Miners Hear Fiery Speech Amid Duluth Ore Dock Strike
Petriella the strike leader delivers a graphic address urging readiness to fight if justice is denied. He calls for armed miners and vows support from the Western Federation of Miners as officials rush 250 guards to the range near the ore dock strike site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
United States Steel Corporation
Independent
Western Federation of Miners
Petriella
Ais
Petriela
Toment O
Governor's Wishes Obeyed in Mine Resumption Effort
Governor Johnson's wishes are being followed as steel company officials restart operations cautiously. Mines open one by one with as many workers as possible, ensuring non-discrimination for older miners and sheriff-backed protection. No violence has been reported in Duluth. miners may assemble in small groups but large gatherings will be stopped. Operations are resuming heavily in the Sibbhing Eveleth region with dozens of workers at Adams and Spruce shafts and Payal open pit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Corporation
Johnson
Duluth
Mare
Chisholm
Ethiella
Herve
Sibbhing
Eveleth
Miners End Strike Fears Police Protection Plea
Reported in a town amid a major labor dispute workers fear for safety as tensions rise. Citizens express belief police protection could guard them during the strike while families worry about potential violence and disruption to daily life.
Levi P Morton's Butler Retires to England with Fortune
Levi P Morton’s longtime butler, Robert Stubbs, retires in Poughkeepsie NY after years in Morton’s household. Stubbs, reputedly amassing a fortune worth about 1000000, has left for England, following Morton to Europe as business and political circles shift.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Stubbs
Levi TP. Morton
England
Alurton
Ene
Hand
France
United States Stubies Visit Washington in Noted Socialite Tour
A fragment recalls a socially prominent group traveling to Washington with family members in days past. The piece highlights a rotund figure, a smooth accent, and the vice president's butler in Cockney tones as part of the remembered scene.
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United States
Washington
Kansans City Threat Recounts Police Board Drama
In Kansas City Missouri on August 2 a Patros man Tarry A. Arthur tried to shoot ex Police Commissioner Rozzelle during a witness impeachment by the board. Chief Trayes disarmed Arthur. later tension arose between Gallagher and Trayes over insurance influence. Ex detective Bert Brannan accused Gallagher. Mayor Beardsley and officers restored order.
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Kansans City
Patrosman Tarry A. Arthur
Rozzetle
Rozzelle
sGuad
Arthur
Trayes
Roazelle
Dives
Barder
Gallagher
Tlayes
Bert Brannan
Beardsley
London case upholds Carthusian monks name use ruling
The High Court of Justice dismissed the Carthusian monks action to block the use of the name Cartheuse in England by the French government linked to sequestration of Carthusian property after the 1903 expulsion. Justice Matthew Jorce delivered the opinion, noting the Paragona Spain business was not legally the old Chartreuse venture. Costs taxed, dispute over trademark.
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London
Aus
High Court of Justice
Parragona
Spain
Pheens
Train wreck near Red Rock injures several in Kansas
Arkansas City Kansas Aug 2 A northbound Santa Fe passenger train left the track seven miles from Red Rock killing the engineer Iack of Arkansas City and wounding several passengers including Mrs W St Vivian Bradford Illinois backprained internal injuries and Tiane Johnson Peoria Illinois right chest and right arm bruised
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Arkansas City
Kan
Santa Fe
Red Rock
QO. T
Nack
Vaa
W. ST. Vivian
Bradford
Tiane Johnson
Peoria
Til
Markets Report From Chiengzo on August First
Quotations from Chicago Board of Trade show wheat corn oats and live stock prices with cash sales for winter wheat and yellow corn, plus receipts and price ranges for cattle sheep and poultry. Trading figures include Sept and Dec futures, with diverse ranges across grains and livestock.
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Chiengzo
Chicago Board of Trade
Mayo
Saimple
Otmc
Chicago
Li Tee
Bea
Wiscousdy
Science Sittings and Regarded Curate Shortage
A report notes distortion and tempering temperatures for steel tools and a new method to measure stream velocity electically. It mentions carbon dioxide in a closed room and warns of odorless poisoning. English curates face increasing scarcity affecting rectors and parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abert Jiery
Warner is accused Grand Jury Concludes the Magill Inquisition
The Grand Jury funds a demand for refund of township collections in Clinton Alabama. Vespasian Warner United States pension commissioner faces fraud charges over handling of the late John Warner estate valued at 5500,000. Complainants include Minnie Warner Mettler and Arabella Warner Bell Tall, while disputes over estate division, alleged collusion, and stock sales to Eleanor Magill are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magill
Clinton
Vespasian Warner
United States
Commissioner of Pensions
John Warner
Minnie Warner Mettler
Arabella Warner Bell
Iupo
Warner
Isabela Robinson Warner
Ihe
Warner & Co. Bank
Eleanor Mavill
Eleanor M. Magill
Must Return That Money Paris Aug 2 1919
Formal notice from Supervisor Moody of Paris township demands County Treasurer Isaac N. Cooley and his predecessor repay 1913.62 to W L Blackburn George W Patton and E H Weider former township collectors. The overdrawn sum reflects excess compensation beyond the 1500 limit as tax collections rose in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Til
Moody
Paris Township
Isaac N. Cooley
Blackburn
George W. Patton
el. Oh. Weider
Grand jury ends probe into Mrs. Magill death
Clinton, WIR, Aue. The grand jury has finished its probe into the death of Mrs. Pet Magill and will report to the circuit court today. The defense claims Magill and his lawyers sought an indictment to prove innocence. The poisoning charge is disproved as chemists found no chloroform indications sufficient for death.
