Mayors Exhort Aid After San Francisco Earthquake
San Francisco officials say 700 carloads of food were distributed since April 18 quake but only 108 cars are en route. General Greely claims fifteen days of supply remain with army rationing extending to twenty one days. Oakland relief distribution also under military direction as fraud concerns rise. Reconstruction plans emerge with thirty building proposals pending new laws.
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San Francisco
General Municipal Committee
Schmitz
General Committee
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
General Greely
Oakland
Pardee
Kahn
Mott
Board of Supervisors
Physicians Struck by Fire's Ravages in Frisco
Hundreds of physicians in San Francisco faced ruin after a great fire destroyed their libraries accounts instruments diplomas and practices. The first alarm reached the city as doctors scrambled to salvage remaining records and patient care.
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Chinatown
Frisco
Grand City Hall
Valencia
Auto Stops a Bank Run in Cleveland
The First National Bank of this city sent 200000 by automobile to the Dollar Savings Bank of Wainesville, ending a run on the latter. Bankers declare the Dollar Savings solvent. The run followed a U S court suit by William P Engel of Defiance Ohio seeking an accounting with the Dollar bank and a local bank over stocks held for Engel by the late Leland C Prior at the time of Prior's suicide. Engel accuses the banks of making loans beyond legal limits.
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Cleveland
Dollar Savings Bank
Wainesville
First National Bank
United States
William P. Engel
Defiance
Dollar Bank
Engel
Leland C. Prior
Joans
Thrift Habit and Ad Reading Grow with Graduation
The passage links shopping thrift to graduate growth, claiming thrift becomes a habit and advertising reading keeps pace with it as part of ongoing development.
Riot at Mount Carmel Leaves Miners Injured and Feud Alleged
In Mount Carmel Pennsylvania on May 1 a clash between idle miners and a state police platoon sparked by anti union attacks left about twenty injured with three possibly fatally. The violence escalated as police fired into the crowd and several strikers were arrested or charged.
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Mount Carmel
New State Constabulary
Sharpless
Northumberland County
John C. Groome
Reading
Marleton
Smith
Constabulary
Union Strike Looms on Great Lakes Ports
Detroit reports President William Livingstone of the Lake Carriers association says D J Keefe of the International Longshoremen union ordered a strike at midnight. Locals to walk out include ore and package handlers grain scoopers firemen oilers tugmen and many mates. Cleveland notes that pilots or mates will not be recognized as a union and cites the historic clash over captain representation on ships.
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Detroit
William Livingstone
Lake Carriers’ Association
D. J. Keefe
International Longshoremen’s Marine and ‘Transport Workers’ Union
Longsoremen
Cleveland
F. R. Gilchrist
Gilchrist Transportation Company
Great Lakes
New York Grand Jury Delays Insurance Inquiry
The April New York grand jury submitted a presentment on the insurance situation to Recorder Goff but did not investigate matters. District Attorney Jerome said he sought a court ruling before proceeding, and warned the jury that if certain contentions were true it could indict leading officers of major financial firms. He cited advice from Governors Folk and Deneen.
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New York
Goff
Cornelius N. Bliss
Cortelyou
George W. Pertins
Jerome
Grand Jury
Governors Folk
Missouri
Deneen
Illinois
Czars Army Policy to Move Troops for Disorder Control
In St. Petersburg on May 1 the empire council, at War Minister's request, allocated 3.7 million dollars to move troops to quell interior disorders. The plan aims to keep troops from becoming tainted by revolutions by rotating units. Funds cover infantry battalions cavalry squadrons and artillery batteries.
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St. Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Low Rates to California Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Ry
Low rates to California and to Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul routes offered by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway with $59.90 for San Francisco or Los Angeles round trip via Omaha or Kansas City and $72.40 via St Paul and Portland. Tickets on sale April 25 to May 5 with final return by July 31, 1906. Liberal stopovers and choice of routes. Inquiries to A F Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago or nearest ticket agent.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Paul
Oortland
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Lands Open for Settlement on Shoshone Reservation
Over a million acres of land will be opened to settlement on the Shoshone Indian Reservation on August 15 1906. The lands lie along the direct route of the Chicago and North-Western Railway from Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha and other Mississippi Valley points. Send 2 cents in stamps for pamphlets maps and full particulars to W B Kniskern P T M C N W Ry Co Chicago.
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Chicago &North-Western Ry
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Mississippi Valley
W. B. Kniskern
N. W. Ry. Co
Dr George Powell as Consulting Physician and Surgeon
Dr George Powell is identified as a consulting physician and surgeon. The brief label notes his professional role without additional context or events.
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George Powell
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