Parcels Post Highlighted by Rural Carriers Meeting
D. M. Carr of Omaha urged parcels post legislation at the National Rural Letter Carriers Association session in Omaha Nebraska. He cited Burnham and Kean bills as major national measures and argued the system could become self sustaining in its first year through rural delivery costs.
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National
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Omaha
Neb
D. M. Carr
Carr
Kean
Young Farmer Kills Sister-in-Law then Suicide Near Norfolk
John W. Richardson a young farmer of Lamberts Point Virginia shot and killed his sister-in-law Miss Josephine Cromwell and his father-in-law Beverley Cromwell with a shotgun. He killed the horse of the elder Cromwell and killed himself after the crimes. Domestic troubles preceded the incident with Richardson and his wife separating last week. He blamed Miss Cromwell for the marital split.
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John W. Richardson
Lamberts Point
Norfolk
Josephine Cromwell
Beverley Cromwell
Richardson
Cromwell
Milwaukee man Eddy joins Army after disappearance
Ralph W. Eddy, the traveling man who vanished in Milwaukee on August 12 two days before his wedding in Wooster Ohio, has become a member of the Thirteenth Infantry United States Army. He is stationed at Fort Leavenworth Kansas after records at Jefferson Barracks Missouri show he went there August 21, requested to serve, passed examinations, and was sworn in for three years.
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Eddy
Ralph W. Eddy
Milwaukee
Wooster
Ohio
Thirteenth Infantry
United States Army
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Jefferson Barracks
Dog Involves Car Mishap Near Blue Ridge
A barking dog caused Dr. Earl Jewett’s auto to overturn in Rush County Indiana. Jewett and passenger Harry Colter, returning from a patient’s home, were trapped beneath the vehicle but escaped with severe bruising after the car ran into a ditch.
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Earl Jewett
Blue Ridge
Shelby County
Indiana
Rush County
Harry Colter
Train wreck near Barte Mont kills two, injures one
Two men died and another was injured when a Great Northern passenger train derailed after hitting soft roadbed near Marias River Barte Montana. The engine and cars plunged into dirt as passengers were shaken by the high speed crash.
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Great Northern
Marias River
Barte, Mont
Nichols Family of 28 for Bryan
The Nichols family, dwelling southwest of Morocco Indiana, will boost the Democratic ticket this year to twenty eight votes including father sons and grandsons. Eight votes among the grandchildren formerly went to the Republicans will be cast for the Democratic ticket making the family solidly Democratic.
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Nichols
Bryan
Morocco
Ind
Repub
Icans
Apple Tree Report Not Whole Truth From Clayton
A Clayton Indiana report on two apple crops on a tree in Dr G C A Allen's yard notes a first crop and a second crop with the tree also in bloom for a third crop, indicating the initial report did not tell the full story.
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Clayton
Ind
David Wallace
Owensville
J. D. Welborn
Logansport
Moore marshal shoots editor then dies by self
Perry Royer, marshal of Moore, shot J. H. Schmucker, editor of the News, in a town of several hundred people about 8 miles east of Sabetha Kansas, then killed himself after being angered by an item printed in Schmucker's paper.
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Perry Royer
Moore
Sabetha
Kas
J. H. Schmucker
News
Schmucker
Wright conducts Le Mans flight with Mrs Berg as passenger
Wilbur Wright, the American aeroplane pioneer, made a flight at Le Mans France with Mrs Hart O Berg wife of his European business manager aboard as a passenger.
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Wright
Wilbur Wright
le Mans
France
Hart O. Berg
President Castro in Venezuela Grief Turn for the Worse
Caracas reports say President Castro's condition has deteriorated with grave fears for his recovery. The dispatch notes a turning point in his health and the concern of officials.
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Castro
Caracas
Venezuela
Ruling Upholds School Board Power to Bar Secret Societies
Judge Windes in the Circuit Court of Chicago sustains the Chicago board of education in its claim that it may exclude pupils who are members of secret fraternities and sororities from city schools.
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Windes
Chicago
Board of Education
Gas Explosion Kills Child in Dayton Home
A gas explosion in a Dayton boarding house resulted in one death, two people dying, and two seriously injured. The blast occurred in a rooming house owned by Mrs. Eliza Wagner. Three year old Ray Harshman died.
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Eliza Wagner
Dayton
Ohio
Ray Harshman
Trade and economy improve as weather aids season
Business activity responds to seasonable weather and drought relief. Money circulation and bank clearings rise, with stronger distributive trade and apparel demand. Manufacturing gains momentum, grain movement totals 9.5 million bushels at the port, and failures in the Chicago district total 27 with liabilities over 5 000 at 66.
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Chicago
Dun’s Review of Trade
New York Trade Outlook: Cooler Weather Boosts Retail and Industry
Cooler weather improves retail and job trade across cities with fairs and festivals expanding local distribution. Crop movement is liberal though southern prices stay low while iron and steel demand wavers due to elections. Leather and shoe trades quiet. whome trades show largest weekly sales in over a year. machinery operating 50 to 60 percent. U S business failures total 245 for week ends Oct 1, compared with prior years. Canadian failures 26, lower than last week.
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United States
L Bradstreet
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grain
Cattle, hogs, sheep and grain values listed for multiple cities including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Prices cover No 2 wheat corn oats rye barley and dairy products with ranges shown for each market and livestock type. Continuous shifts in bid ranges reflect regional supply demand and quality grades across the Midwest and Northeast.
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Prittrie
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Gompers Told to Answer Questions in Buck Stove Case
Chief Justice Clabaugh rules Gompers must respond to questions in the Buck Stove Company boycott dispute. The court will decide later which questions are relevant, as Gompers defends his editorials on free press and free speech before the Federation of Labor.
