End of Cleveland Telegraphers Strike Hinted Thursday
The Cleveland News reports the long strike may end, with strikers returning to work Thursday morning without concessions. Western Union and Postal Telegraph officials reject reinstatement for all strikers, forecasting only a fraction back. A petition to petition leaders was circulated but denied, and leaders urged unity as reinstatements move forward.
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Cleveland
Cleveland News
J. B. Mattern
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Mattern
Telegraphers’ Union
Emall
Fresident
Sfrikers
Post Opposes Labor Unions At Battle Creek Meeting
In Battle Creek Michigan on October 8 the National Citizens' Industrial Association opened with about fifty delegates to discuss labor unions. President C W Post urged opposition to the close shop and called for reform of citizens' associations with an arbitration panel to settle industrial disputes. He warned of the harm from labor trusts tying up rail travel and shipments and urged prosecutors to act against such impacts. He stressed protection for workers from disruptive strikes and first urged organized, measured action to prevent broad community distress.
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Battle Creek
Mich
National Citizens’ Industrial Association
C. W. Post
Post
Labor Trust
Oil Trust
Santa Fe Railway raises telegraph operators’ wages
Topeka notes that the Santa Fe Railroad increased wages for all telegraph operators, effective October 1. This marks the second raise for Santa Fe operators in twelve months, amounting to about six to seven percent. The road employs non union operators.
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Topeka
Kaun
Phe Atenson
Santa Poe Raiload Company
Brotherhood of Carpenters Report for 1907 Details Growth
In Wanapolis on October 8 the annual report of Frank Duffy general secretary of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America shows the year ended June 30, 1907 had 199,823 members in good standing, a gain of 29,668 during the year, and 1,889 local unions, up 141.
Traction Employes Meet at New Orleans Convention
Traction workers from New Orleans gather for the tenth biennial convention of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees held in the city. Delegates discuss industry issues and union affairs during sessions beginning October 8.
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New Orleans
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Voorlea
International Brotherhood meet gathers in Milwaukee
Delegates from Vation Blacksmiths in Colne Milwaukee and T Helpers assemble in Milwaukee for the eleventh biennial convention. The convention will convene for a week with sessions and deliberations on union matters.
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Vation Blacksmiths
Colne
Milwaukee
Oover
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and T Helpers
Belligerent Striker Fined After Telegraph Row
Thomas A. Banks, a striking telegrapher, assaulted E. BE. Leonard, superintendent of Western Union Telegraph Co., on the street last Saturday and was fined. The incident highlights ongoing labor tensions at the company.
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Penger
Thomas A. Banks
É BE. Leonard
Western Union Telegraph Company
Negro Question Dominates Episcopal Convention in Richmond
At the Richmond gathering of the Episcopal general convention the key debate centers on the Negro question. Debates in the house of deputies address reducing diocese representatives, while bishops discuss whether Black clergy should lead a separate bishopric or remain under white bishops. A Duluth diocese recognition and the Georgia move toward Atlanta are also noted.
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Richmond
General Convention
Episcopal Church
House of Deputies
Duluth
Georgia
Atlanta
House of Bishops
Nodecsson
Hearing Instruments Sent For King Edward And Queen
Reported in London that three sets of artificial hearing instruments have been sent to Buckingham Palace for King Edward and Queen Alexandra to use. The king is hard of hearing and the queen has long suffered deafness. The devices allow them to converse without a trumpet.
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Edward
London
Buckingham Palace
Alexander
Accusations of Discriminatory Coal Car Allocation
Washington on October 8 reports two cases filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission charging unjust and discriminatory regulations in distributing coal carrying cars among shippers. Complainant in both cases is the Illinois Coal Mines company of Chicago, against the Chicago Peoria and St. Louis and the Chicago and Aston Railroad companies.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
TiInois Collieries Company
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Chicago and
Aston
Noted Scotchman Masson Dead in Edinburgh
Edinburg Scotland Oct 8 David Masson historiographer royal for Scotland is dead. Born 1822 he was professor of rhetoric and Tealish literature at Edinburgh University and honorary professor of ancient literature at the Royal Scottish academy. Masson served as editor of Mac Millan's Magazine from 1858 to 1865 and its publication was suspended last week.
