Panama canal locks width set at one hundred ten feet
The Navy Department fixes Panama canal lock width at 110 feet, up ten feet from prior plans. Independent items include a rail patent decision in San Francisco, a storm in Galveston with 72 mph winds, and deaths and injuries from structural collapse. It also notes railroad cost-cutting talk in New York and a transfer of a border line project between Canada and the United States.
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Navy Department
Panama Canal
W. OS. Whiting
Brown-Corliss Engine Works
Corliss
Wis
St. Paul
Galveston
Tadee W. W. Morrow
United States Circuit Court
San Francisco
United States
Sonihem Pacific Company
New York City
John Mooney
Statissan Cantr. N. D
Dnp
Mooney
Gee
Ottawa
Miles Jong
Alaska
Canada
Meridian
Monne St. Elias
Yukon River
Dhiwson
Fragmented briefs from a busy city page
A jumble of scattered items reports a football injury to Sammwel Bo French, a fire at a store in SYCHO, and various European and American crime and legal notes. The tally includes embezzlement accusations against Slarry Klein in Santa Rosa, a murder case in New York, and civil litigious moves in Tennessee. Local crime, politics, and education stories mix with stock and public notices.
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Kuro von Maltke
Hhel
Maxindlen Varden
Berlin
Slarry Klein
New York
Swift Packing Company
I Santa Rosa
Cal
Premature dynamite blast kills four in Venice Pa
A dynamite explosion on the Wabash railroad at Venice Pa. killed four men and seriously injured two others. The wreck occurred amid reports of other major incidents across the nation including budget hikes, court verdicts, and notable accidents.
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Venice
New York
Charles H. Rogers
Olney Brothers
Alice Ingerick
Goshen
N. C
Virginia Fair
Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Philippines
Pillsburg
John Sughes
American Brides Company
T. Vervack
Tumalo
Pittsburg
George Schuman
Baltimore
William Paret
Diocese of Maryland
Pani
Aesheny Valley
Duttsburg
New York Central
New Haven
Marreford
Salida Player Arthur Cope Dies After Injury
Arthur Cope a 19 year old Salida high school player died at Red Cross hospital from injuries in a game with Leadville. He was running with the ball head down when he collided with another player. Also reported a Tulsa man killed a prominent former Winfield capitalist and his son, then suiciding, and Odell Stock Company leaders retiring to employes with a new firm formed.
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Arthur Cope
Salida
Colo
Leadville
Red Cross
Cope
B. E. Stockwell
Tulsa
I. T
W. B. Campbell
Winfield, Kan
John M. Gorman
William C. Dudley
Odell Stock Company
Cincinnati
William J.odell
Gorman
Dudley
Odell Brokerage Company
Messenger Boys
Levee Strike Ends in New Orleans Arbitration Set
In New Orleans the levee strike involving about 10 000 cotton handlers ended as workers agreed to return pending final arbitration of the dispute. Meanwhile in Byron Georgia passengers reported a lynching of John Wilkes after he robbed two small boys of seven and a half cents. In Enterprise Alabama a jail fire killed prisoner Leroy Brown. inmate Aerie Goins set the blaze to escape, Brown died in a separate cell before rescue. Goins escaped.
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New Orleans
Central of Geoorgia
Byron
John Wilkes
Leroy Brown
Enterprise
Ala
Aerie Goins
Brown
Goins
United States Steel reports record third quarter profits
The 1907 report shows net profits of 43.5 million dollars for the quarter and solid profits for the first nine months, marking the highest earnings in the company’s history. Activities include unions’ push against Speaker Cannon, Nome fire losses near 300 thousand, and Pioneer Mining’s second avenue office building destroyed. The postal commission favors creating a director of posts and reveals reforms in bookkeeping and office methods, with merchants opposing a parcels post reference.
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United States Steel Corporation
Gompers
American Federation of Laver
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Nome
Alaska
Second Avenue
Pioneer Mining Company
Director of Posts
Congressional Postal Commission
World News Roundup From European Disasters To U S Politics
A turbulent synthesis of crimes and incidents abroad and at home. An unnamed young woman shot Gen Maximolisky in St Petersburg. Empress of China sunk at Vancouver dock. Pampico abandoned northeast of Baltimore. Notable notes include Barbara Laponkhin’s disappearance in London. reflections on Rome’s Vatican politics. Calabrian quake damage tallies. Karatagh slid avalanche burying 15000. Beethoven dances found in Leipzig. Port Arthur warehouse collapse. railway fines in Toronto. Roosevelt’s Louisiana hunt and Nashville stopovers. Navy reform talks linger with Metcalf. Sherman trust seizures target tobacco shipments. immigration law opinion on state job promises. Panama canal locks debate. New York Court of Appeals upholds anti NebrEy n criticism ruling. and the world’s largest hospital is in Paris.