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Justic
Clabaugh
District of Columbia
Gomian Federation of Labor
Buck Stove Company
Go Pers
Cision
Amer
Wurkish Powers Face Europe’s War Clouds in Balkan Rise
A detailed look at European reactions to Bulgaria’s mass mobilization and the Balkans crisis. Observers note Russia Austria and Turkey react to Ferdinand’s moves while a Berlin treaty Congress is urged to avert war. diplomats expect only peaceful negotiations unless Turks push for decisive action.
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Europe
Turkey
Abe Hamid
Army
Navy
Paris
Ferdinand
Iastement
Austria
Bosnia
Tserzegovina
Wilhelm
Russia
Sofia
Tristan
Berlin
London
Germany
Francis Joseph
Edward
Westward growth praised at Trans-Mississippi Congress
J. C. Stubbs praised railroad work in developing the West at a San Francisco meeting of the Trans-Mississippi Congress. Speakers included Dr. Benjamin Wheeler on the West of the Mississippi, Col. Fred Fleming on Western insurance, Gov. Cutler on conservation, and others noting Roosevelt’s role in national policy.
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West
Trans-Mississippi Congress
San Francisco
J. C. Stubbs
Agene
Harman Railroads
E. H. Marri- Alt
Congress
Benjamin Ee Wheeler
University of California
Trans- Mississippi
California
Fred W. Fleming
Kansas City
Western Insurance
Utah
Gov. Cutler
Loosevelt
Indiana News Roundup Sizzles With Fires, Trials And Tragedies
The era’s county incidents include a Marion barn fire killing a 4 year old boy, pension and legal cases in Muncie and Marion, a Cumberland farmer crushed by a runaway wagon, a New Albany poisoning fatality, and a baby’s death linked to a nurse’s illness. Other items cover dairy price hikes in Muncie, a widespread horse distemper, a Marion murder verdict scene, a Petersburgh horse show, and multiple local disasters and community actions across the state.
Progress in the South and Major Fund News
Manufactur ers' Record of Baltimore notes rapid stone roadmaking across the South with ongoing contracts and large industry spending. Carnegie pledges 1 250 000 for a hero fund in Edinburgh. In Minnesota rural youth show strong agricultural interest with over 4 000 under 18 entering the state industrial contest January 2 to 4. Butte county South Dakota seeks stockman aid to combat cattle anthrax.
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Manufacturers’ Record of
Baltimore
South
Edinburgh
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Minnesota
School of Agriculture
Butte County
Labor, Politics, and Labor Leaders Across the World
A wry collage notes labor shifts and political figures. Minnesota delegates to Farmers Congress are named along with labor leaders Gompers and Bryan remarks. Alfred Deakin comments on American fleet strength as South Australia seeks self reliance. E H Harriman criticizes rates and the business outlook amid campaign talk.
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South Australia
Hisgenad
Seven Years of Ill Health Reversed by Pinkham's Remedy
Sallie French of Pancannla Indian Territory writes that after seven years of female troubles she became run down and nervous. She sought advice from Mrs. Pinkham, used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and is now strong and well.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sallie French
Pancannla
Ind
Ter
Mrs. Pinkham
Facts for Sick Women Virginian Patent Medicine Ad
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound touted as a standard remedy for female ailments for thirty years. Claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down dizziness and nervous prostration. Encourages women to write to Mrs Pinkham in confidence for free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Archimedes and Roosevelt Debate on Levers and the Big Stick
A Chicago Tribune quip recalls Archimedes claiming a lever could move the world, then notes the parable ends with Roosevelt holding the Big Stick. The fragment reflects a sharp political comparison and a punchy historical aside.
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Archimedes
T. Roosevelt
Chicago Tribune
Edits of a Gentleman Conversation
A mother confronts Edith after she calls Mr Midlage an old gentleman, insisting she was not impolite and denying calling him an old man. The exchange centers on respect and perception during a tense family moment.
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Edith
Backache and Kidney Trouble Prompt Relief
Mrs. R. Crouse of Manchester Iowa reports two years of back and rheumatic pain hampering activity and sleep. After using Dean's Kidney Pills the kidney action normalized and backache ceased, leaving her health unusually good. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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R. Crouse
Fayette St
Manchester
Iowa
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. X
Lesson from Nature in a Humorous Exchange
A comic exchange compares human maturity with animal behavior. A professor urges young gentlemen to imitate the dignity of mature animals and reptiles, but a sharp student counters that a rattlesnake plays more as it ages, challenging the idea of growth bringing seriousness.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsements from Toledo Firms
A vintage ad offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for an uncured case. It includes endorsements from F. J. Cheney & Co. and Wallace, Kinnan & Marvin of Toledo, claiming 15 years of honorable business and ability to fulfill obligations. The text promotes internal use and blood and mucous system impact, with testimonials free and price at 73 cents per bottle.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
WaLoing, Kinnan & Marvin
Hall
His Natural Bent and a Crook’s Confession
A dialogue notes that Pslyman left affairs in bad shape and cannot be straightened. He is called a confirmed crook. A brief ad mocks a Red Cross Ball Blue product urging purchase via grocers. A question about whether a widow may marry her deceased husband’s brother is answered with a cautious yes, though rarely done.
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Pslyman
Mrs. Vidders
Truth and Quality Laxative Endorsement Ad
A claim extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a superior laxative option praised for cleansing and relieving internal organs without debility or dosage increases. It states the product is natural, physician approved, and urges buying only the California Fig Syrup Co. genuine article from major druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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