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Clinton, Wir
Aue
Pet Magill
Magill
Judge Denies injunction to block troops at Camp Lincoln
Springfield August 2 Judge Creighton of Sangamon county circuit court denied the application for a temporary injunction to restrain Adjutant General Scott and others from using the rifle range at Camp Lincoln. The case, brought by Michael Donovan, seeks a permanent injunction on grounds that his family and stock face danger from darts and jets in flight over the Tone district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Creighton
Sangamon County
Scott
Camp Lincoln
Michael Donovian
Perils of Mushroom Eaters and Surprising Elopement
A chaotic report describes deaths from a mushroom picking expedition near Benton Warber with 860 year old victim Nicokt Praedaniuo and twelve others in agony. It also notes a surprise elopement in Springfield where Goodpasture and Trene Sainter married in Chicago after Miles Tain sought parental consent.
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Gozeu
Benton Warber
See Cea Avenue
Nicokt Praedaniuo
Springfield
Cies
Trene Sainter
Chicago
Miles ‘Tain
Danville City Mourns Death From Rabies Case
A one year old child, Gieorwe dkavis, died in Danville amid fears of rabies after being bitten by a dog in the city. Officials warn that similar cases may emerge as the dog involved may have carried the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Gieorwe Dkavis
Mane Aaron
Mystery Surrounds Life and Death of Society Woman
The tale centers on Mrs. Nannie Leigh Lone a society figure who died recently in St. Louis. Her life and happiness were said to depend on a hidden mystery that drew wide attention. Mrs A C Beardslee of its city recognized the publication image of the deceased and recalled a stranger who had entered her life years before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chovehund
Chhig
Nannie Leigh Lone
St. Louis
A. Beardslee
All Night Police Court Opens in New York
A new all night police court was opened as Judge Whitman declared the night court ready for business. The measure ends prolonged jail detentions by professional bondsmen and require prisoner's immediate appearance before a magistrate after arrest. Seventy two detainees who had waited since nightfall faced the new system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitman
Thaw Chooses Counsel for White Murder Trial
Martin W. Littelton of Brooklyn has been chosen by Harry K. Thaw to conduct his defense in the charge of killing Stanford White. Littelton is a lawyer and former Brooklyn Borough president and is known as an orator of wide reputation. The selection followed a conference with Thaw's mother and his wife.
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Thaw
New York
Martin WW
Littleton
Brooklyn
Harry II
Stanford White
Sharpshooters Win Medals in Army Rifle Meet
Chicago August second. Corporal Gl FB Hunt of the Eighteenth Infantry and Sergeant WJ Hawkins of the Fourth Infantry won gold medals for enlisted men in the northern division rifle competition at Fort Sheridan. Hunt scored 773 points and Hawkins 1772 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
FB. Hunt
Eighteenth Infantry
Msergeant W.J. Hawkins
Fourth Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Johnston Nominated to Succeed Pettus in Senate
Montgomery Aug. 2 Joseph E. Johnston was nominated in a joint caucus of Democrats from both houses to fill Pettus in the United States Senate. His term runs to 1915 and there was no opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Joseph EF. Johnston
Senator Pettus
United States Senate
Williams Leads in Mississippi Democratic Senate Nomination
Jackson Mississippi August 2 incomplete returns from statewide Democratic primaries show Representative John Sharp Williams leading Governor Vardaman for the senatorial nomination by about three to one.
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John Sharp Williams
Jackson
Miss
Vardaman
Bram Good of Sumter County Dies in Field
Americus GA Aug 2 Bram Good a prominent Sumter county farmer dropped dead in a cotton field his brother Arnold was summoned and upon seeing the body fell dead himself in a sudden collapse two tragic deaths linked by proximity to a single event in the county’s agriculture community.
