Promoters Arrested In Mail Fraud Case In Kansas City
W N Meyers R S McCowan and J F Rudd promoters of Western Pump Manufacturing Company were arrested in Kansas City for using the mails to defraud by selling county rights to agents for a pump. Harry Chermock killed his wife after her wage labor in a sweatshop. Fifteen cents a day pay for government bridge workers triggers socialist agitation. A monster petition seeks to bar orientals from Canada. Japanese government has not claimed damages from Vancouver troubles. Missouri railroads report costs from the 2 cent fare law and preparations to contest further enforcement. Several lines plan to present impact data to Judge McPherson around October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Meyers
R. S. McCowan
J. F. Rudd
Western Pump Manufacturing Company
Wee
Kansas City
Harry Chernock
New York
Vienna
Wilfrid Laurier
Ottawa
Dominion of Canada
Quade
Dominion
Vancouver
Missouri
Mission Jane TT
Atchison,Lopeka
Wil
McPherson
Multiple News Nuggets From National Briefs
Various brief items: Republican clubs back a senator for president. an Anchor Line steamer Jagr sheltered at Grand Marais Michigan. Flood deaths near Malaga rumored high. bank cashier missing in Baton Rouge charged with 60,000 theft. Warriman’s recurrence and a NY town-house operation. Teavers released from Moundsville prison. A man killed escaping custody near Cincinnati. arson and incitement charges. Aark bound over for petty theft in Newark Ohio. Fires and damages in Pine Bluff and Louisville. A ferry disaster at Tombigbee River. Government suits against railroads for safety violations. Anclaire infirmary in Wapakoneta burns, inmates rescued. Insurance loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Kondert
First National Bank of Baton Rouge
S. OW
Warriman
New York
George WW. Teavers
Moundsville
W.va
William E. Dareh
Glendole
Ohio
Cincinnati
Marshal Sanderson
Chaunces Kite
Newark
Bownd
Eroud Guru
Pine Bint
Boston
Maurice Jr. Klaus
Providence
AL J
Louisville
McFlrohannon Spring Bed Company
Mayer Shirt Manufacturing Company
Paris Laundry
D. W. Holmes
Leslie Vermille
Oaksdale
Tombigbee River
Jackson
Alat
United States
Bonaparte
Wapakoneta
Anclaire County
Panama Locks and Dams Progress Report
The Gatun locks project advances with four steam shovels at work and top lock excavation near completion. Construction includes spillway works, rail trestles, dirt trains, and canal expansion plans. Pipeline dredges are due by January 1, with cement sourcing debated. The Gatun lake area is surveyed at 171 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Gatun Locks
Gatun
Culebra
United States
Great Gatun Lake
Cost of Living in 1906 Report Summary
The 1906 United States Bureau of Labor report shows food prices rose in every month versus 1905, with December up 0.481. Wages per hour increased more than food prices, boosting real purchasing power by 0.141. Relative to 1800–1809 averages, wages and employment rose significantly while hours fell. Cotton goods wages led gains. paper and wood pulp saw a decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Labor
Charles P. Neill
Bureau
Farmers to Fight Grain Trust in Midwestern Uprising
Open war erupts between farmers of the Middle West and the grain trust as cooperative elevators spread across Iowa and into Minnesota and Nebraska. Iowa alone reports 170 cooperatives with 28,000 members operating 250 elevators, backed by a $40,000,000 reserve fund and allied merchants plan a joint ad campaign to challenge mail order houses.