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Shanghai
China
Lerrin Andrews
Washington
Maximilien Warden
Die Zeikunft
Berlin
Uno von Moltke
Official Telegraph Agency
Calabria
Italy
Tokio Jiji
Vladivostok
Karatagh
Bokhara
Russian Turkestan
Beethoven
Moeding
Vienna
Leipsic
Port Arthur
Toronto
Justice Riddell
Michigan Central Railway
Essex Center
Talented writer Tinney cites Peruna cure for nasal catarrh
Mrs HW M Tinney of San Antonio writes that in 1901 she suffered nasal catarrh and tried many remedies before taking six bottles of Peruna which she says cured the ailment completely. She cheerfully recommends Peruna to others with similar afflictions.
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HW. M. Tinney
E. Nueva St
San Antonio
Tex
Peruna praised as a standout remedy in Green Bay letter
Mrs Milen Nagle of 414t street Green Bay Wisconsin writes that Peruna cured her bad cold that settled in her chest quickly. She says the doctor wanted to prescribe but she used Peruna and felt better by the next morning with five days no cough or lameness. She notes Peruna tablets offer a solid form of the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milen Nagle
Green Bay
Wis
Comparative Expense Involving Jersey Cow Trade
A humorous exchange centers on trading an automobile for a Jersey cow. The critic notes the cow’s perceived value versus road repair costs, while the seller retorts that the cow costs nothing for repairs, framing a rural economy joke about asset trade offs.
Uncertain Recipes for Smoking Pies Offer Cheap Prep
A grocer offers a 10 cent package labeled OUR-Pre Preparation lemon chocolate or custard for smoking pies. The ad suggests avoiding experimentation with various recipes and endorses this ready mix as reliable.
An Open Policy Amid Boxer Uprising Reflections
An English observer praises the American minister at Peking for his open communication during the Boxer uprising. The piece contrasts American transparency with British secrecy, noting delays in public notices and letters that fueled Chinese rumors and civilian suspense.
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Conger
Peking
Peking Legations
Roland Allen
Postum Praised as Best Friend Over Coffee
A Wisconsin woman testifies that coffee harmed her nerves and heart, while Postum Food Coffee improved her health, doubled her weight, and cured nervousness after a year of use. She notes her children enjoy it and her sister now makes it properly. Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. promotes “The Road to Wellville” and “There’s a Reason.”
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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B. C. Hudler
Kingman
Indiana
Sammwel Bo French
Meniville Pulp
Fanin
Suer
Nob
Molden
Beyig
State Street
Chicago
Mile
Ragozinnikova
Goni
Ministry of the Difcerior
OS Priso
Petersburg
Brah
J. Y. Sanders
Jana
State Assembly
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William K. Vanderbilt
Charles Jr. Rogers
Fred R. Olney
Mildietown
N. Yi
Justice Lumpkins
Sing Sing
Tennessee
Knoxville
John Fropkins
Lawton
Okla
Kingston
Bronxville
Paul Bayne
Treasury Department
Vitteburg
Zastern
Alleshens
Roosevelt
Natural History
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Merton S. Munn
Peter Mathieson
Bemidji
Michard Walton
Lillian White Grant
Walton
United Railroad
Fred A. Boran
Akron
Ohio
Dollar Sayings Bank
Union Pacific
Mohler
Ina L. Speer
Arnold B. Crouse
David E. Speer
Lima
Speer
Justice Geiger
St. Louis
Geiger
World-Herald
N. J. Wonfold & Co
Omaha
Lenfold
George Blackwell
Minnesota Reformatory
St. Cloud
Central Police
Blackwell
Bancroft
Okklahoma
Charles Tilson
Skansas City
Southwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dolinston & Lorimer Dry Goods Company
Cox-Blodwett Dry Goods Company
Wichita, Kan
Wichita
Ixansis City
Union Station
George B. Gordon
Department of American Arenaeology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Mrs
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Cy Harrison
Vite Cgreinaldi
Black Ptamd Society
Knot Street
Brooklyn
N.Y
Greinaldi
Black and
Black Hand
Greinaldt
Oklahoma
Frantz
Dollar Savings Bank
Ohis
Fred A. Baron
Toor
Learningr House Association
Northwest
Interstate Commerce
Lane
Northern Pacific
Thomas B. O'Brien
George T. Simpson
Supreme Court of the United States
General Young
Young
United States Circuit Court of
Lochren
Mr. Young
American Steel Company
East St. Louis
Sarah Klink
Mary Shieher
Bucyrus
Klink
Charles Tf. Deere
Great Deere
Motino
L. I. Lane
Zanesville
John Welborn
Missouri
Lexington
E. T. Clark
Oho
Santa Maria
Clem Kunoke
Albert Bryan
Dudley Start
Karl Stapleton
Floyd Burrill
Bull Lake
Milbank
S. I
John McKinley
Tough Atwood
Friend
Reynoldsburg
Grosseup
Marshall EK Sampsell
Charleston
Southern
Louisiana
Nashville
Tenn
Vicksburg
Andrew Jackson
White House
Mississippi
Metcalf Las
Athintic
Pacific
Feneral Board
Board of Construction
Bureau of Navigation
Metcalf
Virginia
American Tobacco Company
Tobacco Trust
Tobacco Company
Bonaparte
Geronimo Garcia
Cuba
Louisiana State Board of Agriculture and Immigration
Isthmian Canal
Secretary of the Navy
New York Court of Appeals
Metealf
Paria
E. M. Tinney
Peruna
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