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Edinburg
Scotland
David Masson
Royal For
Edinburgh University
Royal Scottish Academy
Masson
MacMillan’s
Navy seeks torpedoes in Europe for fleet boats
Washington October 8 reports the ordnance department of the navy has an agent in Europe to buy a number of White head torpedoes. The move comes because U S factories cannot supply enough torpedoes to properly equip torpedo boats with this armament.
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Europe
Washington
Oct
Ordnance Department of the Navy
Department
United States
Atlee calls Acajutla capture report an absurd canard
Washington October 8 Assistant Secretary of State Atlee dismissed as an absurd canard a San Francisco report that Manduran land forces seized Acajutla port in late September after a battle with Salvadoran army.
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Washington
Atlee
San Francisco
Acajutla
Salvador
Atlanta reports a suspected heist and bank robbery myth
Specials from Pell City say County Treasurer Williamson was held up and robbed of 4000 dollars. The incident is under investigation but believed false, as is the claimed bank robbery near Seddon involving 500000 dollars.
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Atlanta
Pell City
Ala
Williamson
Seddon
Omaha man and surgeon aboard railroad test train
A scrambled dispatch describes a copper industry magnate and a surgeon traveling aboard a special barricade freight train across the country, with references to a Butte, Montana figure and a passenger named Frank Dillines aboard.
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Omaha
Neh
I. RK. Bean
Butte
Mont
Fred Chitage
Frank Dillines
Bank Robbery at Church's Ferre Reported
A bank at Church's Ferre was robbed of funds and papers. The safe was dynamited in the incident.
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Crada N.oGh. Qet. S
Church
Ferre
Post Season Baseball Opened in Boston and St Louis
Post season games began with Boston League 1 American dies at St Louis League 6 American.
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Chicago
Det. S
Boston
St. Louis
Regular newspaper delivery notice urged to inform office
Patrons are asked to notify the office if they do not receive their paper regularly, requesting prompt attention to restore timely delivery.
Humphreys Homeopathic No 28 Promises Cure for Debility
Advertises Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 as a long used remedy for nervous debility and prostration from overwork and other causes. Priced at $1 per vial or $8 for a special package, available from Druggists or by prepaid mail from Humphreys Medicine Co. New York address William and John Streets.
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Humphreys’ Medicine Co
William and Joby Streets
New York
Humphreys
Humphreyy' Kied. Co
William &John Sts
Deneen to Speak on Deep Waterways and Primary Law
Governor Deneen prepared a two sujet message for the assembly reopening today. He will reiterate the need for deep waterways action and urge a primary election law within the supreme court's confined limits.
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State News
Springfield
Neneen
General Assembly
Masion
Supreme Court
Memphis
Tle
Deneen
Senate
Pearl of great worth found after oyster stew loss
Dr Harry A Clark of Carmi Illinois lost a tooth on an oyster stew while visiting St Louis. He kept the piece, which a jeweler valued as a pearl of great worth. Clark refused $500 and plans to keep it as a trophy. The restaurant did not charge for the stew.
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Carmi
St. Louis
Harry A. Clark
Ife
Clark
Presidential Postmasters Organize in Illinois
Springfield Oct. 8 The presidential postmasters of Illinois have organized a state body with Dan Campbell of Chicago as president TH Temmens of Elgin as secretary and J B Messick of East St Louis as treasurer The first regular meeting is set for Champaign November 12 and 13 to improve the postal service.
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Springfield
Oflinois
Dan Campbell
Chicago
T. Temmens
Elgin
J. 1B
Messick
Hast St. Louis
Champaign
Magill Murder Trial Opens With Extended Jury Selection
The Magill case begins as Fred Magill and his wife Maye Magill face trial for the murder of Mrs Pet Magill, with the state summoning elect witnesses and the defense forty. Jury selection is expected to be lengthy due to the complexity of the case.
