Nevius Elected GAR Commander in Toledo Encampment
Col Henry M Nevius of Red Bank New Jersey won the election as commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at Toledo Ohio with 454 votes to 254 for Van Sant and 90 for Dickagan. Other officers were named and Mrs W L Gillman elected president of the Women’s Relief Corps. Widow of Younger Field wed Mrs Marshall Field Jr and Malcolm Drummond married in London.
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Nevius
Grand Army
Henry M. Nevius
Red Bank
N. J
Grand Army of the Republic
Toledo
Ohio
Nevins
van Sant
Minnesota
L. T. Dickagan
Illinois
New Jersey
J. Kent Hamilton
C. C. Boyce
California
J. F. Spence
Tennessee
G. Lane Tannehill
Maryland
Women’s Relief Corps
W. L. Gillman
Roxbury
Mass
Younger Field
Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
Westminster Registry Office
London
Eng
Maldwin Drummond
Edgar A. Drummond
Little
Registry Office
Buckingham Palace
Drummond
Hampshire
Sir Victor Arthur Willington Drummond
Charles Lamson
New York
Bull in Stockcar Kills Man in Libertyville Area
A Shorthorn bull belonging to Arthur Meeker of Armour & Co killed Calder after being penned in a cattle car near Libertyville Michigan. Calder fought the animal as the bull, agitated by train motion, inflicted fatal injuries. The incident was witnessed by Joseph Flanagan, foreman at Meeker’s stock farm.
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Wiljam
Southern Railroad
West Baden
Harris Comedy Company
Robert H. Harris
Bloomington
Jesse Murphy
Glenwood
Japanese Steamer Bankok Sinks Off China Coast
News reached by the steamer Tango of the sinking of the Japanese steamer Bankok off the China Prefecture on August 6. The 2,259 ton vessel carried coal from Kuheran and had a crew of 37. nine were saved and twenty eight lives were lost.
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Tango
Bankok
China Prefecture
Kuheran
World’s Champion Pauper Dies in Public Charge Record
Hezekiah Monk, born in Herkimer County New York’s poor house 85 years ago, spent life as a public charge and died in the same institution where he lived.
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Hezekiah Monk
Herkimer County
N. Y
Fire destroys Baker Egg Case plant in Urbana Ohio
The Urbana Ohio plant of the Baker Egg Case company was totally destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at 60000 dollars, with 25000 dollars covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Egg Case Company
Urbana
Ohio
First National Bank of Niles Closed for Insolvency
The board of directors ordered the closing of The First National Bank in Niles Ohio due to insolvency. P Tillinghast was appointed receiver.
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First National Bank
Niles, Ohio
P. Tillinghast
Lumber Fire Destroys $100,000 of Lumber in Cleveland
A blaze swept through two acres of lumber yards belonging to the Saginaw Bay Lumber company in Cleveland Ohio destroying lumber valued at $100,000. Firemen battled the flames to prevent spread.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Saginaw Bay Lumber Company
George P Rowell Dies After Prolonged Illness
George P Rowell of New York a longtime figure in newspaper advertising died at the Voland Springs hotel loland Springs Me after an illness of more than a month. He was prominent in the industry for many years.
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George P. Rowell
New York
Voland Springs
Loland Springs
Schoolteacher Miss Groot Weds Grant Barber in Willow Brook
Miss Etta Priscilla Groot a Chicago schoolteacher famed for a forty day fast in Long Beach California recently married Grant Barber of Willow Brook. The couple met during her fasting period with Barber stating he loved her for her steadfast determination to continue.
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Etta Priscilla Groot
Chicago
Long Beach
Cal
Grant Barber
Willow Brook
Economic Recovery Gains Momentum Across Industries
Trade shows a cheerier tone as improving conditions lift volumes in payments and bank activity. Iron and steel orders rise. freight car contracts and structural shapes reach new highs. Building and distributive sectors expand with early deliveries boosting employment and lumber, millstuff, and quarry demand. Corn, livestock, and breadstuffs markets strengthen amid prompt payments. bank clearings total 201,649,490, down 4.9 percent from 1907. Chicago district failures remain steady at 24, with five liabilities over 5,000.
