Bryan Address at Labor Day Park Rally Warns on Injunctions
William Jennings Bryan spoke at Forest Park Labor Day, praising solidarity and wage gains for both union and nonunion workers. He contrasted labor with trusts, defended jury trials and against injunction overreach, urged robust ballot use for fair distribution of toil proceeds, and noted 20,000 workers paraded prior to the picnic in Chicago.
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Bryan
Chicago
William Tennines
Forest Park
Labor Organization
Labor
Trusts
Democratic Party
Taft To Go On The Stump On Coast To Coast Tour
Taft leaves Middle Bass Island to campaign and plans a six week tour spanning Missouri Nebraska Kansas Iowa Gillola Indiana and New York. He proposes speeches from trains and asks the Republican committee to arrange the itinerary. Hitchcock arrives in New York to headquarter until Maine election day Sept. 14. Samuel Gompers campaigns in Illinois against Joseph Cannon in the Eighteenth district aiming to defeat him in his nineteenth term. Cannon remains confident of re election.
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Middle Bass Island
William E. Taft
Republican National Committee
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Gillola
Indiana
New York
Taft
Tie
Chatryman Hitchcock
Maine
Danville
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Maols
Joseph G. Cannon
Congress
Gompers
Cannon
Campaign Text Book Out for 1908
New York Sept 7 The Republican campaign text book for 1908 has been issued by the Republican National Committee. It is a 336 page volume explaining in detail the questions under discussion in the current campaign and contrasting the Republican candidates with the preceding attitude of their Democratic opponents in various cases.
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New York
Republican National Committee
Notes on paper fooling the jailer in Kansas City
A visitor asks the prisoner what occupation he pursued before arriving. He jokes he wanted to be an author but took to note making on blank paper to pass a guard, provoking laughter at the jailhouse. The Kansas City Independent reports the exchange.
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Kansas City
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold Claims
A. J. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar with Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup for a summer cold and hay fever. He says prior prescriptions and medicines failed, but the natural bowel action products aided recovery and urges refusing substitutes.
Burdett Pianist Performs at Brown Dollmeyer’s
J Burdett, a pianist, is engaged to perform at Brown and Dollmeyer’s store at eight o clock this morning. The notice invites patrons to attend the musical event.
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J. Burdett
Yuner
Brown & Dollmeyer
Forest Fire Devastates Chisholm and Destroys Town
Minnesota and Wisconsin forest fires rage across northern regions. Chisholm on the Mesaba range is devastated with 12 000 homeless and property losses around 1.75 million in buildings plus insurance near 1.4 million. Buhl and Nashwauk narrowly survive as winds subside. Governor Johnson calls for aid for the homeless.
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St. Paul
Minn
Johnson
Minnesota
Duluth
Sept. T
Chisholm
Mesaba Range
St. Louis
Carleton
Tason
Douglas County
Wisconsin
Buhl
Nashwauk
Bubl
Mesaba Iron Range
TENTS RUSHED TO HIBBING IN RELIEF EFFORTS
Hibbing 5 miles west of Chisholm shelters about 1000 refugees with capacity for 6000 more as tents arrive from Duluth. Hibbing relief committee ready to house all, while mining workers face temporary distress awaiting insurance payouts. Chisholm fire described with rapid destruction and evacuations with no fatalities reported. Forest fires in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin cause extensive losses estimated at 3.75 million dollars. Fire threats persist near Willow Creek and French Guich.
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Hibbing
Chisholin
Chisholm
Irulath and Northern Railway
Luis
Deluth
Oscar la Prances
Chisholm Tribune
Ameke
Norothern
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kutte
Mont
Durant
Willow Creek
French Guieh
Unclear dialogue hints at divorce and arrest questions
A fragmentary exchange cites advice to be virtuous and a question about arrests. The speaker mentions providing an excuse for a divorce and an "Unclear Chileno Levent treaty" phrase appears, yielding little resolvable context.
Foley's Kidney Cure Claim Advertised by Moogh Jungkunz
An advertisement proclaims Foley's Kidney Cure as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder ailments. Signed by H. J. Moogh and William F. Jungkunz, it asserts no medicine can do more. The item is presented as a health cure notice aimed at a broad audience.
