Week's News Record From The Era Of Public Health Fines And Notable Deaths
James Sterrett, an Erie miser, chose jail over paying a health department fine for unsanitary rooms. a threatening letter to Father Foret carried a death demand to surrender SSW by Sept 1. Italian barber Michael Venzio arrested in Elizabeth. violinist Joseph Joachim, Berlin music luminary, dies after long illness born 1831. Russia exiles 274 for July offenses. many officers and troops killed or wounded suppressing unrest. Baseball standings show National and American leagues with teams like Chicago, Brooklyn, New York, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia leading in various fractions.
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Erie
Health Department
Father Foret
Michael Venzio
Elizabeth
N. J
Joseph Joachim
Royal Academy of Music
Berlin
Royal Academy of Arts
Russian Empire
Mary land Pelephone Company president dies
News Nugget item reports David FE Evans president of the Maryland Telephone Company in Baltimore died of peritonitis. The scattered notes cover multiple incidents including injuries in Oshkosh, a Baltimore Republican convention, and various local and national events.
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Maryland Pelephone Company
Baltimore
Mis
Thehn Ode
Chicagea
Oshkosh
Wis
George P. Gaither
Governor
Caracas
Venezuela
New York and Bermudest Asphalt Company
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Old Orchard
Bernardsville
XNI
Wesley Merritt
UT. 8
Havana
Standard OF Company
William A. Sunday
Oskaloosa
Iowa
San Francisco
Cal
Republican League
Ityan
Eastern New York Man Escapes Lynching After Child Held
A New York man carrying his child in the street was mistaken for a kidnapper and narrowly saved from mob violence. The incident reflects public danger and tense urban fear across several cities as reports detail trials, robberies, and political clashes shaping early 20th century life.
Chicago figures and others in a mixed news roundup
Michael C. McDonald dies after a life in Chicago gambling and politics. Frederick Nye, once a prominent Chicago newspaper man, fatally struck by a street car. Missouri Governor Folk commutes a death sentence for the Lord Barrington. W. B. Gosinger arrested for seeking government authority to kill a man near Ravenna Ohio. James Skornos fined for kissing a 12 year old girl. Adams Express Company injunction denied over liquor packages to Iowa. Magill and wife seek venue change in Clinton murder indictment. W. W. Reeves confesses to arson causing four deaths and many injuries in Colorado.
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Frederick Seymour Barrington
Clayton, Mo
James McCann
Folk
Portland
San Francisco
City of Panama
Steamship Alliance
Coos Bay
Ottumwa
Iowa
Frank Dungan
George Godfrey
Dungan
Godfrey
Gary
Ind
United States Steel Corporation
Model City
Indiana State Line
Chicago
Wilson
Joplin
Frank Ritchie
United States Army
Tulsa
I. T
Sai
Cone
Arkansas River
California Limited
Santa Fe
Hart
Minnie Iartushell
W. J. Barney
Smuggler-Union Mining Company
Steve Adams
Idaho
Arthur Collins
Barney
Michael C. McDonald
Frederick Nye
W. B. Gosinger
Brimfield
Ravenna
Ohio
James Skornos
St. Louis
Blus
Squire
Kansas City
Sechora
Adams Express Company
Towa
Freddie
Magill
Clinton
de Witt County
WT. W. Reeves
Colorado and Northwestern Railroad
Boulder
Colo
Four die after poison mushroom feast at Deep Valley
Southbound and extra freight collide near Dalton Ga killing four and injuring three. Other reports reference hangings in New Orleans and Greenville Ky for assault and a vow by Henry Watterson defending Kentucky amid rail and law debates.
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Deep Valley
WoTa
Lazar Mehojevich
New Orleans
Harrison Alexander
Greenville
Henry Watterson
Lexington
Kentucky
Taft Comments on Rockefeller Prediction of Ruin
Washington observers report Secretary Taft reacts to John D Rockefeller Sr's dire forecast for the nation. The engineer corps review supports a Pittsburg to Cairo canal and lock system to improve freight routes. Navy circles fear a British battleship may exceed the Dreadnought by half in tonnage. Attorney General Bonaparte seeks court orders for Harriman to answer Alton deal questions. A new postal card is issued, the McKinley card, honoring President McKinley with birth and death dates.