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Chicago
Dun’s Review
Business Activity Varied Across Regions Amid Cautious Trade
Buyers push expansion at western and Pacific coast hubs as southern merchants boost fall and winter goods. Chicago shows fresh stock purchases contrasting with last year’s cautious mood. Overall retail trade remains dull nationwide. industry rises slowly with output below expectations. Bradstreet's notes 232 US failures for week ending Aug 27, 27 in Canada.
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Chicago
United States
Bradstreet’s
Market price roundup for livestock and commodities in major cities
Chicago cattle hogs and sheep prices range widely from $2.50 to $7.85 as buyers in Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo post varied quotes for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and clover seed. Strongest figures appear for Chicago cattle hogs and New York wheat with notable shipping and grade distinctions.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Results of 1st State Battles at the Polls
Early returns from Michigan Wisconsin and Nebraska show key nominating contests with Vermont reporting George H. Prouty elected governor by about 28 000 over James E Burke. Wisconsin favors Stephenson over La Follette rivals as Nebraska shows Shallenberger leading Dahlman in a Democratic governor race.
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Vermont
George H. F Prouty
James E B. Burke
Bell
Prouty
James E. Burke
Burlington
National Committee
Burke
Democratic National Organization
Independence Arty
Rutherford B. Hayes
Wisconsin
la Follette
Stephenson
Francis F. McGovern
McGovern
Samuel A. Cook
Nebraska
Shallenberger
Dahlman
Omaha
Berge
Dahloman
Bryan
Trade and industry items spanning Alaska gold shipments to Midwestern elevator deals
Alaska will ship at least eight million dollars in gold to the United States this year. The Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association plans a September meeting in Clinton Iowa to prepare demands for Congress. The Fau Claire Gas Light Company opposes a large assessment rise from eighty eight thousand to two hundred fifty thousand dollars. The Standard Oil Company seeks annulment of an eight hundred thousand dollar land and stock assessment with Minneapolis oversight. The Western Elevator Company of Winona Minnesota bought the properties of Northern Grain Company of Manitowoc including fifty five country elevators and two terminals, expanding to over two hundred towns across Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and South Dakota with eastward market links.
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Alaska
United States
Upper
Western Elevator Company of
Winona
Minn
Northern Grain Company of
Manitowoc
Western Elevator Company
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
South Dakota
Lexington volunteers form cavalry to fight night riders
Prominent Lexington businessmen and professionals have volunteered to organize a cavalry company to combat night riders in the tobacco belt. The group aims to provide night patrols and deter criminal activity affecting farmers and communities.
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Lexington
Tobacco Belt
Wealthy New York sociologist named for Sixth District Assembly
Robert Hater a wealthy New York Sociatist author has been nominated for the Assembly by the Sixth District. North Dakota and northern Minnesota seek thousands of harvest hands at wages from 1.75 to 2 dollars daily. Elevator men north of Thief River Falls ship wheat to Twin Cities and other centers. The YMCA of Cincinnati aiding the unemployed sent 200 men to South Dakota harvest fields. A cholera-like license is killing many hogs near Corning Iowa with death following within four days. Farmers at Deer Lake Minnesota discussed yet to be ripe for a cooperative creamery but formed an organization to promote dairying interests.
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Robert Hater
New York
North Dakota
Minnesota
Audl Woard
Thief River Falls
Toei
Wae
Young Men’s Christian Association of
Cincinnati
South Dakota
Corning
Iowa
Deer Lake Minn
Cremmary
Indiana highlights of 1909 life and mischief across towns
A kaleidoscope of Indiana items: Mrs. Mary Gray reports peach thefts totaling about thirty bushels. a Lawrenceburg mussel yields a pearl worth $70. Wallace-Hagenbeck shows report strong business. a pup causes mischief. a viper chase at East Column. a marriage promises a large inheritance. horse, cattle, and car accidents. belt scams in Chicago. runaways and hog attacks. freshets of crime, fire, and civic projects paint a busy Midwest day.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Lawrenceburg
Edward F. Fox
Benjamin E. Wallace
Peru
Jack
Joel Jones
Evansville
J Joslyn
East Column
Mae Garnier
John B. Garnier
Chages Munsch
Indianapol
J.@. Sonderman
St. Lawrence cMirch
Munsch
Garnier
Miss Garnier
George M. Roberts, Jr
Indiana University
Lane D. Webber
Dearborn
Fitchers
Veterans Parade Through Toledo Streets and Fort Meigs Monument Dedication
Toledo reports the Grand Army of the Republic encampment parade with 150000 visitors, including Lincoln Taft Governor Fratris and Mayor Whitlock, a 82 foot granite Fort Meigs monument dedication, and a civic parade of 3400 veterans. The event featured a large 3000 child flag display and a shift from tents to real roofs for sleeping arrangements.
