saving much of the town. By 6 20 flames were under control leaving Nampa without telegraph or telephone. A long list of burned firms followed.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Nampa
Boise
Bank of Nampa
Robb Clothing Store
Walling Real Estate Company
Edwards
Alameter
Palace Barber Shop
Elva Clothing Store
Bowman Paint Company
Idaho Realty Company
Elqueen Cigar Store
Jack's Corner
Tervelle
White Front
Commercial
Grand Hotel
Randal Corner
Roberts Dry Gods
Badger Furniture Co
Nampa Development Company
Nampa Butcher Company
al Fisher
Nations
Dimick Bros
Charley Hickey
Welch Prepares for Salem Interurban Rail Service
Salem plans progress on interurban links led by the Portland Eugene and Eastern railroad accepting city terms. Tracks will run Ferry street from Front to Liberty as work begins, linking Salem with Falls City and the southwest. City officials expect early car service and a regional rail network centered in Salem, with paving and track laying underway. The article closes with an odd note on vases replacing teapots as household receptacles.
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Salem, Or
Salem
Geo. F. Rogers
Rodgers
Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railroad
Ferry Street
Front
Liberty Streets
Falls City
Eugene
Springfield
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Orye
Wilterd& Co
Binganton
Kilmer
Binghamton
NS and
Avi
Bae
W. M. Green
the Square Deal Grocer
Willamette Bt
Sammi
Chas. H. Lilly Co
Pacific Coast
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de Scrip
NEW
Ae OlWart
Clarke A Co
Portia
Olmes ‘Business College
Ots
Fortland
Girl
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
Angell
China
Turkey
University Michican
Ing
Henry S. Pritchett
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Massachusetts Institute of Techology
Lake Champlain
Taft
Prouty
Vermont
Sherman
Elihu Root
Joseph G. Cannon
Bryce and
Jusserand
Labor World
Hutton
Biue Coats
Lipton
Cracker
Welch
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