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Taft
Rockefeller
Review Board of the Engineers’ Corps
United States Army
Pittsburg
Cairo
Washington
Admiralty
Bonaparte
LE. HW. Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Postalecard
McKinley
Irish landlord's house wrecked by bomb in foreign action
A bomb wrecked the house of Lord Ashtown in Ireland, with the owner narrowly escaping. Other items note Japanese troops taking Kangwha after two days of fighting with deserters from the Korean army, Belfast rioters firing on soldiers, Arabs attacking a French camp near Casablanca, Tangier refugees reporting Arab tribesmen threatening Mazagan, and a Belfast man finding his long lost son in Alaska. Also, Spain orders removal of excess tax on American flour, a nitroglycerin explosion at Exsex Ontario kills two, a Boulder dynamite blast kills four, and King Edward visits Emperor William. The Irish evicted tenants bill faces Liberal-led amendments and potential government rejection. Manila assembly set for Oct 16 with Taft possibly attending.
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Kangwha
Belfast
Casablanca
Nicholas Dun
Ireland
James D. Dun
Alaska
State Department
Madrid
Exsex
Ont
Boulder
Colo
Edward
Wiliam
Wilhelmshohe
House of Lords
House of Commons
Philippine Assembly
Gen. Smith
Taft
Manila
War on Mosquitoes Brings New Jersey Triumph
Persistent effort and small sums clear parts of New Jersey of dangerous mosquitoes. Hackensack Meadows shown as example where ditches drained stagnant pools and marshland turned to dry land. Oil used only as temporary measure while long term elimination proceeds. call for towns to act to prevent disease and nuisance.
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New Jersey
Hackensack
Hackensack Meadows
Orange County Union plans direct sale exchange in Newburg
Orange county farmers form the Orange County Union to cut middlemen profits and run a Newburg exchange selling farm and garden products below current prices. They seek labor union cooperation via the Central Labor Union, a move that puzzles labor leaders and prompts a committee review. Newburg union men express enthusiasm but worry about proper product labeling.
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Orange County
N. Y
Newburg
Farmers’ Organization
Cuba Budget Report to War Department
Gov Magoon states Cuba’s next fiscal year's government costs will total 23,300,589 dollars, an increase of 1,800,000 over the prior year.
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Magoon
War Department
Cuba
Labor unions and wage talks sweep North America
Winnipeg carpenters seek a 10 cent hourly increase while San Jose plumbers push to six dollars a day. Boston hosts union headquarters for freight workers and Hebrew painters begin organizing. Cleveland eyed for Stone Cutters HQ as Milwaukee molders appeal to federal court. U.S. War Dept agent ships 4,500 foreign workers to the Panama Canal. International Ladies Garment Workers set Boston convention. South Wales tin plate talks extend wages accord. Pittsburg labor temple funding grows. Trades and Labor Congress of Canada to meet in Winnipeg. Toronto immigrant wages double. Pittsburgh trades rally with a Labor Day parade plan shifted to a festival. Ladies auxiliaries rise in eastern and southern cities. Atlanta machinists seek restaurant concession at state fair.
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Plumbers’ Union
San Jose
Cal
Brotherhood of Railroad Freight and Baggage Men
Boston
Mass
Leroy Parke
United States War Department
Europe
Panama Canal
Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
South Wales
Pittsburg
Pas
Iron City Trades Council
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Dominion
Toronto
Lion ‘Trades Council
Dittsburg
Atlanta
Piedmont
Chicago Markets Show Mixed Strength As Trade Stays Steady
In Chicago this week dearer money and security weakness mix with a steady trade pace. Fall activity builds in manufacturing and general merchandise demand grows. Crop progress boosts agricultural confidence while steel rails and plates gain, rolling mills face capacity pressure, and furnace output remains high. Bank clearings top 221,560,168, with 26 failures in Chicago district versus 80 last week.
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Trale
Chicago
Dun
New York Crop and Trade Developments Signal Shifts
Dispatches from Bradstreet’s note favorable progress in leading crops like corn cotton and spring wheat while oats lag. Trade sentiment improves in the Southwest Northwest and eastern centers with rising wholesale receipts but overall business shows quieter activity in some sectors and easing prices. U S weekly business failures total 147 versus 142 last week and 166 in 1904. Canada records 18 failures.
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Sbradstreet
United States
Canada
Market Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
A dense table lists cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and related items in multiple markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Prices show ranges for prime and common grades with various No 2 and mixed classifications and ancillary goods like butter eggs and hay.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Herge
New York
Jamaica drought and French revolt leader’s cold reception
The tropical island of Jamaica endures a severe drought as evaporation soars, while Marcelin Albert, head of Midi France revolt, is released and greeted coldly in Montpellier with former supporters berating his delayed return.
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Jamaica
Marcelin Albert
Midi
France
Montpelier
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