Deadwood Fire Devastates Town in Massive Conflagration
A morning blaze in Deadwood devastates Sherman Street and surrounding blocks. The Empire Bakery and Welch House burn as water shortages hinder firefighting and explosions from powder stores rattle the town. Fireproofs survive in pockets. losses run into millions with many merchants ruined and the News office destroyed. A relief response forms as residents seek shelter, food, and temporary work, with soldiers from Fort Meade aiding recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dealy News
Deadwood
Empire Bakery
Sherman Street
Pioneer Office
Langrishe Theatre
Overland Hotel
Welch House
Lee Street
Los
Pine Street
Kerman
Forbes
Chinatown
R. C. Lake
Main Street
Cuthbertson & Young
Judge McLaughlin
Kelley
City Creek
Chew & Co
Brendlinger & Co
Main
Strass
Frank Manville
Jensen's Hardware
Miller & McPherson
Wm. Brown
Mas Fisher
Pine
Sherman
Messrs
Browning & Wringrose
Graves & Curtis
Lake
Jensen & Buss
Fort Meade
Judge Moody
FH. HW. Mund
John Pelding
W. R Stebbins
M. C. Thum
Seth Bullock
Word on Advertising Builds Towns and Newspapers
The piece argues advertising is vital for every business man and town. It asserts a town needs live businessmen and a live newspaper, sustained by ads, to stay alive and grow. Advertising, historically essential, benefits both individual gain and community vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Commercial News
Adam Fost
Gardner
Pus
Notes From Labor World Exhibition Highlights Union Goods
The labor world notes report a large union exhibit at the Jimestown exposition praised as among the most complete. Lincoln printing offices move to an eight hour schedule. A weekly railroad pay bill is planned for New York's next session. The Structural Building Trades Alliance claims 200 000 members outside NYC.
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Jimestown Exposition
Lincoln
Neb
New York
Structural Building Trades Alliance
New York City
Panviet Libor
United States
Miimite
Macpherson, M
Vane
Labor and immigration notes across North America in 1907
Reports show Swiss wage earner cooperation expanding to 1000 societies, Canada immigration above 50 000 in four months of 1907, and US strike activity lower than any year since 1804. Massachusetts New Hampshire and Rhode Island machinists push for shorter days and higher wages while Presbyterian churches promote Labor Sunday sermons nationwide.
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Couver
Dominion
British Columbia
Switzerland
Canada
United States
Massachusetts
New Hamphire
Rhode Island
Boston
New England
Charles Steigle
Presbyterian Department of Churcl and Labor
Presbyterian Church
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers’ International Alliance
Cincinnati
Nationa Letter Carriers’ Association
Canton
W. E. Kelley
Brooklyn
E. J. Gainer
Muncie
Ind
E. J. Cantwell
George E. Buchanan
Ohio
M. T. Finnin
Bloomington
J. J. Gallagher
Jersey City
F. 5. Traiton
Cleveland
Alexander Law
Eighta Hour League of America
Doctor Rhodes Announces Retirement On Seventieth Birthday
Dr Thomas J B Rhodes of Boyertown Pa declares he will retire from the greater part of his medical practice on his seventieth birthday September 26 He invites patients with debts for services to settle now and receive a full receipt while he is still living He urges prompt payment by honest citizens rather than wait for executors to prod them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyertown
Thomas J. B. Rhodes
Banker Fred Ware Killed in Auto Accident
Madison Leader reports banker Fred Ware of Clark Minnesota died in an automobile crash between Alexandria and St. Cloud. His wife and children were not injured. the car rolled on a grade and bridge when steering failed, pinning Ware under a seat. Mrs Ware attempted to free him and sought help from a nearby farmhouse before the body was prepared for shipment to Clark.
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Madison
Fred Ware
Clark
Alexandria
St. Cloud
Minn
Ware
Marg
Margo
Minneaplis
Standard Oil Methods to Evade Just Taxes
New York reports audit of Waters-Pierce Oil of Missouri after 1900 reveals Standard Oil influence. Testimony shows officers used payroll and stock maneuvers to conceal ownership while rebate practices and tank car supply tensions highlight competitive shortcuts in early oil industry.
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Standard Oil
New York
Standard O#1
Watera-Pierce Oil Company
Missouri
Standard
Wade Hampton
Standard Oil Company
Oil Company
Waters-Pierce
Texas
Waters-Imerce Company
Charles Pratt
Kamptonu
Waters- Pierce
Kellogg
Water-Pierce Company
Bester
Waters-Pierce Company
Hampton
Lombard & Ayres
Lombard
Compan
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cassatt
Lombard Company
Thoms Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Lombard & Ayres Company
Anthony N. Brady
Albany
Manhattan Oil Company
Ohio
London
Brady
Police and deputies clash in graft scandal
Chicago reports a graft contest between city police and Cook County deputy sheriffs. Four officers allegedly robbed a Greek fruit dealer and beat a witness. deputies are accused of supplying drugs to prisoners and aiding jail escapes. Since March fifteen probationary officers face charges and four deputies are under fire over inmate escapes and contraband.
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Chicago
Cook County
James Kostakos
Petit
Nora Sullivan
Safe blowers terrorize town in Mindor Wisconsin
In Mindor Wisconsin on a Monday night a group blew safes at the local post office and the J Rutland general store then moved to the feed mill two blocks away where they blew another safe and escaped with several hundred dollars.
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Mindor
Wis
J. Rutland
Hearst Denies Candidacy for Presidency
New York September 26 William Randolph Hearst denies he is a candidate for the presidency. He says he would not place a candidate on their dependence league ticket or any other ticket and cannot conceive of any condition under which he would be willing to become a candidate.
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New York
William R. Vlesrst
Lom
Bonaparte Moves to Discharge Alton Rebating Probe
In Chicago the attorney general asks to discharge the special grand jury investigating the Alton railroad and rebates to Standard Oil. Judge Landis refuses and instructs the jury to extend inquiry to other manufacturers while subpoenas are issued for Moffat. District Attorney Sime presents Bonaparte letter citing Morrison’s immunity pledge to aid prosecution of Standard Oil.
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Chicago
Bonaparte
United States District Court
Alton Railroad
Standard Oil Company
Landis
Chicago & Alyon
Bates K. Moffat
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Moffat
Sime
Morrison
Sims
Alton Road
Standard Oil
Detective Slays in Pistol Duel in Denver
Detective Lee Barbee of Seattle killed Walter Lane of Denver during a dramatic pursuit after Lane resisted arrest for grand larceny. Lane, alias Marty Jamison and others, had stolen $10,000 in jewelry in Los Angeles in 1907 and faced arrest in multiple western cities.
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Denver
Lee Barbee
Seattle
Walter Lane
Marty Jamison
Walter Fagan
Harry Atwood
Lane
West
Barbee
Los Angeles
Clifford A. Anthony
Mershey Arms
Butler
Pointbank
Crook
How To Deter Late-Calling Suitors In A Household
A Lead county reader shares a playful home remedy for stopping late calls from a persistent suitor. The method uses a simple arithmetic trick to derail the visitor and encourage a timely departure, framed as a lighthearted tip for girls managing household duties.
Heney to Prosecute Land Fraud Cases
Washington September 20 Attorney General Bonaparte announced that District Attorney Teney who has fought San Francisco profiteers will prosecute the Oregon land fraud cases at Portland District Attorney Missial of Oregon will try the others.
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HENEY
Wasitington
Bonaparte
Teney
Oregon
Portsland
Missial
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E. B. Miller
the News
Repabivassil
Mest
Word ON Advertising
Labor World
Doctor
Hearst
Detective Slays
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