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Toledo
Grand Army of the Republic
William H. Taft
Fratris
Foraker
Brand Whitlock
Burton
Obite
Indiana
Clingis
Michigan
Fort Meigs
Snd
William Heary Harrison
Proctor
Hull
Detroit
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Harrison
Montreal
Quebec
Cincinnaati
New Orleans
Peace League Names Roosevelts Honorary President
The Peace and Arbitration League formed by the North Carolina Congress names President Roosevelt as honorary president and outlines plans for armament. Senator James B Mcitreary of Kentucky serves as active president of the League. A New York group, the League of Peace, aims to unite nations under a world federation with a permanent international league court as judiciary and an interparliamentary union as legislature. An electoral college of over 160000 intellectual leaders worldwide would vote by mail to select a world executive, with results counted at the Berlin par liament session after the Interparliamentary Union meeting next September.
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Honda Peace League
Peace and Arbitration League
North Carolina
Roosevelt
James B. Mctreary
Kentucky
New York
League of Peace
International League Court
Legislative Department
Interparliamentary Union
Berlin
Negroes Denied Permit for Marie Bolden Honors Meeting
In New Orleans Mayer Dehrman refused a permit for a meeting by Black citizens to honor Marie Bolden the Black spelling champion. Public sentiment reflected in daily papers spurred the uproar as prominent Black leaders gathered amid the controversy.
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Rase Rieta
New Orleans
Mayer Dehrman
Marie Bolden
Attorney General Targets Coal Railroads for Price Monopoly
New York AG under state anti trust law has not obtained a court hearing. Charges allege a rail monopoly by coal carriers including Lehieh Valley Lackawan na Reading Delaware and Thidson Ontario and others. Jackson plans to seek an injunction to halt the alleged agreement.
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N. Jackson
New York
Lehieh Valley
Lackawanna
Reading
Delaware
Thidson
Ontario
Jackson
Bargains in Babies and a Deaf Pastor Misunderstanding
In a church tale titled Bargains in Babies, the deaf deacon known as Uncle Thomas orders extra Sabbath school song books. The pastor invites parents to have their children baptized after service, and the deacon humorously offers to supply children at 50 cents each, causing uproarious laughter since he and his wife are childless.
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A. Thomas
Thomas
Succesa Magazine
Tan Weds Wrath In Sunny Reproachful Banter
In a playful exchange a couple quarreled about a sun drenched visit. Mrs Outsome complained of the heat and sunburn while Mr Outsome teased her complexion, declaring it a light brown tan that eases the moment. The scene ends with a gentle, humorous gloss on the tan as a social balm.
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Mrs. Outsome
Mr. Outsome
Chicago Tribune
Grape-Nuts Proves Health Value Through Letters
A Virginia mother credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her strength and enabling her to nurse her four month old baby. She reports improved health for both mother and child after adopting the cereal as part of a changed diet. The Postum Company promotes readers to send in similar letters and mentions a feature in The Road to Wellville.
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Alva Chance
Noblesville
Shq
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Minneapolis Board of Equalization
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Minneapolis
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Frank McCulla
Spencer County
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Boomville
McCulla
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Elwood
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Silas Gougal
Wabash
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Studebakers
Studebaker Brothers
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Henery
George Newton
Owensville
Newton
Samuel Bechtel
Worthington
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Mr. White
Terre Haute
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Taylorville
Wabash River
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Washington
William W. Grow
Danville
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Hazelton
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George McNeece
Harry Hermarg
John Wheeler
Faris, Ill
Indianpolis
Riverside Park
White River
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Wheeler
Morocco
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Samuel Snell
Sidney
Fort Wayne
Presetciv
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Frankfort
Des Reynolds
Goff
Fred Bales
Linton
Morrison
Lalor
Hearne
Tom Rogers
Yeoman Keadle
Eton
Texas
G. M. Gray
Whitesboro
Tex
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Foster-Milburn Co
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
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