Religious membership rises in U S 1906 census figures
The 1906 United States census of religious bodies reports 32 926 445 communicants. Protestant groups total 20 287 742 and the Roman Catholic Church 12 679 142 with dueling city rural distributions and notable shares in major cities. The five leading cities show high congregation ratios including New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston and St Louis.
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United States
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church of Christ, Scientist
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Ct. Louis
Hationar Lcague
St Lows
Prooklyn
Incintalf
Philadel
Pittabuta
Cleveland
Philadela
Detroit
St. Louis
American Association
Te Aid
Ak Mint’ Polis
Tad'polis
St. Paul
Kan
Tolada
Milwaukee
Loauler Ile . LE Columbus
Denver
Topaka
Sioux City
Des Moines
Lincoln
St. Joseph
Omaha
Wichita
Receivers Take Over Jones Dry Goods Company
Federal court appoints receivers for the Jones Dry Goods Company of Kansas City. Estimated liabilities reach 1.4 million with assets about 2.0 billion. Receivers say firm solvent and operations to continue despite alleged spendthrift on realty and leases amid poor spring business conditions. Creditors include parties in St. Louis Chicago Philadelphia and New York.
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Janen Dry Gomta Company
Kanwea City
Bor
Jones Dry Goods Company
Kansas City
Penn
Bt. Loula
Chicaan
Philadelphia
New York
Kentucky Capitol Dedication Attracts Record Attendance
Kentucky celebrated the dedication of its new 82,000,000 structure with full-day exercises. Special trains from many directions brought thousands to Frankfort, including over 1,900 Louisville high school girls. Governor Augustus E. Wilson and U S Senator William S Radley spoke of historic significance.
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Mack
Gov
Augustus FE. Wilson
United States
William Cradley
North Central Minnesota editors plan meeting at Glengarry Springs
The annual outlay of the North Central Minnesota Editorial Association will be held near Walker at Glengarry Springs or Leech Lake. Attendees will discuss education, college participation, and rural school funding as resolutions urge state funding.
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Minnesota Editorial Association
Glengarry Springs
Leech Lake
Walker
Iir Ashar University
Cairo
Heypt TL
Hamer H. Seerley
Towa State Teachers’ Asseats
Misanuri
Des Alpines
St Thomas College
Futum Literary Society
University At
Manitoba University
Tie
G George Cochrane
Jos Angles Tniversity
Tor
John C. Parish
State Historical Department of
Town
J. W. Parish
Cerny Fails
Beloit College
Tri-Countryeducational Association
Hed
Grafton
N. C
State Legislative Assembly
Passenger Injuries and Collisions Highlight Railroad Record
A Pennsylvanian railroad report shows over ten years, 379 passengers injured in wrecks. The period 1908 marks two fewer passenger collisions and fifteen fewer freight collisions than the previous year, reflecting overall trend shifts.
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Pennarivania
Fifteon Lowe
Scientific Academy report on a new celluloid freproof process
Prof Gautier submitted to the Academy of Science in Paris an account by Dr Tottelie describing a process that renders celluloid fireproof. The method uses either silicate or pure ether with alcohol as a solvent for nitrocellulose fibers.
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Gautier
Academy of Science of Paris
Tottelie
Pacific Coast Race Entry Faces Cornelia Dillon Sibling Prospect
Cornelia Dillon, Lou Dillon half sister, to be featured on the Pacific coast this season. Harvard beat Dartmouth 91 4 6 to 24 1 6 in the annual dual meet. Penn defeated Cornell 72 to 42 in Ithaca. Intercollegiate rules committee kept forward pass unrestricted. Clover Patch, 3, 1908 2 09 record, linked to C R Gentley of Buffalo and A H Miller of the same city. Senate NY passes tax removal for racing receipts. Harness purses over 20906 for Wisconsin State Fair races Sept 12–14. Waldo failed Ken tucky Derby hopes by Yameko. Path Hes schedule for football under manager Helton at Minnesota A.A. with seven games. Atbeameriesa Thluvig team to Vancouver en route to Australia and NZ. Prince and Princess of Wales attended Japan-British exposition in London hosted by jim jitsu wrestlers. Prince and Princess praised Orientals’ cleverness. called it the most unique sport seen.