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Americus, Ga
Bram Goodwin
Sumter County
Arnold
France to avenge Casablanca massacre with warships
In Casablanca, a dozen Europeans were killed in a native attack. France plans armed action to avenge the massacre, dispatching warships to Casablanca. Other items report strike turbulence in Lodz with a deadly clash, a 144 percent quarterly dividend from Southern Pacific, a fatal fire in Marshalsea Pittsburg, and various misstatements or notices from different regions.
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Casablanca
Morocco
France
Lodz
Russia
Meelash
Southern Pacific Company
Samuel Means
W. If. Larkin
Marshalsea
Pittsburg
Paris Matin
United States
Pennsylvania
Rio Janeiro
Dick Wilkes fine horse top show star of era
Rockford horseman Keyt narrates the rise of Dick Wilkes from a $200 yearling purchase to an $8 000 prize in Mrs. Jarvis Hunt’s string. The show horse, 14 hands high and five years old, drew offers as high as $6 000 from a Boston buyer, while Keyt recalls ranking him above an imported German horse, a judgment that irked the German owner.
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Rockford
George F. Swarts
Freeport
al Brown
Dakota
Hl T
Mr. Keyt
Jarvis Hunt
Chicago
Wilkes
Little Wilkes
Keyt
Little Dick
Hydrophobia and the dog rabies debate in science
A Bloomington physician argues dogs are not more dangerous in summer and that muzzling in July and August is unjust. He notes hydrophobia misleads about water fear, explains swallowing impairment, and cites historical ideas about the disease’s geographic spread and seasonal prevalence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Democritus
Greenland
Denmark
Africa
Asia
Surzon
Rabies disease spread among animals and likely germ source
The passage notes rabies affects dogs, skunks, foxes, and wolves most, with cows acquiring it from dog bites and spreading it. the exact cause is uncertain but possibly a protozoal organism, mainly affecting the nervous system. Hydrophobia is described as a germ disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills Proven Effective in Freeport Testimony
Freeport residents endorse Doan's Kidney Pills citing lasting relief from kidney pains and back trouble. Mrs. K Has Church of 214 Spring St. says the pills cured severe symptoms after starting treatment, and in 1907 she remains symptom free ten years after the cure. Sold by dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is sole U.S. agent.
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Freeport
Doan
United States
Notice in Regard to Ordinance Governing Parks
Public notice from Freeport police chief H Silk outlines penalties under Chapter 45 of the Revised Ordinances of 1901 for damaging park property, disturbing park grounds, and disorderly conduct. Violations carry a penalty from three to one hundred dollars per offense and will be strictly enforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Freeport
H. Silk
Proposals for Painting Jail in Stephenson County
Sealed proposals by the Stephenson county building committee are due at noon on August 10 1907 for painting the jail. Requirements available at the sheriff's office. The committee may reject any bid. Bids may be left with Sheriff Milner or any committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Stephenson County
Sheriff’s Office
Milner
Lena seeks bids for City Hall construction 1907
Sealed bids for constructing a City Hall on the site of the old Village Hall Lena Stephenson County Illinois will be received until 1 30 p m Saturday August 10 1907 by the President and Board of Trustees and opened at the Village Clerk s office Bids must include a 10 percent bid bond and a $38000 bond for faithful performance The village reserves the right to reject any or all bids Bidder may view specifications at G W Graham Civil Engineer Freeport or Village Clerk Lena Attest GC J Schermerhorn Village Clerk dated July 30 1907
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Lens
Stephenson County
Ilinois
G. W. Graham
Lena
G. W. Grahiam
Freeport
Board of Trustees
Reids
GC. J. Schermeriorn
Peter’s Pence Endowment for English College in Rome
About 25 years ago the West Saxon king presented Peter’s pence to the pope for endowing an English college in Rome. The fund, named for its payment on Peter Mass on August 1, was levied on families with yearly rent of 80 pence, from which 4 pence was paid.
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Peter
Taeking
Rome
Peter Mass
Early proposal and naming of the cent by founders
The cent was first proposed by Robert Morris and later named by Thomas Jefferson, marking an early milestone in U.S. currency history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Morris
Thomas Jefferson
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Minnesota Iron Range
Gore
Bates
Corporation
Niles
Levi P. Morton
Eaglland
Chicago Grain
Peridtigg
Mereditus
Devonshire
Evening Standard
Donovan
Mystualgus Mrs. Long
Johnston
Pettus
Dick Wilkes
Animal
George S. Swarts
Twick
E. Sviney
KK. R. Tmiompson
D. I. Ferry
Patera Benes
Garied Dental Company
D. J. Pollock
Mgr
Stephenson St
Galena Avo
Freeport Loan CO
Freeport Railway, Licht & Power CO
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