Lawson Exposes Harriman Era in Great Pacific Railroad Plot
An exclusive report by Lawson, penned in Boston, details a vast scheme by Harriman and associates to manipulate Union Pacific and Southern Pacific stock. It claims understated dividends, deliberate delayed disclosures, and planned triggers to profit from stock sales amid San Francisco disaster fallout. The piece portrays Harriman as a powerful Wall Street figure driving lavish profits at the expense of damped stockholders.
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Wm. Rockefeller
Henry H. Rogers
H. C. Frick
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Wall St
Union Pacific
Southern Paofe
San Francisco
Hner
Southern Pacific
Dlemay
Tao
Alan
Hattiman
The System's Robbing of Railroads Exposed by Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson outlines how 15.40 miles of railroads, built and owned by the people, were exploited by the so called System led by Harriman, Rockefeller, and Rogers. He details stock manipulation, dividend hikes, and systemic profits at the expense of farmers and workers, urging public awareness and action.
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Tesson
Waterbury Typhoid Case Ties to Ansonia Water Supply
In Waterbury on August 2, Franklin Farrel, a leading Connecticut industrialist, ordered bottled spring water from New York after Ansonia’s supply tasted fishy. Four members of the Farrel family contracted typhoid, including Mrs Farrel, his eldest daughter and two of her children. Mrs Farrel’s condition remains precarious, and a nurse assisting at the Farrel residence was moved to Waterbury Hospital. Farrel, a multimillionaire copper mine owner, is linked by a recent magazine article to a disputed copper property sale to H. H. Rogers.
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Franklin Farrel
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Fart
Ara Bia
George Brynal
H. H. Rogers
Veils Worn for Motoring Fashion Photo
A brief caption describes a pretty new motor car model seen in a pose with a white lining and pink hood, highlighting its stylish detailing and veil-inspired fashion.
Big Cattle Show at Indiana State Fair Promises Record Prizes
The Indiana state fair week of Sept 10 will feature the largest beef cattle show yet in the state with total prizes of 58559. Premiums are boosted by state and national breeders associations, including substantial sums for shorthorns Herefords Aberdeen Angus and other breeds. Milking contest runs Sept 1 with strict weight and yield standards, aiming for top dairy performances.
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American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Amenesa Association
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American Hereford Breeders Association
State Association
Waner Hadsley
Abe Brown
Indiana Breedlers
State Board of Agviculture
Durham Breeders’ Association
Statt Board
OL Agriculture
American Breeders’ Association
Bate Board of Agriculture
Hopper West the steadfast Eldora expressman on time
Special to The Sun Eldora Iowa August 3 Hopper West a 61 year old expressman for United States and Adams Express has served 83 years without missing a mail or express train never stolen a package and says temptation never comes to steal the money packages Born in Buffalo he moved west in the twenties at eighteen he became a town pioneer and still works hard owns a fine garden and simple rig while earning more by labor than idle rent Hoppe his rail and baggage name endures among travelers and rail men across Iowa
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Hoppir
Dog Bole 60 Dollar Bill In Jersey City
New Jersey City. August 3 A Jersey City man Edwin Wooley proprietor of a western stand butcher shop tried to feed a fox terrier when a five dollar bill fell and the dog seized it. Wooley chased the dog but was distanced. He offered six dollars reward.
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La Boca Division Engineer Gerig Leads Canal Zone Repairs
In the Pacific side La Boca canal zone Gerald Gerig works at a temporary office. his efforts revived old French machinery for temporary use. Over the past year wharfage at La Boca more than doubled, improving handling of lumber and machinery from San Francisco Portland Seattle and other coast points for the canal zone. Gerig is described as an untiring tropical worker who believes in doing things.
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Seattle
Once Handsomest Woman in Europe in Memoir of Eugenie
A fragmentary obituary sketch recounts Eugenie de Montijo former empress of the French noted for beauty and influence. It traces her flight during the Sedan crisis exile in England and later era, her marriage to Napoleon III, birth of their son and enduring public esteem despite court intrigues.
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Zululand
Victoria
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Battenburg
Feared capers at wedding alter planned match
Philadelphia report says Lilian M McBride was to wed James A Buchanan in September but eloped to Reading to marry him instead. She returned to her mother's home in Philadelphia as the couple’s kin recall a long family history linking to Capt Image McBride and James Madison Buchanan with ties to a Baltimore family and Samuel F. B. Morse.
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Philadelpnia
James Atrdlson Duchanan
Miss. McBride
Reading
Mrs. Buchanan
Azny Reesoh
Buchanan
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N. Forty-second
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Forty- Second
Pennsylvania Volunteers
James Madison Buchanan
Baltimore
Samuel F. B. Morse
Rollo and His Father A Weather Wonder
Rollo and his father discuss how automobile scorchers may affect the weather. The boy notes the cars passing by while the father argues they ease the atmosphere and reference a high horsepower device. Dialogue plays with humorous, winded phrasing.
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