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Cornelia Dillon
Lou Dillon
Pacific Coast
Harvard
Dartmouth
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell
Tihaca
N. Y
Clover Patch
Kentucky
Louisville
Helton
University of Minnesonr Athetic Association
Atbeameriesa Tluvig
Court Stops Rise In Freight Rates In 25 Railroads Case
United States District Judge David P. Dyer restrained 25 Western railroads including Missouri Pacific and Chicago and Northwestern from enforcing inter state rate increases. The injunction, tied to Sherman anti trust claims, was filed by the U S government led by Attorney General Wickersham. The action targets unlawful rate increases and signals broader federal action across regions as Eastern lines contest tariffs at Washington.
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Western Railroads
United States District
David P. Dyer
Hannibal
United States
United States Circuit
St. Louis
Dyer
Iahn P. Grosvenor
Washington
Frederick N. Judson
George W. Wickersham
William S. Kenyon
Charles A. Houts
Missouri Pacific Railway
Chicago and
W Northwestern
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Chicsago, Rock Inland and Pacific Railway
Wabesh
Chicago, Miwauket
8Th Paul
Alinoa Central Railroad
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Atchiaen
Topeka
Ami Santa Fe
Chicago
Great Wastern Railway
Misaouri
Kanaaz and Texas
Louia and
San Francisco
Quincy
Omana
Kansas City
Gt. Paul and
Des Moines
Minneapoile
Lowe
Fort Dodds
Des Moines and Southern
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis and Omaha
Filein
Joliet and Easters
Chienes, Peoria
Loula
Uno
Chicago, Milwaukee and Garr Baltwar
Minkespolls
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio River
Mississippi
Missouri River
Atlanticn
Eastern Trunk Lines
Marriage breach suit targets Prof Harry Peck
Miss Esther Quinn sues Harry Thurston Peck professor of Latin at Columbia University for 39000 dollars in the New York Supreme Court alleging breach of promise of marriage. The case notes Peck's prominence as author and critic and mentions his two marriages and a prior divorce obtained by his first wife.
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Colmphin
Supreme Court of New York
Esther Quinn
Harry Thurston Peck
A. ML
University of Colurbia
Latin Club of America
Teck
Sioux Falls
Eilnabeth Hi. Duflois
Morris High School
Cotton Crop Near Normal Report Shows Growth Status
The first cotton report of the season by the crop reporting board lists the May 25 crop condition at 82 percent of normal, up from 12 percent last year and 80.5 percent of the ten year average. Planting area this year totals about 35,496,000 acres, or 162.8 percent of last year’s 2,292,005 acres, a difference of roughly 4,000 acres or 2.8 percent.
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Crop Reporting Board
Senate Passes Railroad Bill Amid Daylong Debate
The U S Senate approved the administration railroad bill by a 50 to 12 vote after a lengthy session. Democrats opposed with 12 votes, while debates over public land withdrawal and statehood continued with adjournment pending further conference talks.
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Senate
United States
Bacon
Fletcher
Frazier
Hughes
Money
Newlands
Percy
Purcell
Rayner
Shively
Smith
Maryland
South Carolina
Beveridge
Nelson
Public Lands Committee
Deveridge
War
Hagan
Cumming
Mayia
Fotielta
Dolliver
Clay
Paynter
Simmons
Gore
Newlanda
Garcon
Treat Falls Dead Former U S Treasurer Died Of Apoplexy
Charles Henry Treat once treasurer of the United States under Roosevelt died in his New York Hotel Victoria apartment from apoplexy. He was about sixty eight, survived by his wife and two daughters. Born in Frankfort Maine he traced ancestry to Robert Treat Paine and a Connecticut colonial governor. A Dartmouth graduate he joined family business operating a fleet of vessels and later served as Delaware delegate to the 1888 Republican convention. He also held the role of Collector of Internal Revenue for the Wall Street district during the Spanish American War.
