Bomb Explosions Rock East Side Tenement District
A bomb exploded in an East Eleventh Street tenement in New York City waking residents. The building housed eighteen families and the owner has faced Black Hand threats for a year. Stairs, windows, and plaster were damaged as prior blasts occurred in the same block after blackmail demand. In the Philippines a deadly October storm in Cagayan valley killed hundreds and caused widespread destruction.
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New York City
East Side
East Eleventh Street
Pasque Discardi
Will Wage War on Disease Over Typhoid in South Bend
South Bend health officer D W McNamara fights a typhoid fever outbreak. Twenty three cases were reported this month and twenty nine in September, prompting a citywide push to combat the illness by waging war on flies and urging residents to keep screens closed until snow flies.
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South Bend
Ind
D. W. McNamara
Circus Shows Net Big Profits and Royal Wedding
The Hagenbeck Wallace circus earned about 45 000 dollars for Col Benjamin E Wallace during a Chicago run with Firemen’s Association of Chicago. the Firemen received 55 000 dollars. The season profit exceeds 125 000 dollars. In Berlin, Duchess Alexandria Victoria wed Prince August William of Prussia in the Imperial palace chapel, witnessed by the Imperial family and numerous minor royals.
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Hagenbeck & Wallace
Peru
Ind
Chicago
Firemen's Association of Chicago
Benjamin E. Wallace
Colonel Wallace
Kaiser
Alexandria Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Frederick
Duke
Schlesswig-Holstein
Imperial Palace
Berlin
Germany
August William
Prussia
Emperor Willam
Tragic Death of 11 Year Old Elsie Wenhart in Chicago
Eleven year old Elsie Wenhart died by gas poisoning at home in Chicago after leaving a note saying everyone was mean to her. The incident is reported as suicide by self harm with a note found describing mistreatment. No further details provided.
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Elsie Wenhart
Chicago
Til
Louis Rail
Otto Rail
Terre Haute
Montevideo
Minn
Rail
Fire destroys Cox boarding house in Lincolnville Oklahoma
Three children perished in the blaze at the Cox boarding house in Lincolnville Oklahoma. Several residents were seriously burned in the early morning fire.
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Cox
Lincolnville
Okla
Dayton Fire Causes Huge Loss to Ten Firms
A fire in Dayton Ohio caused an estimated 100000 loss to ten business firms. The blaze was insured. Robert Sutherland, a Packer and early canned beef industry originator with ties to Philip Armour, died in Kansas City at 68. Isaac T Kern, first cousin of Democratic vice presidential candidate John W Kern, died at Big Stone Gap Virginia aged 60. a former Confederate and Republican.
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Dayton
Ohio
Robert Sutherland
Packer
Philip Armour
Kansas City
John W. Kern
Isaac T. Kern
Big Stone Gap
Attempt to wreck Chicago Express thwarted in Pa
An attempt to wreck the Chicago Express on the Erie line was frustrated when a jack was found under the rails at Pymatoning Pennsylvania. Detectives are investigating the case.
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Chicago
Erie
Pymatoning
Lynn shoe strike ends as workers return after union action
More than half of the 15,000 operatives in 67 Lynn shoe plants resume work when gates open on Friday, following union action that ended a strike of the lasters active since October 2.
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Lynn
Mass
Britain Faces Severe Unemployment Amid Shipyard Slump
The article reports widespread distress as Britain confronts a shipbuilding and iron industry downturn. Freights are unremunerative with 94 ships laid up in the Tyne. 35 000 are employed in shipbuilding, down from 45 000 last year. Dockyards idle, 500 ship officers jobless, 6 000–7 000 dockhands out of work, and Manchester's engineering and shipbuilding sectors also suffer. The Glasgow Distress Committee warns 6 000 families may need aid next winter as funds run dry.
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Britain
Tyne
Thackeray
North of England Iron
Government Chemists Find a Substitute for Wood Pulp
Government chemists announce a corn stalk based paper as a cheaper alternative to wood pulp. Dr. H S Bristol and team produced five shade grades including white from shell and yellow from pith, promising at least 50 percent lower cost and relief from pulp shortages.
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Department of Agriculture
Chemistry Bureau
H.S. Bristol
Greatest Butterfly Collection Sold to Field Museum
The widow of Herman Strecker of Reading, Pennsylvania, sold the world famed butterfly and moth collection, nearly 100000 specimens, to the Field Museum of Chicago for twenty thousand dollars.
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Herman Strecker
Reading
Field Museum of Chicago
Mrs Hains Seeks Divorce In High Society Case
Mrs. Claudia L Hains files for divorce from Captain Peter Hains while he remains jailed on a murder charge for the July Bay View Yacht Club dock shooting of William Annis of New York. She denies any affair and may testify against him.