Strike Pickets Enjoined in Springfield Court Ruling
Judge Tonyehey of the U S circuit court granted a temporary injunction on the American Steel Foundries request preventing John Tilene at the plant from picketing the plant or interfering with its operation in Comite City.
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Springfield
Tih
Chet
Tonyehey
United States Circuit
American Steel Foundries
Comite City
Johntil Ene
Shooting at Restaurant Leaves Proprietor Wounded
Det S-1L Maxwell reported three shots fired from a revolver by a man identified as Causey at Col. Bexwickle, owner of a restaurant. The victims were rushed to hospital with two bullets injuring the stem and body while another hit the intestines. recovery prognosis remains doubtful.
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Maxwell
Bexwickle
Resstaurant
Yretinds
Farmer Killed in a Runaway Near Carmi
William Whitting, 66, a farmer living east of Carmi Illinois, was kicked in the breast by a young horse he was driving. He died before a physician could be summoned.
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Carmi
Get
William Whitting
Westerm Altnots Electric Traction license granted
Secretary of State grants Westerm Altnots Electric Traction company a license to incorporate and build a road from Iyers town in Cook County through Cook, DuPage, and Kane to Aurora.
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Springfold
Secretary of State
Westerm Altnots Electric Traction Company
Iyers
Cook County
Cook, Dullage
Kane
Aurora
Glow worms Brighten Before Storms, Mystery Unsolved
Antiquated observers note glow worms brighten visibly as storms approach, a striking but unexplained phenomenon echoed in natural history. The curious behavior remains a mystery with no definitive scientific explanation to date.
Case Medicine Restores ailing Infant at Stephenson Street
A mother reported her baby who cried in pain is now well after using Case medicine sold by Wm. F. Jungkung at 86 Stephenson Street. The notice highlights recovery and a local pharmacy source.
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Wm. F. Jungkung
Stephenson Street
Odessa Jews attacked by Odessa unionists amid cemetery raid
Oct 8 Odessa dispatch reports unionists surrounding an Orthodox Jewish cemetery during a funeral service, firing on mourners and wounding several. Black Hundreds mobs then looted Jewish shops while police and Cossacks arrived. officers were assaulted and a shooter killed one assailant.
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Odessa
Erebrew
Black Hundred
Oldest New England Voter Voted At 100 In New Milford
Alan son Canfield of New Milford aged 100 voted at the town meeting, maintaining a record as New England’s oldest voter. A lifelong resident, he began as a farmer and later became a butcher before starting the town’s first lumber yard, retiring in 1867. He has voted in every presidential election since 1828.
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New Milford
Conn
Alanson Canfield
New England
Ile
Andrew Jackson
Roosevelt
Canfield
Sailor Narrowly Escapes Freight Train Trap in Cleveland
Samuel Halton Shaw a Port Huron sailor was robbed by three men in Cleveland. They knocked him senseless bound him to railroad tracks in Pennsylvania yards. An engineer stopped the freight train within feet, sparing his life.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Samuel Halton Shaw
Port Huron
Mich
Shaw
Tie
John Mitchell Improves, Returns to Office in Health News
Indianapolis Oct 8 John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers of America has improved in health and went to his national headquarters office briefly. Secretary Wilson said friends are encouraged and believe he is on the road to full recovery.
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John Michell
Indianapolis
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
National Headquarters
Wilson
Mitchell
Man Confesses to Murder of Wife in Tennessee Trial
In Chattanooga on October 8 Keith Turner, on trial for killing his child wife Lillie Turner, confessed his guilt. He said the crime stemmed from her alleged infidelity and defiance after he accused her of being unfaithful. Turner hails from Breathitt County, Kentucky.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Ked Turner
Criminal
Lillie Turner
Breathitt County
Copper Price Cut Again on New York Metal Exchange
A further 14 cent per pound drop in copper price set a new low for the current downward movement on the Metal Exchange in New York. The cut reflects continued market weakness and is expected to influence domestic metal costs and manufacturing costs in the near term.