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Strickers
Charles Henry Treat
United States
Roosevelt
Hotel Victoria
New York
Mr. Treat
Frankfort
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat
Connecticut
Illinois Coal War Threatens Industry as Mines Shut
Miners in Illinois refuse terms and strike, shutting pumps and cutting fresh air in both wet and dry mines. Operators stand firm, backed by the Illinois Manufacturers Association, amid losses and calls for federal arbitration similar to 1902.
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Ilinois
Hlinois
Tlingis Manufacturers’ Association
Hotel la Salle
Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Manfacturers' Association
Norman W. Fraser
Chicago Portland Cement Company
Taft
Death of Henry Q. Porter Known as O. Henry
William Sidney Porter, famed as O. Henry, died in New York's Polyclinic Hospital from liver cirrhosis after an operation by Dr. Charles Russell Hancock. Born in Texas forty two years ago, Porter worked for the Houston Post and led a life as cowboy, sheep herder, and druggist before traveling widely.
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William Sidney Porter
New York Hospital
Henry
Polyclinic
New York
Charles Russell Hancock
Mr. Porter
Texas
Llouston Post
Deforee
Stampede to Alaska Strains Northern Steamship Capacity
Officials estimate 15 000 prospectors will depart Seattle for Nome and St Michaels on early sailings to Alaska drawn by reports of rich Iditarod gold discoveries. Wealthy men crowded into area garages while steamship offices report waiting lists larger than the north bound capacity.
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Alaska
Kering Sea
Seattle
Nome
St. Michaels
Iditarod
Cuban President Welcomes Maine Raising Request
President Gomez of Cuba agrees to permit and aid American engineers in raising the Maine after a request by John TR Jackson through the State Department. He expresses willingness to facilitate the project in every possible way.
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Cnabu Pawers
Maine
John TR. Jackson
State Department
Gomez
Cuba
Mrs Doxe y Freed in Murder Case and Bigamy Charge
Mrs Doxey is found not guilty by a St Louis jury on arsenic murder charges involving William Erder. She is rearrested on a bigamy charge while Dr Loren Doxey faces trial within two weeks. Originating events trace to arrests in Columbus Nebraska and a 1903 St Louis relocation.
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Dera Elisabeth Dever Fes
Bt. Louis
William J. Erder
Grimm
Doxey
Loren B. Doxey
Wilk
Newton
Mra.oxey
Ital
Columbue
Neh
Erdex
Aledo
Tik
Robert L. Downing
Joy
Burlington
Iowa
Downing
St. Louis
Erder
Kate Erder
Slater
Columbus
Neb
Terrible Cyclone Kills 500 in East Africa
Dispatches from Mozambique report a powerful cyclone sweeping East Africa and adjacent seas. More than 500 people drowned and many ships lost, including a large vessel carrying 400 miners en route to the Rand mines.
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Africa
East Africa
Mozambique
Rand Mines
Dynamite Robbery At Unity Wisconsin Bank
The State Bank of Unity Wisconsin was robbed recently with a dynamite blow to the vault. Two men, said to have lingered around the bank for days, made the escape with about $2,000. The bank, established in 1905, had a capital of 10,000 dollars.
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Unity
State Bank of Unity
Wis
Massachusetts Senate blocks income tax bill for high earners
In a party line vote the Massachusetts Senate defeated a measure creating a general state income tax on earnings over 2400 dollars. The bill faced strong opposition amid concerns over economic impact and administrative details.
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Massachunetts Senate
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James Bryce
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Minneapolis Journal
W. F. Schilling
Minnesota Dairyman
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Cannon
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Wiliam J. G
Presbyterian Ecumenical Counchoat
Edinburgh
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Whe van
Chayer
Fingland
National Congress of the
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C. H. Treat
Alasifa
Louis Herriot
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Dynamite Wisconsin Bank
Harry Simvikas
Bridgeport
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