Secret of a Longer Life Dr. Doyen at Geneva Congress
French scientist Dr. Doyen told the Geneva Congress of Medicine that experiments suggest life extension may be possible by increasing white blood cells. He cites Metchnikoff's phagocytes and claims a liquid multiplies these cells, boosting vital resistance. surgical application discussed but not public.
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Doyen
Congress of Medicine
Geneva
Metchnikoff
Royal Canadian Yacht Club to Challenge for Canada Cup
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club aims to challenge the Rochester N.Y. Yacht Club for the Canada cup in 1909 as Isaac O Weir known as Ike Weir the Belfast spider dies in Somerville Massachusetts. Marathon plans are announced by Century Athletic Club for a 25 mile coast race from Fruitdale to Haywards likely on Thanksgiving day.
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Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Rochester
Isaac O. Weir
Ike Weir
Somerville
Mass
Pacific Coast
Century Athletic Club
Fruitdale
Haywards
Royal Automobile Club
Isle of Man
W. Watson
Great Britain
John Burns
Ruth Dillon
Argot Wilkes
Cox
St. Paul
Minnesota
Columbus
Ohio
Hedgewood Boy
Citation
Illinois
Ambiguous OCR Note Sparks Speculation on 7 and 19 Figures
Fragmentary text from a historical page hints at estimated values like 7 and 19 and references to a commercial order this year. The garbled lines mention weights, lard, and America, with a figure of 154,146 suggesting a numeric figure or count, but the passage is incomplete and lacks clear context or identifiable entities.
Record yield of apples reaches twenty five million barrels
Reports to the National Apple Show indicate a harvest of 25 000 000 barrels or 62 500 000 bushels from 15 000 growers across the union. Despite droughts rains and pests, the crop is as large as 1907 and prices are higher, with production totals totaling 9 250 000 000 pounds of pastry ingredients and a vast supply of flour and other inputs.
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Georgia
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Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Harry J. Neely
Appie Show
Spokane
Middle Western
Kern
Mercury for Tuberculosis Treatment Endorsed by Navy Inspector
Medical Inspector Hibbett forwards a Wright paper from Newport War Hospital asserting mercury, used judiciously, is a specific treatment for tuberculosis in all forms. The report notes some patients were nearly at death’s door during treatment.
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Hibbett
Navy
B. L. Wright
War Hospital
Newport
R. I
Ita
Denver mortgage suit links to a late 19th century scandal
Mrs Warren wife of Dr Warren Methodist bishop of Colorado sues the estate of Efannah E Foster former Denver red light queen to foreclose a 5000 dollar loan from seventeen years ago. President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of Hamilton Fish assistant treasurer of the United States effective October 21. Fish had not been renominated by Republicans for a delegate post from 33 states and five Canadian provinces. International affairs note Serbia and Austrian annexations in the Balkans provoking powers.
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Mrs. Warren
Dr. Warren
Colorado
Efannah E. Foster
Denver
Ronevelt
Hamilton Fish
United States
New York
Fish
Ben
Twenty-first
Review of Indiana Wells County News Snapshots
A wide run of local items includes Wells County public school enrollment at 4654, court actions in Warsaw and Elkhart County, marriages and divorces in Columbus and Muncie, mining accidents near Petersburg and Shirley, a fatal interurban collision near Anderson, and a rash of fires damaging barns and property. Notable people mentioned include John Hamilton of Liberty Center, Prof. A. H. Veazey, Elmer Baughart, George Morris, Thomas Botts, John Howarth, Ira W. Howarth, and Dr. John B. Harper. The report also notes onion shipments, a dynamite chicken trap, and an Alexandria advertising ordinance.
Trade volume and activity outlook in Chicago in weekly review
The Weekly Review reports bank clearings totaling 243,279,198 down 9.7 percent from the prior year. Defaults shrink but liquidation lingers on old debts, while factory and merchandising activity shows a modest rise amid cautious demand in iron and steel. Shipbuilding dulls, rail and furnace work improve, and retail sales benefit from favorable weather.
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Weekly Review of
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
New York Business Conditions Cautiously Optimistic As Year Ends
Unseasonable warmth and looming national elections slow seasonal merchandise. Industry shows slight activity gains in iron and building, while drought and low water affect coke, navigation and paper mills. Rail tonnage up. overall earnings decline narrows. 244 US business failures this week, 29 in Canada.
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United States
Canada
Market quotes from many cities on commodities and cattle
The report lists prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo and other markets. It also notes Cartels Thelen & Co Cork shoe manufacturers in Boston and Chelsea and an accident in Colorado Springs with a driver at large.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Thelen & Co
Boston
Chelsea
Lawson stables to be sold at New York auction this fall
Arnold Lawson announced in Boston that the Lawson stables will be sold at auction in New York this fall. Equitable Life Assurance has sold its holdings of 2,500 shares Be First National Bank of Chicago at about 400 a share.
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Arnold Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Lawson
New York
Equitable Life Assurance
First National Bank of Chicago
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