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New York
Metal Exchange
Rockerfeller Jr Sworn In as Grand Juror in New York
John D. Rockerfeller Jr. has been sworn in as a member of the grand jury of the court of general sessions in New York.
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John D., Jr
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Court of General Sessions
Thaw's second murder trial set for December
News items report Harry Thaw's second trial for the murder of Stanford White to begin in New York on December 2 before Justice Dowling. Other brief notes include deaths, political congressmen, church name change talk, a fatal railway collision, bankruptcy filing, airship sale, and wireless tests.
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Harry Thaw
Stanford White
New York
Justice Dowling
Joseph Dickenson
Lynn
Maass
Count Zeppelin
Lake of Constance
Cherman
W. J. Bryan
Elizabethtown
Munfordville
Russellville
Bowling Green
Central City
Plara
Peru
Vincent's Monthly Report Says He Talks A Great Deal
In a School Board Journal notice, Vincent is described as overly garrulous and punished with dustbadow. The head master plans to mention the fault on the monthly report. The father's reply reads You ought to hear his mother in red ink on the mailed report.
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Vincent
School Board Journal
Marshall in Defeat and Washington’s Snub in 1700s
A Richmond Virginia coring recounts John Marshall’s political misadventure when General Washington urged him to run for Congress, Marshall refused, and the clout of Parson Blair and Parson Buchanan swung a Virginia vote for John Clapton over Marshall. The tale highlights Marshall’s Federalist ties, a tricky early career, and family servants tied to his home.
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Philadelphia
Marshall Street
John Marshall
General Washington
Marshall
Mount Vernon
Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Richmond
Democrats
John Clapton
Parson Blair
Parson Buchanan
John Clopton
Clopton
Parsons
Anapolis
Audience Ready to Help in Belgrade Theater Incident
At a Belgrade theater representing Schiller's Don Carlos the pistol meant to kill the Marquis de Posa jammed and the actors fled behind the curtain. Several audience members offered loaded weapons, prompting a tense scene reported by the London Express.
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Schiller
Carlos
Belgrade
Marquis de Posa
London Express
Pickle, Not Honey, Triggers Husband Charm in Pair
A humorous exchange from the Houston Post features a wife confessing she calls her husband Pickle instead of Honey because he knows she detests honey and every woman loves pickles. The joke hinges on playful affection and wordplay between spouses.
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Houston Post
An Ancient English Workhouse Record from 1570
In St Thomas Hospital London records from 1570 an entry grants the poor “every one a day three pyutts of Bere for two months” a quart at dinner and a pint at supper and after two months return to the old ordinary one quart. The almoner and steward must buy only the best beer without bones and in specials without the marrow bone and no other to be bought.
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St. Thomas Hospital
London
Professional Dignity in Wage Demand From 19th Century Cook
In a Pittsburg Dispatch excerpt, Aunt Phronie negotiates wages with Mrs. Randolph. She states she expects two dollars weekly if she only cooks and serves, or one dollar and four bits if she must also manage family meals at the table.
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Randolph
Phronie
Pittsburg Dispatch
Thin In Different Love Makes Your Hell Swim
A compact, wry reflection on love as a force that moves people through life. The speaker suggests love shapes experience more than mere worldly motion, framing affection as both cause and consequence of inner turbulence.
How to be Beautiful Butterfly Tale
A butterfly is asked how to stay beautiful. She replies that she does nothing, implying natural beauty comes without effort. The tale uses a playful tone to reflect on vanity and authenticity.
Salary Gaps for Dominion Teachers by Province
Consul H A Conant of Windsor Canada reports average annual salaries for male and female teachers across the Dominion. Males average 486 dollars with highs in British Columbia at 677 and lows in Prince Edward Island at 246. Females average 245 dollars with highs in British Columbia at 553 and lows in Quebec at 138.
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H. A. Conant
Windsor
Canada
Dominion
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Carlyle on Heroic Virtue and Sincerity
A reflection citing Carlyle asserts that deep, genuine sincerity is the defining trait of all men who are in any way heroic. The quote emphasizes inner integrity as the core of true heroism.
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Carlyle
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