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Grain Trust
Middle West
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Armours
Northwest
Why American Marriages Fail
Anna A. Rogers argues in Atlantic Monthly that excessive education, physical culture, and sports for young women create a hybrid female who acts like a self loving boy or spoiled woman. She cites a slipshod partnership after marriage as tears or temper and notes 2,921 courts empowered to grant divorces as a contributory cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna A. Rogers
Atlantic Monthly
Strike Action Ties Up Galveston Dockyard Laborers
In Galveston Texas a thousand dock laborers walk out causing major disruption to harbor operations on the waterfront and affecting Southern Pacific traffic as the strike unfolds. In Pittsburg PA Miss Helen Williams dies in a car crash and four others are injured in the incident. William A Culp 24 awaiting trial for a brothers death committed suicide in Pittsburg county jail by hanging himself using suspenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Southern Pacific
Helen Williams
Allegheny
Pittsburg
William A. Culp
Floyd
Culp
Turtle Creek
Constantine Convicted in Chicago Murder Trial
Frank J. Constantine was found guilty of murdering Mrs. Arthur Gentry in Cook County and sentenced to life imprisonment after a two and a half hour trial. Foreman Krogness called the verdict a result of circumstantial evidence, noting little doubt of guilt despite the lenient punishment. Constantine claimed he did not kill her and described a dramatic defense on the stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Constantine
Gentry
Frank J. Constantine
Arthur Gentry
Cook County
Krogness
Labor Troubles What Straus Says on Arbitration
Secretary Oscar S. Straus of Commerce and Labor declines to discuss the telegraphers strike status. He argues for case by case remedies rather than a universal rule and stresses promoting industrial peace to prevent domestic and international frictions caused by labor disputes. He notes misunderstandings fuel conflicts between capital and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straus
Oscar S. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Ile
Roosevelt
Japan
America
Pacific
Mexican War Veterans Parade Mark 60th Anniversary
Only 520 Mexican War veterans remain in the United States, centered in San Francisco for the sixty year anniversary of the fall of Mexico City. Major Edwin A. Sherman of Oakland leads the veterans association while recounting Winfield Scott’s campaigns and the vast territorial gains following the war. The piece also touches on a Chicago murder trial and a broad survey of global news, including Japan US tensions and economic notes.
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Scott
City of
Mexico
San Francisco
United States
Edwin A. Sherman
Oakland
Cal
Veterans' Association
Sherman
Winfield Scott
Contreras
Churubusco
el Molino de Rey
Castle of Chapultepec
Vera Cruz
American Loss Was 3,204, Equal To One Half of the Army That Captured the City of
California
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
NYC Public Service Orders Improve Transit in Manhattan and Brooklyn
New York City public service commissioners approve a set of railroad improvements for the Interborough Metropolitan and Brooklyn Rapid Transit systems to expand travel facilities for riders in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commissioners
New York City
Tnterborough Metropolitan
Brooklyn
Manhattan
San Francisco Briber Convicted in Franchises Case
President Lewis of the Pacific States Telephone Company convicted of bribing San Francisco city supervisors for franchises. This marks the first conviction of a wealthy bribe giver in the city, with trials of President Calhoun of United Railways and other officials anticipated. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company argues federal authority governs interstate common carriers in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Lewis Class
Pacific States Telephone Company
Calhoun
United Railways
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Motor Cars Rise in Mexico City and Nearby Routes
Automobiles increasingly populate Mexico City streets with runabouts to touring cars. Roads to Toluca and Cuernavaca are under improvement, including a scenic old Cortez route. Travel to Pachuca and Guadalajara grows, while horse dealers report declining business as motor power gains popularity nationwide.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Valley of Mexico
Federal District
Toluca
State of Mexico
Valley of
Cueravaca
Cortez
Pachuca
Idalgo
Guadalajara
Table Lands
Doan's Kidney Pills End Backaches Says Mrs Moore
Mrs S A Moore of Wa terville Missouri reports kidney trouble for a year and a half with back and head pains and constant weariness. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she experienced great relief and says they were wonderful, with sale by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.A. Moore
Waterville
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Love's Awakening in Philadelphia Press Line
The Philadelphia Press quotes a salon chat where the first heiress declares she is certain the count loves her, while the other notes she was asked about her worth today, illustrating high society intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Furious Humor On Child Measles Cured By Cuticura
A Bakersfield California reader reports severe itching and bleeding sores after measles. After trying multiple remedies, the Cuticura system cured the child in five days, with complete recovery and long-term health noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuthura
F. Ruefenacht
Bakersfield
Cal
Erie Railroad Sees Record Passenger Safety Across Years
The Erie Railroad reports no passenger fatalities in over a year and carried 56,196,108 passengers from March 1, 1905 to July 31, 1907, claiming the best safety record in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Railroad
United States
Roosevelt endorses Single Binder Straight cigar riding stance
A historical note touts President Theodore Roosevelt endorsing a riding posture and promotes Lewis' Single Binder Straight cigar as high quality with a dealer price peak. The piece also mentions translucent greenish wall coverings, wallpaper price declines, and Winslow's Soorama Brave for teething with claims of relief and soothing properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
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Mich
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Spain
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Italy
China
Post Office Savings Banks
England
Government Bureau of Plant Industry
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India
Punjab
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SR Ren
A. C. Abbott
Pennsylvania
Motor Cars
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St. Vitus
Kline
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Arch Street
Philadelphia
Mra. Winslow
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