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Foley
H. J. Moogh
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Fly Catchers and Salaries Rise in Baseball Talk
Harry Bemis comments that good catchers will be paid per year by fear and that soon receivers will dictate salaries. Pitcher Raymond of the St Louis Nationals lives in Chicago and many relatives visit when he pitches. Outhelder Schweitzer, St Louis American league recruit from Ohio Pennsylvania, seeks a position with speed and steadiness. Dartmouth’s left hander Percy Skillin, once a sensation, struggles this spring and may be engaged to serve after college. Pitcher Karger of St Louis could fetch a large sum from seven clubs, but waiver rules hinder membership on a Ban Johnson team.
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Harry Bemis
Raymond
St. Louie Nationals
Chicago
Outhelder Schweitzer
St. Luis
Dartmouth
Big South Paw
Percy Skillin
Chicago Nationals
Karger
St. Louis
Ban Johnson
Tales They Tell from a Stormy Night
In Bawan New Jersey a severe electrical storm smashed a barn and felled trees by lightning though no thunder was heard. A Red Lion Pennsylvania rooster damaged its owner's glass while pecking at its reflection and nearly bled to death. Mrs Ezra Noel of Penacook New Hampshire owns a White Wyandotte hen that lays a weekly egg eight and a half by five and a half inches weighing five pounds with a double yolk. Charles Hauffman of St Louis finds a new gold watch in a street mailbox with a note asking sale proceeds go to charity after theft. Two hundred dollars in bills dangled from a clothesline in Woodbury Connecticut crumpled by a drenched owner William Wilhelmy arriving home.
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Bawan
N. J
William Spangler
Red Lion
Ezra Noel
Penacook
N. H
Charles Hauffman
St. Louis
Woodbury
Conn
Wiliam Wihelmy
Rare Humorous Exchange From Yonkers Paper
A playful antiguos snippet shows a mother and child dialogue about tanning wood and nerves. The child Angy explains Ike’s hurry caused a funny accident, with the father and Mayflower era diction adding a quaint regional tone. The piece captures village humor and phonetic mispronunciations typical of the era.
How to Avoid Appendicitis
Advice notes that most cases affect constipated individuals and promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure for chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels. It claims the laxative does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take, urging readers to refuse substitutes from H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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Orino
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
A Hundred Years Ago Look Back From The Republic
A St. Louis Republic column recalls life a century ago noting no fountain pens no cartoons in papers no tan shoes except tanbark no heiress gossip no parlor matches and steamboats just adopted making the New Orleans to St. Louis trip take about three months.
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Mississippi River
New Orleans
St. Louis
How Long Has This Restaurant Already Opened
A diner asks how long the restaurant has been open. The proprietor replies two years and smiles as the guest concedes they should have visited sooner. The exchange ends with a chilly note as cordiality fades amid a joking remark.
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Harper's Weekly
Dried swamp muck in fertilizer warned against
A lengthy critique warns farmers about dried peat muck used as nitrogen in fertilizers. It explains muck nitrogen is largely inert, producers inflate value, and nitrogen content is unreliable. It cites tests, urges buying higher grade mixes, and calls for detection methods and labeling by manufacturers.
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Thinois
Fer Hhzer
Magnum Bonum Potato Display At New York Institute
Dr. W H Jordan introduces Magnum Bonum potatoes at the American Institute exhibition in New York. Tests at the York experiment station in 1895 show seed imported from England. the variety, introduced in 1876, is noted for disease resistance and widespread cultivation. The New York station yielded 150–160 bushels per acre, far below some American varieties yielding 300–400 bushels.
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American Institute
New York
W. H. Jordan
New
Early garden notes on strawberries rhubarb currants and pears
Strawberry plants show strong growth. Weeding hoeing and fall bed setup advised. Do not manure rhubarb heavily yet. Cultivate weekly to blend manure. Rhubarb needs large manure amounts for best stalk yields. Currant cuttings root easily in early fall for spring transplant. Some towns have strong currant demand at about ten cents a quart, especially large cherries. Asparagus beds need manure before winter and thorough cultivation thereafter. Pears should be ripening melt timing guidance.
Dream Balm advertised against Nasal Catarrh in 19th century ad
An advertisement promotes Bly's Dream Balm to relieve nasal catarrh swelling and sneezing. It claims discharge will stop as causes are removed, promising cleanliness and renewed health. The product sells for 50c at druggists or by mail from Ely Bros., New York, with a daily journal delivery offer in the city.
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Bly
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
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